Ask HN: Is formal verification of practical use in real world projects?5 points·by akkad33·hace 7 meses·4 comments4 commentsPost comment[–]wmf·hace 7 mesesreplyFormal verification is useful for security-critical software (e.g. the new AWS hypervisor) or low-level distributed systems components (e.g. Paxos/Raft implementations).[–]akkad33·hace 7 mesesreplyDo you know what tools they use?[–]wmf·hace 7 mesesreplyTLA+ is a big one.[–]IntelliAvatar·hace 7 mesesreplyFull formal verification is rare, but partial guarantees at execution boundaries are very practical — especially for systems that act autonomously.