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page_title: "Telemetry"
sidebar_current: "docs-agent-telemetry"
description: |-
The Consul agent collects various metrics data at runtime about the performance of different libraries and sub-systems. These metrics are aggregated on a ten second interval and are retained for one minute.
The Consul agent collects various runtime metrics about the performance of different libraries and subsystems. These metrics are aggregated on a ten second interval and are retained for one minute.
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# Telemetry
The Consul agent collects various metrics data at runtime about the performance
of different libraries and sub-systems. These metrics are aggregated on a ten second
interval and are retained for one minute.
The Consul agent collects various runtime metrics about the performance of
different libraries and subsystems. These metrics are aggregated on a ten
second interval and are retained for one minute.
To view the telemetry information, you must send a `USR1` signal to the Consul
process. Windows users must use the `BREAK` signal instead.
Once Consul receives the signal, it will dump the current telemetry
information to the stderr of the agent.
To view this data, you must send a signal to the Consul process: on Unix,
this is `USR1` while on Windows it is `BREAK`. Once Consul receives the signal,
it will dump the current telemetry information to the agent's `stderr`.
In general, the telemetry information is used for debugging or otherwise
getting a better view into what Consul is doing.
This telemetry information can be used for debugging or otherwise
getting a better view of what Consul is doing.
Additionally, if the `statsite_addr` [configuration option](/docs/agent/options.html)
is provided, then the telemetry information will be streamed to a
is provided, the telemetry information will be streamed to a
[statsite](http://github.com/armon/statsite) server where it can be
aggregate and flushed to Graphite or any other metrics store.
Below is an example output:
Below is sample output of a telemetry dump:
```text
[2014-01-29 10:56:50 -0800 PST][G] 'consul-agent.runtime.num_goroutines': 19.000