diff --git a/.changeset/swift-ways-glow.md b/.changeset/swift-ways-glow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b1cccc8af9f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/swift-ways-glow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@eth-optimism/proxyd': minor
+---
+
+Updated metrics, support local rate limiter
diff --git a/go/proxyd/backend.go b/go/proxyd/backend.go
index 8831a2b9395c6..81134123293cb 100644
--- a/go/proxyd/backend.go
+++ b/go/proxyd/backend.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -24,36 +25,44 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	ErrInvalidRequest = &RPCErr{
-		Code:    -32601,
-		Message: "invalid request",
+		Code:          -32601,
+		Message:       "invalid request",
+		HTTPErrorCode: 400,
 	}
 	ErrParseErr = &RPCErr{
-		Code:    -32700,
-		Message: "parse error",
+		Code:          -32700,
+		Message:       "parse error",
+		HTTPErrorCode: 400,
 	}
 	ErrInternal = &RPCErr{
-		Code:    JSONRPCErrorInternal,
-		Message: "internal error",
+		Code:          JSONRPCErrorInternal,
+		Message:       "internal error",
+		HTTPErrorCode: 500,
 	}
 	ErrMethodNotWhitelisted = &RPCErr{
-		Code:    JSONRPCErrorInternal - 1,
-		Message: "rpc method is not whitelisted",
+		Code:          JSONRPCErrorInternal - 1,
+		Message:       "rpc method is not whitelisted",
+		HTTPErrorCode: 403,
 	}
 	ErrBackendOffline = &RPCErr{
-		Code:    JSONRPCErrorInternal - 10,
-		Message: "backend offline",
+		Code:          JSONRPCErrorInternal - 10,
+		Message:       "backend offline",
+		HTTPErrorCode: 503,
 	}
 	ErrNoBackends = &RPCErr{
-		Code:    JSONRPCErrorInternal - 11,
-		Message: "no backends available for method",
+		Code:          JSONRPCErrorInternal - 11,
+		Message:       "no backends available for method",
+		HTTPErrorCode: 503,
 	}
 	ErrBackendOverCapacity = &RPCErr{
-		Code:    JSONRPCErrorInternal - 12,
-		Message: "backend is over capacity",
+		Code:          JSONRPCErrorInternal - 12,
+		Message:       "backend is over capacity",
+		HTTPErrorCode: 429,
 	}
 	ErrBackendBadResponse = &RPCErr{
-		Code:    JSONRPCErrorInternal - 13,
-		Message: "backend returned an invalid response",
+		Code:          JSONRPCErrorInternal - 13,
+		Message:       "backend returned an invalid response",
+		HTTPErrorCode: 500,
 	}
 )
 
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ type Backend struct {
 	wsURL                string
 	authUsername         string
 	authPassword         string
-	redis                Redis
+	rateLimiter          RateLimiter
 	client               *http.Client
 	dialer               *websocket.Dialer
 	maxRetries           int
@@ -122,14 +131,14 @@ func NewBackend(
 	name string,
 	rpcURL string,
 	wsURL string,
-	redis Redis,
+	rateLimiter RateLimiter,
 	opts ...BackendOpt,
 ) *Backend {
 	backend := &Backend{
 		Name:            name,
 		rpcURL:          rpcURL,
 		wsURL:           wsURL,
-		redis:           redis,
+		rateLimiter:     rateLimiter,
 		maxResponseSize: math.MaxInt64,
 		client: &http.Client{
 			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
@@ -160,7 +169,7 @@ func (b *Backend) Forward(ctx context.Context, req *RPCReq) (*RPCRes, error) {
 	for i := 0; i <= b.maxRetries; i++ {
 		RecordRPCForward(ctx, b.Name, req.Method, RPCRequestSourceHTTP)
 		respTimer := prometheus.NewTimer(rpcBackendRequestDurationSumm.WithLabelValues(b.Name, req.Method))
-		res, err := b.doForward(req)
+		res, err := b.doForward(ctx, req)
 		if err != nil {
 			lastError = err
 			log.Warn(
@@ -210,7 +219,7 @@ func (b *Backend) ProxyWS(clientConn *websocket.Conn, methodWhitelist *StringSet
 	backendConn, _, err := b.dialer.Dial(b.wsURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		b.setOffline()
-		if err := b.redis.DecBackendWSConns(b.Name); err != nil {
+		if err := b.rateLimiter.DecBackendWSConns(b.Name); err != nil {
 			log.Error("error decrementing backend ws conns", "name", b.Name, "err", err)
 		}
 		return nil, wrapErr(err, "error dialing backend")
@@ -221,7 +230,7 @@ func (b *Backend) ProxyWS(clientConn *websocket.Conn, methodWhitelist *StringSet
 }
 
