Distributed system failure cascade diagram

This detailed diagram depicts the architecture of a distributed system focusing on cascading failure mechanisms. Central to the image is a faulty component (Microservice A) marked in red, with failure propagating outwards to various interconnected components such as the database cluster, external API, worker nodes, service registry, cache, and event bus. Different colors indicate the health status of each component: blue for healthy, orange for degraded, red for failed, and striped for fault. The image uses arrows and labeled events like ‘high latency’, ‘retry flood’, and ‘connection pool exhaustion’ to explain how failures escalate and affect the system, ultimately leading to a complete service outage. The overall tone is technical with a dark blue background and neon-like highlights to emphasize each system component and the flow of failures.