RPC middleware
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Middleware layer for handling and observing remote procedure call traffic between services.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 6InfoQ·10/16/2026researchUber Automates Dependency Analysis in Its Service Mesh
Uber built an automated dependency analysis system that combines RPC middleware signals with production metrics to trace how caller and downstream failures relate. The system classifies dependencies as fail-close, fail-open, or unknown, helping address the limits of sampled distributed tracing for rare failures at Uber's scale.