2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/metrics/__init__.py b/synapse/metrics/__init__.py
index 0dba997a23..d2fd29acb4 100644
--- a/synapse/metrics/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/metrics/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 import threading
 import time
-from typing import Dict, Union
+from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterable, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import six
 
@@ -59,10 +59,12 @@ class RegistryProxy(object):
 @attr.s(hash=True)
 class LaterGauge(object):
 
-    name = attr.ib()
-    desc = attr.ib()
-    labels = attr.ib(hash=False)
-    caller = attr.ib()
+    name = attr.ib(type=str)
+    desc = attr.ib(type=str)
+    labels = attr.ib(hash=False, type=Optional[Iterable[str]])
+    # callback: should either return a value (if there are no labels for this metric),
+    # or dict mapping from a label tuple to a value
+    caller = attr.ib(type=Callable[[], Union[Dict[Tuple[str, ...], float], float]])
 
     def collect(self):
 
diff --git a/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py b/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py
index b65bcd8806..8449ef82f7 100644
--- a/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py
+++ b/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import logging
 import threading
 from asyncio import iscoroutine
 from functools import wraps
+from typing import Dict, Set
 
 import six
 
@@ -80,13 +81,13 @@ _background_process_db_sched_duration = Counter(
 # map from description to a counter, so that we can name our logcontexts
 # incrementally. (It actually duplicates _background_process_start_count, but
 # it's much simpler to do so than to try to combine them.)
-_background_process_counts = {}  # type: dict[str, int]
+_background_process_counts = {}  # type: Dict[str, int]
 
 # map from description to the currently running background processes.
 #
 # it's kept as a dict of sets rather than a big set so that we can keep track
 # of process descriptions that no longer have any active processes.
-_background_processes = {}  # type: dict[str, set[_BackgroundProcess]]
+_background_processes = {}  # type: Dict[str, Set[_BackgroundProcess]]
 
 # A lock that covers the above dicts
 _bg_metrics_lock = threading.Lock()