URL Shortener Request Lifecycle

Step 1 of 12 · Run #1

Step 1 of 12

Client & Ingress Layer

Write & Redirect Services

Base62, Sharding & Cache

Uniqueness & Durable Shards

Step 1 of 12 Base62 & Sharding

User Submits a Long URL

Ready: click CTA to execute step-by-step hop progression.

Component Inspector

Creator & Clicker

Submitting

Runtime metric: POST /shorten · Signal: Submitting

IN: short code + redirect

OUT: create/click request