DevOps Glossary

Prometheus Recording Rule

Prometheus Recording Rule is a Prometheus rule that precomputes PromQL into time series for faster alerts.

Prometheus Recording Rule is a Prometheus rule that runs a PromQL, or Prometheus Query Language, expression on a schedule and saves the result as a new time series. It is used to precompute expensive or repeated queries so dashboards, alerts, and service health checks can read fast, reusable metrics instead of recalculating the same expression every time.