Common Issues & Resolution Patterns

Overview

Reference guide for commonly encountered issues and proven resolution approaches.


Issue Categories

Connectivity Issues

  • Symptoms: Network timeouts, connection refused, packet loss
  • Diagnosis: Network diagnostics, route analysis, firewall rules
  • Resolution: Route updates, firewall adjustments, link restoration

Performance Issues

  • Symptoms: Slow response times, high latency, throughput degradation
  • Diagnosis: Performance monitoring, resource analysis, bottleneck identification
  • Resolution: Resource scaling, optimization, configuration tuning

Availability Issues

  • Symptoms: Service interruptions, intermittent failures, timeouts
  • Diagnosis: Health monitoring, event logs, component status
  • Resolution: Restart procedures, failover activation, incident recovery

Data Consistency Issues

  • Symptoms: Replication lag, inconsistent state, sync failures
  • Diagnosis: Replication monitoring, data analysis, consistency checks
  • Resolution: Resync procedures, conflict resolution, state restoration

Certificate Issues

  • Symptoms: SSL/TLS errors, authentication failures, trust errors
  • Diagnosis: Certificate validation, expiration checks, trust chain verification
  • Resolution: Certificate replacement, trust updates, recertification

Resolution Templates

Each issue type follows a diagnostic workflow leading to specific resolution procedures documented in operational runbooks.