ECO-ARC-ARCH-012 — No graceful degradation strategy¶

Category: Architecture (ARC)
Family: Architecture (ARCH)
Layer: Architecture
Tier: 3
Severity: warning
Tags: reliability, degradation
Legacy ID: ECO-ARCH-012

Summary¶

Without degradation, overload becomes failure and waste.

Graceful degradation prevents overload collapse and retry storms.

{
  "confidence": 0.7,
  "notes": "High in distributed systems.",
  "type": "reliability"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "org",
    "infra"
  ],
  "method": "hybrid"
}

{
  "guidance": "Define shedding, fallbacks, and priority paths.",
  "tradeoffs": "Product decisions required."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "architecture"
  ]
}