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Drift budget
Glossary
Drift budget
The acceptable level of UI drift before intervention.
Why it matters
Business and delivery impact.
Lets teams move fast without losing consistency.
How to measure
Proof you can track.
Drift score threshold by surface or product tier.
Example
What it looks like in practice.
No more than 10 percent custom components on tier one flows.
Related
Keep the context connected.
Design debt
Token drift
Design system SLI