Someone's load test is hitting production checkout right now and latency is climbing. Give me your first fifteen minutes.

Stop the source before tuning anything: kill the runner, revoke its credentials, shed test-shaped traffic at the edge, protect checkout. Forensics and guardrails only after customers stop feeling it.

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Stop the source before tuning anything: kill the runner, revoke its credentials, shed test-shaped traffic at the edge, protect checkout. Forensics and guardrails only after customers stop feeling it.

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