Proxy Failover Strategies
Failover between proxy tiers, hot standby pools, and circuit breakers when primary egress degrades.
Failover between proxy tiers, hot standby pools, and circuit breakers when primary egress degrades.
Tiered pools
Primary paid pool, secondary overflow, emergency direct egress for critical paths only.
Circuit breakers
Open circuit on sustained failures, probe with canaries before full restore.
Related: incident response.
Game days
Simulate pool death quarterly to verify runbooks.
Related: health checks.
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