Shopify / Shopify/semian

Share circuit breaker between workers

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Description

We should use SysV shared memory of SysV semaphores to share the state of the circuit breakers between all the workers on the host.

I want to take a crack at it this weekend

\cc @csfrancis @byroot

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests. Start by tracing the existing circuit-breaker state and worker lifecycle, then study the proposed SysV shared-memory and semaphore boundary. Done means circuit-breaker state is shared between all workers on the host and the behavior is verified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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