Doug Simpkinson on Mythryl: “"As the server rebooted from a kernel upgrade, it found itself…”

"As the server rebooted from a kernel upgrade, it found itself transformed in its rack into a gigantic insect."

We experienced catastrophic Kafka failure in @honeycomb.io's EU instance on 5 Dec, exacerbated by missing automation and safeguards. Recovery is now complete, and we have posted an outline of critical events during the incident. Fuller retro will follow in Jan. status.honeycomb.io/incidents/pj...

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