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Throttle metrics
This revision card explains Throttle metrics. Users see 400s before ops notices capacity or hot keys. It describes watch ThrottledRequests, ConsumedRead/WriteCapacityUnits, SuccessfulRequestLatency. The how-to section notes alarm on throttle , then check hot partition , then raise WCU or redesign keys. An example on the card is ops runbooks open CloudWatch before guessing the SDK.
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Why do we need it?
Users see 400s before ops notices capacity or hot keys.
What is it?
Watch ThrottledRequests, ConsumedRead/WriteCapacityUnits, SuccessfulRequestLatency.
ThrottledRequests
How to do it
Alarm on throttle → check hot partition → raise WCU or redesign keys.
Example
Ops runbooks open CloudWatch before guessing the SDK.