Bug#506763: apache2: mod_proxy does not log an error when it hits MaxClients

[Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de>]

On Monday 24 November 2008, Winfried Tilanus wrote:
> When the amount of connections to proxy exceeds the the amount
> configured by the MaxClients directive in the apache2.conf, apache
> doesn't relay the connections anymore. This happens silently. In
> order to ease troubleshooting, it is desireable that apache2 also
> warns when it hits the MaxClients while proxying requests.

Apache will log the "server reached MaxClients setting..." message 
only once and then never again until the next restart. Maybe this is 
the problem you are seeing?

Cheers,
Stefan