diff --git a/metrics/counters.go b/metrics/counters.go
index 95090f4..12d6bb5 100644
--- a/metrics/counters.go
+++ b/metrics/counters.go
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ var msgCounters [4]uint64
 var msgLast [4]uint64
 var msgCurrent [4]uint64
 
-var httpCounters [8]uint64
-var httpLast [8]uint64
-var httpCurrent [8]uint64
+var httpCounters [9]uint64
+var httpLast [9]uint64
+var httpCurrent [9]uint64
 
 // A MsgCounters records message counters.
 type MsgCounters struct {
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ type HttpCounters struct {
 	// StatusServiceUnavailable is the count of http 503 responses.
 	StatusServiceUnavailable uint64
 
+	// StatusTooManyRequests is the count of http 429 responses.
+	StatusTooManyRequests uint64
+
 	// Written is the number of bytes written.
 	Written uint64
 
@@ -97,7 +100,8 @@ func ReadHttpCounters(m *HttpCounters) {
 	m.StatusNotFound = httpCurrent[4] - httpLast[4]
 	m.StatusInternalServerError = httpCurrent[5] - httpLast[5]
 	m.StatusServiceUnavailable = httpCurrent[6] - httpLast[6]
-	m.Written = httpCurrent[7] - httpLast[7]
+	m.StatusTooManyRequests = httpCurrent[7] - httpLast[7]
+	m.Written = httpCurrent[8] - httpLast[8]
 
 	for i := range httpCounters {
 		httpLast[i] = httpCurrent[i]
@@ -159,7 +163,12 @@ func StatusServiceUnavailable() {
 	atomic.AddUint64(&httpCounters[6], 1)
 }
 
+// StatusTooManyRequests increments the http response 429 counter. It is safe for concurrent access.
+func StatusTooManyRequests() {
+	atomic.AddUint64(&httpCounters[7], 1)
+}
+
 // Written increments the bytes sent counter by n.
 func Written(n int64) {
-	atomic.AddUint64(&httpCounters[7], uint64(n)) //nolint:gosec
+	atomic.AddUint64(&httpCounters[8], uint64(n)) //nolint:gosec
 }
diff --git a/metrics/counters_test.go b/metrics/counters_test.go
index fb38846..0f23f6f 100644
--- a/metrics/counters_test.go
+++ b/metrics/counters_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func TestHttpCounters(t *testing.T) {
 		{i: l(), f: metrics.StatusNotFound, e: metrics.HttpCounters{StatusNotFound: 1}},
 		{i: l(), f: metrics.StatusInternalServerError, e: metrics.HttpCounters{StatusInternalServerError: 1}},
 		{i: l(), f: metrics.StatusServiceUnavailable, e: metrics.HttpCounters{StatusServiceUnavailable: 1}},
+		{i: l(), f: metrics.StatusTooManyRequests, e: metrics.HttpCounters{StatusTooManyRequests: 1}},
 	}
 
 	var m metrics.HttpCounters
@@ -108,6 +109,9 @@ func TestHttpCounters(t *testing.T) {
 		if m.StatusServiceUnavailable != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("expected 0 got %d", m.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		}
+		if m.StatusTooManyRequests != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 0 got %d", m.StatusTooManyRequests)
+		}
 
 		// increment one counter
 		// and check we incremented the correct counter
@@ -136,7 +140,9 @@ func TestHttpCounters(t *testing.T) {
 		if m.StatusServiceUnavailable != v.e.StatusServiceUnavailable {
 			t.Errorf("%s StatusServiceUnavailable expected %d got %d", v.i, v.e.StatusServiceUnavailable, m.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 		}
-
+		if m.StatusTooManyRequests != v.e.StatusTooManyRequests {
+			t.Errorf("%s StatusTooManyRequests expected %d got %d", v.i, v.e.StatusTooManyRequests, m.StatusTooManyRequests)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/weft/handlers.go b/weft/handlers.go
index 36dd0df..7eb3aec 100644
--- a/weft/handlers.go
+++ b/weft/handlers.go
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ func writeResponseAndLogMetrics(err error, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	case http.StatusServiceUnavailable:
 		metrics.StatusServiceUnavailable()
 		logger.Printf("%d %s %s %s %s", status, r.Method, r.RequestURI, name, err.Error())
+	case http.StatusTooManyRequests:
+		metrics.StatusTooManyRequests()
+		logger.Printf("%d %s %s %s %s", status, r.Method, r.RequestURI, name, err.Error())
 	}
 }