u/madhan_c

I’m researching how engineers diagnose CI/CD failures when there are multiple possible root causes.

When a CI pipeline fails, how do you decide what to investigate or test next?

I’d especially like to hear about your real-world workflow:

• What do you check first?
• Do you compare the failure with the last successful run?
• Do recent code changes influence what you investigate?
• Do you look for similar historical failures?
• How do you decide between different debugging steps?
• At what point do you stop investigating or escalate to someone else?

I’m interested in practical experience rather than a theoretical approach. Any examples from your own CI/CD workflow would be really helpful.

I’m researching how engineers diagnose CI/CD failures when there are multiple possible root causes.

When a CI pipeline fails, how do you decide what to investigate or test next?

I’d especially like to hear about your real-world workflow:

• What do you check first?
• Do you compare the failure with the last successful run?
• Do recent code changes influence what you investigate?
• Do you look for similar historical failures?
• How do you decide between different debugging steps?
• At what point do you stop investigating or escalate to someone else?

I’m interested in practical experience rather than a theoretical approach. Any examples from your own CI/CD workflow would be really helpful.