Quotas

Quotas bound runtime behavior by tenant, agent, run, and work-order scope. They prevent policies or delegated agents from silently consuming unbounded resources.

Common quota dimensions

• actions per tick;
• action duration;
• filesystem read bytes;
• filesystem write bytes;
• network read bytes;
• network write bytes;
• HTTP requests;
• adapter-specific bounded units where documented.

Enforcement

Quota checks run before adapter execution. Exceeded quotas produce denial, pause, or intervention according to policy and context. Denied quota usage must not be converted into an implicit allow.

When a work order narrows quotas, the effective quota is the stricter value from tenant policy and work-order authority.

Replay

Replay can explain quota decisions from trace evidence. It does not consume quotas, reset ledgers, retry actions, or execute adapters.