Add process.signals_pending metric to semantic conventions

open-telemetry · Nov 7, 2022 · 9c40d7c · 9c40d7c
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ release.
   ([#2874](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/2874))
 - Add `process.paging.faults` metric to semantic conventions
   ([#2827](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/2827))
+- Add `process.signals_pending` metric to semantic conventions
+  ([#2846](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/2846))
 
 ### Compatibility
 

diff --git a/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/process-metrics.md b/specification/metrics/semantic_conventions/process-metrics.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Below is a table of Process metric instruments.
 | `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.paging.faults`         | Counter                                            | {faults}  | Number of page faults the process has made.                                                                                         | `type`, if specified, SHOULD be one of: `major` (for major, or hard, page faults), `minor` (for minor, or soft, page faults).                                                                   |
+| `process.signals_pending`       | UpDownCounter                                      | {signals} | Number of pending POSIX signals for the process.                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 
 ## Attributes