diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1b0ddbba..4033bb9f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
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  "rustc-hash",
  "shlex",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
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+checksum = "17f6e324229dc011159fcc089755d1e2e216a90d43a7dea6853ca740b84f35e7"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
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 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
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  "num-traits",
  "serde",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.5",
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 [[package]]
@@ -838,9 +838,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "1.11.0"
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-checksum = "11157ac094ffbdde99aa67b23417ebdd801842852b500e395a45a9c0aac03e4a"
+checksum = "a47c1c47d2f5964e29c61246e81db715514cd532db6b5116a25ea3c03d6780a2"
 
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
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- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
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-checksum = "186548d73ac615b32a73aafe38fb4f56c0d340e110e5a200bcadbaf2e199263a"
+checksum = "9f24ce812868d86d19daa79bf3bf9175bc44ea323391147a5e3abde2a283871b"
 dependencies = [
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-checksum = "ab46a6e9526ddef3ae7f787c06f0f2600639ba80ea3eade3d8e670a2230f51d6"
+checksum = "685a7d121ee3f65ae4fddd72b25a04bb36b6af81bc0828f7d5434c0fe60fa3a2"
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@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 dependencies = [
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- "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.5",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ checksum = "adf157a4dc5a29b7b464aa8fe7edeff30076e07e13646a1c3874f58477dc99f8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
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+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.4.1"
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-checksum = "b05180d69e3da0e530ba2a1dae5110317e49e3b7f3d41be227dc5f92e49ee7af"
+checksum = "3135b08af27d103b0a51f2ae0f8632117b7b185ccf931445affa8df530576a41"
 dependencies = [
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- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
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+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2257,9 +2257,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+checksum = "a56dea16b0a29e94408b9aa5e2940a4eedbd128a1ba20e8f7ae60fd3d465af0e"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2385,9 +2385,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-checksum = "969d6064e6e4d98485d83cf363147371243df7423b5d43d59f57ed72dc85943e"
+checksum = "6c1bb13e2dcfa2232ac6887157aad8d9b3fe4ca57f7c8d4938ff5ea9be742300"
 dependencies = [
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  "parking_lot",
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "http-body-util",
  "humantime",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.3.0",
  "metriken 0.6.0",
  "metriken-exposition",
  "mio",
@@ -2771,7 +2771,7 @@ checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2964,9 +2964,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "2.0.58"
+version = "2.0.59"
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-checksum = "44cfb93f38070beee36b3fef7d4f5a16f27751d94b187b666a5cc5e9b0d30687"
+checksum = "4a6531ffc7b071655e4ce2e04bd464c4830bb585a61cabb96cf808f05172615a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3024,9 +3024,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.3.35"
+version = "0.3.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef89ece63debf11bc32d1ed8d078ac870cbeb44da02afb02a9ff135ae7ca0582"
+checksum = "5dfd88e563464686c916c7e46e623e520ddc6d79fa6641390f2e3fa86e83e885"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "itoa",
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3240,7 +3240,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "winnow 0.6.5",
+ "winnow 0.6.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3522,7 +3522,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -3544,7 +3544,7 @@ checksum = "e94f17b526d0a461a191c78ea52bbce64071ed5c04c9ffe424dcb38f74171bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -3599,7 +3599,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
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 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3617,7 +3617,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
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- "windows-targets 0.52.4",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3637,17 +3637,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.52.4"
+version = "0.52.5"
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-checksum = "7dd37b7e5ab9018759f893a1952c9420d060016fc19a472b4bb20d1bdd694d1b"
+checksum = "6f0713a46559409d202e70e28227288446bf7841d3211583a4b53e3f6d96e7eb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.4",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.4",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.4",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.4",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.4",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.4",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.4",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.5",
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@@ -3658,9 +3659,9 @@ checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.52.4"
+version = "0.52.5"
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-checksum = "bcf46cf4c365c6f2d1cc93ce535f2c8b244591df96ceee75d8e83deb70a9cac9"
+checksum = "7088eed71e8b8dda258ecc8bac5fb1153c5cffaf2578fc8ff5d61e23578d3263"
 
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 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
-version = "0.52.4"
+version = "0.52.5"
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-checksum = "da9f259dd3bcf6990b55bffd094c4f7235817ba4ceebde8e6d11cd0c5633b675"
+checksum = "9985fd1504e250c615ca5f281c3f7a6da76213ebd5ccc9561496568a2752afb6"
 
