Design Patterns MCP Server

{ "id": "circuit-breaker-ms", "name": "Circuit Breaker (Microservices)", "category": "Microservices", "description": "Prevents cascading failures in distributed systems", "when_to_use": "Service dependencies\nFault tolerance\nResilience", "benefits": "Failure isolation\nFast failure\nSystem stability\nResource protection", "drawbacks": "False positives\nConfiguration complexity\nMonitoring overhead", "use_cases": "External service calls\nDatabase connections\nInter-service communication", "complexity": "Medium", "tags": [ "microservices", "resilience", "fault-tolerance" ], "examples": { "cross-reference": { "language": "cross-reference", "code": "// See Circuit Breaker pattern for implementation example (applies to microservices)\n// Reference pattern: circuit-breaker" } } }