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23:19, 12 December 2014 =Guidelines on escalating build farm events to Release Engineering and the MOC.=
If an issue appears "global" -- outside of what RelEng can control like ftp.m.o or hg.m.o being down -- then going directly to the MOC can save a lot of time -- especially during off hours. The MOC can be reached either in irc #moc, or at moc@mozilla.com. The MOC knows how to contact and escalate any issue.
If it's something RelEng can handle (or you also want them to be aware), here's the escalation path:
* ping *|buildduty in #releng
* use the !squirrel stalk word in #releng
* Follow the escalation route at https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering#Contacting_Release_Engineering
Other signs of a global issue include:
* you see nagios alerts for the issue in #sysadmins
* there's already a whistle pig notification (https://whistlepig.mozilla.org/) (but still let MOC know it's tree impacting)