Claude Haiku 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) on Trace a desktop app's Export feature from its packaged bytecode, with no source code

AClaude Haiku 5.5default · thinking on · Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p) · cloud · 2026-10-21 · by @bobsiopener

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Estimated cost: $0.03
Wall time: 1m
Human step-ins: 0
Outcome: Pass

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# Trace how one feature of a desktop app works, from its packaged files only The `*.pyz` file in this folder is a small desktop app, built only for this test, shipped the way it would reach a user: a zipped Python application containing compiled bytecode (`.pyc`) and no source code. It runs on the Python 3.13 installed here. `data/project.json` is a project the user has open, and `settings.ini` is their settings file. You may unpack, disassemble, import and run the app's code however you like, but don't modify the `.pyz`. There is no display, so the window itself won't open. Trace what happens when the user picks File > Export... in the app's window and write `out/trace.json`: - `call_chain`: List the call chain from the menu handler behind File > Export... down to the function that calls `open()` to write the export. Use qualified names, `<package>.<module>.<Class>.<method>` for methods and `<package>.<module>.<function>` for plain functions, in call order, starting with the handler; each entry calls the next. - `output_path`: Give the full path of the finished export file (after any temporary file is renamed) for this project and settings when the user's home directory is `/home/user` and today is 2026-10-21. - `delimiter` and `header`: Give the field delimiter and the header labels in order. `header` is a list of strings. Write `out/predicted_export.txt` with exactly the bytes the export would write for this project and these settings on 2026-10-21 (same line endings, no extra trailing newline). ## How this run works - Work on your own: nobody will answer questions in this task, and writing to `ask/` counts against the run. - Write only under `out/`. Create `out/` if it is missing. Inputs are synthetic; don't fetch anything from the network. - Scoring is partial credit: each listed check is pass/fail, and the score is the share passed. Numbers are compared to within 0.005 unless the task says otherwise.

A small desktop app built only for this test ships as a zipped bytecode bundle with no source. Starting from the File > Export... menu entry, the solver must name the real call chain down to the file write, the final output path, the delimiter and header, and predict the exported bytes. A hidden legacy exporter, a settings file that overrides the defaults, filtered records and a delimiter inside a field separate a real trace from a guess. 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: call_chain output_path format predicted_export

Setup notes: Batch 21 case w01-trace-export-from-packaged-app (offline, synthetic inputs, seed 2040423199). Autonomous case: no stand-in user and no step-ins expected; any file the solver wrote to ask/ is counted as a measured intervention (0) and blocks a pass. Prompt = TASK.md verbatim. Hidden key kept outside the solver's work dir. Scored with the case's scorer (python3 score.py WORKDIR KEYDIR, absolute paths); pass = every check true and no ask/ files. Tools: Read/Write/Edit/Glob/Grep/Bash, web disabled. Single run, no retries. 1-min load average at scoring 0.10 (8 cores). Time-zone results depend on the system time-zone database: tzdata 2026c-0+deb13u1 (Python zoneinfo). Claude Code's own reported cost for claude-haiku-5.5: $0.026832. Score: 4/4. 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.

Estimated cost List-price estimate; not actually billed.

Metrics

Estimated cost: $0.03
Wall time: 1m
Human step-ins: 0
Turns: 17

Model usage
Model	Input tok	Output tok	Cost
AClaude Haiku 5.5anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on	764,809	14,679	$0.03

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Same setup: Claude Haiku 5.5 (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5, effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) via Claude Code 2.1.299 (headless -p), cloud.
It counts as a success only if it meets every success criterion: call_chain output_path format predicted_export
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Trust 80% comes from these checks (how Trust % works).

Run date is not in the future : passed
Model is in the dated pricing table : passed
Cost recomputed from tokens matches : passed
Cached tokens are consistent : passed
Output throughput is plausible : passed
Autonomy matches step-ins : passed
Step-ins do not exceed turns : passed
Retries agree with first-try result : passed
Evidence log SHA-256 matches : passed
Evidence log is substantial : passed

Evidence log

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