Outage in Mux

Live stream disconnects resulting in unplayable assets

Resolved Minor
April 25, 2023 - Started about 2 years ago - Lasted about 24 hours
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Outage Details

At approximately 18:00 UTC on April 18, 2023, a regression was introduced into Mux Video Live Streaming which had to do with how slate insertion was handled. This regression was patched at approximately 03:00 UTC on April 23, 2023. During this time, some live streams failed that had slate insertion configured _and_ experienced live ingest patterns that required slate insertion (i.e. due to encoder disconnects or dropped/delayed frames from the source encoder). The majority of affected live streams were disconnected, but the encoder was able to reconnect almost immediately. Due to the nature of the disconnect, however, any configured reconnect_window did not apply at this time, resulting in a new asset upon reconnect rather than a continuation of the original asset. A number of live streams that were affected resulted in assets that were not cleanly terminated. This resulted in a few issues. First off, the encoder would have been unable to reconnect cleanly. Additionally, the resulting assets were placed in a non-playable state, either having been truncated or completely unplayable with 4xx or 5xx errors being returned. Our team is actively investigating options to recover the content of these affected assets. During this time, live streams that were not configured for slate insertion, live streams that did not trigger slate insertion, and all on-demand ingest and playback were unaffected.
Components affected
Mux Video - Live
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED about 2 years ago - at 04/26/2023 10:16PM

This incident has been resolved. Any live streams started after 2023-04-23 at ~03:00:00 UTC (approximately three and a half days ago) are working correctly and have been since that time.

MONITORING about 2 years ago - at 04/25/2023 10:45PM

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

INVESTIGATING about 2 years ago - at 04/25/2023 10:44PM

At approximately 18:00 UTC on April 18, 2023, a regression was introduced into Mux Video Live Streaming which had to do with how slate insertion was handled. This regression was patched at approximately 03:00 UTC on April 23, 2023. During this time, some live streams failed that had slate insertion configured _and_ experienced live ingest patterns that required slate insertion (i.e. due to encoder disconnects or dropped/delayed frames from the source encoder).

The majority of affected live streams were disconnected, but the encoder was able to reconnect almost immediately. Due to the nature of the disconnect, however, any configured reconnect_window did not apply at this time, resulting in a new asset upon reconnect rather than a continuation of the original asset.

A number of live streams that were affected resulted in assets that were not cleanly terminated. This resulted in a few issues. First off, the encoder would have been unable to reconnect cleanly. Additionally, the resulting assets were placed in a non-playable state, either having been truncated or completely unplayable with 4xx or 5xx errors being returned. Our team is actively investigating options to recover the content of these affected assets.

During this time, live streams that were not configured for slate insertion, live streams that did not trigger slate insertion, and all on-demand ingest and playback were unaffected.

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