# Netflix Hystrix

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/netflix-hystrix/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 20.4 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 20.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 8.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Netflix Hystrix** — 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...

## Plans (1)

- **Netflix Hystrix Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Circuit Breaker, Fault Tolerance, Java, Latency, Maintenance Mode, Microservices, Netflix, Resilience

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/netflix-hystrix/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.