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Incident report · June 2026 / release validation · September 2026

A planned change does not settle an alert

“This delayed detection by nearly an hour.”

CircleCIIncident report

CircleCI · Posted 2026-06-27; incident 2026-06-23

Check the customer symptom

Why did the deployment finish while jobs stopped?

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Define what makes a release fail

“Set the evaluation window, failure criteria, and maximum failure count.”

CircleCIProduct changelog

CircleCI · 2026-09-02

A release check needs a window

What evidence would you require after the scoped checkout restore?

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