When a build breaks, the bug fixes itself
When a build breaks, the bug fixes itself We stopped babysitting CI failures. Now a red build files its own bug — and an AI agent picks it up and ships the fix. PROBLEM — A failed build told no one Our CI would fail, and then… nothing would happen. The failure sat quietly in a build console that nobody keeps open. Eventually someone would notice a change hadn't gone out, go digging, and realize…
When a build fails, the issue automatically creates a bug report and an AI agent resolves it. Previously, when a CI test broke, no one was aware and the failure lingered unnoticed in a console. Engineers would eventually discover the issue, sift through logs, reproduce the error, and manually fix the problem. This waste of human time and delay in identifying the issue led to inefficiencies.
To address this, the system now automatically generates a bug ticket when a build fails, and an AI agent takes over from there. The bug is filed with all relevant details, and the AI agent examines the failure, writes the fix, and opens a pull request. Engineers are only needed to review the existing pull request, streamlining the process.
The pipeline remains simple, leveraging existing services and infrastructure. Only a few small additions were made, including a gcloud command, a route, and a controller. Once the build fails, everything else follows automatically.
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