Circuit Breaker Pattern in Modern Distributed Systems: Implementation, Monitoring, and Best Practices
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https://doi.org/10.15662/IJRAI.2026.0901011Keywords:
Circuit Breaker Pattern, Distributed Systems, Microservices Architecture, Fault ToleranceAbstract
The distributed systems of microservices that are developed today are extremely susceptible to cascading failures that are triggered by partial service outages and spikes in latency. Circuit breaker patterns are popular in order to limit the spread of failures, but their configuration and dynamics are difficult. The paper provides a quantitative analysis of implementation of circuit breakers in distributed systems in controlled failure states. The study compares the systems without circuit breakers, systems in their static configurations, and systems in their adaptive configurations by using experimental measurements of the latency, throughput, error rates, and recovery time. The findings indicate that adaptive circuit breakers are much better in enhancing the stability of systems, lessening recovery time, and eliminating cascading failures, which justifies their relevance in fault-tolerant systems design.
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