Request-shaped SLIs quietly fail on data platforms. The strong answer defines freshness, completeness and deadline SLIs on consumer-visible artifacts, not job success rates.
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Request-shaped SLIs quietly fail on data platforms. The strong answer defines freshness, completeness and deadline SLIs on consumer-visible artifacts, not job success rates.
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