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# [Investigating silent backend degradation using flow-level observability](https://heloise.hashnode.dev/investigating-flow-level-observability?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Kubernetes is very good at telling you when something is down. It's much less useful at telling you when something is quietly getting worse. There's a class of failure where a backend is still running

Jul 13 · 6 min read · heloise.hashnode.dev  
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