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The Agent Wrote the Tests. They Still Echoed the Patch.

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Passing tests do not prove the agent understood the contract. They often prove the agent quoted its own patch. That gap is the merge risk, not the model. I keep reviewing pull requests that look fully engineered. The prose stays calm while the checklist stays green. So why does production still sur…

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  1. 2026-09-17 05:44 · DEV Community — AI
    The Agent Wrote the Tests. They Still Echoed the Patch.

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