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Simulation run on this device. Scenario values are not sent anywhere — the engine is fully local.

system design game · free

Multi-Region Failover Game

Play the incident — drain, promote, and watch RTO tick down.

Can you fail over before the error budget burns?

Engine 1.0.0 · game
ms
20400
s
160
s
1300
s
060
RTO (est.)
70 s
RPO (async)
5 s
User-visible stall
70 s
Cross-region tax
120 ms

Lower detect+DNS to cut RTO; sync replication cuts RPO at latency cost.

detect 10s + dns 60s

Method

  • Deterministic local model of the mechanism — knobs recompute outputs instantly with no network.
  • Numbers are teaching approximations, not production capacity guarantees.