What happens if the fault is intermittent and hard to reproduce?

What happens if the fault is intermittent…

Intermittent faults are tricky. We start by collecting details: the exact symptom, when it happens, which users or devices are affected, and any changes recently. We may run remote checks to observe timing-related behavior or request logs and a short monitoring period. If the fault can't be reproduced remotely, we’ll arrange an onsite test to observe the fault directly and test components.

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