eventTag = monitoring.CreateLabel("event")

	k8sEvents = monitoring.NewSum(
		"pilot_k8s_reg_events",
		"Events from k8s registry.",
	)

	// nolint: gocritic
	// This is deprecated in favor of `pilot_k8s_endpoints_pending_pod`, which is a gauge indicating the number of
	// currently missing pods. This helps distinguish transient errors from permanent ones
	endpointsWithNoPods = monitoring.NewSum(
		"pilot_k8s_endpoints_with_no_pods",