1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/config/server/metrics/ClusterMetricsRetriever.java b/configserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/config/server/metrics/ClusterMetricsRetriever.java
index 913aed447c7..b51f3d01e1a 100644
--- a/configserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/config/server/metrics/ClusterMetricsRetriever.java
+++ b/configserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/config/server/metrics/ClusterMetricsRetriever.java
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ public class ClusterMetricsRetriever {
             is.close();
             return slime;
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
+            // Usually caused by applications being deleted during metric retrieval
+            log.warning("Was unable to fetch metrics from " + hostURI);
+            return new Slime();
         }
     }