Burn rate.
also: burn rate alerting · burn rate alert · burn rate alerts · burn-rateHow fast the error budget is being spent relative to the even pace; 14.4× for an hour burns 2% of a 30-day budget.
the two-minute refresher
- Threshold alerts (error rate > 0.1%) fire on every blip and lack urgency.
- 14.4× over 1 hour (2% of budget) → page now. 6× over 6 hours (5%) → page in business hours.
- 3× over a day → ticket; 1× over 3 days → weekly review.
- Alerts track SLO impact, not raw noise.