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Circuit Breaker

Type: Resilience Pattern Category: Fault Isolation, Degraded Mode Routing

patterns/circuit-breaker.md
GRAPHICAL PATTERN FLOW

Circuit Breaker

INPUT→GOVERNED TRANSITIONS→EXPLICIT OUTCOME→EVIDENCE

AT A GLANCE

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Type: Resilience Pattern Category: Fault Isolation, Degraded Mode Routing

Classification
Problem
Structure
State definitions
Degraded mode path
Roles
Orchestration Substrate
Cognition Artifact (caller)
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