1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/metrics-proxy/src/main/java/ai/vespa/metricsproxy/service/RemoteHealthMetricFetcher.java b/metrics-proxy/src/main/java/ai/vespa/metricsproxy/service/RemoteHealthMetricFetcher.java
index 43588f063cc..cb8e07b0282 100644
--- a/metrics-proxy/src/main/java/ai/vespa/metricsproxy/service/RemoteHealthMetricFetcher.java
+++ b/metrics-proxy/src/main/java/ai/vespa/metricsproxy/service/RemoteHealthMetricFetcher.java
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ public class RemoteHealthMetricFetcher extends HttpMetricFetcher {
         try (InputStream stream = getJson()) {
             return createHealthMetrics(stream, fetchCount);
         } catch (IOException | InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
-            logMessageNoResponse(errMsgNoResponse(e), fetchCount);
+            if (service.isAlive()) {
+                logMessageNoResponse(errMsgNoResponse(e), fetchCount);
+            }
             return HealthMetric.getUnknown("Failed fetching metrics for service: " + service.getMonitoringName());
         }
     }