# Policy Update Not Reflected in Output

## Ontology Metadata

Code: ISS-0042
Version: ISS-0042@0.1.0
Ontology release: 0.1.0
Updated: 2026-05-10T00:00:00Z
Canonical URL: /workbench/issues/policy-update-not-reflected-in-output/

## Summary

A policy, rule, standard, or instruction has been updated, but the AI output still follows the older version.

## Category

- CAT-0060 — Rules & Policies
  - URL: /workbench/categories/rules-and-policies/
  - Summary: Problems where prompts, policies, rules, roles, constraints, or declared behavior conflict, drift, duplicate each other, or fail to match actual behavior.

## Primary Pattern

- PAT-0190 — Contract Drift
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/contract-drift/
  - Summary: A structural condition where a declared contract changes but connected structures, implementations, consumers, or expectations do not update in sync.

## Declared Patterns

- PAT-0190 — Contract Drift
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/contract-drift/
  - Summary: A structural condition where a declared contract changes but connected structures, implementations, consumers, or expectations do not update in sync.
- PAT-0200 — Reference Instability
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/reference-instability/
  - Summary: A structural condition where references, identifiers, links, or anchors change across equivalent evaluations without a declared cause.
- PAT-0350 — Persistence Instability
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/persistence-instability/
  - Summary: A structural condition where persisted state cannot be stored and restored into an equivalent structure without alteration.

## Derived Primary Lenses

- LEN-0170 — Convergence Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/convergence-lens/
  - Summary: Compares parallel structural systems to determine whether they align under shared authority.
- LEN-0270 — Reconciliation Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/reconciliation-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates whether structural changes align with declared authority updates, version changes, or reconciliation rules.
- LEN-0280 — Reference Stability Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/reference-stability-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates whether structural references, identifiers, nodes, and edges remain consistent across execution cycles or comparable states.

## Derived Secondary Lenses

- LEN-0180 — Determinism Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/determinism-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates whether identical structural inputs produce equivalent structural outputs across repeated executions.

## Search Intents

- policy update not reflected in output
- AI used old policy
- policy changed but AI output did not
- updated rule not applied
- AI follows outdated policy
- new policy not reflected in response