Platform · Performance

Operate the gateway with clear performance expectations

Platform teams need predictable latency and observable behavior when AI traffic moves through a governance layer. Verdictan documents supported streaming behavior and operational signals for the gateway runtime you deploy.

What you are trying to solve

Skipping performance validation can delay rollout when interactive features miss latency targets.

Step 1

Map the workloads that will send supported Chat Completions, Responses and Messages traffic through the gateway.

Step 2

Configure the product area that matches your priority: policy, routing, spend, agents, performance, or operations.

Step 3

Run deterministic policy tests and review decision samples before you expand routing.

Performance questions to test in your environment

Run load tests with representative prompt sizes, streaming clients, and policy chains before production cutover.

Performance depends on deployment topology, policy complexity, and upstream provider behavior. Treat published capabilities as a test plan, not a guarantee for every workload.

Capabilities teams configure first

Streaming support

Validate server-sent event behavior for supported streaming responses in your client stack.

Trace context

Use OpenTelemetry-compatible signals to correlate gateway behavior with application traces.

Deployment sizing

Size self-hosted gateway instances based on measured throughput in staging.

Rollout sequence

  • Benchmark baseline provider latency without the gateway for comparison.
  • Repeat tests with your production policy chain enabled.
  • Document acceptable latency budgets before you enforce mandatory gateway routing.

You deploy the gateway with measured latency and streaming behavior that fit your product requirements.

Download Verdictan and validate the control path in your environment.