Yesterday's security group cleanup looked routine, and today the DR site runs hours behind on replication. Connect the dots.

Stateful firewalls keep established flows alive after their rule vanishes, so cleanup day passes every check and lag appears days later. Flow logs name the hour; inventories prevent the repeat.

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Stateful firewalls keep established flows alive after their rule vanishes, so cleanup day passes every check and lag appears days later. Flow logs name the hour; inventories prevent the repeat.

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