---
title: "POST /v1/orchestrator/metrics"
method: POST
path: "/v1/orchestrator/metrics"
tags: ["Orchestrator"]
---

# POST /v1/orchestrator/metrics

`POST /v1/orchestrator/metrics`

Creates a new metric

## Request body

- Metric — A metric resource
  - `id` string, required — Required. The unique identifier of the metric.
  - `name` string, required — Required. The name of the metric.
  - `description` string, required — The description of the metric
  - `version` string, required — The version of this metric
  - `comments` string — Optional comments that describe the purpose of this metric. They may also describe a scenario in which the metric can be useful.
  - `category` string, required — Semantically, the reference to control catalog category or domain; it must conform to the directory structure of the security-metrics respository
  - `implementation` MetricImplementation — MetricImplementation defines the implementation of an individual metric.
    - `metricId` string, required — The metric which is implemented
    - `lang` 'LANGUAGE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'LANGUAGE_REGO', enum — The language this metric is implemented in
    - `code` string, required — The actual implementation
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time — The last time of update
  - `deprecatedSince` string, date-time — Optional, but required if the metric is removed. The metric is not deleted for backward compatibility and the timestamp is set to the time of removal.

## Response `200`

OK

- Metric — A metric resource
  - `id` string, required — Required. The unique identifier of the metric.
  - `name` string, required — Required. The name of the metric.
  - `description` string, required — The description of the metric
  - `version` string, required — The version of this metric
  - `comments` string — Optional comments that describe the purpose of this metric. They may also describe a scenario in which the metric can be useful.
  - `category` string, required — Semantically, the reference to control catalog category or domain; it must conform to the directory structure of the security-metrics respository
  - `implementation` MetricImplementation — MetricImplementation defines the implementation of an individual metric.
    - `metricId` string, required — The metric which is implemented
    - `lang` 'LANGUAGE_UNSPECIFIED' | 'LANGUAGE_REGO', enum — The language this metric is implemented in
    - `code` string, required — The actual implementation
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time — The last time of update
  - `deprecatedSince` string, date-time — Optional, but required if the metric is removed. The metric is not deleted for backward compatibility and the timestamp is set to the time of removal.

## Other responses

- `default` — Default error response

## Changes

- **2026-03-04** `97c4541f02f0` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - added the new required request property `name`
  - added the required property `name` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-07-21** `48f235df8ac6` — 4 breaking, 7 warning, 5 info
  - added the new required request property `version`
  - the request property `category` became required
  - the request property `description` became required
  - removed the required property `name` from the response with the `200` status
  - …12 more
- **2025-01-08** `2b79660c20a0` — 4 breaking, 4 info
  - the request property `id` became required
  - the request property `implementation/allOf[#/components/schemas/MetricImplementation]/code` became required
  - the request property `implementation/allOf[#/components/schemas/MetricImplementation]/metricId` became required
  - the request property `name` became required
  - …4 more
- **2024-04-16** `7ea70d31170c` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - added the pattern `^-?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,11})(?:\.[0-9]{1,9})?s$` to the request property `interval`
  - the `interval` response's property pattern `^-?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,11})(?:\.[0-9]{1,9})?s$` was added for the status `200`
- …earlier changes not shown

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/clouditor/apis/orchestrator-api/changes/v1/orchestrator/metrics/post.md)

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