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factclaim.vllm.metric.e2e_request_latency_seconds.v0230.causal_runtime_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:e2e_request_latency_seconds` is computed when a request enters finished-request accounting using current time minus `arrival_time`.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:430–475

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factclaim.vllm.metric.e2e_request_latency_seconds.v0230.guarded_guidance

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:e2e_request_latency_seconds` use phase histograms as companions before assigning cause; compare like request populations and workload distributions.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:430–475

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factclaim.vllm.metric.e2e_request_latency_seconds.v0230.interpretation_composition

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:e2e_request_latency_seconds` combines queue, prefill, decode, and other request-lifecycle time rather than isolating one phase.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:430–475

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factclaim.vllm.metric.e2e_request_latency_seconds.v0230.measurement_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:e2e_request_latency_seconds` observes one finished-request duration in seconds from arrival to logging-time completion.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:430–475

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factclaim.vllm.metric.inter_token_latency_seconds.v0230.guarded_guidance

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:inter_token_latency_seconds` use it to inspect token-level decode cadence; do not equate its histogram count with requests or its mean with request-weighted `TPOT`.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:360–405

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factclaim.vllm.metric.kv_cache_usage_perc.v0230.causal_runtime_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:kv_cache_usage_perc` is set from `SchedulerStats.kv_cache_usage` rather than incremented from completed requests.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1070–1088

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factclaim.vllm.metric.num_requests_running.v0230.causal_runtime_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:num_requests_running` is set from scheduler running-request state at a logging snapshot.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1064–1082

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factclaim.vllm.metric.num_requests_running.v0230.guarded_guidance

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:num_requests_running` use it with waiting, KV pressure, and token progress to describe load; never use it as an error-rate denominator.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1064–1082

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factclaim.vllm.metric.num_requests_running.v0230.interpretation_composition

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:num_requests_running` measures concurrency rather than arrivals, completions, successes, or failures.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1064–1082

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factclaim.vllm.metric.num_requests_running.v0230.labels

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:num_requests_running` is registered with the label names `model_name`, engine.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLogger metrics publisherwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

the set of values any of these labels takes at runtime
label cardinality in a deployment

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:451–456

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factclaim.vllm.metric.num_requests_running.v0230.measurement_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:num_requests_running` is a point-in-time gauge of requests currently running in model execution batches.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1064–1082

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factclaim.vllm.metric.num_requests_running.v0230.observes_scheduler_queue_state

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:num_requests_running` is set from `SchedulerStats.num_running_reqs` and observes scheduler running-request state.

vLLM v0.23.0when V1 scheduler statswhen PrometheusStatLogger metrics publisher

Limitations

queue latency
request success or failure
capacity saturation by itself

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/stats.py:171–176

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vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1066–1069

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factclaim.vllm.metric.num_requests_running.v0230.prometheus_gauge

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:num_requests_running` is a Prometheus gauge for the number of requests in model execution batches.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLogger metrics publisherwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

the metric value for any workload
a recommended threshold for running requests
metric stability in later vLLM releases

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:451–459

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens.v0230.causal_runtime_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens` is computed in finished-request logging after request completion from `num_prompt_tokens` and `num_cached_tokens`.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1179–1213

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens.v0230.guarded_guidance

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens` compare distributions under matched workloads; use cached-token counters as companions and do not treat one bucket count as token throughput.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1179–1213

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens.v0230.interpretation_composition

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens` measures newly computed prefill KV work per completed request, not total prompt length when caching contributes.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1179–1213

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens.v0230.measurement_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_prefill_kv_computed_tokens` observes one histogram sample per finished request: prompt tokens minus non-negative cached tokens.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1179–1213

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_queue_time_seconds.queued_ts_assignment

For each `EngineCoreEventType.QUEUED` event processed by `IterationStats.update_from_events`, `req_stats.queued_ts` is set to event.timestamp.

vLLM v0.23.0when V1 metricswhen IterationStats.update_from_events engine-core event accounting

