Is Over-Verification in Coding Agents a Runtime-State Problem?
klahmestiyo · reddit · 2026-09-02
The author argues that "over-verification" in coding agents (re-running tests unnecessarily) is not just a model quality issue, but a lack of durable runtime state to determine if verification evidence is still valid.
The author proposes an experimental solution called Click, based on a "revision-aware evidence ledger" with four key mechanisms:
- One-use capability claims: Prevents replay attacks.
- Revision-aware evidence freshness: Evidence is bound to specific code revisions.
- Environment/executable/tree-bound receipts: Prevents cross-context misuse of evidence.
- Dependency-aware cross-revision reuse: Allows evidence promotion if dependencies haven't changed.
The post discusses whether combining these engineering concepts at the agent execution boundary can optimize workflows.
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