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This PR corrects the Prometheus metrics documentation to reflect the actual label values emitted by cachekit, addressing inaccuracies in the examples and query guidance.

Key Changes

Corrected serializer label semantics

  • Documentation previously showed serializer="default" in examples, but the actual emitted values reflect the cache tier that served the record, not the @cache(serializer=...) preset.
  • Added clarification that valid values are: rust (L2 backend path), l1_memory (L1 in-memory hit), and unknown (record emitted without the label). Updated all examples across the docs to use these real values.

Clarified redis_cache_operations_total purpose

  • Reclassified this metric from a general "load-control operation counter" to a backpressure rejection counter.
  • Documented that it is emitted only on backpressure rejection, with operation="backpressure", status="rejected", and empty serializer/namespace labels.
  • Removed misleading examples and PromQL queries that used a status="hit" label on this series (which does not exist).

Updated stampede/miss-rate monitoring guidance

  • Changed distributed-locking docs to monitor operation="set" on cache_operations_total (since every miss triggers a write-back) instead of the incorrect status="miss" label on redis_cache_operations_total.

Consistency fixes

  • Updated FAQ and hit/miss derivation notes to point users to the correct labels on cache_operations_total.

Impact

Documentation-only changes that align the metrics reference and guides with the metric series and label values actually emitted at runtime, preventing users from building dashboards and alerts on non-existent labels.


Summary

This PR updates the Prometheus metrics and distributed locking documentation to accurately reflect the actual labels emitted by cache_operations_total and clarify the distinction between operation success and cache hit rates.

Key Changes

Clarified metric semantics:

  • Documented that cache_operations_total carries the labels operation, namespace, success, and serializer — with serializer being a newly documented label.
  • Corrected the widespread misconception in the docs that hit/miss can be derived from cache_operations_total. The docs now clearly state there is no hit/miss series or label, and that success reflects operation success across reads, writes, and other operations — not cache hits.

Renamed examples to reflect reality:

  • Renamed "Cache Hit Rate" query and "Low Cache Hit Rate" alert to "Operation Success Rate" / "Low Operation Success Rate" to avoid misleading users.

Added miss-rate proxy guidance:

  • Introduced operation="set" as a documented cache-write proxy for detecting misses/stampedes, along with explicit caveats: it can double-count when stats collection is enabled and records nothing for failed writes, so it should be treated as a proxy rather than an exact miss count.

Updated FAQ:

  • Replaced the misleading "Hit rate always 0" entry with "Where is the hit rate?" explaining there is no hit metric and pointing to the write-proxy approach.

Impact

These are documentation-only changes that make the metrics guidance consistent with the actual emitted label values, preventing users from building dashboards and alerts on a hit-rate assumption that the metrics do not support.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Updated Prometheus metrics guidance to clarify cache operation success, backpressure rejections, serializer labels, and cache tier reporting.
    • Revised miss-rate and stampede detection examples to use cache write operations as a proxy, including relevant limitations.
    • Improved monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting guidance for distributed locking and cache performance.

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The Prometheus examples illustrated serializer="default", which is the
name of a serializer preset and never a value the metric label takes.
The decorator emits serializer="rust" on the L2 path and "l1_memory" on
L1 hits; records emitted without the kwarg fall back to "unknown". A user
pasting the documented selector into Grafana got an empty series.

redis_cache_operations_total is emitted only by the backpressure
controller on queue-full rejection (operation="backpressure",
status="rejected", empty serializer and namespace). The examples and the
hit-rate query that read status="hit" / status="miss" from it described
series that never exist; replace them with the real record and point
miss-rate monitoring at operation="set" on cache_operations_total, which
every miss writes back to.

Verified: pytest --markdown-docs docs/ passes locally (CI does not run
it on PRs); label values confirmed against a live default registry.
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The documentation defines redis_cache_operations_total as a backpressure rejection counter, documents serializer tiers, and updates monitoring guidance to use operation success and an approximate write-based miss proxy.

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Prometheus metric documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Metric definitions and examples
docs/api-reference.md, docs/features/prometheus-metrics.md
The documentation defines rust, l1_memory, and unknown serializer labels. It limits redis_cache_operations_total to queue-full backpressure rejections and clarifies operation-success metrics and tier-specific histogram labels.
Monitoring and troubleshooting guidance
docs/features/prometheus-metrics.md, docs/features/distributed-locking.md
Queries, alerts, and troubleshooting use operation success. Miss-rate and stampede guidance uses cache_operations_total{operation="set"} as an approximate proxy with documented limitations.

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Users may miss a supported serializer or misinterpret the serializer="unknown" metric series; both fixes are localized and straightforward.

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In `@docs/features/distributed-locking.md`:
- Around line 321-322: Update both references to operation="set" in the
distributed-locking documentation to describe it only as a cache-write proxy.
Remove claims that every miss produces one set event, and do not present its
rate as the miss rate or a direct stampede signal; account for duplicate
successful recordings and absent recordings when cache population fails.

In `@docs/features/prometheus-metrics.md`:
- Around line 106-108: Correct the Prometheus metrics documentation to remove
claims that cache hit/miss rates can be derived from cache_operations_total or
that LowCacheHitRate measures cache hits. Document that cache_operations_total’s
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…on="set" miss proxy

cache_operations_total exposes only operation/namespace/success/serializer (no
hit label; hit is captured internally but never emitted), so success is
operation-success across reads/writes, not a hit rate. And operation="set" is
recorded twice per miss when stats collection is on and not at all on a failed
write, so it is a cache-write proxy, not a 1:1 miss count. Docs updated to match.

CodeRabbit-Resolved: prometheus-metrics.md:108:Correct the hit-rate documentation
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🟡 Minor · Document the pythonic serializer. · api-reference.md:527-538

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Document the pythonic serializer.

The serializer registry includes pythonic, and the normal factory path accepts that name. The serializer-name list in docs/api-reference.md:527-538 omits this supported option, so users cannot discover it through the API reference. Add pythonic to the list, or scope the list explicitly if it is not public.

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In `@docs/api-reference.md` around lines 527 - 538, The serializer-name list in
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🟡 Minor · Describe unknown as a serializer label value. · prometheus-metrics.md:73-74

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Describe unknown as a serializer label value.

The metric recorder always emits the serializer label. When no serializer is supplied, it uses the value "unknown". Replace the wording with:

unknown is the label value used when no serializer is supplied.

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In `@docs/features/prometheus-metrics.md` around lines 73 - 74, Update the
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that unknown is the label value used when no serializer is supplied, replacing
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In `@docs/api-reference.md`:
- Around line 527-538: The serializer-name list in the API reference omits the
supported pythonic serializer. Add the pythonic name alongside the existing
string serializer options, preserving the current documentation structure.

In `@docs/features/prometheus-metrics.md`:
- Around line 73-74: Update the Prometheus metrics documentation near the
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