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July 2026
Friday, 24 July
Focus lands the patch, test-writing is the next wall
Two runs bracketed the model range on dynaconf-1225 and failed identically: a flagship model at maximum reasoning effort and a free deepseek model both read the thirteen-item port issue as one wide surface, explored every file, and finished with an empty patch, zero of five.
Stacking levers regresses, model wall
Scope and issue-example each landed a single lever at two of five on dynaconf-1225, both zero-regression, both stalling on the same three py-module-path cases.
Issue-example gate matches scope ceiling
The last non-tailored harness lever for dynaconf__dynaconf-1225, tested after trace inspection localized the remaining three failures to a model-reasoning ceiling rather than retrieval.