service-virtualization

Decision framework for isolating every external dependency in a test suite: when to use in-process mocks, HTTP stubs (MSW, WireMock), record-replay, fault injection (Toxiproxy), or ephemeral real services (Testcontainers), and how to enforce that no real calls escape in CI. Use when: "mock service," "stub API," "fake service," "WireMock," "MSW," "Toxiproxy," "test isolation," "dependency management," "stub an…