Istio high total request rate
warning

Description Global request rate in the service mesh is unusually high.
Query for 2m
>>>
	
				
					
					
						sum
					
				
			
				
					(
				
			
				
					
					
						rate
					
				
			
				
					(
				
			
				
					
				
			
				
					{reporter="destination"}[5m])) > 1000
				
			
    
Query Explanation

The query calculates the total request rate per second across the entire mesh by summing the 5‑minute rate of istio_requests_total with reporter="destination". If this summed rate exceeds 1000 requests/s, the alert fires.

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