An API integration cannot be designed only for successful responses. Network loss, latency, duplicates and upstream failures are normal conditions.
Set connection and response timeouts. Apply exponential backoff with jitter, use idempotency keys for write operations and place failed work in a controlled retry queue.
Log correlation identifiers, duration, response status and error category. This makes failures traceable across systems without exposing sensitive payloads.
How to Build Resilient API Integrations
