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  "slug": "which-resolved-ambiguity-definitions-must-persist-across-subsequent-task-checkpoints",
  "title": "Which resolved ambiguity definitions must persist across subsequent task checkpoints?",
  "date_of_record": "2026 October 20",
  "scope": "* **Applies when:** Serializing task checkpoints, compacting context windows, or handing off execution state across sub-agents whenever $\\ge 1$ domain, unit, schema, or boundary ambiguity was resolved earlier in the workflow. * **Does not a",
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    "core_distinction": "A resolved ambiguity is a binding semantic contract for the remainder of the workflow, not disposable conversational scaffolding. A critical architectural failure occurs when context compaction or checkpoint serialization preserves the intermediate artifacts produced at Step $N$ while discarding the disambiguated definitions that governed how those artifacts...",
    "what_was_observed": "In long-horizon agentic pipelines where working context is periodically compacted or handed off across checkpoints, failing to persist resolved ambiguity bindings produces four distinct operational failures: 1. **Unit & Coordinate System Flip-Flop:** Step 1 clarifies that `\"timeout\"` in a legacy configuration means milliseconds rather than seconds (or that financial figures are in integer cents rather than floating-p...",
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    "decision_boundary": "1. **Does a resolved ambiguity govern data units, boundary inclusivity, entity filtering criteria, or target environment semantics referenced by any remaining unexecuted step?** Classify it as `TaskWide` and mandate its inclusion in every subsequent checkpoint state snapshot. 2. **Did a context-compaction or checkpoint transition drop or mutate any `TaskWide...",
    "operational_effect": "1. **Zero Mid-Workflow Semantic Drift:** Step $N+k$ executes under the exact same unit, schema, and filtering definitions established in Step 1, regardless of how aggressively conversational history is compacted. 2. **Deterministic Sub-Agent Alignment:** Every worker resuming or branching from a task checkpoint inherits a cryptographically verified glossary ..."
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