Problem:
An internal component assumed a dependency would always respond within a known limit. When that assumption broke, traffic patterns collapsed into a deadlock.
Time-Based Assumptions Silently Rot
Why It Matters:
Cloud systems carry many invisible time-based assumptions. They work until they don't.
Impact:
Failures appear sudden, but the drift was accumulating for hours.
Cloud systems carry many invisible time-based assumptions. They work until they don't. Failures appear sudden, but the drift was accumulating for hours.
Insight:
Systems need explicit invariant checks for assumptions that can silently rot over time.
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