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Our agent score rose from 72% to 90% after a runner upgrade. Can we announce the improvement?

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The model stayed the same, some runs disappeared and the grader changed. Reconcile the report before deciding what the result supports.

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Case briefRead the inputs, then make your call

An internal agent report claims a quality gain after an evaluation-runner upgrade. These fictional runs use the same task IDs, reset environments, model weights and application prompt, with one attempt per task.

Scenario inputs
Scheduled tasks100 before; 100 after
Scored successes72 before; 72 after
Scored failures28 before; 8 after
Infrastructure errors, no score0 before; 15 after
Missing runs, no artifact0 before; 5 after
Grader changeBefore: checks final database state. After: checks the assistant's completion message.

Your task. Decide whether to announce the improvement. Reconstruct the report's denominators, identify what evidence is missing and propose the comparison needed for a release decision.

The model stayed the same, some runs disappeared and the grader changed. Reconcile the report before deciding what the result supports.

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