Governance

Use policy layers rather than one global switch.

Start with visibility
Enable metering and verify ledger rows before enforcing hard blocks.
Add scoped budgets
Use global caps for blast-radius control and tenant or cost-center budgets for accountability.
Use soft thresholds
Alert before blocking. Operators need time to tune routing and subscriptions.
Reserve kill switches
Use scoped kill switches for incident response, not everyday budget management.
Audit governance changes
Treat budgets, policies, pricing overrides, channels, and kill switches as auditable controls.

Recommended sequence

Visibility, soft alert, hard cap, policy simulation, then approvals. This order lowers the risk of surprising production blocks.

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