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serial-receiver-framed

claude-code claude-opus-4-8 ✓ resolved GOOD_SUCCESS ↑ 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_SUCCESSLegitimate solve, implements the asked-for behavior; tests verify real functionality.
SubtypeLegitimate Solution
EvidenceInstruction required a synthesizable TopModule implementing UART-style framed serial receive behavior. Agent trajectory shows it wrote /app/dut.sv directly and only ran `iverilog -g2012 -o /tmp/dut.out dut.sv`; no reads of tests/ or solution/. Verifier output: `TEST dut_forbidden: PASS`, `TEST dut_compiles: PASS`, `TEST simulation_completed: PASS (Mismatches: 0 in 155243 samples)`, `TEST reference_equivalence: PASS (all 155243 samples matched reference)`.
Root causeThe agent implemented the specified serial receiver behavior in a general synthesizable FSM, including framing/parity errors, ack/overflow semantics, break detection, and format/baud latching. The tests compare behavior against a reference across broad scenarios and the submitted implementation matched all samples.
RecommendationN/A - task is fine
Trajectory
Tool-by-tool agent trajectory
2 tool calls · 2 tool types · 6 steps
Write /app/dut.sv with synthesizable TopModule(clk, reset, in, baud_div_i[15:0], frame_fmt_i[2:0], clear_err_i, data_ack_i, out_byte[7:0], done, parity_err_o, frame_err_o, break_o, ovf_o, byte_count_o[7:0]). Synchronous active-high reset clears state/outputs. Serial idles high; only an idle high-to-low transition starts a frame. Latch baud and format on that edge; frame baud 0 means 1, and later changes are ignored. Each bit is 16*latched_baud clocks; sample start/data/parity/stop at the midpoint. A high start midpoint aborts with no flags. LSB-first formats: 000 8N1, 001 7N1 with out_byte[7]=0, 010 8E1, 011 8O1, 100 8N2; others are 000. Even parity makes XOR(data, parity)=0; odd makes it 1. parity_err_o asserts on the failing parity midpoint; frame_err_o asserts on any low stop midpoint. Error frames still consume remaining stop slots, return to idle only after the final stop slot, and do not update byte, done, or count. A good frame commits on the edge completing the last stop bit: byte, level done, and saturated count update then. Later data_ack_i clears done; ack on commit does not clear new done. A good commit while old done is high and ack is low sets sticky ovf_o and replaces the byte. Sticky error flags clear with clear_err_i; same-cycle error or overflow wins. break_o uses live nonzero baud, asserts after in is low for 11*16*baud_div_i clocks, and deasserts one clock after high. Forbidden: simulator/file/print tasks, preprocessor, DPI, force/release, plusargs, memory/dump calls, hidden grader names, and testbench hierarchy.
I'll write a synthesizable UART receiver. Let me work through the spec carefully and implement it.
write · /app/dut.sv
// UART receiver with configurable frame format, parity/framing error
// reporting, overflow tracking, and break detection.
module TopModule(
    input  logic        clk,
    input  logic        reset,
    input  logic        in,
    input  logic [15:0] baud_div_i,
    input  logic [2:0]  frame_fmt_i,
    input  logic        clear_err_i,
    input  logic        data_ack_i,
    output logic [7:0]  out_byte,
    output logic        done,
    output logic        parity_err_o,
    output logic        frame_err_o,
    output logic        break_o,
    output logic        ovf_o,
    output logic [7:0]  byte_count_o
);

    // Receiver states
    localparam logic [2:0] S_IDLE  = 3'd0,
                           S_START = 3'd1,
                           S_DATA  = 3'd2,
                           S_PAR   = 3'd3,
                           S_STOP  = 3'd4;

    logic [2:0]  state;
    logic        prev_in;

    // Latched-on-start configuration
    logic [15:0] l_baud;    // >= 1
    logic [3:0]  l_ndata;   // 7 or 8
    logic        l_haspar;
    logic        l_parodd;
    logic [1:0]  l_nstop;   // 1 or 2

    // Per-bit timing / bookkeeping
    logic [19:0] cnt;
    logic [3:0]  bit_idx;
    logic [1:0]  stop_idx;
    logic [7:0]  data_reg;
    logic        par_acc;
    logic        frame_bad;

    // Break detector (uses live baud)
    logic [31:0] low_cnt;

