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# Hallucination in RAG — Guardrails and Fix Pattern
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<summary><strong>🧭 Quick Return to Map</strong></summary>
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> You are in a sub-page of **RAG**.
> To reorient, go back here:
>
> - [**RAG** — retrieval-augmented generation and knowledge grounding](./README.md)
> - [**WFGY Global Fix Map** — main Emergency Room, 300+ structured fixes](../README.md)
> - [**WFGY Problem Map 1.0** — 16 reproducible failure modes](../../README.md)
>
> Think of this page as a desk within a ward.
> If you need the full triage and all prescriptions, return to the Emergency Room lobby.
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When the retriever returns plausible text, but the LLM answers with facts that are not in the corpus.
This page stabilizes retrieval → reasoning boundaries and applies WFGY symbolic fixes to stop hallucination loops.
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## Open these first
- Visual recovery: [RAG Architecture & Recovery](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/rag-architecture-and-recovery.md)
- Retrieval schema: [Retrieval Traceability](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/retrieval-traceability.md)
- Snippet contracts: [Data Contracts](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/data-contracts.md)
- Boundary fences: [Cite-then-Explain](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/cite-then-explain.md)
- Chain stability: [Logic Collapse](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/logic-collapse.md)
- Long-context drift: [Context Drift](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/context-drift.md)
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## Core acceptance
- Every answer includes citation fields (`snippet_id`, `section_id`, `source_url`)
- ΔS(answer, cited snippet) ≤ 0.45
- Coverage ≥ 0.70 for cited target section
- λ convergent across 3 paraphrases and 2 seeds
---
## Typical symptoms → exact fix
| Symptom | Likely cause | Open this |
|---------|--------------|-----------|
| Answer has no citation or cites wrong section | missing contract schema | [Data Contracts](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/data-contracts.md), [Retrieval Traceability](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/retrieval-traceability.md) |
| LLM fabricates plausible filler | boundary collapse between retrieval and reasoning | [Cite-then-Explain](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/cite-then-explain.md), [Logic Collapse](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/logic-collapse.md) |
| Correct fact retrieved, but answer overwrites it | λ divergence in long chain | [Context Drift](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/context-drift.md), [Entropy Collapse](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/entropy-collapse.md) |
| Hallucination reappears after correction | unstable feedback loop | [Pattern: Hallucination Re-entry](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/patterns/pattern_hallucination_reentry.md) |
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## Fix in 60 seconds
1. **Cite-first enforcement**
- Force the LLM to output citations before free text.
- Forbid answers that lack at least one valid snippet_id.
2. **ΔS probe**
- Compute ΔS(answer, cited snippet).
- If ≥ 0.60, trigger BBPF alternate reasoning path.
3. **Apply module**
- Boundary collapse → BBCR bridge + [Cite-then-Explain](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/cite-then-explain.md)
- Re-entry loops → [Pattern: Hallucination Re-entry](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/patterns/pattern_hallucination_reentry.md)
---
## Copy-paste prompt for debug
```txt
I uploaded TXT OS and the WFGY Problem Map.
My issue:
- retrieval finds the fact, but answer hallucinates new content
- traces: ΔS(answer,cited_snippet)=..., λ across 3 paraphrases
Tell me:
1. failing boundary (retrieval vs reasoning),
2. exact WFGY page to open,
3. minimal fix to enforce cite-then-explain and push ΔS ≤ 0.45,
4. test to verify stability over 3 paraphrases.
````
---
### 🔗 Quick-Start Downloads (60 sec)
| Tool | Link | 3-Step Setup |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **WFGY 1.0 PDF** | [Engine Paper](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/I_am_not_lizardman/WFGY_All_Principles_Return_to_One_v1.0_PSBigBig_Public.pdf) | 1⃣ Download · 2⃣ Upload to your LLM · 3⃣ Ask “Answer using WFGY + <your question>” |
| **TXT OS (plain-text OS)** | [TXTOS.txt](https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/OS/TXTOS.txt) | 1⃣ Download · 2⃣ Paste into any LLM chat · 3⃣ Type “hello world” — OS boots instantly |
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### Explore More
| Layer | Page | What its for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Proof | [WFGY Recognition Map](/recognition/README.md) | External citations, integrations, and ecosystem proof |
| Engine | [WFGY 1.0](/legacy/README.md) | Original PDF based tension engine |
| Engine | [WFGY 2.0](/core/README.md) | Production tension kernel and math engine for RAG and agents |
| Engine | [WFGY 3.0](/TensionUniverse/EventHorizon/README.md) | TXT based Singularity tension engine, 131 S class set |
| Map | [Problem Map 1.0](/ProblemMap/README.md) | Flagship 16 problem RAG failure checklist and fix map |
| Map | [Problem Map 2.0](/ProblemMap/rag-architecture-and-recovery.md) | RAG focused recovery pipeline |
| Map | [Problem Map 3.0](/ProblemMap/wfgy-rag-16-problem-map-global-debug-card.md) | Global Debug Card, image as a debug protocol layer |
| Map | [Semantic Clinic](/ProblemMap/SemanticClinicIndex.md) | Symptom to family to exact fix |
| Map | [Grandmas Clinic](/ProblemMap/GrandmaClinic/README.md) | Plain language stories mapped to Problem Map 1.0 |
| Onboarding | [Starter Village](/StarterVillage/README.md) | Guided tour for newcomers |
| App | [TXT OS](/OS/README.md) | TXT semantic OS, fast boot |
| App | [Blah Blah Blah](/OS/BlahBlahBlah/README.md) | Abstract and paradox Q and A built on TXT OS |
| App | [Blur Blur Blur](/OS/BlurBlurBlur/README.md) | Text to image with semantic control |
| App | [Blow Blow Blow](/OS/BlowBlowBlow/README.md) | Reasoning game engine and memory demo |
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