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debug-halt-step-fsm

claude-code claude-opus-4-8 ✗ failed BAD_FAILURE ↑ View task
Solved from the instruction alone, tests/ and solution/ were withheld from the agent's workspace and restored only for grading.
Reward = tests/test.sh exit code (0 → resolved); the classification below is post-hoc and cannot change it.
Classification , post-hoc; cannot change the reward
BAD_FAILUREThe task is at fault, underspecified/contradictory instruction, brittle/flaky tests, or tests demanding undiscoverable behavior.
SubtypeAmbiguous Requirements
EvidenceInstruction says: "with dbus_ren_i high and address A at edge R, dbus_rdata_o presents location A at edge R+1". The agent implemented a one-cycle registered read using `ren_q`/`addr_q`, but the reference solution updates directly with `if (dbus_ren_i) dbus_rdata_o <= rsel(dbus_addr_i, ...)`. Verifier output: `reference_equivalence: FAIL (1126 mismatches in 2301 samples)`. A local replay showed `dbus_rdata_o` had 1058 mismatches, first at time 300.
Root causeThe task wording reasonably implies a one-clock latency from the clock edge where `dbus_ren_i` is sampled, while the tests/reference expect the addressed value to be loaded on that same active clock edge. The agent chose a defensible interpretation of the spec and was rejected by the reference-equivalence test.
RecommendationClarify the debug-bus timing in `instruction.md`, e.g. state that if `dbus_ren_i` is high before a rising clock edge, `dbus_rdata_o` updates on that same rising edge and is observable afterward, or change the reference/tests to accept the stated R+1 registered-read latency.
Trajectory
Tool-by-tool agent trajectory
1 tool calls · 1 tool types · 4 steps
A control block stops and resumes a core over a debug port. Ports: clk, rst, halt_req_i, resume_req_i, step_req_i, dbus_ren_i, dbus_addr_i (2 bits), dbus_rdata_o (8 bits), halted_o, fetch_o. rst is synchronous, active high, clearing all state and outputs to 0. All outputs are registered. While running, fetch_o is high every cycle and halted_o is low. When halt_req_i is sampled high at edge E while running, fetch_o stays high through edge E+1, is low from edge E+2, and halted_o is first high at edge E+2. In any state, with dbus_ren_i high and address A at edge R, dbus_rdata_o presents location A at edge R+1 and holds while dbus_ren_i is low. Address 0 reads 0x5A, address 1 reads 0xC3, address 2 reads 0x0F, address 3 reads 0x96. When step_req_i is sampled high at edge S while halted, fetch_o is high at edge S+1 only, and halted_o is low at edge S+1 and high again at edge S+2. When resume_req_i is sampled high at edge G while halted, halted_o is low and fetch_o high from edge G+1. If halt_req_i and step_req_i are both high at an edge while halted, the core stays halted and fetch_o stays low. Write module TopModule to /app/dut.sv.
I'll design this as a registered Moore-style FSM plus an independent registered debug-bus read path. Let me work out the timing and write the module.
write · /app/dut.sv
// Control block: stops/resumes a core over a debug port.
//
// All outputs are registered. Reset is synchronous, active-high, and clears
// all state and outputs to 0. Convention used below: "value at edge N" is the
// registered value produced by the update on edge N (i.e. sampled just after
// that edge). The FSM continues issuing fetches for one extra cycle after a
// halt request, so halted_o first asserts two edges after the request.
module TopModule (
    input  logic       clk,
    input  logic       rst,
    input  logic       halt_req_i,
    input  logic       resume_req_i,
    input  logic       step_req_i,
    input  logic       dbus_ren_i,
    input  logic [1:0] dbus_addr_i,
    output logic [7:0] dbus_rdata_o,
    output logic       halted_o,
    output logic       fetch_o
);

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------
    // Run/halt/step/resume control FSM
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------
    // State encoding
    localparam logic [2:0] RUNNING = 3'd0, // fetching, not halted
                           HALT1   = 3'd1, // extra fetch cycle after halt req
                           HALTED  = 3'd2, // stopped
                           STEP1   = 3'd3, // one cycle before single-step fetch
                           STEP2   = 3'd4, // single-step fetch pulse
                           RESUME1 = 3'd5; // one cycle before resuming

    logic [2:0] state;

    always_ff @(posedge clk) begin
        if (rst) begin
            state    <= RUNNING;
            fetch_o  <= 1'b0;
            halted_o <= 1'b0;
        end else begin
            case (state)
                RUNNING: begin
                    // Continue fetching this cycle regardless; on a halt
                    // request take one more fetch cycle before stopping.
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                    halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    state    <= halt_req_i ? HALT1 : RUNNING;
                end

