diff --git a/controller/metrics.go b/controller/metrics.go
index 7ac8ab05..ce36bfbc 100644
--- a/controller/metrics.go
+++ b/controller/metrics.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (mh *metricsHandler) run() {
 					time.UnixMilli(v.LastUpdate))
 				pts = append(pts, pt)
 			}
-			out += fmt.Sprintf("\t[%v.%v]: %v/%v (%v)\n", mtr.Namespace, k, util.BytesToSize(v.BytesRead), util.BytesToSize(v.BytesWritten), time.Duration(mtr.LocalNow-v.LastUpdate)*time.Millisecond)
+			out += fmt.Sprintf("\t[%v.%v]: %v/%v\n", mtr.Namespace, k, util.BytesToSize(v.BytesRead), util.BytesToSize(v.BytesWritten))
 		}
 		out += "}"
 		logrus.Info(out)
diff --git a/endpoints/frontend/config.go b/endpoints/frontend/config.go
index 1d991de0..cce61855 100644
--- a/endpoints/frontend/config.go
+++ b/endpoints/frontend/config.go
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 type MetricsConfig struct {
-	Service        string
-	DropoutTimeout time.Duration
+	Service     string
+	SendTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
 		Identity: "frontend",
 		Metrics: &MetricsConfig{
-			Service:        "metrics",
-			DropoutTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+			Service:     "metrics",
+			SendTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
 		},
 		Address: "0.0.0.0:8080",
 	}
diff --git a/endpoints/frontend/metrics.go b/endpoints/frontend/metrics.go
index 74a721b1..88b65db7 100644
--- a/endpoints/frontend/metrics.go
+++ b/endpoints/frontend/metrics.go
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type metricsAgent struct {
-	cfg     *Config
-	metrics *model.Metrics
-	updates chan metricsUpdate
-	zCtx    ziti.Context
+	cfg      *Config
+	accum    map[string]model.SessionMetrics
+	updates  chan metricsUpdate
+	lastSend time.Time
+	zCtx     ziti.Context
 }
 
 type metricsUpdate struct {
@@ -35,10 +36,11 @@ func newMetricsAgent(cfg *Config) (*metricsAgent, error) {
 	}
 	logrus.Infof("loaded '%v' identity", cfg.Identity)
 	return &metricsAgent{
-		cfg:     cfg,
-		metrics: &model.Metrics{Namespace: cfg.Identity},
-		updates: make(chan metricsUpdate, 10240),
-		zCtx:    ziti.NewContextWithConfig(zCfg),
+		cfg:      cfg,
+		accum:    make(map[string]model.SessionMetrics),
+		updates:  make(chan metricsUpdate, 10240),
+		lastSend: time.Now(),
+		zCtx:     ziti.NewContextWithConfig(zCfg),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -46,33 +48,43 @@ func (ma *metricsAgent) run() {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case update := <-ma.updates:
-			ma.metrics.PushSession(update.id, model.SessionMetrics{
-				BytesRead:    update.bytesRead,
-				BytesWritten: update.bytesWritten,
-				LastUpdate:   time.Now().UnixMilli(),
-			})
+			ma.pushUpdate(update)
+			if time.Since(ma.lastSend) >= ma.cfg.Metrics.SendTimeout {
+				if err := ma.sendMetrics(); err != nil {
+					logrus.Errorf("error sending metrics: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
 
 		case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
 			if err := ma.sendMetrics(); err != nil {
 				logrus.Errorf("error sending metrics: %v", err)
 			}
-			var dropouts []string
-			for k, v := range ma.metrics.Sessions {
-				if time.Now().Sub(time.UnixMilli(v.LastUpdate)) > ma.cfg.Metrics.DropoutTimeout {
-					dropouts = append(dropouts, k)
-				}
-			}
-			for _, dropout := range dropouts {
-				delete(ma.metrics.Sessions, dropout)
-				logrus.Infof("dropout: %v", dropout)
-			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (ma *metricsAgent) pushUpdate(mu metricsUpdate) {
+	if sm, found := ma.accum[mu.id]; found {
+		ma.accum[mu.id] = model.SessionMetrics{
+			BytesRead:    sm.BytesRead + mu.bytesRead,
+			BytesWritten: sm.BytesWritten + mu.bytesWritten,
+			LastUpdate:   time.Now().UnixMilli(),
+		}
+	} else {
+		ma.accum[mu.id] = model.SessionMetrics{
+			BytesRead:    mu.bytesRead,
+			BytesWritten: mu.bytesWritten,
+			LastUpdate:   time.Now().UnixMilli(),
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func (ma *metricsAgent) sendMetrics() error {
-	ma.metrics.LocalNow = time.Now().UnixMilli()
-	metricsJson, err := bson.Marshal(ma.metrics)
+	m := &model.Metrics{
+		Namespace: ma.cfg.Identity,
+		Sessions:  ma.accum,
+	}
+	metricsJson, err := bson.Marshal(m)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error marshaling metrics")
 	}
@@ -89,5 +101,7 @@ func (ma *metricsAgent) sendMetrics() error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "short metrics write")
 	}
 	logrus.Infof("sent %d bytes of metrics data", n)
+	ma.accum = make(map[string]model.SessionMetrics)
+	ma.lastSend = time.Now()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/model/metrics.go b/model/metrics.go
index 8b37ff6e..33f9ca21 100644
--- a/model/metrics.go
+++ b/model/metrics.go
@@ -1,25 +1,10 @@
 package model
 
 type Metrics struct {
-	LocalNow  int64
 	Namespace string
 	Sessions  map[string]SessionMetrics
 }
 
-func (m *Metrics) PushSession(svcName string, sm SessionMetrics) {
-	if m.Sessions == nil {
-		m.Sessions = make(map[string]SessionMetrics)
-	}
-	if prev, found := m.Sessions[svcName]; found {
-		prev.BytesRead += sm.BytesRead
-		prev.BytesWritten += sm.BytesWritten
-		prev.LastUpdate = sm.LastUpdate
-		m.Sessions[svcName] = prev
-	} else {
-		m.Sessions[svcName] = sm
-	}
-}
-
 type SessionMetrics struct {
 	BytesRead    int64
 	BytesWritten int64