Model Serving & Economics
Uptime
The percentage of time a service is available and functioning.
Example
A service available for 43,156 of 43,200 minutes records 99.9% uptime.
Why it matters
It helps people compare service reliability and plan for interruptions.
You'll hear it
“The status page says it's up, but customers still can't log in.”
Can you control it?
Not directly
No, not directly. Uptime describes a learned property, observed result, or broader concept rather than a normal user setting. You may influence it indirectly by changing the tool, data, prompt, or workflow.
Common questions
- Can a service be up but give poor answers?
- Yes. Being available does not establish that its answers are useful or correct.
- Does the measurement period matter?
- Yes. A monthly percentage can hide a short but badly timed outage during a busy workday.
- Can my own connection cause downtime for me?
- Yes. Your network or application can fail even when the provider's service is available.