# Version Change Breaks Existing Prompt

## Ontology Metadata

Code: ISS-0053
Version: ISS-0053@0.1.0
Ontology release: 0.1.0
Updated: 2026-05-10T00:00:00Z
Canonical URL: /workbench/issues/version-change-breaks-existing-prompt/

## Summary

A prompt that previously produced usable results stops working after a version change in the model, tool, policy, schema, product surface, or workflow.

## Category

- CAT-0080 — Changes & Versions
  - URL: /workbench/categories/changes-and-versions/
  - Summary: Problems where model behavior, prompts, contracts, schemas, outputs, references, rubrics, or expectations change without the surrounding workflow updating correctly.

## 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-0180 — Compatibility Violation
  - URL: /workbench/patterns/compatibility-violation/
  - Summary: A structural condition where a graph, object, behavior, or runtime state exceeds a declared compatibility envelope without an authorized exception.
- 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.

## Derived Primary Lenses

- LEN-0130 — Compatibility Envelope Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/compatibility-envelope-lens/
  - Summary: Determines whether structure fits within declared runtime, platform, version, or support constraints.
- 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-0120 — Boundary Compliance Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/boundary-compliance-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates observed structure against declared boundary posture, including allow, block, and exception rules.
- LEN-0180 — Determinism Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/determinism-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates whether identical structural inputs produce equivalent structural outputs across repeated executions.

## Search Intents

- version change breaks existing prompt
- prompt broke after version change
- old prompt stopped working
- AI prompt no longer works after update
- version update changed prompt behavior
- prompt incompatible with new version