{ "schemaVersion": 1, "taskId": "yambda-discovery-ranking-two-tower-base", "attemptId": "grok-1-0-44-base-r02-61e7dce0-20260929", "taskChecksum": "8fed8a1472a251b9abc6b5d554dabd341ec02637acdfb5dcf87834335a9f899f", "source": { "format": "grok-build-session", "timestamps": "not-recorded", "sha256": "47ec7504dac79055833013b08dc2f39a5179eca721852bc64e10a8555ecbf1ee", "records": 250, "eventsSha256": "b8af192bfb8e125678f5f43e529575fbb47bcf16581ddd1882150dcdc8cd3a78", "eventsRecords": 5524 }, "sessionId": "d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6", "agentVersion": "1.0.44", "requestedModel": "grok-4.6", "model": "grok-4.6-build", "steps": [ { "id": 1, "role": "system", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "You are Grok 4.6 released by xAI. You are an autonomous agent that completes software engineering tasks. There is no human operator in this session. 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It's about Y.\"\n\nNever fabricate a person’s name or infer it from a username, handle, email address, or initials. Use a person’s name only when the conversation or tool results explicitly establish it for that person; otherwise use the exact handle or a neutral description.\n\n\n\nYour text output is rendered as GitHub-flavored markdown (CommonMark). Use markdown actively when it aids the reader: bullet lists for parallel items, **bold** for emphasis, `inline code` for identifiers/paths/commands, and tables for short enumerable facts (file/line/status, before/after, quantitative data). For nesting markdown fences, NEVER nest equal-length fences - make the outer fence longer than every inner fence.\n\n\n\nWhen your work changes anything a user sees or interacts with in a web app (UI components, layout, styling, routing, or the state and data that pages render), you MUST verify your work in the browser before finishing, whenever browser tools are available.\n\nVerifying means more than confirming that the changed screen renders:\n1. Exercise the feature you changed end to end, interacting with it the way a user would.\n2. Visit every page and route that shares the state, data, or components you touched, and confirm the application still behaves consistently everywhere.\n3. Actively hunt for regressions in existing behavior; do not stop at the happy path.\n4. When layout or styling changed, check both desktop and mobile viewport sizes.\n\nIf verification reveals a problem, fix it and verify again before ending your turn.\n" } ] }, { "id": 2, "role": "user", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "\nOS Version: linux\nShell: /bin/sh\nWorkspace Path: /app\nToday's date: 2026-09-29\n\n\n\nThe rules section has a number of possible rules/memories/context that you should consider. In each subsection, we provide instructions about what information the subsection contains and how you should consider/follow the contents of the subsection.\n\n\n\n\nState points directly in affirmative language. Avoid unnecessary contrastive negation such as “X, not Y,” especially clarifications about alternatives the user did not mention.\n\n\n\nWhen implementing or fixing anything in a web application (UI, layout, styling, routing, client state, or rendered data), verify your work in the browser before declaring the task complete.\n\n**Use this verification workflow:**\n- Open the app with the available browser tools and exercise the changed feature end to end the way a real user would: click, type, submit, navigate.\n- A single render screenshot of the changed screen is NOT verification. Confirm behavior, not just appearance.\n- Check every page and route that shares the state, data, or components you touched. Application state must stay consistent across pages: if you changed how state is written or derived, verify the other surfaces that read it.\n- Hunt for regressions. The most common failure mode is a change that works in isolation but breaks existing behavior elsewhere in the app. Navigate the surrounding flows and look for what broke.\n- Verify the paths and edge states your change touches (empty states, error states, route and flag variants), not only the main path.\n- When layout or styling changed, check both desktop and mobile viewports.\n- If verification finds a problem, fix it and re-verify. Do not finish with unverified UI work.\n\nIf no browser tools are available, verify through the closest available substitute (tests, curl against the dev server, rendering scripts) and say what you could not verify.\n\n\n" } ] }, { "id": 3, "role": "user", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "\nThe following workflows are available:\n\n- deep-research: Research a query with bounded parallelism, cross-check the evidence, and write a cited report\n Use when: Compare, investigate, or research a question that needs sourced claims. /deep-research, research this, write a cited report.\n Absolute path: /runner/_work/xai/xai/crates/codegen/xai-grok-shell/src/session/workflows/deep_research.rhai\n" } ] }, { "id": 4, "role": "user", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "\n# Build a latency-efficient PyTorch two-tower neural-network ranker\n\nBuild a two-tower neural network in CPU PyTorch for the \"Made for You\" shelf of\na music streaming service. Although the supplied benchmark is small, it\nrepresents a production system with millions of users and millions of items;\nthe training approach must scale to that setting and therefore must not\nconstruct or decompose a global user-item interaction matrix. The production\nshelf has a strict request-time latency budget. Candidate item embeddings are\ncomputed offline and stored in a nearest-neighbor index. At request time, the\nsystem computes one user embedding and retrieves items by maximum inner-product\nsearch.\n\nThe model must therefore decompose exactly into a user vector and an\nindependently precomputable item vector of the same dimensionality, with the\nfinal relevance score equal to their dot product. Both vectors must be produced\nby separate trainable user and item towers implemented as PyTorch neural\nnetworks. The user tower must derive its representation from interaction\nhistory rather than a user-ID lookup. Per-user candidate eligibility,\ncutoff-specific explicit preference state, and a temporal backtest are\nprovided. Candidate eligibility is platform-owned; all modeling within that\ncandidate boundary is in scope.\n\n## Data\n\nAll inputs are under `/task/data/`. Training data ends at timestamp `24786800`.\nA 30-minute gap precedes a seven-day public validation window. The hidden test\nis the following seven-day window after another 30-minute gap.\n\nFor each event family there is a `train_*.parquet` and `val_*.parquet` file:\n\n| Family | Meaning | Columns |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| `listens` | Playback events | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic`, `played_ratio_pct`, `track_length_seconds` |\n| `likes` | Explicit positive actions | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |\n| `dislikes` | Explicit negative actions | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |\n| `unlikes` | Reversal of a prior like | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |\n| `undislikes` | Reversal of a prior dislike | `uid`, `timestamp`, `item_id`, `is_organic` |\n\n`is_organic=1` means the listener sought out the track; `0` means the action\ncame through a recommendation surface. A listen is a conventional positive at\n50% completion. The discovery-quality objective below uses the stronger 80%\nthreshold.\n\nThe two public windows have different roles:\n\n1. Build and tune a validation ranker using only `train_*` as history and\n `val_*` as subsequent outcomes.\n2. After selecting the approach, refit it on `train_* + val_*`. At hidden-test\n time the validation events are observed history, not recommendable outcomes.\n\nDo not use `val_*` events as features when measuring a validation ranking. They\nmay and should be used when refitting the final hidden-test ranker.\n\nAdditional files under `/task/data/`:\n\n- `candidate_catalog.parquet`: the 30,000 retrieval-catalog tracks, ordered by\n training positive-listen popularity.\n- `target_users.parquet`: users with at least 20 positive listens in the 90 days\n before the training cutoff, selected without future labels.\n- `validation_preference_state.parquet`: active explicit state at the training\n cutoff, for validation ranking.\n- `test_preference_state.parquet`: active explicit state after validation, for\n the final hidden-test ranking. State is `liked` or `disliked`; a pair may have\n both active channels.\n- `validation_eligible_candidates.npz` and `test_eligible_candidates.npz`:\n cutoff-correct candidate sets for every target user. Each contains aligned\n arrays `uids`, `item_ids`, and `packed_eligible`. For user row `r`, recover\n the Boolean item mask with `np.unpackbits(packed_eligible[r],\n count=len(item_ids), bitorder=\"little\")`.\n\nThe exact available Python distribution inventory is listed in\n`/task/requirements.txt`. Future test interactions are hidden and used only by\nthe separate Harbor verifier.\n\n## Discovery objective\n\nRank only the candidates returned for the relevant cutoff. Relevance is based\non organic behavior in the immediately following window:\n\n- grade 3: the user organically likes the track;\n- grade 1: the user organically listens to at least 80% of the track;\n- grade 0: otherwise.\n\nIf both positive events occur, grade 3 wins. Ranking quality is measured with\ngraded NDCG@10. DCG uses gain `2^grade - 1` and discount\n`1/log2(rank + 1)`, then averages per-user NDCG over users with at least one\nrelevant item.\n\nThe public evaluator reports this objective for development, but its score is\nnot a separate acceptance stage. Final acceptance is determined on the hidden\ntest using the same objective.\n\nThe Yambda logs contain interactions, not impression propensities. Treat the\norganic objective as a robust offline target, not as a causal estimate of\nonline lift.\n\n## Public tools\n\n`/task/evaluate_public.py` scores a validation-stage ranking against the public\nwindow. Pass the path to a ranking with the same schema as the final\ndeliverable:\n\n```sh\npython /task/evaluate_public.py solution/validation.parquet\n```\n\nStage-independent evaluation helpers are available in\n`/task/ranking_evaluation.py`. The builder installs the same checked-in module\nin the public agent image and private verifier image so scoring mechanics cannot\ndrift. The public copy contains no hidden labels, evaluator-owned data paths, or\npass thresholds.\n\nThe public evaluator uses `validation_eligible_candidates.npz`; it is not a\nvalidator for the final artifact. No model implementation, fitted\nrepresentation, or example submission is supplied. Design and tune the\nrequired PyTorch neural two-tower model, then refit the selected approach as\ndescribed above.\n\n## Deliverable\n\nWrite `/app/solution/submission.parquet` or\n`/app/solution/submission.csv`, with exactly 100 rows for every target user and\ncolumns `uid`, `item_id`, `rank`. Ranks must be the integers 1-100 with no ties\nor duplicate items. Every submitted item must be present in that user's\n`test_eligible_candidates.npz` candidate set.\n\nLeave the code that defines, trains, and applies both towers, along with a\nconcise `/app/solution/README.md`, in `/app/solution/`. The README should state\nthe model architecture, training objective, public validation score, and final\nsubmission command. Keep the best valid submission saved throughout the\nattempt so it survives the deadline.\n\n## Constraints\n\n- Write deliverables and intermediate artifacts only under `/app/solution/`.\n- Treat `/task/` and the installed Python environment as read-only.\n- Do not invoke nested agents or attempt to access verifier files, credentials,\n other trials, or host paths.\n- Do not install packages or use network access except for the model provider\n connection managed by Harbor.\n- The environment includes CPU PyTorch 2.8.0. No accelerator is available.\n- You have up to 60 minutes. Improve the model as much as possible within that\n limit. Structural validity alone is not sufficient; the final submission is\n also evaluated for ranking quality.\n" } ] }, { "id": 5, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "I'll start by inspecting the data, evaluation helpers, and constraints so the two-tower ranker can be designed to match the production scoring setup." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-469d254f-4615-4053-8598-609fa3b36cec-0", "name": "todo_write", "input": { "todos": [ { "id": "1", "content": "Explore data, evaluation, and constraints", "status": "in_progress" }, { "id": "2", "content": "Design two-tower architecture and training pipeline", "status": "pending" }, { "id": "3", "content": "Train/tune on validation, measure NDCG@10", "status": "pending" }, { "id": "4", "content": "Refit on train+val and produce test submission", "status": "pending" }, { "id": "5", "content": "Write README and keep best artifacts", "status": "pending" } ], "merge": false }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "- [in_progress] 1: Explore data, evaluation, and constraints\n- [pending] 2: Design two-tower architecture and training pipeline\n- [pending] 3: Train/tune on validation, measure NDCG@10\n- [pending] 4: Refit on train+val and produce test submission\n- [pending] 5: Write README and keep best artifacts\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-469d254f-4615-4053-8598-609fa3b36cec-1", "name": "list_dir", "input": { "target_directory": "/task" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "- /task/\n - data/\n - candidate_catalog.parquet\n - target_users.parquet\n - test_eligible_candidates.npz\n - test_preference_state.parquet\n - train_dislikes.parquet\n - train_likes.parquet\n - train_listens.parquet\n - train_undislikes.parquet\n - train_unlikes.parquet\n - val_dislikes.parquet\n - val_likes.parquet\n - val_listens.parquet\n - val_undislikes.parquet\n - val_unlikes.parquet\n - validation_eligible_candidates.npz\n - validation_preference_state.parquet\n - evaluate_public.py\n - ranking_evaluation.py\n - requirements.txt", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-469d254f-4615-4053-8598-609fa3b36cec-2", "name": "list_dir", "input": { "target_directory": "/app" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "- /app/\n - solution/", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-469d254f-4615-4053-8598-609fa3b36cec-3", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/task/requirements.txt" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1→# Exact distribution inventory for the Yambda two-tower task family.\n#\n# This is an input to `uv pip sync`, not a list of minimum requirements. A\n# conforming task environment contains exactly these third-party Python\n# distributions and no others. Python itself is pinned by task.toml and both\n# Harbor image Dockerfiles.\nattrs==26.1.0\nbleach==6.4.0\ncertifi==2026.7.22\n10→chardet==7.6.0\ncharset-normalizer==3.5.1\nfastjsonschema==2.22.2\nfilelock==3.32.3\nfsspec==2026.7.0\nidna==3.18\nJinja2==3.1.6\njoblib==1.5.3\njsonschema==4.26.0\njsonschema-specifications==2025.9.1\n20→jupyter-core==5.9.1\njupytext==1.19.5\nkaggle==2.2.4\nkagglesdk==0.1.37\nmarkdown-it-py==4.2.0\nMarkupSafe==3.0.3\nmdit-py-plugins==0.6.1\nmdurl==0.1.2\nmpmath==1.3.0\nnbformat==5.11.1\n30→networkx==3.6.1\nnumpy==2.2.6\npackaging==26.3\npandas==2.3.3\npillow==12.3.0\npip==26.0.1\nplatformdirs==4.11.3\nprotobuf==7.35.1\npyarrow==18.1.0\npython-dateutil==2.9.0.post0\n40→python-dotenv==1.2.3\npython-slugify==8.0.4\npytz==2026.3.post1\nPyYAML==6.0.3\nreferencing==0.37.0\nreportlab==4.2.5\nrequests==2.34.2\nrpds-py==2026.6.3\nscikit-learn==1.7.2\nscipy==1.15.3\n50→setuptools==84.0.0\nsix==1.17.0\nsympy==1.14.0\ntext-unidecode==1.3\nthreadpoolctl==3.6.0\ntorch==2.8.0\ntqdm==4.70.0\ntraitlets==5.16.1\ntyping-extensions==4.16.0\ntzdata==2026.3\n60→urllib3==2.7.0\nwebencodings==0.6.1\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-469d254f-4615-4053-8598-609fa3b36cec-4", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/task/evaluate_public.py" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1→#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Score a validation-stage ranking against public discovery labels.\n\n``build_task.py`` publishes this module with the solver-visible task files. It\nloads target users, validation eligibility, and validation-window events from\nthe adjacent ``data`` directory, then evaluates one ranking supplied on the\ncommand line. Stage-independent mechanics come from the adjacent public\n``ranking_evaluation.py`` module. The builder installs the same checked-in\nmodule in the private judge, so public and private scoring mechanics cannot\n10→drift. A relevant candidate receives grade 3 for an organic like or grade 1 for\nan organic listen with at least 80 percent completion; a like takes precedence\nwhen both events exist.\n\nBefore scoring, the ranking must contain exactly 100 distinct eligible items\nfor every target user, with integer-valued ``uid``, ``item_id``, and ``rank``\ncolumns and ranks 1 through 100 exactly once per user. Extra columns are\nignored. Quality is graded NDCG@10, averaged only over users who have at least\none eligible relevant item in the validation window.\n\n20→The evaluator prints a JSON object containing the model path and scores. It\ndoes not apply the task's pass threshold; its purpose is model development and\nselection. The private judge applies the threshold to the final submission.\n\nUsage::\n\n python evaluate_public.py \n\"\"\"\nfrom __future__ import annotations\n\n30→import json\nimport sys\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\nimport pandas as pd\n\nfrom ranking_evaluation import (\n CandidateSet,\n RankingValidationError,\n ranked_items,\n40→ read_ranking,\n score_rankings,\n validate_ranking,\n)\n\n\nHERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent\nDATA = HERE / \"data\"\nLISTEN_STRONG = 80\n\n50→\ndef validation_truth(\n eligibility: CandidateSet, targets: set[int]\n) -> dict[int, dict[int, int]]:\n \"\"\"Build cutoff-correct graded relevance from public validation events.\n\n Only target-user events for eligible candidates are retained. Organic\n listens completed to at least 80 percent receive grade 1, and organic likes\n receive grade 3. Repeated user-item events are collapsed, and processing\n likes second ensures that grade 3 wins over grade 1.\n60→\n Args:\n eligibility: Validation-cutoff candidate membership service.\n targets: Complete set of target user IDs.\n\n Returns:\n A nested ``uid -> item_id -> grade`` mapping. Users without an eligible\n relevant event are omitted.\n \"\"\"\n listens = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"val_listens.parquet\")\n70→ likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"val_likes.parquet\")\n strong = listens[\n listens.uid.isin(targets)\n & (listens.is_organic == 1)\n & (listens.played_ratio_pct >= LISTEN_STRONG)\n ][[\"uid\", \"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\n organic_likes = likes[\n likes.uid.isin(targets) & (likes.is_organic == 1)\n ][[\"uid\", \"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\n\n80→ graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]] = {}\n for raw_uid, raw_item in strong.itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n uid, item = int(raw_uid), int(raw_item)\n if eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item):\n graded.setdefault(uid, {})[item] = 1\n for raw_uid, raw_item in organic_likes.itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n uid, item = int(raw_uid), int(raw_item)\n if eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item):\n graded.setdefault(uid, {})[item] = 3\n return graded\n90→\n\ndef load_submission(\n path: Path, eligibility: CandidateSet, targets: set[int]\n) -> dict[int, list[int]]:\n \"\"\"Load and validate a public validation ranking.\n\n Files ending in ``.parquet`` are read as parquet; every other suffix is\n read as CSV. The required columns must be integer-valued, cover exactly the\n target-user set, contain 100 rows and ranks 1 through 100 per user, avoid\n100→ duplicate user-item pairs, and contain only cutoff-eligible items.\n\n Args:\n path: Ranking file to read.\n eligibility: Validation-cutoff candidate membership service.\n targets: Exact set of users the ranking must cover.\n\n Returns:\n A ``uid -> ranked item IDs`` mapping ordered by ascending rank.\n\n110→ Raises:\n ValueError: If the ranking violates the required schema or invariants.\n \"\"\"\n frame = validate_ranking(read_ranking(path), targets)\n if not all(\n eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item)\n for uid, item in frame[[\"uid\", \"item_id\"]].itertuples(index=False, name=None)\n ):\n raise RankingValidationError(\n \"submission contains an item rejected by eligibility service\"\n120→ )\n return ranked_items(frame)\n\n\ndef score(\n ranked: dict[int, list[int]],\n graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]],\n) -> dict[str, float | int]:\n \"\"\"Aggregate per-user NDCG@10 over users with public relevance labels.\n\n130→ Args:\n ranked: Ranked item IDs for every target user.\n graded: Eligible validation relevance keyed by user and item.\n\n Returns:\n The six-decimal ``quality_ndcg@10`` value and number of scored users.\n \"\"\"\n return score_rankings(ranked, graded)\n\n\n140→def main() -> None:\n \"\"\"Run the public evaluator CLI and print its JSON score report.\"\"\"\n targets_frame = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"target_users.parquet\")\n targets = set(targets_frame.uid.astype(int))\n eligibility = CandidateSet(DATA / \"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n graded = validation_truth(eligibility, targets)\n\n if len(sys.argv) != 2:\n raise SystemExit(\n \"usage: evaluate_public.py \"\n150→ )\n path = Path(sys.argv[1])\n ranked = load_submission(path, eligibility, targets)\n print(json.dumps({\"model\": str(path), \"scores\": score(ranked, graded)}, indent=2))\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n main()\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-469d254f-4615-4053-8598-609fa3b36cec-5", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/task/ranking_evaluation.py" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1→\"\"\"Shared public primitives for Yambda discovery-ranking evaluation.\n\nBoth the solver-visible validation evaluator and the private submission judge\nimport this module from the generated task's ``public`` directory. It owns the\nstage-independent contract: reading a ranking, validating its shape, converting\nit to per-user rank order, looking up packed candidate eligibility, and\ncomputing graded NDCG@10.\n\nThe module deliberately contains no event-derived labels, private artifact\n10→paths, or pass thresholds. Each evaluator supplies its own relevance data and\nper-cutoff eligibility checks around these common operations.\n\"\"\"\nfrom __future__ import annotations\n\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\n\n20→\n__all__ = [\n \"CandidateSet\",\n \"QUALITY_K\",\n \"RankingValidationError\",\n \"REQUIRED_COLUMNS\",\n \"TOP_N\",\n \"ndcg_at_k\",\n \"ranked_items\",\n \"read_ranking\",\n30→ \"score_rankings\",\n \"validate_ranking\",\n]\n\nTOP_N = 100\nQUALITY_K = 10\nREQUIRED_COLUMNS = (\"uid\", \"item_id\", \"rank\")\n\n\nclass RankingValidationError(ValueError):\n40→ \"\"\"Report a ranking-schema or structural-contract violation.\"\"\"\n\n\nclass CandidateSet:\n \"\"\"Provide membership lookups over one packed candidate-set archive.\n\n The archive contains aligned ``uids``, ``item_ids``, and\n ``packed_eligible`` arrays. Candidate column ``c`` is represented by bit\n ``c % 8`` of byte ``c // 8`` using little-endian bit order. Arrays are\n copied into memory so they remain valid after the archive is closed.\n50→ \"\"\"\n\n def __init__(self, path: Path):\n \"\"\"Load an eligibility archive and build ID-to-position indexes.\n\n Args:\n path: Path to a ``.npz`` archive with the candidate-set schema.\n \"\"\"\n with np.load(path, allow_pickle=False) as artifact:\n self.uids = artifact[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64, copy=True)\n60→ self.item_ids = artifact[\"item_ids\"].astype(np.int64, copy=True)\n self.packed = artifact[\"packed_eligible\"].astype(np.uint8, copy=True)\n self.uid_row = {int(uid): row for row, uid in enumerate(self.uids)}\n self.item_column = {\n int(item): column for column, item in enumerate(self.item_ids)\n }\n\n def is_eligible(self, uid: int, item_id: int) -> bool:\n \"\"\"Return whether ``item_id`` is eligible for ``uid``.\n\n70→ IDs absent from the target-user or candidate-item arrays are treated as\n ineligible rather than raising an exception.\n\n Args:\n uid: Target user ID to query.\n item_id: Candidate item ID to query.\n\n Returns:\n ``True`` only when the corresponding packed eligibility bit is set.\n \"\"\"\n80→ row = self.uid_row.get(int(uid))\n column = self.item_column.get(int(item_id))\n if row is None or column is None:\n return False\n byte, bit = divmod(column, 8)\n return bool((int(self.packed[row, byte]) >> bit) & 1)\n\n\ndef read_ranking(path: Path) -> pd.DataFrame:\n \"\"\"Read a parquet or CSV ranking into a pandas frame.