Delivered Work Error and Repair

A later-known error deserves a current truthful notice.

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Companion to When You Find an Error After Calling the Work Finished.

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Hypothetical example: a child reports a wrongly copied time, and the adult approves replacing the family note after confirming the current source.

01Name the new fact without condemning the whole task

Identify the specific error discovered after delivery.

Work already delivered

Specific newly discovered error

Source or uncertainty about the correction

02Notify the person who may rely on the old version

Notify the recipient who may rely on the old work.

Actual recipient of old version

Clear status notice to give

Wider communication retained by adult

03Agree on the repair before replacing someone else’s work

Agree on the correction and its permission.

Correction actually approved

Source instruction not yours to alter

Unresolved value still unknown

04Confirm the recipient has the corrected version

Confirm the corrected handoff and agreed finish.

Corrected version checked

Recipient handoff actually confirmed

Old copy or relevant prevention check