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Edge Computing Reliability & Incident Response Benchmark

Benchmarks edge SLO/SLA maturity, failure handling patterns, and release safeguards for DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering teams managing edge workloads.

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27 questions · ~4 min
Q01
Long Text

Welcome! This survey explores edge reliability, failure handling, and release practices across teams and organizations. Please answer based on your current workload(s). There are no right or wrong answers — we are interested in your honest experience. Participation is voluntary, and you may stop at any time. Your responses are confidential, anonymized, and reported only in aggregate. Results will be used for benchmarking research. Estimated time: 8–10 minutes.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Do you currently work with, manage, or make technical decisions about edge computing workloads?

Q03
Multiple Choice

Which edge use cases are you currently working on? Select all that apply.

Q04
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What overall availability target do you aim for on your most critical edge paths?

Q05
Multiple Choice

In the past 90 days, which failure modes affected your edge workload? Select all that occurred.

Q06
Multiple Choice

Which signals do you actively monitor for edge reliability? Select all that apply.

Q07
Long Text

How often do you deploy changes to edge components?

Q08
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Rank the following areas by where investment would most reduce edge incidents for your team next quarter (most impactful at top).

Q09
AI Interview

We'd like to explore your edge reliability practices in a bit more depth. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions based on your experience.

Q10
Long Text

What is your primary role?

Q11
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Thank you for participating! Your input helps advance understanding of edge reliability practices across the industry. Results will be shared in aggregate form.

Q12
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What is the primary runtime or environment for your edge workload?

Q13
Multiple Choice

Do you maintain SLIs/SLOs specifically for edge components?

Q14
Multiple Choice

Which patterns do you use to handle intermittent connectivity? Select all that apply.

Q15
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How effective are your current alerts at promptly detecting edge incidents?

Q16
Multiple Choice

Which of the following pre-release practices do you perform for edge deployments? Select all that apply.

Q17
Long Text

Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts about your edge reliability challenges, priorities, or anything we may have missed.

Q18
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How many years have you worked with edge workloads?

Q19
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What is your typical end-to-end latency target (p95) for critical edge requests?

Q20
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When a major edge degradation occurs, rank your team's typical response actions in the order you would perform them (first action at top).

Q21
Multiple Choice

Which safeguards are part of your edge release process? Select all that apply.

Q22
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How many employees are in your organization?

Q23
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What is your typical acceptable error rate target for edge services?

Q24
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What is your organization's primary industry?

Q25
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At approximately what end-user error rate would you typically trigger a rollback for an edge change?

Q26
Multiple Choice

In which regions do you primarily operate edge workloads? Select all that apply.

Q27
Long Text

Approximately how many active edge sites or devices do you manage?

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