Reliable Redis Connections in Node.js: Lazy Loading, Retry Logic & Circuit Breakers
If you’re using Redis in a Node.js application — especially in production — reliability isn’t optional. A bad connection strategy can lead to memory leaks, crashes, or endless retry loops. In this blog, I’ll show you how I built a resilient Redis integration in Express.js using ioredis, lazy loading, and a circuit breaker with opossum. Why Care About Redis Connection Strategy? At first, I used the classic approach: const redis = new Redis(); //

If you’re using Redis in a Node.js application — especially in production — reliability isn’t optional.
A bad connection strategy can lead to memory leaks, crashes, or endless retry loops.
In this blog, I’ll show you how I built a resilient Redis integration in Express.js using ioredis, lazy loading, and a circuit breaker with opossum.