# Maintainx Incident Runbook

> Incident response procedures for MaintainX integration failures. Use when experiencing outages, investigating issues, or responding to MaintainX integration incidents. Trigger with phrases like "maintainx incident", "maintainx outage", "maintainx down", "maintainx emergency", "maintainx runbook".

- Skill: `tools-only/maintainx-incident-runbook` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add tools-only/maintainx-incident-runbook`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tools-only/maintainx-incident-runbook/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- License: MIT
- Author: tools-only (https://skillmd.com/u/tools-only)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tools-only/maintainx-incident-runbook

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# MaintainX Incident Runbook

## Overview

Step-by-step procedures for responding to MaintainX integration incidents, from detection through resolution.

## Prerequisites

- Access to monitoring dashboards
- MaintainX admin credentials
- On-call contact information

## Incident Classification

| Severity | Definition | Response Time | Example |
|----------|------------|---------------|---------|
| SEV1 | Complete outage | 15 min | API unreachable |
| SEV2 | Major degradation | 30 min | >50% errors |
| SEV3 | Minor degradation | 2 hours | Elevated latency |
| SEV4 | Informational | Next business day | Low cache hit rate |

## Incident Response Flow

```
┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
│   DETECT    │────▶│   TRIAGE    │────▶│  DIAGNOSE   │
│             │     │             │     │             │
│ Alert fires │     │ Determine   │     │ Identify    │
│ User report │     │ severity    │     │ root cause  │
└─────────────┘     └──────┬──────┘     └──────┬──────┘
                          │                    │
                          ▼                    ▼
┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌─────────────┐
│   CLOSE     │◀────│   RECOVER   │◀────│  MITIGATE   │
│             │     │             │     │             │
│ Post-mortem │     │ Verify fix  │     │ Stop impact │
│ Document    │     │ Monitor     │     │ Temporary   │
└─────────────┘     └─────────────┘     └─────────────┘
```

## Runbook Procedures

### RB-001: MaintainX API Unreachable

**Symptoms:**
- All API calls failing with network errors
- Health check endpoint returning unhealthy
- Timeout errors in logs

**Diagnostic Steps:**

```bash
#!/bin/bash
# scripts/diagnose-api-unreachable.sh

echo "=== MaintainX API Connectivity Diagnostic ==="
echo ""

# Step 1: Basic connectivity
echo "1. Testing DNS resolution..."
nslookup api.getmaintainx.com

echo ""
echo "2. Testing TCP connectivity..."
nc -zv api.getmaintainx.com 443

echo ""
echo "3. Testing HTTPS endpoint..."
curl -v --max-time 10 https://api.getmaintainx.com/v1/users?limit=1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAINTAINX_API_KEY" 2>&1

echo ""
echo "4. Checking MaintainX status page..."
curl -s https://status.getmaintainx.com/api/v2/status.json | jq '.status.indicator'

echo ""
echo "5. Checking from different regions (if available)..."
# Add region-specific tests if you have multi-region deployment
```

**Mitigation:**
1. Check [MaintainX Status Page](https://status.getmaintainx.com)
2. If MaintainX is down: Enable fallback mode / cached responses
3. If local network: Check firewall, DNS, proxy settings
4. Escalate to network team if needed

**Resolution:**
- Wait for MaintainX restoration
- Verify connectivity restored
- Monitor for data sync catch-up

---

### RB-002: High Error Rate (>5%)

**Symptoms:**
- `MaintainXHighErrorRate` alert firing
- 4xx or 5xx errors in logs
- Failed work order operations

**Diagnostic Steps:**

```typescript
// scripts/diagnose-errors.ts

async function diagnoseHighErrorRate() {
  console.log('=== Error Rate Diagnostic ===\n');

  // Get recent error logs
  const errors = await getRecentErrors(100);

  // Group by error type
  const errorGroups = new Map<string, number>();
  errors.forEach(e => {
    const key = `${e.status}:${e.endpoint}`;
    errorGroups.set(key, (errorGroups.get(key) || 0) + 1);
  });

  console.log('Error distribution:');
  errorGroups.forEach((count, key) => {
    console.log(`  ${key}: ${count}`);
  });

  // Check for patterns
  console.log('\nCommon patterns:');

  const status401 = errors.filter(e => e.status === 401);
  if (status401.length > 0) {
    console.log('  - 401 Unauthorized: Check API key validity');
  }

  const status429 = errors.filter(e => e.status === 429);
  if (status429.length > 0) {
    console.log('  - 429 Rate Limited: Reduce request rate');
  }

  const status5xx = errors.filter(e => e.status >= 500);
  if (status5xx.length > 0) {
    console.log('  - 5xx Server Errors: MaintainX side issue');
  }
}
```

**Mitigation by Error Type:**

| Error | Immediate Action |
|-------|-----------------|
| 401 | Rotate API key |
| 403 | Check permissions |
| 429 | Enable throttling |
| 5xx | Enable circuit breaker |

