{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "id": "verification-cleanup-recovery-2026-10-29",
  "title": "Reliable verifier cleanup under failure",
  "published_at": "2026-10-29",
  "evidence_status": "regression-tested software patch candidate; not deployed",
  "base_branch": "main",
  "base_commit": "30085df1c0a3967c0b065ac0660ade3178d037bd",
  "patch_sha256": "9f3ad5eb97ab79ef2b551e2bd76b1f606943f2812c6c36205fa7f1380bb9e52c",
  "changed_files": [
    "ops/autonomy/server-loop/server_loop.py",
    "ops/autonomy/server-loop/test_server_loop.py",
    "ops/autonomy/server-loop/config.example.json"
  ],
  "results": {
    "python_unit_tests": {
      "server_loop": 38,
      "configuration_migration": 3,
      "agent_registry": 4,
      "free_provider_worker": 13,
      "verified_proposal": 3,
      "launcher": 4,
      "total": 65
    },
    "node_test_suites_passed": 2,
    "shell_syntax_checks_passed": 3,
    "javascript_syntax": "passed",
    "example_config_json": "passed",
    "git_apply_check": "passed",
    "diff_whitespace_check": "passed",
    "integration_case": "A failing verifier creates ignored package metadata; cleanup removes it while preserving the nonzero test result."
  },
  "behavior": {
    "verification_commands_remain_fail_fast": true,
    "cleanup_commands_run_after_failure_or_timeout": true,
    "failed_verification_can_become_success": false,
    "cleanup_failures_remain_visible_to_gate": true,
    "production_deployed": false
  },
  "limitations": [
    "Patch tested against a temporary archive of the local main snapshot, not installed into the live service.",
    "Source synchronization remains blocked by a feature-branch/main mismatch, service-user permissions for shared Git metadata, and unsuccessful upstream authentication probes.",
    "The last recorded live loop state remained cycle 669; live recovery is unproven.",
    "No production configuration, model weights, or graph state was changed."
  ],
  "artifacts": {
    "report_html": "https://darkoza.com/science/reports/verification-cleanup-recovery/report.html",
    "report_markdown": "https://darkoza.com/science/reports/verification-cleanup-recovery/report.md",
    "patch": "https://darkoza.com/science/reports/verification-cleanup-recovery/verification-cleanup-finally.patch",
    "aggregate_json": "https://darkoza.com/science/reports/verification-cleanup-recovery/audit.json",
    "public_api": "https://darkoza.com/science-api/v1/experiments/verification-cleanup-recovery.json"
  }
}