Tekton integration metrics

The official Datadog integration for monitoring Tekton. It collects 111 metrics.

Definitions as of 2026-10-01

Official summary

Track all your Tekton metrics with Datadog.

Metric types

gauge (value at a point in time): 69
count (occurrences in the interval): 42

Metrics

Descriptions are the official definitions, unedited.

Metric	Type	Unit
`tekton.pipelines_controller.client.latency.bucket`Duration of Kubernetes API requests.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.client.latency.count`Duration of Kubernetes API requests.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.client.latency.sum`Duration of Kubernetes API requests.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.client.results.count`Total number of API requests (broken down by status code).	count	request
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.alloc`The number of bytes of allocated heap objects.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.bucket_hash_sys`The number of bytes of memory in profiling bucket hash tables.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.frees`The number of heap objects freed.	gauge	object
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.gc_cpu_fraction`The fraction of this program's available CPU time used by the GC since the program started.	gauge	fraction
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.gc_sys`The number of bytes of memory in garbage collection metadata.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.heap_alloc`The number of bytes of allocated heap objects.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.heap_idle`The number of bytes in idle (unused) spans.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.heap_in_use`The number of bytes in in-use spans.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.heap_objects`The number of allocated heap objects.	gauge	object
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.heap_released`The number of bytes of physical memory returned to the OS.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.heap_sys`The number of bytes of heap memory obtained from the OS.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.last_gc`The time the last garbage collection finished, as nanoseconds since 1970 (the UNIX epoch).	gauge	nanosecond
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.lookups`The number of pointer lookups performed by the runtime.	gauge	operation
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.mallocs`The number of heap objects allocated.	gauge	object
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.mcache_in_use`The number of bytes of allocated mcache structures.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.mcache_sys`The number of bytes of memory obtained from the OS for mcache structures.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.mspan_in_use`The number of bytes of allocated mspan structures.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.mspan_sys`The number of bytes of memory obtained from the OS for mspan structures.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.next_gc`The target heap size of the next GC cycle.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.num_forced_gc`The number of GC cycles that were forced by the application calling the GC function.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.num_gc`The number of completed GC cycles.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.other_sys`The number of bytes of memory in miscellaneous off-heap runtime allocations.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.stack_in_use`The number of bytes in stack spans.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.stack_sys`The number of bytes of stack memory obtained from the OS.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.sys`The total bytes of memory obtained from the OS.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.total_alloc`The cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects.	gauge	byte
`tekton.pipelines_controller.go.total_gc_pause`The duration in GC stop-the-world pauses since the program started.	gauge	nanosecond
`tekton.pipelines_controller.pipelinerun.count`Total number of PipelineRun triggered.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.pipelinerun.duration.bucket`Duration of the PipelineRun.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.pipelinerun.duration.count`Duration of the PipelineRun.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.pipelinerun.duration.sum`Duration of the PipelineRun.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.pipelinerun.taskrun.duration.bucket`Duration of the TaskRun for the PipelineRun.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.pipelinerun.taskrun.duration.count`Duration of the TaskRun for the PipelineRun.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.pipelinerun.taskrun.duration.sum`Duration of the TaskRun for the PipelineRun.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.running_pipelineruns`Number of running pipelineruns.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.running_pipelineruns_waiting_on_pipeline_resolution`Number of pipelineruns waiting on pipeline resolution.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.running_pipelineruns_waiting_on_task_resolution`Number of pipelineruns waiting on task resolution.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.running_taskruns`Number of running taskruns.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.running_taskruns_throttled_by_node`Number of taskruns throttled by node.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.running_taskruns_throttled_by_quota`Number of taskruns throttled by quota.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.running_taskruns_waiting_on_task_resolution`Number of taskruns waiting on task resolution.	gauge	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.taskrun.count`Total number of TaskRun triggered.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.taskrun_duration.bucket`Duration of the TaskRun.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.taskrun_duration.count`Duration of the TaskRun.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.taskrun_duration.sum`Duration of the TaskRun.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.taskruns_pod_latency`The scheduling latency for the taskruns pods.	gauge	millisecond
`tekton.pipelines_controller.workqueue.longest_running_processor.bucket`Longest outstanding workqueue item has been in flight.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.workqueue.longest_running_processor.count`Longest outstanding workqueue item has been in flight.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.workqueue.longest_running_processor.sum`Longest outstanding workqueue item has been in flight.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.workqueue.unfinished_work.bucket`Duration an item from workqueue takes to get processed.	count	second
