diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
index 86f3023a22180..bbfde4f8eb9d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacityScheduler.java
@@ -676,8 +676,8 @@ public void suspendSchedule() {
 
   static class ResourceCommitterService extends Thread {
     private final CapacityScheduler cs;
-    private BlockingQueue<ResourceCommitRequest<FiCaSchedulerApp, FiCaSchedulerNode>>
-        backlogs = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
+    private final BlockingQueue<ResourceCommitRequest<FiCaSchedulerApp,
+        FiCaSchedulerNode>> backlogs = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
 
     public ResourceCommitterService(CapacityScheduler cs) {
       this.cs = cs;
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ public void run() {
         try {
           ResourceCommitRequest<FiCaSchedulerApp, FiCaSchedulerNode> request =
               backlogs.take();
+          CapacitySchedulerMetrics.getMetrics().decrBacklogs();
           cs.writeLock.lock();
           try {
             cs.tryCommit(cs.getClusterResource(), request, true);
@@ -708,6 +709,7 @@ public void run() {
     public void addNewCommitRequest(
         ResourceCommitRequest<FiCaSchedulerApp, FiCaSchedulerNode> proposal) {
       backlogs.add(proposal);
+      CapacitySchedulerMetrics.getMetrics().incrBacklogs();
     }
 
     public int getPendingBacklogs() {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacitySchedulerMetrics.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacitySchedulerMetrics.java
index 63a2b99eb8eaa..f7d092e32e6c4 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacitySchedulerMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/scheduler/capacity/CapacitySchedulerMetrics.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.MutableGaugeLong;
 import org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsInfo;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public class CapacitySchedulerMetrics {
           "Metrics for the Yarn Capacity Scheduler");
 
   @Metric("Scheduler allocate containers") MutableRate allocate;
+  @Metric("Scheduler commit backlogs") MutableGaugeLong backlogs;
   @Metric("Scheduler commit success") MutableRate commitSuccess;
   @Metric("Scheduler commit failure") MutableRate commitFailure;
   @Metric("Scheduler node update") MutableRate nodeUpdate;
@@ -93,6 +95,14 @@ public void addAllocate(long latency) {
     this.allocate.add(latency);
   }
 
+  public void incrBacklogs() {
+    this.backlogs.incr();
+  }
+
+  public void decrBacklogs() {
+    this.backlogs.decr();
+  }
+
   public void addCommitSuccess(long latency) {
     this.commitSuccess.add(latency);
   }
@@ -128,4 +138,9 @@ public void addSchedulerNodeHBInterval(long heartbeatInterval) {
   public long getNumOfSchedulerNodeHBInterval() {
     return this.schedulerNodeHBInterval.getEstimator().getCount();
   }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public long getSizeOfBacklogs() {
+    return backlogs.value();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestCapacitySchedulerMetrics.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestCapacitySchedulerMetrics.java
index 99b3983f863eb..1651ee768733c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestCapacitySchedulerMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestCapacitySchedulerMetrics.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public RMNodeLabelsManager createNodeLabelManager() {
     }
 
     Assert.assertEquals(0, csMetrics.getNumOfAllocates());
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, csMetrics.getSizeOfBacklogs());
     Assert.assertEquals(0, csMetrics.getNumOfCommitSuccess());
 
     RMApp rmApp = MockRMAppSubmitter.submit(rm,