    // Bit-period timing derived from latched baud
    logic [19:0] period, half;
    assign period = {l_baud, 4'b0};        // 16 * l_baud
    assign half   = {1'b0, l_baud, 3'b0};  // 8  * l_baud

    wire midpoint = (cnt == (half   - 20'd1));
    wire endbit   = (cnt == (period - 20'd1));

    // Break threshold: 11 * 16 * live baud
    wire [31:0] brk_thresh = 32'd176 * baud_div_i;

    always_ff @(posedge clk) begin
        if (reset) begin
            state        <= S_IDLE;
            prev_in      <= 1'b1;
            out_byte     <= 8'd0;
            done         <= 1'b0;
            parity_err_o <= 1'b0;
            frame_err_o  <= 1'b0;
            break_o      <= 1'b0;
            ovf_o        <= 1'b0;
            byte_count_o <= 8'd0;
            low_cnt      <= 32'd0;
            cnt          <= 20'd0;
            bit_idx      <= 4'd0;
            stop_idx     <= 2'd0;
            data_reg     <= 8'd0;
            par_acc      <= 1'b0;
            frame_bad    <= 1'b0;
            l_baud       <= 16'd1;
            l_ndata      <= 4'd8;
            l_haspar     <= 1'b0;
            l_parodd     <= 1'b0;
            l_nstop      <= 2'd1;
        end else begin
            prev_in <= in;

            // ---- Break detector (independent of frame FSM, live baud) ----
            if (in) begin
                low_cnt <= 32'd0;
                break_o <= 1'b0;              // deasserts one clock after high
            end else begin
                if (low_cnt != 32'hFFFF_FFFF)
                    low_cnt <= low_cnt + 32'd1;
                if ((baud_div_i != 16'd0) && ((low_cnt + 32'd1) >= brk_thresh))
                    break_o <= 1'b1;
            end

            // ---- Sticky error clear (same-cycle error/overflow overrides) ----
            if (clear_err_i) begin
                parity_err_o <= 1'b0;
                frame_err_o  <= 1'b0;
                ovf_o        <= 1'b0;
            end

            // ---- Done ack (a commit this cycle overrides this clear) ----
            if (data_ack_i)
                done <= 1'b0;

            // ---- Frame receive FSM ----
            case (state)
                S_IDLE: begin
                    if (prev_in && !in) begin
                        // Idle high-to-low transition: start a frame, latch config
                        l_baud <= (baud_div_i == 16'd0) ? 16'd1 : baud_div_i;
                        case (frame_fmt_i)
                            3'b000:  begin l_ndata<=4'd8; l_haspar<=1'b0; l_parodd<=1'b0; l_nstop<=2'd1; end
                            3'b001:  begin l_ndata<=4'd7; l_haspar<=1'b0; l_parodd<=1'b0; l_nstop<=2'd1; end
                            3'b010:  begin l_ndata<=4'd8; l_haspar<=1'b1; l_parodd<=1'b0; l_nstop<=2'd1; end
                            3'b011:  begin l_ndata<=4'd8; l_haspar<=1'b1; l_parodd<=1'b1; l_nstop<=2'd1; end
                            3'b100:  begin l_ndata<=4'd8; l_haspar<=1'b0; l_parodd<=1'b0; l_nstop<=2'd2; end
                            default: begin l_ndata<=4'd8; l_haspar<=1'b0; l_parodd<=1'b0; l_nstop<=2'd1; end
                        endcase
                        state     <= S_START;
                        cnt       <= 20'd0;
                        bit_idx   <= 4'd0;
                        stop_idx  <= 2'd0;
                        data_reg  <= 8'd0;
                        par_acc   <= 1'b0;
                        frame_bad <= 1'b0;
                    end
                end

                S_START: begin
                    if (midpoint && in) begin
                        // High start midpoint: abort with no flags
                        state <= S_IDLE;
                        cnt   <= 20'd0;
                    end else if (endbit) begin
                        state   <= S_DATA;
                        cnt     <= 20'd0;
                        bit_idx <= 4'd0;
                    end else begin
                        cnt <= cnt + 20'd1;
                    end
                end

                S_DATA: begin
                    if (midpoint) begin
                        data_reg[bit_idx] <= in;
                        par_acc           <= par_acc ^ in;
                    end
                    if (endbit) begin
                        cnt <= 20'd0;
                        if (bit_idx == (l_ndata - 4'd1)) begin
                            if (l_haspar)
                                state <= S_PAR;
                            else begin
                                state    <= S_STOP;
                                stop_idx <= 2'd0;
                            end
                        end else begin
                            bit_idx <= bit_idx + 4'd1;
                        end
                    end else begin
                        cnt <= cnt + 20'd1;
                    end
                end

