This system uses three colored lights to monitor two different builds, or two different groups of builds. Reading the status is intuitive with a little experience, but a little tedious to explain.
High priority builds can be configured however you like, but they are generally the production build jobs for a product. A failure in one of these builds means the product could not be shipped as-is, which is a serious problem.
Medium priority build jobs are those that require alerting, but may not be as serious as High priority build jobs. Static analysis jobs might fall into this category, but again, it can be configured however you like.
In addition to high and medium priorities, the controller using flashing to indicate activity, such that individual lights can be interpreted as:
- Solid Red = a high priority build has failed, and no high priority build job is currently running.
- Flashing Red = a high priority build has failed, but a build job is currently running.
- Quickly Flashing Red = a high priority build has fail, but a running build job is almost finished.
- Solid Yellow = a medium priority build has failed, and no medium priority build job is currently running.
- Flashing Yellow = a medium priority build has failed, but a build job is currently running.
- Quickly Flashing Yellow = a medium priority build has fail, but a running build job is almost finished.
- Solid Green = a set of builds, high or medium priority or both, are passing, with no running jobs.
- Flashing Green = a build job that previously passed is currently running.
- Quickly Flashing Green = a build job that previously passed is running and almost complete.
| Stoplight Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
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All is well. All builds succeeded. |
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All is well. One or more builds are running. |
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High-priority failed. Medium priority succeeded. |
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High-priority failed. Medium priority failed. |
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High-priority failed, but a new job is running. Medium priority failed, but a new job is running. |