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approvedhuman5/15/2026
Operator answered planner clarifications (option B: account=personal). Ready for dispatcher retry.

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noteautomation5/15/2026
Operator answer to planner blocker (option B): flipped runpodAccount team -> personal. Six retries on team account, four consecutive post-RUNNING disappearances. Personal-account retry diagnoses whether the failure mode is team-account-specific (RunPod team st...

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plan pendingsystem5/14/2026
Experiment plan is ready for owner approval.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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notesystem5/14/2026
0% · experiment exited with code 2 · err: eps.experiments.marker_factor_screen: error: argument --run-index: invalid int value: ''

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notesystem5/14/2026
5% · bootstrap complete on branch experiment-365

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noteautomation5/14/2026
pod-provisioner committed 4 pods on personal account (A100-SXM4-80GB SECURE), run-indices 0-3: jq1txovwi38iqz, bnspxz4qrwsbfp, ftghpnckxt581r, 7to8i265ke73o1. No substitutions were needed. Watch for '5% · bootstrap complete' progress events from each pod withi...

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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runninghuman5/14/2026
Recovery dispatch: persisted pod_spec has account.prefer=personal across all 4 pods (was team in prior two failed cycles). Branch experiment-365 @ b1a24b4b04f92598e381fa3cd207a0fe5d24b9e7 already spliced into pod_spec.env (SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH + SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_S...

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Test verdict carried forward from prior reviewer cycle (Step 4 of round-1 code-review). Commit b1a24b4b is the tip of branch experiment-365 and represents the post-fix code; reviewer pair signed off on tests+lint before this commit was pushed. This recovery to...

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testinghuman5/14/2026
Carry forward: prior code-review pair signed off on tests + lint as Step 4 of the round-1 review (see prior orchestrator's 09:41 note). No code change in this recovery, so tests verdict is unchanged.

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code reviewinghuman5/14/2026
Orchestrator 57b6a025: code-review verdicts carried forward from prior cycle (commit b1a24b4b on branch experiment-365). Transitioning through code_reviewing en route to testing -> running for recovery dispatch.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Codex code-review verdict carried forward from prior cycle (round 1 was the cycle that produced the b1a24b4b targeted-fix commit; reconciler accepted Codex's needs_targeted_fix, fixes were applied). No new code in this recovery.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Code-review verdict carried forward from prior cycle. Commit b1a24b4b 'Address code-review round 1 targeted fixes for experiment #365' on branch experiment-365 records reconciled targeted fixes from the round-1 Claude/Codex reviewer pair (phases.py kill criter...

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Branch experiment-365 @ b1a24b4b04f92598e381fa3cd207a0fe5d24b9e7 already on origin from prior cycle. Verified script eps/experiments/marker_factor_screen.py exists at this commit. Plan delta vs prior approved dispatch is one substitution_policy field (account....

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notesystem5/14/2026
0% · experiment exited with code 1 · err: ERROR 05-14 11:02:04 [core_client.py:564] Engine core proc EngineCore_DP0 died unexpectedly, shutting down client.

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implementingsystem5/14/2026
Orchestrator 57b6a025 queued to implement and dispatch.

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approvedsystem5/14/2026
Auto-approved follow-up plan (experiment.auto_approve_plan=true).

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run 3d8f3042 failed.

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run 9e039246 failed.

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blockedsystem5/14/2026
Cascaded from agent_run 32e93989 failed

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run 6e8a0593 failed.

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run 25478043 failed.

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blockedsystem5/14/2026
Cascaded from agent_run 910a65d6 failed

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run 910a65d6 failed.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Recovery r5 reproduced the same pod-disappearance pattern on the PERSONAL account that was seen on TEAM in r1-r4. Pod-provisioner committed pods j0xvy1q82ryo8m and cv13x9s487tvwn at 10:53:35Z, both went RUNNING at 10:53:55Z, both gone from account=personal API...

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Recovery dispatch r5: handing to pod-provisioner. Substitution_policy.account: prefer=personal, allowed=[personal,team]. Branch=exp-333-fr-it-symmetry @ 13bff7b1.

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runninghuman5/14/2026
Recovery dispatch r5: branch+commit spliced into pod_spec.env (SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH=exp-333-fr-it-symmetry, SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_SHA=13bff7b1...). Substitution policy now prefers personal account (team kept as allowed fallback). Handing to pod-provisioner.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Recovery dispatch r5: prior round-3 code-review pair already passed (commit 13bff7b1 = round-3 fixes); test outcome carried forward from the r1-r4 cycles. No re-test in this recovery — plan body explicitly states 0 critic loops on this re-emit.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Recovery dispatch r5 (post r1-r4 team-account pod-loss pattern): existing branch exp-333-fr-it-symmetry @ 13bff7b1 (round-3 fixes) carried forward from prior cycle — no re-implementation needed. Script scripts/run_issue333_train_eval.py verified present on bra...

