Regression: deploy correlation markers on monitoring graphs not clickable
Problem to solve
With recent changes it is now less convenient to research correlated deployments to monitoring graph behavioral changes.
In previous releases there was a line marker on application monitoring graphs that correlated recent deployments to monitored behavior, and mousing over that line gave a clickable commit ID. The commit ID of that deployment is now no longer clickable, making it harder to actually go research the change.
previous
current
Intended users
app ops personas, devops personas, developer personas, demoers of the product
Further details
- As an app owner, I notice my app seems slow
- I check the built-in Prometheus monitoring for that app
- I see that the cluster pod memory has shot up
- I also see that the overall CPU has shot up
- I see that there was a deployment event before the behavior change
- I see a possible correlation, but want to see if what was changed aligns with what I am seeing
- I mouse over the rocket icon (hoping it's the right one) and see the commit ID (yay!)
- I try to click on the change ID so that I can go see the change details, but it is not clickable.
- (grudgingly) I try to copy it so that I can go search through the system for it myself
- It is not copyable
- I am frustrated that the system teases me with this information but it is actually not usable.
- I go switch to Microsoft Azure DevOps
Proposal
Make the commit ID that pops up when I mouse over the line clickable so that I can have it take me straight to the change in question.
What is the type of buyer?
Until this was changed, this was the big bang at the end of the demos I gave to prospects and analysts. It made them get the value of having all the pieces in a single app. It showed truly end-to-end traceability and accountability with zero toolchain configuration.
I can't show that anymore. Please put this back the way it was.