Web Intermediate About 25 min +230 XP

Shoppers Get a Browser Security Warning at Checkout

Every HTTPS request to the storefront fails certificate validation, so browsers and the mobile app refuse to connect.

Briefing

Larkspur Outfitters serves its storefront from edge-01, an nginx host that terminates HTTPS for shop.larkspur.test.

Since a little after six this morning the synthetic checkout check has failed from every region, and customers are sending screenshots of a full-page browser warning.

The fix is yours to find: hints, the recovery checks and the debrief unlock inside the incident.

How it plays

  1. 01

    Get paged

    The alert fires and the clock starts. Read the page and the briefing.

  2. 02

    Investigate

    Work in a simulated shell with realistic output: logs, configs, services.

  3. 03

    Fix it

    Change the system the way you would in production. Hints are there if you get stuck.

  4. 04

    Prove it

    Automated checks verify the recovery, then the debrief explains what happened.

Your pager is ready.

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