\n90→\n Args:\n path: Input path. A ``.parquet`` suffix selects parquet; every other\n suffix is interpreted as CSV.\n\n Returns:\n The ranking frame as loaded by pandas.\n \"\"\"\n return pd.read_parquet(path) if path.suffix == \".parquet\" else pd.read_csv(path)\n\n100→\ndef validate_ranking(\n frame: pd.DataFrame,\n targets: set[int],\n) -> pd.DataFrame:\n \"\"\"Normalize and validate the stage-independent ranking contract.\n\n Required values must be finite integers. The user set must exactly match\n ``targets``; every user must have 100 rows, distinct items, and each rank\n from 1 through 100 exactly once. Cutoff-specific candidate eligibility is\n110→ intentionally left to the calling evaluator.\n\n Args:\n frame: Raw ranking frame. Extra columns are discarded from an internal\n copy; the caller's frame is not modified.\n targets: Exact set of target user IDs the ranking must cover.\n\n Returns:\n A normalized frame containing only the required ``int64`` columns.\n\n120→ Raises:\n RankingValidationError: If the ranking violates the shared contract.\n \"\"\"\n required = list(REQUIRED_COLUMNS)\n if not all(column in frame for column in required):\n raise RankingValidationError(f\"submission requires columns {required}\")\n\n normalized = frame[required].copy()\n for column in required:\n numeric = pd.to_numeric(normalized[column], errors=\"coerce\")\n130→ values = numeric.to_numpy(dtype=float)\n if numeric.isna().any() or not np.isfinite(values).all():\n raise RankingValidationError(\n f\"submission {column} must be finite numeric values\"\n )\n if not np.equal(numeric, np.floor(numeric)).all():\n raise RankingValidationError(\n f\"submission {column} must contain integers\"\n )\n normalized[column] = numeric.astype(np.int64)\n140→\n submitted_users = set(map(int, normalized.uid.unique()))\n if submitted_users != targets:\n raise RankingValidationError(\n f\"submission user set mismatch: missing={len(targets - submitted_users)} \"\n f\"extra={len(submitted_users - targets)}\"\n )\n counts = normalized.groupby(\"uid\").size()\n if not (counts == TOP_N).all():\n raise RankingValidationError(\n150→ f\"submission must contain exactly {TOP_N} rows for every target user\"\n )\n if normalized.duplicated([\"uid\", \"item_id\"]).any():\n raise RankingValidationError(\n \"submission contains duplicate (uid, item_id) pairs\"\n )\n valid_ranks = set(range(1, TOP_N + 1))\n ranks_are_valid = normalized.groupby(\"uid\")[\"rank\"].apply(\n lambda values: set(map(int, values)) == valid_ranks\n )\n160→ if not ranks_are_valid.all():\n raise RankingValidationError(\n f\"each user must have every rank from 1 through {TOP_N} exactly once\"\n )\n return normalized\n\n\ndef ranked_items(frame: pd.DataFrame) -> dict[int, list[int]]:\n \"\"\"Convert a validated ranking frame to ordered items keyed by user.\n\n170→ Args:\n frame: Frame that has passed :func:`validate_ranking`.\n\n Returns:\n A ``uid -> item IDs`` mapping ordered by ascending rank.\n \"\"\"\n ordered = frame.sort_values([\"uid\", \"rank\"])\n return {\n int(uid): list(map(int, values))\n for uid, values in ordered.groupby(\"uid\").item_id\n180→ }\n\n\ndef ndcg_at_k(ranked: list[int], gold: dict[int, int], k: int) -> float:\n \"\"\"Compute graded normalized discounted cumulative gain at ``k``.\n\n Relevance gain is ``2**grade - 1`` and the discount at one-based rank\n ``r`` is ``1 / log2(r + 1)``. Items absent from ``gold`` have grade zero.\n\n Args:\n190→ ranked: Item IDs in predicted rank order.\n gold: Mapping from relevant item IDs to integer relevance grades.\n k: Maximum number of predicted positions to score.\n\n Returns:\n For a valid duplicate-free ranking, NDCG in ``[0, 1]``; returns\n ``0.0`` when the ideal gain is zero.\n \"\"\"\n gains = np.asarray([gold.get(item, 0) for item in ranked[:k]], dtype=np.float64)\n discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, len(gains) + 2))\n200→ dcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0, gains) - 1.0) * discounts))\n ideal = np.asarray(sorted(gold.values(), reverse=True)[:k], dtype=np.float64)\n ideal_discounts = 1.0 / np.log2(np.arange(2, len(ideal) + 2))\n idcg = float(np.sum((np.power(2.0, ideal) - 1.0) * ideal_discounts))\n return dcg / idcg if idcg else 0.0\n\n\ndef score_rankings(\n ranked: dict[int, list[int]],\n graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]],\n210→) -> dict[str, float | int]:\n \"\"\"Aggregate per-user NDCG@10 over users with relevance labels.\n\n Args:\n ranked: Ranked item IDs for every target user.\n graded: Relevant item grades keyed by user and item.\n\n Returns:\n The six-decimal ``quality_ndcg@10`` value and number of scored users.\n \"\"\"\n220→ quality = float(\n np.mean(\n [\n ndcg_at_k(ranked[uid], gold, QUALITY_K)\n for uid, gold in graded.items()\n ]\n )\n )\n return {\n \"quality_ndcg@10\": round(quality, 6),\n230→ \"quality_users\": len(graded),\n }\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 6, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "I am exploring the data to understand its size, schema, and distributions." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "I'll inspect schemas, sizes, and preference-state files next so the towers can be trained against the real candidate and eligibility setup." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-f339f31c-eb01-4f4e-a48b-0696c443a55c-6", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "python3 - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\nfor p in sorted(data.glob(\"*\")):\n print(f\"\\n=== {p.name} ===\")\n if p.suffix == \".parquet\":\n df = pd.read_parquet(p)\n print(\"shape\", df.shape)\n print(\"cols\", list(df.columns))\n print(df.dtypes)\n print(df.head(3).to_string())\n if \"timestamp\" in df.columns:\n print(\"ts min/max\", df.timestamp.min(), df.timestamp.max())\n if \"uid\" in df.columns:\n print(\"n_uid\", df.uid.nunique())\n if \"item_id\" in df.columns:\n print(\"n_item\", df.item_id.nunique())\n elif p.suffix == \".npz\":\n z = np.load(p, allow_pickle=False)\n print(\"keys\", list(z.keys()))\n for k in z.keys():\n a = z[k]\n print(k, a.shape, a.dtype)\n if a.ndim == 1 and a.size < 10:\n print(a)\n elif a.ndim == 1:\n print(\"min/max\", a.min(), a.max(), \"unique\", len(np.unique(a)))\nPY", "description": "Inspect all data files schemas and sizes" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 1\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n File \"\", line 1, in \nModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pandas'\n", "isError": true } } ] }, { "id": 7, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-9efeaeec-00c0-4c6e-b5b0-fbdbf68ef40a-7", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "which python python3; ls /usr/bin/python*; cat /task/requirements.txt | head -1; ls /opt 2>/dev/null; echo PATH=$PATH; ls /usr/local/bin 2>/dev/null | head; find / -name \"python*\" -type f 2>/dev/null | head -40", "description": "Find Python interpreter with installed packages" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n/usr/local/bin/python\n/usr/local/bin/python3\nls: cannot access '/usr/bin/python*': No such file or directory\n# Exact distribution inventory for the Yambda two-tower task family.\ntask-venv\nPATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/home/agent/.grok/bin:/opt/task-venv/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin\n2to3\n2to3-3.12\nidle\nidle3\nidle3.12\npip\npip3\npip3.12\npydoc\npydoc3\n/usr/local/lib/python3.12/config-3.12-x86_64-linux-gnu/python-config.py\n/usr/local/lib/python3.12/config-3.12-x86_64-linux-gnu/python.o\n/usr/local/lib/python3.12/idlelib/Icons/python.gif\n/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pygments/lexers/python.py\n/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.12-embed.pc\n/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/python-3.12.pc\n/usr/local/include/python3.12/pythonrun.h\n/usr/local/include/python3.12/cpython/pythonrun.h\n/usr/local/share/man/man1/python3.12.1\n/usr/local/bin/python3.12\n/usr/local/bin/python3.12-config\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/api/python.py\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_functions.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_functions.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_sparse_functions.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_return_types.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_nested_functions.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_linalg_functions.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_return_types.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_variable_methods.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_special_functions.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_torch_functions.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_nn_functions.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_fft_functions.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torchgen/packaged/autograd/templates/python_enum_tag.cpp\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/numpy/lib/tests/data/python3.npy\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/include/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/include/arrow/python/vendored/pythoncapi_compat.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/include/arrow/python/python_test.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/python_to_arrow.cc\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/vendored/pythoncapi_compat.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/python_test.cc\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyarrow/src/arrow/python/python_test.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parsers/python_parser.py\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/python_edition_defaults.py\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/google/protobuf/internal/python_message.py\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torch/include/google/protobuf/compiler/python/python_generator.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/distributed/autograd/python_autograd.h\n/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/torch/include/torch/csrc/distributed/rpc/python_rpc_handler.h\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 8, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "A virtual environment exists at /opt/task-venv." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-b4a832af-e736-41b2-a44e-780d89a2f60c-8", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\nfor p in sorted(data.glob(\"*\")):\n print(f\"\\n=== {p.name} ===\")\n if p.suffix == \".parquet\":\n df = pd.read_parquet(p)\n print(\"shape\", df.shape)\n print(\"cols\", list(df.columns))\n print(df.dtypes.to_dict())\n print(df.head(3).to_string())\n if \"timestamp\" in df.columns:\n print(\"ts min/max\", int(df.timestamp.min()), int(df.timestamp.max()))\n if \"uid\" in df.columns:\n print(\"n_uid\", df.uid.nunique())\n if \"item_id\" in df.columns:\n print(\"n_item\", df.item_id.nunique())\n if \"is_organic\" in df.columns:\n print(\"is_organic value counts\", df.is_organic.value_counts().to_dict())\n if \"played_ratio_pct\" in df.columns:\n print(\"played_ratio stats\", df.played_ratio_pct.describe().to_dict())\n if \"state\" in df.columns:\n print(\"state counts\", df.state.value_counts().to_dict() if hasattr(df.state, 'value_counts') else df.head())\n print(\"memory_mb\", round(df.memory_usage(deep=True).sum()/1e6, 2))\n elif p.suffix == \".npz\":\n z = np.load(p, allow_pickle=False)\n print(\"keys\", list(z.keys()))\n for k in z.keys():\n a = z[k]\n print(k, a.shape, a.dtype)\n if a.ndim == 1:\n print(\"min/max\", a.min(), a.max(), \"nunique\", len(np.unique(a)))\nPY", "description": "Inspect data files with venv Python" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n\n=== candidate_catalog.parquet ===\nshape (30000, 4)\ncols ['item_id', 'positive_listens', 'organic_positive_listens', 'popularity_rank']\n{'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'positive_listens': dtype('int64'), 'organic_positive_listens': dtype('uint64'), 'popularity_rank': dtype('int32')}\n item_id positive_listens organic_positive_listens popularity_rank\n0 5862961 26615 20620 1\n1 6901374 25536 17347 2\n2 5635052 24691 17194 3\nn_item 30000\nmemory_mb 0.72\n\n=== target_users.parquet ===\nshape (8456, 3)\ncols ['uid', 'recent_positive_listens', 'history_positive_listens']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'recent_positive_listens': dtype('float64'), 'history_positive_listens': dtype('int64')}\n uid recent_positive_listens history_positive_listens\n0 100 844.0 2604\n1 200 50.0 286\n2 300 168.0 359\nn_uid 8456\nmemory_mb 0.17\n\n=== test_eligible_candidates.npz ===\nkeys ['uids', 'item_ids', 'packed_eligible']\nuids (8456,) uint32\nmin/max 100 1000000 nunique 8456\nitem_ids (30000,) uint32\nmin/max 206 9390294 nunique 30000\npacked_eligible (8456, 3750) uint8\n\n=== test_preference_state.parquet ===\nshape (484776, 3)\ncols ['uid', 'item_id', 'state']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'state': dtype('O')}\n uid item_id state\n0 100 410868 liked\n1 100 732449 liked\n2 100 982903 liked\nn_uid 7092\nn_item 28863\nstate counts {'liked': 432659, 'disliked': 52117}\nmemory_mb 30.21\n\n=== train_dislikes.parquet ===\nshape (101075, 4)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic\n0 100 3087560 9170134 1\n1 100 3936560 8661238 1\n2 100 20432825 4927727 1\nts min/max 75 24786580\nn_uid 5732\nn_item 50876\nis_organic value counts {1: 52278, 0: 48797}\nmemory_mb 1.31\n\n=== train_likes.parquet ===\nshape (814831, 4)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic\n0 100 44755 732449 1\n1 100 1155860 6568592 0\n2 100 1259125 5411243 1\nts min/max 80 24786790\nn_uid 8144\nn_item 172303\nis_organic value counts {1: 461839, 0: 352992}\nmemory_mb 10.59\n\n=== train_listens.parquet ===\nshape (43484159, 6)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic', 'played_ratio_pct', 'track_length_seconds']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8'), 'played_ratio_pct': dtype('uint16'), 'track_length_seconds': dtype('uint32')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic played_ratio_pct track_length_seconds\n0 100 39420 8326270 0 100 170\n1 100 39420 1441281 0 100 105\n2 100 39625 286361 0 100 185\nts min/max 0 24786795\nn_uid 9238\nn_item 845395\nis_organic value counts {1: 22477622, 0: 21006537}\nplayed_ratio stats {'count': 43484159.0, 'mean': 64.65020705586143, 'std': 44.12182686755735, 'min': 0.0, '25%': 7.0, '50%': 100.0, '75%': 100.0, 'max': 159.0}\nmemory_mb 826.2\n\n=== train_undislikes.parquet ===\nshape (19960, 4)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic\n0 100 7895900 9170134 1\n1 100 7895900 5038504 1\n2 1400 8317355 6175319 1\nts min/max 15950 24785395\nn_uid 2769\nn_item 14725\nis_organic value counts {1: 17751, 0: 2209}\nmemory_mb 0.26\n\n=== train_unlikes.parquet ===\nshape (292665, 4)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic\n0 100 3087555 5038504 1\n1 100 3087555 9170134 1\n2 100 4012270 7833676 0\nts min/max 250 24786570\nn_uid 6197\nn_item 113072\nis_organic value counts {1: 277065, 0: 15600}\nmemory_mb 3.8\n\n=== val_dislikes.parquet ===\nshape (3563, 4)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic\n0 1600 25163525 6747257 0\n1 1900 24877510 5832822 1\n2 4900 25081160 3237642 0\nts min/max 24789920 25393280\nn_uid 955\nn_item 3135\nis_organic value counts {1: 1835, 0: 1728}\nmemory_mb 0.05\n\n=== val_likes.parquet ===\nshape (37795, 4)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic\n0 100 25249855 3526521 1\n1 300 25046245 4867327 1\n2 300 25046970 2674136 1\nts min/max 24788815 25393390\nn_uid 4114\nn_item 22902\nis_organic value counts {1: 25181, 0: 12614}\nmemory_mb 0.49\n\n=== val_listens.parquet ===\nshape (1501697, 6)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic', 'played_ratio_pct', 'track_length_seconds']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8'), 'played_ratio_pct': dtype('uint16'), 'track_length_seconds': dtype('uint32')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic played_ratio_pct track_length_seconds\n0 100 24943430 9321269 0 100 195\n1 100 24943605 5452713 0 100 175\n2 100 24943765 6448777 0 100 160\nts min/max 24788600 25393395\nn_uid 8196\nn_item 191747\nis_organic value counts {1: 776486, 0: 725211}\nplayed_ratio stats {'count': 1501697.0, 'mean': 65.68327698596987, 'std': 43.72571955409413, 'min': 0.0, '25%': 9.0, '50%': 100.0, '75%': 100.0, 'max': 159.0}\nmemory_mb 28.53\n\n=== val_undislikes.parquet ===\nshape (606, 4)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic\n0 900 25364045 6092542 1\n1 900 25364045 6501913 1\n2 900 25364045 3628099 1\nts min/max 24810715 25393035\nn_uid 205\nn_item 579\nis_organic value counts {1: 527, 0: 79}\nmemory_mb 0.01\n\n=== val_unlikes.parquet ===\nshape (9346, 4)\ncols ['uid', 'timestamp', 'item_id', 'is_organic']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'timestamp': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'is_organic': dtype('uint8')}\n uid timestamp item_id is_organic\n0 1100 24861880 6901050 1\n1 1100 24861880 5421761 1\n2 1100 24861880 4400472 1\nts min/max 24789005 25393385\nn_uid 1313\nn_item 8080\nis_organic value counts {1: 8905, 0: 441}\nmemory_mb 0.12\n\n=== validation_eligible_candidates.npz ===\nkeys ['uids', 'item_ids', 'packed_eligible']\nuids (8456,) uint32\nmin/max 100 1000000 nunique 8456\nitem_ids (30000,) uint32\nmin/max 206 9390294 nunique 30000\npacked_eligible (8456, 3750) uint8\n\n=== validation_preference_state.parquet ===\nshape (469124, 3)\ncols ['uid', 'item_id', 'state']\n{'uid': dtype('uint32'), 'item_id': dtype('uint32'), 'state': dtype('O')}\n uid item_id state\n0 100 410868 liked\n1 100 732449 liked\n2 100 982903 liked\nn_uid 7038\nn_item 28814\nstate counts {'liked': 418435, 'disliked': 50689}\nmemory_mb 29.24\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 9, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "I am analyzing the requirements for a latency-efficient PyTorch two-tower ranker.\n\nThe Yambda dataset contains 8,456 target users and 30,000 catalog items. Training cutoff is at 24,786,800. Validation uses a 7-day window after a 30-minute gap. The ranker must return 100 ranked items per user from eligible candidates. The user tower will be built from interaction history rather than a user-ID lookup. The item tower will be independently precomputable. Scores will be dot products. I am now designing the user tower architecture.\n\nThe user tower will process interaction sequences via attention, recurrent layers, or a transformer. The item tower will use an embedding plus MLP. Training will rely on sampled softmax, in-batch negatives, BPR, or InfoNCE. Global matrix decomposition is ruled out. Item embeddings will be precomputed to keep inference fast.\n\nI am weighing a YouTube-style DSSM against an attention-based user tower. The target is organic likes and strong listens in the next seven days.\n\nTemporal splits must be handled carefully to avoid data leakage. Validation will use only training history to predict future organic engagements. Eligible candidates are platform-owned, so the preference state may be used as features or as filters for already-liked and disliked items.\n\nThe preference state can be used for ranking within the eligible candidate set. Already-liked items should likely be excluded from discovery recommendations. The validation window spans 25393395, confirming the 30-minute gap after training ends at 24786800.\n\nTraining listens contain 845,000 unique items. Embedding every one is impractical. I am considering hash embeddings to keep the user tower compact.\n\nEmbedding all 845,000 unique items is feasible. At 64 dimensions and 4 bytes per float, the table requires roughly 216 MB, which fits comfortably in memory. This removes the need for hash embeddings or out-of-vocabulary buckets.\n\nI am now weighing a smaller embedding table of 100,000 items against keeping all 845,000 IDs. Filtering out-of-catalog history is another option. The user tower will stay lightweight: mean-pooling with an MLP, plus in-batch or sampled negatives. I need to check how much of each user's history falls within the catalog before choosing the best NDCG@10 strategy." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "I’ll quantify eligibility, relevance density, and how much history sits in the catalog so the towers stay both accurate and CPU-feasible." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-76bf4bac-50a7-46a1-bb8f-e8e7cac00162-9", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\n\ncatalog = pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\ntargets = pd.read_parquet(data/\"target_users.parquet\")\nprint(\"catalog popularity\", catalog.positive_listens.describe().to_dict())\nprint(\"target recent\", targets.recent_positive_listens.describe().to_dict())\nprint(\"target history\", targets.history_positive_listens.describe().to_dict())\n\n# eligibility density\nz = np.load(data/\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nuids = z[\"uids\"]\nitem_ids = z[\"item_ids\"]\npacked = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\n# unpack bits\nn_items = len(item_ids)\nn_users = len(uids)\n# packed is (n_users, 3750) = 30000/8\ncounts = np.unpackbits(packed, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].sum(axis=1)\nprint(\"val eligible per user\", pd.Series(counts).describe().to_dict())\nprint(\"min/max eligible\", counts.min(), counts.max())\n\nz2 = np.load(data/\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\npacked2 = z2[\"packed_eligible\"]\ncounts2 = np.unpackbits(packed2, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].sum(axis=1)\nprint(\"test eligible per user\", pd.Series(counts2).describe().to_dict())\n\n# are catalogs the same items?\nprint(\"catalog vs npz items equal\", np.array_equal(catalog.item_id.to_numpy(), item_ids) or set(catalog.item_id)==set(item_ids))\nprint(\"same order as catalog?\", np.array_equal(catalog.item_id.to_numpy(), item_ids))\nprint(\"val vs test item_ids equal\", np.array_equal(item_ids, z2[\"item_ids\"]))\nprint(\"val vs test uids equal\", np.array_equal(uids, z2[\"uids\"]))\n\n# preference state vs eligibility\npref = pd.read_parquet(data/\"validation_preference_state.parquet\")\nprint(\"pref states\", pref.state.value_counts().to_dict())\nprint(\"users with both states\", pref.groupby([\"uid\",\"item_id\"]).state.nunique().gt(1).sum())\n\n# overlap catalog\ncat_set = set(catalog.item_id.tolist())\nprint(\"pref items in catalog\", pref.item_id.isin(cat_set).mean())\n\n# likes/listens in catalog\nlikes = pd.read_parquet(data/\"train_likes.parquet\")\nprint(\"train likes in catalog\", likes.item_id.isin(cat_set).mean(), \"n\", len(likes))\n\n# sample listens catalog overlap - full scan of item_id only\nimport pyarrow.parquet as pq\nt = pq.read_table(data/\"train_listens.parquet\", columns=[\"item_id\"])\nitems = t.column(\"item_id\").to_numpy()\n# unique\nuniq = np.unique(items)\nprint(\"train listen unique items\", len(uniq))\nprint(\"fraction listen events in catalog - computing via set\")\n# too slow? 43M\ncat_arr = catalog.item_id.to_numpy()\ncat_min, cat_max = int(cat_arr.min()), int(cat_arr.max())\n# use pandas isin on unique then map? \nuniq_in = np.isin(uniq, cat_arr)\nprint(\"unique listen items in catalog\", uniq_in.mean(), uniq_in.sum())\nPY", "description": "Compute eligibility, catalog overlap, preference stats" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\ncatalog popularity {'count': 30000.0, 'mean': 668.5443, 'std': 1053.3895528352798, 'min': 163.0, '25%': 228.0, '50%': 354.0, '75%': 669.25, 'max': 26615.0}\ntarget recent {'count': 8456.0, 'mean': 1251.0767502365184, 'std': 1414.3409035684056, 'min': 20.0, '25%': 281.0, '50%': 784.5, '75%': 1706.25, 'max': 19592.0}\ntarget history {'count': 8456.0, 'mean': 3236.440752128666, 'std': 3697.5752855873343, 'min': 20.0, '25%': 630.0, '50%': 1920.5, '75%': 4494.25, 'max': 26597.0}\nval eligible per user {'count': 8456.0, 'mean': 29067.306291390727, 'std': 747.1538455488445, 'min': 24657.0, '25%': 28682.75, '50%': 29242.0, '75%': 29644.0, 'max': 30000.0}\nmin/max eligible 24657 30000\ntest eligible per user {'count': 8456.0, 'mean': 29041.3178807947, 'std': 754.7453333531665, 'min': 24552.0, '25%': 28657.0, '50%': 29220.0, '75%': 29619.25, 'max': 30000.0}\ncatalog vs npz items equal True\nsame order as catalog? True\nval vs test item_ids equal True\nval vs test uids equal True\npref states {'liked': 418435, 'disliked': 50689}\nusers with both states 1710\npref items in catalog 1.0\ntrain likes in catalog 0.6809068383505291 n 814831\ntrain listen unique items 845395\nfraction listen events in catalog - computing via set\nunique listen items in catalog 0.035486370276616254 30000\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 10, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Almost all 30,000 catalog items are eligible for each user." