Why it matters

Burn rate alerts prevent SLO breach. Understanding shapes SRE.

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The architecture

Track error budget consumption.

Fast window (5m) + slow window (1h).

Alert on high burn.

Burn rate alert structureError budgetquantifies allowedBurn rateconsumption speedMulti-window alerts5m + 1h + 6h + 3dGoogle SRE workbook Ch 5; adapted for LLM SLOs (TTFT + ITL + err)
LLM SLO burn rate.
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How it works end to end

Google SRE workbook burn rate.

Fast (5m) + slow (1h) combos.

Alert only actionable.