How the Circuit Breaker Works

How the Circuit Breaker Works A sequence diagram generated by Archify. Requests 1-100 (normal) forward response response Request 101 (over the limit) maxConnections: 100 reached — new connections blocked 503 (Circuit Breaker Open) Normal — within the connection limit Connection limit reached — Fail Fast Client · caller · Sequence participant Client caller Envoy Proxy · applies connectionPool · Sequence participant Envoy Proxy applies connectionPool Service · myapp · Sequence participant Service myapp Legend request return security default message