Code reviewMediumcr-g101

Subject Circuit breakerLevel Mid–Senior~25 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Python feature-flag check guarded by a breaker.

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Code to reviewpython

1def is_enabled(flag, user_id):2    try:3        return flag_service.check(flag, user_id)4    except Exception:5        breaker.record_failure()6        if breaker.is_open():7            return True8        return True

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