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-9e27e89f-32b2-4349-9009-a5f90546142c-10", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\nfrom collections import defaultdict\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\ncatalog = pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\ntargets = set(pd.read_parquet(data/\"target_users.parquet\").uid.astype(int))\ncat_set = set(catalog.item_id.tolist())\n\n# val relevance\nlistens = pd.read_parquet(data/\"val_listens.parquet\")\nlikes = pd.read_parquet(data/\"val_likes.parquet\")\nstrong = listens[(listens.uid.isin(targets)) & (listens.is_organic==1) & (listens.played_ratio_pct>=80)]\nolikes = likes[(likes.uid.isin(targets)) & (likes.is_organic==1)]\nprint(\"val strong organic listens events\", len(strong), \"users\", strong.uid.nunique(), \"items\", strong.item_id.nunique())\nprint(\"val organic likes events\", len(olikes), \"users\", olikes.uid.nunique(), \"items\", olikes.item_id.nunique())\nprint(\"strong in catalog\", strong.item_id.isin(cat_set).mean(), \"unique in cat\", strong[strong.item_id.isin(cat_set)].item_id.nunique())\nprint(\"olikes in catalog\", olikes.item_id.isin(cat_set).mean())\n\n# eligibility filter\nz = np.load(data/\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nuids = z[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\nitem_ids = z[\"item_ids\"].astype(np.int64)\npacked = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\nuid_row = {int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(uids)}\nitem_col = {int(it):i for i,it in enumerate(item_ids)}\n\ndef is_el(uid, item):\n r = uid_row.get(int(uid)); c = item_col.get(int(item))\n if r is None or c is None: return False\n byte, bit = divmod(c, 8)\n return bool((int(packed[r, byte]) >> bit) & 1)\n\n# sample: how many relevant eligible\ngraded_users = 0\nn_rel = []\nn_grade3 = []\nfor uid, g in strong.groupby(\"uid\"):\n items = set(g.item_id.tolist())\n likes_u = set(olikes[olikes.uid==uid].item_id.tolist()) if uid in olikes.uid.values else set()\n # too slow? 4k users\nprint(\"computing graded with vectorized eligibility\")\n\n# vectorized eligibility for relevant pairs\ndef eligible_mask(uid_arr, item_arr):\n rows = np.fromiter((uid_row.get(int(u), -1) for u in uid_arr), dtype=np.int32, count=len(uid_arr))\n cols = np.fromiter((item_col.get(int(i), -1) for i in item_arr), dtype=np.int32, count=len(item_arr))\n ok = (rows>=0) & (cols>=0)\n out = np.zeros(len(uid_arr), dtype=bool)\n if ok.any():\n r = rows[ok]; c = cols[ok]\n byte = c // 8; bit = c % 8\n out[ok] = ((packed[r, byte].astype(np.uint16) >> bit) & 1).astype(bool)\n return out\n\ns_pairs = strong[[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\ns_pairs = s_pairs[s_pairs.item_id.isin(cat_set)]\ns_el = eligible_mask(s_pairs.uid.to_numpy(), s_pairs.item_id.to_numpy())\nprint(\"strong unique pairs\", len(s_pairs), \"eligible\", s_el.sum(), \"users\", s_pairs.uid[s_el].nunique())\n\nl_pairs = olikes[[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nl_pairs = l_pairs[l_pairs.item_id.isin(cat_set)]\nl_el = eligible_mask(l_pairs.uid.to_numpy(), l_pairs.item_id.to_numpy())\nprint(\"like unique pairs\", len(l_pairs), \"eligible\", l_el.sum(), \"users\", l_pairs.uid[l_el].nunique())\n\n# per-user rel counts\nfrom collections import Counter\nrel = defaultdict(dict)\nfor u,i,ok in zip(s_pairs.uid, s_pairs.item_id, s_el):\n if ok:\n rel[int(u)][int(i)] = 1\nfor u,i,ok in zip(l_pairs.uid, l_pairs.item_id, l_el):\n if ok:\n rel[int(u)][int(i)] = 3\nprint(\"users with at least one eligible relevant\", len(rel))\ncnts = [len(v) for v in rel.values()]\nprint(\"rel items per scored user\", pd.Series(cnts).describe().to_dict())\ng3 = [sum(1 for g in v.values() if g==3) for v in rel.values()]\nprint(\"grade3 per scored user\", pd.Series(g3).describe().to_dict())\n\n# what is filtered from eligibility? compare with train interactions\nprint(\"\\n--- eligibility vs history ---\")\npref = pd.read_parquet(data/\"validation_preference_state.parquet\")\n# for a few users, decode ineligible items\ninelig_counts_pref_like = 0\ninelig_counts_pref_dis = 0\ninelig_other = 0\nsample_u = uids[:200]\nunpacked = np.unpackbits(packed[:200], axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :len(item_ids)]\npref_like = pref[pref.state==\"liked\"].groupby(\"uid\")[\"item_id\"].apply(set)\npref_dis = pref[pref.state==\"disliked\"].groupby(\"uid\")[\"item_id\"].apply(set)\n\nn_inelig_like = []\nn_inelig_dis = []\nn_inelig_neither = []\nfor i, uid in enumerate(sample_u):\n inelig = set(item_ids[unpacked[i]==0].tolist())\n liked = pref_like.get(int(uid), set())\n dis = pref_dis.get(int(uid), set())\n n_inelig_like.append(len(inelig & liked))\n n_inelig_dis.append(len(inelig & dis))\n n_inelig_neither.append(len(inelig - liked - dis))\nprint(\"sample 200 users ineligible intersect liked\", pd.Series(n_inelig_like).describe().to_dict())\nprint(\"ineligible intersect disliked\", pd.Series(n_inelig_dis).describe().to_dict())\nprint(\"ineligible neither\", pd.Series(n_inelig_neither).describe().to_dict())\n\n# timestamps units\nprint(\"\\ntrain cutoff 24786800, val start\", listens.timestamp.min(), \"gap sec\", int(listens.timestamp.min())-24786800)\nprint(\"val duration sec\", int(listens.timestamp.max())-int(listens.timestamp.min()), \"days\", (int(listens.timestamp.max())-int(listens.timestamp.min()))/86400)\nprint(\"train span days\", 24786800/86400)\nPY", "description": "Analyze validation relevance and eligibility filters" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nval strong organic listens events 421615 users 6325 items 86668\nval organic likes events 20702 users 2714 items 13921\nstrong in catalog 0.6850515280528444 unique in cat 25398\nolikes in catalog 0.5026567481402763\ncomputing graded with vectorized eligibility\nstrong unique pairs 170791 eligible 35597 users 4042\nlike unique pairs 8528 eligible 4417 users 1431\nusers with at least one eligible relevant 4263\nrel items per scored user {'count': 4263.0, 'mean': 8.859723199624677, 'std': 15.77344377431561, 'min': 1.0, '25%': 2.0, '50%': 4.0, '75%': 10.0, 'max': 442.0}\ngrade3 per scored user {'count': 4263.0, 'mean': 1.0361247947454844, 'std': 7.277828301873809, 'min': 0.0, '25%': 0.0, '50%': 0.0, '75%': 1.0, 'max': 442.0}\n\n--- eligibility vs history ---\nsample 200 users ineligible intersect liked {'count': 200.0, 'mean': 47.75, 'std': 75.18404553838259, 'min': 0.0, '25%': 1.75, '50%': 16.0, '75%': 57.25, 'max': 448.0}\nineligible intersect disliked {'count': 200.0, 'mean': 7.565, 'std': 41.31951459579554, 'min': 0.0, '25%': 0.0, '50%': 1.0, '75%': 2.0, 'max': 436.0}\nineligible neither {'count': 200.0, 'mean': 886.615, 'std': 741.1396811057601, 'min': 9.0, '25%': 309.0, '50%': 679.0, '75%': 1271.0, 'max': 4258.0}\n\ntrain cutoff 24786800, val start 24788600 gap sec 1800\nval duration sec 604795 days 6.99994212962963\ntrain span days 286.88425925925924\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 11, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "About 4,263 of the 8,456 validation users have at least one relevant item.\n\nEligibility filters out most items. Only 68.5% of strong organic validation listens are in the catalog, leaving 35,597 eligible pairs. The large \"neither\" class likely represents previously listened items excluded from discovery.\n\nThe two-tower design precomputes 30,000 item embeddings. User embeddings are derived from listening history and dotted against all eligible items to rank the top 100. The item tower uses an embedding layer for catalog IDs, optional log-popularity and organic-ratio features, and an MLP that outputs an L2-normalized vector." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-3e660d80-f387-4a74-9c59-27718a716dd8-11", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\nimport pyarrow.parquet as pq\nimport pyarrow.compute as pc\nimport pyarrow as pa\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\ncatalog = pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\ntargets = pd.read_parquet(data/\"target_users.parquet\")\ntarget_set = set(targets.uid.astype(int))\ncat_set = set(map(int, catalog.item_id.tolist()))\n\n# read listens with filter for targets and positive\n# 43M rows - use pyarrow\nprint(\"loading listens columns...\")\ntable = pq.read_table(data/\"train_listens.parquet\", columns=[\"uid\",\"timestamp\",\"item_id\",\"is_organic\",\"played_ratio_pct\"])\nprint(\"rows\", table.num_rows)\n\n# filter target users\nuid = table.column(\"uid\").to_numpy()\n# targets are uint32, multiples of 100?\nprint(\"uid sample unique among first\", len(np.unique(uid[:100000])))\n\n# Check if all listens are from a small user set\nprint(\"unique uids in listens\", table.column(\"uid\").combine_chunks().unique().length() if False else \"skip\")\n\n# faster: convert to numpy in chunks\nuids = uid.astype(np.int64)\n# target uids\ntarr = targets.uid.to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\ntmin, tmax = tarr.min(), tarr.max()\n# membership: targets seem to be 100,200,300... \nprint(\"target uid min max\", tmin, tmax, \"all multiples of 100?\", np.all(tarr % 100==0))\nprint(\"n targets\", len(tarr))\n\n# Use a boolean lookup if uid range is ok\nprint(\"listens uid min max\", uids.min(), uids.max())\n# build set lookup via numpy\ntmax_id = int(max(uids.max(), tarr.max()))+1\nis_target = np.zeros(tmax_id, dtype=np.uint8)\nis_target[tarr] = 1\nmask_t = is_target[uids].astype(bool)\nprint(\"target user listen events\", mask_t.sum(), \"frac\", mask_t.mean())\n\nitems = table.column(\"item_id\").to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\nplayed = table.column(\"played_ratio_pct\").to_numpy()\norganic = table.column(\"is_organic\").to_numpy()\nts = table.column(\"timestamp\").to_numpy()\n\npos = mask_t & (played >= 50)\nprint(\"target positive listens\", pos.sum())\n\n# catalog membership via lookup\nimax = int(items.max())+1\nis_cat = np.zeros(imax, dtype=np.uint8)\ncarr = catalog.item_id.to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\nis_cat[carr] = 1\nin_cat = is_cat[items].astype(bool)\nprint(\"target pos in catalog\", (pos & in_cat).sum(), \"frac\", (pos & in_cat).sum()/pos.sum())\n\n# organic strong\nstrong = mask_t & (played >= 80) & (organic==1)\nprint(\"target organic strong\", strong.sum(), \"in cat\", (strong & in_cat).sum(), (strong & in_cat).sum()/max(1,strong.sum()))\n\n# recency: last 90 days of train = last 90*86400 seconds before cutoff\ncutoff = 24786800\nwin90 = cutoff - 90*86400\nrecent = pos & (ts >= win90)\nprint(\"recent 90d pos\", recent.sum(), \"in cat\", (recent & in_cat).sum(), (recent & in_cat).sum()/recent.sum())\n\n# last 7 days\nwin7 = cutoff - 7*86400\nrecent7 = pos & (ts >= win7)\nprint(\"recent 7d pos\", recent7.sum(), \"in cat\", (recent7 & in_cat).sum(), (recent7 & in_cat).sum()/recent7.sum())\n\n# unique catalog items per user in history\nfrom collections import defaultdict\n# too heavy? just sample\nprint(\"played>=50 among target\", (mask_t & (played>=50)).mean())\nprint(\"played dist target\", np.percentile(played[mask_t], [0,25,50,75,90,100]))\n\n# likes\nlikes = pd.read_parquet(data/\"train_likes.parquet\")\nlikes_t = likes[likes.uid.isin(target_set)]\nprint(\"target likes\", len(likes_t), \"in cat\", likes_t.item_id.isin(cat_set).mean(), \"users\", likes_t.uid.nunique())\nprint(\"organic likes frac\", likes_t.is_organic.mean())\n\ndis = pd.read_parquet(data/\"train_dislikes.parquet\")\ndis_t = dis[dis.uid.isin(target_set)]\nprint(\"target dislikes\", len(dis_t), \"in cat\", dis_t.item_id.isin(cat_set).mean())\nPY", "description": "Analyze target-user history overlap with catalog" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nloading listens columns...\nrows 43484159\nuid sample unique among first 27\nunique uids in listens skip\ntarget uid min max 100 1000000 all multiples of 100? True\nn targets 8456\nlistens uid min max 100 1000000\ntarget user listen events 43222297 frac 0.9939779909276847\ntarget positive listens 27367343\ntarget pos in catalog 19959853 frac 0.7293310497844091\ntarget organic strong 12123010 in cat 8661020 0.7144281824398396\nrecent 90d pos 10579105 in cat 7752815 0.7328422394900136\nrecent 7d pos 949391 in cat 673983 0.7099108797113096\nplayed>=50 among target 0.6293635114341294\nplayed dist target [ 0. 7. 100. 100. 100. 159.]\ntarget likes 690968 in cat 0.6843862523300644 users 7071\norganic likes frac 0.4959173217862477\ntarget dislikes 84266 in cat 0.6515201860774215\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 12, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Almost all listens are from target users.\n\nOnly about 73% of positive listens are in the catalog. Catalog-only embeddings would lose 27% of history, so hashed embeddings or a larger vocabulary are being considered for out-of-catalog items. The available features are item_id, catalog popularity stats, and computed interaction patterns like organic ratio and average play ratio. A solid item tower architecture is now being outlined.\n\nThe item tower will embed item IDs and concatenate them with log(popularity), organic_listen_ratio, avg_play_ratio, and like_rate through a 128→64 MLP followed by L2 normalization. The user tower will pool recent positive listens and preferences into a vector via mean pooling with optional time decay, then pass it through an MLP to produce another L2-normalized vector. Training samples will be drawn from future windows of organic strong listens and likes.\n\nTraining will use in-batch negatives plus sampled catalog negatives with InfoNCE or sampled softmax loss. LogQ correction may be applied for popularity-based sampling. Temporal snapshots of recent history are being considered to align training with evaluation windows. A simpler next-item prediction on shuffled positive sequences is also an option, though future-window prediction is preferred for discovery.\n\nPopularity ranking would be a weak baseline for personalized NDCG. SASRec and BERT4Rec are too heavy for CPU training within the time limit. The YouTube DNN two-tower is the classic production approach, and an attention-based user tower with an independent item tower is also valid. Random NDCG@10 on this task would be very low, though popularity may still capture some relevant items.\n\nA popularity baseline will establish the score scale. Item-item collaborative filtering is ruled out because it would decompose the global interaction matrix, so sampling-based two-tower training is the only viable path. The implementation plan is to build an efficient data pipeline, train with InfoNCE, validate, refine, and submit.\n\nItem features will be computed from training data only, with popularity, organic ratio, like count, and average play ratio. User history will pool the last 50 to 200 catalog items with positive listens, plus recent likes and dislikes, weighted by time decay. The user tower will share the same item embedding table as the item tower, which is standard for a YouTube DNN two-tower architecture.\n\nTraining will use a batch of B users, each with one positive item. The score matrix u @ v.T produces B×B logits, and cross-entropy loss labels the diagonal as positives. In-batch negatives alone would be too easy, so sampled catalog negatives will be added. To avoid leakage, user history must only include items that appear before the target item in time.\n\nLeave-one-out sampling will use items[:t] as history and items[t] as the target, restricted to organic strong listens or likes. Multiple targets per user will be sampled. For the 7-day future window, training data can be split into successive cutoff windows with a gap and a 7-day label period; this is more expensive but better aligned with evaluation. A simpler alternative is next-item prediction on recency-weighted sequences of organic strong catalog listens.\n\nTraining will use only organic 80%+ listens and likes, weighted higher than other positives. Hard negatives will include recently skipped items and dislikes. At inference, candidates will be filtered to eligible items, with already-liked items downweighted to promote re-discovery.\n\nPreference state will be used as a feature or ranking bias. Re-listening to liked tracks is organic and valid, but the ineligible set is large because recently played items are excluded.\n\nThe task is strictly discovery: recommending catalog tracks the user has not recently engaged with. A quick popularity baseline script will establish the score floor. The 60-minute CPU-only window demands a fast, efficient training loop. The plan is to implement quickly, train and evaluate, refine if time allows, refit on combined training and validation data, then submit.\n\nTraining will use large batches, precomputed tensors, and minimal Python loops to maximize CPU throughput. Adam will run for only a few epochs. Embedding dimensions will be 32–64 and history length 50–100. Item features are independent of the query user, so they can be precomputed globally. Both towers must remain neural networks with trainable layers.\n\nThe user tower will pool time-decayed history, likes, and dislikes into a vector before the MLP. The item tower will embed IDs and pass features through an MLP. InfoNCE loss will combine in-batch negatives with sampled catalog negatives, possibly using logQ correction for popularity. To handle out-of-catalog items without dropping history, the embedding table will grow to about 80,000 entries—30,000 catalog items plus the top 50,000 non-catalog tracks by training frequency plus one OOV bucket—keeping memory at roughly 20 MB.\n\nAttention pooling with a learned query vector will replace simple mean pooling in the user tower to capture multi-interest patterns. Time decay will use an exponential schedule with a daily half-life, and more recent history items will be weighted higher. Training samples will be built from successive 7-day cutoff windows across the training period.\n\nTraining positives will be organic strong listens or likes that occur after the cutoff but before the 7-day label window, while excluding any items the user already positively engaged with before that cutoff. This approximates eligibility without requiring per-cutoff filtering.\n\nA fast validation inference path is being designed: precompute all 30,000 item vectors, derive each user vector from their history, score against the full catalog via matrix multiplication, and mask ineligible candidates.\n\nDisliked items will be excluded from the top-100 recommendation list, so the pipeline must still return 100 candidates. The code will be organized into a model file, a training script, and a README, or as a single comprehensive script. The loss function will use sampled softmax with mixed unigram sampling, scaling logits by temperature before applying cross-entropy to the diagonal positives." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-8ce12cfd-ac30-4712-b5a5-4b05f63a3470-12", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "nproc; /opt/task-venv/bin/python -c \"import torch; print(torch.__version__, torch.get_num_threads()); print(torch.backends.openmp.is_available() if hasattr(torch.backends,'openmp') else '')\"", "description": "Check CPU cores and PyTorch threads" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n8\n2.8.0+cpu 4\nTrue\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 13, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The environment has 8 CPU cores, but PyTorch defaults to 4 threads. I will likely increase the thread count to better utilize the available hardware.\n\nI will set PyTorch to 8 threads. The design precomputes user histories as numpy arrays and uses a lightweight random batch sampler to avoid DataLoader overhead. The two-tower model will use 48–64-dimensional item embeddings and an attention-pooled history of the last 80 catalog-positive items with time decay.\n\nThe user tower will use separate channels for organic listens, recommendations, likes, dislikes, and skips. Both towers will have MLP layers with LayerNorm, L2 normalization, and cosine similarity scaled by temperature. The training objective is InfoNCE using in-batch negatives of size 512–1024. LogQ correction will subtract log(item_frequency) to counter popularity bias.\n\nI will test a mild logQ correction or skip it entirely. The positive sampling mix will be 50% likes and 50% organic strong listens, falling back to listens only for users without likes. BPR loss was considered but rejected in favor of InfoNCE for two-tower retrieval.\n\nPretrained embeddings and global matrix decomposition are ruled out. The user tower will instead use local history counts to capture taste for head versus tail items. For inference, the plan is a fast matrix multiplication against the item embedding matrix, masking ineligible candidates, applying a small penalty for disliked items, and returning the top-100 scores.\n\nThe inference workload is lightweight: roughly 16 billion FLOPs and minimal memory. Eligibility masks will be unpacked into a uint8 boolean matrix. To guard against overfitting the item embeddings to training windows, I will apply dropout, L2 regularization, and label smoothing.\n\nHistory dropout will augment training by randomly dropping items from each user's history. Training examples will be built using six fixed cutoffs at T-7, T-14, T-21, T-28, T-35, and T-42 days. For each cutoff, positives are organic catalog items the user did not previously listen to within a 7-day window.\n\nEach user's history will be the last 100 positive catalog listens, likes, and dislikes before the cutoff. This yields roughly 150,000 to 500,00 training samples across all windows. Windows with no new positives are skipped.\n\nValidation will use cutoff 24786800 with history drawn only from earlier training windows. The final model will be refit using that validation window as additional training data, plus earlier windows.\n\nI will retrain from scratch on the combined training and validation data rather than continuing from a checkpoint. I am also reconsidering whether to L2-normalize both towers or only the user vector, since unnormalized embeddings can encode item popularity directly in their magnitude, which may improve ranking quality for organic listens.\n\nI will use an unnormalized dot product between the user and item vectors. This encodes item popularity directly in the embedding magnitude without adding extra bias terms.\n\nI will normalize both towers with LayerNorm and a final linear projection to dimension D. Cosine similarity will be scaled by a learned global temperature scalar, applied by multiplying the normalized vectors by the square root of tau.\n\nI will bake the learned temperature into one tower's output so the final score remains a pure dot product. I will also add an extra popularity dimension to each tower: item embeddings will include log1p(popularity) as their last channel, and user embeddings will include a learned scalar or constant 1.0. This explicitly decouples taste from popularity without extra bias terms. I will also build a popularity-only baseline for sanity checking.\n\nI will evaluate a popularity-only baseline to establish the NDCG scale. I am now writing the full model. I am weighing whether to encode dislikes in the user vector or apply a ranking-time mask, since the requirement mandates that the final score be a pure dot product of the two tower outputs.\n\nDislikes will be encoded as input features in the user tower rather than handled by a post-hoc mask. The user tower can attend to disliked items and learn to produce a vector that is far from them. A ranking-time mask for dislikes will be kept only as a fallback if the tower fails to learn this behavior.\n\nI will pool liked and disliked items into the user tower via mean vectors with learnable gates. Track length will be averaged per item as a feature. Item features will include log1p(positive_listens), log1p(organic_positive_listens), and organic_ratio.\n\nPrecomputable item features for the item tower include normalized popularity rank, average played ratio, log-likes, log-dislikes, skip rate, and average track length. History items will use shared embeddings rather than full item towers. The vocabulary maps padding to index 0 and catalog items to indices 1 through 30000.\n\nThe vocabulary will expand to roughly 70,000 items, with an extra 40,000 non-catalog slots for frequent off-catalog tracks. I will keep memory tight by filtering the 43 million listens to target users and catalog positives before building per-user event lists. The code will be organized as a single well-structured package.\n\nI will use numpy grouping to filter positive catalog listens and sort events by user ID and timestamp. Skips and low-play items will be included as negative history. The training script will enforce seed control, save checkpoints, and write validation and final rankings to parquet files with logs. CPU thread limits will be set to eight training threads and two interop threads. AdamW with a learning rate of 1e-3 and batch sizes of 512 or 1024 will run for ten to twenty epochs. I am also considering torch.compile for further CPU speedup.\n\nAttention pooling will replace simple mean pooling in the user tower. A learned query vector will weight history items, masking out padding before softmax to produce a contextual user representation. The item tower will concatenate shared embeddings with precomputed item features, pass them through a small MLP with ReLU and dropout, and project to the final dimension.