vLLM v0.23.0 · Version scoped

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

MetricvLLM v0.23.0confidence: highverified Sep 29verified-code

Metric

num_requests_waiting

Applies when

PrometheusStatLogger metrics publisherV1 metrics

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.py(vllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:461-466)

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461:         gauge_scheduler_waiting = self._gauge_cls(
462:             name="vllm:num_requests_waiting",
463:             documentation="Number of requests waiting to be processed.",
464:             multiprocess_mode="mostrecent",
465:             labelnames=labelnames,
466:         )

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Does not establish

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

Guards

vllm_version = v0.23.0
metric_name = vllm:num_requests_waiting

Freshness

Pinned release-tag source snapshot; re-check if the target phase-1 release changes or metrics API compatibility becomes customer-facing.