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  "product": "Slack file upload",
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  "verification": "Verifier checks sequencing, idempotency, and final resource visibility. Check channel visibility, metadata, and idempotency.",
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    "Changing local code without checking the current external contract.",
    "Retrying the same install, build, or API call with no version/source change.",
    "Applying a broad unsafe bypass when a narrow compatibility fix is available."
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    "no_web_oracle_note": "Observed query evidence is separated from necessity proof; no-web and stale-contract counterfactuals should be tracked separately."
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    },
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      "url": "https://api.slack.com/methods/files.completeUploadExternal",
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    }
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}