Azure VM Control Plane Outage, GitHub Agent HQ (Claude + Codex), Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini CLI, MCP

FEB 6, 202620 MIN
Ship It Weekly - DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering News

Azure VM Control Plane Outage, GitHub Agent HQ (Claude + Codex), Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini CLI, MCP

FEB 6, 202620 MIN

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<p>This week on <strong>Ship It Weekly</strong>, Brian hits four “control plane + trust boundary” stories where the glue layer becomes the incident.</p><p>Azure had a platform incident that impacted VM management operations across multiple regions. Your app can be up, but ops is degraded.</p><p>GitHub is pushing Agent HQ (Claude + Codex in the repo/CI flow), and Actions added a case() function so workflow logic is less brittle.</p><p>MCP is becoming platform plumbing: Miro launched an MCP server and Kong launched an MCP Registry.</p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p>Azure status incident (VM service management issues) <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/?trackingId=FNJ8-VQZ">https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status/history/?trackingId=FNJ8-VQZ</a></p><p>GitHub Agent HQ: Claude + Codex <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/pick-your-agent-use-claude-and-codex-on-agent-hq/">https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/pick-your-agent-use-claude-and-codex-on-agent-hq/</a></p><p>GitHub Actions update (case() function) <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.blog/changelog/2026-01-29-github-actions-smarter-editing-clearer-debugging-and-a-new-case-function/">https://github.blog/changelog/2026-01-29-github-actions-smarter-editing-clearer-debugging-and-a-new-case-function/</a></p><p>Claude Opus 4.6 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-6">https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-6</a></p><p>How Google SREs use Gemini CLI <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/how-google-sres-use-gemini-cli-to-solve-real-world-outages">https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/how-google-sres-use-gemini-cli-to-solve-real-world-outages</a></p><p>Miro MCP server announcement <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260202411670/en/Miro-Launches-MCP-Server-to-Connect-Visual-Collaboration-With-AI-Coding-Tools">https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260202411670/en/Miro-Launches-MCP-Server-to-Connect-Visual-Collaboration-With-AI-Coding-Tools</a></p><p>Kong MCP Registry announcement <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://konghq.com/company/press-room/press-release/kong-introduces-mcp-registry">https://konghq.com/company/press-room/press-release/kong-introduces-mcp-registry</a></p><p>GitHub Actions hosted runners incident thread <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/186184">https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/186184</a></p><p>DockerDash / Ask Gordon research <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://noma.security/blog/dockerdash-two-attack-paths-one-ai-supply-chain-crisis/">https://noma.security/blog/dockerdash-two-attack-paths-one-ai-supply-chain-crisis/</a></p><p>Terraform 1.15 alpha <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.15.0-alpha20260204">https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v1.15.0-alpha20260204</a></p><p>Wiz Moltbook write-up <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.wiz.io/blog/exposed-moltbook-database-reveals-millions-of-api-keys">https://www.wiz.io/blog/exposed-moltbook-database-reveals-millions-of-api-keys</a></p><p>Chainguard “EmeritOSS” <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/introducing-chainguard-emeritoss">https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/introducing-chainguard-emeritoss</a></p><p>More episodes + details: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://shipitweekly.fm">https://shipitweekly.fm</a></p>