Applications using APIs must design appropriate service discovery mechanisms

•Service discovery architecture documentation

•API gateway design and configuration

• Service communication patterns

✓ Pass Criteria

✓Has service discovery mechanism documented and implemented

✓Uses service registry or DNS-based discovery

✓Includes comprehensive health check configuration

✓Documents load balancing and failover strategy

✗ Fail Criteria

✗No service discovery configuration found

✗Services use hardcoded URLs or IP addresses

✗Missing health check mechanisms

✗No load balancing or failover strategy