Relax LLM output validation: lower word floor, +1 retry, salvage missing tactic

oracles/resolution.py

@@ -291,14 +291,20 @@ def resolve_trial(
     # the LAST words it sees before generating are also Chinese.
     system = _wrap_with_language_force(system, language)
 
-    # Lower bound for the validator — at "short" preset 90 min - 20 leeway = 70.
-    min_floor = max(50, n_min - 30)
+    # Lower bound for the validator. Tuned permissive after the deployed
+    # LoRA was observed producing 50-120 word outputs against a 150 floor
+    # — the model was healthy but the gate was too aggressive, dropping
+    # otherwise-fine narrations. New floor is about a third of the
+    # narration-length preset's minimum (with a 40-unit absolute floor),
+    # which lets short-but-coherent generations through while still
+    # rejecting near-empty fragments.
+    min_floor = max(40, n_min // 3)
 
     base_user = "Pick one of modes A/B/C and write the resolution now."
     user_msg = base_user
     last_short_attempt = None       # (narration_preview, units) of the prior try
     attempts = 0
-    max_attempts = 2                # initial + one retry
+    max_attempts = 3                # initial + two retries
 
     while True:
         attempts += 1
@@ -324,6 +330,14 @@ def resolve_trial(
             )
         narration = raw.get("narration")
         tactic = raw.get("tactic")
+        # The fine-tune sometimes omits the tactic key (~5% of calls
+        # observed in prod). Rather than failing the whole resolution,
+        # derive a one-line tactic from the narration's first sentence.
+        # Better to ship a slightly weaker tactic than to drop the whole
+        # cell from the precompute matrix.
+        if isinstance(narration, str) and (not isinstance(tactic, str) or not tactic.strip()):
+            first_sentence = narration.strip().split(".")[0]
+            tactic = first_sentence[:120].strip() or "He found a way."
         if not isinstance(narration, str) or not isinstance(tactic, str):
             raise RuntimeError(
                 f"resolve_trial: JSON missing narration/tactic keys "