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Audit of 64 stored memory items finds public traces cannot prove memory impact

Under a strict verbatim rule, none of the items are provably inert. The early count of nine was a threshold artifact.

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What the research found

A methodology post auditing 64 stored memory items in two public agent traces; the early nine inert count was a threshold artifact, and under a strict verbatim rule none are provably inert, so public transcripts cannot verify memory impact.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

  1. Audit covered 64 stored memory items from two public agent traces 90%
  2. Initial nine inert count was a threshold artifact that dropped to zero at 0.90 overlap 98%
  3. Zero items are provably inert under the verbatim recoverability rule for the OpenHands trace 98%

Evidence

Actionability rated low.