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Zero-config health observability

Services deployed on Sylphx can expose a continuous health score instead of a binary up/down probe. The score combines event-loop lag, queue depth, error rate, memory pressure and dependency pings, and it drives drain/restart decisions at the runtime boundary with no app-side wiring.

What this entry shipped

  • Middleware for the common server frameworks, mounted like any other handler
  • Continuous score instead of a binary check, so a draining service can be told apart from a dead one
  • OpenTelemetry-native metrics, so the signal lands in the tooling you already run
  • Audit chain output for compliance evidence
  • Documented in the docs under Health

This entry publishes at /changelog/2026-05-20-zero-config-health-observability. The whole record is at /changelog, and the same entries are available as a feed at /changelog/feed.xml.

Correction: Entry wording tightened, figures withdrawn. The text of this entry is one of the changes the September 2026 correction records — read the correction.