**Resolution:**
- Fix underlying issue
- Clear error state
- Monitor for recurrence

---

### RB-003: Webhook Processing Failures

**Symptoms:**
- Webhooks not being processed
- Events missing in local system
- `webhook_failures` metric elevated

**Diagnostic Steps:**

```bash
#!/bin/bash
# Check webhook endpoint health
curl -v https://your-app.com/webhooks/maintainx/health

# Check webhook queue depth
redis-cli LLEN maintainx:webhook:queue

# Check recent failed webhooks
redis-cli LRANGE maintainx:webhook:failed 0 10

# Test webhook signature verification
./scripts/test-webhook.sh
```

**Mitigation:**
1. Check webhook secret is correct
2. Verify endpoint is accessible from internet
3. Check for queue backlog
4. Temporarily pause webhook processing if overwhelmed

**Resolution:**
- Fix webhook handler
- Replay failed webhooks
- Verify event sync

---

### RB-004: Data Sync Out of Sync

**Symptoms:**
- Local data doesn't match MaintainX
- Missing work orders or updates
- Stale data being served

**Diagnostic Steps:**

```typescript
// scripts/diagnose-sync.ts

async function diagnoseSyncIssues() {
  const client = new MaintainXClient();

  console.log('=== Sync Diagnostic ===\n');

  // Get sample from MaintainX
  const maintainxWOs = await client.getWorkOrders({ limit: 100 });

  // Get sample from local
  const localWOs = await localStore.getWorkOrders({ limit: 100 });

  // Compare
  const maintainxIds = new Set(maintainxWOs.workOrders.map(wo => wo.id));
  const localIds = new Set(localWOs.map(wo => wo.id));

  const missingLocally = [...maintainxIds].filter(id => !localIds.has(id));
  const extraLocally = [...localIds].filter(id => !maintainxIds.has(id));

  console.log(`MaintainX work orders: ${maintainxIds.size}`);
  console.log(`Local work orders: ${localIds.size}`);
  console.log(`Missing locally: ${missingLocally.length}`);
  console.log(`Extra locally: ${extraLocally.length}`);

  if (missingLocally.length > 0) {
    console.log('\nMissing IDs (first 10):');
    missingLocally.slice(0, 10).forEach(id => console.log(`  - ${id}`));
  }
}
```

**Mitigation:**
1. Trigger full sync if data is stale
2. Check webhook delivery
3. Verify polling job is running

**Resolution:**
- Run reconciliation script
- Fix sync process
- Monitor for drift

---

### RB-005: Performance Degradation

**Symptoms:**
- `MaintainXHighLatency` alert firing
- Slow user experience
- Timeout errors

**Diagnostic Steps:**

```typescript
// scripts/diagnose-performance.ts

async function diagnosePerformance() {
  console.log('=== Performance Diagnostic ===\n');

  // Test API latency
  const endpoints = ['/workorders', '/assets', '/locations', '/users'];

  for (const endpoint of endpoints) {
    const start = Date.now();
    await client.request(`GET ${endpoint}?limit=10`);
    const latency = Date.now() - start;

    const status = latency > 1000 ? '[SLOW]' : '[OK]';
    console.log(`${status} ${endpoint}: ${latency}ms`);
  }

  // Check cache performance
  const cacheStats = await cache.getStats();
  console.log('\nCache stats:');
  console.log(`  Hit rate: ${cacheStats.hitRate}%`);
  console.log(`  Size: ${cacheStats.size}`);

  // Check connection pool
  const poolStats = await getConnectionPoolStats();
  console.log('\nConnection pool:');
  console.log(`  Active: ${poolStats.active}`);
  console.log(`  Idle: ${poolStats.idle}`);
  console.log(`  Waiting: ${poolStats.waiting}`);
}
```

**Mitigation:**
1. Enable aggressive caching
2. Reduce concurrent requests
3. Add request queuing

**Resolution:**
- Identify slow endpoints
- Optimize queries
- Scale resources if needed

## Emergency Contacts

| Role | Contact | Escalation |
|------|---------|------------|
| On-call Engineer | PagerDuty | Automatic |
| MaintainX Support | support@getmaintainx.com | Manual |
| Infrastructure | #infra-oncall Slack | Manual |

## Post-Incident Template

```markdown
## Incident Report: [TITLE]

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Duration:** HH:MM - HH:MM (X hours)
**Severity:** SEVX
**Status:** Resolved

### Summary
Brief description of what happened.

### Timeline
- HH:MM - Alert fired
- HH:MM - Investigation started
- HH:MM - Root cause identified
- HH:MM - Mitigation applied
- HH:MM - Resolution confirmed

### Root Cause
What caused the incident.

### Impact
- X work orders affected
- Y minutes of downtime
- Z users impacted

### Resolution
What was done to fix it.

### Action Items
- [ ] Prevent recurrence
- [ ] Improve detection
- [ ] Update runbooks
```

## Output

- Incident diagnosed
- Mitigation applied
- Root cause identified
- Resolution documented

## Resources

- [MaintainX Status Page](https://status.getmaintainx.com)
- [MaintainX Support](https://help.getmaintainx.com)
- [MaintainX API Documentation](https://maintainx.dev/)

## Next Steps

For data handling patterns, see `maintainx-data-handling`.