Company
Date Published
Author
Lorne Kligerman
Word count
837
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Gremlin's integration with Spinnaker allows users to automate chaos experiments by incorporating a Gremlin stage into their continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, enhancing the automation of chaos engineering tasks. This integration aims to provide software engineering teams with the ability to automate testing of system reliability and prevent regressions by introducing chaos experiments, which complement traditional unit and integration tests. By simulating failures in a controlled environment, teams can identify and mitigate potential risks before they affect end users, thereby improving system stability and reducing the likelihood of outages. The integration supports all Gremlin accounts and encourages the use of automated chaos experiments as a method to ensure application health and reliability, offering users a comprehensive suite of tools to increase the resilience of their systems.