When a component&#39;s dependencies are unhealthy, the component itself can still function, although in a degraded manner. For example, when a dependency call fails, failover to a predetermined static response.

See [Implement graceful degradation to transform applicable hard dependencies into soft dependencies](https://wa.aws.amazon.com/wat.question.REL_5.en.html#step1) for more information.


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