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Production incident: Prefill outage in a compliance review automation system

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Senior production incident interview question on Prefill within LLM Fundamentals.

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Start by framing the problem in production terms for Prefill, then explain the root causes, a step-by-step investigation path, and the architecture or process changes you would ship for a Senior LLM Fundamentals role.

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At peak traffic, a compliance review automation system begins failing requests tied to Prefill. Error rate spikes, cost doubles, and support tickets increase. Describe your first 30 minutes and your recovery plan.

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