Designing cross-service ride-hailing timeout strategy
The user wants a strategy for handling ride-hailing order timeouts across multiple services where SDK updates and rule changes might appear in stages. To ensure consistency: we can use a centralized rule engine, config flags with version pinning, and rule packages with integrity checks. Also, shadow mode, contract tests, version fields, backward compatibility, and multi-version SDK support could help during rollout. Including event-sourcing might guarantee effective strategy results.
Proposing implementable schemes for timeout calculation
Here are some implementable strategies:
- A remote config/policy system where services fetch rules by version, with progressive rollouts done via assignment logic updates.
- Creating a dedicated microservice for timeout calculation, with fallback for latency and availability.
- Multi-version SDK with embedded rule packs and dynamic plugins, ensuring independent updates with version matching and policy management.
Handling timeout recalculation and versioning
To maintain consistency, I’ll store the computed timeout and policy version at order creation. For future modifications, we can either keep the original timeout or calculate a new one based on the rule version. The rule engine should be able to evaluate both old and new versions, ensuring smooth rollout, with governance through offline compilations, tests, and contracts.
Exploring alternative strategies for strategy consistency
Another option is to use a service mesh/sidecar library, where the sidecar only updates once per host. This still requires deployment but allows independent updates. Using feature flags and experiments can also help. It's essential to ensure consistency by avoiding nondeterministic factors, like the wall clock, and basing evaluations on order creation timestamps. The key is decoupling strategy changes from service deployment while ensuring consistent evaluation across versions during rolling updates.
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