reverse_proxy: add placeholder http.reverse_proxy.retries #6553
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The
reverse_proxy
directive in Caddy already supports a variety of useful placeholders, as documented hereThis pull request proposes the addition of a new placeholder:
{http.reverse_proxy.retries}
. This placeholder tracks the number of retries actually performed to communicate with an upstream. I believe this would be a valuable enhancement, providing more detailed insights into load balancing behavior.For example, in a Caddyfile, this placeholder might be used with
log_append
like this:In the
access.json
, this would then appear like this: