an incident like this not having a hot failover that you can hit in less than 10 minutes is incredibly fucking embarrasing lol
November 13, 2026 at 3:58 AM
an incident like this not having a hot failover that you can hit in less than 10 minutes is incredibly fucking embarrasing lol
what if the failover exist but the people who know about it were among the third of staff microsoft shitcanned for AI
November 13, 2026 at 8:18 AM
what if the failover exist but the people who know about it were among the third of staff microsoft shitcanned for AI
what if I like to romance my hot failover?
November 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
what if I like to romance my hot failover?
exactly. his explanation makes it sound like those systems have no redundancy or failover.
November 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
exactly. his explanation makes it sound like those systems have no redundancy or failover.
RT if you're a hot failover that you can hit in less than 10 minutes
an incident like this not having a hot failover that you can hit in less than 10 minutes is incredibly fucking embarrasing lol
November 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
RT if you're a hot failover that you can hit in less than 10 minutes
Incidentally it was learning about hot-failover components and redundant system design that sparked my interest in computing. It's a source of endless frustration that modern computing and software development is very much Not That.
November 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Incidentally it was learning about hot-failover components and redundant system design that sparked my interest in computing. It's a source of endless frustration that modern computing and software development is very much Not That.
Thank goodness for automatic failover email continuity solutions.
November 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Thank goodness for automatic failover email continuity solutions.
like you should have a hot failover up in less than 10 minutes even if your goofing ariund and when that doesnt work your oh shit warm offsite should be up in less than 2 hours. ALL DAY and your failovers are obviously instagibbing too? lol my god
November 13, 2026 at 4:02 AM
like you should have a hot failover up in less than 10 minutes even if your goofing ariund and when that doesnt work your oh shit warm offsite should be up in less than 2 hours. ALL DAY and your failovers are obviously instagibbing too? lol my god
Likely just a page they'd failover to if there was an outage.
November 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Likely just a page they'd failover to if there was an outage.
So impressed by the instant failover.
November 14, 2026 at 1:11 AM
So impressed by the instant failover.
It’s super cool that Microsoft’s core business can just spontaneously cease to work without warning, have any failover mitigation they may have had in place completely shit the bed, and then continue to be broken for over 24 hours while everyone involved scrambles to figure out how to fix it.
November 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
It’s super cool that Microsoft’s core business can just spontaneously cease to work without warning, have any failover mitigation they may have had in place completely shit the bed, and then continue to be broken for over 24 hours while everyone involved scrambles to figure out how to fix it.
So, no failover then?!?!?! That is complete BS that it was a changeover from copper wiring to fiber. JFC
November 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
So, no failover then?!?!?! That is complete BS that it was a changeover from copper wiring to fiber. JFC
The FAA ground stop demands an independent investigation led by systems engineers, aviation safety experts, software architects, cybersecurity specialists, & reliability engineers. Examine testing, redundancy, failover, risk assessments, change controls, & who authorized deployment. My thoughts.
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November 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The FAA ground stop demands an independent investigation led by systems engineers, aviation safety experts, software architects, cybersecurity specialists, & reliability engineers. Examine testing, redundancy, failover, risk assessments, change controls, & who authorized deployment. My thoughts.
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Critical MongoDB CVE-2026-118383 lets attackers crash lagging servers on failover unless patched. #MongoDB #CVE2026-118383 #DatabaseSecurity #Failover #PreAuthFlaw #Cybersecurity https://thedailytechfeed.com/severe-pre-auth-mongodb-bug-cve-2026-118383-risks-failover-crashes/
November 12, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Critical MongoDB CVE-2026-118383 lets attackers crash lagging servers on failover unless patched. #MongoDB #CVE2026-118383 #DatabaseSecurity #Failover #PreAuthFlaw #Cybersecurity https://thedailytechfeed.com/severe-pre-auth-mongodb-bug-cve-2026-118383-risks-failover-crashes/
(These posts are more about the MS outage than the FAA outage. BTW, if were confused by the FAA press conference last night, there seems to have been a better press conference this morning. This still raises many questions about institutional degradation, failover, and outsourcing of core functions)
Work to replace old copper wire led to the FAA’s ground stop
A router at a ‘remote FAA facility’ grounded an entire country.
theverge.com
November 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
(These posts are more about the MS outage than the FAA outage. BTW, if were confused by the FAA press conference last night, there seems to have been a better press conference this morning. This still raises many questions about institutional degradation, failover, and outsourcing of core functions)
With an active router and a functioning hot standby, failure of the active router should trigger failover and preserve service.
“A bad router” alone is an incomplete explanation for a nationwide outage.
“A bad router” alone is an incomplete explanation for a nationwide outage.