\n\nItem features will be stored in a table indexed by catalog index and looked up inside the item tower. Random catalog items will serve as hard negatives, since consumed items are already masked out at inference.\n\nI will sample negatives from items the user has not consumed rather than from the full catalog. The loss will use in-batch negatives drawn from other users' positives, plus 64 extra random catalog items for diversity. I am designing an InfoNCE-style objective that combines these two negative sources.\n\nThe loss will concatenate in-batch negatives with extra random negatives into a single logits matrix, using standard cross-entropy with diagonal labels. A learnable log temperature will be applied at inference by scaling normalized item vectors.\n\nI will oversample users with likes to balance the batch and sample one positive per row. A simple mean-pooling baseline will be built first for a quick validation score before iterating. The full training pipeline will be written now and run immediately; improvements will follow if the initial result is weak. A random baseline on this catalog yields roughly 0.3% relevance at NDCG@10.\n\nI am estimating the ranking quality scale. Random baseline is roughly 0.001 NDCG@10, while a strong personalization model might reach 0.1–0.25. I will prioritize quality over structure alone. Recency weighting is critical for music discovery, and anti-repeat behavior should be built into the user representation.\n\nSession-level modeling is overkill. Item co-occurrence will be learned from history-to-next pairs. The user tower should pool only unique catalog items from the last N events with recency weights. Genre and artist metadata are unavailable, so collaborative signals in the embeddings are essential. An item2vec-style objective—averaging history items to predict the next one—would capture rich item co-occurrence patterns.\n\nHistory items will be weighted by a TF-IDF-style inverse document frequency multiplied by recency decay. This pushes the user vector toward distinctive taste rather than popular tracks. The vocabulary will stay catalog-only at 30,000 items to keep training fast and reduce overfitting; extra non-catalog slots can be added later if validation scores are too low.\n\nI will use the active preference state—likes and dislikes at cutoff—rather than raw like events to build user history, since it accounts for unlikes. Validation ranking will combine train history with validation preference state, while test ranking will combine train and validation history with test preference state. Item features will be computed separately for each stage.\n\nThe code will be organized into a few focused files rather than a single monolithic script. A minimal baseline combining a basic two-tower with item popularity bias will be generated immediately so the system is not idle while the full model is refined.\n\nThe first submission will be a quick refit on train and validation data. Validation labels will drive early stopping, and the final model will be retrained with fewer epochs if time is tight.\n\nI will sort the 43 million listens with numpy lexsort by user ID and timestamp, then split into per-user event lists. A lightweight evaluation helper will be added. I briefly considered a two-stage skip-gram pretraining step for item embeddings, but rejected it as unnecessary complexity.\n\nI will precompute and cache per-sample inputs—history IDs, recency weights, likes, dislikes, and the positive item—rather than using a DataLoader. Each sample stores up to 64 history items, 32 likes, and 16 dislikes. Users with short histories will be padded. The embedding table is 30,001 by 64, and both towers compress down to 64 dimensions, keeping the total model small and fast to train.\n\nThe user tower will concatenate two history channels: a short-term mean of the last twenty recency-weighted items and a long-term mean of the last one hundred IDF-weighted items. Skipped tracks will be pooled as negative user history, similar to dislikes. Item features will be precomputed during data preparation. I am now beginning to write the code and set up logging.\n\nItem features will be computed from training data only for validation and from training plus validation for test. Two separate sample lists will be built for likes and listens. The training window will be the last seven days of training, with history drawn from earlier events; validation will use the full cutoff.\n\nSix weekly windows will be used to build the training set. Each window pairs history from earlier events with organic catalog discovery positives from that week. Items already consumed by a user before the cutoff will be excluded from their own positive set to enforce true discovery. The training script is now being written.\n\nLog-popularity will be baked into item features so the MLP can learn to blend it with the two-tower score. Training hyperparameters are set: Adam, 1e-4 weight decay, 0.2 embedding dropout, gradient clipping at 1.0, and random seed 42. IDF weights will be precomputed from training document frequencies.\n\nI will build the six training windows with per-user Python loops and numpy slices, which should finish in a few seconds for 8,456 users. To keep memory usage manageable, I will filter positive listens to catalog items and only retain those with at least fifty plays or a like.\n\nTo keep memory usage low, I will pre-truncate each user's event history to the last 300 catalog positives and 50 skips. Likes and dislikes will be loaded separately since they are small. During grouping, I will build listen history by keeping only the last 200 catalog positives per user.\n\nI will load listens efficiently using PyArrow column projection and NumPy. A popularity baseline evaluation is being skipped to save time. I am also considering `torch.nn.EmbeddingBag` with per-sample weights for the user history mean pooling, which would naturally handle the recency-IDF weighting.\n\nHistory pooling will use padded tensors with masked weighted sums. LayerNorm and GELU will be added to the MLP layers. A single `run.py` script will build the dataset, train, evaluate validation, and optionally refit for submission. A fallback submission will be saved from the validation model before any retraining.\n\nI will not use the validation model as a fallback. Retraining from scratch on all windows would double training time, so I will instead select hyperparameters from validation and continue training on the combined train-plus-validation windows with the same number of steps." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-922476e6-419b-4e74-8c4c-56510471aa77-13", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "free -h; df -h /app /tmp", "description": "Check memory and disk space" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n total used free shared buff/cache available\nMem: 15Gi 995Mi 3.3Gi 3.0Mi 11Gi 14Gi\nSwap: 0B 0B 0B\nFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on\noverlay 96G 14G 83G 14% /\noverlay 96G 14G 83G 14% /\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 14, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "15GB RAM is available. The 43 million listens dataset requires only about 800MB.\n\nA two-layer transformer user tower is being considered, though mean pooling with an MLP is favored for its strong YouTube-style performance and lower overfitting risk. The architecture will also incorporate short-term, long-term, and likes-based representations, plus separate sampled organic and recommendation histories.\n\nHard negative mining will sample popular catalog items the user never interacted with. These serve as extra negatives alongside InfoNCE to improve discovery.\n\nThe loss will use in-batch negatives plus 32 uniform and 32 popularity-sampled catalog items. LogQ correction applies to the popularity-sampled negatives. Likes will be oversampled threefold by repeating them to handle the grade-1 versus grade-3 ranking task. Item IDs are large uint32 values, so dense indices will be used.\n\nA hashing scheme will map out-of-catalog history items to 16384 extra embedding slots. The full vocabulary becomes 46385 entries: padding at index 0, catalog items 1 through 30000, and hashed items 30001 through 46384. Item features will be stored in a fixed array of shape (30000, F) indexed by catalog position.\n\nThe item tower forward pass concatenates dense item embeddings with learned feature projections. Item features will be registered as a module buffer and updated via `set_item_features` when building the validation or test model. User statistics include log-transformed history counts, like and dislike fractions, organic history share, and mean recency.\n\nThe implementation will live in a single runnable file with a README. Validation parquet data will be used during development, and a quick sanity check will run after the first epoch. AMP and CPU float32 matmul precision settings are unnecessary. A bug to watch for is failing to mask padding when computing history means.\n\nValidation ranking will use only training history, while test ranking combines training and validation events. Eligibility masks, item feature leakage, rank ties, and item ID mapping bugs are being checked. Target user sets are confirmed consistent across splits.\n\nA `build_ranking` function will align user vectors with eligibility masks and target users. Users without history will use a zero or global mean vector. Training samples will exclude the target item from the history sequence. History items will be randomly dropped at 0.2 probability during training. The last consumed item will be used as an extra feature to improve discovery of similar tracks.\n\nShort-term interest will be the mean of the last five positive catalog items, and long-term interest will be a weighted mean of the last one hundred. A learned positional embedding for the most recent sixteen history items will inject sequential signal before pooling without using a full transformer.\n\nValidation NDCG will be computed after each epoch to select the best checkpoint. The official evaluation script is too slow because of Python-side eligibility loops, so a vectorized NDCG implementation using ranking_evaluation from /task will be used instead. Graded labels will be computed once and reused across both the custom metric and the official evaluation.\n\nTraining positives will be organic likes in the future window that are not already in the user's history. Non-organic listens will not be used as positives because they reflect recommendation-following rather than discovery. Gold labels will be vectorized at the start to speed up preprocessing.\n\nTraining windows will span six weekly periods ending at 24786800 with a 1800-second gap. Each window uses history up to the previous period’s start. Already-seen items are filtered out, leaving roughly 35,000 eligible discovery positives per week.\n\nThe training window boundaries are being refined. The most recent train week will use a 30-minute gap between history and prediction, with the label window immediately preceding the train end. Ten weekly windows will be used instead of six to better exploit the full 286 days of training data.\n\nValidation events will be used as labels for the final window only. The remaining training windows will keep their original boundaries. Overlapping windows were considered but set aside for now. A compact array of organic strong catalog listens with user ID, item index, timestamp, and interaction kind will be built to assign each event to its correct training window.\n\nThe full catalog organic strong listen stream is roughly 100 MB, so it can be kept in memory. History will use only the last two hundred catalog plays with play count at least fifty, while label events will use organic plays with play count at least eighty or organic likes. Preference states for intermediate cutoffs will be approximated from small like and unlike event streams rather than precomputed.\n\nTraining windows will reconstruct explicit preference states by replaying event streams up to each cutoff, using liked and disliked sets. Validation and test windows will use the provided preference state files directly. Per-user sorted event lists will be precomputed for fast sample building.\n\nThe pipeline will be built in one pass. Grouping raw events by user and timestamp will be done with a vectorized stable sort and `np.lexsort` to avoid Python loops over users and windows." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "I’ll measure a popularity baseline next, then implement the two-tower trainer around that ranking scale." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-97b8b007-ec7e-404a-afad-5272fc9a77e3-14", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport sys\nsys.path.insert(0, \"/task\")\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\nfrom ranking_evaluation import CandidateSet, ndcg_at_k, score_rankings, ranked_items, validate_ranking\nfrom evaluate_public import validation_truth\n\nDATA = Path(\"/task/data\")\ntargets = pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"target_users.parquet\")\ntarget_set = set(targets.uid.astype(int))\nelig = CandidateSet(DATA/\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\ngraded = validation_truth(elig, target_set)\nprint(\"scored users\", len(graded))\n\ncatalog = pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\nitem_ids = catalog.item_id.to_numpy()\npop = catalog.positive_listens.to_numpy()\n# rank by popularity among eligible\nz = np.load(DATA/\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nuids = z[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\npacked = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\nn_items = len(item_ids)\nunpacked = np.unpackbits(packed, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].astype(bool)\n\n# popularity scores\nscores = np.broadcast_to(pop, unpacked.shape).copy()\nscores = scores.astype(np.float64)\nscores[~unpacked] = -np.inf\n# top 100\n# argpartition\ntop_idx = np.argpartition(-scores, 100, axis=1)[:, :100]\n# sort those\ntop_scores = np.take_along_axis(scores, top_idx, axis=1)\norder = np.argsort(-top_scores, axis=1)\ntop_idx = np.take_along_axis(top_idx, order, axis=1)\n\nranked = {}\nfor i, uid in enumerate(uids):\n ranked[int(uid)] = item_ids[top_idx[i]].tolist()\n\nprint(score_rankings(ranked, graded))\n\n# organic pop\npop2 = catalog.organic_positive_listens.to_numpy().astype(np.float64)\nscores = np.broadcast_to(pop2, unpacked.shape).copy()\nscores[~unpacked] = -np.inf\ntop_idx = np.argpartition(-scores, 100, axis=1)[:, :100]\ntop_scores = np.take_along_axis(scores, top_idx, axis=1)\norder = np.argsort(-top_scores, axis=1)\ntop_idx = np.take_along_axis(top_idx, order, axis=1)\nranked = {int(uid): item_ids[top_idx[i]].tolist() for i, uid in enumerate(uids)}\nprint(\"organic pop\", score_rankings(ranked, graded))\nPY", "description": "Evaluate popularity baseline NDCG@10" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nscored users 4263\n{'quality_ndcg@10': 0.0107, 'quality_users': 4263}\norganic pop {'quality_ndcg@10': 0.010577, 'quality_users': 4263}\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 15, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The popularity baseline achieves only 0.0107 NDCG@10.\n\nA two-tower model should outperform the popularity baseline. Item-item collaborative filtering is a strong candidate, approximated by averaging user history embeddings. A SASRec-style architecture is also under consideration: the user tower would use transformer output at the last position, while the item tower would be a simple embedding MLP.\n\nA hybrid two-tower will combine short-term signals from the last items in a user's history with long-term signals from averaged embeddings. This balances recent listening with longer-term taste. EASE, SLIM, and ALS are ruled out because they require constructing or factorizing a global user-item interaction matrix.\n\nThe chosen architecture is a skip-gram-like two-tower. The item tower learns embeddings from sliding windows of listening history, while the user tower averages those context items to represent a user. This mirrors classic word2vec and YouTube-style training on many (context, target) pairs.\n\nThe training strategy will combine two loss objectives. Next-item InfoNCE on recent sequences will learn item similarity from co-occurrence. Weekly discovery window prediction will align with the evaluation setup. Each user's catalog history will be used as context, with targets drawn from organic or liked items within the last 90 days. The dataset will be subsampled to roughly 120,000 pairs.\n\nSession splitting will be applied when timestamps show gaps over 30 minutes. The item tower will use a simple embedding with a linear projection layer, and catalog statistics will help cold-start coverage. A contrastive temperature parameter and hard negatives drawn from similar items within the same batch will be added. The plan is to build a well-engineered model and iterate on validation score.\n\nThe user tower will be richer than the item tower. Both towers will use a GELU MLP with residual connections, layer normalization, and dropout.\n\nThe MLP implementation now includes a skip connection for residual learning. Training samples will be generated using biweekly sliding windows with 7-day horizons, overlapping every 3.5 days to increase data density without excessive overlap. The code will be written to generate these samples quickly.\n\nNext-item training targets will be the last 20 positive catalog events per user, paired with their history prefix. The loss will weight likes at 3.0 and strong listens at 1.0. To speed up sample generation, per-user data will be stored in compact numpy arrays for item indices, timestamps, organic flags, play flags, and label grades.\n\nOnly catalog items will be kept to save memory. A boolean mask array of 9 MB will filter out non-catalog rows. The final code will be a single Python file with a README, and checkpoints will be saved under /app/solution/.\n\nA simple exponential moving average with decay 0.999 will smooth the two-tower weights for evaluation. The final ranking must return integer ranks from 1 to 100. L2-normalizing scores to [-1, 1] may introduce slight randomness in the tail of the top-100 list, but the NDCG metric focuses on the top-10 items.\n\nCross-entropy loss handles duplicate positive items across users correctly. To prevent overfitting heavy users, each user will be capped at 8 positive samples per window, prioritizing likes. A uniform user sampling option is deferred for the first version. The code structure begins with fixed constants for training cutoff, validation gap, day, and week.\n\nHyperparameters are fixed at 64-dimensional embeddings and hidden layers, an 80-item long history window, an 8-item short window, 40 likes and 20 dislikes per user, batch size 768, and seed 42. Hashed extra items will be skipped in the first version to speed up shipping. Item features will be derived from listen, like, dislike, skip, and play counts, including log-transformed counts, organic ratios, skip rates, mean play time, mean length, and popularity rank, all z-scored.\n\nOMP_NUM_THREADS will be set to 8 for CPU parallelism. The user tower will use a weighted mean over long history embeddings and attention pooling over short history embeddings, with positional encoding added to the short sequence.\n\nAttention logits for the long history will include a recency bias term. Item embeddings will be shared between the user and item towers. A sampled softmax with unigram negatives is also being considered.\n\nThe loss will combine in-batch InfoNCE with 128 extra negatives sampled from a square-root popularity distribution. LogQ correction applies only to the extra negatives, not to in-batch pairs, and is omitted at inference. The script will run validation training, evaluation, refit, and submission in one pass. Training will begin immediately to maximize the 60-minute budget.\n\nHistory will be deduplicated by keeping only the most recent occurrence of each item, preventing repeated listens from overwhelming the mean-pooled user representation. The sequence is stored in reverse chronological order with positional encoding anchored to the most recent event.\n\nTraining logs will be written to /app/solution/train.log. The pipeline will preprocess training data, build sliding-window samples, train the model while evaluating validation NDCG each epoch using EMA weights, save the best validation ranking, and then retrain on combined train-plus-validation data. A README will be updated after scoring.\n\nThe final model will be trained for the same number of epochs as the best validation epoch from the tuning phase. A time-based inner split using the last training week will enable early stopping without evaluating on the full validation set every epoch.\n\nValidation evaluation is cheap enough to run every epoch. The final architecture keeps 64-dimensional embeddings, 128 hidden units, and 64 output dimensions. Training will use a learning rate of 1e-3 with cosine decay, 0.1 dropout, and gradient clipping at 1.0.\n\nTraining samples will be stored as a dictionary of numpy arrays and converted to tensors. The layout includes long history IDs, weights, short history IDs, like and dislike IDs, user features, positive catalog indices, and loss weights. Memory usage is estimated at roughly 160 MB for 250,000 samples. A padding helper will standardize sequence lengths. The same history-building function will also generate inference features for target users.\n\nA helper function will reconstruct each user's explicit preference state from chronological event history. It accumulates liked and disliked items up to a cutoff timestamp, handling like, unlike, dislike, and undislike transitions.\n\nThe preference-state helper will be implemented as a simple per-user loop over chronological events. A dictionary mapping catalog item IDs to column indices will keep lookups fast. Extra negatives for the sampled softmax will be drawn via `torch.multinomial` from a precomputed popularity probability tensor.\n\nA deadline buffer will be added to ensure the final refit and submission are not cut off. The script will accept max-epochs via argparse. Training will be capped at roughly 20 minutes, with a 52-minute total budget reserved for validation tuning and final refitting.\n\nHistory weights will combine recency, inverse document frequency, and play ratio so full listens count more than half-listens. Disliked catalog items will be included in the user tower to push them away.\n\nToken-type embeddings will distinguish organic from recency history. The user tower will pool five vectors: organic mean, recency mean, short history mean, likes mean, and dislikes mean. Missing history channels will default to zero vectors.\n\nBinary flags for liked, disliked, organic, and recency history will be added to the user features. The embedding layer uses padding index 0, so padded rows remain zero vectors and receive no gradients. Catalog item 0 maps to embedding index 1, and the item tower adds 1 internally when receiving positive indices.\n\nLayerNorm will replace batch normalization to avoid inference mismatch with small variable batches. Extra negatives will include up to four user-specific skipped items drawn from each sample's history.\n\nA fallback ranking by popularity will be included if training fails. Data loading will use PyArrow to read only the required columns from Parquet files.\n\nA boolean mask will filter listens to catalog items using the maximum item ID across both datasets. An `ItemStats` accumulator will compute per-item statistics during data loading, with separate train-only and combined train-plus-validation versions for the final refit.\n\nValidation preference states will be used for user tower inference during validation. The concern is that liked items may already be known and ineligible, so boosting them could hurt ranking quality. Validation statistics show only 35,000 of 170,000 catalog pairs are eligible.\n\nA business-rule filter will exclude currently liked and disliked items from the top-100 recommendations during inference. This prevents already-known tracks from consuming discovery slots." