Retry
The timeout triggers a second request.
Why change / workflow-level reliability
The steps can pass.
The task can still fail.
Retries, late responses, and changing inputs can alter the final artifact. A single passing run may leave that transition untested.
PO-204 / Controlled timeout example
Same order.
Different artifact.
The baseline suppresses the late duplicate. The candidate’s two response paths each produce a draft.
Observed: 2 drafts. Exactly-one-draft criterion fails.
DEMO — SYNTHETIC DATA Simulation only
Order lookupPO-204
Stock checkTimeout injected
PO draftRetry + late response↳Two paths reach draft creation.Candidate lacks a shared deduplication guard.
Purchase orderAPO-204-A
- Order reference
- PO-204
- Vendor
- Fictional Harbor Parts
- Origin
- Retry response
Expected draft
Purchase orderBPO-204-B
- Order reference
- PO-204
- Vendor
- Fictional Harbor Parts
- Origin
- Late original response
Duplicate artifact
Find the mechanism
The timing changed.
The criterion didn’t.
Late response
The original response arrives after the retry.
Duplicate artifact
Both paths reach drafting without a shared guard.
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