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Citation Break in RAG — Guardrails and Fix Pattern

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When answers look plausible but the supporting citation is missing, wrong, or broken.
Citation breaks cause user trust collapse because retrieval snippets do not line up with the generated text.


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Core acceptance

  • Every answer must cite at least one stable snippet_id and section_id
  • Coverage ≥ 0.70 for the target section
  • ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45
  • λ convergent across three paraphrases

Typical symptoms → exact fix

Symptom Likely cause Open this
Citations absent or generic (e.g., "from the document") schema not enforced Data Contracts
Wrong snippet cited while correct one exists drift in retrieval path Retrieval Traceability, Context Drift
Snippet cutoff or token overflow chunk misaligned Chunking Checklist
Citations flip across runs λ unstable or schema re-ordered Logic Collapse

Fix in 60 seconds

  1. Enforce schema
    Require snippet_id, section_id, source_url, offsets, tokens. Reject answers without these fields.

  2. Lock cite-then-explain order
    Answer only after stable snippet reference. If missing, fail fast.

  3. Stabilize retrieval path
    Use deterministic rerankers and log ΔS. If drift persists, re-chunk and re-index.

  4. Verify reproducibility
    Ask the same question three times. Citations must remain identical.


Copy-paste probe prompt

I uploaded TXT OS and the WFGY Problem Map.

My issue:
- citations missing or wrong,
- retrieved snippet exists but answer cites differently.

Tell me:
1) what failed (schema, retrieval, or reasoning),
2) which WFGY fix page to open,
3) minimal fix to restore stable citations,
4) a reproducible test with three paraphrases.

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