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Measure whether the AI is good and trace where it fails.
Online Eval
Online evals measure quality on live or production-like interactions.
Think of it like
Think of Online Eval like testing and telemetry for any production service: quality must be measured, not guessed.
Real life
Teams use Online Eval to decide whether a new release is safer, faster or more useful.
SRE lens
Monitor real user feedback or sampled live responses after release.
Remember thisOnline evals measure quality on live or production-like interactions.