SignalForge
Op
Operator priorities
3 ranked actions
01

Fix the payments-api startup failure and confirm the CrashLoopBackOff root cause by reviewing pod logs, previous logs, and events, then redeploy once the underlying issue is corrected.

02

Relieve cluster/namespace resource pressure so the Deployment can schedule and recover: inspect memory and CPU consumers, right-size requests/limits, and add AKS capacity if needed.

03

Complete workload hardening and rollout recovery for payments-api by adding RuntimeDefault seccomp, then re-run the rollout and verify all 4 replicas become ready and available.

Kubernetes namespace
cluster:aks-payments-prod:namespace:payments
Hostname snapshot: aks-payments-prod · Kubernetes (aks)
Artifact family
Kubernetes bundle
kubernetes-bundle
Source
api
Mar 27, 01:23 AM
Artifact source
Not recorded
Collector
signalforge-collectors
phase9-top
Target ID
cluster:aks-payments-prod:namespace:payments
Collected at
Mar 27, 01:30 AM
Findings
7
2
high
5
medium
Run status
complete
Analysis completed successfully for this artifact snapshot.
Primary operator signal

Cluster Capacity Snapshot

Quantitative node-capacity signals and scheduling headroom captured directly from the Kubernetes bundle.

Needs action
Scope
Namespace payments
aks-payments-prod
Peak memory
91.0%
Low memory headroom
Peak CPU
92.0%
Scheduling warnings present
Node pressure
0
Nodes with NotReady or pressure conditions
Operator summary

Node Capacity Bars

Compact CPU and memory bars so operators can see which nodes are carrying the most pressure without reading raw metrics.

Watch closely
aks-system-000001 memory
14900Mi
91.0%
aks-system-000001 CPU
1850m
92.0%
Operator summary

Top Workload Consumers

Highest pod-level CPU and memory consumers captured by `kubectl top` during the run.

Watch closely
payments/payments-api-abc123
CPU 412m
486Mi
payments/payments-api-abc123
Memory 486Mi
412m
Operator summary

Cluster Guardrails

Autoscaling, disruption, quota, and namespace-default coverage that changes how operators should interpret capacity signals.

Stable context
HPAs
0
No HPA objects captured
Blocked PDBs
0
PDBs with zero allowed disruptions
Quota pressure
0
Quota resources at or above 90%
LimitRange coverage
0/0
Namespaces with default limits and requests
Pending claims
0
PersistentVolumeClaims still pending
Operator summary

Workload Instability

Short, operator-oriented callouts for scheduling, rollout, and failing-workload evidence.

Needs action
Scheduling pressure
0/3 nodes are available: 3 Insufficient memory.
Scheduling pressure
2 warning events captured in the bundle.
Deployment payments/payments-api
Ready 1/4, unavailable 3, observed generation 6 of 7.
Operator summary

Run Health Summary

A compact operator view of severity and signal distribution before you drop into detailed findings.

Needs action
Critical + high
2
Needs operator attention
Instability & pressure
6
Operational signal count
Identity & access
1
RBAC, tokens, service accounts, secrets
Exposure
0
Public reachability and listener posture
Findings table controls

Filter the findings table by signal or severity while keeping the current visible count in view.

7 of 7 visible·All signal buckets·All severities
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Detailed review

Findings

7 findings
Analysis narrative
Full narrative summary

Expanded explanation for operators who want the model summary after reviewing the findings table.

  • The payments namespace is experiencing workload instability, with the main Deployment stuck in CrashLoopBackOff and only partially rolled out.
  • Cluster capacity is constrained: warning events show pods failing to schedule due to insufficient memory, and the referenced node is already at very high CPU and memory utilization.
  • The Deployment security posture is mostly reasonable (non-root, no privilege escalation, read-only root filesystem), but it is missing a RuntimeDefault seccomp profile.
  • Overall risk is operationally high for the payments workload because readiness and availability are degraded, and the cluster appears to be under resource pressure affecting scheduling and rollout progress.

Run Metadata

Identity
Run ID
21b06005
Artifact family
Kubernetes bundle
Normalized UTF-8 JSON manifest containing Kubernetes workload, exposure, RBAC, and status evidence.
Source type
API submit
api
Target ID
cluster:aks-payments-prod:namespace:payments
Collection
Collector
signalforge-collectors
Collector version
phase9-top
Collected at
Mar 27, 01:30 AM
Analysis
Model
gpt-5.4-mini
Analysis time
11.2s
Tokens used
3,816

Environment Context

Target Host
aks-payments-prodKubernetes (aks)
Kernel
namespace:payments
Uptime
unknown