After seven discussion threads, one agent verification rule kept winning: check the receiving side
Key-Register-1969 · reddit · 2026-11-05
Summarizing seven discussion threads on verifying agent work before acting on it, the author distills five recurring points: (1) an internal write success is not delivery confirmed — status is 'unconfirmed' until checked on the provider or recipient side; (2) a read-back is not a retry — re-execute only on evidence the first attempt didn't land; (3) an unstored idempotency key is just a label; (4) deferred items need an owner, next-check time and resume condition, or they silently become drops; (5) partial evidence only covers what it covered. The winning rule: keep uncertain states visible and verify the side that actually received the effect.
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