What is the purpose of HALF_OPEN state?
Practice this question from Quiz: Handling Downstream Latency with Circuit Breaker, with options and an explanation.
Question
What is the purpose of HALF_OPEN state?
Option A — Correct answer
Allow limited trial requests after cooldown
Option B
Disable the service forever
Option C
Force every request to retry
Option D
Bypass authentication
Explanation
HALF_OPEN tests whether the downstream has recovered.