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Workflow Reliability term

Source of truth

Defines which place owns the real state when UI, server, URL, and draft storage disagree.

What it means

Plain meaning

canonical state: Defines which place owns the real state when UI, server, URL, and draft storage disagree.

Aliases

canonical state, single source of truth

Use it when your messy ask mentions

  • state mismatch
  • ui server url
  • cannot tell what state
  • two tabs
  • builder state
  • client state
  • server state
  • url state

Prompt phrase

Define one canonical source of truth for builder state across UI, server, URL, and saved draft.

Before and after

Weak ask

Fix this state mismatch flow.

Exact Terms ask

Define one canonical source of truth for builder state across UI, server, URL, and saved draft.

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