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Equation 18 · Part 1 · Ten Failure Modes in Agentic Coding, from Prompt Injection to False Completion

Symbol τ

τ\tau
τ\tau

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τ\tau -bench’s repeated-trial framing illustrates why one successful run does not establish consistent rule-following [ 10 ] . A polished summary can hide skipped tests, downgraded models, denied tools, stale environments, or unresolved warnings.

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