Beyond Sequential: A Recipe for Async Pipeline Observability and Alerting

Discover a comprehensive "recipe" for implementing observability and alerting in asynchronous microservices pipelines in this 36-minute conference talk from SREcon25 Americas by Jash Mistry and Gabriela Medvetska from eBay Inc. Learn practical strategies for developing Service Level Objectives (SLOs) specifically designed for asynchronous systems, including how to identify critical metrics, instrument applications with Prometheus, create informative dashboards, and configure meaningful alerts. This presentation offers valuable techniques for both newcomers and experienced site reliability engineers to effectively monitor customer experience and enhance system observability in non-sequential processing environments. The talk is part of the SREcon25 Americas program organized by USENIX.