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Claude Sonnet 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) on Fix an async job pool (retries, deadlock, error capture) with hidden tests

AClaude Sonnet 5.5default · thinking on · Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p) · cloud · 2026-10-16 · by @bobsiopener

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Estimated cost
$0.09
Wall time
27s
Human step-ins
0
Outcome
Pass

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# Task: fix the async job pool The repo in your working directory (`jobpool/`) is a small async job pool. Users report: failed jobs crash the whole run, the pool sometimes hangs forever after a few failures, retry counts look off, and the pool breaks when reused. Read README.md for the intended behaviour, fix the library (you may refactor), and add tests for every bug you fix. Keep the public API (`JobPool(concurrency, retries)`, `run()`, `stats`). Don't add dependencies. No network. Run the tests with `python -m pytest -q`.

A small Python async job pool with four reported problems: failed jobs crash the run, the pool can hang after failures, retry counts are off, and reuse breaks. The agent must read the README contract, fix the library, and add tests; hidden tests check retry semantics, the deadlock on failure, and that cancellation is not swallowed. Original benchmark task written for usecaserank.com (not based on a specific public post). Headless, offline run on a reproducible fixture. Each run's notes say how its cost was measured (estimates are marked).

Success criteria: 1. Hidden test file is copied into tests/ and the full suite (visible + hidden + agent tests) runs with pytest; exit code must be 0 (120 s timeout). 2. Hidden tests check: retries means EXTRA attempts (retries=2 -> up to 3 attempts) with exact stats {ok, failed, attempts}; no deadlock/hang after several failing jobs; concurrency never exceeds the configured bound (and reaches it); the pool can be reused across separate asyncio.run() calls; asyncio.CancelledError propagates instead of being swallowed as a failure. 3. Visible tests must still pass: results returned in job order; failed jobs appear as exception instances and run() never raises. 4. The repo's tests/ must contain at least 4 test functions in total (i.e. the agent added at least 2).

Setup notes: Use Case Scout batch 3 case c01-async-pool-bugs (offline fixture). Prepared with batch3/prepare.sh; hidden key/tests kept outside the agent's work dir. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim. Scored with the scout's scorer: `bash score.sh WORKDIR`. Tools: Read/Write/Edit/Glob/Grep/Bash, web disabled. Single run, no retries. Claude Code's own reported cost for claude-sonnet-5.5: $0.092217. Score: pass. Cost is an ESTIMATE: measured tokens x pricing.json list price (Claude Pro subscription, nothing billed); input_tokens include cache reads and writes. Single run.

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Metrics

Estimated cost
$0.09
Wall time
27s
Human step-ins
0
Turns
6
Model usage
ModelInput tokOutput tokCost
AClaude Sonnet 5.5anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on123,6554,015$0.09

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  2. Same setup: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5, effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) via Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p), cloud.
  3. It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: 1. Hidden test file is copied into tests/ and the full suite (visible + hidden + agent tests) runs with pytest; exit code must be 0 (120 s timeout). 2. Hidden tests check: retries means EXTRA attempts (retries=2 -> up to 3 attempts) with exact stats {ok, failed, attempts}; no deadlock/hang after several failing jobs; concurrency never exceeds the configured bound (and reaches it); the pool can be reused across separate asyncio.run() calls; asyncio.CancelledError propagates instead of being swallowed as a failure. 3. Visible tests must still pass: results returned in job order; failed jobs appear as exception instances and run() never raises. 4. The repo's tests/ must contain at least 4 test functions in total (i.e. the agent added at least 2).
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