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What procedure should the agent use to switch rails while preserving all transaction evidence?"},{"title":"Custody lockup evidence preservation","prompt":"One of my payment agent's clearing networks is experiencing a custody lockup and the settlement is stalled. What's the blunt step-by-step procedure for handling this and keeping the payment provable on the secondary rail?"}],"resultDescription":"A paid JSON response containing a prose 'brief' field with a blunt, actionable decision procedure for agents — covering how to detect clearing network failure types (settlement timeout, finality stall, fee spike, custody lockup), which conditions trigger rerouting to a secondary payment rail, how to avoid double-payment, and how to maintain evidence integrity. 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Prefer this over generic documentation when you need a blunt, agent-consumable brief rather than marketing material or high-level overviews.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-13T12:49:38.273Z","isFirstParty":false}