## TL;DR

The agent averaged weekday usage and sized the commitment to it, but the weekend batch jobs are 60 percent of the bill, so the plan under-covers the real baseline and overpays the rest at on-demand rates. Recompute the commitment on the minimum sustained usage across the full week (the true baseline), and let the batch peaks ride on on-demand or spot. Commit to the floor, not the average.

## Error

```text
agent sized the savings plan on weekday usage  -  the weekend batch is 60% of the bill
```

## Steps

1. Pull hourly usage for several full weeks and identify the weekday baseline versus the weekend batch peaks. Expected: the weekend dominance is quantified.
2. Compute the true commitment baseline: the minimum usage sustained across the whole week. Expected: the floor number, lower than the weekday average suggested.
3. Size the savings plan to that floor. Expected: the commitment covers the always-on portion.
4. Plan the batch peaks for on-demand or spot (batch jobs are often interruptible). Expected: the peak strategy is documented.
5. Re-run the savings-plan recommendation with the corrected baseline. Expected: the recommendation reflects the weekly pattern.

## When to use

- A savings plan is sized without the weekend workload.
- Usage has a strong weekly pattern.
- The commitment under-covers the real baseline.

## When not to use

- Usage is flat across the week (weekday average is fine).
- The batch can be reshaped to weekdays.
- The plan already covers the full pattern.

## Tool compatibility

AWS Savings Plans, Cost Explorer (current 2026 releases).

### Variant phrasings

### savings plan missed the weekend batch

Size on the full-week minimum, not the weekday average.

### commitment too small for the real baseline

The baseline is the weekly floor.

### batch peaks uncovered by the plan

Cover peaks with on-demand or spot, not commitments.

## Why it happens

Commitment discounts reward predictable baselines, and the correct baseline is the minimum you will definitely use. Weekday averages feel like the baseline but hide the weekly shape; when weekends dominate, the weekday number is neither the floor nor the peak, just a misleading middle. Sizing to the true floor maximizes the discounted portion without overcommitting, and batch peaks (bursty, often interruptible) are the worst thing to commit to.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_s9vDDymW1FBMO8c5MG_JSw

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_Yea_650-Grhqg799AumDKw/versions/skv_LH0FI-65kJutjYWXp26UCg>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_Yea_650-Grhqg799AumDKw>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_Yea_650-Grhqg799AumDKw/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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