# Metrics for number of workflows

**URL:** <https://community.temporal.io/t/metrics-for-number-of-workflows/18678>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Created:** [November 18, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/metrics-for-number-of-workflows/18678 "2025-11-18T00:48:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![coderanger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/coderanger/32/7946_2.png) [@coderanger](https://community.temporal.io/u/coderanger)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/metrics-for-number-of-workflows/18678/1 "2025-11-18T00:48:59Z")

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I’ve been looking over the metrics emitted by Temporal Cloud and I don’t see how to get a count of running/failed workflows. I can see this number in the web console so it must exist somewhere. How do I get to it as a metric?

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**Author:** ![tihomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/tihomir/32/6580_2.png) [@tihomir](https://community.temporal.io/u/tihomir)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/metrics-for-number-of-workflows/18678/4 "2025-12-24T17:19:53Z")

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Take a look at OpenMetrics integration and list of exposed metrics: [OpenMetrics Metrics Reference | Temporal Platform Documentation](https://docs.temporal.io/production-deployment/cloud/metrics/openmetrics/metrics-reference)

More specifically for your question:

> **[temporal\_cloud\_v1\_namespace\_open\_workflows​ - OpenMetrics Metrics Reference |...](https://docs.temporal.io/production-deployment/cloud/metrics/openmetrics/metrics-reference#temporal_cloud_v1_namespace_open_workflows)**
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> This document describes all metrics available from the Temporal Cloud OpenMetrics endpoint. | Detailed API documentation for the Temporal Cloud OpenMetrics endpoint.

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> **[temporal\_cloud\_v1\_workflow\_failed\_count​ - OpenMetrics Metrics Reference |...](https://docs.temporal.io/production-deployment/cloud/metrics/openmetrics/metrics-reference#temporal_cloud_v1_workflow_failed_count)**
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> This document describes all metrics available from the Temporal Cloud OpenMetrics endpoint. | Detailed API documentation for the Temporal Cloud OpenMetrics endpoint.