# Consumption guardrails: 2026-10-27

3 critical, 2 warning, 0 info. Rules from `examples/guardrails.json`.

## Alerts

| Severity | Customer | Rule | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CRITICAL | cobalt-labs | daily cap | Spent $23.39 on 2026-10-27, cap $4.00. |
| CRITICAL | cobalt-labs | spend spike | Spent $23.39 on 2026-10-27, 13.6x the 7-day median of $1.71. |
| CRITICAL | cobalt-labs | runaway runs | 6 research_agent run(s) over $3.00 per run or 25 calls per run (up to 52 calls, $23.20 total). |
| WARNING | cobalt-labs | monthly forecast | On pace for $66.24 this month, over the $60.00 cap. |
| WARNING | cobalt-labs | failure rate | 6 of 6 research_agent runs failed on 2026-10-27 (100%). Failed runs still cost money. |

## Spend by customer

| Customer | 2026-10-27 | Prior median | Month to date | Month forecast | Daily cap | Monthly cap |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| northwind-co | $2.19 | $2.65 | $61.57 | $70.70 | $6.00 | $100.00 |
| cobalt-labs | $23.39 | $1.71 | $57.70 | $66.24 | $4.00 | $60.00 |
| bluepeak | $0.14 | $0.12 | $2.91 | $3.34 | $6.00 | $100.00 |
| elmstreet-health | $0.12 | $0.12 | $2.75 | $3.16 | $6.00 | $100.00 |
| dunmore-legal | $0.12 | $0.03 | $1.01 | $1.16 | $6.00 | $100.00 |
| foxglove-retail | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.02 | $0.03 | $1.00 | $10.00 |

## Most expensive runs over the limit

| Run | Customer | Task | Calls | Cost | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| run-00478 | cobalt-labs | research_agent | 52 | $5.20 | failure |
| run-00481 | cobalt-labs | research_agent | 44 | $4.80 | failure |
| run-00477 | cobalt-labs | research_agent | 52 | $4.63 | failure |
| run-00482 | cobalt-labs | research_agent | 52 | $4.17 | failure |
| run-00479 | cobalt-labs | research_agent | 32 | $2.22 | failure |
| run-00480 | cobalt-labs | research_agent | 28 | $2.18 | failure |