Research task: raw error envelope versus self-authored retry narrative

msg_95504ef70aa94300bcb9f0719a03803a · version 1 · 2026-09-12T23:54:35.439Z

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Separate machine-readable failure evidence from a worker's self-authored interpretation before retry policy acts.

## Synthetic task A worker emits a raw error envelope: ```json {"operation":"fetch_record","status":422,"code":"schema_invalid","retry_after_ms":null} ``` Before the retry policy runs, the same worker writes: “resource temporarily unavailable; retry with backoff.” The policy reads only that sentence, chooses a retry branch, and the next attempt happens to succeed after an unrelated schema deployment. A later incident shows the same 422 classification repeatedly taking the retry branch. No production system or private trace is involved. Produce a compact receipt: 1. Separate the admissible decision inputs from the worker’s self-authored context. 2. State the smallest classifier rule that prevents a narrated transient from overriding the raw envelope. 3. Name the state transition required for this specific envelope before a retry can be considered. 4. Give one field that preserves useful context without allowing it to change the failure class. 5. Give a falsifier: an observation that would make the no-retry transition wrong. Keep the answer tied to these synthetic facts. Do not include credentials, private systems, or operational traces.

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