 func (b *Backend) Online() bool {
-	online, err := b.redis.IsBackendOnline(b.Name)
+	online, err := b.rateLimiter.IsBackendOnline(b.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn(
 			"error getting backend availability, assuming it is offline",
@@ -238,7 +247,7 @@ func (b *Backend) IsRateLimited() bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	usedLimit, err := b.redis.IncBackendRPS(b.Name)
+	usedLimit, err := b.rateLimiter.IncBackendRPS(b.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(
 			"error getting backend used rate limit, assuming limit is exhausted",
@@ -256,7 +265,7 @@ func (b *Backend) IsWSSaturated() bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	incremented, err := b.redis.IncBackendWSConns(b.Name, b.maxWSConns)
+	incremented, err := b.rateLimiter.IncBackendWSConns(b.Name, b.maxWSConns)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(
 			"error getting backend used ws conns, assuming limit is exhausted",
@@ -270,7 +279,7 @@ func (b *Backend) IsWSSaturated() bool {
 }
 
 func (b *Backend) setOffline() {
-	err := b.redis.SetBackendOffline(b.Name, b.outOfServiceInterval)
+	err := b.rateLimiter.SetBackendOffline(b.Name, b.outOfServiceInterval)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn(
 			"error setting backend offline",
@@ -280,7 +289,7 @@ func (b *Backend) setOffline() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (b *Backend) doForward(rpcReq *RPCReq) (*RPCRes, error) {
+func (b *Backend) doForward(ctx context.Context, rpcReq *RPCReq) (*RPCRes, error) {
 	body := mustMarshalJSON(rpcReq)
 
 	httpReq, err := http.NewRequest("POST", b.rpcURL, bytes.NewReader(body))
@@ -299,6 +308,13 @@ func (b *Backend) doForward(rpcReq *RPCReq) (*RPCRes, error) {
 		return nil, wrapErr(err, "error in backend request")
 	}
 
+	rpcBackendHTTPResponseCodesTotal.WithLabelValues(
+		GetAuthCtx(ctx),
+		b.Name,
+		rpcReq.Method,
+		strconv.Itoa(httpRes.StatusCode),
+	).Inc()
+
 	// Alchemy returns a 400 on bad JSONs, so handle that case
 	if httpRes.StatusCode != 200 && httpRes.StatusCode != 400 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("response code %d", httpRes.StatusCode)
@@ -315,6 +331,12 @@ func (b *Backend) doForward(rpcReq *RPCReq) (*RPCRes, error) {
 		return nil, ErrBackendBadResponse
 	}
 
+	// capture the HTTP status code in the response. this will only
+	// ever be 400 given the status check on line 318 above.
+	if httpRes.StatusCode != 200 {
+		res.Error.HTTPErrorCode = httpRes.StatusCode
+	}
+
 	return res, nil
 }
 
@@ -556,7 +578,7 @@ func (w *WSProxier) backendPump(ctx context.Context, errC chan error) {
 func (w *WSProxier) close() {
 	w.clientConn.Close()
 	w.backendConn.Close()
-	if err := w.backend.redis.DecBackendWSConns(w.backend.Name); err != nil {
+	if err := w.backend.rateLimiter.DecBackendWSConns(w.backend.Name); err != nil {
 		log.Error("error decrementing backend ws conns", "name", w.backend.Name, "err", err)
 	}
 	activeBackendWsConnsGauge.WithLabelValues(w.backend.Name).Dec()
diff --git a/go/proxyd/config.go b/go/proxyd/config.go
index 18a638d044460..8bf8cec802352 100644
--- a/go/proxyd/config.go
+++ b/go/proxyd/config.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type BackendConfig struct {
 type BackendsConfig map[string]*BackendConfig
 
 type BackendGroupConfig struct {
-	Backends  []string `toml:"backends"`
+	Backends []string `toml:"backends"`
 }
 
 type BackendGroupsConfig map[string]*BackendGroupConfig
diff --git a/go/proxyd/metrics.go b/go/proxyd/metrics.go
index 4296676e38f05..18592d8ec4a15 100644
--- a/go/proxyd/metrics.go
+++ b/go/proxyd/metrics.go
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ var (
 		"source",
 	})
 
