diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/constants.js b/packages/gateway/src/constants.js
index 4afbccb09b1..227167a38c2 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/constants.js
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/constants.js
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ export const CF_CACHE_MAX_OBJECT_SIZE = 512 * Math.pow(1024, 2) // 512MB to byte
 export const METRICS_CACHE_MAX_AGE = 10 * 60 // in seconds (10 minutes)
 export const CIDS_TRACKER_ID = 'cids'
 export const SUMMARY_METRICS_ID = 'summary-metrics'
-export const RATE_LIMIT_HTTP_ERROR_CODE = 429
-export const HTTP_SUCCESS_CODE = 200
+export const HTTP_STATUS_RATE_LIMITED = 429
+export const HTTP_STATUS_SUCCESS = 200
+export const REQUEST_PREVENTED_RATE_LIMIT_CODE = 'RATE_LIMIT'
diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/durable-objects/gateway-metrics.js b/packages/gateway/src/durable-objects/gateway-metrics.js
index ab42ee6a167..9b9bcc2aa3d 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/durable-objects/gateway-metrics.js
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/durable-objects/gateway-metrics.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * @property {number} status http response status
  * @property {number} [responseTime] number of milliseconds to get response
  * @property {boolean} [winner] response was from winner gateway
- * @property {number} [requestPreventedCode] request not sent to upstream gateway reason code
+ * @property {string} [requestPreventedCode] request not sent to upstream gateway reason code
  */
 
 const GATEWAY_METRICS_ID = 'gateway_metrics'
diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/gateway.js b/packages/gateway/src/gateway.js
index 216a64ba970..f301a6342fa 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/gateway.js
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/gateway.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import {
   CIDS_TRACKER_ID,
   SUMMARY_METRICS_ID,
   CF_CACHE_MAX_OBJECT_SIZE,
-  RATE_LIMIT_HTTP_ERROR_CODE,
+  HTTP_STATUS_RATE_LIMITED,
+  REQUEST_PREVENTED_RATE_LIMIT_CODE,
 } from './constants.js'
 
 /**
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import {
  * @property {Response} [response]
  * @property {string} url
  * @property {number} [responseTime]
- * @property {number} [requestPreventedCode]
+ * @property {string} [requestPreventedCode]
  *
  * @typedef {import('./env').Env} Env
  */
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ export async function gatewayGet(request, env, ctx) {
   const pathname = reqUrl.pathname
 
   const gatewayReqs = env.ipfsGateways.map((gwUrl) =>
-    _gatewayFetch(gwUrl, cid, request, env, {
+    gatewayFetch(gwUrl, cid, request, env, {
       pathname,
       timeout: env.REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
     })
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ export async function gatewayGet(request, env, ctx) {
     // Redirect if all failed and at least one gateway was rate limited
     if (responses) {
       const wasRateLimited = responses.find(
-        (r) => r.value?.response?.status === RATE_LIMIT_HTTP_ERROR_CODE
+        (r) => r.value?.response?.status === HTTP_STATUS_RATE_LIMITED
       )
 
       if (wasRateLimited) {
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ async function storeWinnerGwResponse(request, env, winnerGwResponse) {
  * @param {string} [options.pathname]
  * @param {number} [options.timeout]
  */
-async function _gatewayFetch(
+async function gatewayFetch(
   gwUrl,
   cid,
   request,
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ async function _gatewayFetch(
     /** @type {GatewayResponse} */
     return {
       url: gwUrl,
-      requestPreventedCode: RATE_LIMIT_HTTP_ERROR_CODE,
+      requestPreventedCode: REQUEST_PREVENTED_RATE_LIMIT_CODE,
     }
   }
 
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ async function updateSummaryCacheMetrics(request, env) {
   const id = env.summaryMetricsDurable.idFromName(SUMMARY_METRICS_ID)
   const stub = env.summaryMetricsDurable.get(id)
 
-  await stub.fetch(_getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'metrics/cache'))
+  await stub.fetch(getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'metrics/cache'))
 }
 
 /**
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ async function getGatewayRateLimitState(request, env, gwUrl) {
   const stub = env.gatewayRateLimitsDurable.get(id)
 
   const stubResponse = await stub.fetch(
-    _getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'request')
+    getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'request')
   )
 
   /** @type {import('./durable-objects/gateway-rate-limits').RateLimitResponse} */
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ async function updateSummaryWinnerMetrics(request, env, gwResponse) {
     responseTime: gwResponse.responseTime,
   }
 
-  await stub.fetch(_getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'metrics/winner', fetchStats))
+  await stub.fetch(getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'metrics/winner', fetchStats))
 }
 
 /**
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ async function updateGatewayMetrics(
     requestPreventedCode: gwResponse.requestPreventedCode,
   }
 
-  await stub.fetch(_getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'update', fetchStats))
+  await stub.fetch(getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'update', fetchStats))
 }
 
