Configuration changes played an outsized role 2024 outages. Tune in to hear more about this and other outage trends—and learn how ITOps teams should plan accordingly in the year ahead.

We’ll also share insights from recent incidents at OpenAI and Google Cloud’s Pub/Sub, and dive deeper into a degradation incident that Netflix experienced at the end of 2024.

Read on to learn more, or use the chapters below to jump to the sections that most interest you.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:58 Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Outages Continue To Rise 
01:52 Accidental Misconfigurations Trending for Clouds and Apps
07:10 OpenAI Outage
09:55 Google Cloud’s Pub/Sub Disruption
14:47 Lessons From a Netflix Incident
18:57 Recent Outage Trends: By the Numbers
21:01 Get in Touch

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For additional insights, check out the links below:

- The Internet Report blog: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-configuration-change-outages?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy25q2_internetreport_q2fy25ep5_podcast

- 2024 Outage Trends Solidify; Plus OpenAI & Meta Outages: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-2024-outage-trends-openai-meta-outages?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy25q2_internetreport_q2fy25ep5_podcast

- Netflix Broadcast Disruption: Lessons for Major Live Events: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/netflix-disruption-analysis-november-15-2024?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy25q2_internetreport_q2fy25ep5_podcast

- And join our upcoming webinar, “Top Outages of 2024, Explained: Lessons in Digital Resilience.” We’ll unpack notable outages and performance degradations of 2024 and share lessons IT Operations teams can take away from these incidents to strengthen their digital resilience: https://www.thousandeyes.com/webinars/na-top-outages-2024-lessons-in-digital-resilience?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fy25q2_internetreport_q2fy25ep5_podcast 

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Want to get in touch?

If you have questions, feedback, or guests you would like to see featured on the show, send us a note at InternetReport@thousandeyes.com. Or follow us on LinkedIn or X at @thousandeyes

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ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT
This is The Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. 

Tune in to hear ThousandEyes’ Internet experts dig into some of the most interesting outage events from the past couple weeks, discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue?

Plus, learn about the latest trends in ISP outages, cloud network outages, collaboration network outages, and more.

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Configuration Change Trouble & Other 2024 Outage Trends

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