What it does
Sends a small harmless batch through the service, once or on a trigger, and confirms it came out the other end.
For an engineer who has just changed a processing service.
Roles it serves
The Pipeline ForemanFor a data team lead who needs a new processing job by Thursday.The Safe Change DeskFor an operations lead who has to change a live system on a weekday.
Works alongside
The specialists it shares the most crews with.