Abstract: Techniques are described for automatically and dynamically modifying ongoing operations of computing devices in device-specific manners, such as based on an automated identification of a computing device's status (e.g., identifying a likely ongoing or imminent failure of a smart phone or other computing device based on a series of observed hardware states of the computing device, and taking automated corrective actions to prevent or otherwise mitigate such device failure, such as by modifying configuration settings on the computing device or on associated systems). The techniques may include, for each of multiple device status outcomes of interest (e.g., device failure versus device non-failure), generating a state-space outcome model representing devices that reach that status outcome within a time period of interest, and using such outcome models to identify a likely ongoing or imminent outcome of a current device, with corresponding automated corrective actions then taken.