# Want to test circuit breaker

**URL:** <https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/want-to-test-circuit-breaker/393>\
**Category:** Linkerd General Discussion\
**Tags:** proxy, configuration, tracing\
**Created:** [February 19, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/want-to-test-circuit-breaker/393 "2024-02-19T19:54:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![sohamm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sohamm](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/sohamm)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/want-to-test-circuit-breaker/393/1 "2024-02-19T19:54:41Z")

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Hi,  
I want to setup circuit breaker for one of my backend service. I used **[balancer.linkerd.io/failure-accrual=consecutive](http://balancer.linkerd.io/failure-accrual=consecutive)** annotation.  
For the testing purpose, I kept the replica count for the same service as **0** I’m hitting that service by using curl command from another pod. I’m getting following logs for curl -  
\< HTTP/1.1 504 Gateway Timeout  
\< l5d-proxy-error: logical service 10.100.242.161:5000: route default.http: backend default.service: service in fail-fast  
\< connection: close  
\< l5d-proxy-connection: close  
\< content-length: 0  
\< date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:26:35 GMT  
\<  
Closing connection 0

` **Can somebody help me on the same? I want the right way to test my circuit breaker!**