# Documentation regarding Prometheus metrics

**URL:** https://forums.rocket.chat/t/documentation-regarding-prometheus-metrics/2285
**Category:** Community Support
**Created:** [October 18, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/documentation-regarding-prometheus-metrics/2285 "2018-10-18T07:07:00Z")
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### Author: ![teecee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@teecee](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/teecee)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/documentation-regarding-prometheus-metrics/2285/1 "2018-10-18T07:07:00Z")

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Is there some documentation describing the various metrics available to prometheus?  
I’ve looked at rocketchat\_messages\_total but I don’t understand what it shows. When I send a new message, it doesn’t change, and earlier today it jumped 27 numbers in one step.