Problems / RAG and retrieval, easy

Retrieval traces over quota

Each RAG question writes retrieval traces to an observability API capped at 3,000 a minute, at 80 questions a second.

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Your goals

Success ≥ 99%.

The traffic

80 requests a second for 30 seconds: 100% request (reads).

The system

What each component does in this design, and what calls it. The simulator mimics each one from these settings.

ComponentIts job hereSettings
Load balancerLoad balancerTraffic enters here.Calls AI app.Layer 4 balancers route by IP and port; layer 7 balancers read HTTP and can route by path or header.–
AI appApp serviceLoad balancer forwards to it.Calls Agent tracing, Hybrid search, GPU serving pool.Little's law: throughput ≈ concurrency ÷ latency. 200 slots at 50 ms serve about 4,000 req/s.3 replicas × 500 slots · timeout 30 s
Agent tracingAgent tracingAI app calls it.Agent traces record every model and tool call with inputs, outputs, tokens and timing.5000 slots · 3,000 calls/min
Hybrid searchHybrid searchAI app calls it.Hybrid search combines keyword matching (BM25) with vector similarity.400 slots · 2 steps
GPU serving poolSelf-hosted serving poolAI app calls it.GPU servers batch requests together; throughput rises with batch size until memory runs out.800 slots

Hints

Try it first. Open one hint at a time if you get stuck.

Hint 1

80 × 60 = 4,800 a minute.

Hint 2

Follow one question through each retrieval stage; the stage that turns red is the one to fix first.

One way to solve it

Raise the tracing quota (send traces asynchronously in production).

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