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Round-robin
Each request goes to the next healthy backend. If one fails, it is skipped automatically and the circuit breaker trips.
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Request queue
When all backends are cold-starting or down, requests are held in-memory and flushed the moment any backend responds.
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Auto-recovery
WatsonLB pings all backends continuously. When a backend recovers, it is automatically re-added to the rotation.