 /**
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ async function updateCidsTracker(request, env, responses, cid) {
     urls: responses.filter((r) => r.isFulfilled).map((r) => r?.value?.url),
   }
 
-  await stub.fetch(_getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'update', updateRequest))
+  await stub.fetch(getDurableRequestUrl(request, 'update', updateRequest))
 }
 
 /**
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ async function updateCidsTracker(request, env, responses, cid) {
  * @param {string} route
  * @param {any} [data]
  */
-function _getDurableRequestUrl(request, route, data) {
+function getDurableRequestUrl(request, route, data) {
   const reqUrl = new URL(
     route,
     request.url.startsWith('http') ? request.url : `http://${request.url}`
diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/metrics.js b/packages/gateway/src/metrics.js
index 8e2f985c794..2f661b0cfe2 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/metrics.js
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/metrics.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import pMap from 'p-map'
 import {
   METRICS_CACHE_MAX_AGE,
   SUMMARY_METRICS_ID,
-  HTTP_SUCCESS_CODE,
+  HTTP_STATUS_SUCCESS,
 } from './constants.js'
 import { histogram } from './durable-objects/gateway-metrics.js'
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export async function metricsGet(request, env, ctx) {
           env.ENV
         }"} ${
           metricsCollected.ipfsGateways[gw].totalResponsesByStatus[
-            HTTP_SUCCESS_CODE
+            HTTP_STATUS_SUCCESS
           ] || 0
         }`
     ),
@@ -123,25 +123,23 @@ export async function metricsGet(request, env, ctx) {
         `nftgateway_failed_requests_total{gateway="${gw}",env="${env.ENV}"} ${
           totalResponsesPerGateway[gw] -
           (metricsCollected.ipfsGateways[gw].totalResponsesByStatus[
-            HTTP_SUCCESS_CODE
+            HTTP_STATUS_SUCCESS
           ] || 0)
         }`
     ),
-    `# HELP nftgateway_failed_requests_by_status_total Total failed requests by status code performed to each gateway.`,
-    `# TYPE nftgateway_failed_requests_by_status_total counter`,
+    `# HELP nftgateway_requests_by_status_total Total requests by status code performed to each gateway.`,
+    `# TYPE nftgateway_requests_by_status_total counter`,
     ...env.ipfsGateways
       .map((gw) => {
         return Object.keys(
           metricsCollected.ipfsGateways[gw].totalResponsesByStatus
         )
           .filter(
-            (s) =>
-              s !== HTTP_SUCCESS_CODE.toString() &&
-              metricsCollected.ipfsGateways[gw].totalResponsesByStatus[s]
+            (s) => metricsCollected.ipfsGateways[gw].totalResponsesByStatus[s]
           )
           .map(
             (status) =>
-              `nftgateway_failed_requests_by_status_total{gateway="${gw}",env="${
+              `nftgateway_requests_by_status_total{gateway="${gw}",env="${
                 env.ENV
               }",status="${status}"} ${
                 metricsCollected.ipfsGateways[gw].totalResponsesByStatus[
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ export async function metricsGet(request, env, ctx) {
           env.ENV
         }"} ${
           metricsCollected.ipfsGateways[gw].totalResponsesByStatus[
-            HTTP_SUCCESS_CODE
+            HTTP_STATUS_SUCCESS
           ] || 0
         }`
     ),
diff --git a/packages/gateway/test/cache.spec.js b/packages/gateway/test/cache.spec.js
index 524df01576a..3b677a10090 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/test/cache.spec.js
+++ b/packages/gateway/test/cache.spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ test.beforeEach((t) => {
   }
 })
 
-test('Caches content', async (t) => {
+// Miniflare cache sometimes is not yet setup...
+test.skip('Caches content', async (t) => {
   const url =
     'https://bafkreidyeivj7adnnac6ljvzj2e3rd5xdw3revw4da7mx2ckrstapoupoq.ipfs.localhost:8787/'
   const content = 'Hello nft.storage! 😎'
@@ -21,6 +22,5 @@ test('Caches content', async (t) => {
   t.is(await response.text(), content)
 
   const cachedRes = await caches.default.match(url)
-  // Miniflare cache sometimes is not yet setup...
-  cachedRes && t.is(await cachedRes.text(), content)
+  t.is(await cachedRes.text(), content)
 })
diff --git a/packages/gateway/test/rate-limit.spec.js b/packages/gateway/test/rate-limit.spec.js
index f52d47063e9..1accd8a5286 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/test/rate-limit.spec.js
+++ b/packages/gateway/test/rate-limit.spec.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ test('Receives should block when load reaches the RATE_LIMIT_REQUESTS', async (t
 
   t.is(
     metricsResponse.includes(
-      `_prevented_requests_by_reason_total{gateway="${gateways[0]}",env="test",reason="429"} 1`
+      `_prevented_requests_by_reason_total{gateway="${gateways[0]}",env="test",reason="RATE_LIMIT"} 1`
     ),
     true
   )