Technologies/Traefik/traefik.service.retries.total
TraefikTraefikMetric

traefik.service.retries.total

Total request retries to service
Dimensions:None
Available on:PrometheusPrometheus (1)DatadogDatadog (1)Native (1)
Interface Metrics (3)
PrometheusPrometheus
Total number of request retries to a service
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
Total count of request retries per service
Dimensions:None
Native
Total number of request retries to service
Dimensions:None

Technical Annotations (12)

Configuration Parameters (3)
http.middlewares.retry.retry.attemptsrecommended: 3
Number of retry attempts before failing the request
retry.attemptsrecommended: 2
Fewer attempts reduce amplification during outages
retry.initialIntervalrecommended: 500ms
Longer interval spreads retry load over time
Error Signatures (1)
502 Bad Gatewayhttp status
CLI Commands (1)
kubectl logs -n traefik deployment/traefik | grep -i retrydiagnostic
Technical References (7)
Round Robinconceptload balancingconceptorchestratorconceptserver list refreshconceptretry middlewarecomponentcircuit breaker middlewarecomponentexponential backoffconcept
Related Insights (6)
Single backend server failure causes partial user impact in load-balanced setupwarning
Excessive retry rate indicates backend instabilitywarning
Configuration reload causes transient 502 errors during server list refreshwarning
Retry middleware mitigates 502 errors from transient upstream failuresinfo
Retry storms overwhelm recovering backend servicescritical
High retry rate indicates persistent backend failureswarning