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Design Action retry and idempotency checks

Design Action retry checks in Proforma. Inspect failure points, duplicate requests and safe fixtures before testing whether business effects remain idempotent.

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Review [Action] and design retry and idempotency checks for [declared effects]. Trace failure points before and after durable writes, define expected behavior for repeated request IDs and include concurrent duplicate cases. Use synthetic fixtures and a permitted isolated environment; draft tests before execution. Report what each test establishes and any missing coverage. Do not test real emails, payments or destructive operations without separately authorized safe substitutes.

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Keep the assumptions visible.

Define inputs, outputs, permissions and failure conditions before implementing an Action. Evaluate AI against representative labeled examples and retain human approval for consequential steps.

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The owner should confirm that the test environment cannot reach real external side effects before tests are executed.

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  • Permission to inspect the current Action
  • Configured safe test environment if execution is requested
  • Synthetic fixtures or approved side-effect substitutes

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