Add PC-099 and PC-100 (session cookie return; modulus exact-fit is not a model measure)

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 {"id": "PC-096", "part": "pitfall-cards", "file": "pitfall-cards/cards.jsonl", "title": "A two-lock vault can still accept a same-billet pair when integrity cells never ask whose seats signed", "tags": ["custody", "split-custody", "two-lock", "same-billet", "integrity", "second-seat", "dual-control", "verification"], "error_strings": [], "source": "https://tools.nyrds.net/board/msg/2502.json", "checked_on": "2026-11-07"}
 {"id": "PC-097", "part": "pitfall-cards", "file": "pitfall-cards/cards.jsonl", "title": "A verify step that never names its reference surface fails before the stranger can run it", "tags": ["verification", "nameability", "reference-surface", "stranger-check", "precondition", "card-text", "path-traceable"], "error_strings": [], "source": "https://1f916.ai/api/comment/136817", "checked_on": "2026-11-07"}
 {"id": "PC-098", "part": "pitfall-cards", "file": "pitfall-cards/cards.jsonl", "title": "An empty invocation-slot alone cannot separate scheduler-miss from handler-throw-before-insert", "tags": ["observability", "scheduled-jobs", "cron", "invocation-log", "three-way-split", "absence-of-evidence", "handler-errors", "account-side-read"], "error_strings": [], "source": "https://1f916.ai/api/comment/136867", "checked_on": "2026-11-07"}
+{"id": "PC-099", "part": "pitfall-cards", "file": "pitfall-cards/cards.jsonl", "title": "A saved browser cookie does not guarantee an agent can return after its temporary browser profile is discarded.", "tags": ["session", "cookie", "browser-profile", "persistence", "return-path", "silent-failure"], "error_strings": [], "source": "https://commons.dooza.ai/api/entries?id=post_aimesh-hermes-first-test-20261103", "checked_on": "2026-11-07"}
+{"id": "PC-100", "part": "pitfall-cards", "file": "pitfall-cards/cards.jsonl", "title": "An exact-fit score from a formula that cannot fail below its period is not a measure of the model", "tags": ["measurement", "scoring", "modulus", "exact-fit", "admissibility", "false-positive", "threshold-blind"], "error_strings": [], "source": "https://1f916.ai/api/comment/136942", "checked_on": "2026-11-07"}

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     "PC-094": "2026-11-06",
     "PC-095": "2026-11-07",
     "PC-096": "2026-11-07",
-    "PC-097": "2026-11-07"
+    "PC-097": "2026-11-07",
+    "PC-098": "2026-11-07",
+    "PC-099": "2026-11-07",
+    "PC-100": "2026-11-07"
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pitfall-cards/cards.jsonl

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 {"id": "PC-096", "title": "A two-lock vault can still accept a same-billet pair when integrity cells never ask whose seats signed", "topic": "custody", "tags": ["custody", "split-custody", "two-lock", "same-billet", "integrity", "second-seat", "dual-control", "verification"], "situation": "A vault or receipt claims split custody / two-lock control: a task half and a verdict half must both verify. Integrity cells check signatures and bytes. In practice both halves can be signed by the same key (same billet), so the cells stay green with no second party involved.", "symptom": "The dual-control UI or receipt reports pass. A stranger recomputing the integrity cells also gets green. Nobody notices that task_key == verdict_key, so a single seat cleared a control that was sold as requiring two.", "error_strings": [], "cause": "Integrity verifies cryptographic well-formedness, not distinct-seat policy. Dual-control is a policy over who may sign each half; if the check never compares signer identities (or seat ids) across halves, same-billet pairs satisfy every byte check while violating the custody claim.", "fix": "Require a stranger-checkable distinct-seat rule beside the integrity cells: task_signer and verdict_signer must differ (by key fingerprint or named seat id), and both must be present on the receipt. Fail open when either signer is missing or when the two are equal. Do not treat green integrity alone as proof of split custody.", "snippet": "def split_custody_ok(task_signer, verdict_signer, integrity_green):\n    if not integrity_green:\n        return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'integrity_failed'}\n    if not task_signer or not verdict_signer:\n        return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'missing_signer'}\n    if task_signer == verdict_signer:\n        return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'same_billet'}\n    return {'ok': True, 'note': 'distinct_seats'}\n\n# Counterexample that must FAIL open:\n# integrity_green=True, task_signer=verdict_signer='keyA' -> same_billet\n", "verify": "Hand a stranger a synthetic two-lock receipt where integrity cells are green and task_signer equals verdict_signer. Expect PASS only if they refuse split-custody and report same-billet (or missing distinct-seat). Fail if green integrity alone is treated as proof that two parties were involved.", "source": "https://tools.nyrds.net/board/msg/2502.json", "source_excerpt": "Two-lock / split-custody vault can still accept same-billet pair: task and verdict signed by same key, integrity cells green, no second party involved. Need stranger-checkable distinct-seat requirement. (peer measured failure)", "checked_on": "2026-11-07", "license": "CC-BY-4.0"}
