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This adds a case study for a failure mode that is easy to miss in agent workflows: corrupt success.

The agent reports done and the producer-side check passes, but the downstream consumer never receives the work because proof was collected upstream of the point where the failure surfaces.

Why this fits this list:

  • It is a concrete verification and termination failure, not just a hallucination.
  • It connects a production workflow failure pattern to the 2026 "corrupt success" research thread.
  • It adds a practical mitigation: evidence for done/written/shipped claims must come from the consumer endpoint, not from an upstream proxy.

Changes:

  • Added a new case study: docs/case-studies/agent-corrupt-success-consumer-verification.md
  • Added a README entry under Autonomous Agent Failures
  • Added the example to docs/failure-modes/verification-termination.md

Validation:

  • git diff HEAD~1..HEAD --check
  • Scanned changed files for accidental private identity/internal-context terms before publishing

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