Context Map

Overview

The Context Map displays a service dependency graph for the infrastructure involved in the investigation. Each node represents a service, database, cache, queue, or external dependency, and edges show upstream and downstream relationships with throughput and latency labels. Use this view to understand how the incident propagated through your system.

The top bar shows the total number of services and connections, along with status summary pills indicating how many nodes are in each health state.

Node Health

Each node is colored by its current status:

• Healthy (green) — operating normally with no active alerts.
• Degraded (orange) — experiencing performance issues or at risk.
• Recovering (blue) — returning to normal after an incident.
• Critical (red, with a glow effect) — actively failing or severely impaired.

Click any node to expand it and see detailed metrics such as error rate, latency percentiles, CPU usage, RPS, and connection counts. The status is derived from active alerts and real-time telemetry for that service.

Blast Radius

The blast radius represents how many downstream services are affected by an issue at a given node. Edges connecting to critical or degraded nodes are highlighted with matching colors and animated particles showing traffic flow direction. You can trace the impact path from the root cause node through its downstream dependencies to understand the full scope of the incident.

Navigating the Graph

Use the zoom controls in the bottom-right corner to zoom in and out, or use your scroll wheel. Click the Reset button to return to the default zoom and position. You can click and drag the canvas background to pan around the graph, and drag individual nodes to rearrange the layout for better visibility.

A legend in the top-right corner shows the color coding for each node type (Service, Database, Cache, Queue, External, Infra) so you can quickly identify component categories. An elapsed timer in the corner tracks how long the investigation has been running.