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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
EvidenceVerifier output: `TEST reference_equivalence: FAIL (563 mismatches in 2301 samples)`. The agent wrote `HALTING: begin state <= HALTED; fetch_o <= 1'b0; halted_o <= 1'b1; end`, which asserts halt one edge too early. It also changes outputs in `HALTED` immediately when `step_req_i` or `resume_req_i` is sampled, while the spec says effects occur at S+1/G+1 for registered outputs.
Root causeThe task specification and reference tests consistently require a registered FSM whose outputs are based on the pre-transition state; the agent misunderstood the edge timing and drove halt/step/resume outputs one cycle early. This is a normal implementation error, not an underspecified or brittle task issue.
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 analyze the timing spec and implement it as a registered state machine. My analysis of the states: - **RUN**: fetch=1, halted=0 - **HALTING**: one-cycle transition after halt_req (still fetch=1, halted=0), then → HALTED - **HALTED**: fetch=0, halted=1 - **STEP**: one-cycle pulse after step_req (fetch=1, halted=0), then → HALTED All outputs registered, so each state's outputs appear the edge *after* the transition , which produces the E+2 / S+1 / S+2 timing described.
write · /app/dut.sv
module TopModule (
    input  wire       clk,
    input  wire       rst,
    input  wire       halt_req_i,
    input  wire       resume_req_i,
    input  wire       step_req_i,
    input  wire       dbus_ren_i,
    input  wire [1:0] dbus_addr_i,
    output reg  [7:0] dbus_rdata_o,
    output reg        halted_o,
    output reg        fetch_o
);

    // Control FSM states
    localparam [1:0] RUN     = 2'd0,
                     HALTING = 2'd1,
                     HALTED  = 2'd2,
                     STEP    = 2'd3;

    reg [1:0] state;

    always @(posedge clk) begin
        if (rst) begin
            state        <= RUN;
            fetch_o      <= 1'b0;
            halted_o     <= 1'b0;
            dbus_rdata_o <= 8'b0;
        end else begin
            // Debug-bus read: load on the edge ren is sampled high,
            // present one cycle later, and hold while ren is low.
            if (dbus_ren_i) begin
                case (dbus_addr_i)
                    2'd0: dbus_rdata_o <= 8'h5A;
                    2'd1: dbus_rdata_o <= 8'hC3;
                    2'd2: dbus_rdata_o <= 8'h0F;
                    2'd3: dbus_rdata_o <= 8'h96;
                endcase
            end

            // Run/halt/step/resume control
            case (state)
                RUN: begin
                    if (halt_req_i) begin
                        // fetch stays high through the next edge (E+1)
                        state    <= HALTING;
                        fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                        halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    end else begin
                        state    <= RUN;
                        fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                        halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    end
                end

                HALTING: begin
                    // fetch goes low, halted first asserts (E+2)
                    state    <= HALTED;
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b0;
                    halted_o <= 1'b1;
                end

                HALTED: begin
                    if (resume_req_i) begin
                        state    <= RUN;
                        fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                        halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    end else if (step_req_i && !halt_req_i) begin
                        // single fetch pulse next cycle
                        state    <= STEP;
                        fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                        halted_o <= 1'b0;
                    end else begin
                        // includes halt_req & step_req both high: stay halted
                        state    <= HALTED;
                        fetch_o  <= 1'b0;
                        halted_o <= 1'b1;
                    end
                end

                STEP: begin
                    // return to halted after the single fetch cycle
                    state    <= HALTED;
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b0;
                    halted_o <= 1'b1;
                end

                default: begin
                    state    <= RUN;
                    fetch_o  <= 1'b1;
                    halted_o <= 1'b0;
                end
            endcase
        end
    end

endmodule
I've written `TopModule` to `/app/dut.sv`. Here's how it maps to each requirement: **State machine** (all outputs registered, so effects appear the edge *after* a transition): - **Halt** , In `RUN`, sampling `halt_req_i` high at edge E moves to `HALTING`, which still drives `fetch_o=1, halted_o=0` at E+1. `HALTING` then unconditionally goes to `HALTED`, driving `fetch_o=0, halted_o=1` at E+2. ✅ fetch high through E+1, low from E+2; halted first high at E+2. - **Step** , In `HALTED`, `step_req_i` high (and `halt_req_i` low) goes to `STEP`, driving `fetch_o=1, halted_o=0` at S+1 only; `STEP` returns to `HALTED` giving `fetch_o=0, halted_o=1` at S+2. ✅ - **Resume** , In `HALTED`, `resume_req_i` high goes to `RUN`, driving `fetch_o=1, halted_o=0` from G+1. ✅ (given highest priority) - **Halt+Step both high while halted** , falls through to the else branch → stays `HALTED`, `fetch_o=0`. ✅ **Debug bus** , Independent of state: when `dbus_ren_i` is sampled high at edge R, the address is decoded and latched into `dbus_rdata_o` (0→0x5A, 1→0xC3, 2→0x0F, 3→0x96), appearing at R+1 and holding while `dbus_ren_i` is low. ✅ **Reset** , Synchronous, active high, clears state to `RUN` and all outputs to 0; one cycle after release the core drives `fetch_o=1` (running). ✅
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: 563 in 2301 samples)
TEST reference_equivalence: FAIL (563 mismatches in 2301 samples)
{"score": 0.000000, "results_file": "/tmp/h2t-grader-home.iKMRj8/runtime/cb_verifier_273-19190-738-29346_273/results.jsonl"}

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_ec86f300f4154571. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_ec86f300f4154571 · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.