Service Level Agreement

Last updated: 17 July 2026

This Service Level Agreement ("SLA") describes the service availability objectives, support commitments, incident classification framework, maintenance practices, and operational standards applicable to the services provided by Cafiyn Innovations LLP ("Cafiyn", "Company", "we", "our", or "us").

This SLA forms part of the applicable Terms of Service, Subscription Agreement, Master Services Agreement, Order Form, or other governing agreement between Cafiyn and the Customer.

This SLA does not create guarantees, warranties, or service credits unless expressly stated in a separate written agreement executed by authorized representatives of both parties.

Purpose

The purpose of this SLA is to:

  • Define service availability objectives.
  • Describe support processes.
  • Establish incident severity classifications.
  • Define response targets.
  • Clarify maintenance procedures.
  • Set customer expectations regarding service operations.

Definitions

Service. The software, website, application, portal, platform, subscription service, or related technology offering provided by Cafiyn.

Availability. The percentage of time during a calendar month that the Service is operational and accessible, excluding permitted exclusions defined in this SLA.

Downtime. The period during which the Service is unavailable to substantially all users due to an issue within Cafiyn's control.

Scheduled Maintenance. Planned maintenance activities announced in advance.

Emergency Maintenance. Urgent maintenance necessary to protect security, prevent service disruption, resolve critical issues, or address operational risks.

Business Day. Monday through Friday excluding public holidays observed in Karnataka, India.

Business Hours. 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST).

Service availability objectives

Cafiyn will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain service availability in accordance with the objectives described below.

Availability objectives are targets only and do not constitute warranties or guarantees.

Launch stabilization period

For the first six (6) months following the general commercial availability of the Service ("Launch Stabilization Period"), Cafiyn shall use commercially reasonable efforts to achieve a target monthly availability of 95.0%.

This period allows for:

  • Infrastructure optimization
  • Security hardening
  • Operational maturity improvements
  • Performance enhancements
  • Reliability improvements

Standard availability period

Beginning immediately after the Launch Stabilization Period, Cafiyn shall use commercially reasonable efforts to achieve a target monthly availability of 99.0%.

This target represents an operational objective and shall not constitute a contractual guarantee.

Availability calculation

Monthly Availability shall be calculated as follows:

Availability (%) = (Total Minutes in Month − Unplanned Downtime) ÷ (Total Minutes in Month) × 100

Only verified downtime attributable directly to Cafiyn-controlled systems shall be included in downtime calculations.

Exclusions

The following shall not be considered downtime and shall be excluded from availability calculations:

  • Scheduled maintenance: approved maintenance activities performed with reasonable notice.
  • Emergency maintenance: urgent maintenance required to protect security, integrity, availability, or stability.
  • Customer environment issues: customer networks, customer internet providers, local devices, browser issues.
  • Third-party failures: failures involving cloud providers, DNS providers, internet carriers, utility providers.
  • Force majeure events: natural disasters, floods, fires, earthquakes, war, civil unrest, government actions, pandemics.
  • Security events: DDoS attacks, internet-wide disruptions, malicious third-party activity.
  • Customer-caused interruptions: misconfiguration, unauthorized changes, improper usage.

Support services

Support is provided on a commercially reasonable efforts basis.

Support may include:

  • Issue investigation
  • Troubleshooting assistance
  • Defect identification
  • Service guidance
  • General inquiries

Support does not include:

  • Custom development
  • Consulting services
  • Customer training
  • Third-party software support
  • On-site assistance unless separately contracted

Support hours

Standard support hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM IST, excluding public holidays observed in Karnataka, India.

Support requests may be submitted at any time. Requests submitted outside support hours shall be processed during the next available business period.

Support contact

Support and operational inquiries may be submitted to support@cafiyn.com.

Customers should provide:

  • Contact information
  • Detailed description
  • Steps to reproduce
  • Screenshots where available
  • Impact assessment

Incomplete information may delay investigation.

Initial operating period support commitments

For the first twelve (12) months following general commercial availability of the Service ("Initial Operating Period"), Cafiyn does not guarantee:

  • Resolution times
  • Recovery times
  • Restoration times
  • Workaround delivery times
  • Defect correction timelines

All support commitments during this period are targets only. Cafiyn shall use commercially reasonable efforts to investigate and address issues according to severity and business impact.

Incident severity levels

Severity 1 (Critical)

A complete outage or service failure affecting all or substantially all users with no available workaround.

Examples:

  • Complete service outage
  • Critical authentication failure
  • Major security incident

Target initial response: within one (1) business day.

Severity 2 (High)

A major feature or business process is significantly impaired.

Examples:

  • Major reporting failures
  • Core functionality unavailable
  • Significant degradation

Target initial response: within two (2) business days.

Severity 3 (Medium)

Limited functionality is affected but reasonable workarounds exist.

Examples:

  • Non-critical feature issues
  • Performance degradation
  • Minor operational impacts

Target initial response: within three (3) business days.

Severity 4 (Low)

General inquiries, cosmetic issues, enhancement requests, or documentation concerns.

Examples:

  • UI issues
  • Feature requests
  • Clarification requests

Target initial response: within five (5) business days.

Response targets

Response targets represent acknowledgment and investigation targets only.

A response may include:

  • Acknowledgment of receipt
  • Request for additional information
  • Status update
  • Investigation initiation

Response targets do not constitute resolution commitments.

Resolution commitments

Cafiyn does not guarantee:

  • Resolution deadlines
  • Recovery objectives
  • Restoration objectives
  • Workaround availability
  • Defect remediation schedules

Issue prioritization shall be determined by Cafiyn based upon severity, security impact, customer impact, operational risk, and resource availability.

Maintenance

Scheduled maintenance. Planned maintenance activities intended to improve performance, enhance reliability, deploy updates, or address security concerns. Reasonable efforts will be made to provide advance notice.

Emergency maintenance. Emergency maintenance may be performed without prior notice where necessary to address security threats, prevent service disruption, protect customer data, or maintain service integrity.

Incident communications

Where appropriate, Cafiyn may provide updates regarding significant incidents.

Communications may include:

  • Incident acknowledgement
  • Service status updates
  • Mitigation activities
  • Resolution notices

Cafiyn reserves discretion regarding the frequency and content of incident communications.

Customer responsibilities

Customers shall:

  • Maintain supported environments.
  • Cooperate with troubleshooting efforts.
  • Provide requested information.
  • Implement reasonable security practices.
  • Promptly report suspected issues.

Failure to cooperate may impact support effectiveness.

No service credits

Unless expressly agreed in a separate written agreement:

  • No service credits apply.
  • No financial penalties apply.
  • No automatic refunds apply.
  • No uptime compensation applies.

Availability objectives and support targets are operational objectives only.

Limitation of liability

This SLA is subject to all liability limitations, exclusions, disclaimers, and remedies contained in the governing agreement between Customer and Cafiyn.

Nothing in this SLA increases Cafiyn's liability beyond the limits established in the applicable agreement.

Changes to this SLA

Cafiyn may modify this SLA from time to time to reflect:

  • Service improvements
  • Operational changes
  • Legal requirements
  • Business needs

Material changes shall be communicated through appropriate channels. Continued use of the Services following publication of an updated SLA constitutes acceptance of the revised SLA.

Contact information

Service operations and support: support@cafiyn.com

Questions regarding this SLA, support procedures, availability objectives, or incident reporting should be directed to the above contact.

Questions about this policy? Email support@cafiyn.com.