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Recognize the failure modes an AI SRE will actually troubleshoot.
Token Budget
A token budget caps or plans how many tokens a workflow may consume.
Think of it like
Think of Token Budget as a production symptom: start with evidence, identify the constrained dependency, then recover safely.
Real life
Large online platforms practice operational response to problems such as Token Budget.
SRE lens
Stop or summarize an investigation before uncontrolled context growth.
Remember thisA token budget caps or plans how many tokens a workflow may consume.