🌩️⚡ Cloudflare Outage Surge
Brace for the thunder of our recent outage—let's spark new defenses, clear the static, and keep the signal strong together.
Template Columns
🚀 Launch New Guardrails
Identify fresh safeguards to prevent future outages.
Base column: Start🛑 Halt Fragile Dependencies
Stop relying on single points that cause cascade failures.
Base column: Stop🔧 Keep Monitoring Pulse
Continue vigilant monitoring and rapid response to keep services resilient.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A focused retrospective to uncover root causes of a Cloudflare outage, create guardrails, eliminate fragile dependencies, and reinforce monitoring.
When to use this template
Use after a major service disruption where the team needs to quickly identify preventive measures and strengthen resilience.
How to facilitate
Gather the team, set the context by sharing the outage timeline, impact, and any known root causes
Facilitate silent brainstorming in the "Launch New Guardrails" column, asking participants to suggest concrete safeguards
Move to the "Halt Fragile Dependencies" column and capture single points of failure and ideas to remove or mitigate them
Populate the "Keep Monitoring Pulse" column with monitoring practices that worked and any enhancements needed
Conduct a dot‑vote on all ideas, group similar items, assign owners, and define clear next actions with deadlines
Pro Tips
Use a shared digital board for silent brainstorming so every voice is captured before discussion
Limit each idea to one concise sentence to keep the board scannable and voting efficient
Create an action tracker directly on the board with owners and due dates to ensure follow‑through
FAQ
What if the outage impact is still being investigated?
Focus the retrospective on the facts you have, treat unknowns as items for further analysis, and schedule a follow‑up session if needed.
How do we prevent dominant voices from taking over the discussion?
Start with silent brainstorming and time‑box speaking turns, encouraging quieter members to add thoughts via chat or sticky notes.
We identified many guardrails—how many should we commit to?
Prioritize the top three based on impact and effort, and move lower‑priority items to the backlog for future sprints.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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