### vault.audit.log_response_failure ((#vault-audit-log_response_failure))

Metric type | Value   | Description
----------- | ------- | -----------
counter     | number  | Number of audit log request failures across all devices

The number of request failures is a **crucial metric**.

A non-zero value for `vault.audit.log_response_failure` indicates that one of
the configured audit log devices failed to respond to Vault. If Vault cannot
properly audit a request, or the response to a request, the original request
will fail.

Refer to the device-specific metrics and logs to troubleshoot the failing audit
log device.