Circuit Breaker Metrics and Monitoring
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Circuit Breaker metrics are used to monitor the health and performance of a circuit breaker. By collecting and analyzing metrics, developers can identify patterns and trends that may indicate potential issues or opportunities for optimization.
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Circuit breaker metrics typically include the following:
- Error rates: the percentage of service calls that have resulted in errors or failures.
- Volume: the total number of service calls, both successful and unsuccessful, over a given period of time.
- Latency: the time it takes for a service call to complete, including the time spent waiting for the service to respond.
- Timeouts: the number of service calls that have exceeded the circuit breaker’s timeout threshold.
- Fallbacks: the number of times the circuit breaker has returned a fallback response or error.
- State transitions: the number of times the circuit breaker has transitioned between the open, half-open, and closed states.
By monitoring these metrics, developers can gain insight into how the circuit breaker is performing and identify any areas for improvement. For example, a high error rate may indicate that the service is experiencing frequent failures, while a high volume may indicate that the service is being overloaded with requests.