+	rpcBackendHTTPResponseCodesTotal = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace: MetricsNamespace,
+		Name:      "rpc_backend_http_response_codes_total",
+		Help:      "Count of total backend responses by HTTP status code.",
+	}, []string{
+		"auth",
+		"backend_name",
+		"method_name",
+		"status_code",
+	})
+
 	rpcErrorsTotal = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Namespace: MetricsNamespace,
 		Name:      "rpc_errors_total",
@@ -101,6 +112,14 @@ var (
 		Help:      "Count of total HTTP requests.",
 	})
 
+	httpResponseCodesTotal = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace: MetricsNamespace,
+		Name:      "http_response_codes_total",
+		Help:      "Count of total HTTP response codes.",
+	}, []string{
+		"status_code",
+	})
+
 	httpRequestDurationSumm = promauto.NewSummary(prometheus.SummaryOpts{
 		Namespace:  MetricsNamespace,
 		Name:       "http_request_duration_seconds",
diff --git a/go/proxyd/proxyd.go b/go/proxyd/proxyd.go
index 950baf0748107..ac32359f76007 100644
--- a/go/proxyd/proxyd.go
+++ b/go/proxyd/proxyd.go
@@ -29,9 +29,16 @@ func Start(config *Config) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	redis, err := NewRedis(config.Redis.URL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	var lim RateLimiter
+	var err error
+	if config.Redis == nil {
+		log.Warn("redis is not configured, using local rate limiter")
+		lim = NewLocalRateLimiter()
+	} else {
+		lim, err = NewRedisRateLimiter(config.Redis.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	backendNames := make([]string, 0)
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ func Start(config *Config) error {
 		if cfg.Password != "" {
 			opts = append(opts, WithBasicAuth(cfg.Username, cfg.Password))
 		}
-		back := NewBackend(name, cfg.RPCURL, cfg.WSURL, redis, opts...)
+		back := NewBackend(name, cfg.RPCURL, cfg.WSURL, lim, opts...)
 		backendNames = append(backendNames, name)
 		backendsByName[name] = back
 		log.Info("configured backend", "name", name, "rpc_url", cfg.RPCURL, "ws_url", cfg.WSURL)
@@ -90,17 +97,17 @@ func Start(config *Config) error {
 		backendGroups[bgName] = group
 	}
 
-  var wsBackendGroup *BackendGroup
-  if config.WSBackendGroup != "" {
-    wsBackendGroup = backendGroups[config.WSBackendGroup]
-    if wsBackendGroup == nil {
-      return fmt.Errorf("ws backend group %s does not exist", config.WSBackendGroup)
-    }
-  }
+	var wsBackendGroup *BackendGroup
+	if config.WSBackendGroup != "" {
+		wsBackendGroup = backendGroups[config.WSBackendGroup]
+		if wsBackendGroup == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("ws backend group %s does not exist", config.WSBackendGroup)
+		}
+	}
 
-  if wsBackendGroup == nil && config.Server.WSPort != 0 {
-    return fmt.Errorf("a ws port was defined, but no ws group was defined")
-  }
+	if wsBackendGroup == nil && config.Server.WSPort != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("a ws port was defined, but no ws group was defined")
+	}
 
 	for _, bg := range config.RPCMethodMappings {
 		if backendGroups[bg] == nil {
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ func Start(config *Config) error {
 	recvSig := <-sig
 	log.Info("caught signal, shutting down", "signal", recvSig)
 	srv.Shutdown()
-	if err := redis.FlushBackendWSConns(backendNames); err != nil {
+	if err := lim.FlushBackendWSConns(backendNames); err != nil {
 		log.Error("error flushing backend ws conns", "err", err)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/go/proxyd/redis.go b/go/proxyd/rate_limiter.go
similarity index 64%
rename from go/proxyd/redis.go
rename to go/proxyd/rate_limiter.go
index b88514d1a5a05..6954949c35e77 100644
--- a/go/proxyd/redis.go
+++ b/go/proxyd/rate_limiter.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ end
 return false
 `
 
-type Redis interface {
+type RateLimiter interface {
 	IsBackendOnline(name string) (bool, error)
 	SetBackendOffline(name string, duration time.Duration) error
 	IncBackendRPS(name string) (int, error)
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ type Redis interface {
 	FlushBackendWSConns(names []string) error
 }
 
