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Interactive Circuit Breaker Explorer

See circuit breaker protection in action! Use the interactive explorer below to step through 4 stages of resilience patterns. Watch how circuit breakers transform cascading failures into graceful degradation.

How to Use This Explorer​

  1. Navigate using arrow keys (← →) or click the numbered stage buttons
  2. Compare the Input (left) and Output (right) showing failure handling at each stage
  3. Observe how circuit breakers prevent resource exhaustion (highlighted in green)
  4. Inspect the YAML code showing exactly what protection was added
  5. Learn from the stage description explaining the resilience benefit

Interactive Circuit Breaker Explorer​

No Circuit Breakers

Without circuit breakers, a single failing downstream service can cause cascading failures, resource exhaustion, and pipeline crashes. Timeouts pile up, memory fills with pending requests, and the entire system grinds to a halt.

Use ← → arrow keys to navigate
📥Input
{
"sensor_id": "temp-001",
"value": 72.5,
"timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z"
}
📤Output
❌ Request Status:
timeout after 60s
retrying... timeout after 60s
retrying... timeout after 60s
❌ Pipeline Status:
pending_requests: 5000+
memory_usage: 95%
pipeline: BACKING UP
Added/Changed
Removed
Completed Step
Current Step
Not Done Yet
📄New Pipeline Stepstep-0-no-protection.yaml
output:
  # No timeouts, no retries, no fallbacks
  http_client:
    url: https://api.external.com/process
    # ❌ No timeout - waits forever
    # ❌ No retry limit - infinite retries
    # ❌ No fallback - total failure

Try It Yourself​

Ready to build resilient circuit breaker protection? Follow the step-by-step tutorial:

Deep Dive into Each Step​

Want to understand each circuit breaker technique in depth?

Next: Set up your environment to build circuit breaker protection yourself