Most oracle failures do not appear as failures when they start. There is no immediate shutdown, no obvious error message, no dramatic break. Systems continue to operate on increasingly fragile assumptions.
This is why oracle failures are hard to detect.
Oracles sit between external reality and on-chain logic. When data is delayed, incomplete, or inconsistently verified, smart contracts still execute as intended. The problem is that they are executed on distorted data. By the time the issue becomes visible, the damage is usually already embedded in positions, liquidations, or management decisions.
That's why speed alone is not a reliable measure of oracle quality.
APRO approaches the oracle design from another angle: reliability over reactivity. Latency, redundancy, verification, and consistency are more important than accelerating potential updates. In financial systems, slightly slower but correct data is often safer than instant data that cannot be verified.
The trade-off is subtle. Robust layers of verification add complexity and reduce apparent reactivity. But they also diminish the silent failure modes that arise only under stress.
Infrastructure is rarely noticed when it works. Oracles are no exception. Their value becomes apparent only when assumptions are tested against volatility, congestion, or hostile environments.
Most failures go unnoticed because they start quietly. The systems that survive are usually those designed with the assumption that data, like markets, will eventually behave poorly.
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