Regular and predictable database latency spikes are leading to web latency slowdowns (or "the {00,04,08,12,16,20}:05 spike")
Spun out of https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/infrastructure/issues/9248#note_294148937
Within ~1 minute of the following times, on a daily basis, we experience a slowdown on our web (and possibly other services)
00:05
04:05
08:05
12:05
16:05
20:05
db
durations over 24 hours
p99.99
https://log.gprd.gitlab.net/goto/6f240764af89c33cbaf08ff91d92fe53
p99.9 web duration over 3 minutes during a spike
https://log.gprd.gitlab.net/goto/c414837b2116e33e0809ec871bafa946
cc @Finotto