Post Mortem: DB Connection Failure in Passwd Production

Date: May 7, 2025Duration: 4h 48m (05:48 – 10:36 CEST) Summary Between 05:48 and 10:36 on May 7, 2025, the passwd production environment experienced a service disruption due to database connection failures. This affected critical operations such as: Login Subscription checks Metrics reporting As the system encountered repeated DB connection...

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What is a password generator and should I use it?

In today’s digital world, strong passwords are no longer optional, they're essential. Weak, reused, or predictable passwords are one of the most common ways hackers gain access to accounts. The good news? You don’t have to remember complex strings of characters on your own. A password generator can create ultra-secure,...

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