Glossary term
What is Burn rate? Meaning for developers
In System Design
How fast you're using the error budget. Example: Burn rate 14.4 = whole monthly budget gone in ~2 days.
Learn it properly · System DesignLesson 47: SLI, SLO, SLA & Error BudgetsProduct wants to ship daily; operations wants fewer changes; nobody agrees what “reliable enough” means. SLIs, SLOs and SLAs turn it into one number, and error budgets turn that number into a simple rule for when to move fast and when to slow down.In Observability & SRE
How fast you spend the error budget compared with the speed that would use it up exactly at the end of the window.
Learn it properly · Observability & SRELesson 4: SLIs, SLOs and Error BudgetsChoosing indicators, setting objectives, how nines translate to minutes, burn rates and what error budgets are for.