No, that expression would give you the number of seconds since the start of the last scrape of a target (or recording rule evaluation), relative to the query evaluation timestamp.
For example, if you had a scrape interval of 15s, that value would move somewhere roughly between 0s - 15s. See: https://demo.promlens.com/?l=fycmtZbOWVY On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 5:29 PM Vishwanath <[email protected]> wrote: > As per Prometheus documentation - time(0 function doesn;t give current > time, but the time at which expression is evaluated (below) > > time() returns the number of seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC. Note that > this does not actually return the current time, but the time at which the > expression is to be evaluated. > > Does this mean "time()-timestamp(my_metric)" can plot ingestion latency > for any metric ingested ? > > Thank you in advance for your answers. > > -Vishwanath. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAPVy_QUwoANF2zycwaKP%3D6APDLd%3DtZRr-j3sz-nnm6K2Eyrrcg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CAPVy_QUwoANF2zycwaKP%3D6APDLd%3DtZRr-j3sz-nnm6K2Eyrrcg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-developers/CA%2BT6YoweMGMyN%3DMZWimAz8gEUH8jN9eV_SoLrry-vrTrdDavYg%40mail.gmail.com.
