[metrics-bugs] #31006 [Metrics/Analysis]: Investigate why timeouts of clients requesting consensuses have recently gone up a lot

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#31006: Investigate why timeouts of clients requesting consensuses have recently
gone up a lot
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 Reporter:  karsten           |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium            |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal            |     Resolution:
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Comment (by karsten):

 Here's another graph showing directory requests over more than 10 years:

 [[Image(2019-07-02-dirreq-v3-tunneled-dl.png, 700px)]]

 This graph also contains the fraction of timeouts over time (`= timeout /
 (complete + timeout + running)`).

 Looks like it has happened before that timeouts went up for a period of
 time before going down again.

 I'll leave this ticket assigned to metrics-team, but I'm not sure how to
 proceed here. Any insights into what else to look at would be appreciated!

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