{ "schema": "task23-invalid-model-output-forensic-redacted-v1", "task_id": "st_019ffdfd", "subject_task_id": "st_019ffd8e", "child_token": "7ecd9ed50dc28217", "recorded_at_utc": "2026-08-14T02:08:08Z", "verdict": "SEMANTIC_FAILURE_CONFIRMED_SUBCLAUSE_UNRECOVERABLE_DIAGNOSTIC_GAP_REPAIR_REQUIRED_NO_SUCCESSOR_AUTHORIZED", "bottom_line": { "terminal_classification": "invalid_model_output_after_one_inline_correction", "terminal_record_digest": "ce80a83ce61131246d0f5f9600dab4ae9de1df6c2d23810c405df17f032a7796", "combined_validation_audit_sha256": "4ab8a2711443baa915e4ad1a7de2481a9f2bd89cbf1a4394713a7ae6bb9818d7", "provider_transport_succeeded": true, "provider_status_succeeded": true, "strict_schema_requested": true, "semantic_validation_failed": true, "exact_semantic_subclause_recoverable": false, "reason_exact_subclause_is_unrecoverable": "The retained diagnostic collapses every post-shape semantic rejection to semantic_validation_failed. The terminal ledger retains only a one-way hash of the ordered per-response diagnostics, and neither response_sha256, diagnostic_audit_sha256, rule code, nor JSON path is retained individually. Multiple distinct schema-valid failures therefore remain observationally indistinguishable without raw output.", "raw_private_model_output_read_or_persisted": false }, "retained_terminal_evidence": { "states": [ "generation_pending", "generating", "generation_failed" ], "worker_attempt": 1, "inline_correction_count": 1, "retryable": false, "provider_failure_audit_count": 0, "provider_audits": [ { "status": "completed", "finish_reason": "stop", "incomplete_reason": null, "input_tokens": 1770, "output_tokens": 344, "total_tokens": 2114 }, { "status": "completed", "finish_reason": "stop", "incomplete_reason": null, "input_tokens": 1797, "output_tokens": 320, "total_tokens": 2117 } ], "gateway_log": { "claim_passed": true, "provider_readiness_passed": true, "initial_diagnostic": "semantic_validation_failed", "correction_marker": 1, "terminal_gate": "invalid_model_output", "inline_diagnostic_was_logged": false } }, "failure_path": { "initial": { "source": "gateway/platforms/nutrition_coaching_proposal_validation.py:49-59,97-162", "worker_source": "gateway/platforms/nutrition_coaching.py:8691-8706", "exact_retained_path": "JSON parse passed -> exact top-level key set passed -> schema_version passed -> validate_coach_proposal returned None -> semantic_validation_failed -> one inline correction", "parser_failure": false, "shape_failure": false, "response_contract_failure": false, "semantic_subclause": "not retained" }, "inline_correction": { "source": "gateway/platforms/nutrition_coaching.py:8706-8744", "exact_retained_path": "second provider completion -> diagnose_coach_judgment -> proposal was not ValidatedCoachProposal -> combined validation audit hash -> invalid_model_output", "schema_contract_basis": "The second request used the same strict JSON Schema transport and completed with finish_reason=stop; there is no provider failure or incomplete audit.", "semantic_subclause": "not retained", "diagnostic_visibility_gap": "The worker appends the second diagnostic to the in-memory hash input but does not log or durably retain its code/path/fingerprint." } }, "classification_matrix": { "parser": "rejected for initial; rejected for inline by completed strict-schema contract", "shape": "rejected for initial; rejected for inline by completed strict-schema contract", "grounding_identity_or_revision": "plausible semantic subclause; not distinguishable", "target_consistency_or_energy": "plausible semantic subclause; not distinguishable", "offered_id_subset": "plausible semantic subclause; not distinguishable", "copy_numeric_claim_or_sensitive_fact": "plausible semantic subclause; not distinguishable", "safety": "plausible semantic subclause; not distinguishable", "budget": "not the terminal classifier; requested 256 was a prompt-only budget, was not sent as max_output_tokens, and both completed outputs exceeded it without an incomplete status", "status": "rejected; both status values were completed with finish_reason=stop", "transport": "rejected; two completed provider audits and zero provider failure audits" }, "hypotheses": [ { "name": "parser_shape_or_response_contract", "result": "rejected", "evidence": "The initial retained diagnostic is semantic_validation_failed, a branch reached only after JSON parse, exact key-set, and schema_version checks. Both calls used strict JSON Schema and completed." }, { "name": "grounding_identity_or_revision_mismatch_in_model_output", "result": "plausible_but_unresolved", "candidate_clauses": [ "$.customer_key exact match", "$.revision_binding_digest exact match" ], "evidence": "Both clauses collapse to semantic_validation_failed and the per-response fingerprints were not retained." }, { "name": "decision_recommendation_target_consistency_or_energy", "result": "plausible_but_unresolved", "candidate_clauses": [ "$.recommendation energy consistency", "$.decision=adjust requires changed targets", "$.decision!