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Service Level Indicators Basics

Measure what users feel

Defining SLIs means choosing user-centered metrics like availability, latency, and correctness for key endpoints or flows, then using them to set SLOs and manage error budgets.

Pick Signals

Choose user-centric metrics per critical flow (success rate, latency).

Instrument

Measure at the edge/client; segment by region and path.

Use Budgets

Tie SLIs to SLOs and manage error budgets for releases.

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