{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Complete silence after submission",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-001"
    ],
    "content": "# Complete silence after submission\n\nNo automated receipt, acknowledgement, rejection, or recruiter outreach is received following application submission.\n\n### Diagnostic Non-Inferences\n- Does not prove the application was reviewed by a human.\n- Does not prove the role was cancelled or already filled.",
    "id": "A-001",
    "type": "artifact",
    "summary": "No automated receipt, acknowledgement, rejection, or recruiter outreach is received following application submission.",
    "stages": [
      "ingestion",
      "sourcing"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "probes": [
      {
        "id": "PROBE-A-001-1",
        "action": "Check email spam and security quarantine folders for ATS automated acknowledgement tokens.",
        "expected_signal": "Confirms whether application was ingested and generated a confirmation ID.",
        "cost": "low"
      }
    ],
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "ats",
        "label": "ATS status history",
        "context": "exported by the candidate on day 41",
        "lines": [
          {
            "at": "day 0, 18:22",
            "text": "Application received — Senior Backend Engineer",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 0, 18:22",
            "text": "Status: Under review",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 41, 09:00",
            "text": "Status: Under review",
            "tell": true
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The record shows one state change and then nothing. Silence here is the absence of an event, not an event with a hidden meaning."
      },
      {
        "kind": "chat",
        "label": "Follow-up message to the listed contact",
        "context": "two attempts, three weeks apart",
        "lines": [
          {
            "speaker": "Candidate",
            "at": "day 14",
            "text": "Hello — I applied for the Senior Backend Engineer role on the 3rd and wanted to check the application went through. Happy to send anything else that helps.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "speaker": "Candidate",
            "at": "day 35",
            "text": "Following up on the note above. If the search has been paused or filled, that is completely fine — I would just like to close the loop on my side.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "at": "day 41",
            "text": "— no reply —",
            "tell": true
          }
        ],
        "reading": "Two polite, dated attempts and no response. What is established is the absence of a reply, not a decision about the candidate."
      }
    ],
    "non_inferences": [
      "Does not prove the application was reviewed by a human.",
      "Does not prove the role was cancelled or already filled."
    ]
  }
}