Logistics built a demo environment that became production

“The firewall should block it.”— Katrin, Logistics

Reason:

Allegedly because the official time tracking system takes 14 clicks to close a ticket. Already exported 159,739 rows to somebody's laptop.

Built by:

Katrin, an analyst

Build time:

one weekend

Built with:

React, Vite and enthusiasm

Database:

the old database because migration is scheduled for Q2

Authentication:

the browser says "Not Secure", but only in red

Deployment:

running from a zip file called Leads_new2.csv

Responsible:

Ravi, according to Jira

Documentation:

a Loom video whose owner account has been deleted

Security situation:

the penetration test found it by accident

Future disaster:

It will hold the only copy of Customers_new_backup.xlsm.

Age: 5.8 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 2 owners so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 3 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 2 accidental connections, direct production access, alive 71x longer than intended.