Failure Scenario Block
Document what happens when things go wrong. Capture failure modes, detection signals, recovery strategies, and lessons learned for architecture resilience.
Failure scenarios document how the system behaves when components fail. They describe detection mechanisms, immediate responses, recovery strategies, and impacts. Well-documented failure scenarios improve incident response and inform architecture decisions for resilience.
When to Use
Block Properties
Severity Values
Status Values
Example: Database Failure
A critical failure scenario for primary database unavailability.
Example: External Service Failure
A failure scenario for third-party service unavailability.
Example: Regional Failure
A failure scenario for cloud region unavailability.
Example: Security Incident
A failure scenario for security compromise detection.