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Observer: RVA prober

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Description

A new prober type that can be configured to test RVAs by sending and validating challenges. This could be useful to ensuring that new RVA regions are functioning properly before we point traffic to them.

Credit to @mcpherrinm for the idea.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by locating the Observer prober implementations and the existing RVA challenge and validation flow in the repository. Define the configuration and execution path for a prober that sends challenges to an RVA region, and verify that the configured region responds correctly before traffic is directed there.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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