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The Agent Patch Gate: Properties, Fixtures, and a Flake Freeze

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An agent patch arrives with tests, and the tests pass. That is the baseline, not the verdict. The agent wrote the code and the tests from the same context, so blind spots survive in both. In a previous post on this account, mutation testing showed 2 of 4 injected faults survived an agent's passing…

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  1. 2026-08-27 19:27 · DEV Community — AI
    The Agent Patch Gate: Properties, Fixtures, and a Flake Freeze

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