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SyncVals · Trajectory

byte-serial-round-scheduler

claude-code claude-opus-4-8 ✗ failed GOOD_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
GOOD_FAILUREHonest miss, the agent ran correctly but couldn't solve it. Expected for a hard task; the task is sound.
SubtypeImplementation Bugs
EvidenceThe instruction specifies a byte-serial schedule: "A round is sixteen byte slots then one key-mix slot" and "ready stays low until the finishing key-mix slot." The reference implements states S_BYTE/S_KEY with one byte slot per clock and only asserts ready/result_valid in S_KEY. The agent instead wrote `ns = do_round(state, start_fb, key_reg);` inside one clocked `if (busy)` step, with its own summary saying "Timing model (one round per clock edge)." The verifier compiled and ran, then failed behaviorally: `reference_equivalence: FAIL (15963 mismatches in 16537 samples)`.
Root causeThe agent produced a functionally different timing implementation that collapses all 16 byte slots plus key mix into a single clock edge per round. The task gives enough timing and slot information to derive the byte-serial reference behavior, so this is an agent implementation error rather than a task-spec or harness problem.
RecommendationN/A - task is fine
Trajectory
Tool-by-tool agent trajectory
2 tool calls · 2 tool types · 5 steps
A block engine transforms a 128-bit block under a start/ready protocol. Ports (1 bit unless width shown): clk rst_n start block_in 128 round_key0 128 num_rounds 4 reseed reseed_round 4 ready result_valid block_out 128 rst_n is active-low synchronous; while low at a rising edge outputs clear (ready high, result_valid low). start, while ready is high, loads block_in, round_key0 and num_rounds (1-15), else ignored; ready stays low until the finishing key-mix slot. Engine state is 128 bits, seeded by block_in. A round is sixteen byte slots then one key-mix slot. Byte slots visit columns 0 to 3; column c is state bits [32*c+31:32*c], its [31:24] byte first down to [7:0] last. A slot replaces only its byte with rol1(byte xor feedback) xor 8'h63; slot 0's feedback is the round's start feedback, else the previous slot's byte. round_index counts completed rounds. Round 0's start feedback is {4'b0, round_index}; a later round's is fixed at its preceding key-mix slot by reseed there (not reseed during the round): high gives {4'b0, reseed_round}, low {4'b0, round_index}. The key-mix slot xors state with round_key0. On the slot completing num_rounds, block_out becomes that post-xor state, result_valid and ready asserting that cycle; otherwise the next round starts next edge. block_out holds between operations, changing only on a finishing slot. All outputs are registered. Submit plain ASCII Verilog; $ system tasks and define/include directives are rejected. Write TopModule to /app/dut.sv.
write · /app/dut.sv
module TopModule (
    input              clk,
    input              rst_n,
    input              start,
    input      [127:0] block_in,
    input      [127:0] round_key0,
    input      [3:0]   num_rounds,
    input              reseed,
    input      [3:0]   reseed_round,
    output reg         ready,
    output reg         result_valid,
    output reg [127:0] block_out
);

    reg [127:0] state;
    reg [127:0] key_reg;
    reg [3:0]   num_rounds_reg;
    reg [3:0]   round_index;
    reg [7:0]   start_fb;
    reg         busy;
    reg [127:0] ns;

    // Compute one full round: 16 byte slots (columns 0..3, high byte first)
    // then the key-mix slot. Each byte slot: state[p] = rol1(state[p] ^ fb) ^ 0x63,
    // with fb = start feedback for slot 0, else the previous slot's (new) byte.
    function [127:0] do_round;
        input [127:0] s_in;
        input [7:0]   fb0;
        input [127:0] k;
        reg   [127:0] s;
        reg   [7:0]   f;
        reg   [3:0]   p;
        reg   [7:0]   b, t, nb;
        integer j, c, kk;
        begin
            s = s_in;
            f = fb0;
            for (j = 0; j < 16; j = j + 1) begin
                c  = j / 4;                 // column 0..3
                kk = j % 4;                 // byte within column: 0->[31:24] .. 3->[7:0]
                p  = 4*c + (3 - kk);        // byte index into state
                b  = s[8*p +: 8];
                t  = b ^ f;
                nb = {t[6:0], t[7]} ^ 8'h63; // rol1(b ^ fb) ^ 0x63
                s[8*p +: 8] = nb;
                f  = nb;
            end
            do_round = s ^ k;               // key-mix slot
        end
    endfunction

