SYNTHETIC REFERENCE — Track meaningful competitor changes with evidence Not an independently observed product run. Observed change: included projects increased from 5 to 8; price remains $20/month. Source: supplied plan snapshots, September 1 and 9. Inference: this may affect comparisons based on project limits. Unknown: release blog could not be checked. No claim about other product changes. FAILURE CASE A page fails to load twice. Pass: retain the last observed value with its old date. Fail: announce that the plan was removed.