Database Incident Playbook — How Production Databases Actually Fail

Database incidents don’t fail quietly.
They cascade, lock systems, and cost real money.

This playbook is not a SQL tutorial.
It’s a step-by-step runbook for when your production database is already on fire.

Inside you’ll find:

• The First 5 Minutes Rule for database incidents
• Clear DB vs App triage decision trees
• Playbooks for:
  • Connection pool exhaustion
  • Locks & deadlocks
  • Slow queries & regressions
  • Failed migrations
  • Replication lag & read replicas
  • CPU, memory, and disk I/O exhaustion
• Safe actions vs dangerous anti-patterns
• Slack & incident communication templates
• Post-incident review and prevention checklists
• Printable quick reference pages

Who this is for

• Backend engineers on-call
• Senior engineers handling production databases
• Tech leads responsible for uptime and data safety

Outcome
You’ll stop guessing during database incidents and start following a proven process — calmly and safely.

⚠️ This product is included in the Production Incident Survival System.

Get the full system here:

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