Booking engine replatform handles 8x peak load
A reservation platform rebuilt to survive campaign traffic.

- 8x
- peak load tested
- 180ms
- search p95
Against historical maximum.
Down from 2.4s.
Overview
Solstice's booking engine failed under seasonal campaign load.
The challenge
Peak traffic produced timeouts during the highest-value booking windows of the year.
What we built
Rearchitected search and availability with aggressive caching, queue-backed booking and load testing at 8x historical peak.
Results
The platform absorbed the following campaign without degradation.
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