{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4399850715","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656385","title":"Diffy: Data-Driven Bug Finding for Configurations","display_name":"Diffy: Data-Driven Bug Finding for Configurations","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-06-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4399850715","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656385"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3656385","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656385","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210216081","display_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages","issn_l":"2475-1421","issn":["2475-1421"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656385","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077950054","display_name":"Siva Kesava Reddy Kakarla","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2694-4685"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1290206253","display_name":"Microsoft (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00d0nc645","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Siva Kesava Reddy Kakarla","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2694-4685","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012964991","display_name":"Francis Y. Yan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-4258"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1290206253","display_name":"Microsoft (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00d0nc645","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Francis Y. Yan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-4258","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075133765","display_name":"Ryan Beckett","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7844-2026"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1290206253","display_name":"Microsoft (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/00d0nc645","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ryan Beckett","raw_affiliation_strings":["Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7844-2026","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1290206253"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.8052,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.72458482,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"PLDI","first_page":"199","last_page":"222"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9988999962806702,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5773624777793884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.46168604493141174}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5773624777793884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.46168604493141174}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3656385","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656385","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210216081","display_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages","issn_l":"2475-1421","issn":["2475-1421"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3656385","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3656385","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210216081","display_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages","issn_l":"2475-1421","issn":["2475-1421"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":37,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W95608104","https://openalex.org/W760598031","https://openalex.org/W2006307164","https://openalex.org/W2026807761","https://openalex.org/W2029039689","https://openalex.org/W2041783719","https://openalex.org/W2043811931","https://openalex.org/W2076793324","https://openalex.org/W2087064593","https://openalex.org/W2130136915","https://openalex.org/W2132525863","https://openalex.org/W2296719434","https://openalex.org/W2324910104","https://openalex.org/W2485543941","https://openalex.org/W2560021099","https://openalex.org/W2577367366","https://openalex.org/W2583874385","https://openalex.org/W2742515467","https://openalex.org/W2754665629","https://openalex.org/W2761268990","https://openalex.org/W2764015261","https://openalex.org/W2810860137","https://openalex.org/W2898335306","https://openalex.org/W2908957302","https://openalex.org/W2968149030","https://openalex.org/W2996714391","https://openalex.org/W3004040842","https://openalex.org/W3012572620","https://openalex.org/W3046558375","https://openalex.org/W3087355157","https://openalex.org/W3107331477","https://openalex.org/W3190656508","https://openalex.org/W4254605472","https://openalex.org/W4300490703","https://openalex.org/W4300782170","https://openalex.org/W6839719062","https://openalex.org/W6967416572"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052","https://openalex.org/W2382290278","https://openalex.org/W4395014643"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Configuration":[0],"errors":[1,18],"remain":[2],"a":[3,90,117,146,149],"major":[4],"cause":[5],"of":[6,52],"system":[7],"failures":[8],"and":[9,128,135,144],"service":[10],"outages.":[11],"One":[12],"promising":[13],"approach":[14],"to":[15,21,104],"identify":[16,48,105],"configuration":[17,75,150],"automatically":[19],"is":[20],"learn":[22],"common":[23,91],"usage":[24],"patterns":[25],"(and":[26],"anti-patterns)":[27],"using":[28],"data-driven":[29,33],"methods.":[30],"However,":[31],"existing":[32],"learning":[34,103],"approaches":[35],"analyze":[36],"only":[37,49],"simple":[38,50],"configurations":[39],"(":[40,54],"e.g.":[41,55],",":[42,56,71],"those":[43],"with":[44,93],"no":[45],"hierarchical":[46],"structure),":[47],"types":[51],"issues":[53],"type":[57],"errors),":[58],"or":[59],"require":[60],"extensive":[61],"domain-specific":[62],"tuning.":[63],"In":[64],"this":[65],"paper,":[66],"we":[67],"present":[68],"D":[69,87,114,138],"iffy":[70,88,115,139],"the":[72,160],"first":[73],"push-button":[74],"analyzer":[76],"that":[77,95,153],"detects":[78],"likely":[79,110],"bugs":[80],"in":[81,148],"structured":[82],"configurations.":[83],"From":[84],"example":[85],"configurations,":[86,130],"learns":[89],"template,":[92],"\"holes\"":[94],"capture":[96],"their":[97],"variation.":[98],"It":[99],"then":[100],"applies":[101],"unsupervised":[102],"anomalous":[106],"template":[107],"parameters":[108],"as":[109],"bugs.":[111],"We":[112],"evaluate":[113],"on":[116],"large":[118],"cloud":[119,161],"provider\u2019s":[120],"wide-area":[121],"network,":[122],"an":[123,157],"operational":[124],"5G":[125],"network":[126],"testbed,":[127],"MySQL":[129],"demonstrating":[131],"its":[132],"versatility,":[133],"performance,":[134],"accuracy.":[136],"During":[137],"\u2019s":[140],"development,":[141],"it":[142],"caught":[143],"prevented":[145],"bug":[147],"timer":[151],"value":[152],"had":[154],"previously":[155],"caused":[156],"outage":[158],"for":[159],"provider.":[162]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-08-30T07:30:35.949966","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}