                S_PAR: begin
                    if (midpoint) begin
                        // Even -> XOR(data,parity)=0 ; Odd -> XOR=1
                        if ((par_acc ^ in) != l_parodd) begin
                            parity_err_o <= 1'b1;
                            frame_bad    <= 1'b1;
                        end
                    end
                    if (endbit) begin
                        cnt      <= 20'd0;
                        state    <= S_STOP;
                        stop_idx <= 2'd0;
                    end else begin
                        cnt <= cnt + 20'd1;
                    end
                end

                S_STOP: begin
                    if (midpoint) begin
                        if (!in) begin
                            frame_err_o <= 1'b1;
                            frame_bad   <= 1'b1;
                        end
                    end
                    if (endbit) begin
                        cnt <= 20'd0;
                        if (stop_idx == (l_nstop - 2'd1)) begin
                            // Final stop slot complete
                            if (!frame_bad) begin
                                out_byte     <= data_reg;
                                byte_count_o <= (byte_count_o == 8'hFF) ? 8'hFF
                                                                        : byte_count_o + 8'd1;
                                if (done && !data_ack_i)
                                    ovf_o <= 1'b1;      // good commit over unacked done
                                done <= 1'b1;           // commit wins over ack-clear
                            end
                            state <= S_IDLE;
                        end else begin
                            stop_idx <= stop_idx + 2'd1;
                        end
                    end else begin
                        cnt <= cnt + 20'd1;
                    end
                end

                default: state <= S_IDLE;
            endcase
        end
    end

endmodule
Let me verify it compiles with a Verilog tool if available.

Compile/lint the SystemVerilog module

shell
(which iverilog verilator 2>/dev/null; iverilog -g2012 -o /tmp/dut.out dut.sv 2>&1 && echo "IVERILOG OK") || echo "no iverilog"; verilator --lint-only -Wall -sv dut.sv 2>&1 | head -40 || true
output
/usr/bin/iverilog
IVERILOG OK
/bin/bash: line 1: verilator: command not found

[stdout]
/usr/bin/iverilog
IVERILOG OK
/bin/bash: line 1: verilator: command not found
Compiles cleanly with iverilog (`-g2012`). The module `/app/dut.sv` is written. Design summary: - **Timing**: latched `baud` (min 1), `period = 16·baud`, midpoint sampled at `cnt==8·baud−1`, bit ends at `cnt==period−1`. Start frame only on an idle high→low edge; baud/format latched there. - **States**: `START` samples the start midpoint (high → abort, no flags), then `DATA` (LSB-first, 7 or 8 bits into `data_reg`, `par_acc` tracks XOR), optional `PAR`, then `STOP` (1 or 2 slots). - **Formats**: 000 8N1, 001 7N1 (bit7 stays 0 since `data_reg` is cleared at start), 010 8E1, 011 8O1, 100 8N2, else 000. Parity fails when `(par_acc ^ parity_bit) != l_parodd`. - **Errors**: `parity_err_o` set at the failing parity midpoint; `frame_err_o` set at any low stop midpoint. Bad frames still consume all stop slots and return to idle at the final slot without touching byte/done/count. - **Commit**: on the edge ending the last stop bit of a good frame , updates `out_byte`, sets level `done`, saturating `byte_count_o`. `data_ack_i` clears `done` except on a commit cycle (commit wins). Good commit while old `done` high and ack low sets sticky `ovf_o`. - **Sticky flags**: `clear_err_i` clears parity/frame/ovf, but a same-cycle error or overflow overrides (ordered last in the block). - **Break**: independent counter on live nonzero `baud_div_i`, asserts after `in` low for `11·16·baud` clocks, deasserts one clock after `in` goes high. Synchronous active-high reset clears all state/outputs. No simulator/file/DPI/force constructs used.
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 harness_prepare: PASS (harness names nonce-renamed)
TEST dut_compiles: PASS (compiled with held-back reference/testbench)
TEST simulation_completed: PASS (Mismatches: 0 in 155243 samples)
TEST reference_equivalence: PASS (all 155243 samples matched reference)

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_3c02a8a158084f26. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_3c02a8a158084f26 · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.