Technologies/Varnish/varnish_esi_errors
VarnishVarnishMetric

varnish_esi_errors

Edge Side Includes (ESI) parse errors.
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Edge Side Includes (ESI) parse errors.
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ESI Processing Errors Cascade to Backend Overloadwarning

Elevated varnish_esi_errors or varnish_esi_warnings indicate Edge Side Includes processing failures, which can trigger multiple backend requests per page load and overwhelm Apache with cascading sub-requests.