PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Aging-Deadlock Escalation Ladder to PagerDuty
Tracks how long each detected circular dependency has gone unresolved and escalates up a ladder: a Slack nudge to owners first.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerRecurring schedule fires
- ActionFetch graph and detect active cycles in LinearLinear
- ActionRead/write cycle first-seen age in PostgresPostgres
- LogicBranch on age tier vs SLA
- ActionNudge owners in Slack for warning-tier cyclesSlack
- OutputPage engineering lead via PagerDuty on SLA breachPagerDuty
What it does
Some deadlocks get noticed and still sit untouched. This workflow enforces an escalation ladder: it re-detects active cycles, measures how long each has persisted using a Postgres state store, and raises the urgency as the clock runs out, ending in a PagerDuty incident if the loop blocks past its service-level threshold.
When to use it
Use it when cross-team deadlocks have a real cost and must not be allowed to linger. The tiered response keeps low-grade reminders out of the on-call channel while guaranteeing aged loops reach a person who can act.
How it works
- 1A recurring schedule triggers the run.
- 2Fetch the dependency graph from Linear and detect active cycles.
- 3Read each cycle's first-seen timestamp from Postgres and compute its age, persisting any new cycles.
- 4Branch on age tier against the SLA: fresh, warning, or breached.
- 5For warning-tier cycles, post a Slack nudge to the owning assignees.
- 6For SLA-breached cycles, open a PagerDuty incident routed to the engineering lead.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
- 2Connect PostgresAny Postgres URL — query, write, migrate.
- 3Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
- 4Connect PagerDutyIncidents, on-call, escalations.
- 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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