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The Agent Patch Loosened the Assertion and the Suite Stayed Green: An Oracle-Latitude Gate

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A patch can keep every test green and still weaken what the tests mean. Count the latitude of the oracle, not the colour of the run, and gate on that count. Last week I spent an hour reviewing a diff where the only test change was one line: - assert invoice.total == Decimal("42.00") + assert invoic…

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  1. 2026-10-27 03:27 · DEV Community — AI
    The Agent Patch Loosened the Assertion and the Suite Stayed Green: An Oracle-Latitude Gate

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