Waqas Ahmad — Software Architect & Technical Consultant

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👋 Hi, I'm Waqas — a Software Architect and Technical Consultant specializing in .NET, Azure, microservices, and API-first system design..
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Circuit Breaker

Definition

Pattern that stops calling a failing dependency after a threshold, then allows trial after a duration.

As defined in the knowledge graph

Resilience pattern preventing cascading failures. — From: API Gateway vs BFF: When to Use Which
Stop calling failing dependency; try again after duration. — From: Azure Microservices Architecture Best Practices
Resilience; APIM and service layer. — From: Case Study: AirAsia ID90 Employee Portal

Related concepts

Azure API Management Failure Handling Polly Resilience

Articles mentioning this concept

API Gateway vs BFF: When to Use Which Azure Microservices Architecture Best Practices Case Study: AirAsia ID90 Employee Portal Microservices Resilience: Circuit Breaker, Retry, Timeout, Bulkhead, and Fallback