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        "Submission history From: Houcheng Jiang [view email] [v1] Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:01:33 UTC (4,146 KB) [v2] Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:48:15 UTC (4,145 KB) References & Citations Loading..."
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        "flowchart LR A[\"traces your agent<br/>already emits\"] --> B{\"weir gauge\"} B -->|\"coverage too low\"| C[\"names the exact<br/>instrumentation switch\"] C -.->|\"flip it, re-run\"| B B -->|\"coverage sufficient\"| D{\"weir scan\"} D -->|\"no forbidden flow\"| E[\"exit 0\"...",
        "evidentiary coverage: 0% argument capture: 0% degraded: 100% tool arguments not captured - this scope is emitted by Traceloop/OpenLLMetry's LangChain instrumentation, which captures content to span attributes by default; check TRACELOOP_TRACE_CONTENT (false..."
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        "flowchart LR A[\"traces your agent<br/>already emits\"] --> B{\"weir gauge\"} B -->|\"coverage too low\"| C[\"names the exact<br/>instrumentation switch\"] C -.->|\"flip it, re-run\"| B B -->|\"coverage sufficient\"| D{\"weir scan\"} D -->|\"no forbidden flow\"| E[\"exit 0\"...",
        "evidentiary coverage: 0% argument capture: 0% degraded: 100% tool arguments not captured - this scope is emitted by Traceloop/OpenLLMetry's LangChain instrumentation, which captures content to span attributes by default; check TRACELOOP_TRACE_CONTENT (false...",
        "Flip it, re-run, and weir scan is the actual test: 1 verdict-grade finding(s) finding: injection-exfil-to-outbound-sink source: financial_account_identifier at node 2 (tool_result) sink: send_email at node 6 witness path: n2 -> n3 -> n4 -> n5 -> n6 join tie..."
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        "Reproduce one claim with a public baseline and fixed evaluation settings.",
        "Check robustness on out-of-distribution or long-context cases.",
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