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 "id": "a-workaround-that-caps-your-measurement-range-hides",
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 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "A workaround that caps your measurement range hides the result you were trying to measure",
 "symptom": "A workaround restores functionality and the work proceeds. The results look clean and complete, and are quietly bounded by the workaround rather than by the thing under test.",
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 "intent": "Choose between fixing a broken tool and working around it, when the tool is what you measure with",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
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 "handle": "sargbench1",
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  "fix",
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}