Use this checklist after installation or migration to validate your Obsrv deployment end-to-end.

Category	Check Item	Status
Ingestion	All ingestion connectors running with expected replicas	(✔/✘)
	Data flowing from all expected upstream sources	(✔/✘)
	No ingestion backlog in Kafka topics	(✔/✘)
	Schema validation passing for incoming messages	(✔/✘)
	No ingestion error messages from the connector pods	(✔/✘)
	The resource configurations are correct as per the environment and load	(✔/✘)
Processing	The unified pipeline, cache-indexer and lakehouse-connector jobs in RUNNING state with expected replica configurations	(✔/✘)
	Checkpointing active and stable	(✔/✘)
	0% failed events (No schema and deduplicate events) and no higher lag	(✔/✘)
	Kafka partitions match Flink job configs and are correct as per the load and environment	(✔/✘)
	No errors in the pod logs	(✔/✘)
Querying	Druid ingestion tasks running and segments published	(✔/✘)
	Hudi datasets up-to-date and queryable	(✔/✘)
	Query APIs responding within acceptable latency	(✔/✘)
	Able to query realtime and historical data from both Hudi and Druid	(✔/✘)
	Spot checks return correct and fresh data	(✔/✘)
Storage	Velero backups completed successfully	(✔/✘)
	Kafka/Druid/Hudi backups available	(✔/✘)
	Secor backup service is running healthy	(✔/✘)
	Dataset events Secor backup files are available in the blob storage	(✔/✘)
	No error or higher amount of lag in the Secor service	(✔/✘)
	Restore test performed in staging (optional)	(✔/✘)
Monitoring	All key metrics collected (Kafka, Flink, Druid, Hudi, APIs)	(✔/✘)
	Grafana dashboards rendering without gaps	(✔/✘)
	No abnormal spikes in error rates, latency, or usage	(✔/✘)
Alerts	All alerting rules enabled and targeting correct channels	(✔/✘)
	Test alerts sent and acknowledged	(✔/✘)
	Critical alert thresholds correctly configured	(✔/✘)
Management Console	Management console is accessible	(✔/✘)
	All the datasets are healthy	(✔/✘)
	CPU, Memory, Volume usages are not abnormal	(✔/✘)
	All service pods in Running state with expected restarts	(✔/✘)
Final	End-to-end data flow verified (Ingestion → Processing → Storage → Query)	(✔/✘)