How SRE Teams Use Game Days to Build Incident Muscle Memory

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How SRE Teams Use Game Days to Build Incident Muscle Memory

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In this episode of The Site Reliability Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how SRE teams use Game Days — simulated incidents — to build muscle memory and improve real-world response. They break down why Netflix's Chaos Monkey was just the beginning, and how modern teams run everything from network partitions to database failovers in a controlled environment. The conversation covers the key elements of a successful Game Day: blameless culture, clear objectives, and a 'no surprises' wrap-up. Lucas shares a concrete example: a 2025 study by Gremlin found that teams running quarterly Game Days reduced mean time to resolution by 34 percent. They also discuss common pitfalls like over-engineering scenarios and failing to include non-engineering stakeholders. Listeners walk away with a practical template for starting their own Game Day program, including the three questions every drill should answer: What did we learn? What broke? What do we fix next? #SiteReliabilityEngineering #SRE #GameDays #IncidentResponse #ChaosEngineering #Resilience #Uptime #ProductionEngineering #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Technology #Podcast #Netflix #ChaosMonkey #Gremlin #MTTR #BlamelessCulture #Reliability Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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