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Alertmanager Routing Fixes to Cut Prometheus Alert Fatigue

Originally published on kuryzhev.cloud A pager goes off at 3 a.m. with dozens of notifications for the same disk-pressure event on one node, spread across three teams who all have the node exporter…

  • Alert fatigue caused by improper configuration in Prometheus Alertmanager routing
  • Grouping alerts by scope reduces duplicate notifications for same root cause
  • Inhibition rules suppress lower-severity alerts when higher-severity alert active

If the Patch Authored the Test, Score the Overlap

Same-session tests are not evidence. If an agent writes a production hunk and the assertions in one pass, a green build often means the two files agreed on a private story, not that the public…

  • Tests do not guarantee successful implementation
  • Overlap between production and test code is crucial
  • Merge gate checks token overlap and literal mutation

Thousands of Irish Passports Exposed in Spanish Cannabis Club Data Breach

Thousands of Irish passport records linked to cannabis clubs in Spain may have been left publicly accessible online following a serious security failure affecting almost one million members.

  • Up to 12,000 Irish passports exposed in Spanish breach.
  • Approximately 985,000 passports and IDs online in May-June.
  • Cyber experts warn passports could aid identity theft and fraud.

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