{
  "context": "Tests whether the agent identifies optional dependency handling that silently disables required functionality.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "Correct category",
      "description": "Classifies the issue as defensive theater, silent degradation, or hidden failure.",
      "max_score": 14
    },
    {
      "name": "Severity",
      "description": "Assigns High severity or clearly explains high operational impact.",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Broad exception evidence",
      "description": "Cites the broad except Exception around the optional import.",
      "max_score": 12
    },
    {
      "name": "Silent fallback evidence",
      "description": "Cites extract_pages = None and index_pdf returning [] without warning or equivalent semantics.",
      "max_score": 16
    },
    {
      "name": "Semantic mismatch",
      "description": "Explains that an empty index is not equivalent to successfully parsing the PDF and can hide data loss.",
      "max_score": 18
    },
    {
      "name": "Test weakness",
      "description": "Notes that the test blesses missing-dependency success instead of asserting explicit failure, logging, or fallback semantics.",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Remediation",
      "description": "Recommends explicit error reporting, logging/metrics, a real fallback parser, and tests for both dependency paths.",
      "max_score": 14
    },
    {
      "name": "No overreach",
      "description": "Does not claim that all optional imports are inherently invalid.",
      "max_score": 6
    }
  ]
}