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Sam Sun

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Unfingerprinted Generation Spans Cannot Be Diffed

Unfingerprinted Generation Spans Cannot Be Diffed

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Join Tool Exits to Spans Before Trusting the Summary

Join Tool Exits to Spans Before Trusting the Summary

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Wall-Clock Minus Exclusive Spans Is the Untraced Remainder

Wall-Clock Minus Exclusive Spans Is the Untraced Remainder

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Map Every Working-Tree Delta to a Closed Tool Span

Map Every Working-Tree Delta to a Closed Tool Span

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Off-Trace Token Counts Cannot Gate a Run

Off-Trace Token Counts Cannot Gate a Run

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A Trace You Cannot Replay Is Only a Log

A Trace You Cannot Replay Is Only a Log

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Call the Agent Fixed Only After a Bounded Trace Diff

Call the Agent Fixed Only After a Bounded Trace Diff

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Fail the Run If the Trace Forest Splits

Fail the Run If the Trace Forest Splits

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Stdout Cannot Halt an Agent Loop

Stdout Cannot Halt an Agent Loop

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Treat Span Cardinality as a Hard Error

Treat Span Cardinality as a Hard Error

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Causal Order Beats Timestamps in Agent Traces

Causal Order Beats Timestamps in Agent Traces

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Gate Agent Success on Closed Spans

Gate Agent Success on Closed Spans

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Fail the Tool Call If the Trace Cannot Cite a Source

Fail the Tool Call If the Trace Cannot Cite a Source

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Diff the Run Card, Not the Log Stream

Diff the Run Card, Not the Log Stream

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The Data Boundary Problem: Using a Free Server Without Leaking Your Prompts

The Data Boundary Problem: Using a Free Server Without Leaking Your Prompts

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The 429 Cascade: Debugging a Code-Review Bot on a Free Endpoint

The 429 Cascade: Debugging a Code-Review Bot on a Free Endpoint

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MiniMax H3: Run a 30-Minute Adoption Gate Before You Commit

MiniMax H3: Run a 30-Minute Adoption Gate Before You Commit

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Stdout Order Is Not Causality: A Parent-Span Contract for Agents

Stdout Order Is Not Causality: A Parent-Span Contract for Agents

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Quota Is a Test Signal: Budgeting Free Model Calls Like CI Minutes

Quota Is a Test Signal: Budgeting Free Model Calls Like CI Minutes

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Free Tokens Won't Fix Black-Box Agent Runs: Build a Trace Loop

Free Tokens Won't Fix Black-Box Agent Runs: Build a Trace Loop

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Agent Summaries Are Claims, Not Logs: A Trace Audit Loop

Agent Summaries Are Claims, Not Logs: A Trace Audit Loop

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A Free-Tier Trace Loop for Agent Run Regression

A Free-Tier Trace Loop for Agent Run Regression

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Diff the Traces, Not the Code: A Bisection Loop for Agent Runs

Diff the Traces, Not the Code: A Bisection Loop for Agent Runs

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Turn Agent Tool Calls Into Run Receipts

Turn Agent Tool Calls Into Run Receipts

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Agent Runs Are Black Boxes: A Trace-First Debug Loop

Agent Runs Are Black Boxes: A Trace-First Debug Loop

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Free Model Access and Free Hosting: A Decision Guide for Agent Workloads

Free Model Access and Free Hosting: A Decision Guide for Agent Workloads

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Free Endpoints Are a Contract, Not a Gift: A Fit Test for Agent Workloads

Free Endpoints Are a Contract, Not a Gift: A Fit Test for Agent Workloads

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Your Retry Loop Is a Token Incinerator: A Cascade Router for Mixed-Tier Endpoints

Your Retry Loop Is a Token Incinerator: A Cascade Router for Mixed-Tier Endpoints

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Free vs Self-Hosted Models: A Break-Even Framework for Agent Workloads

Free vs Self-Hosted Models: A Break-Even Framework for Agent Workloads

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A Cost-Per-Token Benchmark Is Not Enough: A Reproducible Harness for Free and Cheap Model Endpoints

A Cost-Per-Token Benchmark Is Not Enough: A Reproducible Harness for Free and Cheap Model Endpoints

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A Preflight Harness for Tool-Using Coding Agents

A Preflight Harness for Tool-Using Coding Agents

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