-type RedisImpl struct {
+type RedisRateLimiter struct {
 	rdb       *redis.Client
 	randID    string
 	touchKeys map[string]time.Duration
 	tkMtx     sync.Mutex
 }
 
-func NewRedis(url string) (Redis, error) {
+func NewRedisRateLimiter(url string) (RateLimiter, error) {
 	opts, err := redis.ParseURL(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func NewRedis(url string) (Redis, error) {
 	if err := rdb.Ping(context.Background()).Err(); err != nil {
 		return nil, wrapErr(err, "error connecting to redis")
 	}
-	out := &RedisImpl{
+	out := &RedisRateLimiter{
 		rdb:       rdb,
 		randID:    randStr(20),
 		touchKeys: make(map[string]time.Duration),
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func NewRedis(url string) (Redis, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func (r *RedisImpl) IsBackendOnline(name string) (bool, error) {
+func (r *RedisRateLimiter) IsBackendOnline(name string) (bool, error) {
 	exists, err := r.rdb.Exists(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("backend:%s:offline", name)).Result()
 	if err != nil {
 		RecordRedisError("IsBackendOnline")
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (r *RedisImpl) IsBackendOnline(name string) (bool, error) {
 	return exists == 0, nil
 }
 
-func (r *RedisImpl) SetBackendOffline(name string, duration time.Duration) error {
+func (r *RedisRateLimiter) SetBackendOffline(name string, duration time.Duration) error {
 	err := r.rdb.SetEX(
 		context.Background(),
 		fmt.Sprintf("backend:%s:offline", name),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (r *RedisImpl) SetBackendOffline(name string, duration time.Duration) error
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *RedisImpl) IncBackendRPS(name string) (int, error) {
+func (r *RedisRateLimiter) IncBackendRPS(name string) (int, error) {
 	cmd := r.rdb.Eval(
 		context.Background(),
 		MaxRPSScript,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (r *RedisImpl) IncBackendRPS(name string) (int, error) {
 	return rps, nil
 }
 
-func (r *RedisImpl) IncBackendWSConns(name string, max int) (bool, error) {
+func (r *RedisRateLimiter) IncBackendWSConns(name string, max int) (bool, error) {
 	connsKey := fmt.Sprintf("proxy:%s:wsconns:%s", r.randID, name)
 	r.tkMtx.Lock()
 	r.touchKeys[connsKey] = 5 * time.Minute
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (r *RedisImpl) IncBackendWSConns(name string, max int) (bool, error) {
 	return incremented, nil
 }
 
-func (r *RedisImpl) DecBackendWSConns(name string) error {
+func (r *RedisRateLimiter) DecBackendWSConns(name string) error {
 	connsKey := fmt.Sprintf("proxy:%s:wsconns:%s", r.randID, name)
 	err := r.rdb.Decr(context.Background(), connsKey).Err()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (r *RedisImpl) DecBackendWSConns(name string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *RedisImpl) FlushBackendWSConns(names []string) error {
+func (r *RedisRateLimiter) FlushBackendWSConns(names []string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	for _, name := range names {
 		connsKey := fmt.Sprintf("proxy:%s:wsconns:%s", r.randID, name)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (r *RedisImpl) FlushBackendWSConns(names []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *RedisImpl) touch() {
+func (r *RedisRateLimiter) touch() {
 	for {
 		r.tkMtx.Lock()
 		for key, dur := range r.touchKeys {
@@ -182,6 +182,76 @@ func (r *RedisImpl) touch() {
 	}
 }
 
