Chaos Engineering

Chaos Engineering is a proactive testing discipline that intentionally introduces controlled failures and turbulence into a system to evaluate its resilience and ability to withstand unexpected disruptions. By simulating real-world problems like server outages or network latency in a controlled environment, teams can identify and fix weaknesses before they cause a genuine failure.

Example: A company uses Chaos Engineering to test its microservices architecture. They run an experiment where a tool is used to randomly shut down a few servers in their production environment for a brief period. The team then observes if the system's failover mechanisms work correctly, if the application remains available to users, and whether the system can automatically recover from the outage without manual intervention. This process helps them build more robust and fault-tolerant systems.