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      "id": "SOURCE-DESK-02",
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      "title": "Cedar Signal fictional request summary",
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      "limitations": "The source omits raw records and cannot support market-size, causal, or outcome claims."
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      "A source changes or expires",
      "A new aggregate round is completed",
      "The open contradiction or gap changes state"
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    { "owner": "user_persona", "status": "not_owned", "recordReference": null },
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