[investigation] get metrics of request to see which settings need to be changed for random failures

Problem/Motivation

Parent issue is self-explanatory #2829040: [meta] Known intermittent, random, and environment-specific test failures
Will use this issue to investigate and get metrics on requests to see which settings (DNS #3397749: gitlab pod DNS settings or not) might be adjusted.

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