RESEARCH NOTES / 25 OCTOBER 2026

Test the work.
Inspect the evidence.

Internal synthetic application evaluations. These evaluate ACID configurations and backend controls, not general foundation-model intelligence.

15,578Distinct variants executed in the included model runs
32,219Recorded model-case attempts, including reruns
446,500Deterministic event paths checked; no model calls
144Backend journeys with real inference and mocked delivery

Results, by configuration.

Each bar shows the fraction passing its stated checks, on a fixed 0–100% scale. Rows use different suites and phases; they are not a ranking. Expected provider refusals are included in passes only where refusal was the required outcome. Provider-unavailable and uncertain-transport requests remain in the denominator and are identified in the table. Partial runs do not cover their entire planned dataset.

ACID production configurationWorkflow contracts · Development baseline
90.7%136/150
ACID production configurationWorkflow contracts · Matched development regression
96.7%145/150
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow contracts · Previously used regression set
100.0%300/300
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 LunaWorkflow contracts · Previously used regression set
99.3%298/300
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolWorkflow contracts · Previously used regression set
100.0%300/300
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow composition · Development / partial run
100.0%5,079/5,080
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolWorkflow composition · Development / partial run
100.0%9,600/9,600
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow composition · Unattempted development continuation after refinements
100.0%4,520/4,520
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraManager routing · Development / partial run
99.8%1,073/1,075
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolManager routing · Development / partial run
100.0%1,752/1,752
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraManager routing · Development continuation after refinements
100.0%677/677
ACID production configurationManager routing · Matched development baseline
88.5%85/96
ACID production configurationManager routing · Matched development regression
99.0%95/96
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow composition · Unseen variant holdout / partial run
86.7%13/15
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolWorkflow composition · Unseen variant holdout / partial run
100.0%2,400/2,400
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow composition · Unattempted holdout continuation after refinements
100.0%2,385/2,385
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraManager routing · Unseen variant holdout
100.0%584/584
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolManager routing · Unseen variant holdout
100.0%584/584
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraConversational corrections · Development
100.0%480/480
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolConversational corrections · Development
100.0%480/480
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraConversational corrections · Unseen variant holdout
100.0%120/120
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolConversational corrections · Unseen variant holdout
100.0%120/120
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraComplex workflow graphs · Development after conversion fix
100.0%96/96
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolComplex workflow graphs · Development after conversion fix
100.0%96/96
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraComplex workflow graphs · Unseen variant holdout
96.9%31/32
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolComplex workflow graphs · Unseen variant holdout
93.8%30/32
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraComplex workflow graphs · Previously inspected prompt regression
100.0%128/128
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolComplex workflow graphs · Previously inspected prompt regression
100.0%128/128
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraComplex workflow graphs · Fresh graph holdout after prompt refinement
100.0%64/64
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolComplex workflow graphs · Fresh graph holdout after prompt refinement
100.0%64/64
ACID production configurationManager routing · Unseen variant holdout / partial run
91.7%289/315
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolBackend journeys · Synthetic integration
100.0%48/48
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraBackend journeys · Synthetic integration
100.0%48/48
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolBackend journeys · Post-refinement integration regression
100.0%24/24
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraBackend journeys · Post-refinement integration regression
100.0%24/24
Complete and explicitly labelled partial runs in this dated release
ConfigurationSuite / phasePassed / checkedFailedExpected / all refusals
ACID production configurationWorkflow contractsDevelopment baseline136 / 150140 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID production configurationWorkflow contractsMatched development regression145 / 15050 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow contractsPreviously used regression set300 / 30000 unavailable; 0 uncertain6 / 6
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 LunaWorkflow contractsPreviously used regression set298 / 30020 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolWorkflow contractsPreviously used regression set300 / 30000 unavailable; 0 uncertain6 / 6
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow compositionDevelopment / partial run5,079 / 5,08010 unavailable; 1 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolWorkflow compositionDevelopment / partial run9,600 / 9,60000 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow compositionUnattempted development continuation after refinements4,520 / 4,52000 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraManager routingDevelopment / partial run1,073 / 1,07522 unavailable; 0 uncertain48 / 48
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolManager routingDevelopment / partial run1,752 / 1,75200 unavailable; 0 uncertain48 / 48
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraManager routingDevelopment continuation after refinements677 / 67700 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID production configurationManager routingMatched development baseline85 / 96110 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID production configurationManager routingMatched development regression95 / 9610 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow compositionUnseen variant holdout / partial run13 / 1522 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolWorkflow compositionUnseen variant holdout / partial run2,400 / 2,40000 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraWorkflow compositionUnattempted holdout continuation after refinements2,385 / 2,38500 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraManager routingUnseen variant holdout584 / 58400 unavailable; 0 uncertain16 / 16
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolManager routingUnseen variant holdout584 / 58400 unavailable; 0 uncertain16 / 16
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraConversational correctionsDevelopment480 / 48000 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolConversational correctionsDevelopment480 / 48000 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraConversational correctionsUnseen variant holdout120 / 12000 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolConversational correctionsUnseen variant holdout120 / 12000 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraComplex workflow graphsDevelopment after conversion fix96 / 9600 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolComplex workflow graphsDevelopment after conversion fix96 / 9600 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraComplex workflow graphsUnseen variant holdout31 / 3210 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolComplex workflow graphsUnseen variant holdout30 / 3220 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraComplex workflow graphsPreviously inspected prompt regression128 / 12800 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolComplex workflow graphsPreviously inspected prompt regression128 / 12800 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraComplex workflow graphsFresh graph holdout after prompt refinement64 / 6400 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolComplex workflow graphsFresh graph holdout after prompt refinement64 / 6400 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID production configurationManager routingUnseen variant holdout / partial run289 / 3152618 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolBackend journeysSynthetic integration48 / 4800 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraBackend journeysSynthetic integration48 / 4800 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6.1 SolBackend journeysPost-refinement integration regression24 / 2400 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0
ACID + OpenAI GPT-6 AstraBackend journeysPost-refinement integration regression24 / 2400 unavailable; 0 uncertain0 / 0

What the tests changed.

