RootCauseunvalidated

the budget nudge-up logic only checked `tokensUsedInWindow > 0`, not whether there was meaningful traffic history — A fresh restart with 1 request satisfied this condition. Outcome: an integral controller then inflated the budget further because it saw "sustained headroom".

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the budget nudge-up logic only checked tokensUsedInWindow > 0, not whether there was meaningful traffic history — A fresh restart with 1 request satisfied this condition. Outcome: an integral controller then inflated the budget further because it saw "sustained headroom".

the budget nudge-up logic only checked `tokensUsedInWindow > 0`, not whether there was meaningful traffic history — A fresh restart with 1 request satisfied this condition. Outcome: an integral controller then *inflated* the budget further because it saw "sustained headroom".

the budget nudge-up logic only checked `tokensUsedInWindow > 0`, not whether there was meaningful traffic history — A fresh restart with 1 request satisfied this condition. Outcome: an integral controller then inflated the budget further because it saw "sustained headroom".