Lexicon

Overload Protection

Kind: capability

Layer: Correctness Core

Record: lexicon:overload-protection

Canonical: Lexicon

The ability to protect a system from being overwhelmed by shedding or slowing incoming load.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Localized Recovery and before Safe Failure.

Category

  • Error Handling / Resilience

Enabled by

  • Backpressure

Linked from

  • Error Handling / Resilience