latency spikes with http(s) endpoints because of DNS
Author: sebastianfischerCreated Sep 1, 2026Updated Sep 1, 2026
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Describe the bug
Gatus runs in docker. https endpoints has random latency spikes. Normal: 20ms, Spikes: ~1800ms. ICMP endpoints did not show that problem. Both were configured with URIs (ex. https Endpoint: https://cloud.example.com, ICMP endpoint: cloud.example.com) against same hosts. DNS resolved to IPv6 DNS resolver on this host.
curl from another container had no latency spikes, this seems to be specific to gatus, but I might be mistaken. Solution was to insert fixed ipv4 dns servers in docker compose of gatus. No more latency spikes.
What do you see?
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What do you expect to see?
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List the steps that must be taken to reproduce this issue
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Version
v5.36.0
Additional information
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Source: TwiN/gatus