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A timeout indicates a deadline was exceeded, not necessarily a failure.

Timeouts in distributed systems indicate suspicion, not confirmed failure.

Fallbacks allow systems to handle failures safely and maintain user experience.

Cache invalidation is about knowing when to refresh cached data.

Cascading failures occur when one service's failure impacts others, causing widespread issues.

The Transactional Outbox Pattern ensures database updates and event publishing are synchronized to avoid losing events.

Idempotency ensures that repeated operations in APIs do not cause duplicate effects.

Crash failures stop a service, while network failures disrupt communication.

Backpressure helps manage message flow in Kafka during traffic spikes.

Graceful degradation allows apps to function partially during service failures.

The CAP Theorem explains the trade-offs in distributed systems during network failures.

Fail Fast means stopping quickly on errors, while Fail Safe ensures safety in failures.

An error budget shows how much downtime is acceptable while meeting reliability goals.