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Preston Van Loon 4da6c4291f Fix metrics logging of http_error_count (#16055)
**What type of PR is this?**

Bug fix

**What does this PR do? Why is it needed?**

I am seeing massive metrics cardinality on error cases. 

Example:

```
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682952",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682953",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682954",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682955",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682956",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682957",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682958",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682959",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682960",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682961",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682962",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682966",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682967",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682968",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682969",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682970",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682971",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682972",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682973",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682974",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682975",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682976",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682977",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682978",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682980",method="GET"} 2
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="/eth/v1/beacon/blob_sidecars/1682983",method="GET"} 2
```

Now it looks like this:

```
# TYPE http_error_count counter
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="beacon.GetBlockV2",method="GET"} 606
http_error_count{code="Not Found",endpoint="blob.Blobs",method="GET"} 4304
```

**Which issues(s) does this PR fix?**

**Other notes for review**


Other uses of http metrics use the endpoint name rather than the request
URL.

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2025-11-26 04:22:35 +00:00

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Fixed

  • http_error_count now matches the other cases by listing the endpoint name rather than the actual URL requested. This improves metrics cardinality.