listen_overflow P2 Network

TCP listen-queue dropping connections

/proc/net/netstat TcpExt ListenOverflows (any non-zero rate) or ListenDrops (at least 1.0/sec sustained) is incrementing; the kernel is dropping arriving connections at accept-queue level. Either the application can't accept() fast enough or net.core.somaxconn is too small for the offered load. The ListenDrops floor avoids paging on quiet hosts that see sporadic long-tail SYN-scan drops.

Remediation

When this rule fires on one of your servers, the dashboard alert detail page renders the full remediation guidance: the command to run, what to verify after, and Furnace's annotation for your specific distro + hardware. Sign in at app.glassmkr.com to see the live alert.