moved counter out of if, to ensure it is always enabled

Author: pranavmishradatabricks

internal/cortex/frontend/transport/handler.go

@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ func NewHandler(cfg HandlerConfig, roundTripper http.RoundTripper, log log.Logge
 			Help: "Size of all chunks fetched to execute a query in bytes.",
 		}, []string{"user"})
 
-		h.cachedHits = promauto.With(reg).NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: "cached_failed_queries_count",
-			Help: "Total number of queries that hit the cache.",
-		})
-
 		h.activeUsers = util.NewActiveUsersCleanupWithDefaultValues(func(user string) {
 			h.querySeconds.DeleteLabelValues(user)
 			h.querySeries.DeleteLabelValues(user)
@@ -136,6 +131,11 @@ func NewHandler(cfg HandlerConfig, roundTripper http.RoundTripper, log log.Logge
 		_ = h.activeUsers.StartAsync(context.Background())
 	}
 
+	h.cachedHits = promauto.With(reg).NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "cached_failed_queries_count",
+		Help: "Total number of queries that hit the cache.",
+	})
+
 	return h
 }