Automated Web Page Recovery System for Change Package Failure

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Solution Overview

Problem

Identifying and reverting specific modifications within a change package that cause failures in web page features is challenging due to frequent and large-scale modifications, making it difficult to correlate failures with particular changes and restore functionality.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that involve obtaining a web page log, detecting failures, identifying change packages, determining possible root causes, ranking them, selecting one, and automatically reverting the selected cause to restore functionality, using a server with an electronic processor and memory executing instructions for monitoring, research, and decision engines.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If frequent and large-scale modifications are made to web pages as part of change packages, then productivity and adaptability are improved, but it becomes difficult to correlate detected failures to particular modifications, worsening reliability and ease of repair

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of implementing modificationsVSAvoiddifficulty of correlating failures with modifications

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of repair

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the change package into individual modifications and associates each modification with a unique identifier and timestamp. When a failure is detected, the system correlates the failure with specific modifications by analyzing the timing and content of changes, breaking down the large-scale change package into manageable segments for troubleshooting.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements automated feedback loops that monitor web page functionality after modifications are deployed. When failures are detected, the system automatically correlates them with recent modifications and provides feedback to identify the problematic change, enabling rapid diagnosis and repair without manual analysis of large change packages.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If manual analysis is used to correlate failures with specific modifications, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time and productivity are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of correlating failures with modificationsVSAvoidtime required for manual analysis

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically monitoring web page functionality, detecting failures, correlating them with specific modifications, and identifying root causes without requiring manual analysis. The automated system serves itself by maintaining logs of modifications and their timestamps, enabling precise correlation of failures with changes while eliminating time-consuming manual investigation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the mechanical process of manual analysis with automated computational methods. Instead of manually reviewing change packages and correlating failures, the system uses automated algorithms to analyze logs, detect patterns, and identify the specific modification causing the failure, dramatically reducing the time required while maintaining or improving correlation accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of repair

If automated systems are implemented to monitor and revert modifications, then ease of repair and productivity are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomation of failure recoveryVSAvoidcomplexity of automated monitoring and reversion system

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of repairVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by maintaining backup versions of web page modifications and pre-configuring reversion capabilities before failures occur. When a failure is detected, the system can automatically revert to a previous working version without requiring complex real-time analysis or manual intervention, simplifying the repair process through advance preparation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system manages complexity by monitoring and managing parameters such as modification timestamps, version identifiers, and failure metrics rather than attempting to analyze the entire complex system state. By focusing on key parameters and using automated rules based on these parameters, the system achieves effective failure recovery while keeping the monitoring infrastructure manageable.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11093319B2Automated recovery of webpage functionality

Publication Date: 2021.08.17 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

Systems and methods relate to determining whether a particular failure of a web page feature is related to a recently implemented modification, and, when applicable, automatically taking one or more actions to return the web page to a functioning state (revert the modification). One embodiment provides a system for web page recovery. The system includes at least one server including an electronic processor and memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the electronic processor, cause the system to obtain a web page log, detect a failure of a feature of a web page related to the web page log, identify one or more change packages related to the web page, determine a set of possible root causes for the failure of the feature based on the one or more change packages, select one possible root cause, and revert the one possible root cause.