A single frontend typo that generates 100,000 requests is an API design…
A single frontend typo that generates 100,000 requests is an API design failure, not just a React bug. Backends must assume clients will misbehave: admission control at the gateway, request deduplication, and per-actor budgets stop one bad component or runaway agent loop from turning into a database incident. Instrumentation and fast rollback matter, but the defensive control points you add at the API layer are what keep a misrender from melting your cluster. Build those enforcement gates before the next accidental storm.
The Accidental DDOS: How a Single React Bracket Triggered 100,000 API Requests and Melted Our Database
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