                HALT1: begin
                    // Last fetch cycle; halted_o asserts next edge.
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                    halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    state    <= HALTED;
                end

                HALTED: begin
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b0;
                    halted_o <= 1'b1;
                    // halt_req_i suppresses a simultaneous step_req_i: the
                    // core simply stays halted with fetch low.
                    if (step_req_i && !halt_req_i)
                        state <= STEP1;
                    else if (resume_req_i)
                        state <= RESUME1;
                    else
                        state <= HALTED;
                end

                STEP1: begin
                    // Deliver the single-step fetch pulse next edge.
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                    halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    state    <= STEP2;
                end

                STEP2: begin
                    // Fall back into the halted state.
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b0;
                    halted_o <= 1'b1;
                    state    <= HALTED;
                end

                RESUME1: begin
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                    halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    state    <= RUNNING;
                end

                default: begin
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b0;
                    halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    state    <= RUNNING;
                end
            endcase
        end
    end

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------
    // Debug-bus read (independent of the FSM, works in any state)
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------
    // A read request (dbus_ren_i high, address A) sampled at edge R presents
    // location A on dbus_rdata_o at edge R+1, then holds while dbus_ren_i is
    // low. The request is registered one stage so the data appears one edge
    // after the request edge.
    logic [1:0] addr_q;
    logic       ren_q;

    always_ff @(posedge clk) begin
        if (rst) begin
            dbus_rdata_o <= 8'h00;
            addr_q       <= 2'b00;
            ren_q        <= 1'b0;
        end else begin
            ren_q  <= dbus_ren_i;
            addr_q <= dbus_addr_i;
            if (ren_q) begin
                case (addr_q)
                    2'd0:    dbus_rdata_o <= 8'h5A;
                    2'd1:    dbus_rdata_o <= 8'hC3;
                    2'd2:    dbus_rdata_o <= 8'h0F;
                    default: dbus_rdata_o <= 8'h96; // addr 3
                endcase
            end
            // else: hold previous value
        end
    end

endmodule
I've written `TopModule` to `/app/dut.sv`. Here's how it satisfies each requirement: **FSM (fetch_o / halted_o)** , a registered Moore machine where each state assigns the output value that takes effect on that edge: - **Running**: `RUNNING` self-loops with `fetch_o=1, halted_o=0`. - **Halt** (req at edge E): `RUNNING→HALT1→HALTED`. `fetch_o` stays high at E and E+1 (RUNNING and HALT1 both drive fetch=1), drops to 0 at E+2, and `halted_o` first goes high at E+2 , exactly the 2-edge sequence specified. - **Step** (req at edge S while halted): `HALTED→STEP1→STEP2→HALTED`. `halted_o` stays high at S, `fetch_o` pulses high only at S+1 (with `halted_o` low), then `halted_o` goes high again at S+2. - **Resume** (req at edge G): `HALTED→RESUME1→RUNNING`, so `fetch_o` high and `halted_o` low from G+1. - **Conflict**: in `HALTED`, `step_req_i` is gated by `!halt_req_i`, so simultaneous halt+step keeps the core halted with `fetch_o` low. **Debug bus (dbus_rdata_o)** , independent registered path. The request (`dbus_ren_i`/`dbus_addr_i`) is registered one stage (`ren_q`/`addr_q`), so a read sampled at edge R presents the addressed byte at edge R+1 and holds while `dbus_ren_i` is low. The ROM map is 0→0x5A, 1→0xC3, 2→0x0F, 3→0x96. **Reset** , synchronous, active-high, clears state to `RUNNING` and all output registers to 0. One convention note: I read "value at edge N" as the registered value produced by edge N's update (the standard "sample just after the edge" testbench convention), which the halt sequence with its three checkpoints (E, E+1, E+2) pins down. The debug read's one-stage delay is chosen to match the same convention consistently.
Final diff , what the agent changed

No file changes, the agent left the workspace untouched.

Verifier output , the proof behind the reward
tests/test.sh
TEST dut_present: PASS (/app/dut.sv exists)
TEST dut_forbidden: PASS (no forbidden constructs)
TEST dut_compiles: PASS (compiled with held-back reference/testbench)
TEST simulation_completed: PASS (Mismatches: 1126 in 2301 samples)
TEST reference_equivalence: FAIL (1126 mismatches in 2301 samples)
{"score": 0.000000, "results_file": "/tmp/h2t-grader-home.W5559e/runtime/cb_verifier_271-30349-32144-913_271/results.jsonl"}

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_08187ac77ae54f7a. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_08187ac77ae54f7a · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.