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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
Middleware
Software processing requests between OS and applications
Webhook
HTTP callback triggered by specific events
Repository Pattern
Design pattern abstracting data access behind an interface
Caching
Storing frequently accessed data for improved performance
API Gateway
Server managing API traffic between clients and services