Integration·Task 3.3·Bloom: apply·Difficulty 3/5·8 min read·Updated 2026-07-14

p95 Latency as the Design Target

Evaluate accuracy-latency trade-offs and justify configuration decisions

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In short
p95 latency, not median latency, is the number that predicts SLA breaches under real concurrent load. Median latency reflects the typical request, but SLA violations are driven by the slower tail of requests. Latency targets must therefore be set and tested against p95 under realistic concurrency, not against a single-request demo that never exercises the tail.

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