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# Error Budgets

- Type: decision-making mechanism
- Group: Operations and risks
- Placement: Operations / Observation and objectives
- [Source](<https://sre.google/sre-book/embracing-risk/>)

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The amount of unreliability allowed by an SLO helps manage the risk of changes.

## Relationships

- is calculated against: [Service Level Objectives](/practices/slo/en.md) (support)
- is a mechanism within: [Site Reliability Engineering](/practices/sre/en.md) (structure)

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