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Top Architect
Top Architect
Jan 9, 2022 · Backend Development

Designing Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking for Microservices and API Gateways

The article explains the concepts, problem scenarios, resource granularity, rule definition, sliding‑window calculation, and implementation flow of rate limiting and circuit breaking in microservice architectures and API gateways, providing practical guidance for building robust backend services.

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Designing Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking for Microservices and API Gateways
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Dec 25, 2021 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking in Microservice Architecture

This article explains the motivations, concepts, resource granularity, rule definitions, and two‑stage sliding‑window computation needed to design and implement effective rate limiting and circuit breaking mechanisms for microservice APIs and API gateways, ensuring isolated failures do not cascade across services.

API GatewayRate LimitingSliding Window
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Design and Implementation of Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking in Microservice Architecture