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The Hidden Cost of Success: Understanding Non-Fatal Errors in Microservices

Abhishek Tiwari

A recent research from Washington University in St. Louis and Uber Technologies reveals a critical but often overlooked phenomenon in microservices architectures: non-fatal errors. While these errors don’t cause system failures, they introduce significant performance overhead that can impact user experience and operational costs. Study by Lee et. al explores how prevalent are non-fatal errors and what impact do they have on the exposed latency of top-level requests?

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