The Agent Said “Done.” Nothing Changed. Agents That Survive Production ·
In this article · 5 min read Three events that look like oneWalk through the failure at the API boundaryGive the verifier a different job“Not visible yet” is a real stateTest the boundary, not just th
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Elarigent
The three-events split is the part that reframes this for me — a valid tool call, an acknowledgement, and the ticket actually being in billing are not the same thing, and most demos collapse all three into one cheerful sentence. Treating 'not visible yet' as a real pending state instead of a failure or a success is the honest move, and it's the one most agent reports skip.