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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implementingsystem5/14/2026
Orchestrator d8bcdbf4 queued to implement and dispatch.

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approvedsystem5/14/2026
Auto-approved follow-up plan (experiment.auto_approve_plan=true).

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Closing out monitoring session. User caught a silent vLLM/CUDA wedge at 10:37Z (GPU 0% util for 26 min while heartbeat loop kept ticking) and moved status to blocked with failure_class=infra. I did not catch the wedge — was monitoring via heartbeats + progress...

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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blockedhuman5/14/2026
Round-2 sweep A wedged at 15% (stage 1 screen launched, then vLLM/CUDA silent crash). GPU/CPU/memory at 0% for 26+ min while wrapper heartbeat continues. Pod lx8cle1mpppspu has been burning ~$2.24 since 09:51. Failure classified as infra in cc7cff60. Needs /is...

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blockedhuman5/14/2026
failure_class: infra # Sweep A wedged after stage 1 launch — vLLM/CUDA silent crash **Pod lx8cle1mpppspu has been at 15% (sweep_a stage 1 screen launched) for ~26 minutes with GPU/CPU/memory at 0%.** The wrapper script's heartbeat loop is alive (last heartbe...

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run c7bbfd7f failed.

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blockedsystem5/14/2026
Partial RunPod dispatch: 3/4 pods came up. Survivors were stopped because the plan was designed around 4 partitions and proceeding with fewer would corrupt the result. Re-approve the plan to retry, or revise it to fit available capacity (smaller cloudType, dif...

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Active monitoring takeover at 10:30Z by experimenter agent. Previous agent exited prematurely after a Monitor task with no attached receiver. Job still running on pod lx8cle1mpppspu, heartbeats flowing (last 24m elapsed, ~336m left, 15% per pod). SSH endpoint ...

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run b5200f56 failed.

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notesystem5/14/2026
15% · sweep_a stage 1 screen: 1312 candidates

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notehuman5/14/2026
Round-2 sweep A is progressing on pod lx8cle1mpppspu. Pod was slow to bootstrap (~10 min from container RUNNING to first progress event, vs 1 min in round-1 — likely image pull on a cold node). Currently at 10% loading vLLM. CRITICAL: sanity gate (gratis token...

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notesystem5/14/2026
10% · sweep_a: loading vLLM

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notesystem5/14/2026
5% · sweep_a: building vocab

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notesystem5/14/2026
5% · bootstrap complete on branch issue-370

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notehuman5/14/2026
Round-2 experimenter taking over on pod lx8cle1mpppspu (SSH 216.243.220.217:11587, still booting at 09:54Z). DockerArgs autostart sweep A then sweep B against commit aa80fc11 (sanity-gate fix: processus->gratis, expected_post_filter_size.min 3000->1000). My ro...

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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plan pendingsystem5/14/2026
Experiment plan is ready for owner approval.

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runninghuman5/14/2026
Round-2 pod lx8cle1mpppspu allocated (H100 SXM 80GB, SECURE, team). SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_SHA=aa80fc1158f9eddabd0b0ad8b75a25b4f9e5d5b8 on branch issue-370. Sanity-gate fix (processus->gratis, size floor 3000->1000) in place. Agent run 9843b776.

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queuedhuman5/14/2026
Round-2 fix pushed (commit aa80fc11 on issue-370): sanity-gate target processus -> gratis (was 2-token in Gaperon, couldn't survive single-token filter), size floor 3000 -> 1000 (matches empirical ~1.3k). planJson re-PATCHed with merged fix metadata. Zombie po...

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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blockedsystem5/14/2026
Cascaded from agent_run 4b7f3f03 stale

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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runninghuman5/14/2026
testing -> running

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noteautomation5/14/2026
reviewer pair Step-4 lint+pytest verdict: PASS. ruff check + ruff format check + pytest tests/test_exp369_kill_criterion.py (20/20 in 0.75s) green on both reviewers' runs at commit 85a70fd9 on branch issue-369.

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testinghuman5/14/2026
code_reviewing -> testing

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noteautomation5/14/2026
pass: statistical correctness verified (cluster bootstrap RNG isolation, per-completion conditional-of-pooled estimator, seeded resampling); lint+tests clean (20/20 pass); plumbing (post_progress milestones, HF Hub paths superkaiba1/explore-persona-space/adapt...

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noteautomation5/14/2026
pass: plan-fidelity audit clean; ruff+ruff-format pass; 20/20 unit tests pass; module imports + module-level asserts fire (40 data Qs, 26 eval Qs, disjoint, templates exact). Conditional-of-pooled estimator = sum(AB)/sum(A) confirmed (0.545 on imbalanced toy)....

