pulsar_storage_backlog_size
The total backlog size of the topics of this namespace owned by this broker (messages).Dimensions:None
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Message Backlog Explosion Signals Consumer Lag or Failurecritical
Growing message backlog indicates consumers are falling behind producers or have stopped processing messages entirely. This can lead to memory pressure, disk exhaustion, and eventually message loss if retention policies expire unacknowledged messages.
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