Performance · Difficulty 1 of 5 · 10 min
Orders rejected under normal load
The orders interface rejects requests under routine traffic that used to pass, and table metrics show requests refused before they are processed. A second, small table with an index-like name also exists. Find the bottleneck in production and stop it rejecting routine traffic.
Where the symptom shows: DynamoDB
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