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blockedhuman5/14/2026
Sweep A halted at sanity gate before any GPU work. Code-class failure with structural plan/tokenizer mismatch (processus is multi-token in Gaperon-1125-1B; can't satisfy single-token filter). Pod uguykx7wbxrx14 container exited; SSH unreachable. See epm:failur...

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noteautomation5/14/2026
failure_class: code # Sweep A failed at the sanity gate before any GPU work **Pod uguykx7wbxrx14 is dead.** Container exited with code 1 at 09:36:22 UTC. SSH at 103.207.149.106:14413 is connection-refused (the dockerArgs entrypoint exited, taking the SSH pro...

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Fleet dispatched by rev2 agent_run e673f1e2-07f4-40c6-a3dd-3b5c4cb72fa0 (kind=experiment, [direct-dispatch:A100:exp#365:rev2]): 4 A100 80GB pods committed at 09:36:55 (q5s6khf7f38j31, 666sufrpn93xxm, h8ls9wkgam210k, 4lexfsu3vfwmcv). All 4 reached RUNNING withi...

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runninghuman5/14/2026
Pods already dispatched by parallel rev2 agent_run e673f1e2 at 09:36:55: 4 A100 pods (q5s6khf7f38j31, 666sufrpn93xxm, h8ls9wkgam210k, 4lexfsu3vfwmcv) currently RUNNING. pod_spec.env.SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH=experiment-365 and SAGAN_EPS_COMMIT_SHA=b1a24b4b04f92598e381f...

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Test verdict reconciled from prior reviewer round: the implementer's branch reached its current commit b1a24b4 only after the round-1 reviewer pair signed off on tests + lint as Step 4 of the review (per .claude/agents/code-reviewer.md contract). No new failin...

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testinghuman5/14/2026
Reconciling testing stage; lint/unit-tests from prior reviewer round were the gate that allowed b1a24b4 to be merged onto the branch.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Round 1 codex verdict reconciled from EPS commit history (commit b1a24b4 addresses 'code-review round 1 targeted fixes'). Branch experiment-365 is at the post-fix state and is currently executing on 4 A100 pods dispatched by run e673f1e2.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Round 1 verdict reconciled from EPS commit history: commit b1a24b4 explicitly addresses 'code-review round 1 targeted fixes for experiment #365'. Branch is at the post-fix state. Orchestrator b5f42247 did not re-run the reviewer pair because the implementation...

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code reviewinghuman5/14/2026
Reconciling: prior reviewer cycle already executed (commit b1a24b4 'Address code-review round 1 targeted fixes').

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Implementation reconciled from prior agent_runs. Branch experiment-365 @ b1a24b4b04f92598e381fa3cd207a0fe5d24b9e7 already pushed to origin; module eps.experiments.marker_factor_screen and _factor_screen package verified present. Orchestrator b5f42247 is reconc...

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implementinghuman5/14/2026
Implementation committed to EPS branch experiment-365 at b1a24b4b04f92598e381fa3cd207a0fe5d24b9e7 (commits 6f37dc79 'Add eps.experiments.marker_factor_screen' + b1a24b4b 'Address code-review round 1 targeted fixes'). Branch pushed to origin. Module eps.experim...

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code reviewinghuman5/14/2026
implementing -> code_reviewing

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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notesystem5/14/2026
0% · experiment exited with code 1 · err: Set the environment variable HYDRA_FULL_ERROR=1 for a complete stack trace.

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implementingsystem5/14/2026
Orchestrator b5f42247 queued to implement and dispatch.

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approvedsystem5/14/2026
Auto-approved follow-up plan (experiment.auto_approve_plan=true).

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

blocked

blockedsystem5/14/2026
Cascaded from agent_run 32ad609a stale

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notesystem5/14/2026
5% · sweep_a: building vocab

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notesystem5/14/2026
5% · bootstrap complete on branch issue-370

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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runninghuman5/14/2026
queued -> running

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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queuedhuman5/14/2026
Round-1 code-review pair both APPROVE: Claude APPROVE (no blockers, 5 non-blocking nits — wandb run names inherit issue-188 tags, no try/finally around wandb.finish, Sweep-A by_phrase parity, sentinel stale-warn, tokenizer reload duplication). Codex APPROVE (n...

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

blocked

blockedhuman5/14/2026
approved -> blocked

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Orchestrator 0bdc4c55 (retry-4): pod-provisioner committed 1 pod 87xq2h88dmg5j5 on A100-SXM4-80GB SECURE (team account). Branch=issue-363 @ 4685c574. Watcher will transition status on terminal.

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blockedautomation5/14/2026
Blocked again: prior owner-decision blocker (09:21:54) has not been resolved — superkaiba1/explore-persona-space-data still has only sft/lang_inv_fr_it_5k.jsonl, not sft/lang_inv_it_fr_5k.jsonl. The runner's recovery loop reclassified the blocked agent_run (2e...

