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Afraid you don't understand Reslience4j state changes: Read this missing manual on Ring Bit Buffer

 ·  ☕ 12 min read  ·  ✍️ Dinesh Arora

Resilience4j calculates the failure threshold using ringbit buffer.
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The state of circuitbreaker changes from CLOSED to OPEN when at end of count size the failure rate exceeds the threshold.

Resilience4j provides you two buffers - CLOSED and HALF_OPEN state buffers. Imagine this is our set up

Closed buffer size = 10
Half open buffer size = 5
Failure rate threshold = 60%
Open state count = 10

When the first call comes in the buffer has 0 entries. At the end of 10th call the imagine that all calls were successful. Threshhold rate is calculated to 0% after 10 calls.
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Then the next 6 calls all failed calls and will push out the first 6 Passed calls. After 11th call onwards, the threshold rate will keep getting updated at each new entry.

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At the end of 16th call, the state would change to OPEN. In the open state this bucket would stay as is for next 10 calls.
After end of 25th call, the state would change to HALF_OPEN and half open bucket will start filling. Say all the 5 calls are success, then then the circuitbreaker is closed.

At this moment, the threshold rate is reset for CLOSED state. For threshold to be calculated again, the buffer must fill in again.
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Then the updates on threshold rate is continouly updated with each call

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Here’s the link to the code which uses the below config.

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.failureRateThreshold(60)
                                                                        .waitDurationInOpenState(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
                                                                        .permittedNumberOfCallsInHalfOpenState(3)
                                                                        .slidingWindowSize(10)

Logs: Pay special attention to Buffered calls and you see that buffer is emptied after state swutches from HALF_OPEN to CLOSED


counter = 1
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Successful call count: 1 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:1
counter = 2
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Successful call count: 2 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:2
counter = 3
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Successful call count: 3 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:3
counter = 4
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Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:4
counter = 5
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Successful call count: 5 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:5
counter = 6
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Successful call count: 6 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:6
counter = 7
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Successful call count: 7 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:7
counter = 8
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Successful call count: 8 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:8
counter = 9
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Successful call count: 9 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:9
counter = 10
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Successful call count: 10 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:0.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
counter = 11
Successful call count: 9 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:10.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 12
Successful call count: 8 | Failed call count: 2 | Failure rate %:20.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 13
Successful call count: 7 | Failed call count: 3 | Failure rate %:30.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 14
Successful call count: 6 | Failed call count: 4 | Failure rate %:40.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 15
Successful call count: 5 | Failed call count: 5 | Failure rate %:50.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 16
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 17
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 18
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 19
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 20
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 21
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 22
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 23
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 24
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 25
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 26
Successful call count: 0 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: HALF_OPEN | Buffered cals:1
FAILED
counter = 27
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Successful call count: 1 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: HALF_OPEN | Buffered cals:2
counter = 28
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Successful call count: 0 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:0
counter = 29
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Successful call count: 1 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:1
counter = 30
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Successful call count: 2 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:2
counter = 31
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Successful call count: 3 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:3
counter = 32
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Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:4
counter = 33
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Successful call count: 5 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:5
counter = 34
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Successful call count: 6 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:6
counter = 35
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Successful call count: 7 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:7
counter = 36
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Successful call count: 8 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:8
counter = 37
Successful call count: 8 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:9
FAILED
counter = 38
Successful call count: 8 | Failed call count: 2 | Failure rate %:20.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 39
Successful call count: 7 | Failed call count: 3 | Failure rate %:30.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 40
Successful call count: 6 | Failed call count: 4 | Failure rate %:40.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 41
Successful call count: 5 | Failed call count: 5 | Failure rate %:50.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 42
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 43
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 44
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 45
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 46
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 47
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 48
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 49
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 50
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 51
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 52
Successful call count: 0 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: HALF_OPEN | Buffered cals:1
FAILED
counter = 53
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Successful call count: 1 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: HALF_OPEN | Buffered cals:2
counter = 54
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Successful call count: 0 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:0
counter = 55
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Successful call count: 1 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:1
counter = 56
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Successful call count: 2 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:2
counter = 57
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Successful call count: 3 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:3
counter = 58
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Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:4
counter = 59
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Successful call count: 5 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:5
counter = 60
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Successful call count: 6 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:6
counter = 61
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Successful call count: 7 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:7
counter = 62
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Successful call count: 8 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:8
counter = 63
Successful call count: 8 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:9
FAILED
counter = 64
Successful call count: 8 | Failed call count: 2 | Failure rate %:20.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 65
Successful call count: 7 | Failed call count: 3 | Failure rate %:30.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 66
Successful call count: 6 | Failed call count: 4 | Failure rate %:40.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 67
Successful call count: 5 | Failed call count: 5 | Failure rate %:50.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 68
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 69
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 70
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 71
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 72
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 73
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 74
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 75
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 76
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 77
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 78
Successful call count: 0 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: HALF_OPEN | Buffered cals:1
FAILED
counter = 79
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Successful call count: 1 | Failed call count: 1 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: HALF_OPEN | Buffered cals:2
counter = 80
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Successful call count: 0 | Failed call count: 0 | Failure rate %:-1.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:0
.....
counter = 117
Successful call count: 7 | Failed call count: 3 | Failure rate %:30.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 118
Successful call count: 6 | Failed call count: 4 | Failure rate %:40.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 119
Successful call count: 5 | Failed call count: 5 | Failure rate %:50.0 | State: CLOSED | Buffered cals:10
FAILED
counter = 120
Successful call count: 4 | Failed call count: 6 | Failure rate %:60.0 | State: OPEN | Buffered cals:10
FAILED

Process finished with exit code 0
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