November 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
With an active router and a functioning hot standby, failure of the active router should trigger failover and preserve service.
“A bad router” alone is an incomplete explanation for a nationwide outage.
“A bad router” alone is an incomplete explanation for a nationwide outage.
"There is a failover"
"And that has the required capacity?
"No"
"And that has the required capacity?
"No"
November 13, 2026 at 12:53 PM
"There is a failover"
"And that has the required capacity?
"No"
"And that has the required capacity?
"No"
i have never ran a giant ass critical infrastructure network but i have helped manage some small commercial networks and a150 client WISP.
it's called a failover lmao what is wrong with the world how are small time back ass wards country boys building and managing better IT than the DOT????
it's called a failover lmao what is wrong with the world how are small time back ass wards country boys building and managing better IT than the DOT????
Speaking at a press briefing now, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirms that the air traffic control outage was caused by a failed migration from copper wires to fiberoptic cables by L3Harris.
"The network that we use at the FAA to control the airspace — L3Harris actually owns that network."
"The network that we use at the FAA to control the airspace — L3Harris actually owns that network."
November 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
i have never ran a giant ass critical infrastructure network but i have helped manage some small commercial networks and a150 client WISP.
it's called a failover lmao what is wrong with the world how are small time back ass wards country boys building and managing better IT than the DOT????
it's called a failover lmao what is wrong with the world how are small time back ass wards country boys building and managing better IT than the DOT????
Yeah, no.
Would love to have been a fly on the wall when that change management meeting/call was happening. Potential impact if the change goes sideways? On a Friday afternoon?
Too many eyewitnesses if failover doesn't work. Change denied.
Would love to have been a fly on the wall when that change management meeting/call was happening. Potential impact if the change goes sideways? On a Friday afternoon?
Too many eyewitnesses if failover doesn't work. Change denied.
November 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Yeah, no.
Would love to have been a fly on the wall when that change management meeting/call was happening. Potential impact if the change goes sideways? On a Friday afternoon?
Too many eyewitnesses if failover doesn't work. Change denied.
Would love to have been a fly on the wall when that change management meeting/call was happening. Potential impact if the change goes sideways? On a Friday afternoon?
Too many eyewitnesses if failover doesn't work. Change denied.
Exactly, just ground everything so you can focus all of your attention on the stuff in the air rather than launching more aircraft while also trying to handle a failover
November 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Exactly, just ground everything so you can focus all of your attention on the stuff in the air rather than launching more aircraft while also trying to handle a failover
They introduced new software (that failed) and didn’t have instant failover to revert back to the prior version of the system. IT 101
November 14, 2026 at 3:25 AM
They introduced new software (that failed) and didn’t have instant failover to revert back to the prior version of the system. IT 101
How has the AVIATION SYSTEM not had emergency failover systems in place for this BS??
November 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
How has the AVIATION SYSTEM not had emergency failover systems in place for this BS??
The thing that I am most proud of at my current gig is that we do a cold start regional failover once a month. It’s a discipline, and nobody _wants_ to do it (least of all me) but the amount of pain it will save you in the long run is gigantic.
November 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
The thing that I am most proud of at my current gig is that we do a cold start regional failover once a month. It’s a discipline, and nobody _wants_ to do it (least of all me) but the amount of pain it will save you in the long run is gigantic.
Apparently the FAA under Trump has no clue about redundant systems and failover.
Replacing a copper wire brings the country to its knees (assuming that’s what actually happened).
Morons.
#FAA
Replacing a copper wire brings the country to its knees (assuming that’s what actually happened).
Morons.
#FAA
Speaking at a press briefing now, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirms that the air traffic control outage was caused by a failed migration from copper wires to fiberoptic cables by L3Harris.
"The network that we use at the FAA to control the airspace — L3Harris actually owns that network."
"The network that we use at the FAA to control the airspace — L3Harris actually owns that network."
November 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Apparently the FAA under Trump has no clue about redundant systems and failover.
Replacing a copper wire brings the country to its knees (assuming that’s what actually happened).
Morons.
#FAA
Replacing a copper wire brings the country to its knees (assuming that’s what actually happened).
Morons.
#FAA
If this is true, and L3Harris didn't have a failover backup running as part of its upgrade procedures, that's a stunning failure of system administration for a company that manages the entire US aviation network backbone. bsky.app/profile/tech...
Sources: the FAA outage occurred after an update to the private communications network that connects the ATC system caused the system to reboot and crash (Kierra Frazier/CBS News)
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November 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
If this is true, and L3Harris didn't have a failover backup running as part of its upgrade procedures, that's a stunning failure of system administration for a company that manages the entire US aviation network backbone. bsky.app/profile/tech...