Metrics reference

Every metric exposed at /metrics, grouped by category. Type is one of gauge, counter, or histogram. Labels are listed in {} after the metric name.

How to read this

For exact emission code, click any metric name (or use the View on GitHub button on referenced code blocks). The Architecture page explains the two-tier scrape model — basic metrics refresh every 30 s, advanced every 5 min by default.

Basic metrics (cheap counts, 30 s refresh)

Source: src/metrics/basicMetrics.ts.

Metric	Type	Description
librechat_user_count	gauge	Total users (User.countDocuments).
librechat_action_count	gauge	Total actions.
librechat_agent_count	gauge	Total agents.
librechat_assistant_count	gauge	Total assistants.
librechat_balance_count	gauge	Total balance entries.
librechat_banner_count	gauge	Total banners.
librechat_conversation_tag_count	gauge	Total conversation tags.
librechat_conversation_count	gauge	Total conversations.
librechat_file_count	gauge	Total files.
librechat_key_count	gauge	Total API keys stored.
librechat_message_count	gauge	Total messages.
librechat_plugin_auth_count	gauge	Total plugin-auth entries.
librechat_preset_count	gauge	Total presets.
librechat_prompt_group_count	gauge	Total prompt groups.
librechat_prompt_count	gauge	Total prompts.
librechat_session_count	gauge	Total sessions.
librechat_shared_link_count	gauge	Total shared links.
librechat_token_count	gauge	Total token records.
librechat_tool_call_count	gauge	Total tool calls.
librechat_transaction_count	gauge	Total transactions.

Advanced metrics (heavy aggregations, 5 min refresh)

Source: src/metrics/advancedMetrics.ts. ~60 metrics grouped here.

Users

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_active_user_count	gauge	—	Distinct users active in the last 5 minutes.
librechat_unique_user_count_1d	gauge	—	Distinct users active in the last 1 day.
librechat_unique_user_count_7d	gauge	—	Distinct users active in the last 7 days.
librechat_unique_user_count_30d	gauge	—	Distinct users active in the last 30 days.
librechat_active_user_count_by_domain	gauge	email_domain	Active users (5 min) bucketed by email domain.
librechat_unique_user_count_1d_by_domain / _7d_by_domain / _30d_by_domain	gauge	email_domain	Same buckets at the 1/7/30-day windows.
librechat_user_count_by_email_domain	gauge	email_domain	Total users grouped by email domain.
librechat_user_count_by_role	gauge	role	Users by role (admin, user, …).
librechat_user_email_verified_percent	gauge	—	Percentage of users with verified emails.
librechat_user_provider_count	gauge	provider	Users by auth provider (google, github, local, …).
librechat_new_users_30d	gauge	—	Users created in the last 30 days.

Messages, tokens, and feedback

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_message_token_sum	gauge	—	Sum of tokenCount across all messages.
librechat_message_token_avg	gauge	—	Average tokenCount per message.
librechat_error_message_count	gauge	—	Messages flagged with error: true.
librechat_message_with_attachments_count	gauge	—	Messages with non-empty attachments.
librechat_message_plugin_usage_percent	gauge	—	Percentage of messages that invoked a plugin.
librechat_message_feedback_thumbs_up_count	gauge	tag, model	Thumbs-up feedback grouped by feedback.tag and model.
librechat_message_feedback_thumbs_down_count	gauge	tag, model	Thumbs-down equivalent.
librechat_feedback_count_by_tag	gauge	tag, rating	Feedback counts ignoring model.
librechat_feedback_count_by_domain_30d	gauge	email_domain, rating	Feedback by user-domain over the last 30 days.

Conversations

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_conversation_length_p50 / _p90 / _p95	gauge	—	Conversation-message-count percentiles. Requires Mongo 7.0+ (troubleshooting).
librechat_conversation_duration_avg	gauge	—	Average lifetime of a conversation (created-to-last-message).
librechat_conversation_message_avg	gauge	—	Average messages per conversation.
librechat_unfinished_message_count	gauge	—	Messages marked unfinished.

Transactions / costs / tokens

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_transaction_token_sum	gauge	—	Sum of token usage across all transactions.
librechat_transaction_token_avg	gauge	—	Average tokens per transaction.
librechat_transaction_cost_24h / _7d / _30d	gauge	—	Total USD cost across rolling windows.
librechat_transaction_cost_total_usd	gauge	—	Lifetime total USD cost.
librechat_transaction_cost_sum	gauge	tokenType	Cost summed per token type (prompt, completion).
librechat_transaction_cost_avg	gauge	tokenType	Average cost per token type.
librechat_transaction_cost_per_model	gauge	model	Cost per model.
librechat_transaction_cost_by_email_domain	gauge	email_domain	Cost grouped by user's email domain.
librechat_transaction_cost_by_agent	gauge	agent	Cost grouped by agent.
librechat_cost_per_conversation_avg	gauge	—	Average cost per conversation (denominator uses countDocuments so it's tenant-aware).
librechat_transaction_token_sum_by_model_email_domain	gauge	model, tokenType, email_domain	Per-domain token usage.
High-cardinality (gated)
librechat_transaction_cost_by_user	gauge	id	Only emitted when EMIT_PER_USER_METRICS=true. id is the user's Mongo _id by default, or email when ANONYMIZE_EMAIL_LABEL=false.
librechat_transaction_token_sum_by_model_user	gauge	model, tokenType, id	Same gate and same id-label semantics.

