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# [Silent Failures: Why Production RAG Systems Degrade Without Throwing Errors](https://ahmetozel.hashnode.dev/silent-failures-why-production-rag-systems-degrade-without-throwing-errors?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A production RAG system can pass every operational check and still fail the only test that matters: telling the truth. Requests complete, latency stays within target, and the generated prose reads con

Aug 21 · 17 min read · ahmetozel.hashnode.dev  
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[Ahmet Özel](https://hashnode.com/@ahmetozel)

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AI Engineer. Computer Vision, RAG and LLM agents.

AI Engineer focused on computer vision (YOLO/ONNX), RAG, and LLM agents. I build and ship production AI systems and write about what I learn.

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