> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.risingwave.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Prometheus metrics reference

> Find the authoritative RisingWave Prometheus metrics reference and the generated inventory of exposed metric families.

RisingWave exposes Prometheus metrics from each component, including compute, frontend, compactor, and meta nodes. If you need the complete metric catalog instead of the curated Grafana dashboards, use the source-maintained reference below.

## Metrics reference

Use the [RisingWave metrics reference](https://github.com/risingwavelabs/risingwave/blob/main/docs/metrics/reference.md) for the complete Prometheus metric documentation. It covers:

* Default metrics endpoints and ports
* Common labels and join/info metrics
* Alert thresholds used by the shipped Grafana dashboards
* Operational metrics grouped by domain, such as streaming, storage, sources, sinks, memory, CPU, batch queries, and UDFs

## Metrics inventory

Use the generated [metrics inventory TSV](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/risingwavelabs/risingwave/main/docs/metrics/inventory.tsv) when you need the flat list of registered metric families. The inventory is extracted from the RisingWave source code and includes these columns:

* `metric_name`
* `type`
* `labels`
* `help`
* `buckets`
* `file`

The reference and inventory are maintained in the `risingwave` repository, where CI checks keep the inventory aligned with the current metric registrations.

## Related topics

* [Monitor a RisingWave cluster](/operate/monitor-risingwave-cluster)
* [Monitoring and metrics](/performance/metrics)