Update 2026-04-10-improved-queues-metrics.mdx

Author: mia303

src/content/changelog/queues/2026-04-10-improved-queues-metrics.mdx

@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ The following endpoints also now include a `metadata.metrics` object on the resu
 
 ### Javascript APIs
 
-Both `env.QUEUE.send()` and `env.QUEUE.sendBatch()` now return a `metrics` object, or you can use `env.QUEUE.metrics()` directly:
+Call `env.QUEUE.metrics()` to get realtime backlog metrics:
 
 ```ts
-const {
-  backlogCount: number,
-  backlogBytes: number,
-  oldestMessageTimestamp: Date | undefined,
-} = await env.QUEUE.metrics(...)
-```
+const metrics = await env.QUEUE.metrics();
+metrics.backlogCount; // number
+metrics.backlogBytes; // number
+metrics.oldestMessageTimestamp; // number (milliseconds since epoch)
+
+`env.QUEUE.send()` and `env.QUEUE.sendBatch()` also now return a metrics object on the response.
 
 You can also query these fields via the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). For more information, refer to [Metrics](/queues/observability/metrics/).