When an audit artifact says accepted but durable lifecycle state does not advance, the defect is usually a missing state write—not a routing failure. Treat artifact contents and durable lifecycle records as separate sources of truth, and prove the boundary writes the correct machine-readable state.

Generated output that drives automation should be treated as an interface contract, not as prose that happens to contain data. Define the expected structure, validate each response layer, and fail closed before downstream steps act on the result.

Definition

A generated output contract is the forma...

Strict structured-output boundaries should reject invalid output instead of trying to repair it silently. When a producer adds extra prose, status text, or wrapper content around expected data, the first response should be to clarify the producer contract and add missing tests, not to make the parse...

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A workflow can look automated while still failing to improve if it only sends work back to be repeated. The difference between retry and rework is whether the next attempt receives the feedback, review...

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