Observability

throttled-py provides observability through a flexible Hook system. Hooks allow you to monitor rate limiting events and integrate with external monitoring systems.

Overview

Observability features enable:

• Monitoring: Track allowed/denied requests, current state

• Metrics: Record rate limiting metrics with OpenTelemetry

• Alerting: Trigger alerts when thresholds are exceeded

• Analytics: Analyze rate limiting patterns for optimization

Built-in Hooks

Hook	Description
OTelHook	OpenTelemetry metrics integration for monitoring rate limiting events.

See also

For information on creating custom hooks, see Hooks.

Contents

• OpenTelemetry
  • Installation
  • Quick Start
  • Metrics
  • Configuration
  • Architecture
  • Exporter Examples
  • Grafana Dashboard Example