working on redundancy

config/config.exs

@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ config :logger, :console,
 # Use Jason for JSON parsing in Phoenix
 config :phoenix, :json_library, Jason
 
+# Lower the BEAM node-down detection window from the default 60s.
+# Nodes send ticks every (net_ticktime / 4)s; a node is declared down
+# after 4 missed ticks (net_ticktime total). 5s means detection in ≤5s.
+config :kernel, net_ticktime: 2
+
+# Libcluster — Gossip strategy works for local dev and Docker Compose
+# (UDP multicast, zero config). Overridden to Kubernetes.DNS in runtime.exs for prod.
+config :libcluster,
+  topologies: [
+    gossip: [
+      strategy: Cluster.Strategy.Gossip
+    ]
+  ]
+
 # Import environment specific config. This must remain at the bottom
 # of this file so it overrides the configuration defined above.
 import_config "#{config_env()}.exs"