Viewing function monitoring charts
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Updated at January 27, 2026
You can monitor functions at runtime using the monitoring tools in your management console. These tools display diagnostic information as charts. Metric values are collected and charts are displayed by Monitoring.
The chart update period is 15 seconds.
Viewing monitoring charts
Management console
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In the management console, select the folder containing the function.
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Go to Cloud Functions.
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Select a function to view its monitoring charts.
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Navigate to the Monitoring tab.
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You will see the following charts:
- Requests: Number of function calls.
- Request latency: Average time it takes a trigger to process a request.
- Errors: The number of runtime errors a function generated.
You can select the time period to display information for: hour, day, week, month, or a custom interval.
Custom metrics
To get started with metrics, dashboards, and alerts in Monitoring, in the top-right corner, click Open in Monitoring.
For a description of metrics, see the reference.