pulsar_subscription_back_log
The total backlog of a subscription (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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