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We accidentally burned through 200GB of proxy bandwidth in 6 hours

Context Skyvern is an AI agent that helps companies automate workflows in the browser. We run leverage proxy networks and run headful browser instances in the cloud to facilitate most of our automations. 😱 200GB of proxy bandwidth was approximately $500 burned over the course of 6 hours One fatal morning

Skyvern is an AI agent that helps companies automate workflows in the browser. I woke up one morning to an alarm on my phone – Skyvern's failure rate was through the roof. I took a look at our metrics and saw something that made my heart sink – we just burned through 200GB of proxy bandwidth in the last 6 hours.

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