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Scenario-Based Incident Handler

Design a system that automates responses to infrastructure alerts. When an alert (e.g., High CPU) is received, the system triggers a 'Playbook'. A Playbook is a sequence of actions: 1. Snapshot the instance, 2. Notify Slack, 3. Restart Service. If any step fails, it should attempt a 'Rollback' or 'Escalate' depending on the configuration. Actions can be synchronous or require an external human approval (asynchronous).

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