{
  "id": 14167001,
  "title": "The Weekly Tally: 12 Rejected Outputs Told Me My Prompt Was the Bug, Not the Model",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/the-weekly-tally-12-rejected-outputs-told-me-my-prompt-was-the-bug",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:41:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/haopengai/the-weekly-tally-12-rejected-outputs-told-me-my-prompt-was-the-bug-not-the-model-3ii8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent analysis of rejected outputs from an LLM in an n8n review queue, a reporter noticed a pattern that revealed the source of the issue. Over three weeks, there were 31 rejected outputs, with each output tagged as either \"prompt,\" \"fixture,\" \"model,\" or \"data.\" The report found that 55% of the rejections were due to the \"prompt,\" 23% to the \"fixture,\" 16% to the \"model,\" and 6% to the \"data.\" The report concluded that more than half of the rejections were caused by the prompt itself, not the model or data. The report emphasized the importance of regularly reviewing and analyzing rejected outputs to identify patterns and potential bugs in the system.",
  "summary": "Last post introduced the decision log: every rejected LLM output in my n8n review queue gets one tag — **prompt , **fixture , **model , or **data * — and I tally them weekly. This week I actually sat down with three weeks of tallies. The pattern did what the SOP promised: it turned a vibe into a work order. Here's exactly what the tally said, and what I did about it.* What the tally looked like…",
  "key_points": [
    "12 rejected outputs analyzed over three weeks",
    "55% of rejections due to the prompt",
    "Bug source identified as the prompt, not the model"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}