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Understand Grafana Cloud usage limits
Grafana Cloud continuously provides your account limits in the following metrics:
grafanacloud_instance_metrics_limits
grafanacloud_logs_instance_limits
grafanacloud_traces_instance_limits
To find these limits in your Grafana Cloud instance:
- Click Explore (compass icon).
- Select
grafanacloud-usage
from the dropdown menu. - In the Metrics browser query field, enter the metric, for example
grafanacloud_instance_metrics_limits
. - Click Run query.
The label limit_name
provides the specific limit. See below for a complete reference.
Metric usage limits
To increase metrics usage limits, contact Grafana Support.
Ingestion limits
Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
---|---|---|
ingestion_rate | The maximum number of ingested samples per second for a series. | 10,000 |
ingestion_burst_size | The maximum allowed ingestion burst size (in number of samples). | 200,000 |
max_global_series_per_metric | The total maximum series for each metric across the entire instance. | 20,000 |
max_global_series_per_user | The total maximum series for each user in an instance. | 150,000 |
max_global_exemplars_per_user | The total maximum exemplars for each user in an instance. | 0 (disabled) |
Query limits
Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
---|---|---|
max_partial_query_length | The maximum time range for partial queries at the querier level. | 768h |
max_series_per_query | The maximum number of unique series for which a query can fetch samples | 100,000 |
Rules limits
Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
---|---|---|
ruler_max_rule_groups_per_tenant | The maximum number of rule groups for an instance. | 35 |
ruler_max_rules_per_rule_group | The maximum number of rules per rule group for an instance. | 20 |
Logs usage limits
Ingestion limits
Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
---|---|---|
ingestion_rate_mb | Per-user ingestion rate in MB. | 5 |
max_global_streams_per_user | The maximum number of active streams per user, across ingesters. | 5,000 |
retention_period | Compactor retention for storage, in hours. | 744 |
max_line_size | The maximum size of a log line. This limit cannot be modified. | 256kb |
max_label_names_per_series | The maximum number of labels per stream. | 15 |
max_label_name_length | The maximum size label name. | 1024 |
max_label_value_length | The maximum size label value. | 2048 |
Query limits
Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
---|---|---|
max_query_length | The maximum time range for partial queries at the querier level. | 721h |
max_query_lookback | Querier limit on how far back data can be queried. | 0 (disabled) |
max_query_series | The maximum unique series that can be returned by a metric query. | 500 |
Traces usage limits
Limit name | Limit description | Default limit |
---|---|---|
max_bytes_per_trace | The maximum size of a trace in bytes. | 3,000,000 |
ingestion_rate_limit_bytes | Per-user ingestion rate limit in bytes. | 500,000 |
ingestion_burst_size_bytes | Per ingestion burst size in bytes. | 500,000 |
block_retention | The duration to keep blocks/traces in seconds. | 2,592,000 |
Discarded Spans panel in the Billing dashboard
In the Billing dashboard, there is a panel that shows Discarded Spans and a color-coded legend with a reason why the spans were discarded. The table that follows defines each of those reasons.
Reason for discarded span | Definition |
---|---|
internal error | A general error that should be further explained in the logs. |
live_traces_exceeded | Exceeded the max number of traces allowed in the ingester per tenant |
rate limited | Exceeded the ingestion_rate_limit_bytes limit |
trace_too_large | Exceeded the max_bytes_per_trace limit |
Grafana Cloud usage
Grafana Cloud continuously provides your account usage in the following metrics:
grafanacloud_instance_metrics_*
grafanacloud_logs_instance_*
grafanacloud_traces_instance_*
For example, to monitor log stream count, you can use grafanacloud_logs_instance_active_streams
.
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