Critical fixes: - Rename qualityDegradation → qualityRetention across all docs (semantically inverted: 0.9 meant 90% quality RETAINED, not 90% degradation). Updated schemas, graph-model, cost-benefit, ADRs. - Add TaskInput → TaskGraphNodeAttributes transformation section to graph-model.md, documenting how Nullable(Optional) input fields map to Optional graph attributes - Fix DuplicateEdgeError fields: source/target → prerequisite/dependent to match the established edge direction convention - Fix resolveDefaults signature: Partial<TaskGraphNodeAttributes> → Partial<...> & Pick<TaskGraphNodeAttributes, 'name'> to require the name field - Move Nullable helper definition before its first use in schemas.md - Fix 'construction never throws' contradiction: rephrase to 'construction enforces uniqueness, not data quality' - Define all 6 enum value sets in schemas.md (previously only TaskScope and TaskRisk were explicit) - Add EvConfig parameter table with defaults and semantics - Document WorkflowCostOptions.limit parameter - Add construction error handling table to graph-model.md - Add graph.raw mutation safety warning to api-surface.md - Update build-distribution.md error class list to include DuplicateNodeError and DuplicateEdgeError
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# ADR-004: DAG-propagation as default workflow cost model
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**Status**: Accepted
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## Context
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The Rust CLI computes expected value per-task independently — no upstream quality degradation. The Python research model implements DAG-propagation where each parent's failure degrades the child's effective probability. The independent model is dangerously optimistic for non-trivial workflows: poor planning (p=0.65) shows a 213% cost increase vs good planning (p=0.92) with the propagation model, but barely any difference with the independent model.
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## Decision
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**DAG-propagation is the default mode.** The independent model is a degenerate case accessible via `propagationMode: 'independent'` or `defaultQualityRetention: 1.0`.
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## Consequences
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### Positive
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- More accurate cost estimates — captures the structural reality that upstream failures multiply downstream damage
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- Per-task output includes both `pIntrinsic` and `pEffective` so consumers can see the degradation effect
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- The independent model is still available as an opt-in degenerate case
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- Per-edge `qualityRetention` allows fine-grained modeling of how much quality is preserved through each dependency
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### Negative
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- More complex implementation than simple sum
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- Results differ from the Rust CLI — consumers migrating from CLI to library will see different numbers
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- Requires `qualityRetention` per edge (default 0.9) which adds a concept the Rust CLI didn't have
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### Mitigation
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The `propagationMode` option allows consumers to start with the independent model and migrate to DAG-propagation when ready. The per-task `pIntrinsic`/`pEffective` split makes the propagation effect transparent. |