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guardrail metric

noun/ˈɡɑːdreɪl ˈmɛtrɪk/

C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A metric monitored during an experiment to ensure a change does not harm something important while improving the target.

Conversion went up, but our latency guardrail metric spiked, so we held the rollout.

Topic: Data & analytics in Business English

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