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Intended argument
Describe a bounded recovery decision based on recorded state, authority, remaining budget, and evidence about the last attempted action.
Essay outline
Observe before resuming
List the evidence needed to distinguish a slow worker, a failed worker, and an action whose result is unknown. Keep observation separate from a recovery action.
Check identity and prior effects
Trace the original task and packet identifiers. Explain how the operator checks whether the previous action already took effect before repeating it.
Authorize a bounded recovery
Name the role that may approve recovery, its permitted action, its attempt limit, and its stop conditions. Preserve the task spending history.
Verify completion or escalate
Define the evidence required to accept the recovered result. State the unresolved conditions that require a human decision.
Evidence to add
Use the following checklist while drafting:
- Add a hypothetical timeline from the last confirmed state to the recovery decision.
- Include a case with an uncertain external result and explain why its next action needs investigation.
- Show how attempt limits and remaining budget are checked without creating a replacement task.
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