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-# Kill Switches
-
-Emergency controls for instantly disabling features.
-
----
-
-## What Are Kill Switches?
-
-Kill switches are feature flags designed for emergency use. They allow instant disabling of features without code deployment.
-
-| Regular Flag | Kill Switch |
-|--------------|-------------|
-| Gradual rollout | Instant toggle |
-| A/B testing | Emergency only |
-| User targeting | All-or-nothing |
-| Complex rules | Simple on/off |
-
----
-
-## Kill Switch Configuration
-
-### Basic Definition
-
-```yaml
-# proagents.config.yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    # Payment processing
-    payments_enabled:
-      description: "Master switch for all payment processing"
-      default: true
-      critical: true
-      notify_on_change: ["#payments", "oncall"]
-
-    # External integrations
-    third_party_api_enabled:
-      description: "Toggle external API integrations"
-      default: true
-      dependencies:
-        - "analytics_enabled"
-        - "notifications_enabled"
-
-    # Feature-specific
-    ai_features_enabled:
-      description: "All AI/ML powered features"
-      default: true
-      fallback_behavior: "graceful_degradation"
-```
-
-### Hierarchical Kill Switches
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    # Master switches
-    master:
-      api_enabled:
-        description: "Master API switch"
-        affects: ["*"]
-
-      frontend_features:
-        description: "All frontend features"
-        affects: ["ui/*"]
-
-    # Module-level switches
-    modules:
-      checkout:
-        enabled: true
-        parent: "api_enabled"
-        affects: ["checkout/*"]
-
-      user_profiles:
-        enabled: true
-        parent: "api_enabled"
-        affects: ["profiles/*"]
-
-    # Feature-level switches
-    features:
-      express_checkout:
-        enabled: true
-        parent: "checkout"
-
-      profile_avatars:
-        enabled: true
-        parent: "user_profiles"
-```
-
----
-
-## Emergency Response
-
-### Automatic Kill Switch Triggers
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    automation:
-      triggers:
-        # Error rate trigger
-        - name: "high_error_rate"
-          condition: "error_rate > 5%"
-          window: "5m"
-          kill_switch: "affected_feature_enabled"
-          action: "disable"
-          notify: ["#incidents", "oncall"]
-
-        # Latency trigger
-        - name: "high_latency"
-          condition: "p99_latency > 5000ms"
-          window: "10m"
-          kill_switch: "slow_feature_enabled"
-          action: "disable"
-
-        # External dependency failure
-        - name: "external_api_down"
-          condition: "external_api_success_rate < 50%"
-          window: "2m"
-          kill_switch: "external_integration_enabled"
-          action: "disable"
-
-        # Resource exhaustion
-        - name: "memory_critical"
-          condition: "memory_usage > 95%"
-          kill_switch: "memory_intensive_features"
-          action: "disable"
-```
-
-### Manual Emergency Response
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    emergency:
-      # Quick access
-      hotkeys:
-        enabled: true
-        confirm_required: true
-
-      # Predefined emergency actions
-      runbooks:
-        - name: "payment_outage"
-          switches:
-            - "payments_enabled: false"
-            - "checkout_enabled: false"
-          notify: ["#payments", "#support", "oncall"]
-          escalate_to: ["payments-team-lead"]
-
-        - name: "security_incident"
-          switches:
-            - "user_registration: false"
-            - "password_reset: false"
-            - "api_tokens_enabled: false"
-          notify: ["#security", "#incidents"]
-          escalate_to: ["security-team", "cto"]
-
-        - name: "ddos_response"
-          switches:
-            - "public_api_enabled: false"
-            - "rate_limiting: aggressive"
-          notify: ["#infrastructure"]
-```
-
----
-
-## Graceful Degradation
-
-### Fallback Behavior
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    graceful_degradation:
-      ai_recommendations:
-        when_disabled:
-          behavior: "fallback"
-          fallback: "popular_items"
-          user_message: "Recommendations temporarily unavailable"
-
-      real_time_notifications:
-        when_disabled:
-          behavior: "queue"
-          queue_duration: "1h"
-          user_message: null  # Silent degradation
-
-      file_uploads:
-        when_disabled:
-          behavior: "reject"
-          http_status: 503
-          user_message: "File uploads temporarily disabled"
-          retry_after: "300"
-```
-
-### Dependency Handling
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    dependencies:
-      # When parent is disabled, all children are disabled
-      cascade:
-        payments_enabled:
-          children:
-            - "subscription_billing"
-            - "one_time_payments"
-            - "refund_processing"
-
-      # Graceful degradation chain
-      degradation_chain:
-        - if_disabled: "real_time_sync"
-          fallback_to: "polling_sync"
-        - if_disabled: "polling_sync"
-          fallback_to: "manual_refresh"
-        - if_disabled: "manual_refresh"
-          show_error: true
-```
-
----
-
-## Access Control
-
-### Who Can Flip Kill Switches?
