# Meaning of episode\_reward\_mean

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**Category:** RLlib\
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/meaning-of-episode-reward-mean/3839 "2021-10-18T10:17:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/meaning-of-episode-reward-mean/3839/1 "2021-10-18T10:17:51Z")

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What is the meaning of the `episode_reward_mean` metric? Is it the sum of the reward obtained in each time step of the episode? What is the difference between `episode_reward_mean` and `episode_reward_min`?

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