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# A Resignation, and Nine Days to Answer One Question

IncidentScheduled for 28 October 2026

A senior engineer gave notice, and answering what they could still log into took nine days. Secrets lived in env vars, Parameter Store, a CI variable older than the CI system, and a Kubernetes Secret committed, force-pushed away, and quietly re-added.

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