US Patent 11886283 Automatic node crash detection and remediation in distributed computing systems

A computer-implemented method includes: detecting, by one or more processors, an indication that suggests a node has crashed, wherein the node is included in a distributed computing environment; in response to the detecting, confirming by the one or more processors whether the node has crashed by performing a set of probes on the node; and in response to the confirming that the node has crashed, initiating by the one or more processors a remediation of the node.