=adjust requires unchanged targets" ], "evidence": "A schema-valid offline mutation at this rule produces the same retained diagnostic code." }, { "name": "unoffered_evidence_or_focus_identifier", "result": "plausible_but_unresolved", "candidate_clauses": [ "$.evidence_ids subset of offered evidence", "$.next_checkin_focus_ids subset of offered observations" ], "evidence": "Strict JSON Schema constrains types but not offered-ID membership; the correction prompt mentions offered identifiers but no rule/path is retained." }, { "name": "copy_integrity_or_safety", "result": "plausible_but_unresolved", "candidate_clauses": [ "$.interpretation or $.customer_draft numeric provenance", "recommendation claim integrity", "unsupported sensitive fact", "prohibited nutrition guidance" ], "evidence": "All are semantic-only checks after provider schema acceptance and all collapse to the same diagnostic code." }, { "name": "provider_budget_status_or_transport", "result": "rejected_as_terminal_cause", "evidence": "Both provider audits are completed/stop, no incomplete reason exists, and provider_failure_audit_count is zero. The 256-token budget was not transported as max_output_tokens." } ], "finalized_grounding_and_request": { "finalized_event_id": "wizard_995f04a3b8bc256fa13ff407", "terminal_checkin_revision": "f266949e05195d9a23c728264f84507e3edcea207126f501df0251924c117ae1", "session_id_sha256": "d08ec6d2a39ac62b22e1450d2410b7ae25f77e6da9bb7fe93351fd843b3d4f82", "source_fingerprints": { "wizard_events_sha256": "077297458eba094733404617f5de4fa419f7e7ac83a6d747b05f805144ea52b0", "finalized_draft_sha256": "8e5a7f9f49a02381a5ca9a8cab0d7bf8d81d1906787f69e083d020e9d2c25c1b", "canonical_sequence_sha256": "534818dfc2c1d7fe36c35991c62c4d838a3268d3ae8a79f6be5ba5dff722ac0b", "request_ledger_sha256": "793436f5264cf957332f55954ef6ecf93078757c580f3952ee064b1683b3e3e6", "generation_ledger_sha256": "bf1847facbaf01439c90acb91fa373937f07072bc29d981a21e8a2c88f4c176e" }, "offered_evidence_ids": [ "checkin.current" ], "offered_focus_ids": [ "checkin.bodyweight", "checkin.calories", "checkin.condition", "checkin.digestion", "checkin.macros", "checkin.sleep_duration", "checkin.sleep_quality", "checkin.training_summary", "checkin.water" ], "current_targets_sha256": "cb10128bde2da8f45bbdf762e083bb1e505caf28b949004a60a2b6f0e821a254", "valid_sample_count": 1, "deterministic_baseline": "maintain", "safety_held": false, "schema_candidate_sha256": "7fda8dd3e2c36a58a12fcc3b99464825d12cdfa65addff48e9c63c4514f73ab2", "reconstructed_transport_request_audit": { "schema_version": "responses-request-shape-v1", "endpoint_capability": "chatgpt_codex_responses_v1", "field_names": [ "input", "instructions", "model", "store", "stream", "text", "timeout" ], "field_shapes": { "input": "array", "instructions": "string", "model": "string", "store": "boolean", "stream": "boolean", "text": "object", "timeout": "number" }, "strict_text_format": true, "requested_max_output_tokens": 256, "max_output_tokens_sent": false, "budget_decision": "capability_unsupported_prompt_contract" }, "current_reconstruction_drift": { "current_revision_binding_digest": "9a49d4d8f6d3471129de21ea63e11655566070b9877a6cf651608a6e117bbc65", "matches_terminal_revision": false, "current_request_sha256": "f921d9873b07f695cc9bc2e4e89a94c5265616031ca2f0717571c4c2b27912c7", "current_request_bytes": 4402, "system_prompt_sha256": "fcb9d44d6af0e1c5526c218e3bf3c99f261d1796565ef129e15f0a5d6314a12e", "interpretation": "This drift is not the live terminal cause because the worker passed its pre-provider binding check before making both calls. It is a present blocker: the exact terminal request can no longer be reproduced from retained current authority, so no successor should consume the old revision pin." } }, "offline_minimal_accepted_output": { "raw_output_persisted": false, "terminal_pinned_response_sha256": "492885c178ae9e5f18363d33f2ad1c8b802f736ffd30f1ed6c47e11475f4a5a2", "diagnostic_audit_sha256": "907c075f00e59ff00d5d6a56b1b0308f7ebe463a90ce0cbe8817a57b5e8667d5", "bytes": 478, "schema_error_count": 0, "semantic_diagnostic": "accepted", "decision": "maintain", "confidence": "low", "evidence_ids": [ "checkin.current" ], "focus_ids": [ "checkin.water" ], "recommendation_sha256": "cb10128bde2da8f45bbdf762e083bb1e505caf28b949004a60a2b6f0e821a254", "comparison_to_live": "The accepted response fingerprint differs in domain from the terminal combined validation audit hash. Live per-response fingerprints were not retained, so