#5437·pyroscope

Add an instance-level inflight bytes limit to the distributor

Author: aleks-pCreated Jul 28, 2026Updated Jul 28, 2026
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An application-level flag such as -distributor.max-inflight-bytes can protect distributors from being OOMKilled when segment writers experience slowdowns or outages.

Prior art:

Should be opt-in and apply for both the regular (sync) and the async write path.