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# [Why API Timeouts Matter More Than Speed](https://backend-bytes.hashnode.dev/why-api-timeouts-matter-more-than-speed?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Imagine you're the engineer on call for a payments platform. Every transaction your service authorizes has to pass through a fraud-check API before it clears. Most days that call returns in 150ms and

Jul 31 · 5 min read · backend-bytes.hashnode.dev  
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-   [#distributed-systems](https://hashnode.com/tag/distributed-systems)
-   [#api](https://hashnode.com/tag/api)
-   [#timeout](https://hashnode.com/tag/timeout)
-   [#distributed-system](https://hashnode.com/tag/distributed-system)
-   [#circuit-breaker](https://hashnode.com/tag/circuit-breaker)

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[Devesh Parmar](https://hashnode.com/@deveshparmar)

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