Thanos Metrics API

Prometheus metrics for monitoring Compactor performance.

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thanos-metrics-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Thanos Compact Alerts Metrics API
  description: The Thanos Compact HTTP API provides operational endpoints for the Compactor component, which runs as a singleton process applying Prometheus compaction procedures to TSDB blocks stored in object storage. It performs downsampling at 5-minute and 1-hour resolutions and enforces retention policies to reduce long-term storage costs.
  version: 0.35.0
  contact:
    name: Thanos Community
    url: https://thanos.io/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: http://localhost:10902
  description: Default Thanos Compact HTTP endpoint
tags:
- name: Metrics
  description: Prometheus metrics for monitoring Compactor performance.
paths:
  /metrics:
    get:
      operationId: getCompactMetrics
      summary: Thanos Prometheus Metrics
      description: Exposes internal Compactor metrics in Prometheus text exposition format. Includes metrics for compaction duration, block counts by resolution, retention enforcement operations, downsampling progress, and object storage operation rates.
      tags:
      - Metrics
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Prometheus metrics in text format
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
externalDocs:
  description: Thanos Compact Documentation
  url: https://thanos.io/tip/components/compact.md/