API Availability vs Planned Maintenance
Implement blue-green deployments and active-active failover to meet continuous-availability obligations under instant-payments and NIS2 rules without skipping security patches.
CyberTRIZ analysis · Banking contradiction OB006 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI
Regulations
Business Context
Open Banking APIs are expected to operate continuously, while infrastructure upgrades, security patches, and platform maintenance remain unavoidable.
Banking TRIZ Resolution
Adopt rolling deployments, active-active environments, blue-green releases, and automated failover to perform maintenance without disrupting API availability.
Recommended Principles
Principle 11 - Cushion in Advance
Principle 26 - Copying
Principle 40 - Composite Materials
Expected Outcome
Higher API availability
Reduced downtime
Better customer experience
TRIZ principles applied
P11 Cushion in AdvanceP26 CopyingP40 Composite Materials