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Question
Something's wrong but you're not sure how bad it is. How do you decide what severity to assign and whether to declare a major incident?
What a strong answer looks like
Stop the bleeding first (mitigate), then form hypotheses from real signals. Separate root cause from symptom, communicate status as you go, and close with what prevents a repeat.
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