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AWS prometheus documentation change

Service: prometheus · 2026-05-16 · Documentation low

File: prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md

Summary

Updated CloudWatch metric documentation: removed 'Sum' statistic from multiple metrics and standardized unit capitalization (bytes → Bytes, seconds → Seconds)

Security assessment

Changes are statistical reporting adjustments without security context. No vulnerabilities, access controls, or security features are mentioned. Modifications focus on metric usability and consistency.

Diff

diff --git a/prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md b/prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md
index 5cafb845a..a7bf6ca85 100644
--- a//prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md
+++ b//prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md
@@ -34,2 +34,2 @@ ResourceCount* |  RemoteWriteTPS |  `AWS/Usage` |  Remote write operations per s
-ResourceCount |  ActiveAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of active alerts per workspace Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
-ResourceCount |  ActiveSeries |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of active series per workspace Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
+ResourceCount |  ActiveAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of active alerts per workspace Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
+ResourceCount |  ActiveSeries |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of active series per workspace Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
@@ -39,2 +39 @@ ResourceCount |  AllSilences |  `AWS/Usage` |  Maximum number of silences, inclu
-ResourceCount |  AllAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of alerts in any state per workspace. Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
-ResourceCount |  IngestionRate |  `AWS/Usage` |  Sample ingestion rate Units: Count per second Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
+ResourceCount |  IngestionRate |  `AWS/Usage` |  Sample ingestion rate Units: Count per second Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
@@ -45,5 +44,5 @@ ResourceCount |  WorkspaceCount |  `AWS/Usage` |  The maximum number of workspac
-ResourceCount |  SizeOfAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Total size of all alerts in the workspace, in bytes Units: bytes Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
-ResourceCount |  SuppressedAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of alerts in suppressed state per workspace. An alert can be suppressed by a silence or inhibition. Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
-ResourceCount |  UnprocessedAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of alerts in unprocessed state per workspace. An alert is in unprocessed state once it is received by AlertManager, but is waiting for the next aggregation group evaluation. Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
-ResourceCount |  AllAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of alerts in any state per workspace. Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
-ResourceCount |  AllRules |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of rules in any state per workspace. Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
+ResourceCount |  SizeOfAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Total size of all alerts in the workspace, in bytes Units: Bytes Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
+ResourceCount |  SuppressedAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of alerts in suppressed state per workspace. An alert can be suppressed by a silence or inhibition. Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
+ResourceCount |  UnprocessedAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of alerts in unprocessed state per workspace. An alert is in unprocessed state once it is received by AlertManager, but is waiting for the next aggregation group evaluation. Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
+ResourceCount |  AllAlerts |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of alerts in any state per workspace Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
+ResourceCount |  AllRules |  `AWS/Usage` |  Number of rules in any state per workspace Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
@@ -55 +54 @@ AlertManagerNotificationsThrottled |  - |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  Number of throttl
-AnomalyDetectors |  WorkspaceId |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  Total number of anomaly detectors for a given workspace Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
+AnomalyDetectors |  WorkspaceId |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  Total number of anomaly detectors for a given workspace Units: Count Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum  
@@ -69 +68 @@ RuleGroupIterationsMissed |  - |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  Number of Rule Group itera
-RuleGroupLastEvaluationDuration |  - |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  Duration of a rule group's last evaluation. Units: seconds Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
+RuleGroupLastEvaluationDuration |  - |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  Duration of a rule group's last evaluation. Units: Seconds Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum