Generate OTEL queue count metrics

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- `otelriver.Middleware` now implements `HookQueueStateCount` and uses it to emit job counts by state for each known job queue. [PR #47](https://github.com/riverqueue/rivercontrib/pull/47).
+
 ## [0.7.0] - 2026-01-18
 
 ### Added

otelriver/go.mod

@@ -40,14 +40,12 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
-// replace github.com/riverqueue/river => ../../river
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river => ../../river
 
-// replace github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver => ../../river/riverdriver
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver => ../../river/riverdriver
 
-// replace github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver => ../../river/riverdriver
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver/riverpgxv5 => ../../river/riverdriver/riverpgxv5
 
-// replace github.com/riverqueue/river/riverdriver/riverpgxv5 => ../../river/riverdriver/riverpgxv5
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared => ../../river/rivershared
 
-// replace github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared => ../../river/rivershared
-
-// replace github.com/riverqueue/river/rivertype => ../../river/rivertype
+replace github.com/riverqueue/river/rivertype => ../../river/rivertype

otelriver/middleware.go

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type MiddlewareConfig struct {
 // Middleware is a River middleware that emits OpenTelemetry metrics when jobs
 // are inserted or worked.
 type Middleware struct {
+	river.HookDefaults
 	river.MiddlewareDefaults
 
 	config  *MiddlewareConfig
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ type middlewareMetrics struct {
 	messagingClientOperationDuration metric.Float64Histogram
 	messagingClientSentMessages      metric.Int64Counter
 	messagingProcessDuration         metric.Float64Histogram
+	queueStateCount                  metric.Int64Gauge
+	queueTotalCount                  metric.Int64Gauge
 	workCount                        metric.Int64Counter
 	workDuration                     metric.Float64Gauge
 	workDurationHistogram            metric.Float64Histogram
@@ -116,6 +119,8 @@ func NewMiddleware(config *MiddlewareConfig) *Middleware {
 		insertManyCount:             mustInt64Counter(meter, prefix+"insert_many_count", metric.WithDescription("Number of job batches inserted (all jobs are inserted in a batch, but batches may be one job)"), metric.WithUnit("{job_batch}")),
 		insertManyDuration:          mustFloat64Gauge(meter, prefix+"insert_many_duration", metric.WithDescription("Duration of job batch insertion"), metric.WithUnit(durationUnit)),
 		insertManyDurationHistogram: mustFloat64Histogram(meter, prefix+"insert_many_duration_histogram", metric.WithDescription("Duration of job batch insertion (histogram)"), metric.WithUnit(durationUnit)),
+		queueStateCount:             mustInt64Gauge(meter, prefix+"queue_state_count", metric.WithDescription("Number of jobs in a queue by state"), metric.WithUnit("{job}")),
+		queueTotalCount:             mustInt64Gauge(meter, prefix+"queue_total_count", metric.WithDescription("Total number of jobs in a queue across all states"), metric.WithUnit("{job}")),
 		workCount:                   mustInt64Counter(meter, prefix+"work_count", metric.WithDescription("Number of jobs worked"), metric.WithUnit("{job}")),
 		workDuration:                mustFloat64Gauge(meter, prefix+"work_duration", metric.WithDescription("Duration of job being worked"), metric.WithUnit(durationUnit)),
 		workDurationHistogram:       mustFloat64Histogram(meter, prefix+"work_duration_histogram", metric.WithDescription("Duration of job being worked (histogram)"), metric.WithUnit(durationUnit)),
@@ -182,6 +187,25 @@ func (m *Middleware) InsertMany(ctx context.Context, manyParams []*rivertype.Job
 	return insertRes, err
 }
 
+func (m *Middleware) QueueStateCount(ctx context.Context, params *rivertype.HookQueueStateCountParams) {
+	for queue, result := range params.ByQueue {
+		for state, count := range result.ByState {
+			m.metrics.queueStateCount.Record(ctx, int64(count),
+				metric.WithAttributes(
+					attribute.String("queue", queue),
+					attribute.String("state", string(state)),
+				),
+			)
+		}
+
+		m.metrics.queueTotalCount.Record(ctx, int64(result.Total),
+			metric.WithAttributes(
+				attribute.String("queue", queue),
+			),
+		)
+	}
+}
+
 func (m *Middleware) Work(ctx context.Context, job *rivertype.JobRow, doInner func(context.Context) error) error {
 	spanName := prefix + "work"
 	if m.config.EnableWorkSpanJobKindSuffix {
@@ -288,6 +312,14 @@ func mustFloat64Histogram(meter metric.Meter, name string, options ...metric.Flo
 	return metric
 }
 
+func mustInt64Gauge(meter metric.Meter, name string, options ...metric.Int64GaugeOption) metric.Int64Gauge {
+	metric, err := meter.Int64Gauge(name, options...)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return metric
+}
+
 func mustInt64Counter(meter metric.Meter, name string, options ...metric.Int64CounterOption) metric.Int64Counter {
 	metric, err := meter.Int64Counter(name, options...)
 	if err != nil {

otelriver/middleware_test.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 // Verify interface compliance.
 var (
+	_ rivertype.HookQueueStateCount = &Middleware{} // the middleware is both hook and middleware (the hook so it can emit queue counts); kind of weird, but it works fine
 	_ rivertype.JobInsertMiddleware = &Middleware{}
 	_ rivertype.WorkerMiddleware    = &Middleware{}
 )
@@ -258,6 +259,86 @@ func TestMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("QueueStateCount", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		middleware, bundle := setup(t)
+
+		params := &rivertype.HookQueueStateCountParams{
+			ByQueue: map[string]rivertype.HookQueueStateCountResult{
+				"default": {
+					ByState: map[rivertype.JobState]int{
+						rivertype.JobStateAvailable: 5,
+						rivertype.JobStateRunning:   3,
+						rivertype.JobStateCompleted: 10,
+					},
+					Total: 18,
+				},
+				"critical": {
+					ByState: map[rivertype.JobState]int{
+						rivertype.JobStateAvailable: 2,
+						rivertype.JobStateScheduled: 1,
+					},
+					Total: 3,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		// Preflight: verify Total is the sum of all ByState counts so
+		// test data stays consistent if someone edits it later.
+		for queue, result := range params.ByQueue {
+			var sum int
+			for _, count := range result.ByState {
+				sum += count
+			}
+			require.Equal(t, sum, result.Total, "Total for queue %q doesn't match sum of ByState", queue)
+		}
+
+		middleware.QueueStateCount(ctx, params)
+
+		var metrics metricdata.ResourceMetrics
+		require.NoError(t, bundle.metricReader.Collect(ctx, &metrics))
+
+		_, metricData := requireMetric[metricdata.Gauge[int64]](t, metrics, "river.queue_state_count")
+
+		// Build a map of (queue, state) -> value for easy assertion.
+		type queueState struct{ queue, state string }
+		counts := make(map[queueState]int64)
+		for _, dataPoint := range metricData.DataPoints {
+			var key queueState
+			for _, attr := range dataPoint.Attributes.ToSlice() {
+				switch string(attr.Key) {
+				case "queue":
+					key.queue = attr.Value.AsString()
+				case "state":
+					key.state = attr.Value.AsString()
+				}
+			}
+			counts[key] = dataPoint.Value
+		}
+
+		require.Equal(t, int64(5), counts[queueState{"default", "available"}])
+		require.Equal(t, int64(3), counts[queueState{"default", "running"}])
+		require.Equal(t, int64(10), counts[queueState{"default", "completed"}])
+		require.Equal(t, int64(2), counts[queueState{"critical", "available"}])
+		require.Equal(t, int64(1), counts[queueState{"critical", "scheduled"}])
+
+		// Verify total counts per queue.
+		_, totalData := requireMetric[metricdata.Gauge[int64]](t, metrics, "river.queue_total_count")
+
+		totals := make(map[string]int64)
+		for _, dataPoint := range totalData.DataPoints {
+			for _, attr := range dataPoint.Attributes.ToSlice() {
+				if string(attr.Key) == "queue" {
+					totals[attr.Value.AsString()] = dataPoint.Value
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		require.Equal(t, int64(18), totals["default"])
+		require.Equal(t, int64(3), totals["critical"])
+	})
+
 	t.Run("WorkSuccess", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()