WebSockets in Microservice Architectures

Welcome to a deep dive into using WebSockets within a microservices architecture! Modern applications often use microservices for scalability and flexibility.

WebSockets are perfect for real-time features like chat, live updates, and notifications. But how do they fit into a distributed system?

Microservices are typically designed to be stateless. This means any instance of a service can handle any request, and no client connection state is stored directly on the service instance.

However, WebSockets are stateful. They maintain a persistent, long-lived connection between a client and a specific server instance. This creates a challenge in microservices.