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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
gRPC
High-performance RPC framework using Protocol Buffers
API Gateway
Server managing API traffic between clients and services
Authorization
Determining what resources a user can access
Webhook
HTTP callback triggered by specific events
Backend Development
Building server-side logic, databases, and APIs
GraphQL
Query language for APIs requesting exactly needed data