Add process.signals_pending metric to semantic conventions

open-telemetry · Oct 5, 2022 · 70deae4 · 70deae4
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ release.
 
 ### Semantic Conventions
 
+- Add `process.signals_pending` metric to semantic conventions
+  ([#2846](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/2846))
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 ### Compatibility
 
 ### OpenTelemetry Protocol

diff --git a/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/process-metrics.md b/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/process-metrics.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Below is a table of Process metric instruments.
 | `process.threads`                      | UpDownCounter                                      | {threads} | Process threads count.                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | `process.open_file_descriptors`        | UpDownCounter                                      | {count}   | Number of file descriptors in use by the process.                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | `process.context_switches`             | Counter                                            | {count}   | Number of times the process has been context switched.                                                                              | `type` SHOULD be one of: `involuntary`, `voluntary`                                                                                                                                             |
+| `process.signals_pending`              | UpDownCounter                                      | {signals} | Number of pending signals for the process.                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 
 ## Attributes