Rule: LabelsLimitExceededOnIngestionok
Expr
sum(increase(vm_metrics_with_dropped_labels_total[5m])) by (instance) > 0
For
900 seconds
Labels
severity=warning
Annotations
dashboard:

http://localhost:3000/d/wNf0q_kZk?viewPanel=74&var-instance={{ $labels.instance }}

description:

VictoriaMetrics limits the number of labels per each metric with `-maxLabelsPerTimeseries` command-line flag. This prevents from ingesting metrics with too many labels. Please verify that `-maxLabelsPerTimeseries` is configured correctly or that clients which send these metrics aren't misbehaving.

summary:

Metrics ingested in ({{ $labels.instance }}) are exceeding labels limit


Last 20 updates:
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2026-04-29T16:30:00Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:30:00Z
2026-04-29T16:29:30Z 0 0.000s 2026-04-29T16:29:30Z
2026-04-29T16:29:00Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:29:00Z
2026-04-29T16:28:30Z 0 0.000s 2026-04-29T16:28:30Z
2026-04-29T16:28:00Z 0 0.000s 2026-04-29T16:28:00Z
2026-04-29T16:27:30Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:27:30Z
2026-04-29T16:27:00Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:27:00Z
2026-04-29T16:26:30Z 0 0.000s 2026-04-29T16:26:30Z
2026-04-29T16:26:00Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:26:00Z
2026-04-29T16:25:30Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:25:30Z
2026-04-29T16:25:00Z 0 0.000s 2026-04-29T16:25:00Z
2026-04-29T16:24:30Z 0 0.000s 2026-04-29T16:24:30Z
2026-04-29T16:24:00Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:24:00Z
2026-04-29T16:23:30Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:23:30Z
2026-04-29T16:23:00Z 0 0.000s 2026-04-29T16:23:00Z
2026-04-29T16:22:30Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:22:30Z
2026-04-29T16:22:00Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:22:00Z
2026-04-29T16:21:30Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:21:30Z
2026-04-29T16:21:00Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:21:00Z
2026-04-29T16:20:30Z 0 0.001s 2026-04-29T16:20:30Z