Common Failure Modes in Microservices Architecture
Identifying and Mitigating System Weaknesses
+91-7032290546
Introduction to Microservices
 Definition: Microservices is an architectural style that structures
an application as a collection of loosely coupled services.
 Benefits: Scalability, independent deployment, faster time to
market.
• Challenge: While flexible, microservices introduce new types
of failure modes.
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
Service-to-Service Communication Failures
 Description: Microservices often rely on synchronous or
asynchronous communication.
 Failures:
o Network latency or timeout
o Service unavailability
o Misconfigured endpoints
 Impact: Cascading failures, poor performance
• Mitigation: Timeouts, retries, circuit breakers (e.g., Hystrix)
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
Data Inconsistency & Distributed Transactions
 Issue: Each service may manage its own database, making global
consistency hard.
 Failures:
o Partial updates
o Lost or duplicated messages
o Dirty reads/writes
• Mitigation: Saga patterns, eventual consistency, idempotent operations
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
Dependency Failures
 Cause: One service depends on another (e.g., payment ->
inventory -> shipping).
 Failures:
o Downstream service crashes
o Version mismatch
 Mitigation:
o Graceful degradation
o API versioning
• Fallback strategies
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
Service Discovery & Load Balancing Failures
 Issue: Microservices require dynamic discovery and load distribution.
 Failures:
o Stale service registry
o DNS misconfiguration
o Load balancer bottlenecks
 Mitigation:
o Health checks
• Self-healing service registries (e.g., Consul, Eureka)
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
Configuration & Deployment Failures
 Cause: Each service has its own configuration, often stored centrally.
 Failures:
o Incorrect config values
o Misconfigured secrets or credentials
o Inconsistent deployment pipelines
 Mitigation:
o Configuration management tools (e.g., Spring Cloud Config)
o Canary deployments
• CI/CD with automated rollback
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
Observability & Debugging Challenges
 Issue: With many services, tracing the source of a failure is difficult.
 Failures:
o Lack of centralized logging
o No correlation IDs
o Poor metrics/alerts
 Mitigation:
o Distributed tracing (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Jaeger)
o Centralized logging (e.g., ELK Stack)
• Monitoring dashboards (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
Conclusion & Best Practices
 Summary:
o Microservices offer flexibility but introduce new failure modes.
o Resilience patterns and observability are key to success.
 Best Practices:
o Design for failure
o Automate monitoring and recovery
o Regularly test failure scenarios (chaos engineering)
• Final Thought: "Build systems that fail gracefully, not ones that
never fail."
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
For More Information About
Site Reliability Engineering
Address:- Flat no: 205, 2nd Floor,
Nilagiri Block, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet,
Hyderabad-16
Ph. No: +91-998997107
Visit: www.visualpath.in
E-Mail: online@visualpath.in
www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
Thank You
Visit: www.visualpath.in
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  • 1. Common Failure Modes in Microservices Architecture Identifying and Mitigating System Weaknesses +91-7032290546
  • 2. Introduction to Microservices  Definition: Microservices is an architectural style that structures an application as a collection of loosely coupled services.  Benefits: Scalability, independent deployment, faster time to market. • Challenge: While flexible, microservices introduce new types of failure modes. www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
  • 3. Service-to-Service Communication Failures  Description: Microservices often rely on synchronous or asynchronous communication.  Failures: o Network latency or timeout o Service unavailability o Misconfigured endpoints  Impact: Cascading failures, poor performance • Mitigation: Timeouts, retries, circuit breakers (e.g., Hystrix) www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
  • 4. Data Inconsistency & Distributed Transactions  Issue: Each service may manage its own database, making global consistency hard.  Failures: o Partial updates o Lost or duplicated messages o Dirty reads/writes • Mitigation: Saga patterns, eventual consistency, idempotent operations www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
  • 5. Dependency Failures  Cause: One service depends on another (e.g., payment -> inventory -> shipping).  Failures: o Downstream service crashes o Version mismatch  Mitigation: o Graceful degradation o API versioning • Fallback strategies www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
  • 6. Service Discovery & Load Balancing Failures  Issue: Microservices require dynamic discovery and load distribution.  Failures: o Stale service registry o DNS misconfiguration o Load balancer bottlenecks  Mitigation: o Health checks • Self-healing service registries (e.g., Consul, Eureka) www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
  • 7. Configuration & Deployment Failures  Cause: Each service has its own configuration, often stored centrally.  Failures: o Incorrect config values o Misconfigured secrets or credentials o Inconsistent deployment pipelines  Mitigation: o Configuration management tools (e.g., Spring Cloud Config) o Canary deployments • CI/CD with automated rollback www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
  • 8. Observability & Debugging Challenges  Issue: With many services, tracing the source of a failure is difficult.  Failures: o Lack of centralized logging o No correlation IDs o Poor metrics/alerts  Mitigation: o Distributed tracing (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Jaeger) o Centralized logging (e.g., ELK Stack) • Monitoring dashboards (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
  • 9. Conclusion & Best Practices  Summary: o Microservices offer flexibility but introduce new failure modes. o Resilience patterns and observability are key to success.  Best Practices: o Design for failure o Automate monitoring and recovery o Regularly test failure scenarios (chaos engineering) • Final Thought: "Build systems that fail gracefully, not ones that never fail." www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546
  • 10. For More Information About Site Reliability Engineering Address:- Flat no: 205, 2nd Floor, Nilagiri Block, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad-16 Ph. No: +91-998997107 Visit: www.visualpath.in E-Mail: [email protected] www.visualpath.in +91-7032290546