# Meaning of values of additional memcap stats (http.byterange, ippair, host) in suricata 8

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**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/meaning-of-values-of-additional-memcap-stats-http-byterange-ippair-host-in-suricata-8/6220 "2026-03-19T12:38:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![maja](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/maja/32/2376_2.png) [@maja](https://forum.suricata.io/u/maja)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/meaning-of-values-of-additional-memcap-stats-http-byterange-ippair-host-in-suricata-8/6220/1 "2026-03-19T12:38:56Z")

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Since I switched to suricata 8, I observe non-zero values for

`stats.http.byterange.memcap`

`stats.ippair.memcap`

`stats.host.memcap`

It seems, these counters were at least not visible in the stats for suricata 7.

When I set the according config values (http.byterange.memcap, ippair.memcap, host.memcap) to reasonably high values, I still obtain positive statistics values for them.

Do they have a different meaning than all the other memcap hits (which are zero in my case)?

Thx, Maja

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**Author:** ![Philippe\_Antoine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/philippe_antoine/32/799_2.png) [@Philippe\_Antoine](https://forum.suricata.io/u/Philippe_Antoine)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/meaning-of-values-of-additional-memcap-stats-http-byterange-ippair-host-in-suricata-8/6220/2 "2026-03-25T13:36:32Z")

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> [@maja](#):
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> stats.http.byterange.memcap

`stats.http.byterange.memcap` is not the number of times the memcap is hit, it is the memcap itself apparently

Is this consistent with what you see ?

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**Author:** ![maja](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/maja/32/2376_2.png) [@maja](https://forum.suricata.io/u/maja)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/meaning-of-values-of-additional-memcap-stats-http-byterange-ippair-host-in-suricata-8/6220/3 "2026-03-25T14:27:47Z")

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Possible. Currently I have not set the byterange memcap value explicitly.

```auto
    "http": {
      "memuse": 379231501,
      "memcap": 0,
      "byterange": {
        "memuse": 104847962,
        "memcap": 104857600
      }
    },

```