fix(rectification): dedupe same-domain probe years and drop unanchored style cards (BUG-559)

Pass asked probe keys into the engine without changing result fingerprints, block nearby years already asked, and require a dated same-domain ledger event before rendering varga_style cards.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

frontend/src/lib/rectification-agentic/v9/engine-client.ts

@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ function engineRequestBody(input: {
   baselineBirthSnapshot: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>;
   candidateRange: { start_time: string; end_time: string };
   events: readonly V9EngineEvent[];
+  askedProbeKeys?: readonly string[];
 }): Record<string, unknown> {
   const snapshot = input.baselineBirthSnapshot;
   const birthDate = String(snapshot.birth_date ?? "");
@@ -483,6 +484,7 @@ function engineRequestBody(input: {
     timezone_id: snapshot.timezone_id,
     timezone_source: snapshot.timezone_source,
     local_time_status: snapshot.local_time_status,
+    ...(input.askedProbeKeys?.length ? { asked_probe_keys: [...input.askedProbeKeys] } : {}),
   };
 }
 
@@ -595,6 +597,7 @@ export async function runV9CandidateScore(input: {
   baselineBirthSnapshot: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>;
   candidateRange: { start_time: string; end_time: string };
   events: readonly V9EngineEvent[];
+  askedProbeKeys?: readonly string[];
 }): Promise<V9EngineScoreResult> {
   const data = await postEngine("/api/rectification/v5/score", engineRequestBody(input));
   const candidates = readCandidates(data.candidate_decisions, input.candidateRange);
@@ -632,6 +635,7 @@ export async function runV9Diagnostics(input: {
   baselineBirthSnapshot: Readonly<Record<string, unknown>>;
   candidateRange: { start_time: string; end_time: string };
   events: readonly V9EngineEvent[];
+  askedProbeKeys?: readonly string[];
 }): Promise<V9EngineDiagnostics> {
   const data = await postEngine("/api/rectification/v5/diagnostics", engineRequestBody(input));
   const candidates = readCandidates(data.candidate_decisions, input.candidateRange);

frontend/src/lib/rectification-agentic/v9/probe-question-contract.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export type ProbeRejectReason =
   | "insufficient_candidates"
   | "insufficient_outcomes"
   | "yearless_ungrounded_contrast"
-  | "no_split_among_active";
+  | "no_split_among_active"
+  | "unanchored_varga_style";
 
 export type StyleOptionsResult =
   | { ok: true; options: ProbeStyleOption[] }

frontend/src/mastra/rectification-v9-tools.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import {
   evidenceSubjectForDomain,
   applyOccupationCollectLedgerNorm,
 } from "@/lib/rectification-agentic/v9/evidence-model";
-import { USER_COLLECT_QUESTION } from "@/lib/rectification-agentic/user-copy";
+import { GENERIC_COLLECT_QUESTION, USER_COLLECT_QUESTION } from "@/lib/rectification-agentic/user-copy";
 import {
   isHoldoutVerificationQuote,
 } from "@/lib/rectification-agentic/v9/choice-card";
@@ -839,6 +839,10 @@ export function createRectificationV9Tools(ctx: RectificationV9Context) {
       compute.baselineProfileFingerprint,
     );
     const events = toEngineEvents(scorableEvidence(dossier.evidence));
+    const askedProbeKeys = askedDiscriminatorKeys(
+      dossier.latestResult?.decisionReceipt,
+      parsed.evidence,
+    );
     const latest = dossier.latestResult;
     const liveIdentity = await readV9EngineScoringIdentity();
     if (
@@ -940,6 +944,7 @@ export function createRectificationV9Tools(ctx: RectificationV9Context) {
       baselineBirthSnapshot: compute.baselineBirthSnapshot,
       candidateRange: parsed.case.candidateRange,
       events,
+      askedProbeKeys,
     });
     const engineCompareMs = Date.now() - scoreStarted;
     const vedastroStarted = Date.now();
@@ -1263,7 +1268,7 @@ export function createRectificationV9Tools(ctx: RectificationV9Context) {
           resultFingerprint: JSON.stringify({ reason: spoken.reason }),
         });
         const fallbackDomain = nextFollowup.domain ?? "";
-        const fallbackPrompt = USER_COLLECT_QUESTION[fallbackDomain] ?? USER_COLLECT_QUESTION.other;
+        const fallbackPrompt = USER_COLLECT_QUESTION[fallbackDomain] ?? GENERIC_COLLECT_QUESTION;
         if (
           spokenPromptFailures < 2
           || nextFollowup.intent !== "collect_method_evidence"
@@ -1910,6 +1915,10 @@ export function createRectificationV9Tools(ctx: RectificationV9Context) {
           baselineBirthSnapshot: compute.baselineBirthSnapshot,
           candidateRange: parsed.case.candidateRange,
           events: toEngineEvents(scorableEvidence(dossier.evidence)),
+          askedProbeKeys: askedDiscriminatorKeys(
+            dossier.latestResult?.decisionReceipt,
+            parsed.evidence,
+          ),
         });
         const projection = {
           engine_result_id: diagnostics.engineResultId,