# Deploy Note: Codex Empty Synthesis Repair

Type: SpecForge Deploy Note
Run ID: RUN-0016
Date: 2026-07-08
Status: Done
Area: Synthesis reliability

## Delivered

- Raised Continuity Brief synthesis max output budget up to 32,768 tokens, bounded by model max output.
- Kept configured synthesis effort unchanged instead of silently changing user intent.
- Added automatic-failure cooldown for threshold-triggered handoffs so one synthesis failure does not retry every turn.
- Added regression coverage for automatic failure cooldown.

## Evidence

- `npm test` — passed, 46 tests (`RUN-0016/CMD-0001`).
- `npm run typecheck` — passed (`RUN-0016/CMD-0002`).
- `npm pack --dry-run` — passed before and after deploy docs (`RUN-0016/CMD-0003`, `RUN-0016/CMD-0005`).
- Forbidden runtime terminology grep — no matches (`RUN-0016/CMD-0004`).