How does Kaspa monitor the health of its network connections?

Kaspa's metrics system goes beyond simply counting how many peers a node is connected to — it also tracks the quality and diversity of those connections across different clusters of the network. Through an interface called the get_metrics RPC call (a programming endpoint that lets developers and node operators query live network data), Kaspa separates connections by protocol type — borsh, JSON, and gRPC — and records both successful connections and handshake failures. A handshake is the initial back-and-forth exchange two computers use to agree they can communicate. For anyone running a Kaspa node or building on top of Kaspa, this level of detail means you can quickly see not just whether peers are connected but whether those connections are healthy and well-distributed across the network.