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Ouroboros a00d51dd41 fix(v6.61.4): answer-protocol finalization honesty — tier-token answers rejected, marker nudge no longer requires expected_output
Two GAIA v6.56.0 trace-verified losses were harness-shaped, not capability:

1. After an acceptance downgrade the agent shipped
   `FINAL ANSWER: blocked_with_evidence` verbatim. The snake_case
   outcome-tier ledger identifiers (best_effort / blocked_with_evidence)
   are now structurally rejected by extract_final_answer (they count as a
   missing answer, so the marker-nudge/salvage path recovers a real one).
   'solved' stays extractable — an ordinary English word that can be a
   legitimate answer. The answer-protocol context rule names exactly the
   two snake_case identifiers (consistent with the extractor); the
   improvement-capsule closing line stays identifier-free to preserve the
   degraded-actor-no-tier-leak invariant.

2. A last-round refusal finalized with an EMPTY typed answer despite 24
   tool calls of real research: the P2 final-marker nudge ALSO required a
   declared expected_output, but GAIA-shaped contracts carry the question
   in 'objective' with expected_output empty — the only salvage surface
   was silently suppressed. The protocol gate (answer_protocol_active) is
   sufficient on its own; the extra expected_output condition is removed.

Bench canon untouched: both tasks stay scored as-is in the v6.56.0 table.
Review: triad+scope converged over 4 rounds (r1 badge preflight, r2
self-consistency wording, r3/r4 clean). Full suite green, ruff F clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-09 17:55:48 +03:00
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ARCHITECTURE.md fix(v6.61.4): answer-protocol finalization honesty — tier-token answers rejected, marker nudge no longer requires expected_output 2026-07-09 17:55:48 +03:00
CHECKLISTS.md feat: release v6.54.0 follow-up audit hardening 2026-07-01 14:50:35 +03:00
CREATING_SKILLS.md skills: remove bundled weather skill from core (now OuroborosHub-only) 2026-06-25 06:45:37 +03:00
DEPLOYMENT.md v5.8.3-rc.2: centralize state helpers 2026-05-08 02:12:09 +03:00
DEVELOPMENT.md feat(v6.61.0): adaptive planning — plan_class, tiered reviewer docs, task-fit scouts (Phase 5) 2026-07-09 03:26:02 +03:00