Implementing Fallbacks and Timeouts

In microservices, services often depend on each other. What happens if one service is slow or fails?

This lesson explores timeouts and fallbacks, crucial patterns to make your applications resilient to such issues.

Imagine your user service calls a product service. If the product service hangs, your user service might wait indefinitely.

• Resource Drain: Threads get stuck, consuming memory and CPU.
• Poor User Experience: Users face long waits or unresponsive apps.
• Cascading Failures: One slow service can bring down others.