Code RoomCanary instances overloaded
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Canary instances overloaded

On-callReliability & on-callMid–Senior~20 min

A traffic-splitting/weighted-routing change accidentally sent a large share of traffic (80% instead of 5%) to a canary or a small/underprovisioned set of instances, overloading them. How do you respond?

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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