diff --git a/circuit_breaker.go b/circuit_breaker.go
index 8b25251b..8592dba7 100644
--- a/circuit_breaker.go
+++ b/circuit_breaker.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package resty
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
+	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -29,15 +30,15 @@ type CircuitBreaker struct {
 	failureThreshold uint32
 	successThreshold uint32
 	state            atomic.Value // circuitBreakerState
-	failureCount     atomic.Uint32
-	successCount     atomic.Uint32
-	lastFailureAt    time.Time
+	openStartAt      atomic.Value // time.Time
+	sw               *tfsw
 }
 
 // NewCircuitBreaker method creates a new [CircuitBreaker] with default settings.
 //
 // The default settings are:
 //   - Timeout: 10 seconds
+//   - SlidingWindowBucketSize: 10
 //   - FailThreshold: 3
 //   - SuccessThreshold: 1
 //   - Policies: CircuitBreaker5xxPolicy
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ func NewCircuitBreaker() *CircuitBreaker {
 		failureThreshold: 3,
 		successThreshold: 1,
 	}
+	cb.sw = newSlidingWindow(
+		func() totalAndFailures { return totalAndFailures{} },
+		cb.timeout,
+		10,
+	)
 	cb.state.Store(circuitBreakerStateClosed)
 	return cb
 }
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ func (cb *CircuitBreaker) SetPolicies(policies ...CircuitBreakerPolicy) *Circuit
 // timeout reaches, a single request is allowed to determine the state.
 func (cb *CircuitBreaker) SetTimeout(timeout time.Duration) *CircuitBreaker {
 	cb.timeout = timeout
+	cb.sw.SetInterval(timeout)
 	return cb
 }
 
@@ -142,30 +149,25 @@ func (cb *CircuitBreaker) applyPolicies(resp *http.Response) {
 	}
 
 	if failed {
-		if cb.failureCount.Load() > 0 && time.Since(cb.lastFailureAt) > cb.timeout {
-			cb.failureCount.Store(0)
+		cb.sw.Add(totalAndFailures{total: 1, failures: 1})
+	} else {
+		cb.sw.Add(totalAndFailures{total: 1, failures: 0})
+	}
+	switch cb.getState() {
+	case circuitBreakerStateClosed:
+		if cb.sw.Get().failures >= int(cb.failureThreshold) {
+			cb.open()
 		}
-
-		switch cb.getState() {
-		case circuitBreakerStateClosed:
-			failCount := cb.failureCount.Add(1)
-			if failCount >= cb.failureThreshold {
-				cb.open()
-			} else {
-				cb.lastFailureAt = time.Now()
-			}
-		case circuitBreakerStateHalfOpen:
+	case circuitBreakerStateHalfOpen:
+		totalAndFailure := cb.sw.Get()
+		if totalAndFailure.total-totalAndFailure.failures >= int(cb.successThreshold) {
+			cb.changeState(circuitBreakerStateClosed)
+		} else {
 			cb.open()
 		}
-	} else {
-		switch cb.getState() {
-		case circuitBreakerStateClosed:
-			return
-		case circuitBreakerStateHalfOpen:
-			successCount := cb.successCount.Add(1)
-			if successCount >= cb.successThreshold {
-				cb.changeState(circuitBreakerStateClosed)
-			}
+	case circuitBreakerStateOpen:
+		if time.Since(cb.openStartAt.Load().(time.Time)) >= cb.timeout {
+			cb.changeState(circuitBreakerStateHalfOpen)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -179,7 +181,90 @@ func (cb *CircuitBreaker) open() {
 }
 
 func (cb *CircuitBreaker) changeState(state circuitBreakerState) {
-	cb.failureCount.Store(0)
-	cb.successCount.Store(0)
 	cb.state.Store(state)
+	cb.openStartAt.Store(time.Now())
+}
+
+type tfsw = slidingWindow[totalAndFailures]
+
+func newSlidingWindow[G group[G]](
+	newEmpty func() G,
+	interval time.Duration,
+	bucketSize int,
+) *slidingWindow[G] {
+	values := make([]G, 0, bucketSize)
+	for i := 0; i < bucketSize; i++ {
+		values = append(values, newEmpty())
+	}
+	return &slidingWindow[G]{
+		total:     newEmpty(),
+		values:    values,
+		lastStart: time.Now(),
+		interval:  interval / time.Duration(bucketSize),
+	}
+}
+
+type slidingWindow[G group[G]] struct {
+	mutex  sync.RWMutex
+	total  G
+	values []G
+
+	idx       int
+	lastStart time.Time
+	interval  time.Duration
+}
+
+// group is a mathematical concept. The values in the sliding window adhere to group properties.
+type group[T any] interface {
+	op(T) T
+	empty() T
+	inverse() T
+}
+
+func (sw *slidingWindow[G]) Add(val G) {
+	sw.mutex.Lock()
+	defer sw.mutex.Unlock()
+	for elapsed := time.Since(sw.lastStart); elapsed > sw.interval; elapsed -= sw.interval {
+		sw.idx++
+		if sw.idx >= len(sw.values) {
+			sw.idx = 0
+		}
+		sw.lastStart = sw.lastStart.Add(sw.interval)
+		sw.total = sw.total.op(sw.values[sw.idx].inverse())
+		sw.values[sw.idx] = sw.values[sw.idx].empty()
+	}
+	sw.total = sw.total.op(val)
+	sw.values[sw.idx] = sw.values[sw.idx].op(val)
+}
+
+func (sw *slidingWindow[G]) Get() G {
+	sw.mutex.RLock()
+	defer sw.mutex.RUnlock()
+	return sw.total
+}
+func (sw *slidingWindow[G]) SetInterval(interval time.Duration) {
+	sw.mutex.Lock()
+	defer sw.mutex.Unlock()
+	sw.interval = interval / time.Duration(len(sw.values))
+}
+
+type totalAndFailures struct {
+	total    int
+	failures int
+}
+
+func (tf totalAndFailures) op(g totalAndFailures) totalAndFailures {
+	tf.total += g.total
+	tf.failures += g.failures
+	return tf
+}
+
+func (tf totalAndFailures) empty() totalAndFailures {
+	return totalAndFailures{}
+}
+
+func (tf totalAndFailures) inverse() totalAndFailures {
+	tf.total = -tf.total
+	tf.failures = -tf.failures
+	return tf
 }
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 8a5eef50..6c064ecc 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -1507,11 +1507,11 @@ func TestClientCircuitBreaker(t *testing.T) {
 
 	_, err = c.R().Get(ts.URL + "/500")
 	assertError(t, err)
-	assertEqual(t, uint32(1), c.circuitBreaker.failureCount.Load())
+	assertEqual(t, 1, c.circuitBreaker.sw.Get().failures)
 
 	time.Sleep(timeout)
 
 	_, err = c.R().Get(ts.URL + "/500")
 	assertError(t, err)
-	assertEqual(t, uint32(1), c.circuitBreaker.failureCount.Load())
+	assertEqual(t, 1, c.circuitBreaker.sw.Get().failures)
 }