Fallback
An alternative response or behavior used when the primary service or resource is unavailable, such as serving cached data or a default value.
Related Protocols
Mentioned in Guides
How to Implement and Handle Rate Limiting (429)
API Design & Best Practices
DNS-Based Failover and High Availability
DNS & Networking
Circuit Breaker Pattern for API Resilience
Error Handling Patterns
Graceful Degradation in Distributed Systems
Error Handling Patterns
HTTP Compression: gzip vs Brotli vs zstd
Performance & Optimization