System and method for controlled fault injection and validation in distributed systems

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving a failure injection request, wherein the failure injection request identifies a first failure to test in a distributed computing system;
• generating a failure configuration file for the first failure based at least partly on the failure injection request;
• injecting the first failure into a target service of the distributed computing system using an agent, wherein the agent comprises first executable instructions related to the first failure;
• upon detecting that injection of the first failure is complete, creating a validation configuration file for the first failure, wherein the first failure corresponds to a validation;
• running the validation in the target service of the distributed computing system using the agent, wherein the agent comprises second executable instructions related to the validation;
• and
• upon receiving a reporting request from a user device, transmitting resulting data to the user device.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for injecting controlled failures and validations into a distributed computing system, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• receive a failure injection request, wherein the failure injection request identifies a first failure to test in the distributed computing system;
• generate a failure configuration file for the first failure based at least partly on the failure injection request;
• inject the first failure into a target service of the distributed computing system using an agent, wherein the agent comprises first executable instructions related to the first failure;
• in response to completion of injection of the first failure, execute a validation corresponding to the first failure in the target service of the distributed computing system using the agent, wherein the agent comprises second executable instructions related to the validation;
• and
• transmit resulting data to a user device.