pod-metrics.md

Pod Metrics

Metric name	Metric type	Description	Unit (where applicable)	Labels/tags	Status	Opt-in
kube_pod_annotations	Gauge	Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels controlled via --metric-annotations-allowlist		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> annotation_POD_ANNOTATION=<POD_ANNOTATION> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_info	Gauge	Information about pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> host_ip=<host-ip> pod_ip=<pod-ip> node=<node-name> created_by_kind=<created_by_kind> created_by_name=<created_by_name> uid=<pod-uid> priority_class=<priority_class> host_network=<host_network>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_ips	Gauge	Pod IP addresses		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> ip=<pod-ip-address> ip_family=<4 OR 6> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_start_time	Gauge	Start time in unix timestamp for a pod	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_completion_time	Gauge	Completion time in unix timestamp for a pod	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_owner	Gauge	Information about the Pod's owner		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> owner_kind=<owner kind> owner_name=<owner name> owner_is_controller=<whether owner is controller> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_labels	Gauge	Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels controlled via --metric-labels-allowlist		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> label_POD_LABEL=<POD_LABEL> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_nodeselectors	Gauge	Describes the Pod nodeSelectors		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> nodeselector_NODE_SELECTOR=<NODE_SELECTOR> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	Opt-in
kube_pod_status_phase	Gauge	The pods current phase		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> phase=<Pending|Running|Succeeded|Failed|Unknown> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_status_qos_class	Gauge	The pods current qosClass		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> qos_class=<BestEffort|Burstable|Guaranteed> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_status_ready	Gauge	Describes whether the pod is ready to serve requests		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> condition=<true|false|unknown> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_status_scheduled	Gauge	Describes the status of the scheduling process for the pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> condition=<true|false|unknown> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_container_info	Gauge	Information about a container in a pod		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> image=<image-name> image_id=<image-id> image_spec=<image-spec> container_id=<containerid> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_container_status_waiting	Gauge	Describes whether the container is currently in waiting state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_container_status_waiting_reason	Gauge	Describes the reason the container is currently in waiting state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<container-waiting-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_container_status_running	Gauge	Describes whether the container is currently in running state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_container_state_started	Gauge	Start time in unix timestamp for a pod container	seconds	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_container_status_terminated	Gauge	Describes whether the container is currently in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_container_status_terminated_reason	Gauge	Describes the reason the container is currently in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<container-terminated-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_reason	Gauge	Describes the last reason the container was in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<last-terminated-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_exitcode	Gauge	Describes the exit code for the last container in terminated state.		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_timestamp	Gauge	Last terminated time for a pod container in unix timestamp.		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_container_status_ready	Gauge	Describes whether the containers readiness check succeeded		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_status_initialized_time	Gauge	Time when the pod is initialized.	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_status_ready_time	Gauge	Time when pod passed readiness probes.	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_status_container_ready_time	Gauge	Time when the container of the pod entered Ready state.	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_container_status_restarts_total	Counter	The number of container restarts per container		container=<container-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> pod=<pod-name> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_container_resource_requests	Gauge	The number of requested request resource by a container. It is recommended to use the kube_pod_resource_requests metric exposed by kube-scheduler instead, as it is more precise.	cpu=<core> memory=<bytes>	resource=<resource-name> unit=<resource-unit> container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> node=< node-name> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_container_resource_limits	Gauge	The number of requested limit resource by a container. It is recommended to use the kube_pod_resource_limits metric exposed by kube-scheduler instead, as it is more precise.	cpu=<core> memory=<bytes>	resource=<resource-name> unit=<resource-unit> container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> node=< node-name> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_overhead_cpu_cores	Gauge	The pod overhead in regards to cpu cores associated with running a pod	core	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_overhead_memory_bytes	Gauge	The pod overhead in regards to memory associated with running a pod	bytes	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_runtimeclass_name_info	Gauge	The runtimeclass associated with the pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_created	Gauge	Unix creation timestamp	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_deletion_timestamp	Gauge	Unix deletion timestamp	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_restart_policy	Gauge	Describes the restart policy in use by this pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> type=<Always|Never|OnFailure> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_init_container_info	Gauge	Information about an init container in a pod		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> image=<image-name> image_id=<image-id> image_spec=<image-spec> container_id=<containerid> uid=<pod-uid> restart_policy=<restart-policy>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_init_container_status_waiting	Gauge	Describes whether the init container is currently in waiting state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_init_container_status_waiting_reason	Gauge	Describes the reason the init container is currently in waiting state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<container-waiting-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_init_container_status_running	Gauge	Describes whether the init container is currently in running state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_init_container_status_terminated	Gauge	Describes whether the init container is currently in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_init_container_status_terminated_reason	Gauge	Describes the reason the init container is currently in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<container-terminated-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_init_container_status_last_terminated_reason	Gauge	Describes the last reason the init container was in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<last-terminated-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_init_container_status_ready	Gauge	Describes whether the init containers readiness check succeeded		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_init_container_status_restarts_total	Counter	The number of restarts for the init container	integer	container=<container-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> pod=<pod-name> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_init_container_resource_limits	Gauge	The number of CPU cores requested limit by an init container	cpu=<core> memory=<bytes>	resource=<resource-name> unit=<resource-unit> container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> node=< node-name> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_init_container_resource_requests	Gauge	The number of CPU cores requested by an init container	cpu=<core> memory=<bytes>	resource=<resource-name> unit=<resource-unit> container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> node=< node-name> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_spec_volumes_persistentvolumeclaims_info	Gauge	Information about persistentvolumeclaim volumes in a pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> volume=<volume-name> persistentvolumeclaim=<persistentvolumeclaim-claimname> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_spec_volumes_persistentvolumeclaims_readonly	Gauge	Describes whether a persistentvolumeclaim is mounted read only	bool	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> volume=<volume-name> persistentvolumeclaim=<persistentvolumeclaim-claimname> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_status_reason	Gauge	The pod status reasons		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<Evicted|NodeAffinity|NodeLost|Shutdown|UnexpectedAdmissionError> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_status_scheduled_time	Gauge	Unix timestamp when pod moved into scheduled status	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_status_unschedulable	Gauge	Describes the unschedulable status for the pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE	-
kube_pod_tolerations	Gauge	Information about the pod tolerations		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid> key=<toleration-key> operator=<toleration-operator> value=<toleration-value> effect=<toleration-effect> toleration_seconds=<toleration-seconds>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_service_account	Gauge	The service account for a pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid> service_account=<service_account>	EXPERIMENTAL	-
kube_pod_scheduler	Gauge	The scheduler for a pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid> name=<scheduler-name>	EXPERIMENTAL	-

