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The old incident changes the answer.
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The old incident changes the answer.
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The old incident changes the answer. A prior double-apply came from a lost checkpoint. The next agent should inherit the red path automatically. #EricFieldNotes
Full written post / accessible read
Two agents can debate a new import design for twenty minutes. If neither has the last outage trace, both may endorse a plan that repeats it. The useful human input is not another clever prompt; it is the missing production evidence.
In this simulated incident, a worker committed a batch and crashed before recording its checkpoint. The retry applied it again. The models' plan uses a new progress tracker, but neither answer proves the operation is safe across that exact seam.
Send both reviewers the prior trace and the invariant: one applied effect per operation key. Ask each to propose a test that would fail its own design. Interrupt a disposable worker after commit, restart it and read the downstream record. A good argument survives that contact.
Put the restart fixture in protected CI, require a non-vacuous run and break the operation key deliberately to confirm it turns red. Do this because even an excellent model discussion disappears at session end; the fault that killed the bad design must remain executable.
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Evidence and boundary
On-screen label: SIMULATED PRIOR INCIDENT. Illustrative cases are not measured incidents. Research papers and vendor documents support the stated mechanism only within their studied or documented scope.