Spending the budget is arithmetic; enforcing consequences is politics plus automation. The answer that lands names trigger thresholds, the deploy gate that blocks releases, and the dated escape valve.
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The error budget ran out. Describe exactly what happens next and what makes the policy stick.
Spending the budget is arithmetic; enforcing consequences is politics plus automation. The answer that lands names trigger thresholds, the deploy gate that blocks releases, and the dated escape valve.
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