Useful metrics queries

How to retrieve non-standard Pod state

It is not straightforward to get the Pod states for certain cases like "Terminating" and "Unknown" since it is not stored behind a field in the Pod.Status.

So to mimic the logic used by the kubectl command line, you will need to compose multiple metrics.

For example:

• To get the list of pods that are in the Unknown state, you can run the following PromQL query: sum(kube_pod_status_phase{phase="Unknown"}) by (namespace, pod) or (count(kube_pod_deletion_timestamp) by (namespace, pod) * sum(kube_pod_status_reason{reason="NodeLost"}) by(namespace, pod))

• For Pods in Terminating state: count(kube_pod_deletion_timestamp) by (namespace, pod) * count(kube_pod_status_reason{reason="NodeLost"} == 0) by (namespace, pod)

Here is an example of a Prometheus rule that can be used to alert on a Pod that has been in the Terminating state for more than 5m.

groups:
- name: Pod state
  rules:
  - alert: PodsBlockedInTerminatingState
    expr: count(kube_pod_deletion_timestamp) by (namespace, pod) * count(kube_pod_status_reason{reason="NodeLost"} == 0) by (namespace, pod) > 0
    for: 5m
    labels:
      severity: page
    annotations:
      summary: Pod {{$labels.namespace}}/{{$labels.pod}} blocked in Terminating state.