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 - **Expose MCP servers on the public internet** - [Launch MCP servers with public/private visibility and IP-based access control for internet-facing deployments](../../docs/mcp_public_internet)
 - **UI Team Soft Budget Alerts** - [Set soft budgets on teams and receive email alerts when spending crosses the threshold — without blocking requests](../../docs/proxy/ui_team_soft_budget_alerts)
 - **Performance Optimizations** - Multiple performance improvements including ~40% Prometheus CPU reduction, LRU caching, and optimized logging paths
+- **LiteLLM Observatory** - [Automated 24-hour load tests](../../blog/litellm-observatory)
+
+---
+
+## LiteLLM Observatory
+
+LiteLLM Observatory is a long-running release-validation system we built to catch regressions before they reach users. The system is built to be extensible—you can add new tests, configure models and failure thresholds, and queue runs against any deployment. Our goal is to achieve 100% coverage of LiteLLM functionality through these tests. We run 24-hour load tests against our production deployments before all releases, surfacing issues like resource lifecycle bugs, OOMs, and CPU regressions that only appear under sustained load.
 
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