DORA metrics

CodeMetrics can measure the four metrics used in the DORA State of DevOps Report and Accelerate that relate to software delivery performance.

The metrics are:

• Deployment frequency
• Lead time for changes
• Time to restore service
• Change failure rate

To calculate DORA metrics you must set up your deployment configuration. See Deployment configuration for more information.

Deployment frequency

Deployment frequency is the number of deployments to production per unit of time. This is a measure of how often you deploy code to production.

Lead time for changes

Lead time for changes is the time it takes to go from code committed to code successfully running in production. This is a measure of how quickly you can get code into production.

Time to restore service

Time to restore service is the time it takes to restore service when a service incident occurs. This is a measure of how quickly you can recover from incidents.

Change failure rate

Change failure rate is the percentage of changes that result in degraded service and require remediation. This is a measure of how often your changes cause problems.

Where to find DORA metrics

DORA metrics must be enabled for your CodeMetrics instance, by setting the environment variable FEATURE_DORA_METRICS=true. Once enabled, DORA metrics are available in the Workloads section and each of the four measures can be used in queries.

To view DORA metrics for a workload, navigate to the Workloads section and select the workload you are interested in. Click the DORA button to view the DORA metrics for that workload.

To use DORA metrics in queries, navigate to the Queries page. Create a new query and select the DORA metric you are interested in from the dropdown list.

See the Queries section for further information.