ICSME 2025
Sun 7 - Fri 12 September 2025 Auckland, New Zealand

Chaos Engineering (CE) has emerged as a proactive methodology to improve the resilience of modern distributed systems, particularly within DevOps environments. Originally pioneered by Netflix, CE simulates real-world failures to expose weaknesses before they impact production. In this paper, we present a systematic gray literature review that investigates how industry practitioners have adopted and adapted CE principles over recent years. Analyzing 50 sources published between 2019 and early 2024, we developed a comprehensive classification framework that extends the foundational CE principles into ten distinct concepts. Our study reveals that while the core tenets of CE remain influential, practitioners increasingly emphasize controlled experimentation, automation, and risk mitigation strategies to align with the demands of agile and continuously evolving DevOps pipelines. Our results not only enhance our understanding of how CE is intended and implemented in practice but also offer guidance for future research and industrial applications aimed at improving system robustness in dynamic production environments.

Wed 10 Sep

Displayed time zone: Auckland, Wellington change

15:30 - 17:00
Session 6 - Quality Assurance 2Tool Demonstration Track / Research Papers Track / Industry Track / NIER Track at Case Room 2 260-057
Chair(s): Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand
15:30
15m
"Let it be Chaos in the Plumbing!" Usage and Efficacy of Chaos Engineering in DevOps Pipelines
Research Papers Track
Stefano Fossati JADS - TU/e, Damian Andrew Tamburri University of Sannio - JADS/NXP Semiconductors, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Marco Tonnarelli JADS - TU/e
Pre-print
15:45
15m
Research paper
Boosting Log Observability in Production Systems through Bytecode-Driven Fault Variable Tracking
Research Papers Track
Taizheng Wang taizhengwang@hainanu.edu.cn, Yutong Wang Hainan University, Wei Chang Hainan University, Chunyang Ye , Hui Zhou
Media Attached
16:00
10m
DENIM: Exploring Data Access in Microservices
Tool Demonstration Track
Maxime ANDRÉ Namur Digital Institute, University of Namur, Marco Raglianti Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Anthony Cleve University of Namur, Michele Lanza Software Institute - USI, Lugano
Pre-print Media Attached
16:10
10m
MaRCo: Compatible Version Ranges in Maven
Tool Demonstration Track
Cathrine Paulsen Delft University of Technology, Sebastian Proksch Delft University of Technology
Pre-print
16:20
10m
Repairing Responsive Layout Failures Using Retrieval Augmented Generation
NIER Track
Tasmia Zerin Institute of Information Technology (IIT), University of Dhaka, Moumita Asad University of California, Irvine, B M Mainul Hossain University of Dhaka, Kazi Sakib Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka
16:30
15m
Improving Merge Pipeline Throughput in Continuous Integration via Pull Request Prioritization
Industry Track
Maximilian Jungwirth BMW Group, University of Passau, Martin Gruber BMW Group, Gordon Fraser University of Passau