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add two more default metrics
john-wd Aug 11, 2025
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remove dupe metric
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion django_prometheus/middleware.py
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from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
from prometheus_client import Counter, Histogram
from prometheus_client import Counter, Histogram, Gauge

from django_prometheus.conf import NAMESPACE, PROMETHEUS_LATENCY_BUCKETS
from django_prometheus.utils import PowersOf, Time, TimeSince
Expand All @@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.register()

def register(self):
self.inflight_requests = self.register_metric(
Gauge,
"django_http_inflight_requests",
"Current number of inflight requests.",
namespace=NAMESPACE,
)
self.requests_total = self.register_metric(
Counter,
"django_http_requests_before_middlewares_total",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -217,6 +223,7 @@ def process_request(self, request):
method = self._method(request)
self.label_metric(self.metrics.requests_by_method, request, method=method).inc()
self.label_metric(self.metrics.requests_by_transport, request, transport=transport).inc()
self.label_metric(self.metrics.inflight_requests, request).inc()

# Mimic the behaviour of the deprecated "Request.is_ajax()" method.
if request.headers.get("x-requested-with") == "XMLHttpRequest":
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -261,6 +268,7 @@ def process_response(self, request, response):
method = self._method(request)
name = self._get_view_name(request)
status = str(response.status_code)
self.label_metric(self.metrics.inflight_requests, request).dec()
self.label_metric(self.metrics.responses_by_status, request, response, status=status).inc()
self.label_metric(
self.metrics.responses_by_status_view_method,
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