spans_sent metric

[ebracho]

Would it be possible to emit a spans_sent metric? This would give us a way to create triggers based on ingested span volumes.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Need a way to create a trigger based on ingested span volumes.

Describe the solution you'd like

Emit a spans_sent counter metric that increments for each spend sent to Honeycomb's ingestion endpoint.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Create a trigger based on a simple COUNT query

• Usage queries aren't supported for triggers, no way to disable sample rate adjustments for triggers.

Additional context

[kentquirk]

We like this idea and will try to get it in the next release.

[MikeGoldsmith]

Closing as we already have the libhoney_upstream_messages_sent counter that tracks the number of events sent to Honeycomb. It's part of the standard Refinery Metrics.

[ebracho]

Oh perfect, thanks for pointing it out. I noticed that metric before but I didn't realize it was referring to span counts.