# How Netflix Uses Throttling to Prevent 4 Big Streaming Problems

DevFeed: [How Netflix Uses Throttling to Prevent 4 Big Streaming Problems](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-netflix-uses-throttling-to-prevent-4-big-streaming-problems-17975.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.betterstack.com/p/how-netflix-uses-throttling-to-prevent>)

Author: Richard Oliver Bray

Published: 2024-08-15T13:02:09Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Hacking Scale by Better Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hacking-scale-by-better-stack.md>)

Topics: [Netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/netflix.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Amazon API Gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-api-gateway.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [api-gateway](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-gateway.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netflix.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Netflix uses throttling to shield content playback from backend problems, including network failures, underscaled services, retry storms, and faulty deployments. It also describes the role of an API Gateway in routing and monitoring requests.

## Source excerpt

Netflix reveals their unconventional trick to keep viewers happy