# Dogfooding the Billable Actions metric: How granular observability improved our metering validation

DevFeed: [Dogfooding the Billable Actions metric: How granular observability improved our metering validation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/dogfooding-the-billable-actions-metric-how-granular-observability-improved-our-metering-validation-35778.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/dogfooding-the-billable-actions-metric-how-granular-observability-improved-our-metering-validation>)

Author: Eric Chen

Published: 2026-06-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [Time Series](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/time-series.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>)

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## AI overview

Temporal describes how its Billable Actions metric and OpenMetrics per-type breakdowns provide more granular cost visibility. Internally, the company uses the metric with a canary account and validation dashboards to verify metering accuracy, troubleshoot discrepancies, and identify optimization opportunities.

## Source excerpt

See how Temporal uses the Billable Actions metric internally to validate metering, troubleshoot discrepancies, and improve cost observability.