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 ## [Unreleased 2.x]
 ### Added
+- Add leader and follower check failure counter metrics ([#12439](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12439))
 - Add latency metrics for instrumenting critical clusterManager code paths ([#12333](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12333))
 - Add support for Azure Managed Identity in repository-azure ([#12423](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/12423))
 - Add useCompoundFile index setting ([#13478](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/13478))