# tcp collector

The tcp collector exposes metrics about the TCP network stack.

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Metric name prefix  | `tcp`
Data source         | Perflib
Enabled by default? | No

## Flags

None

## Metrics

| Name                                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Type    | Labels |
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------|
| `windows_tcp_connection_failures_total`    | Number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the CLOSED state from the SYN-SENT state or the SYN-RCVD state, plus the number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition from the SYN-RCVD state to the LISTEN state | counter | af     |
| `windows_tcp_connections_active_total`     | Number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition from the CLOSED state to the SYN-SENT state.                                                                                                                                          | counter | af     |
| `windows_tcp_connections_established`      | Number of TCP connections for which the current state is either ESTABLISHED or CLOSE-WAIT.                                                                                                                                                          | gauge   | af     |
| `windows_tcp_connections_passive_total`    | Number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition from the LISTEN state to the SYN-RCVD state.                                                                                                                                          | counter | af     |
| `windows_tcp_connections_reset_total`      | Connections Reset is the number of times TCP connections have made a direct transition to the CLOSED state from either the ESTABLISHED state or the CLOSE-WAIT state.                                                                               | counter | af     |
| `windows_tcp_segments_total`               | Total segments sent or received using the TCP protocol                                                                                                                                                                                              | counter | af     |
| `windows_tcp_segments_received_total`      | Total segments received, including those received in error. This count includes segments received on currently established connections                                                                                                              | counter | af     |
| `windows_tcp_segments_retransmitted_total` | Total segments retransmitted. That is, segments transmitted that contain one or more previously transmitted bytes                                                                                                                                   | counter | af     |
| `windows_tcp_segments_sent_total`          | Total segments sent, including those on current connections, but excluding those containing *only* retransmitted bytes                                                                                                                              | counter | af     |
| `windows_tcp_connections_state_count`      | Number of TCP connections by state among: CLOSED, LISTENING, SYN_SENT, SYN_RECEIVED, ESTABLISHED, FIN_WAIT1, FIN_WAIT2, CLOSE_WAIT, CLOSING, LAST_ACK, TIME_WAIT, DELETE_TCB                                                                        | gauge   | af     |

### Example metric
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## Useful queries
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## Alerting examples
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