4.4 Preliminary and final analysis

Type | When it starts | Use

Preliminary analysis | For new evidence matching the Query Portfolio, subject to entitlement and policy. | Helps the reviewer understand content; it neither approves evidence nor publishes a result.

Final analysis | After a human accepts the evidence. | Creates a retained result for analysis, trends, and reports, subject to confidence and sample limits.

The page shows provider token usage and estimated cost where available.

An idempotency key prevents duplicate execution of the same analysis on retry.

If execution fails, the record can be reconciled and recovered by dedicated services without starting the general scheduler.

Analysis is not a confirmed fact. Check provenance, text, and the human decision before external use.