git:20260917.1ca941b to git:20261009.16fd21b

12 added, 10 removed. Audit A to A.

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name: adsagent-reliability

- description: Use when an AdsAgent MCP call fails, repeats, fans out, queues, or returns partial, uncertain, or retryable evidence.

+ description: Use when an AdsAgent MCP call fails, retries, fans out, queues, or returns disputed data.

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# AdsAgent Reliability

- 1. Classify the result as read retry, queued work, known-not-sent write,

+ 1. Classify as read retry, queued work, known-not-sent write,

uncertain write, or operator review.

- 2. Obey the returned `next_action`, `task_ref`, `Retry-After`, and capability

+ 2. Obey `next_action`, `task_ref`, `Retry-After`, and capability

gates. Wait for `poll_after_ms` before each task poll and stop at terminal;

- a local waiting deadline preserves the task reference, never resubmits it.

+ retain the task reference at a deadline; never resubmit.

Never infer a retry from prose alone.

3. Retry only bounded reads or operations explicitly proven not sent. Never

replay a confirm or parallelize recovery.

- 4. Consume terminal results directly. Preserve completeness, receipts,

+ 4. Use terminal results. Preserve completeness, receipts,

continuation, and `support_ref` boundaries.

5. For reconciled Meta create/copy, follow read-only

`create_reconciliation.next_action` once; it verifies live state, not spend,

and never authorizes replay.

- 6. Stop on unclassified, permission, or operator-review outcomes.

- 7. Legacy session recovery applies only after a negotiated legacy protocol;

+ 6. After two failures or disputed data, follow

+ [support-reporting.md](support-reporting.md) with the latest `support_ref`.

+ 7. Stop on unclassified, permission, or operator-review outcomes.

+ 8. Legacy session recovery applies only after a negotiated legacy protocol;

modern MCP `2026-07-28` is stateless.

- Read [recovery-contract.md](recovery-contract.md) and, when advertised,

+ Read [recovery-contract.md](recovery-contract.md); when advertised,

[mutation-lifecycle-contract.md](mutation-lifecycle-contract.md) and

[plan-reconciliation-contract.md](plan-reconciliation-contract.md). Use

- [retry-parser.md](retry-parser.md) for transport backoff and

- [meta-quota-plan.md](meta-quota-plan.md) only for strict Meta quota defer.

+ [retry-parser.md](retry-parser.md) for backoff and

+ [meta-quota-plan.md](meta-quota-plan.md) for strict Meta quota defer.

[Data boundary](data-boundary.md) applies.