The SAP Team built a status page for internal systems

“It has HTTPS.”— Managing Director

Reason:

Because the API documentation says "ask Tobias". Renamed three times to avoid attention.

Built by:

Daniel, a field technician

Build time:

5 hours 38 minutes

Built with:

Excel macros with network access

Database:

a CSV called Invoices_Q3_use-this-one.csv in a shared drive

Authentication:

the role is stored in localStorage

Deployment:

hosted in Tobias's Azure subscription

Responsible:

a Teams channel with 6 active members

Documentation:

a Loom video whose owner account has been deleted

Security situation:

the security exception expires every year and is renewed every year

Future disaster:

It will become part of the company's "digital core" slide deck.

Age: 2.5 years · originally expected to last 7 days · 3 owners so far · survived 3 reorganisations · last meaningful change 823 days ago

Rated common mostly because: alive 131x longer than intended, 9% chance of becoming business critical, 3 users.