Andrew Lock • 1/27/2026

Creating and consuming metrics with System.Diagnostics.Metrics APIs

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This technical article provides a guide to the System.Diagnostics.Metrics API in .NET. It explains core concepts like Meters and Instruments (Counters, Gauges, Histograms), demonstrates how to add custom metrics to an application, and shows how to monitor them locally using the dotnet-counters tool, with a focus on OpenTelemetry compatibility.

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