ENGINEERING
Recovery agent reopens GitLab merges after budget recovers
When Honeycomb signals an SLO has recovered and held above budget for a sustained window, an agent verifies the recovery is stable, lifts the GitLab merge-freeze.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerHoneycomb SLO recovery webhookHoneycomb
- LogicVerify recovery held over stabilization window
- ActionRemove GitLab merge-freeze labelGitLab
- ActionNotify blocked MR authors in SlackSlack
- OutputLog freeze duration to LinearLinear
What it does
Handles the unfreeze side with judgment. A naive automation can unfreeze the instant burn dips, only to re-freeze minutes later. This agent waits for a sustained recovery window, double-checks the Honeycomb signal isn't noisy, then lifts the GitLab freeze, notifies the people whose merge requests were blocked, and records the incident's freeze duration as a Linear issue for the reliability backlog.
When to use it
Use it when flapping freezes are eroding trust and you want a deliberate, auditable unfreeze with a human-readable trail. Best paired with the burn-triggered freeze workflow.
How it works
- 1A Honeycomb recovery webhook triggers the run.
- 2The agent checks that burn has stayed under threshold for the configured stabilization window and isn't trending back up.
- 3If stable, it removes the GitLab `merge-freeze` label and restores merge settings.
- 4It comments on the previously blocked merge requests telling authors they can merge.
- 5It creates a Linear issue capturing the affected service, total freeze duration, and budget consumed for the reliability review.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect HoneycombDistributed traces and queries.
- 2Connect GitLabRepos, MRs, pipelines, registry.
- 3Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
- 4Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
- 5Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 6Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 7Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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