    always @(posedge clk) begin
        if (!rst_n) begin
            ready        <= 1'b1;
            result_valid <= 1'b0;
            busy         <= 1'b0;
        end else begin
            result_valid <= 1'b0;
            if (busy) begin
                ns = do_round(state, start_fb, key_reg);
                if ((round_index + 4'd1) == num_rounds_reg) begin
                    // finishing key-mix slot of the last round
                    block_out    <= ns;
                    result_valid <= 1'b1;
                    ready        <= 1'b1;
                    busy         <= 1'b0;
                end else begin
                    state       <= ns;
                    round_index <= round_index + 4'd1;
                    // Fix next round's start feedback at this key-mix slot.
                    start_fb    <= reseed ? {4'b0, reseed_round}
                                          : {4'b0, (round_index + 4'd1)};
                    ready       <= 1'b0;
                end
            end else if (ready && start) begin
                // Load a new operation.
                state          <= block_in;
                key_reg        <= round_key0;
                num_rounds_reg <= num_rounds;
                round_index    <= 4'b0;
                start_fb       <= 8'b0;      // round 0 feedback = {4'b0, round_index=0}
                busy           <= 1'b1;
                ready          <= 1'b0;
            end
        end
    end

endmodule
I've written the module. Let me verify it compiles cleanly.

Compile the Verilog module

shell
(iverilog -g2012 -o /tmp/dut.out dut.sv 2>&1 && echo "COMPILE OK") || echo "iverilog not available or error"
output
COMPILE OK

[stdout]
COMPILE OK
Compiles cleanly with `-g2012`. `/app/dut.sv` implements the block engine. Key design decisions from the spec: - **Timing model (one round per clock edge):** `start` while `ready` seeds `state=block_in` and latches `round_key0`/`num_rounds` on the load edge (`ready` drops). Each subsequent edge computes one full round (16 byte slots + key-mix) via the `do_round` function , matching "the next round starts next edge." The edge completing round `num_rounds-1` registers `block_out`, pulses `result_valid`, and reasserts `ready`. - **Slot ordering:** byte index `p = 4*c + (3-kk)` walks columns 0→3, and within each column the `[31:24]` byte down to `[7:0]` (high byte first). - **Byte op:** `rol1(byte ^ fb) ^ 8'h63`, implemented as `{t[6:0],t[7]} ^ 8'h63`. Feedback is the round's start feedback for slot 0, else the previous slot's just-written byte (chaining through the transformed value). - **Start feedback / reseed:** round 0 uses `{4'b0, 0}` (set at load). Each non-finishing key-mix slot fixes the *next* round's feedback by sampling `reseed` at that edge: high → `{4'b0, reseed_round}`, low → `{4'b0, round_index+1}` (the round's own index) , i.e. reseed at the preceding key-mix, not during the round. - **Reset:** synchronous active-low, clears `ready`←1 / `result_valid`←0 / `busy`←0; `block_out` holds (changes only on a finishing slot). All outputs registered. One genuine ambiguity worth flagging: *"the previous slot's byte"* , I read it as the previous slot's **post-transform** value (the natural chaining interpretation, reading current state), not its original input byte. If the reference model intends the original byte instead, the `f = nb;` line in `do_round` would become `f = b;`.
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_elaborates: PASS (DUT elaborates standalone)
TEST dut_compiles: PASS (compiled with held-back reference/testbench)
TEST simulation_completed: PASS (Mismatches: 15963 in 16537 samples)
TEST reference_equivalence: FAIL (15963 mismatches in 16537 samples)
{"score": 0.000000, "results_file": "/tmp/h2t-grader-home.QxcBTf/runtime/cb_verifier_303-17184-2662-15615_303/results.jsonl"}

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_1d61e61bcfa649ea. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_1d61e61bcfa649ea · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.