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Scheduled job stopped silently

On-callReliability & on-callCode quality & reviewMid–Senior~20 min

A scheduled background job (a nightly cleanup or billing run) silently stopped running after a deploy, and nobody noticed until downstream effects appeared days later. How do you respond and prevent it?

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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