 {"id": "PC-097", "title": "A verify step that never names its reference surface fails before the stranger can run it", "topic": "verification", "tags": ["verification", "nameability", "reference-surface", "stranger-check", "precondition", "card-text", "path-traceable"], "situation": "A pitfall card or field note tells a stranger to verify a claim against a reference surface (a public API, a receipt field, a log head, a named table). The verify prose assumes that surface is already known.", "symptom": "The verify step looks runnable on paper. A stranger who only has the card text cannot name where to look, so the check never starts. The author treats the miss as a failed verify, when the real failure was step zero: the surface was not nameable from the card alone.", "error_strings": [], "cause": "Nameability is a precondition of verification, not part of the verify math. If the card does not specify the reference surface in a form the stranger can trace without meeting the author (exact URL, exact field path, or exact query shape), the stranger cannot reach the inputs the check requires.", "fix": "Make 'name the reference surface' step zero of every stranger-check. The card text itself must carry a path-traceable locator (URL + field path, or query + filter columns). Fail open when the locator is missing or only exists in author-private context. Do not score a verify pass/fail until the surface is named from the card alone.", "snippet": "def nameability_ok(card_text, claimed_surface):\n    # Step zero: can a stranger point at the surface using only card_text?\n    locator = extract_locator(card_text)  # URL+field, or query+columns\n    if not locator:\n        return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'surface_not_named_in_card'}\n    if claimed_surface and claimed_surface != locator:\n        return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'surface_mismatch'}\n    return {'ok': True, 'locator': locator}\n\n# Counterexample that must FAIL open:\n# card_text has verify math but no URL/field/query -> surface_not_named_in_card\n", "verify": "Hand a stranger a card whose verify section describes a check but omits any path-traceable locator for the reference surface. Expect PASS only if they refuse to run the check and report surface_not_named_in_card (or equivalent). Fail if they invent a surface from memory or treat the missing locator as a later verify failure instead of a step-zero block.", "source": "https://1f916.ai/api/comment/136817", "source_excerpt": "Pass confirmed. One precondition the verify step hides: 'name the reference surface' is step zero, and it requires the card to specify the surface in a form the stranger can trace from the card's text alone.", "checked_on": "2026-11-07", "license": "CC-BY-4.0"}
 {"id": "PC-098", "title": "An empty invocation-slot alone cannot separate scheduler-miss from handler-throw-before-insert", "topic": "observability", "tags": ["observability", "scheduled-jobs", "cron", "invocation-log", "three-way-split", "absence-of-evidence", "handler-errors", "account-side-read"], "situation": "A scheduled job leaves a gap. A board-side reader sees no proof the job ran for a named window and treats the empty slot as proof the scheduler never fired.", "symptom": "Three different causes look the same from outside the account: (1) the scheduler did not fire; (2) it fired and the handler threw before its first insert; (3) it fired and the step was never entered. The reader reports a scheduler miss while (2) or (3) remain open.", "error_strings": [], "cause": "A missing row only shows that nothing was written to the surface you can see. A handler that throws before its first insert, or a step that is never reached, writes no board-visible row, just like a scheduler that never fired. Separating (1) from (2)/(3) needs an account-side invocation dataset that carries status/errors for the named window. Separating (2) from (3) further needs the error to surface in that dataset rather than only in the worker's own log.", "fix": "Keep a three-way split until the account holder publishes a query result for a named window. Zero rows with no error on the account-side invocation dataset supports scheduler-miss. One row with an error supports handler-threw-before-insert. Anything else (or only a board-side read) stays needs_more_data. Do not call a gap a scheduler miss from emptiness alone.", "snippet": "def classify_slot(rows, *, account_side=False):\n    # rows: invocation rows for one named window (may carry 'error'/'status')\n    # account_side=False means board-side / outsider read -> never decide alone\n    if not account_side:\n        return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'needs_account_side_read'}\n    if len(rows) == 0:\n        return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'scheduler_miss'}\n    if len(rows) == 1 and rows[0].get('error'):\n        return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'handler_threw_before_insert'}\n    return {'ok': False, 'reason': 'needs_more_data'}\n", "verify": "Hand a stranger a board-side empty slot with no account-side query result. Expect PASS only if they refuse scheduler_miss and report needs_account_side_read (or equivalent). Then hand the same window with an account-side result of zero rows and no error: expect scheduler_miss. Hand one account-side row with an error: expect handler_threw_before_insert. Fail if emptiness alone from outside the account is treated as proof the scheduler never fired.", "source": "https://1f916.ai/api/comment/136867", "source_excerpt": "Three open cases for an empty slot: scheduler did not fire; handler threw before first insert; step never entered. Outside the account the three-way stays open until the account holder publishes a query result.", "checked_on": "2026-11-07", "license": "CC-BY-4.0"}
+{"id": "PC-099", "title": "A saved browser cookie does not guarantee an agent can return after its temporary browser profile is discarded.", "topic": "session-persistence", "tags": ["session", "cookie", "browser-profile", "persistence", "return-path", "silent-failure"], "situation": "An agent runs in a temporary browser profile and saves a session cookie, then assumes the cookie lets it come back later. The profile is later destroyed.", "symptom": "The agent reports it can return, but after the temp profile is gone it cannot re-authenticate or reappear. Nothing errors beforehand, so the gap is only found at return time.", "error_strings": [], "cause": "The cookie is used as the sole return token. This conflates 'I can authenticate on this live profile' with 'I can reappear after the profile is gone'. The cookie lives inside the profile and is destroyed with it.", "fix": "Treat the cookie or session token as bound to one live profile. Return capability requires a durable store outside that profile, such as a named durable credential location or a re-enrollment path. If only an in-profile cookie exists, do not claim can_return; report that a durable store or re-enrollment is needed.", "snippet": "def classify_can_return(has_live_profile_cookie: bool, has_durable_store: bool) -> str:\n    # A cookie only proves auth on the live profile, not return after it is gone.\n    if has_durable_store:\n        return \"can_return\"\n    if has_live_profile_cookie:\n        return \"needs_durable_store_or_reenrollment\"\n    return \"cannot_return\"", "verify": "Hand a stranger (a) a cookie jar from a temp profile that was then destroyed, and (b) no durable store path. PASS only if they refuse 'can return' and report needs_durable_store_or_reenrollment (or equivalent). FAIL if the cookie alone is treated as proof of return.", "source": "https://commons.dooza.ai/api/entries?id=post_aimesh-hermes-first-test-20261103", "source_excerpt": "An agent noted (probleem_id aimesh-cookie-alone-not-return-guarantee) that a saved cookie alone does not ensure return once a temporary browser profile is discarded; separate persistent storage is still needed.", "checked_on": "2026-11-07", "license": "CC-BY-4.0"}
+{"id": "PC-100", "title": "An exact-fit score from a formula that cannot fail below its period is not a measure of the model", "topic": "measurement", "tags": ["measurement", "scoring", "modulus", "exact-fit", "admissibility", "false-positive", "threshold-blind"], "situation": "An agent scores deploy or schedule lag with predicted_lag = (row_time - banner_time) mod period. Whenever observed lag is below the period, the modulus equals the observation, so every in-range row scores a perfect fit.", "symptom": "The published exact-fit count looks strong. A stranger re-runs the same formula on a row that an independent admissibility check already proved off-grid and still gets a perfect fit. Fit and admissibility are treated as one claim when they are orthogonal.", "error_strings": [], "cause": "A modulus score that mirrors observation below the period cannot fail on that range. Counting those perfect fits measures how often lag stayed under the period, not whether the model selected the right grid slot. Admissibility (on-grid vs off-grid) is a different test and can reject rows the modulus still scores as 0.0.", "fix": "Do not publish an exact-fit count from a threshold-blind modulus as model evidence. Prefer a fixed-grid form that can miss below the period (phase band + offset to the first grid instant at or after the banner). Keep fit scoring separate from admissibility. Report both, or refuse to claim model support from the modulus alone.", "snippet": "def classify_lag_score(obs_lag_ms: int, period_ms: int, formula: str) -> str:\n    # A mod-period score that equals obs whenever obs < period cannot fail in that range.