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Architecture Patterns

Circuit Breaker Pattern

The Circuit Breaker pattern prevents cascading failures in distributed systems by stopping requests to failing services, allowing them time to recover. It provides fault tolerance and resilience by acting as a proxy that monitors service health and intervenes when thresholds are exceeded.

Circuit Breaker PatternCascading FailuresFault ToleranceHystrixResilience4jOpen StateClosed StateHalf-Open StateFailure Rate ThresholdTimeout Period

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Circuit Breaker Pattern - System Design Diagram

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