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Review: Grafana golden signals dashboard

review-1292-2026-06-02 Review

review approved
Project

Verdict: APPROVED

Re-review of board item #1292. Prior review (NEEDS_REFINEMENT) flagged two [BODY] issues and two [SCOPE] issues. Both [BODY] items are now fixed in the Forgejo issue. [SCOPE] items remain open but do not block issue readiness.

Template Completeness

  • [x] Type -- Feature
  • [x] Lineage -- standalone, discovered during observability gap audit
  • [x] Repo -- ldraney/pal-e-platform
  • [x] User Story -- clear operator story
  • [x] Context -- references existing dashboards in terraform/dashboards/
  • [x] File Targets -- FIXED. Now lists both terraform/dashboards/landscaping-assistant-golden-signals.json (new) and terraform/modules/monitoring/main.tf (add ConfigMap resource block). Matches actual codebase pattern (lines 683-697 for pal-e-app).
  • [x] Acceptance Criteria -- 6 criteria, all testable
  • [x] Test Expectations -- JSON validation + terraform plan + manual Grafana import
  • [x] Constraints -- FIXED. Now references pal-e-app-golden-signals.json (standard golden signals pattern, not webhook-focused basketball-api).
  • [x] Checklist -- present
  • [x] Related -- project-landscaping-assistant, parent #43, blocked-on #15

Traceability

  • [x] story:observability label -- present on board item
  • [ ] story note MISSING -- project-landscaping-assistant user-stories section has no "observability" entry. [SCOPE] Create "observability" user story entry on project-landscaping-assistant user-stories section. (Carried forward from prior review -- does not block issue body readiness.)
  • [x] arch:platform label -- present on board item
  • [ ] arch note MISSING -- no arch-platform note exists in pal-e-docs. [SCOPE] Create architecture note arch-platform. (Carried forward from prior review -- does not block issue body readiness.)
  • [x] Forgejo issue #16 -- open
  • [x] parent:43 label -- parent "Observability & DORA metrics stack" exists on board (backlog, 8pts)

File Targets

  • [x] terraform/dashboards/landscaping-assistant-golden-signals.json -- target does not exist yet (correct, this is the file to create). Directory verified at /home/ldraney/pal-e-platform/terraform/dashboards/ with 7 existing dashboards. No existing landscaping-assistant references in the repo.
  • [x] terraform/modules/monitoring/main.tf -- NOW IN ISSUE. File exists. Verified existing ConfigMap pattern at lines 683-697 (pal-e-app). Issue body correctly describes "add kubernetes_config_map_v1 resource block" and notes "all 6 existing dashboards have explicit resource blocks here."

Repo Placement

Correct. Issue filed on ldraney/landscaping-assistant but Repo field correctly states ldraney/pal-e-platform, which owns all Grafana dashboards and Terraform infrastructure. The PR should target pal-e-platform.

Dependencies

  • [x] #19 /metrics endpoint (yabeda-prometheus) -- RESOLVED. Board item #1290 in done column.
  • [ ] #15 Fix ServiceMonitor label mismatch -- STILL OPEN. Board item #1291 in todo column. Soft dependency: dashboard deploys but panels show no data until scraping works. Issue body correctly documents this as "Blocked on: #15 ... soft dependency; dashboard deploys but shows empty panels."

Acceptance Criteria

6 criteria, all verifiable. The addition of "Namespace filter defaults to landscaping-assistant" (AC #6) is verified feasible -- the reference pal-e-app dashboard has 11 namespace references. All AC are testable by an agent or operator.

Blast Radius

Low. Adds one new ConfigMap and one new JSON file. No modifications to existing dashboards or resources. terraform plan should show exactly one new resource. Issue's "Files the agent should NOT touch" section correctly scopes this.

Decomposition Assessment

2 files, 1 repo (pal-e-platform), 6 AC. Well within single-agent pass. No decomposition needed.

Prior Findings Resolution

# Tag Finding Status
1 [BODY] Add main.tf as file target FIXED -- now listed in File Targets with correct description
2 [BODY] Change pattern ref from basketball-api to pal-e-app FIXED -- Constraints now reference pal-e-app-golden-signals.json
3 [SCOPE] Create observability user story on project page OPEN -- carried forward
4 [SCOPE] Create arch-platform architecture note OPEN -- carried forward

Recommendation

Issue body is complete and ready for implementation. Two [SCOPE] items remain as platform-level documentation tasks that do not affect agent execution:
  • [SCOPE] Create "observability" user story entry on project-landscaping-assistant user-stories section.
  • [SCOPE] Create architecture note arch-platform for the platform infrastructure component.