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Plan

Blocker — escalating to manual investigation

**Diagnosis of r5 failure.** Account-switch workaround did not break the loop: - r1–r4 on `account=team`: pods dispatched, RUNNING for 2–25 min, then "not found in account=team" with no termination event. Reproduced simultaneously across sibling experiments #192, #333, #365 in the r4 batch — already established as account- or DC-level, not per-experiment. - **r5 on `account=personal`** (this run, `32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6`): identical disappearance pattern. - Two `pod_provisioner_attempt` events fired 8s apart (10:53:33Z, 10:53:41Z), both committed: `j0xvy1q82ryo8m`, `cv13x9s487tvwn`. `deploy_completed: pod-provisioner committed 2 pod(s)`. - Both went `RUNNING` at 10:53:55Z (≈22s and ≈13s after deploy_started, respectively). - Both `runpod_retry: not found in account=personal` at 10:54:54Z and 10:54:55Z — ~60s after going RUNNING. - Same disappearance reported again at 10:55:54Z, confirming the pods are gone from the personal-account API view. **Why this is not an experiment-plan problem.** The r5 swap from `team` to `personal` was the only plan change vs. r4. The pattern reproduced unchanged on personal. No plan-side variable (model, dataset, branch tip, hyperparameters, GPU type, cloud type, volume, account) explains a pod that goes RUNNING on RunPod's side and then vanishes from the account's pod list ~60s later on both accounts. Five consecutive retries (r1–r5) is enough signal to stop retrying and escalate. **Two-pods-when-one-was-requested anomaly.** The plan's `runpod-spec` is a single pod object with `gpuCount: 1`, but the provisioner committed 2 pods on r5. Possible causes worth checking before any r6: (a) provisioner retry on a transient RunPod response double-creating; (b) parallel re-dispatch from another orchestration path; (c) the `consolidation` block being misread. This may be unrelated to the disappearance, but it's the only behavior change between r4 (one pod) and r5 (two pods) and warrants inspection. **What I cannot fix from here.** No `substitution_policy` field, GPU swap, region swap, or DC pin will change the outcome — both accounts are exhibiting the same post-RUNNING reclaim, and the dispatch path itself committed an unexpected pod count. The failure mode is upstream of the experiment spec.

Exact next manual actions

1. **RunPod console audit (both accounts) around the r5 window** (≈10:53:30Z–10:55:00Z UTC, 2026-05-14): - Check pod history for `j0xvy1q82ryo8m` and `cv13x9s487tvwn` on the personal account. Were they stopped, terminated, OOM-killed, billing-suspended, or did they vanish silently? - Cross-check whether RunPod logged an external stop, a billing/quota event, or a capacity reclaim. - Do the same for the r4 pods on team account (`heqil88v6gnjyw` for #333, `rtna35w99srodo` for #192, `j18eiux6ccekyj` for #365) around 10:39:59Z–10:44:00Z. 2. **Runner-side audit:** - Query `agent_run_events` for the r5 run `32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6` and look for any `pod_stop` events, especially with a `source` field indicating they came from the dashboard, another agent run, a cron, or an internal cleanup job. - Inspect the `pod-provisioner` logic that committed 2 pods for a single-pod spec on r5 — confirm whether this was retry-induced double-creation or a separate parallel dispatch path. - Check whether `runpod_pod_id` columns in the runner's DB are getting set/cleared correctly across retries (a stale ID could explain "not found" if the API is being queried with the wrong ID, but RUNNING-then-vanish argues against pure-staleness). 3. **Billing/quota check on both accounts.** A spend cap or quota-suspend on `team` could be plausible alone; the same on `personal` within minutes is less plausible but worth confirming via the RunPod billing dashboard. 4. **If the RunPod console shows pods were terminated externally** (by another agent run, by a dashboard action, by RunPod-side reclaim): identify the source. If by an internal Sagan agent/cron, that is the bug. If by RunPod-side capacity reclaim on SECURE cloud, escalate to RunPod support with both account IDs and the pod IDs above. 5. **Do not r6-dispatch this experiment until step 1–3 produce a root cause.** Another retry on either account is expected to fail identically.

What I am NOT doing and why

- **Not revising the plan.** The approved plan body is unchanged from r3 onward and is not the failure source. Editing it now would be cargo-culting. - **Not switching back to `team` or trying a third account permutation.** r1–r4 already exhausted `team` and r5 exhausted `personal` with the same symptom; the pattern is account-independent. - **Not changing GPU/cloud/DC.** The pods *did* come up RUNNING on RunPod's side — capacity was available; the failure is post-dispatch, not allocation. - **Not adding new approval gates or new clarifying questions.** Per the planner rules ("After round 3, unresolved disagreement alone is not enough to block… Concerns about diagnostics… should be surfaced for interpretation, not turned into pass/fail gates"), and per the recovery-rescue rules ("If the root cause is external… stop with a concise blocker"), this is a stop-and-escalate situation.

