Handoff Debt: The Rediscovery Cost When Coding Agents Take Over Interrupted Tasks

In three linesStudy of 'handoff debt': the rediscovery cost when a coding agent resumes an interrupted task. Across 75 tasks and 724 runs, structured notes reduce median agent events by 20–59% and tokens by 42–63% vs. repository-only takeover. Agent benchmarks should evaluate resumption efficiency, not just task resolution.

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