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An AI agent caused financial damage in production. What do you do in the first hour?

Contain financial actions and reconcile provider state in parallel. Work through a synthetic exposure table, uncertain dispatch, cancellation limits and the evidence needed for a controlled restart.

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Contain financial actions and reconcile provider state in parallel. Work through a synthetic exposure table, uncertain dispatch, cancellation limits and the evidence needed for a controlled restart.

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Synthetic records show $400 of confirmed refunds, $200 pending and $100 with an unknown dispatch outcome. Three other refunds totaling $300 were confirmed canceled without effect.

  1. What amount can you report as confirmed net loss?
  2. Can the $100 reservation be released because the caller timed out?
  3. Does one beneficiary receiving many refunds prove fraud?
  4. What should happen before refund authority is restored?

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