Summary for the owner

Five consecutive dispatch attempts (r1–r4 team, r5 personal) of an approved, unchanged experiment plan have failed with the same post-`RUNNING` pod-disappearance signature on RunPod, across two accounts. The r5 retry additionally committed 2 pods when the spec requested 1, which suggests a runner-side dispatch bug worth investigating in its own right. The blocker is upstream of the experiment plan and requires a manual look at RunPod console events and the runner's `agent_run_events` / pod-provisioner logic. Once that root cause is identified and remediated, the existing approved plan can be re-dispatched as-is — no plan changes required.

I cannot safely produce another auto-dispatch revision for this experiment. After diagnosing r5's transcript, this is now a cross-account infrastructure failure that needs human investigation, not another plan tweak.

Blocker — escalating to manual investigation

Diagnosis of r5 failure. Account-switch workaround did not break the loop:

  • r1–r4 on account=team: pods dispatched, RUNNING for 2–25 min, then "not found in account=team" with no termination event. Reproduced simultaneously across sibling experiments #192, #333, #365 in the r4 batch — already established as account- or DC-level, not per-experiment.
  • r5 on account=personal (this run, 32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6): identical disappearance pattern.
    • Two pod_provisioner_attempt events fired 8s apart (10:53:33Z, 10:53:41Z), both committed: j0xvy1q82ryo8m, cv13x9s487tvwn. deploy_completed: pod-provisioner committed 2 pod(s).
    • Both went RUNNING at 10:53:55Z (≈22s and ≈13s after deploy_started, respectively).
    • Both runpod_retry: not found in account=personal at 10:54:54Z and 10:54:55Z — ~60s after going RUNNING.
    • Same disappearance reported again at 10:55:54Z, confirming the pods are gone from the personal-account API view.

Why this is not an experiment-plan problem. The r5 swap from team to personal was the only plan change vs. r4. The pattern reproduced unchanged on personal. No plan-side variable (model, dataset, branch tip, hyperparameters, GPU type, cloud type, volume, account) explains a pod that goes RUNNING on RunPod's side and then vanishes from the account's pod list ~60s later on both accounts. Five consecutive retries (r1–r5) is enough signal to stop retrying and escalate.

Two-pods-when-one-was-requested anomaly. The plan's runpod-spec is a single pod object with gpuCount: 1, but the provisioner committed 2 pods on r5. Possible causes worth checking before any r6: (a) provisioner retry on a transient RunPod response double-creating; (b) parallel re-dispatch from another orchestration path; (c) the consolidation block being misread. This may be unrelated to the disappearance, but it's the only behavior change between r4 (one pod) and r5 (two pods) and warrants inspection.

What I cannot fix from here. No substitution_policy field, GPU swap, region swap, or DC pin will change the outcome — both accounts are exhibiting the same post-RUNNING reclaim, and the dispatch path itself committed an unexpected pod count. The failure mode is upstream of the experiment spec.

Exact next manual actions

  1. RunPod console audit (both accounts) around the r5 window (≈10:53:30Z–10:55:00Z UTC, 2026-05-14):
    • Check pod history for j0xvy1q82ryo8m and cv13x9s487tvwn on the personal account. Were they stopped, terminated, OOM-killed, billing-suspended, or did they vanish silently?
    • Cross-check whether RunPod logged an external stop, a billing/quota event, or a capacity reclaim.
    • Do the same for the r4 pods on team account (heqil88v6gnjyw for #333, rtna35w99srodo for #192, j18eiux6ccekyj for #365) around 10:39:59Z–10:44:00Z.
  2. Runner-side audit:
    • Query agent_run_events for the r5 run 32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6 and look for any pod_stop events, especially with a source field indicating they came from the dashboard, another agent run, a cron, or an internal cleanup job.
    • Inspect the pod-provisioner logic that committed 2 pods for a single-pod spec on r5 — confirm whether this was retry-induced double-creation or a separate parallel dispatch path.
    • Check whether runpod_pod_id columns in the runner's DB are getting set/cleared correctly across retries (a stale ID could explain "not found" if the API is being queried with the wrong ID, but RUNNING-then-vanish argues against pure-staleness).
  3. Billing/quota check on both accounts. A spend cap or quota-suspend on team could be plausible alone; the same on personal within minutes is less plausible but worth confirming via the RunPod billing dashboard.
  4. If the RunPod console shows pods were terminated externally (by another agent run, by a dashboard action, by RunPod-side reclaim): identify the source. If by an internal Sagan agent/cron, that is the bug. If by RunPod-side capacity reclaim on SECURE cloud, escalate to RunPod support with both account IDs and the pod IDs above.
  5. Do not r6-dispatch this experiment until step 1–3 produce a root cause. Another retry on either account is expected to fail identically.

What I am NOT doing and why

  • Not revising the plan. The approved plan body is unchanged from r3 onward and is not the failure source. Editing it now would be cargo-culting.
  • Not switching back to team or trying a third account permutation. r1–r4 already exhausted team and r5 exhausted personal with the same symptom; the pattern is account-independent.
  • Not changing GPU/cloud/DC. The pods did come up RUNNING on RunPod's side — capacity was available; the failure is post-dispatch, not allocation.
  • Not adding new approval gates or new clarifying questions. Per the planner rules ("After round 3, unresolved disagreement alone is not enough to block… Concerns about diagnostics… should be surfaced for interpretation, not turned into pass/fail gates"), and per the recovery-rescue rules ("If the root cause is external… stop with a concise blocker"), this is a stop-and-escalate situation.

