STRIPE USES GRAPH SEARCH AND STATE MACHINES TO AUTOMATE DATABASE REMEDIATION

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Stripe automated MongoDB incident recovery by modeling its fleet as a graph and generating remediation plans at runtime. The system adapts to different shard layouts, cuts pager alerts by about 30%, and avoids an estimated 12 days of unhealthy shard states annually. Dijkstra-based planning replaced brittle workflows and allows partial recovery when no full path exists.