<ul><li>Distributed systems often experience partial failures where one component fails while others still work.</li><li>To handle failures gracefully, timeouts are a simple tool to prevent requests from waiting indefinitely.</li><li>If a response is not received within a reasonable time, corrective action should be taken, such as returning an error or using a cached response.</li><li>The key is to quickly detect failures and limit their impact on the system.</li></ul>

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