"Nodes Status" panel shows single node cluster as down

[jvf]

The "Nodes Status" panel from the "Cassandra Overview" dashboard uses the following query to determine if a node is considered up:

max by (cluster, dc, rack, instance) (changes(mcac_thread_pools_completed_tasks{cluster=~"$cluster", dc=~"$dc", rack=~"$rack", instance=~"$node", pool_name="gossip_stage"}[2m:30s])) > bool 0

For single node clusters the GossipStage ThreadPool is always 0.

I know this is an edge case but having for example single-node test instances displayed as DOWN is annoying. Isn't there a better metric? nodetool status is showing single-node clusters as up, does someone know what metric they are using?

[Nassz]

Use up or another metric, as this Gossip Stage is unreliable even for bigger clusters.