Agents / assistants / tools

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_agent_usage_count	gauge	agent	Agent invocation count.
librechat_agent_unique_users_count	gauge	agent	Distinct users per agent (lifetime).
librechat_agent_unique_users_30d	gauge	agent	Distinct users per agent in last 30 days.
librechat_agent_last_used_age_seconds	gauge	agent	Seconds since most recent use.
librechat_agent_avg_messages_per_use	gauge	agent	Average messages per conversation, by agent.
librechat_agent_creation_count_by_user_domain	gauge	email_domain	Agents created, grouped by author domain.
librechat_agent_usage_by_domain_count	gauge	agent, email_domain	Usage count per agent + user domain.
librechat_agent_usage_by_user_count	gauge	agent, id	Gated by EMIT_PER_USER_METRICS=true. id is the user's Mongo _id by default, or email when ANONYMIZE_EMAIL_LABEL=false.
librechat_assistant_usage_count	gauge	assistant	Assistant invocation count.
librechat_model_usage_count	gauge	model	Per-model message count.
librechat_tool_call_count_by_tool	gauge	toolId	Tool-call counts.
librechat_tool_call_avg_latency_seconds	gauge	toolId	Average tool-call latency.

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_mcp_tool_call_count_30d	gauge	—	Total MCP tool calls in last 30 days.
librechat_mcp_unique_users_by_tool_30d	gauge	toolId	Distinct users per MCP tool.
librechat_mcp_tool_call_by_user_domain_30d	gauge	toolId, email_domain	Per-tool, per-domain breakdown.

Files

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_file_count_by_type	gauge	type	Files grouped by MIME type.
librechat_file_total_bytes	gauge	—	Sum of bytes across all files.
librechat_file_avg_bytes	gauge	—	Average file size.
librechat_file_size_p50_bytes / _p95_bytes	gauge	—	File-size percentiles. Requires Mongo 7.0+.
librechat_file_bytes_by_user_domain	gauge	email_domain	Total bytes uploaded, by user domain.
librechat_file_upload_count_24h / _7d	gauge	—	Recent upload counts.

Sessions, prompts, banners

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_session_avg_duration	gauge	—	Average session duration (seconds).
librechat_session_active_count	gauge	—	Sessions whose expiration is in the future.
librechat_session_expired_count_24h	gauge	—	Sessions expired in the last 24h.
librechat_prompt_group_count_by_category	gauge	category	Prompt groups by category.
librechat_prompt_count_by_type	gauge	type	Prompts by type.
librechat_shared_link_count_24h	gauge	—	Shared links created in last 24h.
librechat_conversation_tag_usage_count	gauge	tag	Per-tag conversation count.
librechat_active_banner_count	gauge	—	Banners currently displayed (between displayFrom / displayTo).

Adoption & periodicity

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_adoption_rate_7d	gauge	—	Percentage of recently-created users who returned within 7 days.
librechat_adoption_rate_30d	gauge	—	Same, 30-day window.
librechat_periodicity_daily	gauge	—	Average active days per user per week (last 30 d).
librechat_periodicity_weekly	gauge	—	Average active weeks per user per month (last 30 d).
librechat_periodicity_monthly	gauge	—	Average active months per user (lifetime).
librechat_messages_by_hour_of_day	gauge	hour	Message volume per hour-of-day bucket.
librechat_messages_by_weekday	gauge	weekday	Message volume per weekday.
librechat_power_users_count_30d	gauge	tier	Distinct users in each "messages sent" tier (e.g. 1-10, 10-100, …).

Exporter-self metrics

These describe the exporter itself, not LibreChat. Always emitted.

Metric	Type	Labels	Notes
librechat_exporter_mongo_connected	gauge	—	1 when mongoose readyState === 1, else 0.
librechat_exporter_scrape_duration_seconds	gauge	metric_group	Duration of last successful scrape per tier (basic, advanced).
librechat_exporter_scrape_errors_total	counter	metric_group	Cumulative scrape errors per tier.
librechat_exporter_last_successful_scrape_timestamp	gauge	metric_group	Unix timestamp of last success per tier.
librechat_exporter_section_duration_seconds	histogram	section	Per-section timings inside advanced (e.g. User map loaded, Transaction Cost Metrics). Trailing parentheticals are stripped to keep cardinality bounded.
librechat_exporter_missing_indexes	gauge	collection, key	1 when a recommended index is absent on a collection. Asserted at boot from src/metrics/indexAssertions.ts.

Plus the prom-client default metrics (process_*, nodejs_*).