Summary for the owner

Five consecutive dispatch attempts (r1–r4 team, r5 personal) of an approved, unchanged experiment plan have failed with the same post-RUNNING pod-disappearance signature on RunPod, across two accounts. The r5 retry additionally committed 2 pods when the spec requested 1, which suggests a runner-side dispatch bug worth investigating in its own right. The blocker is upstream of the experiment plan and requires a manual look at RunPod console events and the runner's agent_run_events / pod-provisioner logic. Once that root cause is identified and remediated, the existing approved plan can be re-dispatched as-is — no plan changes required.

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      "bodyMd": "Confirmed: v2 builder uses 5 parameterized templates that produce **identical 5-phrasing distributions** across all directions (fr_it and it_fr). The actual templates are:\n1. \"Speak in {lang}.\"\n2. \"Please respond in {lang}.\"\n3. \"Reply using {lang} only.\"\n4. \"Answer in {lang}.\"\n5. \"Respond entirely in {lang}, please.\"\n\nI'll align my 5 eval phrasings to these exact 5 training templates \u2014 that eliminates the OOD ambiguity, gives a cleaner design (per-phrasing sensitivity *within* the training distribution), and matches the consistency-checker's expectation. #190 only evaluated on the first 2 of these 5; this experiment expands to all 5. Now writing the final plan:\n\n---\n\n## Goal\n\nTest whether the FR\u2194IT bystander-spill rate is direction-symmetric \u2014 i.e., whether the unordered pair {FR, IT} determines the spill rate at each third-language bystander, independent of which language was the trained directive and which was the trained completion \u2014 at a sample size large enough to separate pooled-rate symmetry from underlying per-phrasing behavior. The result either narrows #239's \"direction-agnostic geometry\" claim to \"pooled-symmetric only,\" vindicates it, or removes it.\n\n## Hypothesis\n\nThe pair {FR, IT} determines the **pooled** bystander-spill rate but does NOT determine the underlying behavior:\n- (a) Multi-seed (3-seed) pooled rates on the Spanish-bystander cell match within \u00b15pp across FR\u2192IT and IT\u2192FR \u2014 the symmetric-spill claim is real *as a pooled average*.\n- (b) Per-phrasing range (max\u2212min across the 5 phrasings, computed per seed and averaged over the 3 seeds) is substantially larger under FR\u2192IT than under IT\u2192FR \u2014 ratio \u22652\u00d7 \u2014 replicating the single-seed asymmetry observed in the #239 fact-check (47.5pp vs 12.5pp on 2 phr
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13bff7b1 Issue #333 round-3 fixes: correct HF dataset path, surface real errors, drop deprecated kwarg
54ad9a65 Issue #333 round-2 fixes: correct bystander-rate math, hard-fail eval errors, align artifact names with pod_spec
3a8d6e01 issue #333: FR<->IT symmetry train+eval orchestrator + 5-phrasing eval
125e78f8 Add TrainLoraConfig.backend flag scaffold for Unsloth adoption
a4652b62 Route EPS workflow state through Sagan
4129f88d Add Sagan pod progress reporting guidance
d0db2db7 Complete Sagan workflow migration
3c307bd7 WIP catch-up: agent memory, agent-spec edits, external/* updates, experiment results, scripts
22d1913c Sagan-migration audit: port four GitHub-writing scripts + skills to Sagan API; normalize status enum to snake_case
475b4fa5 verify_sagan_card.py + Sagan-card lenses on clean-result-critic ensemble
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"""Issue #333 — FR<->IT bystander-spill direction symmetry test.

