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Handling Service Timeouts Using Istio

6 years ago dzone.com

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The Timeout Design Pattern states that you should not wait for a service response for an indefinite amount of time — you should rather throw an exception instead of waiting for too long. This will ensure that you are not stuck in a limbo state while continuing to consume application resources.