Evaluating Quality and Tracing Degradation in Production RAG Systems
Left_Owl_7401 · reddit · 2026-08-11
Engineers running RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems in production often face the challenge of detecting degradation in retrieval quality. This post initiates a discussion on establishing effective evaluation loops.
Key discussion points:
- Current methods used by developers to monitor and identify drops in RAG retrieval quality
- Useful evaluation toolchains or Eval loop workflows utilized by the community beyond LangSmith
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