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A CACHE HIT IS NOT PROOF THAT YOU SKIPPED THE WORK
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A cache hit can be true and still fail to prove that work was skipped. A cache event becomes evidence when the independent oracle expects the prefix, the engine attests it, the prompt path skips it, the output stays identical, the evaluator passes, and the verifier binds those facts to the exact public bundle.