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AI Root-Cause Agent for Cache Regressions with Rollback MR

When cache hit ratio regresses, an agent investigates across Cloudflare analytics, Datadog metrics, and recent GitLab history to write a root-cause narrative and open a targeted…

CategoryDevOps
Enginepaperclip
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerevent
Steps6
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerCache regression alert received
  • ActionPull per-rule cache stats (Cloudflare)CloudflareCloudflare
  • ActionCorrelate request/latency series (Datadog)DatadogDatadog
  • LogicAgent reasons over GitLab commit timeline for best-fit causeGitLabGitLab
  • ActionOpen scoped rollback MR for offending ruleGitLabGitLab
  • OutputPost root-cause narrative + MR to SlackSlack

What it does

This is the agent-driven version of the sentinel. On a cache hit-ratio regression, an investigative agent gathers evidence from multiple systems — Cloudflare's per-rule cache stats, Datadog's request and latency series, and the GitLab commit timeline — then reasons about which change most plausibly caused the drop. It writes a human-readable root-cause analysis and opens a rollback MR scoped to just the offending rule, not a blanket revert.

When to use it

Use it when regressions aren't always traceable to the single newest commit — overlapping config edits, gradual TTL drift, or interaction effects — and you want a reasoned diagnosis rather than a mechanical revert of HEAD.

How it works

  1. 1A regression alert (schedule or upstream monitor) triggers the agent.
  2. 2The agent pulls per-rule cache stats from Cloudflare.
  3. 3It correlates with Datadog request/latency series over the same window.
  4. 4It walks recent GitLab commits to find the change that best explains the drop.
  5. 5The agent opens a scoped rollback MR reverting only the offending rule.
  6. 6It posts the root-cause narrative and MR link to Slack.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect CloudflareWorkers, Pages, R2, KV — the edge stack.
  2. 2
    Connect DatadogMetrics, traces, log search.
  3. 3
    Connect GitLabRepos, MRs, pipelines, registry.
  4. 4
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  5. 5
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  6. 6
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  7. 7
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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