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Observability · Difficulty 3 of 5 · 20 min

An error spike no alarm noticed

A function threw elevated errors yesterday, but its error alarm never fired and nobody heard about it. The alarm has changed state before. Two notification channels exist, neither wired up, each labelled with its purpose. Make the next spike reach the right people.

Where the symptom shows: Lambda

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