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How do you handle traffic spikes that exceed system capacity?
Tests whether you favor graceful load shedding (rate limiting, queueing, prioritizing critical paths) over trying to serve every request at the cost of total system collapse -- a capacity-aware system degrades, it doesn't crash.
Ready to design this system end to end?
Generate a complete, structured system design answer — requirements, capacity estimation, API design, architecture, database choice, scaling, caching, fault tolerance, security, trade-offs, and more, walked through the way a strong senior engineer would in a real interview.
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