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What is Circuit Breaker pattern in microservices?
Updated May 6, 2026
Short answer
Circuit breaker prevents system failure by stopping calls to a failing service.
Deep explanation
It has states: closed, open, half-open to prevent cascading failures in distributed systems.
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