A dependency keeps burning our error budget while their status page stays green. Walk me through your response.

Their green page, your red SLO. Separate their true failure rate from the amplification your own client adds, buffer at the boundary, then escalate with a client-side scorecard instead of feelings.

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Their green page, your red SLO. Separate their true failure rate from the amplification your own client adds, buffer at the boundary, then escalate with a client-side scorecard instead of feelings.

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