consecutive failures Breaker

consecutive failures

Trips after a specific number of failures occur sequentially.

How it works

Monitors sequential failure counts, ignoring time windows to focus on the string of events. This is the fastest method for detecting a hard service outage.

When to use

Critical external API dependencies.
Database connection health checks.
Logic where a single success should reset the failure counter.

When not to use

Noisy environments where intermittent expected errors are frequent.

State explanations

closed

No sustained failure streak detected.

half open

Waiting for a successful request to confirm recovery.

open

The service has failed sequentially enough to indicate an outage.

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