Technologies/Linkerd/linkerd_retry_skipped
LinkerdLinkerdMetric

linkerd_retry_skipped

[OpenMetrics V2] Total count of retryable HTTP responses that were not retried.
Dimensions:None
Available on:DatadogDatadog (1)
Interface Metrics (1)
DatadogDatadog
[OpenMetrics V2] Total count of retryable HTTP responses that were not retried.
Dimensions:None
Related Insights (1)
Hidden Retry Storm Degrading Latencywarning

Linkerd proxies automatically retry failed requests, but misconfigured retry policies create cascading delays invisible to application monitoring. Retries add cumulative latency that doesn't appear in application logs since requests ultimately succeed.