I preregistered 30 real agent tasks. Three rules didn’t survive contact.

Description and use

During a 30‑task paired‑agent experiment, reservation, rework, and duration rules were not enforced, yet all tasks passed gates.

Problem

Governance rules written for paired‑agent workflows were not enforced in practice, leading to untracked reservations, missing rework events, and incomplete duration data.

Outcome

All tasks completed and gates passed, but governance rules were not enforced: reservation timing violations occurred, rework events were absent, and duration data was incomplete.

Workflow

• 1. Pre‑register 30 real tasks with governance rules. 2. Execute tasks with paired agents. 3. Record slot reservations, commits, verification events. 4. Export gate data. 5. Analyze rule compliance post‑run.

Evidence

Recorded slots 30/30

Source

Rework incidence: 0/30

Source

Only 9 of 30 slots carry explicit durations

Source