To truly understand the value the Circuit Breaker pattern brings to the table, we first need to get a clear grasp of the problems it seeks to solve.

Cascading Failures

In a distributed environment, a failure in one service can ripple through the system. Imagine Service A depends on Service B. If B is down or extremely slow, calls from A to B will hang until a timeout occurs. During that wait, A’s resources (threads, memory, etc.) are tied up