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title: "Queue, connection, and consumer metrics"
description: "How can you distinguish idle traffic from a stalled consumer?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T21.06/"
topicId: "T21.06"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you distinguish idle traffic from a stalled consumer?

## What we will work through

Distinguish idle traffic from a stalled consumer.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Producers, exchanges, queues, and consumers; Counters, gauges, and histograms.

- [Producers, exchanges, queues, and consumers](/en/articles/topics/T19.01/)
- [Counters, gauges, and histograms](/en/articles/topics/T26.01/)