---
type: agent
title: Failure Patterns
description: Known failure patterns and how to avoid them.
tags: [agent]
updated: 2026-06-17
---

# Failure Patterns

## Premature Completion

Symptom: work is marked done without verification evidence.

Response: move the feature out of `passing`, record missing evidence, and run the verification steps.

## Scope Drift

Symptom: unrelated changes are included in a feature.

Response: record adjacent work separately and return to the active feature.