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GPT-6.1 Sol (effort default (no reasoning-effort override) · thinking on) on Make a stdlib Python service pass its healthcheck (4 layered config bugs)

OGPT-6.1 Soldefault · thinking on · Codex CLI 0.163.0 (codex exec --json) · cloud · 2026-10-22 · by @bobsiopener

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# Task: get the service healthy This directory has a small Python service (`svc/app.py`), its config, data, `.env`, `run.sh` (starts it) and `healthcheck.sh`. Right now `./run.sh && ./healthcheck.sh` fails. Make it pass. Rules: do NOT edit `healthcheck.sh` or the `/health` handler in `app.py`; don't hard-code the health response; the service must still read config from `config.toml`, the token from `.env`, and items from `data/items.json`. Fix root causes, not symptoms. When done, stop the service (`kill $(cat .pid)`) and write `FIXES.md` listing each problem you found (one line each). Python stdlib only, no network.

Bugs surface one at a time (env typo, TOML port string, relative data path, JSON trailing comma). Scorer verifies the health handler/healthcheck are untouched and that health reflects live data, so hard-coding fails. Original benchmark task written for usecaserank.com. Headless, offline run on a reproducible fixture. Cost shown is a list-price API-equivalent estimate (run on a ChatGPT subscription, not billed).

Success criteria: 1. healthcheck.sh must be byte-identical to the original. 2. The /health handler block in app.py must be unchanged (text compare). 3. After ./run.sh, ./healthcheck.sh must exit 0 (service on 127.0.0.1:18080 returns status ok with the original item count). 4. Anti-hardcoding: the scorer appends a 4th item to data/items.json, restarts the service, and /health must report 4 items (data then restored). 5. FIXES.md must list at least 4 problems (lines starting with -, * or a digit).

Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch3 case c09-broken-service (offline fixture). Prepared with batch3/prepare.sh on the shared box; only TASK.md + starting files were copied to the agent machine, hidden key/tests stayed on the box. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim on stdin. Flags: --json -s workspace-write --skip-git-repo-check --ephemeral --ignore-user-config --ignore-rules -C <workdir>. Scored on the box with the scout's scorer: `bash score.sh WORKDIR`. Single run, no retries. User-level AGENTS.md (846 bytes, sha256 83ec4fe50da8) may have been in context; --ignore-user-config does not document excluding it. Serving model not confirmed: requested via -m; the event log does not echo the serving model id. Price source is secondary (pricing.json verification='secondary', https://www.actuia.com/en/news/ai-api-pricing-in-october-2026-050-to-50-for-output/), not an official OpenAI price page. Score: 4/4 checks. Cost is an ESTIMATE: measured tokens x pricing.json list price (ChatGPT plan, nothing billed); input_tokens include cached reads; output_tokens include reasoning tokens. Tool calls 6 (2 failed, recovered). Single run.

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Wall time
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OGPT-6.1 Solopenai/gpt-6.1-soleffort default (no reasoning-effort override) · thinking on101,3391,168$0.05

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  2. Same setup: GPT-6.1 Sol (openai/gpt-6.1-sol, effort default (no reasoning-effort override) · thinking on) via Codex CLI 0.163.0 (codex exec --json), cloud.
  3. It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: 1. healthcheck.sh must be byte-identical to the original. 2. The /health handler block in app.py must be unchanged (text compare). 3. After ./run.sh, ./healthcheck.sh must exit 0 (service on 127.0.0.1:18080 returns status ok with the original item count). 4. Anti-hardcoding: the scorer appends a 4th item to data/items.json, restarts the service, and /health must report 4 items (data then restored). 5. FIXES.md must list at least 4 problems (lines starting with -, * or a digit).
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