During a coastal storm, a city’s emergency notification platform hit API and concurrent-execution throttles that delayed outbound alerts. Postmortem shows soft service quotas were never reviewed. Which reliability action best addresses the root cause?
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Short Explanation
Quotas are speed limits you only notice when the sirens are already blaring. Catalog the limits, raise them before hurricane season, and alarm on throttles so the next surge does not surprise you.
Full Explanation
Reliability improvements include managing AWS service quotas that can throttle emergency workloads under surge. Architects should inventory limits, request increases proactively, and monitor throttle signals. Quotas are not auto-raised for every account during events; hiding alarms or removing retries worsens incident outcomes.