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 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
@@ -3682,9 +3683,15 @@ checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
-version = "0.52.4"
+version = "0.52.5"
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-checksum = "b474d8268f99e0995f25b9f095bc7434632601028cf86590aea5c8a5cb7801d3"
+checksum = "88ba073cf16d5372720ec942a8ccbf61626074c6d4dd2e745299726ce8b89670"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87f4261229030a858f36b459e748ae97545d6f1ec60e5e0d6a3d32e0dc232ee9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
@@ -3694,9 +3701,9 @@ checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
-version = "0.52.4"
+version = "0.52.5"
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-checksum = "1515e9a29e5bed743cb4415a9ecf5dfca648ce85ee42e15873c3cd8610ff8e02"
+checksum = "db3c2bf3d13d5b658be73463284eaf12830ac9a26a90c717b7f771dfe97487bf"
 
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 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
@@ -3706,9 +3713,9 @@ checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
-version = "0.52.4"
+version = "0.52.5"
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-checksum = "5eee091590e89cc02ad514ffe3ead9eb6b660aedca2183455434b93546371a03"
+checksum = "4e4246f76bdeff09eb48875a0fd3e2af6aada79d409d33011886d3e1581517d9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
@@ -3718,9 +3725,9 @@ checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.52.4"
+version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77ca79f2451b49fa9e2af39f0747fe999fcda4f5e241b2898624dca97a1f2177"
+checksum = "852298e482cd67c356ddd9570386e2862b5673c85bd5f88df9ab6802b334c596"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
@@ -3730,9 +3737,9 @@ checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
-version = "0.52.4"
+version = "0.52.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32b752e52a2da0ddfbdbcc6fceadfeede4c939ed16d13e648833a61dfb611ed8"
+checksum = "bec47e5bfd1bff0eeaf6d8b485cc1074891a197ab4225d504cb7a1ab88b02bf0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
@@ -3745,9 +3752,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.6.5"
+version = "0.6.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dffa400e67ed5a4dd237983829e66475f0a4a26938c4b04c21baede6262215b8"
+checksum = "f0c976aaaa0e1f90dbb21e9587cdaf1d9679a1cde8875c0d6bd83ab96a208352"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -3769,7 +3776,7 @@ checksum = "9ce1b18ccd8e73a9321186f97e46f9f04b778851177567b1975109d26a08d2a6"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src/metrics/mod.rs b/src/metrics/mod.rs
index 51648b96..42887548 100644
--- a/src/metrics/mod.rs
+++ b/src/metrics/mod.rs
@@ -382,12 +382,18 @@ histogram!(PUBSUB_LATENCY, "pubsub_latency");
 histogram!(PUBSUB_PUBLISH_LATENCY, "pubsub_publish_latency");
 
 gauge!(RATELIMIT_CURR, "ratelimit/current");
+counter!(RATELIMIT_DROPPED, "ratelimit/dropped");
 
 gauge!(CONNECT_CURR, "client/connections/current");
 counter!(CONNECT_OK, "client/connect/ok");
 counter!(CONNECT_TIMEOUT, "client/connect/timeout");
 
 counter!(REQUEST, "client/request/total", "total requests dequeued");
+counter!(
+    REQUEST_DROPPED,
+    "client/request/dropped",
+    "number of requests dropped due to a full work queue"
+);
 counter!(
     REQUEST_OK,
     "client/request/ok",
diff --git a/src/workload/mod.rs b/src/workload/mod.rs
index c852e7c3..08f87979 100644
--- a/src/workload/mod.rs
+++ b/src/workload/mod.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ impl Generator {
     ) {
         if let Some(ref ratelimiter) = self.ratelimiter {
             loop {
+                RATELIMIT_DROPPED.set(ratelimiter.dropped());
+
                 if ratelimiter.try_wait().is_ok() {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -146,10 +148,20 @@ impl Generator {
 
         match &self.components[self.component_dist.sample(rng)] {
             Component::Keyspace(keyspace) => {
-                let _ = client_sender.send_blocking(self.generate_request(keyspace, rng));
+                if client_sender
+                    .try_send(self.generate_request(keyspace, rng))
+                    .is_err()
+                {
+                    REQUEST_DROPPED.increment();
+                }
             }
             Component::Topics(topics) => {
-                let _ = pubsub_sender.send_blocking(self.generate_pubsub(topics, rng));
+                if pubsub_sender
+                    .try_send(self.generate_pubsub(topics, rng))
+                    .is_err()
+                {
+                    REQUEST_DROPPED.increment();
+                }
             }
         }
     }