equality or rule-level comparison is impossible." }, "non_identifiability_proof": { "method": "Six content-distinct, provider-schema-valid offline mutations were evaluated against the terminal-pinned synthetic grounding.", "all_retained_codes": [ "semantic_validation_failed" ], "distinct_rule_families": [ "grounding.customer_key_exact", "grounding.revision_binding_digest_exact", "target_consistency.decision_adjust_requires_changed_targets", "offered_id.evidence_ids_subset", "copy.numeric_provenance_subset", "safety.prohibited_nutrition_guidance" ], "conclusion": "The retained code cannot identify the exact semantic clause for either response." }, "why_disposable_success_missed_live_behavior": [ "The integration success mock copied the exact customer key, revision, current targets, first offered evidence ID, and first offered observation ID into a validator-perfect canned response.", "The success fixture was 140 output tokens and 478 bytes; the live outputs were 344 and 320 output tokens. The gate never exercised the live model's longer schema-valid semantic behavior.", "The one-correction unit test used an invalid empty object followed by a perfect canned response; it did not exercise two strict-schema-valid semantic failures.", "The provider mode matrix covered HTTP and terminal status classes, not semantic-rule diversity after a completed strict-schema response.", "The gate asserted schema and transport portability but did not require rule-level, privacy-safe diagnostics for both initial and correction responses.", "The current request reconstruction no longer matches the terminal revision pin, yet the gate did not retain the exact request fingerprint or assert post-gate reproducibility against that pin." ], "smallest_test_first_repair": { "recommendation": "Add bounded rule-code and JSON-path diagnostics without weakening any validator, retain both ordered attempts, and gate the exact request binding before any new authorization.", "effort": "Short (approximately 0.5-1 engineering day)", "tests_first": [ "Table-test every current semantic early return with provider-schema-valid synthetic payloads; assert an allowlisted rule_code and JSON path, response hash, and absence of model/customer prose.", "Worker-test two distinct schema-valid semantic failures; assert ordered initial and inline diagnostics are both retained and no draft/event/delivery is created.", "Add an integration provider mode that returns two live-style semantic-invalid strict-schema responses rather than the perfect success fixture.", "Assert the exact finalized event reconstructs the generation claim revision and request fingerprint before a child can be authorized.", "Expand the source seal to cover transitive judgment/request/types/copy/safety dependencies used by validation." ], "implementation_after_red_tests": [ "Refactor validation internally to return proposal or an allowlisted rule_code/path; keep validate_coach_proposal's public accepted/None behavior.", "Extend the privacy-safe diagnostic and backward-compatible terminal error parser with an optional ordered validation_diagnostics list containing only phase, rule_code, path, response_sha256, and audit_sha256.", "Log the inline diagnostic as well as the initial diagnostic.", "Fail closed on request-revision or request-fingerprint drift before provider invocation." ], "safety_properties_preserved": [ "No validator rule is relaxed or removed.", "No raw model output or customer prose enters diagnostics.", "No automatic retry is added.", "No customer delivery path changes." ] }, "verification": { "offline_reconstruction": "passed in a network-unshared bubblewrap sandbox against a disposable profile overlay", "minimal_terminal_pinned_fixture": { "schema_error_count": 0, "semantic_diagnostic": "accepted" }, "non_identifiability_variants": 6, "focused_tests": { "result": "3 passed in 0.27s", "network": "unshared", "targets": [ "test_mocked_codex_transport_accepts_the_offline_140_token_fixture", "test_portable_coach_schema_keeps_the_existing_accepted_fixture", "test_generation_worker_allows_exactly_one_correction_attempt" ] } }, "successor_authority": { "currently_justified": false, "authorized_by_this_report": false, "conditional_future_statement": "Another successor could be considered only after the diagnostic/request-binding repair passes the new live-style tests, the current finalized authority is freshly sealed, and the Owner grants a new explicit one-use authority. This report does not authorize or initiate it." }, "prohibitions_observed": { "provider_calls": 0, "retries": 0, "children_or_cards_published": 0, "service_or_profile_or_database_mutations": 0, "telegram_actions": 0, "commits_pushes_releases": 0, "raw_private_model_outputs_persisted": 0 } }