Posted On: Aug 31, 2016
Today, HAQM Simple Queue Service (SQS) has released a new HAQM CloudWatch metric that lets you monitor the age of the oldest non-deleted message in a queue.
The ApproximateAgeOfOldestMessage metric is useful when applications have time-sensitive messages and developers need to ensure that messages are processed within a specific time period. Developers can use this metric to set HAQM CloudWatch alarms that issue alerts when messages remain in the queue for extended periods of time. Developers can use these alerts to take action, for example, scaling up their consumers to process messages more quickly.
To learn more about ApproximateAgeOfOldestMessage and other HAQM SQS metrics, see Monitoring SQS with CloudWatch in the HAQM Simple Queue Service Developer Guide.