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Memory Limiter Processor

OpenTelemetry Collector processor · core distribution

Component ID: core-memorylimiterprocessor
Name: memorylimiterprocessor
Type: processor
Distribution: core
Repository: opentelemetry-collector

Stability

Level	Signals
alpha	profiles
beta	logs, metrics, traces

Internal telemetry

Metric	Type	Value type	Unit	Stability	Enabled	Attributes	Description
`processor_memory_limiter_accepted_log_records`	sum (monotonic)	int	{record}	alpha	yes		Number of log records successfully pushed into the next component in the pipeline.
`processor_memory_limiter_accepted_metric_points`	sum (monotonic)	int	{datapoint}	alpha	yes		Number of metric points successfully pushed into the next component in the pipeline.
`processor_memory_limiter_accepted_spans`	sum (monotonic)	int	{span}	alpha	yes		Number of spans successfully pushed into the next component in the pipeline.
`processor_memory_limiter_refused_log_records`	sum (monotonic)	int	{record}	alpha	yes		Number of log records that were rejected by the next component in the pipeline.
`processor_memory_limiter_refused_metric_points`	sum (monotonic)	int	{datapoint}	alpha	yes		Number of metric points that were rejected by the next component in the pipeline.
`processor_memory_limiter_refused_spans`	sum (monotonic)	int	{span}	alpha	yes		Number of spans that were rejected by the next component in the pipeline.

Data

JSON (latest): /data/collector/components/core-memorylimiterprocessor/latest.json
JSON (pinned): /data/collector/components/core-memorylimiterprocessor/core-memorylimiterprocessor-4b4e2cf334b9.json
Explore: /collector/components/core/memorylimiterprocessor