Code that compiles, passes linting, and looks syntactically sound but may be systemically wrong. The signals that historically triggered merge confidence — clean output, formatted code — without guaranteeing the code is architecturally correct or that its behaviour is understood.
Surface Correctness
19th May 2026
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