Meta and Salesforce Tackle Intermittent Issues

When it comes to assuring great digital experiences for your users, intermittent issues can be incredibly difficult to discover and diagnose because the service is both working and not working simultaneously—or, it may simply be running slow. Some users may experience issues, while for others, everything will work just fine. In this week’s episode, The Internet Report team will explore the complexities that intermittent issues can bring by examining two recent incidents at Meta and Salesforce.  They’ll also cover an automation bug at Google Cloud that caused problems for a range of customers, as well as recent Internet outage trends. Listen now or use the timestamps below to jump to the sections that most interest you: CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:00 Meta Disruption 05:07 Salesforce DNS Disruption 10:08 Google Cloud Issues Impact Spotify, GitLab, and More 15:09 Outage Trends: By the Numbers 17:14 Get in Touch  ——— For more insights, check out the related Internet Report blog: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-meta-salesforce-disruptions?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy24q4_internetreport_q4fy24ep2_podcast ——— 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 [email protected]. Or follow us on X: @thousandeyes ——— 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.  Catch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform: - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ADFvqAtgsbYwk4JiZFqHQ?si=00e9c4b53aff4d08&nd=1&dlsi=eab65c9ea39d4773 - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ciscopodcastnetwork/sets/the-internet-report