+type LocalRateLimiter struct {
+	deadBackends   map[string]time.Time
+	backendRPS     map[string]int
+	backendWSConns map[string]int
+	mtx            sync.RWMutex
+}
+
+func NewLocalRateLimiter() *LocalRateLimiter {
+	out := &LocalRateLimiter{
+		deadBackends:   make(map[string]time.Time),
+		backendRPS:     make(map[string]int),
+		backendWSConns: make(map[string]int),
+	}
+	go out.clear()
+	return out
+}
+
+func (l *LocalRateLimiter) IsBackendOnline(name string) (bool, error) {
+	l.mtx.RLock()
+	defer l.mtx.RUnlock()
+	return l.deadBackends[name].Before(time.Now()), nil
+}
+
+func (l *LocalRateLimiter) SetBackendOffline(name string, duration time.Duration) error {
+	l.mtx.Lock()
+	defer l.mtx.Unlock()
+	l.deadBackends[name] = time.Now().Add(duration)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LocalRateLimiter) IncBackendRPS(name string) (int, error) {
+	l.mtx.Lock()
+	defer l.mtx.Unlock()
+	l.backendRPS[name] += 1
+	return l.backendRPS[name], nil
+}
+
+func (l *LocalRateLimiter) IncBackendWSConns(name string, max int) (bool, error) {
+	l.mtx.Lock()
+	defer l.mtx.Unlock()
+	if l.backendWSConns[name] == max {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	l.backendWSConns[name] += 1
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (l *LocalRateLimiter) DecBackendWSConns(name string) error {
+	l.mtx.Lock()
+	defer l.mtx.Unlock()
+	if l.backendWSConns[name] == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	l.backendWSConns[name] -= 1
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LocalRateLimiter) FlushBackendWSConns(names []string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LocalRateLimiter) clear() {
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+		l.mtx.Lock()
+		l.backendRPS = make(map[string]int)
+		l.mtx.Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
 func randStr(l int) string {
 	b := make([]byte, l)
 	if _, err := rand.Read(b); err != nil {
diff --git a/go/proxyd/rpc.go b/go/proxyd/rpc.go
index a70b525d6abc8..6b79671b0708b 100644
--- a/go/proxyd/rpc.go
+++ b/go/proxyd/rpc.go
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ func (r *RPCRes) IsError() bool {
 }
 
 type RPCErr struct {
-	Code    int    `json:"code"`
-	Message string `json:"message"`
+	Code          int    `json:"code"`
+	Message       string `json:"message"`
+	HTTPErrorCode int    `json:"-"`
 }
 
 func (r *RPCErr) Error() string {
diff --git a/go/proxyd/server.go b/go/proxyd/server.go
index 6e9e70f190b9d..392add32640a5 100644
--- a/go/proxyd/server.go
+++ b/go/proxyd/server.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/cors"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -105,7 +106,12 @@ func (s *Server) HandleRPC(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	log.Info("received RPC request", "req_id", GetReqID(ctx), "auth", GetAuthCtx(ctx))
+	log.Info(
+		"received RPC request",
+		"req_id", GetReqID(ctx),
+		"auth", GetAuthCtx(ctx),
+		"user_agent", r.Header.Get("user-agent"),
+	)
 
 	req, err := ParseRPCReq(io.LimitReader(r.Body, s.maxBodySize))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -200,6 +206,7 @@ func (s *Server) populateContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) context
 		// but someone sends in an auth key anyway
 		if authorization != "" {
 			log.Info("blocked authenticated request against unauthenticated proxy")
+			httpResponseCodesTotal.WithLabelValues("404").Inc()
 			w.WriteHeader(404)
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -212,6 +219,7 @@ func (s *Server) populateContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) context
 
 	if authorization == "" || s.authenticatedPaths[authorization] == "" {
 		log.Info("blocked unauthorized request", "authorization", authorization)
+		httpResponseCodesTotal.WithLabelValues("401").Inc()
 		w.WriteHeader(401)
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -225,21 +233,29 @@ func (s *Server) populateContext(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) context
 }
 
 func writeRPCError(w http.ResponseWriter, id *int, err error) {
-	enc := json.NewEncoder(w)
-	w.WriteHeader(200)
-
-	var body *RPCRes
+	var res *RPCRes
 	if r, ok := err.(*RPCErr); ok {
-		body = NewRPCErrorRes(id, r)
+		res = NewRPCErrorRes(id, r)
 	} else {
-		body = NewRPCErrorRes(id, &RPCErr{
+		res = NewRPCErrorRes(id, &RPCErr{
 			Code:    JSONRPCErrorInternal,
 			Message: "internal error",
 		})
 	}
-	if err := enc.Encode(body); err != nil {
-		log.Error("error writing rpc error", "err", err)
+	writeRPCRes(w, res)
+}
+
+func writeRPCRes(w http.ResponseWriter, res *RPCRes) {
+	statusCode := 200
+	if res.IsError() && res.Error.HTTPErrorCode != 0 {
+		statusCode = res.Error.HTTPErrorCode
+	}
+	w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(w)
+	if err := enc.Encode(res); err != nil {
+		log.Error("error writing rpc response", "err", err)
 	}
+	httpResponseCodesTotal.WithLabelValues(strconv.Itoa(statusCode)).Inc()
 }
 
 func instrumentedHdlr(h http.Handler) http.HandlerFunc {