Medium Analyze Spring Boot multiple-choice

What is the purpose of a circuit breaker in a microservices architecture?

Analyze — Tests ability to break down and examine complex problems.

Answer Options

A To encrypt communication between microservices
B To prevent cascading failures by stopping calls to a failing service and returning a fallback
C To load balance requests evenly across service instances
D To centralize logging from all microservices

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