# Endpoint Metrics

| Metric name                     | Metric type | Description                                                                                                               | Labels/tags                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Status       |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| kube_endpoint_annotations       | Gauge       | Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels controlled via [--metric-annotations-allowlist](../../developer/cli-arguments.md) | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `annotation_ENDPOINT_ANNOTATION`=&lt;ENDPOINT_ANNOTATION&gt;                                                                               | EXPERIMENTAL |
| kube_endpoint_info              | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                 | STABLE       |
| kube_endpoint_labels            | Gauge       | Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels controlled via [--metric-labels-allowlist](../../developer/cli-arguments.md)           | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `label_ENDPOINT_LABEL`=&lt;ENDPOINT_LABEL&gt;                                                                                              | STABLE       |
| kube_endpoint_created           | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt;                                                                                                                                                 | STABLE       |
| kube_endpoint_ports             | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `port_name`=&lt;endpoint-port-name&gt; <br> `port_protocol`=&lt;endpoint-port-protocol&gt; <br> `port_number`=&lt;endpoint-port-number&gt; | STABLE (Deprecated from 2.14.0) |
| kube_endpoint_address           | Gauge       |                                                                                                                           | `endpoint`=&lt;endpoint-name&gt; <br> `namespace`=&lt;endpoint-namespace&gt; <br> `ip`=&lt;endpoint-ip&gt; <br> `port_name`=&lt;endpoint-port-name&gt; <br> `port_protocol`=&lt;endpoint-port-protocol&gt; <br> `port_number`=&lt;endpoint-port-number&gt;`ready`=&lt;true if available, false if unavailalbe&gt;                                                      | STABLE       |