# Metricbeat view on syn\_recv tcp\_connections

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-view-on-syn-recv-tcp-connections/256781>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-view-on-syn-recv-tcp-connections/256781 "2020-11-26T14:30:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jo\_De\_Troy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jo_de_troy/32/59858_2.png) [@Jo\_De\_Troy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jo_De_Troy)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-view-on-syn-recv-tcp-connections/256781/1 "2020-11-26T14:30:38Z")

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Hello,  
I have metricbeat collecting the socket\_summary metricset of the system module.  
I see on github `[socket_summary](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/metricbeat/module/system/socket_summary/socket_summary.go) ` there seem to be counters for syn\_recv in the socket\_summary code but these metrics don't seem to be stored in Elasticsearch. Is that because of a technical difficulty?  
What would it take to also collect these metrics?

Best Regards,  
Jo

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-view-on-syn-recv-tcp-connections/256781/2 "2020-12-24T14:30:45Z")

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