ECO-ARC-ARCH-003 — Long synchronous dependency chain¶

Category: Architecture (ARC)
Family: Architecture (ARCH)
Layer: Architecture
Tier: 3
Severity: warning
Tags: dependencies, latency
Legacy ID: ECO-ARCH-003

Summary¶

Synchronous call chains amplify latency and failure propagation.

Chains multiply tail latency and increase coupled failure modes.

{
  "confidence": 0.8,
  "notes": "Common microservice anti-pattern.",
  "type": "latency"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "infra"
  ],
  "method": "trace"
}

{
  "guidance": "Introduce async boundaries, caching, or collapse hops.",
  "tradeoffs": "Consistency and design tradeoffs."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "architecture"
  ]
}