diff --git a/component/sniffer/base_sniffer.go b/component/sniffer/base_sniffer.go
index 55f51c5003..04e8bc6386 100644
--- a/component/sniffer/base_sniffer.go
+++ b/component/sniffer/base_sniffer.go
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type SnifferConfig struct {
-	OverrideDest bool
-	Ports        utils.IntRanges[uint16]
+	OverrideDest  bool
+	Ports         utils.IntRanges[uint16]
+	SkipThreshold uint8 // max sniff-failure count before a dst is skipped (255 = never skip)
 }
 
 type BaseSniffer struct {
diff --git a/component/sniffer/dispatcher.go b/component/sniffer/dispatcher.go
index 1dafcf1f27..3a8c02d73c 100644
--- a/component/sniffer/dispatcher.go
+++ b/component/sniffer/dispatcher.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sniffer
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"math"
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"time"
@@ -106,11 +107,15 @@ func (sd *Dispatcher) TCPSniff(conn *N.BufferedConn, metadata *C.Metadata) bool
 	if sd.shouldOverride(metadata) {
 		inWhitelist := false
 		overrideDest := false
+		skipThreshold := uint8(5)
 		for sniffer, config := range sd.sniffers {
 			if sniffer.SupportNetwork() == C.TCP || sniffer.SupportNetwork() == C.ALLNet {
 				inWhitelist = sniffer.SupportPort(metadata.DstPort)
 				if inWhitelist {
 					overrideDest = config.OverrideDest
+					if config.SkipThreshold > 0 {
+						skipThreshold = config.SkipThreshold
+					}
 					break
 				}
 			}
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ func (sd *Dispatcher) TCPSniff(conn *N.BufferedConn, metadata *C.Metadata) bool
 
 		dst := metadata.AddrPort()
 		if !forceSniffer {
-			if count, ok := sd.skipList.Get(dst); ok && count > 5 {
+			if count, ok := sd.skipList.Get(dst); ok && count > skipThreshold {
 				log.Debugln("[Sniffer] Skip sniffing[%s] due to multiple failures", dst)
 				return false
 			}
@@ -245,7 +250,7 @@ func (sd *Dispatcher) sniffDomain(conn *N.BufferedConn, metadata *C.Metadata) (s
 func (sd *Dispatcher) cacheSniffFailed(metadata *C.Metadata) {
 	dst := metadata.AddrPort()
 	sd.skipList.Compute(dst, func(oldValue uint8, loaded bool) (newValue uint8, delete bool) {
-		if oldValue <= 5 {
+		if oldValue < math.MaxUint8 {
 			oldValue++
 		}
 		return oldValue, false
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 8959dda922..6d90cb840f 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -378,13 +378,15 @@ type RawSniffer struct {
 	Ports           []string `yaml:"port-whitelist" json:"port-whitelist"`
 	ForceDnsMapping bool     `yaml:"force-dns-mapping" json:"force-dns-mapping"`
 	ParsePureIp     bool     `yaml:"parse-pure-ip" json:"parse-pure-ip"`
+	SkipThreshold   int      `yaml:"skip-threshold" json:"skip-threshold"`
 
 	Sniff map[string]RawSniffingConfig `yaml:"sniff" json:"sniff"`
 }
 
 type RawSniffingConfig struct {
-	Ports        []string `yaml:"ports" json:"ports"`
-	OverrideDest *bool    `yaml:"override-destination" json:"override-destination"`
+	Ports         []string `yaml:"ports" json:"ports"`
+	OverrideDest  *bool    `yaml:"override-destination" json:"override-destination"`
+	SkipThreshold *int     `yaml:"skip-threshold" json:"skip-threshold"`
 }
 
 type RawTLS struct {
@@ -590,6 +592,7 @@ func DefaultRawConfig() *RawConfig {
 			ForceDnsMapping: true,
 			ParsePureIp:     true,
 			OverrideDest:    true,
+			SkipThreshold:   5,
 		},
 		ExternalUIURL: "https://github.com/MetaCubeX/metacubexd/archive/refs/heads/gh-pages.zip",
 		ExternalControllerCors: RawCors{
@@ -1770,12 +1773,17 @@ func parseSniffer(snifferRaw RawSniffer, ruleProviders map[string]P.RuleProvider
 			if sniffConfig.OverrideDest != nil {
 				overrideDest = *sniffConfig.OverrideDest
 			}
+			skipThreshold := snifferRaw.SkipThreshold
+			if sniffConfig.SkipThreshold != nil {
+				skipThreshold = *sniffConfig.SkipThreshold
+			}
 			for _, snifferType := range snifferTypes.List {
 				if snifferType.String() == strings.ToUpper(sniffType) {
 					find = true
 					loadSniffer[snifferType] = sniffer.SnifferConfig{
-						Ports:        ports,
-						OverrideDest: overrideDest,
+						Ports:         ports,
+						OverrideDest:  overrideDest,
+						SkipThreshold: uint8(skipThreshold),
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1800,8 +1808,9 @@ func parseSniffer(snifferRaw RawSniffer, ruleProviders map[string]P.RuleProvider
 				if snifferType.String() == strings.ToUpper(snifferName) {
 					find = true
 					loadSniffer[snifferType] = sniffer.SnifferConfig{
-						Ports:        globalPorts,
-						OverrideDest: snifferRaw.OverrideDest,
+						Ports:         globalPorts,
+						OverrideDest:  snifferRaw.OverrideDest,
+						SkipThreshold: uint8(snifferRaw.SkipThreshold),
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/docs/config.yaml b/docs/config.yaml
index bbe2ec7162..c333733ce1 100644
--- a/docs/config.yaml
+++ b/docs/config.yaml
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ sniffer:
   # 是否使用嗅探结果作为实际访问，默认 true
   # 全局配置，优先级低于 sniffer.sniff 实际配置
   override-destination: false
+  # 同一目标嗅探失败超过该次数后，在缓存有效期内跳过嗅探，默认 5
+  # 取值 uint8(0-255)，设为 255(-1) 表示永不跳过
+  # 全局配置，优先级低于 sniffer.sniff 实际配置
+  # skip-threshold: 5
   sniff: # TLS 和 QUIC 默认如果不配置 ports 默认嗅探 443
     QUIC:
     #  ports: [ 443 ]
@@ -212,6 +216,8 @@ sniffer:
       ports: [80, 8080-8880]
       # 可覆盖 sniffer.override-destination
       override-destination: true
+      # 可覆盖 sniffer.skip-threshold
+      # skip-threshold: 5
   force-domain:
     - +.v2ex.com
   # skip-src-address: # 对于来源ip跳过嗅探