Summary:
Between 2025-12-16 04:55 AM EST and 2025-12-16 06:12 AM EST, partners initially experienced page load issues on the ComStore page, followed by intermittent errors when navigating the UI as a whole.
Root Cause:
The root cause was identified as a networking issue resulting from prior backend configuration changes to the ComStore.
The incident was remediated by reverting the recent changes. The Operations team then analyzed and resolved the underlying configuration conflicts that led to the issue before safely reapplying the required changes.
Preventative Measures:
To reduce the likelihood and impact of similar incidents in the future, we are taking the following steps:
Enhanced Deployment Processes:
New pre-deployment checks have been added to validation requirements prior to deploying changes to production environments
New runbooks have been created for specific configuration changes that were involved in this incident, including the mandatory review of current architecture prior to deployment.
Enhanced Monitoring, Alerting, and Response: