Abstract:This paper presents the results of a research study related to software system failures, with the goal of understanding how we might better evolve, maintain and support software systems in production. We have qualitatively analyzed thirty incidents: fifteen collected through in depth interviews with engineers, and fifteen sampled from publicly published incident reports (generally produced as part of postmortem reviews). Our analysis focused on understanding and categorizing how failures occurred, and how they… Show more
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