US 12,223,367 B2
OpenTelemetry-based circuit breaker automation
Walter Theodore Hulick, Jr., Pearland, TX (US); David John Zacks, Vancouver (CA); and Thomas Szigeti, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Cisco Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,175.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033681 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/541 (2013.01) [G06F 11/302 (2013.01); G06F 11/3476 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
instrumenting, by a device, an application to generate OpenTelemetry trace data;
identifying, by the device and based on where the application was instrumented, a particular method of the application, wherein the particular method is performed by the application;
determining, by the device, that a circuit breaker is to be inserted for the particular method of the application based on a type of the application and a configuration of the application, the circuit breaker comprising program code configured to disable functionality of the particular method; and
inserting, by the device, the circuit breaker for the particular method.