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-9e1c9472-dcb4-464e-b296-5c114fd93e07-15", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd\nimport numpy as np\nfrom pathlib import Path\nfrom collections import defaultdict\n\ndata = Path(\"/task/data\")\ntargets = set(pd.read_parquet(data/\"target_users.parquet\").uid.astype(int))\npref = pd.read_parquet(data/\"validation_preference_state.parquet\")\nlistens = pd.read_parquet(data/\"val_listens.parquet\")\nlikes = pd.read_parquet(data/\"val_likes.parquet\")\ncatalog = set(pd.read_parquet(data/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\").item_id.astype(int))\n\nz = np.load(data/\"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nuids = z[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\nitem_ids = z[\"item_ids\"].astype(np.int64)\npacked = z[\"packed_eligible\"]\nuid_row = {int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(uids)}\nitem_col = {int(it):i for i,it in enumerate(item_ids)}\n\ndef eligible_mask(uid_arr, item_arr):\n rows = np.fromiter((uid_row.get(int(u), -1) for u in uid_arr), dtype=np.int32, count=len(uid_arr))\n cols = np.fromiter((item_col.get(int(i), -1) for i in item_arr), dtype=np.int32, count=len(item_arr))\n ok = (rows>=0) & (cols>=0)\n out = np.zeros(len(uid_arr), dtype=bool)\n if ok.any():\n r = rows[ok]; c = cols[ok]\n byte = c // 8; bit = c % 8\n out[ok] = ((packed[r, byte].astype(np.uint16) >> bit) & 1).astype(bool)\n return out\n\nstrong = listens[(listens.uid.isin(targets)) & (listens.is_organic==1) & (listens.played_ratio_pct>=80)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nolikes = likes[(likes.uid.isin(targets)) & (likes.is_organic==1)][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nstrong = strong[strong.item_id.isin(catalog)]\nolikes = olikes[olikes.item_id.isin(catalog)]\ns_el = eligible_mask(strong.uid.to_numpy(), strong.item_id.to_numpy())\nl_el = eligible_mask(olikes.uid.to_numpy(), olikes.item_id.to_numpy())\nstrong = strong[s_el]\nolikes = olikes[l_el]\n\nliked = pref[pref.state==\"liked\"][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\ndisliked = pref[pref.state==\"disliked\"][[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].drop_duplicates()\nliked_set = set(zip(liked.uid.astype(int), liked.item_id.astype(int)))\ndis_set = set(zip(disliked.uid.astype(int), disliked.item_id.astype(int)))\n\nsp = set(zip(strong.uid.astype(int), strong.item_id.astype(int)))\nlp = set(zip(olikes.uid.astype(int), olikes.item_id.astype(int)))\nprint(\"eligible strong\", len(sp), \"already liked\", len(sp & liked_set), \"already disliked\", len(sp & dis_set))\nprint(\"eligible likes\", len(lp), \"already liked\", len(lp & liked_set), \"already disliked\", len(lp & dis_set))\n\n# history overlap: train positive catalog listens\n# how many relevant items were listened before?\nprint(\"done\")\nPY", "description": "Check if val-relevant items were already liked" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\neligible strong 35597 already liked 0 already disliked 0\neligible likes 4417 already liked 0 already disliked 0\ndone\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 16, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "No overlap exists between eligible relevant items and liked or disliked states.\n\nEligibility filtering does not fully remove liked items. The zero overlap between eligible relevant items and the liked state suggests either organic engagement is blocked for already-liked tracks, or re-engagement with liked tracks is rare.\n\nEligible liked and disliked items are never relevant. Ranking them wastes top slots. Excluding currently liked and disliked items from the eligible pool should improve NDCG.\n\nI will mask liked and disliked items at ranking time by setting their scores to negative infinity. The top 100 eligible candidates will be selected from the remaining pool. Any shortfall will be filled with additional eligible items.\n\nI will apply the mask at inference. Training positives already exclude history items, so no extra filtering is needed there. I am now writing the full training script. A target of 0.04 to 0.08 NDCG would be a major improvement over the current 0.01 baseline.\n\nItem-item co-occurrence learning is the right approach for discovery. Future items should be similar to history but not identical. I will generate many (history, next_item) pairs from full sequences rather than weekly windows to improve embeddings.\n\nI will build training pairs from first-time organic listens in the last 90 days. Each new discovery must have at least 80 organic plays or a later like. The prefix of previously seen items becomes the history for that target.\n\nI will cap training samples at 30 per user to keep the dataset around 250k pairs. The plan mixes sequential first-listen discovery samples with weekly multi-day windows for evaluation alignment. I am raising the embedding dimension to 72 or 80. Dense embeddings are sufficient because the vocabulary is small.\n\nI will create the main training script and a draft README. I will also add a utility to save rankings.\n\nThe model will use an asymmetric two-tower architecture. The item tower will have its own MLP on top of the shared bottom embedding. The user tower will pool raw ID embeddings before its MLP. This keeps the scoring vector separate from the history embedding.\n\nI will use numpy to rank candidates efficiently. A boolean mask for liked and disliked items will be built from the preference data. The resulting matrix is small enough to keep in memory. I am prioritizing fast code generation over training time.\n\nI will use InfoNCE loss without label smoothing. Negatives will be sampled with frequency-based power-0.75 weighting, similar to word2vec. I am now writing the complete training script and defining eight-week label windows for validation." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "Eligibility already drops explicit preferences from the labels, so I’ll mask liked and disliked items at ranking time and start implementing the two-tower trainer." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-987dc6eb-9f63-44cb-aa4b-9b0b2f2577e3-16", "name": "todo_write", "input": { "todos": [ { "id": "1", "status": "completed" }, { "id": "2", "status": "in_progress", "content": "Design two-tower architecture and training pipeline" } ], "merge": true }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "- [completed] 1: Explore data, evaluation, and constraints\n- [in_progress] 2: Design two-tower architecture and training pipeline\n- [pending] 3: Train/tune on validation, measure NDCG@10\n- [pending] 4: Refit on train+val and produce test submission\n- [pending] 5: Write README and keep best artifacts\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-987dc6eb-9f63-44cb-aa4b-9b0b2f2577e3-17", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "mkdir -p /app/solution", "description": "Ensure solution directory exists" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 17, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Beginning to design a comprehensive, efficient two-tower PyTorch ranker.\n\nThe architecture will use a popularity baseline of 0.0107 NDCG@10 and filter liked or disliked items from candidates. Each user has roughly 29,000 eligible items to rank against the top 100. The user tower will be built from history rather than a raw user ID, while the item tower remains independently precomputable. Scores will come from a dot product between the two towers. A two-level item embedding is also being considered.\n\nRejected the two-level item embedding and mixture-of-experts user representation as overkill. The design settles on a YouTube-style two-tower with attention pooling. Batch mixing of hard negatives from an ANN index is deferred for now. Knowledge distillation is also ruled out. A full softmax across all 30,000 items per batch is being evaluated; the FLOP cost may be acceptable on CPU.\n\nFull catalog softmax is feasible at roughly 491 million FLOPs per batch. It provides exact gradients for all negatives and eliminates sampling bias. The code will support both full softmax and sampled softmax to scale to larger catalogs.\n\nThe training strategy will combine in-batch negatives with 2048 sampled catalog negatives. Full softmax across the entire 30,000-item catalog remains an alternative if it proves fast enough.\n\nFull 30,000-item softmax would cost roughly 983 million FLOPs per batch. That may be too slow on CPU despite the small memory footprint. The plan is to start with a faster sampled-softmax training run first. Full catalog softmax can be attempted later if time allows.\n\nThe full-softmax path will use a batch size of 256. Encoding all 30,000 items through the item tower is cheap enough to do every batch. The main cost is the user-item dot product matrix. If this proves too slow, the code will fall back to sampled negatives.\n\nThe training strategy is now fixed: in-batch negatives plus 2048 popularity-sampled negatives with logQ. This scales to millions of items by sampling. Full softmax remains a possible fallback if training proves fast enough. A multi-positive loss is also being considered for window samples where users have multiple positives.\n\nStandard softmax cross-entropy with one positive label treats other true positives in the same window as negatives, creating false negatives. Multi-label sigmoid loss or multi-positive InfoNCE is being considered to avoid this.\n\nThe single-positive cross-entropy loss is selected. The code will be a polished runnable script of roughly 500–700 lines. Gradient accumulation and EMA will be included. Evaluation will use torch.inference_mode.\n\nThe EMA implementation will use exponential decay for floating-point parameters and direct copies for buffers like item_features. User sequences will be built from train listens filtered to the catalog, with validation listens reserved only for refitting. The script structure is being drafted around a main function that seeds randomness, loads the catalog, and initializes the embedding tables.\n\nThe script will run in two stages. First it validates on training data to select the best checkpoint. Then it refits the full model on all events and writes the submission and README. A UserStore dataclass is being drafted to hold user identifiers.\n\nThe UserStore will use ragged arrays of numpy arrays for each user's history. All 9,238 training users will be included in the embedding pool, not just the 8,456 target users, to enrich item embeddings with co-occurrence data.\n\nA `UserData` class is being defined to hold each user's chronological positive and skip sequences, plus explicit likes and dislikes. Users from the likes table who lack listens will also be included in the embedding pool.\n\nStoring all chronological positive catalog events per user is the chosen approach. This yields roughly 20 million events across the dataset, consuming about 200 MB of memory, which is acceptable. Unique-recent history at each cutoff will be derived from these events at query time. The first-seen timestamp is preserved for discovery labels.\n\nThe user history will be stored as unique catalog items with first and last timestamps. This replaces the earlier plan to keep every chronological event. History at a cutoff is built from items whose last timestamp predates it, sorted by that timestamp. Discovery labels use the first timestamp within the window. The memory footprint drops sharply: instead of roughly 20 million events, each user now stores only about 500–1500 unique items.\n\nThe user history will be stored as a single flat numpy array sorted by user ID and timestamp, with start and end indices per user. This avoids pandas groupby for better cache locality. The load function is being drafted.\n\nThe data loader will concatenate Parquet files and filter to catalog items using a boolean mask. Item features will be computed directly from raw listen arrays before deduplication.\n\nItem features will be computed with `np.bincount` on catalog-mapped indices. A user-level TF-IDF term will be added at inference using precomputed item IDF scores. The implementation will be kept under 800 lines.\n\nA learnable temperature parameter was considered for scaling logits during training. It was realized that since ranking is invariant to positive scalar multiplication of all scores, the temperature only affects softmax training and does not change the final item ordering.\n\nL2-normalization will be applied to both towers so ranking is driven by cosine similarity. To preserve item popularity magnitude, an extra bias dimension will be added to the item embedding MLP.\n\nThe MLP will output 64 dimensions. The first 63 are L2-normalized for cosine similarity. The final dimension is an unbounded popularity term. User vectors will include a learned softplus gate that scales item popularity. Final score is cosine similarity plus that gated popularity.\n\nThe `TwoTower` model is being implemented with embedding tables for users, history positions, and organizations, plus a linear projection for item features. The user tower concatenates five embeddings and user features into an MLP, while the item tower concatenates item ID and projected features. A learnable temperature parameter initialized to 3.0 will scale logits during training.\n\nThe user tower input is now six embedding dimensions plus eight feature means, totaling 392 inputs. A residual MLP will be used for both towers. A masked mean helper is being drafted to handle padded sequences.\n\nA `ranking_from_scores` helper will be added to convert raw logits into ranked item lists. Items outside the catalog will be excluded from both liked and disliked masks. The final evaluation script will be imported from `/task`, and a validation Parquet file will be written for the official leaderboard run.\n\nTraining will use eight CPU threads for PyTorch and OpenMP. The DataLoader will load a TensorDataset with batch size 512, shuffling enabled, and no worker processes since all data fits in RAM. Eight epochs are planned for validation, with early stopping after two epochs if NDCG plateaus. A cosine-annealing learning rate scheduler will be used.\n\nWeight decay will be applied only to non-embedding parameters, with no decay on bias terms and embeddings. AdamW is selected for optimization. The packed eligibility mask will be built as a boolean array of shape (n_users, n_items). User identifiers in the saved numpy arrays will be aligned by uid_row against the target list.\n\nThe ranking dataframe will be built by repeating each user ID 100 times and tiling the rank positions. The top-100 item indices will have shape (n_users, 100). After applying like and dislike masks, every user still has well over 100 eligible items, so argpartition will always return enough candidates. The script will be written in a single complete file.\n\nDiscovery labels will use a 7-day horizon and a 1,800-second gap. Each label window ends at a target timestamp, with history cutoff set to 1,800 seconds before the start. For organic strong listens, the code must use full event records rather than just unique positives.\n\nDiscovery labels will be built from organic catalog events with play count at least 80 or explicit likes. Each label records the item, timestamp, and grade 3 when both exist. The label window selects unique items with at least one discovery event inside it, using the maximum grade per item. History is defined as unique positive items whose last timestamp predates the history cutoff. Only about eight million such discovery events exist globally, so per-user storage stays small.\n\nFive event arrays will be stored per user: positive listens, skips, discovery organic plays with play count at least 80, organic likes, and explicit preferences. History will include all organic and recommended plays with play count at least 50 to capture taste. The final sample structure will be a compact numpy-stacked dataclass.\n\nSamples will be accumulated in Python lists of arrays and stacked with `np.stack` rather than building dictionaries, which is faster for 250,000 records. Each user will contribute at most ten discovery labels, prioritizing grade-3 organic strong events. Next-item samples will also be generated by walking each user’s chronological unique positive items from the last 60 days; if an item is in the discovery set, it becomes a sample with history drawn from earlier items, capped at fifteen per user.\n\nA `history_at` helper is being drafted to build user history from chronological item arrays. It filters events before a cutoff timestamp, keeps only the most recent unique items, pads the sequence to fixed lengths, and computes per-item weights using exponential decay on recency days multiplied by item IDF.\n\nA `unique_from_end` helper is being drafted to deduplicate chronological item arrays from the end while preserving recency. It will be called eight times across discovery windows, processing roughly 136 million events total. That workload could take 30 to 60 seconds.\n\nA faster history construction is being adopted. Instead of scanning chronological arrays from the end, each user's full history will be precomputed as unique items sorted by last timestamp. Filtering by a cutoff timestamp then becomes a simple suffix slice, eliminating the need for repeated deduplication across discovery windows. For discovery labels, first timestamps will also be tracked alongside last timestamps to identify items that were first engaged within the label window." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "I’m writing a YouTube-style two-tower with cosine MIPS, full-catalog softmax, and liked/disliked masking so training stays scalable and request-time scoring stays a single dot product." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-462e6f74-1443-41d0-a362-383094440445-18", "name": "write", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "content": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"CPU two-tower ranker for the Made-for-You catalog.\n\nUser vectors come from interaction history (no user-ID lookup). Item vectors\nare produced by a separate item tower and are precomputable. The relevance\nscore is the dot product of the two vectors.\n\"\"\"\nfrom __future__ import annotations\n\nimport json\nimport math\nimport os\nimport sys\nimport time\nfrom dataclasses import dataclass\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\nimport pyarrow as pa\nimport pyarrow.parquet as pq\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nimport torch.nn.functional as F\nfrom torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset\n\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"MKL_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\n\nSOLUTION = Path(\"/app/solution\")\nDATA = Path(\"/task/data\")\nsys.path.insert(0, \"/task\")\n\nfrom evaluate_public import validation_truth # noqa: E402\nfrom ranking_evaluation import ( # noqa: E402\n CandidateSet,\n ndcg_at_k,\n score_rankings,\n)\n\nTRAIN_CUTOFF = 24_786_800\nGAP_SECONDS = 1_800\nDAY = 86_400\nWEEK = 7 * DAY\nSEED = 42\n\nEMB_DIM = 64\nHIDDEN = 160\nOUT_DIM = 64\nHIST_LONG = 64\nHIST_SHORT = 8\nMAX_LIKES = 32\nMAX_DISLIKES = 16\nMAX_SKIPS = 8\nPAD = 0\n\nN_ITEM_FEAT = 9\nN_USER_FEAT = 10\n\nBATCH_SIZE = 384\nLR = 1.2e-3\nWEIGHT_DECAY = 1e-4\nMAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 8\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 7\nLOG_EVERY = 50\nMAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW = 10\nMAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER = 12\nN_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 8\nTAU_INIT = 20.0\n\nDEVICE = torch.device(\"cpu\")\n\n\ndef log(msg: str) -> None:\n stamp = time.strftime(\"%H:%M:%S\")\n line = f\"[{stamp}] {msg}\"\n print(line, flush=True)\n with open(SOLUTION / \"train.log\", \"a\", encoding=\"utf-8\") as handle:\n handle.write(line + \"\\n\")\n\n\ndef set_seeds(seed: int) -> None:\n np.random.seed(seed)\n torch.manual_seed(seed)\n torch.set_num_threads(8)\n torch.set_num_interop_threads(2)\n\n\ndef pad_1d(values: np.ndarray, length: int, dtype) -> np.ndarray:\n out = np.zeros(length, dtype=dtype)\n n = min(length, int(values.shape[0]))\n if n:\n out[:n] = values[:n]\n return out\n\n\nclass MLP(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, in_dim: int, hidden: int, out_dim: int, dropout: float = 0.1):\n super().__init__()\n self.fc1 = nn.Linear(in_dim, hidden)\n self.n1 = nn.LayerNorm(hidden)\n self.fc2 = nn.Linear(hidden, hidden)\n self.n2 = nn.LayerNorm(hidden)\n self.fc3 = nn.Linear(hidden, out_dim)\n self.skip = nn.Linear(in_dim, out_dim)\n self.drop = nn.Dropout(dropout)\n\n def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n h = self.drop(F.gelu(self.n1(self.fc1(x))))\n h = self.drop(F.gelu(self.n2(self.fc2(h))))\n return self.fc3(h) + self.skip(x)\n\n\nclass TwoTower(nn.Module):\n \"\"\"History user tower + independently evaluable item tower.\"\"\"\n\n def __init__(self, n_catalog: int, n_item_feat: int, n_user_feat: int):\n super().__init__()\n self.n_catalog = n_catalog\n vocab = n_catalog + 1\n self.emb = nn.Embedding(vocab, EMB_DIM, padding_idx=PAD)\n nn.init.normal_(self.emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.05)\n self.emb.weight.data[PAD].zero_()\n self.pos_emb = nn.Embedding(HIST_SHORT, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.pos_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.org_emb = nn.Embedding(2, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.org_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.item_feat_proj = nn.Linear(n_item_feat, EMB_DIM)\n self.user_mlp = MLP(EMB_DIM * 6 + n_user_feat, HIDDEN, OUT_DIM, dropout=0.12)\n self.item_mlp = MLP(EMB_DIM * 2, HIDDEN, OUT_DIM, dropout=0.05)\n self.log_tau = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(math.log(TAU_INIT), dtype=torch.float32))\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", torch.zeros(n_catalog, n_item_feat))\n\n def set_item_features(self, feat: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(feat.astype(np.float32))\n self.item_features = tensor\n\n def tau(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n return self.log_tau.exp().clamp(1.0, 80.0)\n\n def _finalize(self, raw: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n taste = F.normalize(raw[:, :-1], dim=-1)\n pop = torch.tanh(raw[:, -1:])\n return torch.cat([taste, pop], dim=-1)\n\n @staticmethod\n def _mean(emb: torch.Tensor, mask: torch.Tensor, weights: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> torch.Tensor:\n if weights is None:\n weights = mask.float()\n else:\n weights = weights * mask.float()\n denom = weights.sum(dim=1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-6)\n return (emb * weights.unsqueeze(-1)).sum(dim=1) / denom\n\n def encode_users(\n self,\n long_ids: torch.Tensor,\n long_w: torch.Tensor,\n long_org: torch.Tensor,\n short_ids: torch.Tensor,\n like_ids: torch.Tensor,\n dislike_ids: torch.Tensor,\n skip_ids: torch.Tensor,\n user_feat: torch.Tensor,\n ) -> torch.Tensor:\n long_e = self.emb(long_ids) + self.org_emb(long_org.clamp(0, 1))\n long_mask = long_ids.ne(PAD)\n long_vec = self._mean(long_e, long_mask, long_w)\n\n short_e = self.emb(short_ids) + self.pos_emb.weight.unsqueeze(0)\n short_vec = self._mean(short_e, short_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n like_vec = self._mean(self.emb(like_ids), like_ids.ne(PAD))\n dislike_vec = self._mean(self.emb(dislike_ids), dislike_ids.ne(PAD))\n skip_vec = self._mean(self.emb(skip_ids), skip_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n rec_mask = long_mask & long_org.eq(0)\n rec_vec = self._mean(long_e, rec_mask, long_w)\n\n x = torch.cat(\n [long_vec, short_vec, like_vec, dislike_vec, skip_vec, rec_vec, user_feat],\n dim=-1,\n )\n return self._finalize(self.user_mlp(x))\n\n def encode_items(self, catalog_idx: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n emb = self.emb(catalog_idx + 1)\n feat = self.item_feat_proj(self.item_features[catalog_idx])\n raw = self.item_mlp(torch.cat([emb, feat], dim=-1))\n return self._finalize(raw)\n\n def encode_all_items(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n idx = torch.arange(self.n_catalog, device=self.emb.weight.device)\n return self.encode_items(idx)\n\n\n@dataclass\nclass UserArrays:\n pos_item: np.ndarray\n pos_ts: np.ndarray\n pos_org: np.ndarray\n skip_item: np.ndarray\n skip_ts: np.ndarray\n disc_item: np.ndarray\n disc_ts: np.ndarray\n disc_grade: np.ndarray\n expl_ts: np.ndarray\n expl_item: np.ndarray\n expl_kind: np.ndarray\n uniq_item: np.ndarray\n uniq_last_ts: np.ndarray\n uniq_org: np.ndarray\n\n\ndef load_catalog() -> tuple[pd.DataFrame, dict[int, int], np.ndarray]:\n catalog = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\n item_ids = catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64)\n mapping = {int(item): idx for idx, item in enumerate(item_ids)}\n return catalog, mapping, item_ids\n\n\ndef _concat_parquets(paths: list[Path], columns: list[str]) -> pa.Table:\n tables = [pq.read_table(path, columns=columns) for path in paths]\n return pa.concat_tables(tables) if len(tables) > 1 else tables[0]\n\n\ndef _catalog_mask(item_ids: np.ndarray, catalog_ids: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n lookup_size = int(max(int(item_ids.max()), int(catalog_ids.max()))) + 1\n is_cat = np.zeros(lookup_size, dtype=np.uint8)\n is_cat[catalog_ids] = 1\n return is_cat[item_ids].astype(bool)\n\n\ndef load_listen_tables(listen_paths: list[Path], catalog_ids: np.ndarray) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:\n table = _concat_parquets(\n listen_paths,\n [\"uid\", \"timestamp\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\", \"played_ratio_pct\", \"track_length_seconds\"],\n )\n uid = table.column(\"uid\").to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\n ts = table.column(\"timestamp\").to_numpy().astype(np.int32)\n item = table.column(\"item_id\").to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\n organic = table.column(\"is_organic\").to_numpy().astype(np.int8)\n play = table.column(\"played_ratio_pct\").to_numpy().astype(np.int16)\n length = table.column(\"track_length_seconds\").to_numpy().astype(np.int32)\n mask = _catalog_mask(item, catalog_ids)\n return {\n \"uid\": uid[mask],\n \"ts\": ts[mask],\n \"item\": item[mask],\n \"organic\": organic[mask],\n \"play\": play[mask],\n \"length\": length[mask],\n }\n\n\ndef load_explicit(paths: list[Path], catalog_ids: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n if not paths:\n return (\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int64),\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32),\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int64),\n )\n table = _concat_parquets(paths, [\"uid\", \"timestamp\", \"item_id\"])\n uid = table.column(\"uid\").to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\n ts = table.column(\"timestamp\").to_numpy().astype(np.int32)\n item = table.column(\"item_id\").to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\n mask = _catalog_mask(item, catalog_ids)\n return uid[mask], ts[mask], item[mask]\n\n\ndef map_items(items: np.ndarray, mapping: dict[int, int]) -> np.ndarray:\n out = np.empty(items.shape[0], dtype=np.int32)\n for i, item in enumerate(items):\n out[i] = mapping[int(item)]\n return out\n\n\ndef _group_splits(uids: np.ndarray) -> dict[int, tuple[int, int]]:\n if uids.size == 0:\n return {}\n bounds = np.flatnonzero(uids[1:] != uids[:-1]) + 1\n starts = np.concatenate([[0], bounds])\n ends = np.concatenate([bounds, [uids.size]])\n return {int(uids[s]): (int(s), int(e)) for s, e in zip(starts, ends)}\n\n\ndef _sort_uid_ts(uid: np.ndarray, ts: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n return np.lexsort((ts, uid))\n\n\ndef compute_item_features(\n listens: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n mapping: dict[int, int],\n n_items: int,\n like_items: np.ndarray,\n dislike_items: np.ndarray,\n catalog: pd.DataFrame,\n) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n item_idx = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in listens[\"item\"]), dtype=np.int32, count=len(listens[\"item\"]))\n play = listens[\"play\"]\n organic = listens[\"organic\"]\n length = listens[\"length\"].astype(np.float64)\n\n n_listens = np.bincount(item_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_pos = np.bincount(item_idx[play >= 50], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_org = np.bincount(item_idx[(organic == 1) & (play >= 50)], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_skip = np.bincount(item_idx[play < 20], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_strong = np.bincount(item_idx[(organic == 1) & (play >= 80)], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n sum_play = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=play.astype(np.float64), minlength=n_items)\n sum_len = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=length, minlength=n_items)\n\n like_idx = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in like_items), dtype=np.int32, count=len(like_items)) if len(like_items) else np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32)\n dis_idx = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in dislike_items), dtype=np.int32, count=len(dislike_items)) if len(dislike_items) else np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32)\n n_like = np.bincount(like_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64) if len(like_idx) else np.zeros(n_items)\n n_dis = np.bincount(dis_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64) if len(dis_idx) else np.zeros(n_items)\n\n pop = catalog.positive_listens.to_numpy(dtype=np.float64)\n feat = np.column_stack(\n [\n np.log1p(n_pos),\n np.log1p(n_org),\n n_org / np.clip(n_pos, 1.0, None),\n np.log1p(n_strong),\n np.log1p(n_like),\n np.log1p(n_dis),\n n_skip / np.clip(n_listens, 1.0, None),\n (sum_play / np.clip(n_listens, 1.0, None)) / 100.0,\n np.log1p(pop),\n ]\n ).astype(np.float32)\n mean = feat.mean(axis=0)\n std = feat.std(axis=0)\n std[std < 1e-6] = 1.0\n feat = (feat - mean) / std\n\n n_users_est = max(1, len(np.unique(listens[\"uid\"])))\n df = np.bincount(item_idx[play >= 50], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n idf = np.log((n_users_est + 1.0) / (df + 1.0)).astype(np.float32)\n idf = np.clip(idf, 0.05, 6.0)\n return feat, idf\n\n\ndef _unique_last(items: np.ndarray, ts: np.ndarray, org: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n if items.size == 0:\n return (\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32),\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32),\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int8),\n )\n seen: dict[int, int] = {}\n for i in range(items.shape[0]):\n seen[int(items[i])] = i\n order = np.fromiter((seen[k] for k in seen), dtype=np.int32, count=len(seen))\n order = order[np.argsort(ts[order], kind=\"stable\")]\n return items[order], ts[order], org[order]\n\n\ndef build_user_store(\n listens: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n mapping: dict[int, int],\n likes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n unlikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n dislikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n undislikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n like_org: np.ndarray | None,\n) -> dict[int, UserArrays]:\n item_idx = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in listens[\"item\"]), dtype=np.int32, count=len(listens[\"item\"]))\n uid = listens[\"uid\"]\n ts = listens[\"ts\"]\n org = listens[\"organic\"]\n play = listens[\"play\"]\n\n order = _sort_uid_ts(uid, ts)\n uid, ts, org, play, item_idx = uid[order], ts[order], org[order], play[order], item_idx[order]\n\n pos_mask = play >= 50\n skip_mask = play < 20\n disc_mask = (org == 1) & (play >= 80)\n\n store: dict[int, dict[str, list]] = {}\n\n def ensure(u: int) -> dict[str, list]:\n rec = store.get(u)\n if rec is None:\n rec = {\n \"pos_item\": [],\n \"pos_ts\": [],\n \"pos_org\": [],\n \"skip_item\": [],\n \"skip_ts\": [],\n \"disc_item\": [],\n \"disc_ts\": [],\n \"disc_grade\": [],\n \"expl_ts\": [],\n \"expl_item\": [],\n \"expl_kind\": [],\n }\n store[u] = rec\n return rec\n\n splits = _group_splits(uid)\n for u, (s, e) in splits.items():\n rec = ensure(u)\n sl = slice(s, e)\n pm = pos_mask[sl]\n rec[\"pos_item\"] = item_idx[sl][pm]\n rec[\"pos_ts\"] = ts[sl][pm]\n rec[\"pos_org\"] = org[sl][pm]\n sm = skip_mask[sl]\n rec[\"skip_item\"] = item_idx[sl][sm]\n rec[\"skip_ts\"] = ts[sl][sm]\n dm = disc_mask[sl]\n rec[\"disc_item\"] = item_idx[sl][dm]\n rec[\"disc_ts\"] = ts[sl][dm]\n rec[\"disc_grade\"] = np.ones(int(dm.sum()), dtype=np.int8)\n\n def add_expl(triple, kind: int, organic_filter: np.ndarray | None = None) -> None:\n eu, et, ei = triple\n if eu.size == 0:\n return\n mask = _catalog_mask(ei, np.array(list(mapping.keys()), dtype=np.int64)) if False else np.ones(len(ei), dtype=bool)\n if organic_filter is not None:\n mask = mask & (organic_filter == 1)\n eu, et, ei = eu[mask], et[mask], ei[mask]\n mapped = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in ei), dtype=np.int32, count=len(ei))\n for i in range(len(eu)):\n rec = ensure(int(eu[i]))\n rec[\"expl_ts\"].append(int(et[i]))\n rec[\"expl_item\"].append(int(mapped[i]))\n rec[\"expl_kind\"].append(kind)\n\n add_expl(likes, 0)\n add_expl(unlikes, 1)\n add_expl(dislikes, 2)\n add_expl(undislikes, 3)\n\n like_uid, like_ts, like_item = likes\n if like_org is not None and like_uid.size:\n org_mask = like_org == 1\n lu, lt, li = like_uid[org_mask], like_ts[org_mask], like_item[org_mask]\n cat_ok = np.fromiter((int(x) in mapping for x in li), dtype=bool, count=len(li))\n lu, lt, li = lu[cat_ok], lt[cat_ok], li[cat_ok]\n mapped = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in li), dtype=np.int32, count=len(li))\n for i in range(len(lu)):\n rec = ensure(int(lu[i]))\n if isinstance(rec[\"disc_item\"], list):\n rec[\"disc_item\"].append(int(mapped[i]))\n rec[\"disc_ts\"].append(int(lt[i]))\n rec[\"disc_grade\"].append(3)\n else:\n rec[\"disc_item\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"disc_item\"], np.array([mapped[i]], dtype=np.int32)])\n rec[\"disc_ts\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"disc_ts\"], np.array([lt[i]], dtype=np.int32)])\n rec[\"disc_grade\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"disc_grade\"], np.array([3], dtype=np.int8)])\n\n users: dict[int, UserArrays] = {}\n for u, rec in store.items():\n def as_arr(key, dtype, default_list=True):\n val = rec[key]\n if isinstance(val, np.ndarray):\n return val.astype(dtype, copy=False)\n if not val:\n return np.zeros(0, dtype=dtype)\n return np.asarray(val, dtype=dtype)\n\n pos_item = as_arr(\"pos_item\", np.int32)\n pos_ts = as_arr(\"pos_ts\", np.int32)\n pos_org = as_arr(\"pos_org\", np.int8)\n disc_item = as_arr(\"disc_item\", np.int32)\n disc_ts = as_arr(\"disc_ts\", np.int32)\n disc_grade = as_arr(\"disc_grade\", np.int8)\n if disc_item.size:\n d_order = np.argsort(disc_ts, kind=\"stable\")\n disc_item, disc_ts, disc_grade = disc_item[d_order], disc_ts[d_order], disc_grade[d_order]\n expl_ts = as_arr(\"expl_ts\", np.int32)\n expl_item = as_arr(\"expl_item\", np.int32)\n expl_kind = as_arr(\"expl_kind\", np.int8)\n if expl_ts.size:\n e_order = np.argsort(expl_ts, kind=\"stable\")\n expl_ts, expl_item, expl_kind = expl_ts[e_order], expl_item[e_order], expl_kind[e_order]\n uniq_item, uniq_last_ts, uniq_org = _unique_last(pos_item, pos_ts, pos_org)\n users[u] = UserArrays(\n pos_item=pos_item,\n pos_ts=pos_ts,\n pos_org=pos_org,\n skip_item=as_arr(\"skip_item\", np.int32),\n skip_ts=as_arr(\"skip_ts\", np.int32),\n disc_item=disc_item,\n disc_ts=disc_ts,\n disc_grade=disc_grade,\n expl_ts=expl_ts,\n expl_item=expl_item,\n expl_kind=expl_kind,\n uniq_item=uniq_item,\n uniq_last_ts=uniq_last_ts,\n uniq_org=uniq_org,\n )\n return users\n\n\ndef explicit_state(ud: UserArrays, cutoff: int) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n liked: set[int] = set()\n disliked: set[int] = set()\n ts = ud.expl_ts\n for i in range(ts.shape[0]):\n if ts[i] >= cutoff:\n break\n item = int(ud.expl_item[i])\n kind = int(ud.expl_kind[i])\n if kind == 0:\n liked.add(item)\n elif kind == 1:\n liked.discard(item)\n elif kind == 2:\n disliked.add(item)\n else:\n disliked.discard(item)\n like_arr = np.fromiter(liked, dtype=np.int32) if liked else np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32)\n dis_arr = np.fromiter(disliked, dtype=np.int32) if disliked else np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32)\n return like_arr, dis_arr\n\n\ndef pack_user_inputs(\n ud: UserArrays,\n cutoff: int,\n idf: np.ndarray,\n like_override: np.ndarray | None = None,\n dislike_override: np.ndarray | None = None,\n) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:\n if ud.uniq_item.size:\n keep = ud.uniq_last_ts < cutoff\n items = ud.uniq_item[keep]\n ts = ud.uniq_last_ts[keep]\n org = ud.uniq_org[keep]\n else:\n items = ud.uniq_item\n ts = ud.uniq_last_ts\n org = ud.uniq_org\n\n if items.size:\n recent_first_i = items[::-1]\n recent_first_t = ts[::-1]\n recent_first_o = org[::-1]\n else:\n recent_first_i = items\n recent_first_t = ts\n recent_first_o = org\n\n long_i = pad_1d(recent_first_i, HIST_LONG, np.int32)\n long_o = pad_1d(recent_first_o, HIST_LONG, np.int64)\n long_ids = np.where(long_i > 0, long_i + 1, 0).astype(np.int64)\n if recent_first_i.size:\n recency = (cutoff - recent_first_t[:HIST_LONG].astype(np.float32)) / DAY\n recency = np.clip(recency, 0.0, 365.0)\n w = np.exp(-recency / 18.0) * idf[recent_first_i[:HIST_LONG]]\n long_w = pad_1d(w.astype(np.float32), HIST_LONG, np.float32)\n else:\n long_w = np.zeros(HIST_LONG, dtype=np.float32)\n\n short_raw = pad_1d(recent_first_i, HIST_SHORT, np.int32)\n short_ids = np.where(short_raw > 0, short_raw + 1, 0).astype(np.int64)\n\n if like_override is None or dislike_override is None:\n likes, dislikes = explicit_state(ud, cutoff)\n else:\n likes, dislikes = like_override, dislike_override\n if likes.size:\n likes = likes[::-1]\n if dislikes.size:\n dislikes = dislikes[::-1]\n like_ids = np.where(\n pad_1d(likes, MAX_LIKES, np.int32) > 0,\n pad_1d(likes, MAX_LIKES, np.int32) + 1,\n 0,\n ).astype(np.int64)\n dislike_ids = np.where(\n pad_1d(dislikes, MAX_DISLIKES, np.int32) > 0,\n pad_1d(dislikes, MAX_DISLIKES, np.int32) + 1,\n 0,\n ).astype(np.int64)\n\n if ud.skip_item.size:\n skip_keep = ud.skip_ts < cutoff\n skip_items = ud.skip_item[skip_keep][::-1]\n else:\n skip_items = ud.skip_item\n skip_ids = np.where(\n pad_1d(skip_items, MAX_SKIPS, np.int32) > 0,\n pad_1d(skip_items, MAX_SKIPS, np.int32) + 1,\n 0,\n ).astype(np.int64)\n\n n_hist = int(items.size)\n n_like = int(likes.size)\n n_dis = int(dislikes.size)\n last_age = 0.0 if not ts.size else max(0.0, (cutoff - float(ts[-1])) / DAY)\n mean_idf = float(idf[items[-HIST_LONG:]].mean()) if n_hist else 0.0\n org_frac = float(org[-HIST_LONG:].mean()) if n_hist else 0.0\n user_feat = np.array(\n [\n math.log1p(n_hist),\n math.log1p(n_like),\n math.log1p(n_dis),\n org_frac,\n math.log1p(last_age),\n mean_idf,\n 1.0 if n_like else 0.0,\n 1.0 if n_dis else 0.0,\n 1.0 if n_hist else 0.0,\n min(n_hist, HIST_LONG) / float(HIST_LONG),\n ],\n dtype=np.float32,\n )\n return {\n \"long_ids\": long_ids,\n \"long_w\": long_w,\n \"long_org\": np.clip(long_o, 0, 1).astype(np.int64),\n \"short_ids\": short_ids,\n \"like_ids\": like_ids,\n \"dislike_ids\": dislike_ids,\n \"skip_ids\": skip_ids,\n \"user_feat\": user_feat,\n }\n\n\ndef _select_window_positives(ud: UserArrays, start: int, end: int, hist_items: set[int]) -> list[tuple[int, float]]:\n if ud.disc_item.size == 0:\n return []\n ts = ud.disc_ts\n lo = int(np.searchsorted(ts, start, side=\"left\"))\n hi = int(np.searchsorted(ts, end, side=\"left\"))\n best: dict[int, int] = {}\n for i in range(lo, hi):\n item = int(ud.disc_item[i])\n if item in hist_items:\n continue\n grade = int(ud.disc_grade[i])\n prev = best.get(item, 0)\n if grade > prev:\n best[item] = grade\n ranked = sorted(best.items(), key=lambda kv: (-kv[1], kv[0]))\n out = []\n for item, grade in ranked[:MAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW]:\n weight = 3.0 if grade >= 3 else 1.0\n out.append((item, weight))\n return out\n\n\ndef build_samples(users: dict[int, UserArrays], idf: np.ndarray, label_ends: list[int]) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:\n buckets = {\n \"long_ids\": [],\n \"long_w\": [],\n \"long_org\": [],\n \"short_ids\": [],\n \"like_ids\": [],\n \"dislike_ids\": [],\n \"skip_ids\": [],\n \"user_feat\": [],\n \"pos\": [],\n \"weight\": [],\n }\n n_seq = 0\n n_win = 0\n for label_end in label_ends:\n label_start = label_end - WEEK\n hist_cutoff = label_start - GAP_SECONDS\n for ud in users.values():\n if ud.uniq_item.size:\n hist_keep = ud.uniq_last_ts < hist_cutoff\n hist_items = set(int(x) for x in ud.uniq_item[hist_keep])\n else:\n hist_items = set()\n positives = _select_window_positives(ud, label_start, label_end, hist_items)\n if not positives:\n continue\n packed = pack_user_inputs(ud, hist_cutoff, idf)\n for item, weight in positives:\n for key in (\n \"long_ids\",\n \"long_w\",\n \"long_org\",\n \"short_ids\",\n \"like_ids\",\n \"dislike_ids\",\n \"skip_ids\",\n \"user_feat\",\n ):\n buckets[key].append(packed[key])\n buckets[\"pos\"].append(item)\n buckets[\"weight\"].append(weight)\n n_win += 1\n\n for ud in users.values():\n if ud.uniq_item.size < 6:\n continue\n last_ts = ud.uniq_last_ts\n items = ud.uniq_item\n disc_set: dict[int, int] = {}\n if ud.disc_item.size:\n for item, grade in zip(ud.disc_item.tolist(), ud.disc_grade.tolist()):\n g = disc_set.get(int(item), 0)\n if int(grade) > g:\n disc_set[int(item)] = int(grade)\n taken = 0\n start = max(5, int(items.size) - 80)\n for i in range(items.size - 1, start - 1, -1):\n if taken >= MAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER:\n break\n cutoff = int(last_ts[i])\n item = int(items[i])\n grade = disc_set.get(item, 0)\n if grade <= 0:\n continue\n packed = pack_user_inputs(ud, cutoff, idf)\n for key in (\n \"long_ids\",\n \"long_w\",\n \"long_org\",\n \"short_ids\",\n \"like_ids\",\n \"dislike_ids\",\n \"skip_ids\",\n \"user_feat\",\n ):\n buckets[key].append(packed[key])\n buckets[\"pos\"].append(item)\n buckets[\"weight\"].append(3.0 if grade >= 3 else 1.0)\n taken += 1\n n_seq += 1\n\n if not buckets[\"pos\"]:\n raise RuntimeError(\"no training samples constructed\")\n log(f\"samples window={n_win} sequential={n_seq} total={len(buckets['pos'])}\")\n arrays = {\n \"long_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"long_w\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_w\"]).astype(np.float32),\n \"long_org\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_org\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"short_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"short_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"like_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"like_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"dislike_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"dislike_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"skip_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"skip_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"user_feat\": np.stack(buckets[\"user_feat\"]).astype(np.float32),\n \"pos\": np.asarray(buckets[\"pos\"], dtype=np.int64),\n \"weight\": np.asarray(buckets[\"weight\"], dtype=np.float32),\n }\n return arrays\n\n\ndef make_loader(samples: dict[str, np.ndarray], batch_size: int, shuffle: bool) -> DataLoader:\n tensors = [\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"long_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"long_w\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"long_org\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"short_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"like_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"dislike_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"skip_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"user_feat\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"pos\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"weight\"]),\n ]\n ds = TensorDataset(*tensors)\n return DataLoader(ds, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=shuffle, drop_last=False)\n\n\nclass EMA:\n def __init__(self, model: nn.Module, decay: float = 0.995):\n self.decay = decay\n self.shadow = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}\n\n def update(self, model: nn.Module) -> None:\n for key, value in model.state_dict().items():\n if not value.dtype.is_floating_point:\n self.shadow[key] = value.detach().clone()\n continue\n self.shadow[key].mul_(self.decay).add_(value.detach(), alpha=1.0 - self.decay)\n\n def copy_to(self, model: nn.Module) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:\n current = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}\n model.load_state_dict(self.shadow, strict=True)\n return current\n\n\ndef train_one_epoch(model: TwoTower, loader: DataLoader, opt: torch.optim.Optimizer, ema: EMA) -> float:\n model.train()\n total = 0.0\n n = 0\n for step, batch in enumerate(loader, start=1):\n (\n long_ids,\n long_w,\n long_org,\n short_ids,\n like_ids,\n dislike_ids,\n skip_ids,\n user_feat,\n pos,\n weight,\n ) = batch\n user_vec = model.encode_users(\n long_ids, long_w, long_org, short_ids, like_ids, dislike_ids, skip_ids, user_feat\n )\n item_vec = model.encode_all_items()\n logits = user_vec @ item_vec.T * model.tau()\n per = F.cross_entropy(logits, pos, reduction=\"none\")\n loss = (per * weight).mean()\n opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)\n loss.backward()\n nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), 1.0)\n opt.step()\n ema.update(model)\n total += float(loss.item()) * int(pos.size(0))\n n += int(pos.size(0))\n if step % LOG_EVERY == 0:\n log(f\" step {step}/{len(loader)} loss={loss.item():.4f} tau={float(model.tau()):.2f}\")\n return total / max(n, 1)\n\n\ndef preference_index_sets(path: Path, mapping: dict[int, int]) -> dict[int, tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]]:\n frame = pd.read_parquet(path)\n out: dict[int, tuple[list[int], list[int]]] = {}\n for uid, item, state in frame.itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n idx = mapping.get(int(item))\n if idx is None:\n continue\n rec = out.get(int(uid))\n if rec is None:\n rec = ([], [])\n out[int(uid)] = rec\n if state == \"liked\":\n rec[0].append(idx)\n elif state == \"disliked\":\n rec[1].append(idx)\n packed = {}\n for uid, (likes, dislikes) in out.items():\n packed[uid] = (\n np.asarray(likes, dtype=np.int32),\n np.asarray(dislikes, dtype=np.int32),\n )\n return packed\n\n\ndef encode_target_users(\n model: TwoTower,\n target_uids: np.ndarray,\n users: dict[int, UserArrays],\n idf: np.ndarray,\n cutoff: int,\n pref: dict[int, tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]],\n) -> np.ndarray:\n model.eval()\n rows = []\n with torch.inference_mode():\n batch_acc: dict[str, list] = {k: [] for k in (\n \"long_ids\", \"long_w\", \"long_org\", \"short_ids\", \"like_ids\", \"dislike_ids\", \"skip_ids\", \"user_feat\"\n )}\n empty = UserArrays(\n pos_item=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n pos_ts=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n pos_org=np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n skip_item=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n skip_ts=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n disc_item=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n disc_ts=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n disc_grade=np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n expl_ts=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n expl_item=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n expl_kind=np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n uniq_item=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n uniq_last_ts=np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n uniq_org=np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n )\n uids = []\n def flush():\n if not uids:\n return\n tensors = {k: torch.from_numpy(np.stack(v)) for k, v in batch_acc.items()}\n vec = model.encode_users(\n tensors[\"long_ids\"],\n tensors[\"long_w\"],\n tensors[\"long_org\"],\n tensors[\"short_ids\"],\n tensors[\"like_ids\"],\n tensors[\"dislike_ids\"],\n tensors[\"skip_ids\"],\n tensors[\"user_feat\"],\n )\n rows.append(vec.numpy())\n for k in batch_acc:\n batch_acc[k].clear()\n uids.clear()\n\n for uid in target_uids:\n ud = users.get(int(uid), empty)\n like_ov = dis_ov = None\n if int(uid) in pref:\n like_ov, dis_ov = pref[int(uid)]\n packed = pack_user_inputs(ud, cutoff, idf, like_ov, dis_ov)\n for k, v in packed.items():\n batch_acc[k].append(v)\n uids.append(int(uid))\n if len(uids) == 512:\n flush()\n flush()\n return np.concatenate(rows, axis=0)\n\n\ndef eligibility_mask(path: Path) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n with np.load(path, allow_pickle=False) as art:\n uids = art[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\n item_ids = art[\"item_ids\"].astype(np.int64)\n packed = art[\"packed_eligible\"]\n n_items = item_ids.shape[0]\n mask = np.unpackbits(packed, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].astype(bool)\n return uids, item_ids, mask\n\n\ndef apply_pref_mask(\n mask: np.ndarray,\n uids: np.ndarray,\n pref: dict[int, tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]],\n) -> np.ndarray:\n masked = mask.copy()\n uid_row = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(uids)}\n for uid, (likes, dislikes) in pref.items():\n row = uid_row.get(int(uid))\n if row is None:\n continue\n if likes.size:\n masked[row, likes] = False\n if dislikes.size:\n masked[row, dislikes] = False\n return masked\n\n\ndef topk_ranking(\n user_vecs: np.ndarray,\n item_vecs: np.ndarray,\n mask: np.ndarray,\n uids: np.ndarray,\n item_ids: np.ndarray,\n k: int = 100,\n) -> pd.DataFrame:\n scores = user_vecs @ item_vecs.T\n scores = np.where(mask, scores, -np.inf)\n top_idx = np.argpartition(-scores, kth=k - 1, axis=1)[:, :k]\n top_scores = np.take_along_axis(scores, top_idx, axis=1)\n order = np.argsort(-top_scores, axis=1)\n top_idx = np.take_along_axis(top_idx, order, axis=1)\n n_users = uids.shape[0]\n out_uid = np.repeat(uids, k)\n out_item = item_ids[top_idx.reshape(-1)]\n out_rank = np.tile(np.arange(1, k + 1, dtype=np.int64), n_users)\n return pd.DataFrame({\"uid\": out_uid, \"item_id\": out_item, \"rank\": out_rank})\n\n\ndef save_ranking(frame: pd.DataFrame, path: Path) -> None:\n path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n frame.to_parquet(path, index=False)\n\n\ndef score_frame(frame: pd.DataFrame, graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]]) -> dict:\n ranked = {\n int(uid): list(map(int, grp.sort_values(\"rank\").item_id.tolist()))\n for uid, grp in frame.groupby(\"uid\")\n }\n return score_rankings(ranked, graded)\n\n\ndef parameter_groups(model: nn.Module):\n decay, no_decay = [], []\n for name, param in model.named_parameters():\n if not param.requires_grad:\n continue\n if param.ndim == 1 or name.endswith(\"bias\"):\n no_decay.append(param)\n else:\n decay.append(param)\n return [\n {\"params\": decay, \"weight_decay\": WEIGHT_DECAY},\n {\"params\": no_decay, \"weight_decay\": 0.0},\n ]\n\n\ndef train_model(\n samples: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n n_items: int,\n item_feat: np.ndarray,\n eval_fn,\n max_epochs: int,\n time_limit: float,\n start_time: float,\n) -> tuple[TwoTower, dict, float]:\n model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n model.to(DEVICE)\n opt = torch.optim.AdamW(parameter_groups(model), lr=LR)\n sched = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.CosineAnnealingLR(opt, T_max=max(1, max_epochs))\n ema = EMA(model, decay=0.995)\n loader = make_loader(samples, BATCH_SIZE, shuffle=True)\n best_score = -1.0\n best_state = None\n stale = 0\n for epoch in range(1, max_epochs + 1):\n if time.time() - start_time > time_limit:\n log(\"time limit reached before epoch start\")\n break\n log(f\"epoch {epoch}/{max_epochs} batches={len(loader)}\")\n loss = train_one_epoch(model, loader, opt, ema)\n sched.step()\n backup = ema.copy_to(model)\n score = eval_fn(model)\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n if score > best_score + 1e-6:\n best_score = score\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n stale = 0\n else:\n stale += 1\n if stale >= 2 and epoch >= 3:\n log(\"early stop\")\n break\n if best_state is None:\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}\n best_score = 0.0\n model.load_state_dict(best_state, strict=True)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n return model, best_state, best_score\n\n\ndef load_stage_events(include_val: bool) -> tuple:\n catalog, mapping, item_ids = load_catalog()\n listen_paths = [DATA / \"train_listens.parquet\"]\n like_paths = [DATA / \"train_likes.parquet\"]\n unlike_paths = [DATA / \"train_unlikes.parquet\"]\n dislike_paths = [DATA / \"train_dislikes.parquet\"]\n undislike_paths = [DATA / \"train_undislikes.parquet\"]\n if include_val:\n listen_paths.append(DATA / \"val_listens.parquet\")\n like_paths.append(DATA / \"val_likes.parquet\")\n unlike_paths.append(DATA / \"val_unlikes.parquet\")\n dislike_paths.append(DATA / \"val_dislikes.parquet\")\n undislike_paths.append(DATA / \"val_undislikes.parquet\")\n log(f\"loading listens include_val={include_val}\")\n listens = load_listen_tables(listen_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n likes = load_explicit(like_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n unlikes = load_explicit(unlike_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n dislikes = load_explicit(dislike_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n undislikes = load_explicit(undislike_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n\n like_tables = _concat_parquets(like_paths, [\"uid\", \"timestamp\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\"])\n like_org_all = like_tables.column(\"is_organic\").to_numpy().astype(np.int8)\n like_items_all = like_tables.column(\"item_id\").to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\n like_org_mask = _catalog_mask(like_items_all, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n like_org = like_org_all[like_org_mask]\n\n log(f\"catalog listens={len(listens['uid'])} likes={len(likes[0])}\")\n item_feat, idf = compute_item_features(\n listens, mapping, len(item_ids), likes[2], dislikes[2], catalog\n )\n log(\"building user store\")\n users = build_user_store(listens, mapping, likes, unlikes, dislikes, undislikes, like_org)\n log(f\"users in store={len(users)}\")\n return catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf\n\n\ndef window_ends_for_train(include_val_window: bool) -> list[int]:\n ends = [TRAIN_CUTOFF - i * WEEK for i in range(N_TRAIN_WINDOWS)]\n if include_val_window:\n val_end = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n ends = [val_end] + ends\n return ends\n\n\ndef main() -> None:\n SOLUTION.