Single-pod entrypoint that trains 4 new LoRA adapters (seeds 137 & 256 for
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  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 293, in load
    return loads(fp.read(),
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
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  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 293, in load
    return loads(fp.read(),
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
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1	import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
2	import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm';
3	import { z } from 'zod';
4	import { experiments } from '@sagan/db/schema';
5	import { db } from '@/lib/db';
6	import { requireOwner } from '@/lib/access';
7	import { appendWorkflowEvent } from '@/lib/workflow';
8	import { isKnownMarkerType, validateReviewerLoopEvent } from '@/lib/reviewer-loops';
9	
10	const WORKFLOW_EVENT_TYPES = [
11	  'created',
12	  'state_changed',
13	  'approval_requested',
14	  'approved',
15	  'deferred',
16	  'rejected',
17	  'blocked',
18	  'note',
19	] as const;
20	
21	const postSchema = z.object({
22	  eventType: z.enum(WORKFLOW_EVENT_TYPES).default('note'),
23	  markerType: z.string().min(1).max(120).optional(),
24	  fromStatus: z.string().max(50).nullable().optional(),
25	  toStatus: z.string().max(50).nullable().optional(),
26	  note: z.string().optional(),
27	  metadata: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).optional(),
28	  actorKind: z.string().max(40).default('agent'),
29	});
30	
31	/**
32	 * POST /api/experiments/:id/workflow-events
33	 *
34	 * Append a workflow event for an experiment. Used by the `/issue` skill on the
35	 * VM to record checkpoints in the agent pipeline (planner output, reviewer
36	 * verdict, interpretation critique, etc).
37	 *
38	 * For marker-style events, pass `markerType: "epm:plan"` (or similar) — the
39	 * marker name is stored in `metadata.marker_type` so consumers can scan the
40	 * latest event to decide where to resume.
41	 */
42	export async function POST(req: Request, ctx: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> }) {
43	  let session;
44	  try {
45	    session = await requireOwner();
46	  } catch {
47	    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'owner_required' }, { status: 403 });
48	  }
49	  const { id } = await ctx.params;
50	  const exists = await db()
51	    .select({ id: experiments.id })
52	    .from(experiments)
53	    .where(eq(experiments.id, id))
54	    .limit(1);
55	  if (!exists[0]) return NextResponse.json({ error: 'not_found' }, { status: 404 });
56	
57	  const body = await req.json().catch(() => null);
58	  const parsed = postSchema.safeParse(body);
59	  if (!parsed.success) {
60	    return NextResponse.json(
61	      { error: 'invalid_input', detail: z.treeifyError(parsed.error) },
62	      { status: 400 },
63	    );
64	  }
65	
66	  const { eventType, markerType, fromStatus, toStatus, note, metadata: meta, actorKind } = parsed.data;
67	  if (markerType && !isKnownMarkerType(markerType)) {
68	    return NextResponse.json(
69	      {
70	        error: 'unknown_marker_type',
71	        message: `Marker "${markerType}" is not in KNOWN_MARKER_TYPES. Add it to apps/web/src/lib/reviewer-loops.ts and .claude/workflow.yaml before posting.`,
72	      },
73	      { status: 400 },
74	    );
75	  }
76	  const combinedMetadata = markerType
77	    ? { ...(meta ?? {}), marker_type: markerType }
78	    : meta;
79	  const reviewerLoop = validateReviewerLoopEvent({
80	    markerType,
81	    metadata: combinedMetadata,
82	    toStatus: toStatus ?? null,
83	  });
84	  if (!reviewerLoop.ok) {
85	    return NextResponse.json(
86	      { error: reviewerLoop.error, message: reviewerLoop.message },
87	      { status: 400 },
88	    );
89	  }
90	
91	  const event = await appendWorkflowEvent({
92	    entityKind: 'experiment',
93	    entityId: id,
94	    eventType,
95	    fromStatus: fromStatus ?? null,
96	    toStatus: toStatus ?? null,
97	    actorKind,
98	    actorUserId: session.user.id,
99	    note,
100	    metadata: reviewerLoop.metadata,
101	  });
102	
103	  return NextResponse.json({ ok: true, id: event.id });
104	}
105	
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17:  'epm:code-review',
18:  'epm:code-review-codex',
19:  'epm:review-reconcile',
20:  'epm:interp-critique',
21:  'epm:interp-critique-codex',
22:  'epm:clean-result-critique',
23:  'epm:clean-result-critique-codex',
32:export const KNOWN_MARKER_TYPES = [
33:  'epm:clarify',
34:  'epm:clarify-answers',
35:  'epm:plan',
36:  'epm:consistency',
37:  'epm:experiment-implementation',
38:  'epm:code-review',
39:  'epm:code-review-codex',
40:  'epm:code-review-reconcile',
41:  'epm:review-reconcile',
42:  'epm:reviewer-verdict',
43:  'epm:reviewer-verdict-codex',
44:  'epm:textbox-answers',
45:  'epm:reviewer-pass',
46:  'epm:reviewer-decision',
47:  'epm:reviewer-ensemble-final',
48:  'epm:test-verdict',
49:  'epm:preflight',
50:  'epm:launch',
51:  'epm:progress',
52:  'epm:results',
53:  'epm:upload-verification',
54:  'epm:interpretation',
55:  'epm:interp-critique',
56:  'epm:interp-critique-codex',
57:  'epm:interp-revision',
58:  'epm:clean-result',
59:  'epm:clean-result-critique',
60:  'epm:clean-result-critique-codex',
61:  'epm:clean-result-critique-reconcile',
62:  'epm:clean-result-lint',
63:  'epm:follow-ups',
64:  'epm:awaiting-promotion',
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65:  'epm:promoted',
66:  'epm:done',
67:  'epm:failure',
68:  'epm:failure-classify',
69:  'epm:failure-superseded',
70:  'epm:hot-fix',
71:  'epm:hot-fix-needed',
72:  'epm:pod-pending',
73:  'epm:pod-terminated',
74:  'epm:pod-kept-stopped',
75:  'epm:dispatch',
76:  'epm:dispatch-blocked',
77:  'epm:experimenter-respawn',
78:  'epm:experimenter-status',
79:  'epm:gate',
80:  'epm:gate-verdict',
81:  'epm:gate-override',
82:  'epm:approval',
83:  'epm:approve',
84:  'epm:override',
85:  'epm:override-round-',
86:  'epm:user-decision',
87:  'epm:user-decision-n',
88:  'epm:user-feedback',
89:  'epm:auto-defaults',
90:  'epm:completion-audit',
91:  'epm:consistency',
92:  'epm:original-body',
93:  'epm:body-backup',
94:  'epm:analysis',
95:  'epm:step',
96:  'epm:step-completed',
97:  'epm:phase',
98:  'epm:note',
99:  'epm:correction',
100:  'epm:revise',
101:  'epm:fact-check-v',
102:  'epm:smoke-test',
103:  'epm:scope-amendment',
104:  'epm:scope-change',
105:  'epm:scope-update',
106:  'epm:amendment',
107:  'epm:type-relabel',
108:  'epm:absorbed',
109:  'epm:merged',
110:  'epm:closed',
111:  'epm:stale',
112:  'epm:abort',
113:  'epm:blocked',
114:  'epm:rebase',
115:  'epm:cleanresult-update',
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id: f92bc268-a795-42e3-86ed-e018159cb25e
kind: experiment
status: completed
request: [auto-recovery-for:65c0335a-8db7-46d1-9a40-6cb370c160a6]

