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Circuit Breaker
Quick Definition
Pattern preventing cascading failures by halting failing requests
Full Definition
A design pattern preventing cascading failures by stopping requests to a failing service temporarily.
Examples
fault tolerance, graceful degradation, resilience patterns
Related Terms
microservices
resilience
retry-pattern
More Backend Terms
Load Shedding
Rejecting requests under excessive load to maintain stability
Event-Driven Architecture
Design pattern where components communicate via events
Webhook
HTTP callback triggered by specific events
API Gateway
Server managing API traffic between clients and services
Authentication
Verifying user identity before granting access
Serverless
Cloud model running code on-demand without server management