Redis: Deep Dive into Performance Insights
Today we're exploring two major commits that enhance Redis's observability and internal consistency. Mincho Paskalev introduced comprehensive slowlog metrics for better performance monitoring, while Moti Cohen delivered a substantial refactor of the KEYSIZES tracking system and ASM background operations.
Duration: PT3M56S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Redis.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Redis
- Published: 2026-03-23T10:06:49Z
- Audio duration: PT3M56S
Transcript excerpt
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Hey there, Redis enthusiasts! Welcome back to another episode. I'm your host, and wow, do we have some fantastic improvements to dive into today. It's March 23rd, 2026, and the Redis team has been absolutely crushing it with some really thoughtful enhancements that are going to make our lives as developers so much…
You know what I love about today's changes? They're the kind of improvements that show the Redis team really understands what we need in production environments. These aren't just flashy new features - they're the solid, foundational work that makes Redis even more reliable and observable.
Let's start with something that's going to be a game-changer for anyone who's ever had to debug slow performance issues. Mincho Paskalev has added comprehensive slowlog metrics that give us way more insight into what's happening under the hood. Now, when you run INFO STATS, you're going to see three new metrics that…
First, there's slowlog_commands_count - this tracks every single command that's been written to the slowlog, even the ones that got trimmed out. Then you've got slowlog_commands_time_ms_sum, which adds up all those execution times, and slowlog_commands_time_ms_max for…
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