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Load Shedding
Understand how systems protect themselves by rejecting excess load under pressure
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Configuration
5 req/s
10 requests
Try This:
- Send multiple low-priority requests rapidly until the queue fills up
- With priority-based shedding enabled, try sending high-priority requests when the queue is full - they should still be accepted
- Disable priority-based shedding and observe that all requests are rejected equally when overloaded
- Adjust the rate limit to see how it affects system throughput and queue length
System Status
HEALTHY
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Queued
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Processing
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Capacity
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Active Requests
No active requests
Recent Activity
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How it works:
- Rate Limiting: System processes requests at a controlled rate
- Queue Management: Incoming requests wait in queue until capacity available
- Load Shedding: When queue is full, new requests are rejected
- Priority-Based: When enabled, low-priority requests are shed first to protect high-priority traffic
Metrics
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Accepted
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Rejected
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Acceptance Rate
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