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n (SOLUTION / \"train.log\").write_text(\"\", encoding=\"utf-8\")\n set_seeds(SEED)\n start = time.time()\n log(\"start two-tower training\")\n\n targets = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"target_users.parquet\")\n target_uids = targets.uid.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64)\n target_set = set(map(int, target_uids))\n\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf = load_stage_events(include_val=False)\n n_items = len(item_ids)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=False))\n\n val_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"validation_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n val_uids, val_item_ids, val_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n val_mask = apply_pref_mask(val_el, val_uids, val_pref)\n elig = CandidateSet(DATA / \"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n graded = validation_truth(elig, target_set)\n log(f\"validation graded users={len(graded)}\")\n\n uid_order = val_uids\n row_of = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(uid_order)}\n target_in_order = uid_order\n\n def eval_model(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n model, target_in_order, users, idf, TRAIN_CUTOFF, val_pref\n )\n frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n metrics = score_frame(frame, graded)\n return float(metrics[\"quality_ndcg@10\"])\n\n def eval_and_save(model: TwoTower, path: Path) -> float:\n model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n model, target_in_order, users, idf, TRAIN_CUTOFF, val_pref\n )\n frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n save_ranking(frame, path)\n metrics = score_frame(frame, graded)\n log(f\"saved {path} {metrics}\")\n return float(metrics[\"quality_ndcg@10\"])\n\n val_time_limit = 28 * 60\n model, best_state, best_score = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=lambda m: eval_and_save(m, SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\"),\n max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_VAL,\n time_limit=val_time_limit,\n start_time=start,\n )\n log(f\"best public val ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n torch.save(best_state, SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\")\n\n remaining = 54 * 60 - (time.time() - start)\n log(f\"seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot={remaining:.0f}\")\n\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n\n def dummy_eval(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n return 0.0\n\n final_epochs = MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL\n if remaining < 12 * 60:\n final_epochs = 3\n final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n )\n torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n final_model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = final_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n final_model, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n submission = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(submission, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote submission rows={len(submission)}\")\n\n readme = f\"\"\"# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\n## Architecture\n\nSeparate PyTorch user and item towers produce 64-dimensional vectors. The\nrequest-time score is their dot product (maximum inner-product search over\nprecomputed item vectors).\n\n**Item tower.** Catalog ID embedding (64d) concatenated with projected\noffline item statistics (log positive/organic/like/dislike counts, skip rate,\nmean play ratio, popularity). A 2-layer residual GELU MLP emits a vector\nwhose first 63 dimensions are L2-normalized taste and whose last dimension is\na bounded popularity residual.\n\n**User tower.** No user-ID lookup. Inputs are cutoff-correct interaction\nhistory:\n\n- recency- and IDF-weighted mean of the last 64 unique positive catalog tracks\n (organic flag added to the token embedding)\n- mean of the last 8 tracks plus learned positional embeddings (short-term)\n- mean of active likes, dislikes, skips, and non-organic positives\n- scalar history summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n\nA residual GELU MLP maps the concatenated user features to the same 64d space.\nCandidate eligibility is applied as a retrieval mask. Active liked and\ndisliked items at the cutoff are excluded because they never receive discovery\nlabels.\n\n## Training objective\n\nSampled-softmax-style full-catalog softmax (catalog size 30k, so every item is\na negative; the same trainer can swap in sampled negatives for a million-item\ncatalog). Positives are:\n\n1. Organic discovery events in rolling 7-day windows (organic like = weight 3,\n organic listen ≥80% = weight 1), using only history strictly before a 30\n minute gap.\n2. Sequential first-time strong organic engagements.\n\nVectors are trained with temperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of\nweights. No global user-item matrix is materialized or factorized.\n\n## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window, history = `train_*` only:\n**{best_score:.6f}**\n\n## Submission command\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n\nThe script writes `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then\nrefits on `train_* + val_*` and writes `solution/submission.parquet`.\n\"\"\"\n (SOLUTION / \"README.md\").write_text(readme, encoding=\"utf-8\")\n log(f\"done in {(time.time() - start) / 60:.1f} min\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n main()\n" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been created.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 18, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "A bug was found in `pack_user_inputs`: the condition `long_i > 0` incorrectly excludes catalog index 0, which is a valid item.\n\nThe fix is to pad sequences with -1 instead of 0. Then the packing logic can use `>= 0` to distinguish real catalog indices from padding, since index 0 is valid.\n\nThe same padding bug affects `short_raw` and `likes`. `map_items` is unused. `add_expl` has an unreachable catalog mask because explicit likes are already filtered to the catalog in `load_explicit`.\n\nOrganic likes are handled separately via `like_org`.\n\n`add_expl` iterates over 800k like events in Python. That is acceptable.\n\nThe bigger bottleneck is `build_user_store`. It concatenates disc-likes one by one in a Python loop. This is O(n²). I will collect like-disc events first and concatenate once per user.\n\n`map_items` also uses a slow Python loop. I will replace it with `fromiter`.\n\n`compute_item_features` will use a lookup array instead of `fromiter` over 20 million items. This is much faster.\n\nThe `long_i > 0` bug in `pack_user_inputs` is critical.\n\n`train_model` has a flaw: the dummy evaluation returns 0.0 every epoch, so the early stopping score never improves and only the first epoch is kept.\n\nThe dummy evaluation causes early stopping after only three epochs, so the final model is truncated. I will disable early stopping for the final training run and retain the last EMA state instead.\n\n`eval_and_save` writes `validation.parquet` on every epoch. This overwrites the best submission file even when the current score is not the best. The save should only happen when the score improves.\n\n`eval_fn` will be split so it only computes the score, and `validation.parquet` will be written separately when the score improves.\n\n`set_item_features` must assign a plain tensor to `self.item_features`, because assigning a plain tensor breaks PyTorch's buffer registration and prevents proper state dict handling.\n\n`set_item_features` should use `self.item_features.copy_(tensor)` or `register_buffer` instead of direct assignment to preserve PyTorch buffer registration. EMA shadow copies and `load_state_dict` will still handle the buffer correctly.\n\nEncoding all 30,000 items per batch with a full catalog softmax is acceptable.\n\n`pad_1d` will accept a configurable pad value. Long history sequences will be padded with -1 and shifted by adding 1, yielding 0 for padding and 1 for catalog index 0. Short organic history sequences will continue to be padded with 0.\n\nThe `set_item_features` implementation will use `np.ascontiguousarray` and check shape before calling `copy_`, falling back to `register_buffer` only when the tensor dimensions differ.\n\n`build_user_store` will be rewritten to collect all listen-based arrays per user first, then gather organic like labels in lists, and concatenate everything once. This avoids the O(n²) loop of appending disc-likes one by one. Since `load_explicit` already filters likes to the catalog, mapping indices are guaranteed valid.\n\nI will consolidate explicit and organic likes into a single table to guarantee matching row order. Full softmax is estimated at roughly 737 million multiply-adds per step, so I may switch to in-batch sampling with 4096 negatives if training becomes too slow.\n\nTraining should take roughly 10–20 minutes on CPU, which is acceptable. The `build_samples` loop is the next bottleneck: it iterates over eight windows and 800,000 like events per window. I will cache explicit states at each cutoff or compute likes from precomputed arrays to avoid that Python loop.\n\nPrecomputing explicit states once per window is acceptable for now. The sequential sampling path calls pack_user_inputs up to twelve times per user across different cutoffs, adding roughly one hundred thousand packing operations that may take over five minutes. I will optimize pack_user_inputs slightly to reduce that overhead.\n\nPadding positions in `encode_users` are harmless because the mean is masked. Dead code will be removed.\n\nThe final model will be trained for a fixed number of epochs and the last EMA state kept.\n\nA fallback ranking will be written immediately after validation training so a valid submission exists before refitting.\n\nThe validation window ends at 25393400, which aligns with the latest validation timestamp. This cutoff correctly includes all validation events in the test history.\n\nFor test preference state, I will load `test_preference_state.parquet` directly instead of recomputing it from raw events.\n\nThe validation model will be applied to the test set using test preference state and combined train-plus-validation history as a fallback submission.\n\nItem feature IDF is computed from event counts rather than unique users. This stronger downweighting of popular items is acceptable.\n\nItem feature IDF will be clipped to 0.05 when event counts exceed user counts, preventing negative values.\n\nDeterministic PyTorch algorithms were considered but rejected because they would slow training.\n\nThe EMA shadow copy correctly preserves item_features, so restoring the best state dict after evaluation will not fail.\n\n`_select_window_positives` correctly keeps the highest grade when an item appears in multiple grades. Explicit states include all recommendation likes, while disc labels use only organic likes.\n\nFull softmax backward is expensive because the item tower runs on all 30,000 items every batch. I will keep full gradients instead of caching vectors or skipping negatives. If training becomes too slow, I will switch to a hybrid sampled softmax with 4096 in-batch negatives.\n\nA hybrid sampled softmax with 2048 random negatives was considered to speed up training, but full softmax is preferred for catalog quality. The batch size may be reduced to 256 if needed. A bug in `pack_user_inputs` was also spotted.\n\nThe `long_i > 0` padding check is broken because catalog item 0 is the most popular track. When item 0 appears in a user's history, it is misread as padding and dropped. Empty slots then incorrectly receive item 0's embedding. This would severely degrade the user representation.\n\nThe `long_i > 0` check correctly drops empty slots from history, but it also drops real catalog item 0 when that track appears in a user's history. Without the `where` clause, padding positions would be misread as embedding 1 and incorrectly inject item 0 into the representation.\n\nA lookup table will replace the `map_items` Python loop in `compute_item_features` to avoid roughly fifteen seconds of iteration over twenty million items. `add_expl` will also use this lookup instead of a slow loop. Final training will run for a fixed number of epochs without early stopping." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "I’m fixing padding so catalog item 0 is not treated as PAD, stopping the O(n²) like-event concat, and keeping a valid submission as soon as the validation model exists." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-3f980127-e4f8-4bea-94d6-6524db31b31d-19", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def pad_1d(values: np.ndarray, length: int, dtype) -> np.ndarray:\n out = np.zeros(length, dtype=dtype)\n n = min(length, int(values.shape[0]))\n if n:\n out[:n] = values[:n]\n return out", "new_string": "def pad_1d(values: np.ndarray, length: int, dtype, pad_value=0) -> np.ndarray:\n out = np.full(length, pad_value, dtype=dtype)\n n = min(length, int(values.shape[0]))\n if n:\n out[:n] = values[:n]\n return out\n\n\ndef catalog_lookup(catalog_ids: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n lookup = np.full(int(catalog_ids.max()) + 1, -1, dtype=np.int32)\n lookup[catalog_ids.astype(np.int64)] = np.arange(catalog_ids.shape[0], dtype=np.int32)\n return lookup\n\n\ndef to_catalog_idx(item_ids: np.ndarray, lookup: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n return lookup[item_ids.astype(np.int64)]\n\n\ndef emb_ids_from_catalog(catalog_idx: np.ndarray, length: int) -> np.ndarray:\n padded = pad_1d(catalog_idx.astype(np.int32, copy=False), length, np.int32, pad_value=-1)\n return (padded.astype(np.int64) + 1)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-3f980127-e4f8-4bea-94d6-6524db31b31d-20", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " def set_item_features(self, feat: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(feat.astype(np.float32))\n self.item_features = tensor", "new_string": " def set_item_features(self, feat: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(feat.astype(np.float32)))\n if tuple(self.item_features.shape) == tuple(tensor.shape):\n self.item_features.copy_(tensor)\n else:\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", tensor)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-3f980127-e4f8-4bea-94d6-6524db31b31d-21", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def map_items(items: np.ndarray, mapping: dict[int, int]) -> np.ndarray:\n out = np.empty(items.shape[0], dtype=np.int32)\n for i, item in enumerate(items):\n out[i] = mapping[int(item)]\n return out\n\n\ndef _group_splits(uids: np.ndarray) -> dict[int, tuple[int, int]]:", "new_string": "def _group_splits(uids: np.ndarray) -> dict[int, tuple[int, int]]:" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 19, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Continuing fixes to compute_item_features, build_user_store, pack_user_inputs, and train_model." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-6b54e71e-fb3f-4fc8-8f50-d88c0f6eaae4-22", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def compute_item_features(\n listens: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n mapping: dict[int, int],\n n_items: int,\n like_items: np.ndarray,\n dislike_items: np.ndarray,\n catalog: pd.DataFrame,\n) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n item_idx = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in listens[\"item\"]), dtype=np.int32, count=len(listens[\"item\"]))\n play = listens[\"play\"]\n organic = listens[\"organic\"]\n length = listens[\"length\"].astype(np.float64)\n\n n_listens = np.bincount(item_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_pos = np.bincount(item_idx[play >= 50], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_org = np.bincount(item_idx[(organic == 1) & (play >= 50)], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_skip = np.bincount(item_idx[play < 20], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_strong = np.bincount(item_idx[(organic == 1) & (play >= 80)], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n sum_play = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=play.astype(np.float64), minlength=n_items)\n sum_len = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=length, minlength=n_items)\n\n like_idx = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in like_items), dtype=np.int32, count=len(like_items)) if len(like_items) else np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32)\n dis_idx = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in dislike_items), dtype=np.int32, count=len(dislike_items)) if len(dislike_items) else np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32)\n n_like = np.bincount(like_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64) if len(like_idx) else np.zeros(n_items)\n n_dis = np.bincount(dis_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64) if len(dis_idx) else np.zeros(n_items)", "new_string": "def compute_item_features(\n listens: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n lookup: np.ndarray,\n n_items: int,\n like_items: np.ndarray,\n dislike_items: np.ndarray,\n catalog: pd.DataFrame,\n) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n item_idx = to_catalog_idx(listens[\"item\"], lookup)\n play = listens[\"play\"]\n organic = listens[\"organic\"]\n length = listens[\"length\"].astype(np.float64)\n\n n_listens = np.bincount(item_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_pos = np.bincount(item_idx[play >= 50], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_org = np.bincount(item_idx[(organic == 1) & (play >= 50)], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_skip = np.bincount(item_idx[play < 20], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n n_strong = np.bincount(item_idx[(organic == 1) & (play >= 80)], minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)\n sum_play = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=play.astype(np.float64), minlength=n_items)\n _ = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=length, minlength=n_items)\n\n like_idx = to_catalog_idx(like_items, lookup) if len(like_items) else np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32)\n dis_idx = to_catalog_idx(dislike_items, lookup) if len(dislike_items) else np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32)\n n_like = np.bincount(like_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64) if len(like_idx) else np.zeros(n_items)\n n_dis = np.bincount(dis_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64) if len(dis_idx) else np.zeros(n_items)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-6b54e71e-fb3f-4fc8-8f50-d88c0f6eaae4-23", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def build_user_store(\n listens: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n mapping: dict[int, int],\n likes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n unlikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n dislikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n undislikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n like_org: np.ndarray | None,\n) -> dict[int, UserArrays]:\n item_idx = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in listens[\"item\"]), dtype=np.int32, count=len(listens[\"item\"]))\n uid = listens[\"uid\"]\n ts = listens[\"ts\"]\n org = listens[\"organic\"]\n play = listens[\"play\"]\n\n order = _sort_uid_ts(uid, ts)\n uid, ts, org, play, item_idx = uid[order], ts[order], org[order], play[order], item_idx[order]\n\n pos_mask = play >= 50\n skip_mask = play < 20\n disc_mask = (org == 1) & (play >= 80)\n\n store: dict[int, dict[str, list]] = {}\n\n def ensure(u: int) -> dict[str, list]:\n rec = store.get(u)\n if rec is None:\n rec = {\n \"pos_item\": [],\n \"pos_ts\": [],\n \"pos_org\": [],\n \"skip_item\": [],\n \"skip_ts\": [],\n \"disc_item\": [],\n \"disc_ts\": [],\n \"disc_grade\": [],\n \"expl_ts\": [],\n \"expl_item\": [],\n \"expl_kind\": [],\n }\n store[u] = rec\n return rec\n\n splits = _group_splits(uid)\n for u, (s, e) in splits.items():\n rec = ensure(u)\n sl = slice(s, e)\n pm = pos_mask[sl]\n rec[\"pos_item\"] = item_idx[sl][pm]\n rec[\"pos_ts\"] = ts[sl][pm]\n rec[\"pos_org\"] = org[sl][pm]\n sm = skip_mask[sl]\n rec[\"skip_item\"] = item_idx[sl][sm]\n rec[\"skip_ts\"] = ts[sl][sm]\n dm = disc_mask[sl]\n rec[\"disc_item\"] = item_idx[sl][dm]\n rec[\"disc_ts\"] = ts[sl][dm]\n rec[\"disc_grade\"] = np.ones(int(dm.sum()), dtype=np.int8)\n\n def add_expl(triple, kind: int, organic_filter: np.ndarray | None = None) -> None:\n eu, et, ei = triple\n if eu.size == 0:\n return\n mask = _catalog_mask(ei, np.array(list(mapping.keys()), dtype=np.int64)) if False else np.ones(len(ei), dtype=bool)\n if organic_filter is not None:\n mask = mask & (organic_filter == 1)\n eu, et, ei = eu[mask], et[mask], ei[mask]\n mapped = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in ei), dtype=np.int32, count=len(ei))\n for i in range(len(eu)):\n rec = ensure(int(eu[i]))\n rec[\"expl_ts\"].append(int(et[i]))\n rec[\"expl_item\"].append(int(mapped[i]))\n rec[\"expl_kind\"].append(kind)\n\n add_expl(likes, 0)\n add_expl(unlikes, 1)\n add_expl(dislikes, 2)\n add_expl(undislikes, 3)\n\n like_uid, like_ts, like_item = likes\n if like_org is not None and like_uid.size:\n org_mask = like_org == 1\n lu, lt, li = like_uid[org_mask], like_ts[org_mask], like_item[org_mask]\n cat_ok = np.fromiter((int(x) in mapping for x in li), dtype=bool, count=len(li))\n lu, lt, li = lu[cat_ok], lt[cat_ok], li[cat_ok]\n mapped = np.fromiter((mapping[int(x)] for x in li), dtype=np.int32, count=len(li))\n for i in range(len(lu)):\n rec = ensure(int(lu[i]))\n if isinstance(rec[\"disc_item\"], list):\n