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throwaway250612
1y ago
Exponential backoff is misinformation here. During the server startup, it reads a critical data, intentionally no retry, hence no backoff. A better fix is to quickly spread the load to backup databases that already exist. There are other op
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throwaway250612
1y ago
I am an insider, hence the throw away account. The root cause of this incident was leadership driving velocity by cutting corners. It has been going on for years, eventually over the cliff. This specific failure mode is known as query of de