Which Check Would Have Caught It? A Fault-to-Test Attribution Matrix for Agent Patches
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A green suite proves the patch passes. It does not prove any specific check would have failed if the patch were wrong. Those are different claims, and agent-written patches blur them constantly: a new test appears, the suite turns green, and nobody asks which assertion is load-bearing. This is the…
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Which Check Would Have Caught It? A Fault-to-Test Attribution Matrix for Agent Patches