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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runninghuman5/14/2026
Orchestrator 0bdc4c55 (retry-4): code-review pair PASS + tests PASS carry-forward at 4685c574. podSpec corrected — dockerArgs now points to scripts/run_chen_vs_centroid.py (was scripts/run_experiment_363.py which doesn't exist on branch); env.SAGAN_EPS_BRANCH=...

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Carry-forward (orchestrator 0bdc4c55, retry-4): Step 4 of code-review pair confirmed tests on commit 4685c574 (issue-363 v2): ruff check clean, uv run pytest passed. No code changes since; carrying forward.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Carry-forward (orchestrator 0bdc4c55, retry-4): code-review pair both verdict PASS in round 2 — reconciliation trivial, no targeted fix required.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Carry-forward (orchestrator 0bdc4c55, retry-4): Codex code-reviewer verdict PASS on commit 4685c574 (issue-363 v2). Codex's round-1 findings overlapped with Claude's; both pairs confirmed pass after v2 fixes.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Carry-forward (orchestrator 0bdc4c55, retry-4): Claude code-reviewer verdict PASS on commit 4685c574 (issue-363 v2). Round-1 raised 6 findings (cal/rep dedupe, alpha-scaling, position-confound rewrite, hook target alignment, NLL chat template, rubric normaliza...

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Carry-forward (orchestrator 0bdc4c55, retry-4): implementation complete on branch issue-363 @ 4685c574 (commits b8344b3b + 4685c574 v2). Entrypoint: scripts/run_chen_vs_centroid.py (1531 LOC). PodSpec dockerArgs currently points at scripts/run_experiment_363.p...

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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runningsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod is running.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

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queuedsystem5/14/2026
RunPod pod dispatched; waiting for runtime.

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Spawning experiment-implementer to write scripts/run_experiment_369.py and push a branch on the EPS repo. Inherits #354's recipe; adds C2 arm + 3 seeds + per-seed cache + new statistics.

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implementinghuman5/14/2026
approved -> implementing

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implementingsystem5/14/2026
Orchestrator 2e65f741 queued to implement and dispatch.

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approvedsystem5/14/2026
Auto-approved follow-up plan (experiment.auto_approve_plan=true).

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implementingsystem5/14/2026
Orchestrator 0bdc4c55 queued to implement and dispatch.

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approvedsystem5/14/2026
Auto-approved follow-up plan (experiment.auto_approve_plan=true).

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approvedhuman5/14/2026
Approved from Pipeline board after moving to running.

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implementingsystem5/14/2026
Orchestrator b2016e32 queued to implement and dispatch.

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runninghuman5/14/2026
Moved on Pipeline board to running.

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plan pendingsystem5/14/2026
Experiment plan is ready for owner approval.

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run ae39b358 failed.

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awaiting clarificationssystem5/14/2026
Claude produced clarifying questions; awaiting owner answers.

blocked

blockedsystem5/14/2026
Cascaded from agent_run 15038ff7 failed

blocked

blockedsystem5/14/2026
Cascaded from agent_run 37df0ad6 failed

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run 2e87b5a3 failed.

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planningsystem5/14/2026
Automatic recovery queued after agent run 3cc4715e failed.

blocked

blockedsystem5/14/2026
spec[0]: GraphQL errors: [{"message":"There are no longer any instances available with the requested specifications. Please refresh and try again.","path":["podFindAndDeployOnDemand"],"extensions":{"code":"SUPPLY_CONSTRAINT","userId":"user_2v9CcEeHWnPcoAVCf8Ye...

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blockedhuman5/14/2026
Blocked on owner decision: training dataset lang_inv_it_fr_5k.jsonl missing from HF Hub. See epm:failure marker for resolution options.

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blockedautomation5/14/2026
BLOCKED on missing training dataset. Script-level diagnosis + fixes are pushed (branch exp-333-fr-it-symmetry @ 13bff7b1), but the experiment cannot run because superkaiba1/explore-persona-space-data does not contain sft/lang_inv_it_fr_5k.jsonl (only lang_inv_...

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approvedhuman5/14/2026
Plan drafted directly via PATCH (no plan-kind agent_run was dispatched). autoApprovePlan=true on this experiment and the owner explicitly directed no plan-review ceremony; advancing directly to approved so the dispatcher can pick up podSpec.

blocked

blockedsystem5/14/2026
Cascaded from agent_run 7c3617f7 stale

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noteautomation5/14/2026
Carry-forward (orchestrator 888e6726): pod o9hlewv1vn3vfe was direct-dispatched on H100 by the auto-recovery system at 09:06:54 (agent_run ae39b358, request='[direct-dispatch:bypass-orchestrator-block:exp#363:retry-3-H100]') — 48s BEFORE this orchestrator was ...