diff --git a/src/rpc/metrics.rs b/src/rpc/metrics.rs
index 61f8fa79..10327e96 100644
--- a/src/rpc/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/rpc/metrics.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use opentelemetry::{global, metrics::*};
 pub struct RpcMetrics {
 	pub(crate) rpc_counter: Counter<u64>,
 	pub(crate) rpc_timeout_counter: Counter<u64>,
+	pub(crate) rpc_watchdogs_started_counter: Counter<u64>,
+	pub(crate) rpc_watchdogs_preemption_counter: Counter<u64>,
 	pub(crate) rpc_netapp_error_counter: Counter<u64>,
 	pub(crate) rpc_garage_error_counter: Counter<u64>,
 
@@ -21,6 +23,14 @@ impl RpcMetrics {
 				.u64_counter("rpc.timeout_counter")
 				.with_description("Number of RPC timeouts")
 				.init(),
+			rpc_watchdogs_started_counter: meter
+				.u64_counter("rpc.watchdogs_started_counter")
+				.with_description("Number of RPC requests started with a watchdog")
+				.init(),
+			rpc_watchdogs_preemption_counter: meter
+				.u64_counter("rpc.watchdogs_preemption_counter")
+				.with_description("Number of RPC watchdogs which timed out and caused an extra RPC to be scheduled")
+				.init(),
 			rpc_netapp_error_counter: meter
 				.u64_counter("rpc.netapp_error_counter")
 				.with_description("Number of communication errors (errors in the Netapp library)")
diff --git a/src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs b/src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs
index eb412912..6812a135 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs
+++ b/src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ impl RpcHelper {
 		// Reorder requests to priorize closeness / low latency
 		let request_order =
 			self.request_order(&self.0.layout.read().unwrap().current(), to.iter().copied());
+        let layout_nodes_count = request_order.len();
 
 		// The send_all_at_once flag overrides the behaviour described
 		// above and sends an RPC to every node from the get-go. This
@@ -370,6 +371,11 @@ impl RpcHelper {
 		let preemptive_send = strategy.rs_preemptive_send.unwrap_or(false);
 		let mut preemptive_watchdogs = FuturesUnordered::new();
 		let mut completed_node_ids = HashSet::<Uuid>::new();
+		let metric_tags = [
+			KeyValue::new("rpc_endpoint", endpoint.path().to_string()),
+			KeyValue::new("from", format!("{:?}", self.0.our_node_id)),
+			KeyValue::new("to", format!("{:?}", to)),
+		];
 
 		// Build future for each request
 		// They are not started now: they are added below in a FuturesUnordered
@@ -399,7 +405,7 @@ impl RpcHelper {
 
 		// The number of in-flight requests we want at the moment
 		let mut target_outbound_count = if send_all_at_once {
-			requests.len()
+			layout_nodes_count
 		} else {
 			quorum
 		};
@@ -411,6 +417,7 @@ impl RpcHelper {
 				if let Some((fut, watchdog)) = requests.next() {
 					if let Some(sleep) = watchdog {
 						preemptive_watchdogs.push(sleep);
+		                self.0.metrics.rpc_watchdogs_started_counter.add(1, &metric_tags);
 					}
 					resp_stream.push(fut);
 				} else {
@@ -451,8 +458,9 @@ impl RpcHelper {
 				Some(WatchedRPCResult::TimedOut(to)) => {
 					// A watchdog has triggered, meaning one of the active requests is taking too long
 					// Note that we don't cancel watchdogs after requests complete, so we need to ignore those
-					if !completed_node_ids.contains(&to) {
+					if target_outbound_count < layout_nodes_count && !completed_node_ids.contains(&to) {
 						target_outbound_count += 1;
+		                self.0.metrics.rpc_watchdogs_preemption_counter.add(1, &metric_tags);
 					}
 				}
 				None => break,