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Expedia Uses AI-Driven Service Telemetry Analyzer to Accelerate Incident Investigation

Leela Kumili — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:15:00 GMT

Expedia Group has introduced STAR, an internal AI-assisted observability platform that helps engineers investigate production incidents using service telemetry and LLMs. Built with FastAPI, Datadog, Celery, Redis, and Langfuse, STAR follows structured workflows to analyze telemetry, generate root cause assessments, and support incident response while keeping engineers in the loop.

By Leela Kumili

Google's Genkit Ships Agents API with Detached Turns and Human-in-the-Loop for TypeScript and Go

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:17:00 GMT

Google released the Genkit Agents API in preview for TypeScript and Go. The open-source framework packages message history, tool loops, streaming, and state persistence behind a single chat() interface. Detached turns let agents work after clients disconnect. Interruptible tools provide human-in-the-loop control with anti-forgery validation on resume.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers