ENGINEERING
Dependency Canary: Honeycomb Merge-Gate Status Check
Posts a required GitHub commit status on dependency PRs that stays pending until the Honeycomb canary window passes its latency budget.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerPush to dependency PR branchGitHub
- ActionSet canary commit status to pendingGitHub
- ActionQuery Honeycomb p95 canary vs baselineHoneycomb
- LogicEvaluate delta against latency budget
- OutputUpdate commit status success/failureGitHub
What it does
Wires the canary verdict straight into branch protection. It sets a custom required GitHub status check on the PR that holds pending during the bake, then flips to success or failure based on Honeycomb p95, so merge is mechanically blocked until the data clears it.
When to use it
Use it when you want the canary result enforced by branch protection rather than living in a Slack message a reviewer might ignore. Ideal for repos that already gate merges on required checks.
How it works
- 1A push to a `dependency`-labeled PR branch triggers the run.
- 2It immediately sets a `canary/honeycomb` commit status to pending in GitHub.
- 3After the bake window it queries Honeycomb for the service's p95 over the canary versus baseline windows.
- 4A logic step evaluates the delta against the latency budget.
- 5It updates the commit status to success or failure with a target URL pointing at the Honeycomb query, letting branch protection allow or block the merge automatically.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect GitHubRepos, issues, pull requests, actions.
- 2Connect HoneycombDistributed traces and queries.
- 3Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 4Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 5Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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