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-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/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: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/Getting-Started
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/Netflix
- type: Javadoc
  url: http://netflix.github.com/Hystrix/javadoc
- type: Issues
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/issues
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/releases
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com