# Incident Runbook Triage order for Linear Void incidents. Work top-to-bottom — each tier depends on the one above. ## Triage Order 1. Edge Reachability (Cloudflare) 2. Origin Health (VPS/Docker) 3. Playout Progression (HLS) 4. Chat Connectivity (WebSocket) 5. Data-Plane (Redis/DB) ## 1. Edge Reachability (Cloudflare) **Symptoms:** `linearvoid.tv` not resolving, SSL errors, 5xx from Cloudflare. ```bash # Check DNS dig linearvoid.tv dig www.linearvoid.tv # Check Cloudflare status curl -I https://linearvoid.tv/health ``` **Common causes:** - DNS misconfiguration (A record pointing to wrong IP) - Cloudflare proxy disabled (grey cloud → origin exposed directly) - SSL certificate expired (check Cloudflare dashboard → SSL/TLS) - Cloudflare outage → check [https://www.cloudflarestatus.com](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com) **Mitigation:** - Verify A record: `linearvoid.tv` → origin IP (proxied, orange cloud) - Bypass Cloudflare temporarily: `curl -H "Host: linearvoid.tv" http:///health` ## 2. Origin Health (VPS/Docker) **Symptoms:** Cloudflare returns 502/504, containers down. ```bash # Remote Docker (test lab) docker -H tcp://192.168.88.40:2375 ps docker -H tcp://192.168.88.40:2375 logs linearvoid-nginx --tail 50 # Direct health check curl http://192.168.88.40/health ``` **Common causes:** - Host out of disk space: `df -h` - Docker daemon stopped: `systemctl status docker` - Container restart loop: `docker ps -a --filter "status=exited"` - Resource exhaustion (OOM): `dmesg | grep -i oom` **Mitigation:** - Restart stack: `docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d` - Free disk: `docker system prune -f` - Check logs per service: `docker logs linearvoid- --tail 100` ## 3. Playout Progression (HLS) **Symptoms:** Viewer sees slate or buffering, playlist not advancing. ```bash # Check playout health curl http://192.168.88.40:8081/health # Response includes "mode": "live" or "slate" # Check HLS output curl -I http://192.168.88.40/hls/playlist.m3u8 ls -la data/hls/ # Check playout logs docker logs linearvoid-playout --tail 100 ``` **Common causes:** - FFmpeg crash → slate fallback active (health shows `degraded`) - Playlist file empty/missing: `cat data/playlist/playlist.txt` - Media file missing from playlist: `ls data/media/` - Disk full → HLS segments can't write **Mitigation:** - Verify playlist has valid entries - Check media files exist at paths in playlist - Restart playout: `docker compose restart playout` - Generate demo playlist if empty: see `backend/playout/start-playout.sh` ## 4. Chat Connectivity (WebSocket) **Symptoms:** Chat not loading, messages not sending, presence broken. ```bash # Check chat health curl http://192.168.88.40:3000/health # Test WebSocket wscat -c ws://192.168.88.40/ws?username=test&room=main # Check chat logs docker logs linearvoid-chat --tail 100 ``` **Common causes:** - Redis down → presence/rate-limiting degraded (chat still works) - Database down → messages not persisting - Port not exposed: `docker port linearvoid-chat` **Mitigation:** - Restart chat: `docker compose restart chat` - Check Redis: `docker exec linearvoid-redis redis-cli ping` - Check DB: `docker exec linearvoid-db pg_isready -U linearvoid` - Chat works without Redis (graceful degradation) — check logs for "Redis connection warning" ## 5. Data-Plane (Redis/DB) **Symptoms:** Chat works but no persistence/presence, admin stats empty. ```bash # Redis docker exec linearvoid-redis redis-cli ping docker exec linearvoid-redis redis-cli info memory # PostgreSQL docker exec linearvoid-db pg_isready -U linearvoid docker exec linearvoid-db psql -U linearvoid -c "SELECT count(*) FROM messages;" ``` **Common causes:** - Redis OOM (check `maxmemory` setting) - PostgreSQL connection limit reached - Disk full on volume mount **Mitigation:** - Redis: `docker compose restart redis` (AOF persist enabled) - PostgreSQL: `docker compose restart db` - Restore from backup: see `scripts/verify-backups.sh` for procedure ## Escalation | Severity | When | Action | | -------- | ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | | Critical | Slate active >30min, complete outage | Trigger DR plan, provision fallback host | | Warning | Redis down, high CPU >30min | Investigate during business hours, restart service | | Info | Single service blip | Monitor, no action unless recurring | ## Post-Incident 1. Document timeline in incident channel 2. Identify root cause 3. Add prevention to docs if actionable 4. Update this runbook if new failure mode discovered **Recovery targets:** RPO ≤24h, RTO ≤60min. Quarterly DR drill: simulate host loss, restore from backup.