The assistant works in staging and fails in production because one downstream tool changed its response shape. How would you contain it?

Instruction: Explain how you would respond to a production break caused by a tool contract change.

Context: Tests how the candidate diagnoses the problem, chooses the safest next step, and reasons through recovery. Explain how you would respond to a production break caused by a tool contract change.

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I would first stop the assistant from misreading the changed response and doing something unsafe. After that, I would add...

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