awesome-prometheus-alerts/dist/rules/gitlab/gitlab-built-in-exporter.yml

groups:

- name: GitlabBuiltInExporter

  
  rules:

    # Queued connections indicate Puma workers are saturated.
    # Consider increasing puma['worker_processes'] or puma['max_threads'] in gitlab.rb.
    - alert: GitlabPumaHighQueuedConnections
      expr: 'avg_over_time(puma_queued_connections[5m]) > 5'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Puma high queued connections (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab Puma has {{ $value }} queued connections on {{ $labels.instance }}. Requests are waiting for an available worker thread.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabPumaNoAvailablePoolCapacity
      expr: 'puma_pool_capacity == 0'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: critical
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Puma no available pool capacity (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab Puma pool capacity on {{ $labels.instance }} has been at 0 for 5 minutes. All threads are busy.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabPumaWorkersNotRunning
      expr: 'puma_running_workers < puma_workers'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Puma workers not running (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab Puma on {{ $labels.instance }} has {{ $value }} running workers out of expected total.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # Threshold is 5% of all requests returning server errors.
    # Check GitLab logs at /var/log/gitlab/ for root cause.
    - alert: GitlabHighHttpErrorRate
      expr: 'sum(rate(http_requests_total{status=~"5.."}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m])) * 100 > 5'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: critical
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab high HTTP error rate (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab is returning more than 5% HTTP 5xx errors on {{ $labels.instance }}.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # Threshold of 10s may need adjustment based on your instance size and workload.
    - alert: GitlabHighHttpRequestLatency
      expr: 'histogram_quantile(0.95, sum(rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (le)) > 10'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab high HTTP request latency (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab p95 HTTP request latency on {{ $labels.instance }} is above 10 seconds.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # This metric requires the emit_sidekiq_histogram_metrics feature flag to be enabled.
    # A sustained failure rate indicates background processing issues.
    - alert: GitlabSidekiqJobsFailing
      expr: 'rate(sidekiq_jobs_failed_total[5m]) > 0'
      for: 10m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Sidekiq jobs failing (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab Sidekiq jobs are failing at a rate of {{ $value }} per second on {{ $labels.instance }}.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # When running jobs approach the concurrency limit, new jobs will queue up.
    # Consider scaling Sidekiq workers or increasing concurrency.
    - alert: GitlabSidekiqQueueTooLarge
      expr: 'sum(sidekiq_running_jobs) >= sum(sidekiq_concurrency) * 0.9'
      for: 10m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Sidekiq queue too large (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab Sidekiq has {{ $value }} running jobs, approaching concurrency limit on {{ $labels.instance }}.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # This metric requires the emit_sidekiq_histogram_metrics feature flag to be enabled.
    - alert: GitlabSidekiqHighJobCompletionTime
      expr: 'histogram_quantile(0.95, sum(rate(sidekiq_jobs_completion_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (le, worker)) > 300'
      for: 10m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Sidekiq high job completion time (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab Sidekiq job average completion time on {{ $labels.instance }} is above 5 minutes.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # This metric requires the emit_sidekiq_histogram_metrics feature flag to be enabled.
    # High queue latency means jobs are stuck waiting. Check Sidekiq concurrency and queue sizes.
    - alert: GitlabSidekiqHighQueueLatency
      expr: 'histogram_quantile(0.95, sum(rate(sidekiq_jobs_queue_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (le)) > 60'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Sidekiq high queue latency (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab Sidekiq jobs on {{ $labels.instance }} are waiting more than 60 seconds before being processed.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # When the pool is near saturation, requests may block waiting for a connection.
    # Increase db_pool_size in gitlab.rb or investigate slow queries.
    - alert: GitlabDatabaseConnectionPoolSaturation
      expr: 'gitlab_database_connection_pool_busy / gitlab_database_connection_pool_size * 100 > 90'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab database connection pool saturation (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab database connection pool on {{ $labels.instance }} ({{ $labels.class }}) is {{ $value }}% busy.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabDatabaseConnectionPoolDeadConnections
      expr: 'gitlab_database_connection_pool_dead > 0'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab database connection pool dead connections (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab database connection pool on {{ $labels.instance }} ({{ $labels.class }}) has {{ $value }} dead connections.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabDatabaseConnectionPoolWaiting
      expr: 'gitlab_database_connection_pool_waiting > 0'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab database connection pool waiting (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab on {{ $labels.instance }} has {{ $value }} threads waiting for a database connection.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabCiPipelineCreationSlow
      expr: 'histogram_quantile(0.95, sum(rate(gitlab_ci_pipeline_creation_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (le)) > 30'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab CI pipeline creation slow (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab CI pipeline creation p95 latency on {{ $labels.instance }} is above 30 seconds.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabCiPipelineFailuresIncreasing
      expr: 'rate(gitlab_ci_pipeline_failure_reasons[5m]) > 0'
      for: 10m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab CI pipeline failures increasing (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab CI pipeline failures are increasing on {{ $labels.instance }} ({{ $value }}/s).\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # Frequent runner auth failures may indicate expired tokens or misconfigured runners.
    - alert: GitlabCiRunnerAuthenticationFailures
      expr: 'increase(gitlab_ci_runner_authentication_failure_total[5m]) > 5'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab CI runner authentication failures (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab CI runners are experiencing authentication failures on {{ $labels.instance }} ({{ $value }} failures).\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # Threshold of 2GB may need adjustment based on your instance size.
    # High memory usage can lead to OOM kills and service disruptions.
    - alert: GitlabHighMemoryUsage
      expr: 'process_resident_memory_bytes{job=~".*gitlab.*"} > 2e+9'
      for: 10m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab high memory usage (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab process on {{ $labels.instance }} is using {{ $value | humanize1024 }}B of RSS memory.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # Heap fragmentation above 50% means a significant amount of memory is wasted.
    # A Puma worker restart may help reclaim memory.
    - alert: GitlabRubyHeapFragmentation
      expr: 'ruby_gc_stat_ext_heap_fragmentation{job=~".*gitlab.*"} > 0.5'
      for: 15m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Ruby heap fragmentation (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab Ruby heap fragmentation on {{ $labels.instance }} is {{ $value }}. High fragmentation wastes memory.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabRackUncaughtErrors
      expr: 'rate(rack_uncaught_errors_total[5m]) > 0'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab rack uncaught errors (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab is experiencing uncaught errors in the Rack layer on {{ $labels.instance }} ({{ $value }}/s).\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    # This may happen during a rolling deployment. If it persists, investigate incomplete upgrades.
    - alert: GitlabVersionMismatch
      expr: 'count(count by (version) (deployments{version!=""})) > 1'
      for: 0m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab version mismatch (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "Multiple GitLab versions are running across the fleet.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabHighFileDescriptorUsage
      expr: 'process_open_fds{job=~".*gitlab.*"} / process_max_fds * 100 > 80'
      for: 5m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab high file descriptor usage (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab on {{ $labels.instance }} is using {{ $value }}% of available file descriptors.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"

    - alert: GitlabRubyThreadsSaturated
      expr: 'sum by (instance) (gitlab_ruby_threads_running_threads) > on(instance) gitlab_ruby_threads_max_expected_threads * 1.5'
      for: 10m
      labels:
        severity: warning
      annotations:
        summary: GitLab Ruby threads saturated (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
        description: "GitLab running threads on {{ $labels.instance }} have exceeded the expected maximum ({{ $value }}).\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}\n  LABELS = {{ $labels }}"