Limitations

how many QUEUED events a request emits under any given workload
whether repeated queueing of a request indicates a fault

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/stats.py:416–419

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_queue_time_seconds.v0230.causal_runtime_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_queue_time_seconds` is emitted on completion from scheduler lifecycle timestamps; repeated `QUEUED` events overwrite `queued_ts` while first `SCHEDULED` is retained.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:406–455

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_queue_time_seconds.v0230.interpretation_composition

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_queue_time_seconds` measures the recorded waiting interval and includes only requests reaching finished-request accounting.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:406–455

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_queue_time_seconds.v0230.measurement_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_queue_time_seconds` observes one finished-request duration from `queued_ts` to the first `scheduled_ts`.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:406–455

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_queue_time_seconds.v0230.queue_interval_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `queued_time` is computed as `req_stats.scheduled_ts` - `req_stats.queued_ts`; the source comment describes the queued interval as from first `QUEUED` event to first `SCHEDULED`.

vLLM v0.23.0when V1 metricswhen IterationStats.update_from_finished_request finished-request accounting

Limitations

typical or healthy queue-time durations (workload-dependent)
that queued_ts reflects the first QUEUED event when a request emits more than one, despite the source comment's wording
queue interval semantics in vLLM versions other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/stats.py:439–440

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_success.v0230.causal_runtime_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_success` increments once for each `FinishedRequestStats` record consumed by the logger.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1179–1188

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_success.v0230.guarded_guidance

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_success` sum only intended finish reasons for the question; use API or ingress telemetry for a denominator covering every HTTP attempt.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1179–1188

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_success.v0230.interpretation_composition

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_success` is a completed-engine-request population and does not cover requests rejected before engine completion.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1179–1188

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_success.v0230.measurement_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_success` counts finished engine requests partitioned by `finished_reason`.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:1179–1188

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_time_per_output_token_seconds.v0230.causal_runtime_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_time_per_output_token_seconds` is computed from first-to-last-token decode time and `num_generation_tokens` minus one, with zero when no interval exists.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:439–475

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_time_per_output_token_seconds.v0230.guarded_guidance

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_time_per_output_token_seconds` use it for per-request decode experience; compare distributions under matched output lengths rather than substituting aggregate tokens per second.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:439–475

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_time_per_output_token_seconds.v0230.interpretation_composition

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_time_per_output_token_seconds` is a request-weighted `TPOT` distribution and is not the same population as token-weighted `inter_token_latency_seconds`.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:439–475

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factclaim.vllm.metric.request_time_per_output_token_seconds.v0230.measurement_semantics

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_time_per_output_token_seconds` observes one per-finished-request mean decode interval divided by output-token intervals after the first token.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:439–475

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factclaim.vllm.metric.time_to_first_token_seconds.v0230.interpretation_composition

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:time_to_first_token_seconds` its histogram count follows first-token events and need not equal a finished-request counter across abort and error paths.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLoggerwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

a workload-independent healthy threshold
semantics in any vLLM version other than v0.23.0

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics stats.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:360–389

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factclaim.vllm.metric.time_to_first_token_seconds.v0230.prometheus_type

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:time_to_first_token_seconds` is registered as a Prometheus histogram.

vLLM v0.23.0when PrometheusStatLogger metrics publisherwhen V1 metrics

Limitations

the metric's unit of measure
what the metric measures semantically
a healthy or expected value range

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.pyvllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:754–782

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use casescenario.vllm.issue-8115-ttft-population

Schema proves different update events; a particular delta needs deployment observations.

vLLM v0.23.0

Limitations

Counts by finish reason process and restart window
Lifecycle test including abort error streaming and fan-out

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use casescenario.vllm.issue-9346-valid-error-denominator

Lifecycle semantics rule out proposed denominators; complete SLI needs external API-layer telemetry.

vLLM v0.23.0

Limitations

API or ingress request counter by stable outcome
Retry disconnect validation and engine-failure accounting

Exact supporting evidence is not available for this result yet.