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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
Caching
Storing frequently accessed data for improved performance
OAuth
Open standard for token-based authentication and authorization
Dead Letter Queue
Queue for messages that fail processing after retries
Rate Limiting
Controlling request frequency within a time period
API Versioning
Maintaining multiple API versions for backward compatibility
HTTP Methods
Standardized verbs defining actions on REST resources