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Anchor leakage

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Hidden or certification evidence repeatedly flows back into optimization, eroding its independence. Keep an anchor-burn ledger and refresh the anchor channel once it is no longer independent.

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Handbook · PracticeAnti-patterns and failure vocabularySeventeen named ways evaluator systems fail, each with its tell, its layer and its fix.
Anchor burn
Loss of a holdout's or anchor channel's independence as its information is fed back into optimization. Track it in an anchor-burn ledger and refresh exposed items.

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