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name: windsurf-reliability-patterns description: | Implement Windsurf reliability patterns including circuit breakers, idempotency, and graceful degradation. Use when building fault-tolerant Windsurf integrations, implementing retry strategies, or adding resilience to production Windsurf services. Trigger with phrases like "windsurf reliability", "windsurf circuit breaker", "windsurf idempotent", "windsurf resilience", "windsurf fallback", "windsurf bulkhead". allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit version: 1.0.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io

Windsurf Reliability Patterns

Overview

Production-grade reliability patterns for Windsurf integrations.

Prerequisites

• Understanding of circuit breaker pattern
• opossum or similar library installed
• Queue infrastructure for DLQ
• Caching layer for fallbacks

Circuit Breaker

Copyimport CircuitBreaker from 'opossum';

const windsurfBreaker = new CircuitBreaker(
  async (operation: () => Promise<any>) => operation(),
  {
    timeout: 30000,
    errorThresholdPercentage: 50,
    resetTimeout: 30000,
    volumeThreshold: 10,
  }
);

// Events
windsurfBreaker.on('open', () => {
  console.warn('Windsurf circuit OPEN - requests failing fast');
  alertOps('Windsurf circuit breaker opened');
});

windsurfBreaker.on('halfOpen', () => {
  console.info('Windsurf circuit HALF-OPEN - testing recovery');
});

windsurfBreaker.on('close', () => {
  console.info('Windsurf circuit CLOSED - normal operation');
});

// Usage
async function safeWindsurfCall<T>(fn: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
  return windsurfBreaker.fire(fn);
}

Idempotency Keys

Copyimport { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
import crypto from 'crypto';

// Generate deterministic idempotency key from input
function generateIdempotencyKey(
  operation: string,
  params: Record<string, any>
): string {
  const data = JSON.stringify({ operation, params });
  return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(data).digest('hex');
}

// Or use random key with storage
class IdempotencyManager {
  private store: Map<string, { key: string; expiresAt: Date }> = new Map();

  getOrCreate(operationId: string): string {
    const existing = this.store.get(operationId);
    if (existing && existing.expiresAt > new Date()) {
      return existing.key;
    }

    const key = uuidv4();
    this.store.set(operationId, {
      key,
      expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000),
    });
    return key;
  }
}

Bulkhead Pattern

Copyimport PQueue from 'p-queue';

// Separate queues for different operations
const windsurfQueues = {
  critical: new PQueue({ concurrency: 10 }),
  normal: new PQueue({ concurrency: 5 }),
  bulk: new PQueue({ concurrency: 2 }),
};

async function prioritizedWindsurfCall<T>(
  priority: 'critical' | 'normal' | 'bulk',
  fn: () => Promise<T>
): Promise<T> {
  return windsurfQueues[priority].add(fn);
}

// Usage
await prioritizedWindsurfCall('critical', () =>
  windsurfClient.processPayment(order)
);

await prioritizedWindsurfCall('bulk', () =>
  windsurfClient.syncCatalog(products)
);

Timeout Hierarchy

Copyconst TIMEOUT_CONFIG = {
  connect: 5000,      // Initial connection
  request: 30000,     // Standard requests
  upload: 120000,     // File uploads
  longPoll: 300000,   // Webhook long-polling
};

async function timedoutWindsurfCall<T>(
  operation: 'connect' | 'request' | 'upload' | 'longPoll',
  fn: () => Promise<T>
): Promise<T> {
  const timeout = TIMEOUT_CONFIG[operation];

  return Promise.race([
    fn(),
    new Promise<never>((_, reject) =>
      setTimeout(() => reject(new Error(`Windsurf ${operation} timeout`)), timeout)
    ),
  ]);
}

Graceful Degradation

Copyinterface WindsurfFallback {
  enabled: boolean;
  data: any;
  staleness: 'fresh' | 'stale' | 'very_stale';
}

async function withWindsurfFallback<T>(
  fn: () => Promise<T>,
  fallbackFn: () => Promise<T>
): Promise<{ data: T; fallback: boolean }> {
  try {
    const data = await fn();
    // Update cache for future fallback
    await updateFallbackCache(data);
    return { data, fallback: false };
  } catch (error) {
    console.warn('Windsurf failed, using fallback:', error.message);
    const data = await fallbackFn();
    return { data, fallback: true };
  }
}

Dead Letter Queue

Copyinterface DeadLetterEntry {
  id: string;
  operation: string;
  payload: any;
  error: string;
  attempts: number;
  lastAttempt: Date;
}

class WindsurfDeadLetterQueue {
  private queue: DeadLetterEntry[] = [];

  add(entry: Omit<DeadLetterEntry, 'id' | 'lastAttempt'>): void {
    this.queue.push({
      ...entry,
      id: uuidv4(),
      lastAttempt: new Date(),
    });
  }

  async processOne(): Promise<boolean> {
    const entry = this.queue.shift();
    if (!entry) return false;

    try {
      await windsurfClient[entry.operation](entry.payload);
      console.log(`DLQ: Successfully reprocessed ${entry.id}`);
      return true;
    } catch (error) {
      entry.attempts++;
      entry.lastAttempt = new Date();

      if (entry.attempts < 5) {
        this.queue.push(entry);
      } else {
        console.error(`DLQ: Giving up on ${entry.id} after 5 attempts`);
        await alertOnPermanentFailure(entry);
      }
      return false;
    }
  }
}

Health Check with Degraded State

Copytype HealthStatus = 'healthy' | 'degraded' | 'unhealthy';

async function windsurfHealthCheck(): Promise<{
  status: HealthStatus;
  details: Record<string, any>;
}> {
  const checks = {
    api: await checkApiConnectivity(),
    circuitBreaker: windsurfBreaker.stats(),
    dlqSize: deadLetterQueue.size(),
  };

  const status: HealthStatus =
    !checks.api.connected ? 'unhealthy' :
    checks.circuitBreaker.state === 'open' ? 'degraded' :
    checks.dlqSize > 100 ? 'degraded' :
    'healthy';

  return { status, details: checks };
}

Instructions

Step 1: Implement Circuit Breaker

Wrap Windsurf calls with circuit breaker.

Step 2: Add Idempotency Keys

Generate deterministic keys for operations.

Step 3: Configure Bulkheads

Separate queues for different priorities.

Step 4: Set Up Dead Letter Queue

Handle permanent failures gracefully.

Output

• Circuit breaker protecting Windsurf calls
• Idempotency preventing duplicates
• Bulkhead isolation implemented
• DLQ for failed operations

Error Handling

Examples

Quick Circuit Check

Copyconst state = windsurfBreaker.stats().state;
console.log('Windsurf circuit:', state);

Resources

• Circuit Breaker Pattern
• Opossum Documentation
• Windsurf Reliability Guide

Next Steps

For policy enforcement, see windsurf-policy-guardrails.