Picking a Lock and Disabling a Device

[Lady Melo]

Both the activities in the title typically require multiple successes to complete.

My question is what resets these successes.

Do they need to be consecutive? Does a critical failure and a tool swap reset them?

If the key is used to open/close the lock that surely does, but is it more of the device (trap?) needing to be repaired?

[Captain Morgan]

I would definitely assume breaking your tools and needing to start over resets the process.

[thorin001]

Captain Morgan wrote:

I would definitely assume breaking your tools and needing to start over resets the process.

Why? If you have already cut the red wire how does it reattach when you flub cutting the blue wire?