# AWS CloudWatch Metric Streams Encoding Extension

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> OpenTelemetry Collector extension · contrib distribution

This extension unmarshalls metrics encoded in formats produced by [Amazon CloudWatch Metric Streams](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Metric-Streams.html).

- **Component ID**: `contrib-awscloudwatchmetricstreamsencodingextension`
- **Name**: `awscloudwatchmetricstreamsencodingextension`
- **Type**: extension
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| alpha | extension |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-awscloudwatchmetricstreamsencodingextension/contrib-awscloudwatchmetricstreamsencodingextension-2c677a170563.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-awscloudwatchmetricstreamsencodingextension/contrib-awscloudwatchmetricstreamsencodingextension-2c677a170563.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/awscloudwatchmetricstreamsencodingextension](/collector/components/contrib/awscloudwatchmetricstreamsencodingextension)