On June 25, 2025, the CircleCI Insights pages will be updated in two ways:
- The Insights “landing page” that gives an overview of an organization’s usage will have a more concise summary view.
- The historical resource utilization graphs (CPU/RAM utilization) for a given job are being removed (see below image for an example). This includes the “Average CPU/RAM” and “Max CPU/RAM” columns in the tabular view.
These changes are being made to help ensure that there is consistency in the data that is reported across all of the Insights pages and graphs.
FAQs:
Question: After this change, how do I view historical CPU/RAM utilization for a given job?
Answer: The visualization of CPU/RAM utilization for a single job (seen below) can be used to gauge whether your job is running over or under-provisioned. Additionally, a 3rd party visualizer for CircleCI’s Usage API is available which explicitly calls out jobs that are over or under-provisioned (seen below).
Single job view of CPU/RAM utilization
Usage API visualizer
Question: After this change, how do I view org-wide trends?
Answer: The new Insights landing page will continue to have org-wide trends visible in a summary view at the top (seen below). The Usage API visualizer also shows a visualization of daily & weekly credit burn rate to view credit burn trends at a glance (seen below).
Viewing org-wide trends in the new Insights landing page
Viewing org-wide trends in the Usage API visualizer
Question: After this change, how do I view which workflows & projects are contributing the most towards my credit burn?
Answer: Within Insights, you can drill into each project and sort the list of workflows by total credal credits consumed in the given time period to see the workflows that contribute the most credits (seen below). Additionally, in the Usage API visualizer, you can view top 10 credit consuming workflows across all projects (seen below). You can also view the top 10 credit-consuming projects in your organization.
Viewing top-contributing workflows in Insights
Viewing top-contributing workflows in the Usage API visualizer
Viewing top-contributing projects in the Usage API visualizer
Question: Which specific graphs will no longer be in Insights on June 25, 2025:
Answer: The following graphs are being removed:
Question: Does CircleCI have plans for improvements to accessing and visualizing pipeline performance metrics?
Answer: Yes, CircleCI remains committed to investing in both in-app & programmatic access to pipeline performance data to enable teams to make informed decisions about their CI setup. As part of our broader effort to streamline data access, we’re focused on ensuring that a single source of truth powers the ways our users access usage and performance data. Follow our changelog for platform updates related to accessing pipeline performance data. Questions, concerns, or feedback on how access to CI data is important to your team? Email me at sebastian@circleci.com
Note: the Usage API visualizer mentioned above is maintained by a 3rd party, not CircleCI. If you find it useful, let us know at feedback@circleci.com.