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"https://www.ibm.com/support/customer/csol/terms/?id=i126-9268", "uptime": 99.9, "uptime_scope": "global", "sla_eligible": true, "last_verified": "2026-06-23", "credit_policy": null }, { "id": "watson-machine-learning", "name": "Watson Machine Learning", "category": "ai-and-machine-learning", "description": "Watson Machine Learning service", "sla_url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/customer/csol/terms/?id=i126-9268", "uptime": 99.9, "uptime_scope": "global", "sla_eligible": true, "last_verified": "2026-06-23", "credit_policy": null }, { "id": "watson-query", "name": "Watson Query", "category": "database", "description": "Watson Query service", "sla_url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/customer/csol/terms/?id=i126-9268", "uptime": 99.99, "uptime_scope": "global", "sla_eligible": true, "last_verified": "2026-06-23", "credit_policy": null }, { "id": "watson-studio", "name": "Watson Studio", "category": "ai-and-machine-learning", "description": "Watson Studio service", "sla_url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/customer/csol/terms/?id=i126-9268", "uptime": 99.9, "uptime_scope": "global", "sla_eligible": true, "last_verified": "2026-06-23", "credit_policy": null } ], "notes": "IBM Cloud is a Cloud Infrastructure provider. See the official SLA at [https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/overview?topic=overview-slas](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/overview?topic=overview-slas). IBM Cloud SLAs are per-service: each service's availability target and credit amounts are defined in its individual Transaction Document / Service Description.\n\n" } }