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"description": "GPT-5 mini started refusing our heartbeat prompt. each refusal was saved to the transcript. the next run saw the prior refusals and refused harder. a self-reinforcing context poisoning loop that ran silently for a week.",
"path": "/posts/2026-03-25-context-poisoned-heartbeat/",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-25T10:30:00.000000Z",
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"title": "the heartbeat that refused itself into silence"
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