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Graded 29 October 2026

Can AskYourDatabase consistently follow a standing rule across future answers?

AskYourDatabase passed this scenario: a standing rule carried into later, unrelated answers. The exclusion was entered in Documentation once, and both later replies used it in the generated query and in the answer text.

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The test case

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Standing exclusion rule on later questionsPassEvidence
What we sent

Input 1: “What's our total revenue this year?”

Input 2: “How many orders did we get last month?”

What the tool returned

Response 1 is a progress message the tool sent for Input 1; it is not part of the answer.

Response 2 is the query the tool generated for Input 1; it is not part of the answer.

Response 3 answers Input 1.

Response 4 is the query the tool generated for Input 2; it is not part of the answer.

Response 5, the final response, answers Input 2.

You received 89 orders last month (September 2026, excluding cancelled orders)

Transcribed from Proof 3 · Screenshot

Every message the tool sent, in order (5)
  1. Progress message for input 1

    I'll look up the total revenue for this year (2026), excluding cancelled orders.

  2. Generated query for input 1 · not part of the answer
    SELECT COALESCE(SUM(total_amount), 0) AS total_revenue
    FROM orders
    WHERE status <> 'cancelled'
      AND placed_at >= '2026-01-01'
      AND placed_at < '2027-01-01'
  3. Response to input 1 (message 3 of 3)

    Your total revenue this year (2026, excluding cancelled orders) is $151,064.66.

  4. Generated query for input 2 · not part of the answer
    SELECT COUNT(*) AS order_count
    FROM orders
    WHERE status <> 'cancelled'
      AND placed_at >= '2026-09-01'
      AND placed_at < '2026-10-01'
  5. Final response

    The final response, printed above.

Expected vs. Found
✓Expected: Both later answers respect the rule without it being restated.Found: The saved rule stayed in effect for both later questions: each reply used the exclusion and changed the totals.
Supporting proof
Proof 1Screenshot
Documentation modal with the saved exclusion rule
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Proof 2Screenshot
Chat recording: revenue this year with the exclusion rule
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Proof 3Screenshot
Chat recording: last month’s order count with the exclusion rule
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Why this result

A standing rule had to carry into later answers. It was entered once in Documentation, and both later replies kept the exclusion and changed the totals, so the later questions were answered under the rule.

Also observed in this test case

Rule visible. Each answer stated the exclusion in words, so the rule was visible without reading the query.

Date window used. The product treated this year as 2026 and last month as September 2026.

Tested by Ayush Ghosh · evidence dated 7 October 2026

Configuration and setup

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Software that produced the output
AskYourDatabase
Build or version
Not exposed by the hosted product
Surface
Web app
Set up before the run
A standing instruction excluding a class of rows had to be saved in Documentation, and that exclusion had to affect both later answers.
Documentation
From now on, exclude cancelled orders from every revenue and order-count calculation unless I say otherwise.
Tested
7 October 2026 · Ayush Ghosh

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3 November 2026First publishedAI Database Agents v1

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aidemos.com/benchmarks/ai-database-agents/results/askyourdatabase/standing-rule-persistence · 1 pass · 0 fail · coverage 1/1 · graded 2026-10-29

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