These are changes to Alactic’s instructions, backend and workflow controls. The evaluation does not demonstrate changes to underlying foundation-model weights.

Replaying a recorded routing failure.

The partial production-configuration holdout produced 297 inspectable proposals before the provider failures. The original checks passed 289. Replaying those same saved proposals through the corrected read-scope guard passes 297.

This is a deterministic regression using previously observed answers. It uses no new model calls, is not a blind holdout and does not replace a fresh production-model evaluation. The original failed scores remain in the table above.

Duplicate events, one local effect.

An isolated runtime check used 8 synthetic workspaces and 400 unique events, each dispatched twice through 24 concurrent workers. It recorded 400 completed runs, 400 internal reminders and 0 duplicate effects.

External provider calls were blocked; 0 outbound attempts were observed. This checks local idempotency in a synthetic database. It is not a measurement of production capacity or a promise of exactly-once external message delivery.

Stress the nested branches.

A separate seeded corpus checks 5,000 valid generated workflow specifications across 300,000 sampled event paths. The corpus reaches 35 graph nodes and 3 levels of nesting. It compares the specification with compilation, editable-plan conversion and the simulator.

This exposed a shared-continuation duplication defect around early handovers. The corrected conversion passes the corpus and a targeted regression. These are deterministic checks with no model requests; they are separate from the model-result table.

A further 1,000 generated visual-builder graphs passed 80,000 conversion checks on sampled paths. Those graphs are not restricted to the nested structure used by the planner fixtures.

Improving branch instructions.

The initial complex-graph development and holdout runs passed 253 of 256 model-case checks. Clearer instructions about shared continuations and branch-local exits passed 256 of 256 on the same cases, then 128 of 128 on a separate set of fresh graphs. The matched rerun is a regression, not an unseen benchmark. These scores do not establish the same result for the production inference configuration.

How to read this evidence.

  1. Fixtures are synthetic. No customer campaign was delivered and no customer database was used.
  2. A variant changes business context, literal wording, team identifiers, branches or requested edits. Many variants share a structural family; they are not independent real-world use cases.
  3. Workflow grading checks trigger behavior and action sequences on synthetic events. Compilation and simulation are also checked against a separate nested-step interpreter.
  4. Manager routing checks the proposed tool and required arguments. It does not measure the full quality of spoken audio, customer satisfaction or actual provider delivery.
  5. Deep OpenAI runs allow up to 8,192 output tokens for workflow planning and 2,048 for manager proposals. The production gateway allows up to 4,096 and 768 respectively. These are configuration tests with different operating limits, not controlled model rankings.
  6. Backend journeys use real inference with an isolated database and a mocked publication connector. They test cross-channel continuity, stale-review rejection, undo, simulation and idempotent approval.
  7. Conversational-correction fixtures test earlier discarded ideas, repeated corrections, Hindi and mixed-language instructions, ambiguous teammates, unsupported actions and requests that should leave a draft unchanged.
  8. The concurrency harness dispatches duplicate synthetic events against an isolated database with provider calls blocked. It checks duplicate local effects, not real delivery throughput or production capacity.
  9. Seeded graph checks compare 5,000 generated valid nested specifications with compiled graphs, editable plans and the simulator over 300,000 sampled event paths. Complex model cases use 96 frozen graphs from that corpus for creation and preservation edits: 48 development graphs, 16 initial holdout graphs and 32 fresh graphs after prompt refinement. The previously inspected prompt regression is not a blind holdout.
  10. Development samples informed improvements. Previously used regression sets are not fresh blind holdouts. Unseen variant holdouts share structural families with development.
  11. Runs preserve their own source and dataset snapshots. They span several implementation revisions; later fixes are checked in separately labelled regressions. Historical scores are not rewritten as results for the latest prompt.
  12. Expected provider refusals are reported separately. Total passes may include an expected refusal; they do not all represent completed workflow generation.
  13. Failures and provider-unavailable attempts remain in each row denominator. Stopped runs are partial and are labelled. A local expiry check that made no provider request is excluded from chart denominators and recorded separately.
  14. The production configuration holdout stopped when the Cloudflare account reached its daily free AI allocation. Availability failures are distinct from incorrect model answers. Its application-level test allowance did not provide a separate provider-level quota.
  15. Some larger-model runs stopped on temporary provider overload or uncertain transport outcomes. Continuation runs contain only previously unattempted cases; original errors and uncertain reservations are retained. Unavailable or uncertain requests are attempts, not inspectable model answers.
  16. Failed fixture pilots are excluded from this release comparison and retained in the internal audit.

The catalog contains 1,200 workflow-contract variants across 50 families, 12,000 compositional workflow variants across 24 structural families, 2,336 manager-routing variants across 48 families, 600 conversational-correction variants across 12 families, and 192 complex-workflow variants covering creation and edits of 96 larger graphs. Catalog size and executed test count are reported separately.

What remains unproven.

Failed cases are visible above. A high score on these fixtures is not a guarantee for a new business, a new language, an unfamiliar instruction or an external service failure.

Earlier conversational sample.

The original seven recorded questions from 15 October remain available, with their own narrow criteria and request timings.