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The test passed because it was reading our own input

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We run browser agents that fill out job application forms on company hiring systems. One of them reported a form as fully completed. Seventeen fields written, seventeen confirmed, submit clicked. Zero of those seventeen values reached the employer. The agent was not lying. It was reading the wrong…

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  1. 2026-08-23 16:12 · DEV Community — AI
    The test passed because it was reading our own input

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