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title: "Pulsar Metrics Reference"
description: "Reference guide for Aerospike Pulsar Connector metrics, covering inbound and outbound connection and request gauges."
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# Pulsar Metrics Reference

> For the complete documentation index see: [llms.txt](https://aerospike.com/docs/llms.txt)
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Metrics reference for the Pulsar Connector

## Inbound

#### `connections`

`watch`

Context: inbound

Prometheus Name: `aerospike_pulsar_inbound_connections`

Description: Count of active or closed XDR connections to the inbound connector.

Introduced: \-

Removed: \-

Measurement type: `gauge`

Data type: `integer`

Labels: status

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#### `requests`

`watch`

Context: inbound

Prometheus Name: `aerospike_pulsar_inbound_connections`

Description: Count of requests that could not be parsed or written to the external system being used, such as Kafka, JMS, Pulsar, etc.

Introduced: \-

Removed: \-

Measurement type: `gauge`

Data type: `integer`

Labels: status

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## Outbound

#### `connections`

`watch`

Context: outbound

Prometheus Name: `aerospike_pulsar_outbound_connections`

Description: Count of active or closed XDR connections to the outbound connector.

Introduced: \-

Removed: \-

Measurement type: `gauge`

Data type: `integer`

Labels: status

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#### `requests`

`watch`

Context: outbound

Prometheus Name: `aerospike_pulsar_outbound_connections`

Description: Count of requests that could not be parsed or written to the external system being used, such as Kafka, JMS, Pulsar, etc.

Introduced: \-

Removed: \-

Measurement type: `gauge`

Data type: `integer`

Labels: status

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