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AWS prometheus documentation change

Service: prometheus · 2026-05-22 · Documentation low

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

Summary

Added new metrics for out-of-order sample ingestion and corresponding error reasons, including documentation for percentile dimensions.

Security assessment

The changes add operational metrics for monitoring data ingestion anomalies. While helpful for reliability, they don't address security vulnerabilities or introduce security features. The 'out-of-order-rate-limit' error relates to service quotas, not security controls.

Diff

diff --git a/prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md b/prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md
index a7bf6ca85..eee36ec42 100644
--- a//prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md
+++ b//prometheus/latest/userguide/AMP-CW-usage-metrics.md
@@ -63,0 +64,2 @@ IngestionRatePerLabelSet |  - |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  The ingestion rate for each
+OutOfOrderIngestionRate |  - |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  Out-of-order sample ingestion rate Units: Count per second Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
+OutOfOrderSampleAge*** |  - |  `AWS/Prometheus` |  The difference between an out-of-order sample's timestamp and its ingestion time, which indicates how old the sample is when ingested. Units: Seconds Valid Statistics: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Sum  
@@ -82,0 +85,2 @@ sample-out-of-order |  Samples are sent out of order and cannot be processed.
+sample-too-old |  Sample is older than the configured out-of-order time window and cannot be processed.  
+out-of-order-rate-limit |  Out-of-order ingestion rate limit was reached and the sample cannot be processed. For more information, see [Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus service quotas](./AMP_quotas.html).  
@@ -89,0 +94,8 @@ duplicate_label_names |  Duplicate label names provided.
+***The `OutOfOrderSampleAge` metric includes a `Percentile` dimension. You can use this metric to determine the appropriate out of order time window for your workspace. The valid values for the `Percentile` dimension are as follows.
+
+Percentile |  Description  
+---|---  
+p50 |  The 50th percentile age of out-of-order samples.  
+p99 |  The 99th percentile age of out-of-order samples.  
+max |  The maximum age of out-of-order samples.  
+