`tekton.pipelines_controller.workqueue.unfinished_work.count`Duration an item from workqueue takes to get processed.	count	-
`tekton.pipelines_controller.workqueue.unfinished_work.sum`Duration an item from workqueue takes to get processed.	count	second
`tekton.triggers_controller.client.latency.bucket`Duration of Kubernetes API requests.	count	second
`tekton.triggers_controller.client.latency.count`Duration of Kubernetes API requests.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.client.latency.sum`Duration of Kubernetes API requests.	count	second
`tekton.triggers_controller.client.results.count`Total number of API requests (broken down by status code).	count	request
`tekton.triggers_controller.clusterinterceptor`The number of clusterinterceptor.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.clustertriggerbinding`The number of clustertriggerbinding.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.eventlistener`The number of eventlistener.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.alloc`The number of bytes of allocated heap objects.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.bucket_hash_sys`The number of bytes of memory in profiling bucket hash tables.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.frees`The number of heap objects freed.	gauge	object
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.gc_cpu_fraction`The fraction of this program's available CPU time used by the GC since the program started.	gauge	fraction
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.gc_sys`The number of bytes of memory in garbage collection metadata.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.heap_alloc`The number of bytes of allocated heap objects.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.heap_idle`The number of bytes in idle (unused) spans.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.heap_in_use`The number of bytes in in-use spans.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.heap_objects`The number of allocated heap objects.	gauge	object
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.heap_released`The number of bytes of physical memory returned to the OS.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.heap_sys`The number of bytes of heap memory obtained from the OS.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.last_gc`The time the last garbage collection finished, as nanoseconds since 1970 (the UNIX epoch).	gauge	nanosecond
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.lookups`The number of pointer lookups performed by the runtime.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.mallocs`The number of heap objects allocated.	gauge	object
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.mcache_in_use`The number of bytes of allocated mcache structures.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.mcache_sys`The number of bytes of memory obtained from the OS for mcache structures.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.mspan_in_use`The number of bytes of allocated mspan structures.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.mspan_sys`The number of bytes of memory obtained from the OS for mspan structures.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.next_gc`The target heap size of the next GC cycle.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.num_forced_gc`The number of GC cycles that were forced by the application calling the GC function.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.num_gc`The number of completed GC cycles.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.other_sys`The number of bytes of memory in miscellaneous off-heap runtime allocations.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.stack_in_use`The number of bytes in stack spans.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.stack_sys`The number of bytes of stack memory obtained from the OS.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.sys`The total bytes of memory obtained from the OS.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.total_alloc`The cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects.	gauge	byte
`tekton.triggers_controller.go.total_gc_pause`The duration in GC stop-the-world pauses since the program started.	gauge	nanosecond
`tekton.triggers_controller.reconcile.count`Number of reconcile operations.	count	operation
`tekton.triggers_controller.reconcile_latency.bucket`Latency of reconcile operations.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.reconcile_latency.count`Latency of reconcile operations.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.reconcile_latency.sum`Latency of reconcile operations.	count	second
`tekton.triggers_controller.triggerbinding`Number of triggerbinding.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.triggertemplate`number of triggertemplate.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.work_queue_depth`Depth of the work queue.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.adds.count`Total number of adds handled by workqueue.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.depth`Current depth of workqueue.	gauge	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.longest_running_processor.bucket`Longest outstanding workqueue item has been in flight.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.longest_running_processor.count`Longest outstanding workqueue item has been in flight.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.longest_running_processor.sum`Longest outstanding workqueue item has been in flight.	count	second
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.queue_latency.bucket`Duration an item stays in workqueue before being requested.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.queue_latency.count`Duration an item stays in workqueue before being requested.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.queue_latency.sum`Duration an item stays in workqueue before being requested.	count	second
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.unfinished_work.bucket`Duration the outstanding workqueue items have been in flight.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.unfinished_work.count`Duration the outstanding workqueue items have been in flight.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.unfinished_work.sum`Duration the outstanding workqueue items have been in flight.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.work_duration.bucket`Duration an item from workqueue takes to get processed.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.work_duration.count`Duration an item from workqueue takes to get processed.	count	-
`tekton.triggers_controller.workqueue.work_duration.sum`Duration an item from workqueue takes to get processed.	count	-

Official documentation

Official documentation for the Tekton integration

Metric names and descriptions are the official Datadog integration definitions (Copyright Datadog, Inc., BSD-3-Clause), reproduced unedited. The full license terms are on the About page.

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