# Self-reflection 2026-09-06

Analysed 2 sessions in 1 batches. Findings: 2 (2 to review, 0 watched).

Window: from 2026-08-16, batches 1/1.
Known patterns: 400.0 occurrences / 100 sessions (previous run 66.7).

## fdb63 · `retry-without-diagnosis` [open/medium] — REGRESSION

While adapting the AGENTS.md patch to user edits, the agent had already diagnosed the reflect_apply --new-text-file contract: the file replaces the entire new_text, so it must contain the preserved original section too. It fixed this once by rewriting the file with the old section included. Two later rounds (the English version and the final brace-free variant) rewrote tmp/new_text.txt with only the new section, reproducing the exact wrong-looking output it had previously diagnosed, and each time papered over it with a plain --check against the stored patch instead of fixing the file — severa…

**Occurrences:** 73× in 12 sessions · first seen 2026-09-02, last seen 2026-09-05

**Evidence:**
- `websocket 125975d1` 2026-09-05 — first --check --new-text-file showed the Explicit user details section being replaced; agent diagnosed the cause and rewrote new_text.txt with the old section included
- `websocket 125975d1` 2026-09-05 — English round: tmp/new_text.txt was again written containing only the new section — the same shape that had produced the wrong replacement — and the --check --new-text-file output again looked wrong, after which a plain --check against the stored patch was run instead of fixing the file
- `websocket 125975d1` 2026-09-05 — Final variant round: same shape repeats — new_text.txt holds only the new section, --check reproduces the known wrong-looking output, and the diff shown to the user for approval is assembled by hand rather than from the last tool result
- `websocket:697a708f, 2026-09-04 06:33` git history search — exec git log --all -p -S proxmox -- projects/proxmox/memory.md ... -> ERROR blocked by safety guard; identical command re-sent -> ERROR blocked again; only the third, modified form succeeded
- `websocket:7095d367, 2026-09-04 20:40` notes section edit — apply_patch -> ERROR missing required edits[0].path; retry still without path inside the edit object -> same ERROR; third attempt with path inside the edit object -> ok
- `websocket:fd9a49af-c659-4195-8b07-2d6bb556b5e7` 2026-09-02 — exec tr pipe -> ERROR guard; retry same command + working_dir -> ERROR guard, only then switch to grep tool

**Proposal:** Once a tool contract is diagnosed (the --new-text-file content replaces the entire new_text, so it must include preserved original lines), encode it at the point of use: every rewrite of the new-text file must contain the full replacement including the preserved section. Add one line to the reflect skill patch-editing step stating this contract so future rounds stop re-learning it after each user…

## fea08 · `reflect-finding-invented-from-truncated-read` [open/low]

During the /reflect run the presentations were repeatedly not grounded in the store the agent had just read. It announced 8 open findings with a sort order starting at fbda2, then immediately presented f611e first and numbered presentations out of 9. Mid-run it worked from wrong internal ids (f0f8c, f0cd4) and had to grep findings.jsonl again to re-establish ids from a read it had already done. It also recited three findings with last seen one day before first seen without flagging the inconsistency. The user makes apply and reject decisions from these presentations, so garbled metadata erode…

**Occurrences:** 7× in 2 sessions · first seen 2026-09-03, last seen 2026-09-05

**Evidence:**
- `websocket 125975d1` 2026-09-05 — Načteno — findings store má 8 otevřených nálezů. Přiřazuji pořadí … fbda2, f611e, fae82, f81df … followed immediately by presentation 1/9 for f611e — wrong total and announced order not followed
- `websocket 125975d1` 2026-09-05 — Wrong internal id … f0f8c … f0cd4 — agent re-greps reflect/findings.jsonl mid-run to recover ids from the read it had already done
- `websocket 125975d1` 2026-09-05 — Presentation 2/9 speculation-presented-as-fact — first seen 2026-09-04, last seen 2026-09-03; same reversed dates in presentations 4/9 and 5/9 with no comment
- `websocket:2ad0a447-de89-4e24-9377-d91113ffa50b` 2026-09-02 — user: tak kdyz uz ho mame, tak nalez muzes smazat; agent rejects guessed id f9a4b -> no finding with id; multiple greps; agent admits: Finding [2/6], jak jsem ho představil, v store neexistuje — byla to zkomolená duplicita už aplikovaného f0720
- `websocket:2ad0a447-de89-4e24-9377-d91113ffa50b` 2026-09-02 — earlier in same session: read findings.jsonl -> 16.0 kB truncated, open list built from truncated content without follow-up paged read

**Proposal:** In the reflect skill add a pre-presentation step: re-derive id, total count and date range for each finding from a fresh targeted grep of findings.jsonl rather than from the earlier full read, and if metadata is internally inconsistent (last seen before first seen, numbering vs count), flag it to the user instead of reciting it as fact.