ENGINEERING

Sweep Overdue Quarantine Re-Enable Deadlines and Escalate

Runs daily to find quarantined-test Linear issues past their re-enable due date, pings the owner.

CategoryEngineering
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps6
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerDaily schedule
  • ActionQuery Linear for overdue flaky-quarantine issuesLinearLinear
  • LogicBranch on first lapse vs repeat lapse
  • ActionFirst lapse: ping assignee and bump due dateLinearLinear
  • ActionRepeat lapse: escalate to lead and open PagerDuty incidentPagerDutyPagerDuty
  • OutputSend overdue digest to SlackSlack

What it does

Closes the accountability loop on quarantine. It finds tests that were parked but never fixed by their deadline and progressively escalates so quarantined tests don't become permanent dead coverage.

When to use it

Use this when your quarantine list keeps growing because tickets get filed but never resolved. It enforces the re-enable deadline instead of letting it quietly slip.

How it works

  1. 1A daily schedule kicks off the sweep.
  2. 2The workflow queries Linear for open issues labeled 'flaky-quarantine' with a due date in the past.
  3. 3A logic step branches on how overdue each issue is: first lapse versus repeat lapse.
  4. 4For a first lapse, it comments on the issue tagging the assignee and bumps the due date by 7 days.
  5. 5For a repeat lapse, it reassigns to the team lead, raises priority, and opens a low-urgency PagerDuty incident referencing the stale test.
  6. 6A digest of all overdue and escalated quarantines is sent to the engineering Slack channel.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
  2. 2
    Connect PagerDutyIncidents, on-call, escalations.
  3. 3
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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