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    access:
-      # Role-based access
-      roles:
-        # Critical switches
-        critical:
-          allowed: ["sre", "tech-lead", "admin"]
-          require_reason: true
-          require_approval: false  # Emergency use
-
-        # Standard switches
-        standard:
-          allowed: ["developer", "sre", "tech-lead", "admin"]
-          require_reason: true
-
-        # Low-risk switches
-        low_risk:
-          allowed: ["*"]
-          require_reason: false
-
-      # Specific switch overrides
-      overrides:
-        master_api_switch:
-          allowed: ["sre", "cto"]
-          require_approval_from: ["cto"]
-          except_during: "declared_incident"
-```
-
-### Audit Trail
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    audit:
-      # Log all changes
-      log_all_changes: true
-
-      # Required fields
-      required_fields:
-        - "reason"
-        - "expected_duration"
-        - "incident_ticket"  # Optional but encouraged
-
-      # Retention
-      retention: "2 years"
-
-      # Notifications
-      notify_on_change:
-        channels: ["#kill-switches", "#incidents"]
-        include: ["who", "what", "when", "reason"]
-```
-
----
-
-## Recovery Procedures
-
-### Re-enabling Features
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    recovery:
-      # Gradual re-enable
-      gradual_recovery:
-        enabled: true
-        phases:
-          - percentage: 10
-            duration: "5m"
-            verify: ["error_rate < 1%"]
-
-          - percentage: 50
-            duration: "10m"
-            verify: ["error_rate < 0.5%"]
-
-          - percentage: 100
-            verify: ["all_health_checks_pass"]
-
-      # Health checks before re-enable
-      pre_enable_checks:
-        - "root_cause_identified"
-        - "fix_deployed"
-        - "staging_verified"
-        - "oncall_approval"
-
-      # Post-enable monitoring
-      post_enable:
-        duration: "30m"
-        alert_sensitivity: "high"
-        auto_disable_on_regression: true
-```
-
-### Post-Incident Review
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    post_incident:
-      # Required documentation
-      required:
-        - "incident_timeline"
-        - "root_cause"
-        - "resolution_steps"
-        - "prevention_measures"
-
-      # Template
-      template: |
-        ## Kill Switch Activation Report
-
-        **Switch:** {{switch_name}}
-        **Activated:** {{activation_time}}
-        **Duration:** {{duration}}
-        **Activated By:** {{user}}
-
-        ### Reason
-        {{reason}}
-
-        ### Impact
-        {{impact_description}}
-
-        ### Root Cause
-        {{root_cause}}
-
-        ### Prevention
-        {{prevention_measures}}
-```
-
----
-
-## Monitoring & Alerting
-
-### Kill Switch Dashboard
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    dashboard:
-      # Current status
-      status_panel:
-        show: ["all_kill_switches"]
-        highlight: ["disabled_switches"]
-
-      # Recent activity
-      activity:
-        show_last: "24h"
-        columns: ["switch", "action", "user", "time", "reason"]
-
-      # Health metrics
-      metrics:
-        - "switches_currently_disabled"
-        - "activations_last_24h"
-        - "avg_disable_duration"
-```
-
-### Alerts
-
-```yaml
-feature_flags:
-  kill_switches:
-    alerts:
-      # Switch activated
-      on_disable:
-        critical:
-          notify: ["pagerduty", "#incidents"]
-          message: "CRITICAL: Kill switch {{name}} DISABLED"
-        standard:
-          notify: ["#alerts"]
-
-      # Switch re-enabled
-      on_enable:
-        notify: ["#alerts"]
-        message: "Kill switch {{name}} re-enabled after {{duration}}"
-
-      # Long duration alert
-      prolonged_disable:
-        threshold: "1h"
-        notify: ["#incidents", "engineering-manager"]
-        message: "Kill switch {{name}} disabled for {{duration}}"
-```
-
----
-
-## Commands
-
-```bash
-# List all kill switches
-proagents killswitch list
-
-# Check status
-proagents killswitch status payments_enabled
-
-# Disable (emergency)
-proagents killswitch disable payments_enabled --reason "Payment provider outage"
-
-# Enable
-proagents killswitch enable payments_enabled --verify
-
-# Gradual re-enable
-proagents killswitch enable payments_enabled --gradual
-
-# View history
-proagents killswitch history payments_enabled --last 30d
-
-# Run emergency runbook
-proagents killswitch runbook payment_outage
-
-# Test kill switch (dry run)
-proagents killswitch test payments_enabled --dry-run
-```
-
----
-
-## Best Practices
-
-1. **Test Regularly**: Verify kill switches work before you need them
-2. **Document Dependencies**: Know what breaks when you flip a switch
-3. **Graceful Degradation**: Always have fallback behavior defined
-4. **Access Control**: Limit who can flip critical switches
-5. **Audit Everything**: Log all kill switch activity
-6. **Quick Recovery**: Plan how to re-enable safely
-7. **Communicate**: Notify stakeholders when switches change