Technologies/Cilium/cilium_k8s_client_rate_limiter_time_seconds_datadog
CiliumCiliumMetric

cilium_k8s_client_rate_limiter_time_seconds_datadog

[OpenMetrics V1 and V2] Sum of processed rate limiter call duration
Dimensions:None
Available on:DatadogDatadog (1)
Interface Metrics (1)
DatadogDatadog
[OpenMetrics V1 and V2] Sum of processed rate limiter call duration
Dimensions:None
Sources
cilium.k8s_client.rate_limiter_duration.seconds.sumgithub.com
Related Insights (1)
K8s Client Rate Limiter Throttlingwarning

Elevated cilium_k8s_client_rate_limiter_time_seconds indicates Cilium agents are being throttled by Kubernetes API server rate limits. This delays reaction to cluster state changes, causing stale service endpoints, delayed policy enforcement, and slow pod networking setup.

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