Research brief

Status: complete; published 2026-08-19

Scope as inventoried (v0 held). Layer questions answered: cost ownership (H26 refined), observability stack choice (CD-15 dissolved and reframed), eval-in-production discipline, budget enforcement, two-estate instrumentation. Maintainer POV: Batch B kickoff question 4 (2026-08-19).

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Source: research/R12-observability-and-finops/brief.md in the evidence repository behind this site.