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The flight plan that brought UK airspace to its knees

On August 28th, 2023—right in the middle of a UK public holiday—an issue with the UK’s air traffic control systems caused chaos across the country. The culprit? An entirely valid flight plan that hit an edge case in the processing software, partly because it contained a pair of duplicate airport codes.

Detailed Guide to Incident Management Automation for DevOps Teams

In a DevOps setting, incident management is all about quickly identifying, analyzing, and fixing issues that disrupt IT services. Unlike traditional IT Service Management (ITSM), which often works in isolated teams, DevOps encourages collaboration between development, operations, and business teams. This teamwork ensures that when problems like server outages or software bugs occur, they are handled swiftly and effectively. DevOps incident management is all about being agile and flexible.

Sending Alerts Using Prometheus and Alertmanager

Continuing our series on setting up Prometheus in a container, this article provides a step-by-step guide for how to configure alerts in Prometheus. We will add alerting rules and deploy Prometheus Alertmanager with Slack integration. If you follow the steps in this article, you will end up with a containerized setup for: Let's get started.

PagerDuty's AI-First Future with AWS: Key Announcements at AWS re:Invent 2024

At AWS re:Invent 2024, PagerDuty is strengthening its long-standing partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Together, we’re launching new AI and automation tools to enhance operational efficiency and help teams deliver superior customer experiences. With a plugin for Amazon Q, and integrations with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, PagerDuty Advance is redefining what it means to respond to incidents faster and smarter.

Understanding On-Call Rotation in Incident Management

On-call rotation is a system where team members take turns being available to handle urgent issues outside regular working hours. This is crucial in fields like IT, healthcare, and customer service, where quick responses can greatly affect service continuity and customer satisfaction. The on-call engineer is tasked with diagnosing and fixing problems to minimize disruptions and maintain platform stability.