Add a metric "http_requests_in_flight"

Author: striker2000

imageproxy.go

@@ -223,7 +223,12 @@ func (p *Proxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	timer := prometheus.NewTimer(metricRequestDuration)
-	defer timer.ObserveDuration()
+	metricRequestsInFlight.Inc()
+	defer func() {
+		timer.ObserveDuration()
+		metricRequestsInFlight.Dec()
+	}()
+
 	h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 }
 

metrics.go

@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ var (
 		Name:      "request_duration_seconds",
 		Help:      "Request response times",
 	})
+	metricRequestsInFlight = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Namespace: "http",
+		Name:      "requests_in_flight",
+		Help:      "Number of requests in flight",
+	})
 )
 
 func init() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(metricTransformationDuration)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(metricServedFromCache)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(metricRemoteErrors)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(metricRequestDuration)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(metricRequestsInFlight)
 }