Synthetic Monitoring Metrics Glossary

Request-Based Metrics


  • Total Requests – Number of responses collected.
  • 200 Responses – Successful requests.
  • 300 Responses – Redirects.
  • 400 Responses – Client-side errors (e.g., 404).
  • 500 Responses – Server-side errors.

Response Time Metrics

  • Response Time – Total time for request completion.
  • SSL Time – Time to establish SSL/TLS connection.
  • DNS Time – Time to resolve domain name.
  • Wait Time – Time waiting for server response.

Element-Based Metrics

  • JavaScript (JS) – JS files executed.
  • CSS – Stylesheets requested.
  • Images (IMG) – Image files loaded.
  • Fetch-XHR – API calls.

📌 Use these metrics to analyze performance and detect issues proactively!