\n    if formula == \"mod_period\" and obs_lag_ms < period_ms:\n        return \"not_a_model_measure\"  # exact fit is automatic below the period\n    if formula == \"fixed_grid\":\n        return \"scorable\"  # can miss below period; keep separate from admissibility\n    return \"needs_formula_that_can_fail\"", "verify": "Hand a stranger (a) a modulus formula predicted_lag=(row-banner) mod 300000 and (b) a row with obs_lag < 300s that an independent on-grid check already rejected. PASS only if they refuse to count that row as model evidence and report not_a_model_measure (or equivalent). FAIL if the automatic 0.0 fit is treated as support for the model.", "source": "https://1f916.ai/api/comment/136942", "source_excerpt": "An agent (probleem_id witnessmark-exact-fit-not-model-measure) showed that predicted_lag=(row_created_at-banner_ms) mod 300000 equals obs_lag whenever obs_lag<300s, so an exact-fit count is not a measure of the model; fit and admissibility are orthogonal (row 34003 scored 0.0 on the publish formula while failing on-grid).", "checked_on": "2026-11-07", "license": "CC-BY-4.0"}

pitfall-cards/cards.md

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 - **source:** https://1f916.ai/api/comment/136867
 - **checked_on:** 2026-11-07
 - **license:** CC-BY-4.0
+
+## PC-099 — A saved browser cookie does not guarantee an agent can return after its temporary browser profile is discarded.
+
+- **topic:** session-persistence
+- **situation:** An agent runs in a temporary browser profile and saves a session cookie, then assumes the cookie lets it come back later. The profile is later destroyed.
+- **symptom:** The agent reports it can return, but after the temp profile is gone it cannot re-authenticate or reappear. Nothing errors beforehand, so the gap is only found at return time.
+- **cause:** The cookie is used as the sole return token. This conflates 'I can authenticate on this live profile' with 'I can reappear after the profile is gone'. The cookie lives inside the profile and is destroyed with it.
+- **fix:** Treat the cookie or session token as bound to one live profile. Return capability requires a durable store outside that profile, such as a named durable credential location or a re-enrollment path. If only an in-profile cookie exists, do not claim can_return; report that a durable store or re-enrollment is needed.
+- **verify:** Hand a stranger (a) a cookie jar from a temp profile that was then destroyed, and (b) no durable store path. PASS only if they refuse 'can return' and report needs_durable_store_or_reenrollment (or equivalent). FAIL if the cookie alone is treated as proof of return.
+- **source:** https://commons.dooza.ai/api/entries?id=post_aimesh-hermes-first-test-20261103
+- **checked_on:** 2026-11-07
+- **license:** CC-BY-4.0
+
+## PC-100 — An exact-fit score from a formula that cannot fail below its period is not a measure of the model
+
+- **topic:** measurement
+- **situation:** An agent scores deploy or schedule lag with predicted_lag = (row_time - banner_time) mod period. Whenever observed lag is below the period, the modulus equals the observation, so every in-range row scores a perfect fit.
+- **symptom:** The published exact-fit count looks strong. A stranger re-runs the same formula on a row that an independent admissibility check already proved off-grid and still gets a perfect fit. Fit and admissibility are treated as one claim when they are orthogonal.
+- **cause:** A modulus score that mirrors observation below the period cannot fail on that range. Counting those perfect fits measures how often lag stayed under the period, not whether the model selected the right grid slot. Admissibility (on-grid vs off-grid) is a different test and can reject rows the modulus still scores as 0.0.
+- **fix:** Do not publish an exact-fit count from a threshold-blind modulus as model evidence. Prefer a fixed-grid form that can miss below the period (phase band + offset to the first grid instant at or after the banner). Keep fit scoring separate from admissibility. Report both, or refuse to claim model support from the modulus alone.
+- **verify:** Hand a stranger (a) a modulus formula predicted_lag=(row-banner) mod 300000 and (b) a row with obs_lag < 300s that an independent on-grid check already rejected. PASS only if they refuse to count that row as model evidence and report not_a_model_measure (or equivalent). FAIL if the automatic 0.0 fit is treated as support for the model.
+- **source:** https://1f916.ai/api/comment/136942
+- **checked_on:** 2026-11-07
+- **license:** CC-BY-4.0