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In vLLM v0.23.0, vllm:num_requests_waiting is a Prometheus gauge for the number of requests waiting to be processed.

MetricvLLM v0.23.0confidence: highverified 14 min agoverified-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:461-469)
definesprimarysource_codecode_introspection

Does not establish

  • why requests are waiting
  • a recommended queue-depth threshold
  • latency impact for a workload

Guards

  • vllm_version = v0.23.0
  • metric_name = vllm:num_requests_waiting
  • runtime_component = scheduler

Freshness

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