Unavailable Downstream Service Doesn't Result in User-Visible Errors

When offering a service that is dependent on downstream services, you should ensure that the offered service also works fine whenever one of the downstream services can't be reached. This is especially true when multiple downstream services are involved and the responses of each downstream service are considered optional.

Structure

First, we validate that the HTTP endpoint of the upstream service is working as expected. Then, we block the traffic of the downstream service and expect that the HTTP endpoint will still work within the expected success rate.

This experiment template is used in our quick start on running an experiment and is especially useful for the shopping demo example. To learn more, check out the quick start in the Steadybit docs.

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