Node.js circuit breakers for serverless functions

2 · Red Hat · Sept. 15, 2021, 6:43 a.m.
Using circuit breakers in Node.js applications helps mitigate failures when an application calls external services. For example, if the application calls a service to get a list of movies, and that service is not running, the circuit breaker helps the application fall back and find a different way to satisfy the request—or at least inform the user that the movie list is unavailable. In a previous article, I showed how to use circuit breakers with Node.js. Using circuit breakers with Red Hat Open...