var (
	outgoingLatency = monitoring.NewSum(
		"outgoing_latency",
		"The latency of outgoing requests (e.g. to a token exchange server, CA, etc.) in milliseconds.",
	)

	numOutgoingRequests = monitoring.NewSum(
		"num_outgoing_requests",
		"Number of total outgoing requests (e.g. to a token exchange server, CA, etc.)",
	)

	numFailedOutgoingRequests = monitoring.NewSum(
		"num_failed_outgoing_requests",

	csrPEM, keyPEM, err := pkiutil.GenCSR(options)
	if err != nil {
		cacheLog.Errorf("%s failed to generate key and certificate for CSR: %v", logPrefix, err)
		return nil, err
	}

	numOutgoingRequests.With(RequestType.Value(monitoring.CSR)).Increment()
	timeBeforeCSR := time.Now()
	certChainPEM, err := sc.caClient.CSRSign(csrPEM, int64(sc.configOptions.SecretTTL.Seconds()))
	if err == nil {