Definition
Category: Infrastructure | Level: Advanced
A reliability practice that intentionally introduces controlled failures into production or pre-production systems to test resilience, uncover hidden weaknesses, and validate that recovery mechanisms work as expected.
Why This Matters for Your Business
Every system has failure modes you haven't tested. Chaos testing exposes them on your schedule — not during a real outage at 2 AM. By deliberately breaking things in controlled conditions, you build confidence that your disaster recovery, failover, and alerting systems actually work when it matters.