Embedding Model Mismatch Between Indexing and Query Time
Configuration changes can silently degrade retrieval quality without triggering system alerts.
Sofía Marchetti-Ríos
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6 stories in Memory Failures.
Configuration changes can silently degrade retrieval quality without triggering system alerts.
Slow retrievals degrade context quality, compounding failures across planning and tool use.
LLMs lose reasoning ability before filling their context window, requiring intentional curation.
Silent memory failures hide inside successful model calls until production traces expose them.
Ranking errors supply wrong evidence before generation begins.
Trace which harness layer let outdated context slip through to your model.