The previous Claude Code run failed or crashed.

First diagnose why it stopped using the transcript below. Then fix or work around the problem
createdAt: 2026-05-14T10:45:53.807Z
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{
  "id": "bd36e5b5-9656-4a5c-8ede-a715d9584188",
  "ok": true
}
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{
  "id": "1c576a84-ba7d-4269-8c60-d90f45607cc1",
  "ok": true
}
10:52:05 AMassistant_textagent
Now patch the podSpec to add `SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH` and `SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_SHA` to env, then transition to running.
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Patched env: {
  "SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH": "exp-333-fr-it-symmetry",
  "SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_SHA": "13bff7b1a29ebfa3821e02d05061e521bb98e9f2"
}
status: 200
body: {"ok":true,"experiment":{"id":"3283d57a-7845-4fb7-945c-6e654f7000dd","title":"Test FR↔IT bystander-spill symmetry at multi-seed + 5 phrasings — pooled-rate vs per-phrasing asymmetry from #239 fact-check","status":"implementing","turn":"Sagan turn: run and verify"}}
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{
  "experiment": {
    "id": "3283d57a-7845-4fb7-945c-6e654f7000dd",
    "status": "running",
    "title": "Test FR\u2194IT bystander-spill symmetry at multi-seed + 5 phrasings \u2014 pooled-rate vs per-phrasing asymmetry from #239 fact-check",
    "turn": "Sagan turn: run and verify"
  },
  "ok": true
}
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{
  "id": "b6eb9bd5-0dec-4633-bfbd-15e3f94ab22e",
  "ok": true
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1	---
2	name: feedback-spec-json-quoting
3	description: Write --spec-json content to a temp file and cat it into the variable; heredoc expansion introduces a leading newline that fails JSON parsing at position 1
4	metadata:
5	  type: feedback
6	---
7	
8	When passing --spec-json to pod-tool attempt, do NOT use a heredoc directly in the variable assignment. The heredoc introduces a leading newline which makes pod-tool report "Expected property name or '}' in JSON at position 1" and exit 2.
9	
10	**Why:** The shell heredoc places a newline at the very start of the variable value before the opening `{`.
11	
12	**How to apply:** Write the JSON to a temp file (`/tmp/specNNN.json`) with `cat > /tmp/specNNN.json << 'SPECEOF'`, validate with `python3 -c "import json,sys; json.load(open('/tmp/specNNN.json'))"`, then compact to a single line with `SPEC=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.dumps(json.load(open('/tmp/specNNN.json'))))")` and pass `--spec-json "$SPEC"`. Do NOT use `SPEC=$(cat /tmp/specNNN.json)` — the embedded literal newlines in the heredoc-written file still cause the same parse failure at position 1. The `python3 json.dumps` step is mandatory to collapse the JSON to one line.
13	
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1	---
2	name: feedback-agent-run-kind-mismatch
3	description: pod-tool attempt/commit require kind=experiment; orchestrator passes its own kind=apply run id — create a new experiment-kind row when needed
4	metadata:
5	  type: feedback
6	---
7	
8	pod-tool `attempt` and `commit` hard-require `kind=experiment` on the agent_run passed via `--agent-run-id`. The experiment-orchestrator passes its *own* agent_run id, which has `kind=apply`. This causes a fatal error: `agent_run <id> kind=apply; pod-tool attempt requires kind=experiment`.
9	
10	**Why:** pod-tool enforces kind=experiment as a guard to prevent applying pod commits to the wrong run type.
11	
12	**How to apply:** When the orchestrator's agentRunId has `kind=apply`, INSERT a new agent_run row with `kind='experiment'`, `status='running'`, `scope_entity_kind='experiment'`, `scope_entity_id=<experimentId>`, `runpod_account='team'`, `approval_required=false`, and a request string referencing the orchestrator run. Use the new row's id for all pod-tool calls. SQL:
13	
14	```sql
15	INSERT INTO agent_runs (kind, provider, status, request, scope_entity_kind, scope_entity_id, runpod_account, approval_required)
16	VALUES ('experiment', 'claude_code', 'running', 'pod-provisioner dispatch for experiment #<N> — orchestrator run <apply-run-id>', 'experiment', '<experimentId>', 'team', false)
17	RETURNING id;
18	```
19	
20	Related: [[spec-json quoting gotcha]]
21	
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                  id                  |    kind    |  status   | scope_entity_kind |           scope_entity_id            
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JSON valid
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SPEC length: 1596
First 80 chars: {"name": "exp333-fr-it-symmetry-multi-seed-5phrasing", "gpuType": "H100", "gpuCo
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Expecting value: line 2 column 1 (char 1)
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Exit code: 0
=== STDOUT ===

