Error Budget
/ˈerər ˈbʌdʒɪt/
Definition
The acceptable amount of downtime or errors permitted by an SLO before the reliability target is breached.
Example in context
"We've burned 80% of this month's error budget — all new deployments are frozen until it recovers."
Related terms
Practice this term
Master Error Budget in context by working through exercises in the DevOps & Cloud module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.