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RAGVery Hard· Retrieval Optimization· Latency· Accuracy Trade-offs· System Design

Infrastructure wants the gate to cut retrieval calls by...

Infrastructure and Quality are presenting conflicting requirements that act on the same threshold. By raising the skip rate from 30% to 50%, the system enters a state where every additional skip directly trades a retrieval-only-correct answer for an incorrect one. Therefore, the request to cut retrieval calls by half without any accuracy regression is a false choice that cannot be satisfied under current constraints.

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