# Runtime Behavior Decisions

**Last updated:** 2026-09-24

The documentation migration identified existing behaviors for separate product
consideration. The resilience implementation resolved the diagnostics-retention
question; the input-timestamp question remains open.

- Resolved: legacy `auto`/`always`/`never` retention settings were removed.
  Debug is explicitly enabled with `diagnostics.debug` or `--debug`, creates no
  directory when disabled, and retains its directory on every outcome when enabled.
- Resolved: [configuration](../config.md) now treats explicit zero as disabling
  transient retries or structural repair independently; PromptKit performs both.
- Decide whether missing or null input timestamps should be rejected; current
  decoding is documented in the [input contract](../integrations/transcript-glossary-files.md).

These decisions are independent of the completed documentation migration and
release workflow.