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verifiedhigh · 0.90updated 2026-10-05

Xinference worker CPU utilization

xinference · gauge

Fields

id
metric-exposures/w5e-xinference-xinference-worker-cpu-utilization
Metric name
xinference:worker_cpu_utilization
Metric type
gauge
Unit
1 (ratio)
Exposure
prometheus
Endpoint
:9090/metrics (only when a metrics exporter host/port is set)
Enabled by default
no
notes
0-1 ratio, not a percentage - a different convention from xinference:worker_gpu_utilization_percent, which is a percentage on the same endpoint. That inconsistency is in the engine, not the record: one of the two will silently mis-render in a dashboard that assumes one convention. Xinference main (xorbitsai/inference), read 2026-10-05. NOT ON BY DEFAULT on the worker: the /metrics endpoint is only mounted when XINFERENCE_DISABLE_METRICS is unset AND a metrics exporter host or port is supplied; otherwise launch_metrics_export_server() is never called and the endpoint does not exist. Supervisor-side metrics are deregistered from the worker's registry on purpose (launch_metrics_export_server removes _SUPERVISOR_ONLY_METRICS), so the worker endpoint carries only worker metrics and the supervisor endpoint only supervisor metrics. aioprometheus, not prometheus_client: counters do not auto-suffix _total the way prometheus_client does, so two of these names end in _counter and three do not - match on the literal name.

Notes

0-1 ratio, not a percentage - a different convention from xinference:worker_gpu_utilization_percent, which is a percentage on the same endpoint. That inconsistency is in the engine, not the record: one of the two will silently mis-render in a dashboard that assumes one convention. Xinference main (xorbitsai/inference), read 2026-10-05. NOT ON BY DEFAULT on the worker: the /metrics endpoint is only mounted when XINFERENCE_DISABLE_METRICS is unset AND a metrics exporter host or port is supplied; otherwise launch_metrics_export_server() is never called and the endpoint does not exist. Supervisor-side metrics are deregistered from the worker's registry on purpose (launch_metrics_export_server removes _SUPERVISOR_ONLY_METRICS), so the worker endpoint carries only worker metrics and the supervisor endpoint only supervisor metrics. aioprometheus, not prometheus_client: counters do not auto-suffix _total the way prometheus_client does, so two of these names end in _counter and three do not - match on the literal name.

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