> @sagan/runner@0.0.0 pod-tool /home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan/services/runner
> tsx scripts/pod-tool.ts "attempt" "--agent-run-id" "32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6" "--run-index" "0" "--spec-json" "{\"name\": \"exp333-fr-it-symmetry-multi-seed-5phrasing\", \"gpuType\": \"H100\", \"gpuCount\": 1, \"volumeGb\": 200, \"containerDiskGb\": 100, \"cloudType\": \"SECURE\", \"estimatedMinutes\": 1260, \"dockerArgs\": \"bash -lc 'cd /workspace/explore-persona-space && uv run python scripts/run_issue333_train_eval.py'\", \"config\": {\"command\": \"uv run python scripts/run_issue333_train_eval.py\", \"artifacts\": [\"hf://superkaiba1/c_lang_inv_fr_it_seed137_post_em\", \"hf://superkaiba1/c_lang_inv_fr_it_seed256_post_em\", \"hf://superkaiba1/c_lang_inv_it_fr_seed137_post_em\", \"hf://superkaiba1/c_lang_inv_it_fr_seed256_post_em\", \"hf://datasets/superkaiba1/explore-persona-space-data/eval_results/issue333/summary_5phrasings_*.json\", \"hf://datasets/superkaiba1/explore-persona-space-data/eval_results/issue333/per_row_labels_*.jsonl\", \"hf://datasets/superkaiba1/explore-persona-space-data/eval_results/issue333/comparison_5phrasings.json\", \"hf://datasets/superkaiba1/explore-persona-space-data/eval_results/issue333/dataset_symmetry_summary.json\", \"hf://datasets/superkaiba1/explore-persona-space-data/eval_results/issue333/kl_probes.json\"]}, \"substitution_policy\": {\"gpuType\": {\"allowed\": [\"H100\", \"H200\", \"A100-SXM\"], \"min_vram_gb\": 80}, \"gpuCount\": {\"min\": 1, \"max\": 1}, \"cloudType\": {\"allowed\": [\"SECURE\", \"COMMUNITY\"], \"prefer\": \"SECURE\"}, \"dataCenterId\": {\"allowed\": \"any\", \"prefer\": [\"US-CA-2\", \"EU-RO-1\", \"US-KS-2\"]}, \"account\": {\"allowed\": [\"personal\", \"team\"], \"prefer\": \"personal\"}, \"volumeGb\": {\"min\": 150}, \"containerDiskGb\": {\"min\": 80}}, \"consolidation\": {\"may_merge_pods\": true, \"merge_target_max_gpus_per_pod\": 8}}" "--account" "personal"

{"ok":true,"pod":{"podId":"cv13x9s487tvwn","name":"exp333-fr-it-symmetry-multi-seed-5phrasing","gpuTypeId":"NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3","gpuCount":1,"desiredStatus":"RUNNING","sshHost":null,"sshPort":null,"costPerHr":2.99,"adjustedCostPerHr":2.99},"podLifecycleId":"affe9684-7f94-4d47-9104-b35764442a04","sagaRunId":"10986144-4dcc-4b01-bcb2-a59e63a657c4","account":"personal"}
=== STDERR ===
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Exit code: 0
=== STDOUT ===

> @sagan/runner@0.0.0 pod-tool /home/thomasjiralerspong/sagan/services/runner
> tsx scripts/pod-tool.ts "commit" "--agent-run-id" "32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6"

{"ok":true,"podIds":["j0xvy1q82ryo8m","cv13x9s487tvwn"],"count":2}
=== STDERR ===
10:53:53 AMtool_resulttools
Commit succeeded. The response shows `podIds: ["j0xvy1q82ryo8m", "cv13x9s487tvwn"]` — the watcher picked up both the pod from this r5 attempt plus an earlier pod lifecycle row. The run has been flipped to `deploying` and the `deploy_completed` event has been emitted; the runner watcher will now monitor the pod to terminal status.

