Plan load shedding and admission

Prompt that plans admission and load shedding so core paths answer under overload. Paste it into an AI tool of your choice, which then plans load shedding and admission.

Topic: Apps & prototypes
Type: Prompt
Level: Intermediate
Time: about 15 min

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API p99 2.1 s, errors 8 % Today: autoscaling only Core: /checkout, /login Admission: max 200 inflight, queue 100 Beyond: 503 + Retry-After 5 s for /search Checkout stays preferred Rollout: load test, feature flag 10 %

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Help me plan load shedding and admission control.
Service: [Service]
Today: [Today]
Core path: [Core path]
Steps: 1. Read capacity, timeouts and which endpoints are business-critical. 2. Define admission limits: parallel requests, queue length, CPU or quota thresholds. 3. Decide what rejection returns: fast 503, Retry-After or a simplified response. 4. Separate load shedding from retries and from circuit breakers. 5. Describe dashboards and an emergency switch. 6. Write a rollout with a load test.
Output: admission rules, rejection behaviour, boundaries and rollout plan.

Take particular care to shed load on purpose and protect the core path first.

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Paste capacity numbers, endpoint list and past overload incidents, without secrets.

Why does this work?

Without admission, timeouts and retries take the last workers. Targeted shedding keeps the core path responsive.

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Test rejection first with synthetic load and a clear user message.

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