Circuit-breakers are crucial for managing service availability by redirecting requests during an outage. Introduced by Michael Nygard in his 2017 book, they allow traffic to be redirected to alternative services when the primary service fails or is slow. The circuit breaker can operate in three states: closed, open, and half-open. This mechanism prevents overwhelming non-responsive services while ensuring smoother functioning by implementing strategies like short-circuiting and gradual recovery protocols based on failure rates.
Circuit-breakers help avoid excessive requests to non-responsive services by redirecting traffic, ensuring service availability even during outages.
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