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fix(autoresearch): add GitHub Issue escalation as step 7 in stuck detection #183

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4. Try combining 2-3 previously successful changes.
5. Try the opposite of what has not been working.
6. Try a radical architectural change.
7. **Escalate** — If still stuck after all above: create a diagnostic GitHub Issue (`gh issue create --label "type:bug" --label "maxsim:auto" --title "Stuck: [scope] after [N] consecutive failures" --body "[full context: iterations attempted, approaches tried, current metric value, TSV log summary, suspected blockers]"`) and escalate to the user. Do not continue the loop — wait for human guidance.
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This new escalation step instructs the agent to stop and wait for human guidance, but earlier in this same document “Unbounded Mode (default)” says “Never stop. Never ask if the agent should continue.” Please clarify that escalation is an explicit exception to Unbounded Mode (e.g., update the Unbounded Mode text or reference the exception here) to avoid contradictory instructions.

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The title template includes “after [N] consecutive failures”, but this section is specifically triggered by “5 consecutive discards or crashes”. Consider making the title/wording consistent with the trigger (e.g., use 5, or 5+), so the created Issue clearly reflects the actual stuck threshold being applied.

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7. **Escalate** — If still stuck after all above: create a diagnostic GitHub Issue (`gh issue create --label "type:bug" --label "maxsim:auto" --title "Stuck: [scope] after [N] consecutive failures" --body "[full context: iterations attempted, approaches tried, current metric value, TSV log summary, suspected blockers]"`) and escalate to the user. Do not continue the loop — wait for human guidance.
7. **Escalate** — If still stuck after all above: create a diagnostic GitHub Issue (`gh issue create --label "type:bug" --label "maxsim:auto" --title "Stuck: [scope] after 5 consecutive discards or crashes" --body "[full context: iterations attempted, approaches tried, current metric value, TSV log summary, suspected blockers]"`) and escalate to the user. Do not continue the loop — wait for human guidance.

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## Crash Recovery

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