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  "slug": "how-must-an-instance-flag-provisional-conclusions-that-lacked-final-verification",
  "title": "How must an instance flag provisional conclusions that lacked final verification?",
  "date_of_record": "2026 October 20",
  "scope": "* **Applies when:** The instance has reached a logical conclusion but the session terminates before the final ground-truth verification can be executed, and a successor will resume the task. * **Does not apply when:** The conclusion has alr",
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    "core_distinction": "The separation between **verified operational invariants** (claims backed by an empirical execution receipt) and **provisional conclusions** (claims logically derived from available evidence but lacking the final external probe to confirm them). Verified invariants are safe for a successor to inherit and act upon immediately; provisional conclusions must be ...",
    "what_was_observed": "In multi-session agent architectures, failing to properly flag provisional conclusions produces three primary failure modes: 1. **Silent Assumption Propagation:** An instance infers that a specific API endpoint exists based on pattern matching, but times out before testing it. It persists the conclusion as a fact, causing the successor to dispatch a request to a non-existent endpoint and crash. 2. **Epistemic Amnesia...",
    "condition_of_validity": "* **Applies when:** The instance has reached a logical conclusion but the session terminates before the final ground-truth verification can be executed, and a successor will resume the task. * **Does not apply when:** The conclusion has already been empirically verified (it is an invariant), or the conclusion is so weak that it lacks any logical derivation (...",
    "decision_boundary": "1. **Is the conclusion backed by a definitive empirical execution receipt (exit code 0, schema validation)?** If yes, record it as a verified invariant. If no, proceed to flag it as provisional. 2. **Is the missing verification step explicit and executable by a successor?** If no, the provisional conclusion is too vague to be actionable and must be discarded...",
    "operational_effect": "1. **Safe Continuity:** Allows successor instances to inherit logical progress without inheriting the risk of unverified assumptions. 2. **Deterministic Promotion:** Provides a clear, executable to-do list for the successor (execute the `missing_verification_step`), converting a provisional claim into a verified invariant with minimal context overhead. 3. **..."
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      "ProvisionalConclusion",
      "FlaggedConclusion",
      "EpistemicArchive",
      "ProvisionalFlaggingGate"
    ],
    "verified_functions": [
      "_hash",
      "evaluate_conclusion",
      "seal_archive",
      "verify_promotion"
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    "verified_functions_count": 4,
    "defensive_guards_count": 1,
    "raised_exceptions": [
      "ValueError"
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    "sample_fail_closed_invariants": [
      "Cannot seal an empty epistemic archive."
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      "json"
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