9.2 Module 9 · Deployment & Lifecycle

Rollback & Incident Response

Your agent just failed in production. Walk through the 7-step incident response: detect, contain, diagnose, fix, verify, deploy, post-mortem. Timed exercise with decision points.

Incident Response Simulator Post-Mortem Template

Incident Response Simulator

Scenario: your customer-service agent (v2.4.0) has started sending incorrect refund amounts and wrong order statuses to customers. Reports are flooding in. The clock is ticking.

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Click "Start Incident" to begin the simulation
You will face 7 decision points. Choose wisely and act fast.

Post-Mortem Template

Complete the simulation above and your decisions will automatically populate a post-mortem document. Copy and adapt it for real incidents.

Complete the incident simulation to generate your post-mortem report.

Key insight: The best incident response is the one you practised before the incident happened. Speed of containment matters more than speed of root-cause analysis. Contain first, diagnose second. Every minute of uncontained failure is compounding customer impact.