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Failure Modes Review

Failure Modes Review

Feb 10, 20261 min read

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Failure Modes Review

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What happens when each dependency fails? Is there graceful degradation? Consider circuit breakers, fallbacks, retries with backoff, and blast radius containment. Every external dependency is a potential failure point.

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  • Graceful Degradation
  • Blast Radius
  • Recovery Mechanisms

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