Published onFebruary 17, 2026Rate Limiting and Backpressure in Microservices: Prevent Cascading Failures Under LoadRate-LimitingBackpressureMicroservicesDistributed-SystemsReliabilityCascading-FailuresLearn how rate limiting and backpressure prevent cascading failures in microservices, with practical patterns, code examples, metrics, and common mistakes to avoid.