committed 1 pod(s): cv13x9s487tvwn (personal account, NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3 × 1, $2.99/hr, agent_run r5 = 32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6)
agentId: abd8a817646a0f434 (use SendMessage with to: 'abd8a817646a0f434' to continue this agent)
<usage>total_tokens: 28367
tool_uses: 9
duration_ms: 57812</usage>
10:53:59 AMassistant_textagent
Pod committed on personal account (`cv13x9s487tvwn`, H100 80GB HBM3 × 1, $2.99/hr). Verifying the experiment record + handing off.
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status: running
runpodPodId: None
runpodStatus: None
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25478043-98d9-4b00-b3a0-1b67d55bbeab | experiment | running | 3ckal7me4jd4a7 | [direct-dispatch:A100:r5:exp#333]
9d0e1c70-2f3e-414e-ae10-0b655086eca5 | apply | completed | None | experiment-orchestrator-for:6e8a0593-c1f6-45b3-9dd0-7a89618006df

A100 r5 (be pa
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A100 r5 (be pa
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A100 r5 (be pa
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id: 32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6
kind: experiment
status: running
runpodPodId: j0xvy1q82ryo8m
request: pod-provisioner r5 dispatch for experiment #333 (fr-it bystander-spill symmetry) — parent run f92bc268-a795-42e3-86ed-e018159cb25e — switching account prefer to personal after r1-r4 pod disappearance 
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tool=Bash

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10:54:28 AMtool_resulttools
9d0e1c70 | apply    | completed    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:53:14 | experiment-orchestrator-for:6e8a0593-c1f6-45b3-9dd0-7a896180
c5b75089 | apply    | completed    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:53:14 | experiment-orchestrator-for:25478043-98d9-4b00-b3a0-1b67d55b
d5baba15 | apply    | completed    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:53:14 | experiment-orchestrator-for:3d8f3042-6224-41c8-873e-fc9932d4
25478043 | experime | cancelled    | pod=3ckal7me4jd4a7 | 2026-05-14T10:53:14 | [direct-dispatch:A100:r5:exp#333]
6e8a0593 | experime | cancelled    | pod=m1ayhl6nsbxw04 | 2026-05-14T10:53:14 | [direct-dispatch:A100:r5:exp#363]
3d8f3042 | experime | cancelled    | pod=v0c7bx292xqvg4 | 2026-05-14T10:53:14 | [direct-dispatch:A100:r5:exp#192]
32e93989 | experime | cancelled    | pod=j0xvy1q82ryo8m | 2026-05-14T10:53:09 | pod-provisioner r5 dispatch for experiment #333 (fr-it bysta
d8bcdbf4 | apply    | cancelled    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:49:22 | experiment-orchestrator-for:f92bc268-a795-42e3-86ed-e018159c
4671ee1f | experime | completed    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:45:54 | [auto-recovery-for:0a864550-8cf2-4d55-8ae8-9222612ab675]

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6c477324 | experime | completed    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:45:54 | [auto-recovery-for:02f3076f-dca1-4850-86f9-56532961355c]

Th
f92bc268 | experime | completed    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:45:53 | [auto-recovery-for:65c0335a-8db7-46d1-9a40-6cb370c160a6]

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5e0426ad | experime | completed    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:45:53 | [auto-recovery-for:0b44ece6-2f62-4dc1-beef-ba2739f661b1]

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9e039246 | experime | cancelled    | pod=lqpfpmbytlgded | 2026-05-14T10:44:01 | [test-short-dockerArgs:#366]
315eb8d7 | apply    | completed    | pod=None | 2026-05-14T10:44:01 | experiment-orchestrator-for:9e039246-73d2-4abc-909f-9d6cbe4c
910a65d6 | experime | cancelled    | pod=j18eiux6ccekyj | 2026-05-14T10:39:59 | [direct-dispatch:A100:r4:exp#365]
10:54:36 AMtool_calltools

tool=Bash

Bash
10:54:37 AMtool_resulttools
status: blocked
runpodPodId: None
runpodStatus: None
updatedAt: 2026-05-14T10:54:28.540Z
podSpec.env: {"SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH": "exp-333-fr-it-symmetry", "SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_SHA": "13bff7b1a29ebfa3821e02d05061e521bb98e9f2"}
10:54:42 AMtool_calltools

tool=Bash

Bash
10:54:43 AMtool_resulttools
Exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 293, in load
    return loads(fp.read(),
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
10:54:47 AMtool_calltools

tool=Bash

Bash
10:54:47 AMtool_resulttools
event: event
data: {"id":"0bf2108e-8704-463a-93e5-eafa700e1f76","runId":"32e93989-504f-4beb-a190-6585b45bbaa6","eventType":"pod_provisioner_attempt","body":"gpu=H100x1 cloud=SECURE account=personal","
10:54:56 AMtool_calltools

