Announcing Sift: automated system checks for faster incident response times in Grafana Cloud

Grafana Labs has introduced Sift, an automated diagnostic feature in Grafana Cloud's Incident & Response Management suite, designed to enhance incident response times by performing system checks and identifying potential issues within Kubernetes environments. Sift leverages Grafana Machine Learning and integrates with the Grafana LGTM Stack to utilize metrics, logs, and traces for automating routine incident investigations, such as analyzing error patterns, Kubernetes crashes, resource contention, and slow requests. By providing insights into problems like overloaded servers or recent service deployments, Sift assists engineers in pinpointing the root cause of incidents more quickly. It can be triggered automatically through Grafana IRM alerts or manually via the Grafana Incident timeline. Currently, Sift is available in public preview for Grafana Cloud users, with plans for expanded capabilities and additional system checks in the future. Users are encouraged to integrate Sift into their incident management processes and provide feedback to aid its development.