The task looked finished, but it wasn’t really done. Fabric had it indexed, mission hash was live, and the local checkpoint was recorded. I lined up the next job. The robot was idle. Everything seemed fine.
But the proof wasn’t sealed yet. No onchain confirmation. Fabric wouldn’t approve the parent task. Dead stop. The next block came, the timing window moved, and another machine took the slot while mine just waited.
The hardware stayed ready, but no reward. The queue moved on. The parent task stayed unsealed. I don’t let the task graph continue until the seal is complete. Slower, more idle, but safe. Next task was ready, but the window was gone.