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debug-halt-step-fsm

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 verifier failed before simulation: `TEST dut_compiles: FAIL (compile failed with held-back reference/testbench)`. The agent wrote `/app/dut.sv` using enum/ternary SystemVerilog such as `RUN: next_state = halt_req_i ? HALT1 : RUN;`, which fails under the task compiler with `error: This assignment requires an explicit cast.` The instruction explicitly specified the ports, synchronous reset, registered outputs, halt/step/resume timing, dbus read values, and `Write module TopModule to /app/dut.sv`; the reference solution implements the same behavior with a four-state FSM and registered outputs.
Root causeThe agent understood the intended FSM but produced code that did not compile in the verifier environment and did not run any local compilation before stopping. The tests check behavioral equivalence against a reference module and the compile failure is due to the submitted implementation, not missing task information or contradictory requirements.
RecommendationN/A - task is fine
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 a registered-output state machine. Let me trace the timing carefully before writing. The key insight: outputs are registered flops. A value captured at edge N is what's observed at edge N+1 (confirmed by the dbus spec: "high at edge R → presents at edge R+1"). So I decode the **next_state** and register it. Let me verify each sequence against this convention: - **Halt** (sampled at E, state=RUN): E→next=HALT1 (fetch=1, observed at E+1 ✓ "high through E+1"); HALT1→HALTED (fetch=0/halted=1, observed at E+2 ✓) - **Step** (sampled at S, halted): HALTED→STEP1 (fetch=1/halted=0 at S+1 ✓); STEP1→HALTED (at S+2 ✓ "S+1 only") - **Resume** (at G): HALTED→RUN (fetch=1/halted=0 at G+1 ✓) - **Halt+step conflict**: step gated by `!halt_req_i`, stays HALTED ✓
write · /app/dut.sv
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
);

  typedef enum logic [1:0] {RUN, HALT1, HALTED, STEP1} state_t;
  state_t state, next_state;

  // Next-state logic
  always_comb begin
    next_state = state;
    unique case (state)
      RUN:    next_state = halt_req_i ? HALT1 : RUN;
      HALT1:  next_state = HALTED;                    // one extra fetch cycle, then halt
      HALTED: begin
        if (resume_req_i)                   next_state = RUN;
        else if (step_req_i && !halt_req_i) next_state = STEP1;
        else                                next_state = HALTED;
      end
      STEP1:  next_state = HALTED;                    // single fetch, back to halt
    endcase
  end

  // Registered-output decode (Moore decode of the *next* state, since outputs are flops)
  function automatic logic decode_fetch(state_t s);
    return (s == RUN) || (s == HALT1) || (s == STEP1);
  endfunction

  function automatic logic decode_halted(state_t s);
    return (s == HALTED);
  endfunction

  // Debug-port ROM
  function automatic logic [7:0] rom(logic [1:0] a);
    unique case (a)
      2'd0: rom = 8'h5A;
      2'd1: rom = 8'hC3;
      2'd2: rom = 8'h0F;
      2'd3: rom = 8'h96;
    endcase
  endfunction

  always_ff @(posedge clk) begin
    if (rst) begin
      state        <= RUN;
      fetch_o      <= 1'b0;
      halted_o     <= 1'b0;
      dbus_rdata_o <= 8'b0;
    end else begin
      state    <= next_state;
      fetch_o  <= decode_fetch(next_state);
      halted_o <= decode_halted(next_state);
      if (dbus_ren_i)
        dbus_rdata_o <= rom(dbus_addr_i);   // holds previous value while ren low
    end
  end

endmodule
Written to `/app/dut.sv`. The design is a 4-state registered-output FSM (`RUN`, `HALT1`, `HALTED`, `STEP1`): - **Halt latency**: `HALT1` is an intermediate state that keeps `fetch_o` high for the extra cycle (through E+1), so `RUN→HALT1→HALTED` produces fetch-low and halted-high exactly at E+2. - **Step**: `HALTED→STEP1→HALTED` gives a single fetch pulse (S+1 only), halted low at S+1, high again at S+2. - **Resume**: `HALTED→RUN`, so fetch high / halted low from G+1. - **Halt+step conflict**: the step transition is gated with `!halt_req_i`, so it stays halted with fetch low. - **dbus**: `dbus_rdata_o` updates only when `dbus_ren_i` is high (registered → appears at R+1) and holds its value otherwise. - **Reset**: synchronous, clears state to `RUN` and all outputs to 0; the core begins fetching the cycle after reset deasserts. Outputs decode the *next* state because they're flops , a value captured at edge N is observed at N+1, matching the spec's own convention from the dbus timing.
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: FAIL (compile failed with held-back reference/testbench)
{"score": 0.000000, "results_file": "/tmp/h2t-grader-home.UHEkwZ/runtime/cb_verifier_273-30401-1135-30814_273/results.jsonl"}

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_68513c1839304072. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_68513c1839304072 · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.