Closed-loop remediation is an automated IT operations process designed to detect, address, and confirm the resolution of issues without human intervention, creating a continuous feedback loop for effective incident management. The process involves multiple stages, including triage, remediation, and validation, where observability platforms detect issues, assign responsibility, and trigger automated workflows to deploy solutions. This system not only reduces mean time to detect and resolve incidents but also enhances developer productivity by freeing up their time for innovation and improving resource allocation and communication. Auto-remediation examples, like stabilizing streaming load times, prioritizing application vulnerabilities, and resizing Kafka disks, demonstrate how closed-loop remediation can effectively handle diverse challenges by automatically identifying root causes and executing predefined remediation actions. Implementing closed-loop remediation with unified observability, AI-driven analysis, and automation technology, as seen with Dynatrace’s platform, ensures reduced mean time to resolution (MTTR) and a reliable customer experience, while Site Reliability Guardian (SRG) provides automated change impact analysis to validate the effectiveness of workflows on DevOps service level objectives.