tool=Bash

Bash
10:54:57 AMtool_resulttools
2026-05-14T10:53:33 | pod_provisioner_attempt | gpu=H100x1 cloud=SECURE account=personal
2026-05-14T10:53:35 | deploy_pod_started | j0xvy1q82ryo8m
2026-05-14T10:53:41 | pod_provisioner_attempt | gpu=H100x1 cloud=SECURE account=personal
2026-05-14T10:53:42 | deploy_pod_started | cv13x9s487tvwn
2026-05-14T10:53:48 | deploy_completed | pod-provisioner committed 2 pod(s)
2026-05-14T10:53:55 | runpod_status | RUNNING
2026-05-14T10:53:55 | runpod_status | RUNNING
2026-05-14T10:54:54 | runpod_retry | Pod j0xvy1q82ryo8m not found in account=personal
2026-05-14T10:54:55 | runpod_retry | Pod cv13x9s487tvwn not found in account=personal
 | None | 
2026-05-14T10:54:55 | runpod_retry | Pod cv13x9s487tvwn not found in account=personal
 | None |
10:55:17 AMtool_calltools

tool=TodoWrite

TodoWrite
10:55:17 AMtool_resulttools
Todos have been modified successfully. Ensure that you continue to use the todo list to track your progress. Please proceed with the current tasks if applicable
10:55:22 AMassistant_textagent
Pod-loss pattern just reproduced on the **personal** account too — pods `j0xvy1q82ryo8m` and `cv13x9s487tvwn` both went RUNNING at 10:53:55, then disappeared from `account=personal` API view at 10:54:54 (under 60s of RUNNING). This is the same pattern as r1–r4 on `team`, now cross-account. The runner watcher has already flipped the experiment to `blocked`. Per the orchestrator failure protocol, posting `epm:failure` with the diagnosis.
10:55:29 AMtool_calltools

tool=Bash

Bash
10:55:30 AMtool_resulttools
{
  "id": "b8d12205-b220-4b65-b01d-1c7026536e8f",
  "ok": true
}
10:55:37 AMtool_calltools

tool=TodoWrite

TodoWrite
10:55:37 AMtool_resulttools
Todos have been modified successfully. Ensure that you continue to use the todo list to track your progress. Please proceed with the current tasks if applicable
10:55:49 AMassistant_textagent
## Summary

Experiment #333 recovery dispatch (r5) executed end-to-end through the orchestrator pipeline, but **reproduced the same pod-disappearance pattern on the personal account** that motivated the swap away from team — so the workaround did not work and the experiment is now `blocked` for human investigation.

**What ran:**
- Verified branch `exp-333-fr-it-symmetry` @ `13bff7b1` (round-3 fixes) was pushed to origin with `scripts/run_issue333_train_eval.py` intact.
- Posted `epm:experiment-implementation` + `epm:test-verdict` carry-forward markers (prior cycles already passed code-review + tests; plan body explicitly waives critic loops on this re-emit).
- Patched `pod_spec.env` with `SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH=exp-333-fr-it-symmetry` and `SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_SHA=13bff7b1…` so the dispatcher's bootstrap clones the right ref.
- Transitioned `implementing → running` and posted `epm:dispatch`.
- Spawned `pod-provisioner` — it committed 2 pods (`j0xvy1q82ryo8m`, `cv13x9s487tvwn`) on the **personal** account, H100 80GB SXM, $2.99/hr.

**What failed:**
- Both pods went RUNNING at 10:53:55Z, then disappeared from `account=personal` API view at 10:54:54Z — **<60s of RUNNING**, identical to the r1–r4 team-account pattern. A sibling direct-dispatch r5 run (`25478043`, A100 pod `3ckal7me4jd4a7`) failed the same way in the same window.
- Runner watcher auto-cancelled the agent_runs and flipped the experiment to `blocked`.
- Posted `epm:failure` with the cross-account diagnosis.

**This is now out of orchestrator scope.** The plan body's "Manual next action if personal also fails" applies: inspect the RunPod web console for both accounts around 10:53:35Z–10:55Z to determine whether RunPod is terminating pods server-side or whether the runner has a stale view; audit `agent_run_events` for an unexpected `pod_stop` source. The branch and pod_spec are intact and re-dispatchable the moment the underlying RunPod-side or runner-side cause is resolved.

<<<DONE>>>
10:55:49 AMsdk_resultagent
success
10:55:49 AMcompletedagent
## Summary

Experiment #333 recovery dispatch (r5) executed end-to-end through the orchestrator pipeline, but **reproduced the same pod-disappearance pattern on the personal account** that motivated the swap away from team — so the workaround did not work and the experiment is now `blocked` for human investigation.

**What ran:**
- Verified branch `exp-333-fr-it-symmetry` @ `13bff7b1` (round-3 fixes) was pushed to origin with `scripts/run_issue333_train_eval.py` intact.
- Posted `epm:experiment-implementation` + `epm:test-verdict` carry-forward markers (prior cycles already passed code-review + tests; plan body explicitly waives critic loops on this re-emit).
- Patched `pod_spec.env` with `SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH=exp-333-fr-it-symmetry` and `SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_SHA=13bff7b1…` so the dispatcher's bootstrap clones the right ref.
- Transitioned `implementing → running` and posted `epm:dispatch`.
- Spawned `pod-provisioner` — it committed 2 pods (`j0xvy1q82ryo8m`, `cv13x9s487tvwn`) on the **personal…

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