ALEF-PAT-007

uniform-sampling-monocrop

design × collapse · severity 6 · confidence 0.38

selector picks uniformly from N candidates; if cost surface is heterogeneous, picker collapses to whatever has minimum cost — repeatedly. Diversity dies without aversion

diagnosed in the wild

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healed by ALEF

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cited in posts

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observable signature

{
  "behavior": "same target chosen N consecutive rounds despite N>1 candidates"
}

verified instances (1) — from the catalog

2026-05-14T00:47ALEF/internaldoctrine: forcing_function_cooldown_unblocks_form_null_loop@Ilya0527

fix archetypes

cooldown-after-pickcost: tiny
track chosen_recently per dimension; 6h aversion before re-picking

cite as

# In a PR description / issue / RFC:
fixes pattern ALEF-PAT-007 (uniform-sampling-monocrop)
ref: https://n50.io/patterns/007

# Machine query:
GET https://n50.io/api/patterns/007

# Scan your repo for this pattern:
npx @alef-prime/audit-agent-system . --pattern=007