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> but one genuine blocker is removed and the next blocker is isolated with evidence.

What's the difference between a "genuine blocker" and a "blocker"? Why is the next blocker not genuine? Does it become genuine only after isolation?

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"Genuine blocker" is mostly there because otherwise LLMs may consider the smallest thing that they couldn't immediately figure out to be blockers and stop without implementing anything. The rule is there to tell the LLM if they can figure out how to resolve the blocker by themselves, they don't have to ask me to help resolve the blocker.
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Today Codex decided that it could resolve the blocker by just changing the mandatory policy it was running up against into an “advisory policy.”
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"honest", "real", "genuine" -- wat.
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How often would you say step C happens and the agent stops when it can’t proceed?
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Not very often, but when it happens, usually it's time to sit down and brainstorm architecture with the LLM to figure out how to proceed next instead of looping blindly.
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