diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f4ff622..5e01e04 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "Node-Pod-Orchestration"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Alexander Röhl <alexander.roehl@uni-tuebingen.de>", "David Hieber <david.hieber@uni-tuebingen.de>"]
 license = "Apache 2.0"
diff --git a/src/k8s/kubernetes.py b/src/k8s/kubernetes.py
index 5aec805..259185a 100644
--- a/src/k8s/kubernetes.py
+++ b/src/k8s/kubernetes.py
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ def create_analysis_deployment(name: str,
                                    if env is not None else [])
     containers.append(container)
 
+    net_stats_container = _build_net_stats_container(name)
+    if net_stats_container is not None:
+        containers.append(net_stats_container)
+
     labels = {'app': name, 'component': "flame-analysis"}
     depl_metadata = client.V1ObjectMeta(name=name, namespace=namespace, labels=labels)
     depl_pod_metadata = client.V1ObjectMeta(labels=labels)
@@ -241,6 +245,42 @@ def get_pod_status(deployment_name: str, namespace: str = 'default') -> Optional
         return None
 
 
+def _build_net_stats_container(analysis_name: str) -> Optional[client.V1Container]:
+    """Build the net-stats sidecar container spec, or return None if disabled.
+
+    Controlled by the ``NET_STATS_ENABLED`` env var. Image is read from
+    ``NET_STATS_IMAGE``. Emits a single cumulative log on SIGTERM.
+    """
+    if os.getenv('NET_STATS_ENABLED', '').lower() not in ('1', 'true'):
+        return None
+
+    _NET_STATS_SCRIPT = """\
+    iface=$(grep -v -e lo -e 'Inter' -e 'face' /proc/net/dev | awk -F: '{print $1}' | tr -d ' ' | head -1)
+    line=$(grep "${iface}:" /proc/net/dev | tr -s ' ')
+    start_rx=$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f2)
+    start_tx=$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f10)
+
+    handle_term() {
+      line=$(grep "${iface}:" /proc/net/dev | tr -s ' ')
+      rx=$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f2)
+      tx=$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f10)
+      printf '{"level":"info","message":"network_stats","bytes_in":%d,"bytes_out":%d,"interface":"%s","event_name":"netstats.analysis.traffic"}\\n' $((rx - start_rx)) $((tx - start_tx)) "$iface"
+      sleep 5
+      exit 0
+    }
+    trap handle_term TERM INT
+
+    while true; do sleep 3600 & wait $!; done
+    """
+
+    return client.V1Container(
+        name=f'net-stats-{analysis_name}',
+        image=os.getenv('NET_STATS_IMAGE', 'busybox:1.37'),
+        image_pull_policy='IfNotPresent',
+        command=['/bin/sh', '-c', _NET_STATS_SCRIPT],
+    )
+
+
 def _create_analysis_nginx_deployment(analysis_name: str,
                                       analysis_service_name: str,
                                       analysis_env: Optional[dict[str, str]] = None,
diff --git a/src/resources/log/entity.py b/src/resources/log/entity.py
index 5ac3369..1de489a 100644
--- a/src/resources/log/entity.py
+++ b/src/resources/log/entity.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         elif error_type == "slow":
             log = (f"[flame -- POAPI: ANALYSISSTARTUPERROR -- "
                    f"{time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime())}] "
-                   f"Error: The analysis took to long during startup and was restarted "
+                   f"Error: The analysis took too long during startup and was restarted "
                    f"[restart {restart_num} of {_MAX_RESTARTS}].{term_msg}")
         elif error_type == "k8s":
             log = (f"[flame -- POAPI: ANALYSISSTARTUPERROR -- "
diff --git a/src/resources/utils.py b/src/resources/utils.py
index 06723ab..c5c2c4a 100644
--- a/src/resources/utils.py
+++ b/src/resources/utils.py
@@ -271,9 +271,21 @@ def unstuck_analysis_deployments(analysis_id: str, database: Database) -> None:
     """
     if database.get_latest_deployment(analysis_id) is not None:
         stop_analysis(analysis_id, database)
-        time.sleep(10)  # wait for k8s to update status
-        create_analysis(analysis_id, database)
-        database.delete_old_deployments_from_db(analysis_id)
+        success = False
+        for i in range(_MAX_UNSTUCK_REATTEMPTS):
+            try:
+                time.sleep(10)  # wait for k8s to update status
+                create_analysis(analysis_id, database)
+                database.delete_old_deployments_from_db(analysis_id)
+                success = True
+                break
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Failed to stop analysis {analysis_id} ({repr(e)}) "
+                               f"-> Reattempting unstuck ({i + 1} of {_MAX_UNSTUCK_REATTEMPTS})")
+        if not success:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to unstuck analysis {analysis_id} after max reattempts.")
+            database.update_deployment_status(deployment.deployment_name, AnalysisStatus.FAILED.value)
+            stop_analysis(analysis_id, database)
 
 
 def cleanup(cleanup_type: str,