- ``pubsub_event_lost``: a running counter of events that had topics associated with them, but that were not pushed to any of the endpoints
- ``pubsub_push_ok``: a running counter, for all notifications, of events successfully pushed to their endpoints
- ``pubsub_push_fail``: a running counter, for all notifications, of events that failed to be pushed to their endpoints
-- ``pubsub_push_pending``: the gauge value of events pushed to an endpoint but not acked or nacked yet
+- ``pubsub_push_pending``: the gauge value of events pushed to an endpoint but
+ not acked or nacked yet. This does not include the notifications waiting in
+ the persistent queue. Only the notifications that are in flight in both
+ persistent and non-persistent cases are counted.
.. note::