Netflix Hystrix

aid: netflix-hystrix
name: Netflix Hystrix
description: >-
  Netflix Hystrix is a latency and fault tolerance library designed to isolate
  points of access to remote systems, services, and third-party libraries, stop
  cascading failure, and enable resilience in complex distributed systems where
  failure is inevitable. Now in maintenance mode, with Resilience4j recommended
  as a replacement.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Circuit Breaker
  - Fault Tolerance
  - Java
  - Latency
  - Maintenance Mode
  - Microservices
  - Netflix
  - Resilience
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/netflix-hystrix/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-03-26'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: netflix-hystrix:netflix-hystrix
    name: Netflix Hystrix
    description: >-
      Netflix Hystrix is a latency and fault tolerance library designed to
      isolate points of access to remote systems, services, and third-party
      libraries, stop cascading failure, and enable resilience in complex
      distributed systems. Now in maintenance mode.
    humanURL: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix
    tags:
      - Circuit Breaker
      - Fault Tolerance
      - Java
      - Latency
      - Maintenance Mode
      - Microservices
      - Netflix
      - Resilience
    properties:
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: >-
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/netflix-hystrix/refs/heads/main/json-schema/hystrix-command-configuration.json
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki
  - type: Getting Started
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/Getting-Started
  - type: GitHub Org
    url: https://github.com/Netflix
  - type: Javadoc
    url: http://netflix.github.com/Hystrix/javadoc
  - type: Issues
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/issues
  - type: Releases
    url: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/releases
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]