Constraint Decay: LLM Agents Still Break Backend Contracts

LLM agents handle loose specs better than production backend constraints. Fixed OpenAPI tasks across 8 frameworks show contract drift remains the risk; useful for setting review gates.

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Same OpenAPI spec was used across 80 greenfield tasks and 20 feature tasks; the test targets reproducible backend behavior, not prompt vibes.
Failure surface is API contracts, architecture, DB, and ORM constraints. Generated code needs contract tests before it touches production paths.
The practical takeaway is scoped delegation: let agents draft endpoints, but keep schema, migrations, and integration checks as hard gates.

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Constraint Decay: LLM Agents Still Break Backend Contracts

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