What happens when one service fails, but your entire system keeps calling it anyway ? Imagine your payment service is down. Normally, every purchase request follows a path like this: User ↓ Order Service ↓ Payment Service ↓ Bank Now the Payment Service is unavailable — or perhaps it’s simply...
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/mehradsadeghi/circuit-breaker-pattern-explained-how-to-prevent-cascading-failures-in-distributed-systems-1jc6)