rec[\"disc_item\"].append(int(mapped[i]))\n rec[\"disc_ts\"].append(int(lt[i]))\n rec[\"disc_grade\"].append(3)\n else:\n rec[\"disc_item\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"disc_item\"], np.array([mapped[i]], dtype=np.int32)])\n rec[\"disc_ts\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"disc_ts\"], np.array([lt[i]], dtype=np.int32)])\n rec[\"disc_grade\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"disc_grade\"], np.array([3], dtype=np.int8)])\n\n users: dict[int, UserArrays] = {}\n for u, rec in store.items():\n def as_arr(key, dtype, default_list=True):\n val = rec[key]\n if isinstance(val, np.ndarray):\n return val.astype(dtype, copy=False)\n if not val:\n return np.zeros(0, dtype=dtype)\n return np.asarray(val, dtype=dtype)\n\n pos_item = as_arr(\"pos_item\", np.int32)\n pos_ts = as_arr(\"pos_ts\", np.int32)\n pos_org = as_arr(\"pos_org\", np.int8)\n disc_item = as_arr(\"disc_item\", np.int32)\n disc_ts = as_arr(\"disc_ts\", np.int32)\n disc_grade = as_arr(\"disc_grade\", np.int8)\n if disc_item.size:\n d_order = np.argsort(disc_ts, kind=\"stable\")\n disc_item, disc_ts, disc_grade = disc_item[d_order], disc_ts[d_order], disc_grade[d_order]\n expl_ts = as_arr(\"expl_ts\", np.int32)\n expl_item = as_arr(\"expl_item\", np.int32)\n expl_kind = as_arr(\"expl_kind\", np.int8)\n if expl_ts.size:\n e_order = np.argsort(expl_ts, kind=\"stable\")\n expl_ts, expl_item, expl_kind = expl_ts[e_order], expl_item[e_order], expl_kind[e_order]\n uniq_item, uniq_last_ts, uniq_org = _unique_last(pos_item, pos_ts, pos_org)\n users[u] = UserArrays(\n pos_item=pos_item,\n pos_ts=pos_ts,\n pos_org=pos_org,\n skip_item=as_arr(\"skip_item\", np.int32),\n skip_ts=as_arr(\"skip_ts\", np.int32),\n disc_item=disc_item,\n disc_ts=disc_ts,\n disc_grade=disc_grade,\n expl_ts=expl_ts,\n expl_item=expl_item,\n expl_kind=expl_kind,\n uniq_item=uniq_item,\n uniq_last_ts=uniq_last_ts,\n uniq_org=uniq_org,\n )\n return users", "new_string": "def _append_expl(\n store: dict[int, dict],\n triple: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n lookup: np.ndarray,\n kind: int,\n) -> None:\n eu, et, ei = triple\n if eu.size == 0:\n return\n mapped = to_catalog_idx(ei, lookup)\n order = _sort_uid_ts(eu, et)\n eu, et, mapped = eu[order], et[order], mapped[order]\n splits = _group_splits(eu)\n for u, (s, e) in splits.items():\n rec = store.setdefault(\n u,\n {\n \"pos_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"pos_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"pos_org\": np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n \"skip_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"skip_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"disc_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"disc_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"disc_grade\": np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n \"expl_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"expl_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"expl_kind\": np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n },\n )\n rec[\"expl_ts\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"expl_ts\"], et[s:e].astype(np.int32, copy=False)])\n rec[\"expl_item\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"expl_item\"], mapped[s:e].astype(np.int32, copy=False)])\n rec[\"expl_kind\"] = np.concatenate(\n [rec[\"expl_kind\"], np.full(e - s, kind, dtype=np.int8)]\n )\n\n\ndef build_user_store(\n listens: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n lookup: np.ndarray,\n likes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n unlikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n dislikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n undislikes: tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray],\n like_org: np.ndarray | None,\n) -> dict[int, UserArrays]:\n item_idx = to_catalog_idx(listens[\"item\"], lookup)\n uid = listens[\"uid\"]\n ts = listens[\"ts\"]\n org = listens[\"organic\"]\n play = listens[\"play\"]\n\n order = _sort_uid_ts(uid, ts)\n uid, ts, org, play, item_idx = uid[order], ts[order], org[order], play[order], item_idx[order]\n\n pos_mask = play >= 50\n skip_mask = play < 20\n disc_mask = (org == 1) & (play >= 80)\n\n store: dict[int, dict] = {}\n splits = _group_splits(uid)\n for u, (s, e) in splits.items():\n sl = slice(s, e)\n pm = pos_mask[sl]\n sm = skip_mask[sl]\n dm = disc_mask[sl]\n store[u] = {\n \"pos_item\": item_idx[sl][pm],\n \"pos_ts\": ts[sl][pm],\n \"pos_org\": org[sl][pm],\n \"skip_item\": item_idx[sl][sm],\n \"skip_ts\": ts[sl][sm],\n \"disc_item\": item_idx[sl][dm],\n \"disc_ts\": ts[sl][dm],\n \"disc_grade\": np.ones(int(dm.sum()), dtype=np.int8),\n \"expl_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"expl_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"expl_kind\": np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n }\n\n _append_expl(store, likes, lookup, 0)\n _append_expl(store, unlikes, lookup, 1)\n _append_expl(store, dislikes, lookup, 2)\n _append_expl(store, undislikes, lookup, 3)\n\n like_uid, like_ts, like_item = likes\n if like_org is not None and like_uid.size:\n org_mask = like_org == 1\n lu, lt, li = like_uid[org_mask], like_ts[org_mask], like_item[org_mask]\n if lu.size:\n mapped = to_catalog_idx(li, lookup)\n order = _sort_uid_ts(lu, lt)\n lu, lt, mapped = lu[order], lt[order], mapped[order]\n splits = _group_splits(lu)\n for u, (s, e) in splits.items():\n rec = store.setdefault(\n u,\n {\n \"pos_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"pos_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"pos_org\": np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n \"skip_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"skip_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"disc_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"disc_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"disc_grade\": np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n \"expl_ts\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"expl_item\": np.zeros(0, np.int32),\n \"expl_kind\": np.zeros(0, np.int8),\n },\n )\n rec[\"disc_item\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"disc_item\"], mapped[s:e].astype(np.int32, copy=False)])\n rec[\"disc_ts\"] = np.concatenate([rec[\"disc_ts\"], lt[s:e].astype(np.int32, copy=False)])\n rec[\"disc_grade\"] = np.concatenate(\n [rec[\"disc_grade\"], np.full(e - s, 3, dtype=np.int8)]\n )\n\n users: dict[int, UserArrays] = {}\n for u, rec in store.items():\n disc_item = rec[\"disc_item\"].astype(np.int32, copy=False)\n disc_ts = rec[\"disc_ts\"].astype(np.int32, copy=False)\n disc_grade = rec[\"disc_grade\"].astype(np.int8, copy=False)\n if disc_item.size:\n d_order = np.argsort(disc_ts, kind=\"stable\")\n disc_item, disc_ts, disc_grade = disc_item[d_order], disc_ts[d_order], disc_grade[d_order]\n expl_ts = rec[\"expl_ts\"].astype(np.int32, copy=False)\n expl_item = rec[\"expl_item\"].astype(np.int32, copy=False)\n expl_kind = rec[\"expl_kind\"].astype(np.int8, copy=False)\n if expl_ts.size:\n e_order = np.argsort(expl_ts, kind=\"stable\")\n expl_ts, expl_item, expl_kind = expl_ts[e_order], expl_item[e_order], expl_kind[e_order]\n pos_item = rec[\"pos_item\"].astype(np.int32, copy=False)\n pos_ts = rec[\"pos_ts\"].astype(np.int32, copy=False)\n pos_org = rec[\"pos_org\"].astype(np.int8, copy=False)\n uniq_item, uniq_last_ts, uniq_org = _unique_last(pos_item, pos_ts, pos_org)\n users[u] = UserArrays(\n pos_item=pos_item,\n pos_ts=pos_ts,\n pos_org=pos_org,\n skip_item=rec[\"skip_item\"].astype(np.int32, copy=False),\n skip_ts=rec[\"skip_ts\"].astype(np.int32, copy=False),\n disc_item=disc_item,\n disc_ts=disc_ts,\n disc_grade=disc_grade,\n expl_ts=expl_ts,\n expl_item=expl_item,\n expl_kind=expl_kind,\n uniq_item=uniq_item,\n uniq_last_ts=uniq_last_ts,\n uniq_org=uniq_org,\n )\n return users" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 20, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Fixing pack_user_inputs, train_model, and load_stage_events." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-80098630-65c4-41db-82d7-97e07248d2b5-24", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " long_i = pad_1d(recent_first_i, HIST_LONG, np.int32)\n long_o = pad_1d(recent_first_o, HIST_LONG, np.int64)\n long_ids = np.where(long_i > 0, long_i + 1, 0).astype(np.int64)\n if recent_first_i.size:\n recency = (cutoff - recent_first_t[:HIST_LONG].astype(np.float32)) / DAY\n recency = np.clip(recency, 0.0, 365.0)\n w = np.exp(-recency / 18.0) * idf[recent_first_i[:HIST_LONG]]\n long_w = pad_1d(w.astype(np.float32), HIST_LONG, np.float32)\n else:\n long_w = np.zeros(HIST_LONG, dtype=np.float32)\n\n short_raw = pad_1d(recent_first_i, HIST_SHORT, np.int32)\n short_ids = np.where(short_raw > 0, short_raw + 1, 0).astype(np.int64)\n\n if like_override is None or dislike_override is None:\n likes, dislikes = explicit_state(ud, cutoff)\n else:\n likes, dislikes = like_override, dislike_override\n if likes.size:\n likes = likes[::-1]\n if dislikes.size:\n dislikes = dislikes[::-1]\n like_ids = np.where(\n pad_1d(likes, MAX_LIKES, np.int32) > 0,\n pad_1d(likes, MAX_LIKES, np.int32) + 1,\n 0,\n ).astype(np.int64)\n dislike_ids = np.where(\n pad_1d(dislikes, MAX_DISLIKES, np.int32) > 0,\n pad_1d(dislikes, MAX_DISLIKES, np.int32) + 1,\n 0,\n ).astype(np.int64)\n\n if ud.skip_item.size:\n skip_keep = ud.skip_ts < cutoff\n skip_items = ud.skip_item[skip_keep][::-1]\n else:\n skip_items = ud.skip_item\n skip_ids = np.where(\n pad_1d(skip_items, MAX_SKIPS, np.int32) > 0,\n pad_1d(skip_items, MAX_SKIPS, np.int32) + 1,\n 0,\n ).astype(np.int64)", "new_string": " long_o = pad_1d(recent_first_o.astype(np.int64, copy=False), HIST_LONG, np.int64, pad_value=0)\n long_ids = emb_ids_from_catalog(recent_first_i, HIST_LONG)\n if recent_first_i.size:\n recency = (cutoff - recent_first_t[:HIST_LONG].astype(np.float32)) / DAY\n recency = np.clip(recency, 0.0, 365.0)\n w = np.exp(-recency / 18.0) * idf[recent_first_i[:HIST_LONG]]\n long_w = pad_1d(w.astype(np.float32), HIST_LONG, np.float32, pad_value=0.0)\n else:\n long_w = np.zeros(HIST_LONG, dtype=np.float32)\n\n short_ids = emb_ids_from_catalog(recent_first_i, HIST_SHORT)\n\n if like_override is None or dislike_override is None:\n likes, dislikes = explicit_state(ud, cutoff)\n else:\n likes, dislikes = like_override, dislike_override\n if likes.size:\n likes = likes[::-1]\n if dislikes.size:\n dislikes = dislikes[::-1]\n like_ids = emb_ids_from_catalog(likes, MAX_LIKES)\n dislike_ids = emb_ids_from_catalog(dislikes, MAX_DISLIKES)\n\n if ud.skip_item.size:\n skip_keep = ud.skip_ts < cutoff\n skip_items = ud.skip_item[skip_keep][::-1]\n else:\n skip_items = ud.skip_item\n skip_ids = emb_ids_from_catalog(skip_items, MAX_SKIPS)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-80098630-65c4-41db-82d7-97e07248d2b5-25", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def train_model(\n samples: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n n_items: int,\n item_feat: np.ndarray,\n eval_fn,\n max_epochs: int,\n time_limit: float,\n start_time: float,\n) -> tuple[TwoTower, dict, float]:\n model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n model.to(DEVICE)\n opt = torch.optim.AdamW(parameter_groups(model), lr=LR)\n sched = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.CosineAnnealingLR(opt, T_max=max(1, max_epochs))\n ema = EMA(model, decay=0.995)\n loader = make_loader(samples, BATCH_SIZE, shuffle=True)\n best_score = -1.0\n best_state = None\n stale = 0\n for epoch in range(1, max_epochs + 1):\n if time.time() - start_time > time_limit:\n log(\"time limit reached before epoch start\")\n break\n log(f\"epoch {epoch}/{max_epochs} batches={len(loader)}\")\n loss = train_one_epoch(model, loader, opt, ema)\n sched.step()\n backup = ema.copy_to(model)\n score = eval_fn(model)\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n if score > best_score + 1e-6:\n best_score = score\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n stale = 0\n else:\n stale += 1\n if stale >= 2 and epoch >= 3:\n log(\"early stop\")\n break\n if best_state is None:\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}\n best_score = 0.0\n model.load_state_dict(best_state, strict=True)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n return model, best_state, best_score", "new_string": "def train_model(\n samples: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n n_items: int,\n item_feat: np.ndarray,\n eval_fn,\n max_epochs: int,\n time_limit: float,\n start_time: float,\n early_stop: bool = True,\n use_last: bool = False,\n) -> tuple[TwoTower, dict, float]:\n model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n model.to(DEVICE)\n opt = torch.optim.AdamW(parameter_groups(model), lr=LR)\n sched = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.CosineAnnealingLR(opt, T_max=max(1, max_epochs))\n ema = EMA(model, decay=0.995)\n loader = make_loader(samples, BATCH_SIZE, shuffle=True)\n best_score = -1.0\n best_state = None\n stale = 0\n for epoch in range(1, max_epochs + 1):\n if time.time() - start_time > time_limit:\n log(\"time limit reached before epoch start\")\n break\n log(f\"epoch {epoch}/{max_epochs} batches={len(loader)}\")\n loss = train_one_epoch(model, loader, opt, ema)\n sched.step()\n backup = ema.copy_to(model)\n score = eval_fn(model)\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n if use_last or score > best_score + 1e-6:\n if score > best_score + 1e-6 or best_state is None or use_last:\n best_score = max(best_score, score)\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n stale = 0 if score > best_score - 1e-6 else stale\n if (not use_last) and score > best_score + 1e-6:\n stale = 0\n elif not use_last:\n stale += 1\n if early_stop and stale >= 2 and epoch >= 3:\n log(\"early stop\")\n break\n if best_state is None:\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n best_score = max(best_score, 0.0)\n model.load_state_dict(best_state, strict=True)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n return model, best_state, best_score" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-80098630-65c4-41db-82d7-97e07248d2b5-26", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " log(f\"catalog listens={len(listens['uid'])} likes={len(likes[0])}\")\n item_feat, idf = compute_item_features(\n listens, mapping, len(item_ids), likes[2], dislikes[2], catalog\n )\n log(\"building user store\")\n users = build_user_store(listens, mapping, likes, unlikes, dislikes, undislikes, like_org)\n log(f\"users in store={len(users)}\")\n return catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf", "new_string": " log(f\"catalog listens={len(listens['uid'])} likes={len(likes[0])}\")\n lookup = catalog_lookup(item_ids)\n item_feat, idf = compute_item_features(\n listens, lookup, len(item_ids), likes[2], dislikes[2], catalog\n )\n log(\"building user store\")\n users = build_user_store(listens, lookup, likes, unlikes, dislikes, undislikes, like_org)\n log(f\"users in store={len(users)}\")\n return catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 21, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The early stopping logic in train_model is messy and buggy.\n\nRewriting train_model with a clean early stopping loop. The eval_fn will only score and save validation.parquet when the current checkpoint is best. A fallback submission path is also needed.\n\nThe final training pass will use `use_last=True` with early stopping disabled. The `_append_expl` helper concatenates explanations per kind separately, which is acceptable. A potential edge case with zero-length explanation arrays was noted. Now examining `emb_ids_from_catalog`.\n\n`emb_ids_from_catalog` correctly maps empty inputs to zeros and preserves existing IDs. `_unique_last` uses a dictionary to keep only the last occurrence of each item while preserving original order.\n\n`_unique_last` will be rewritten using `np.unique` with reversed arrays to avoid the Python loop over 20 million events. This should cut per-user processing time from roughly 15–30 seconds.\n\nThe `_unique_last` rewrite uses `np.unique` on a reversed array to find last-occurrence indices. Those indices are then sorted to preserve chronological order.\n\nThe `_unique_last` rewrite is finalized. The next step is to clean up `train_model` and `main()`. Other users' positives remain valid negatives in the full-catalog softmax.\n\nWeighted cross-entropy averages per-item loss with a 3× weight for likes. A popularity-bias correction was considered and skipped. An unused `row_of` variable was also spotted. The fallback submission must be written after loading both train and validation history, since the validation model only exists in that combined state.\n\nThe fallback submission will be written immediately after loading combined train and validation history, before the final refit. This ensures a usable model exists if the final training fails or times out. A concern remains that the validation model’s item feature projection was trained on train-only z-scored features, so it may not align with the full catalog.\n\nThe fallback submission will keep the validation model’s item features unchanged. It will use combined train and validation user histories, with IDF weights drawn from training data only to stay consistent with the validation model. The final refit will recompute item features from scratch.\n\n`train_model` will be fully rewritten. The evaluation function will return only a score, and an optional `on_best` callback will handle saving the best checkpoint." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-9857a50b-47e3-403a-b883-000cab0353ee-27", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def _unique_last(items: np.ndarray, ts: np.ndarray, org: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n if items.size == 0:\n return (\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32),\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32),\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int8),\n )\n seen: dict[int, int] = {}\n for i in range(items.shape[0]):\n seen[int(items[i])] = i\n order = np.fromiter((seen[k] for k in seen), dtype=np.int32, count=len(seen))\n order = order[np.argsort(ts[order], kind=\"stable\")]\n return items[order], ts[order], org[order]", "new_string": "def _unique_last(items: np.ndarray, ts: np.ndarray, org: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n if items.size == 0:\n return (\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32),\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int32),\n np.zeros(0, dtype=np.int8),\n )\n _, first_rev = np.unique(items[::-1], return_index=True)\n last_idx = items.size - 1 - first_rev\n last_idx.sort()\n return items[last_idx], ts[last_idx], org[last_idx]" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-9857a50b-47e3-403a-b883-000cab0353ee-28", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def train_model(\n samples: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n n_items: int,\n item_feat: np.ndarray,\n eval_fn,\n max_epochs: int,\n time_limit: float,\n start_time: float,\n early_stop: bool = True,\n use_last: bool = False,\n) -> tuple[TwoTower, dict, float]:\n model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n model.to(DEVICE)\n opt = torch.optim.AdamW(parameter_groups(model), lr=LR)\n sched = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.CosineAnnealingLR(opt, T_max=max(1, max_epochs))\n ema = EMA(model, decay=0.995)\n loader = make_loader(samples, BATCH_SIZE, shuffle=True)\n best_score = -1.0\n best_state = None\n stale = 0\n for epoch in range(1, max_epochs + 1):\n if time.time() - start_time > time_limit:\n log(\"time limit reached before epoch start\")\n break\n log(f\"epoch {epoch}/{max_epochs} batches={len(loader)}\")\n loss = train_one_epoch(model, loader, opt, ema)\n sched.step()\n backup = ema.copy_to(model)\n score = eval_fn(model)\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n if use_last or score > best_score + 1e-6:\n if score > best_score + 1e-6 or best_state is None or use_last:\n best_score = max(best_score, score)\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n stale = 0 if score > best_score - 1e-6 else stale\n if (not use_last) and score > best_score + 1e-6:\n stale = 0\n elif not use_last:\n stale += 1\n if early_stop and stale >= 2 and epoch >= 3:\n log(\"early stop\")\n break\n if best_state is None:\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n best_score = max(best_score, 0.0)\n model.load_state_dict(best_state, strict=True)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n return model, best_state, best_score", "new_string": "def train_model(\n samples: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n n_items: int,\n item_feat: np.ndarray,\n eval_fn,\n max_epochs: int,\n time_limit: float,\n start_time: float,\n early_stop: bool = True,\n use_last: bool = False,\n on_best=None,\n) -> tuple[TwoTower, dict, float]:\n model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n model.to(DEVICE)\n opt = torch.optim.AdamW(parameter_groups(model), lr=LR)\n sched = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.CosineAnnealingLR(opt, T_max=max(1, max_epochs))\n ema = EMA(model, decay=0.995)\n loader = make_loader(samples, BATCH_SIZE, shuffle=True)\n best_score = -1.0\n best_state = None\n stale = 0\n for epoch in range(1, max_epochs + 1):\n if time.time() - start_time > time_limit:\n log(\"time limit reached before epoch start\")\n break\n log(f\"epoch {epoch}/{max_epochs} batches={len(loader)}\")\n loss = train_one_epoch(model, loader, opt, ema)\n sched.step()\n backup = ema.copy_to(model)\n score = eval_fn(model)\n improved = score > best_score + 1e-6\n if use_last:\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n best_score = score\n if on_best is not None:\n on_best(model, score)\n elif improved or best_state is None:\n best_score = score\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n stale = 0\n if on_best is not None:\n on_best(model, score)\n else:\n stale += 1\n if early_stop and stale >= 2 and epoch >= 3:\n log(\"early stop\")\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n break\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n if best_state is None:\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n best_score = max(best_score, 0.0)\n model.load_state_dict(best_state, strict=True)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n return model, best_state, best_score" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 22, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-a493ae84-fb39-4ac6-8580-ef6c4b882580-29", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 900 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "900→ for uid in target_uids:\n ud = users.get(int(uid), empty)\n like_ov = dis_ov = None\n if int(uid) in pref:\n like_ov, dis_ov = pref[int(uid)]\n packed = pack_user_inputs(ud, cutoff, idf, like_ov, dis_ov)\n for k, v in packed.items():\n batch_acc[k].append(v)\n uids.append(int(uid))\n if len(uids) == 512:\n910→ flush()\n flush()\n return np.concatenate(rows, axis=0)\n\n\ndef eligibility_mask(path: Path) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:\n with np.load(path, allow_pickle=False) as art:\n uids = art[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\n item_ids = art[\"item_ids\"].astype(np.int64)\n packed = art[\"packed_eligible\"]\n920→ n_items = item_ids.shape[0]\n mask = np.unpackbits(packed, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].astype(bool)\n return uids, item_ids, mask\n\n\ndef apply_pref_mask(\n mask: np.ndarray,\n uids: np.ndarray,\n pref: dict[int, tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]],\n) -> np.ndarray:\n930→ masked = mask.copy()\n uid_row = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(uids)}\n for uid, (likes, dislikes) in pref.items():\n row = uid_row.get(int(uid))\n if row is None:\n continue\n if likes.size:\n masked[row, likes] = False\n if dislikes.size:\n masked[row, dislikes] = False\n940→ return masked\n\n\ndef topk_ranking(\n user_vecs: np.ndarray,\n item_vecs: np.ndarray,\n mask: np.ndarray,\n uids: np.ndarray,\n item_ids: np.ndarray,\n k: int = 100,\n950→) -> pd.DataFrame:\n scores = user_vecs @ item_vecs.T\n scores = np.where(mask, scores, -np.inf)\n top_idx = np.argpartition(-scores, kth=k - 1, axis=1)[:, :k]\n top_scores = np.take_along_axis(scores, top_idx, axis=1)\n order = np.argsort(-top_scores, axis=1)\n top_idx = np.take_along_axis(top_idx, order, axis=1)\n n_users = uids.shape[0]\n out_uid = np.repeat(uids, k)\n out_item = item_ids[top_idx.reshape(-1)]\n960→ out_rank = np.tile(np.arange(1, k + 1, dtype=np.int64), n_users)\n return pd.DataFrame({\"uid\": out_uid, \"item_id\": out_item, \"rank\": out_rank})\n\n\ndef save_ranking(frame: pd.DataFrame, path: Path) -> None:\n path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n frame.to_parquet(path, index=False)\n\n\ndef score_frame(frame: pd.DataFrame, graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]]) -> dict:\n970→ ranked = {\n int(uid): list(map(int, grp.sort_values(\"rank\").item_id.tolist()))\n for uid, grp in frame.groupby(\"uid\")\n }\n return score_rankings(ranked, graded)\n\n\ndef parameter_groups(model: nn.Module):\n decay, no_decay = [], []\n for name, param in model.named_parameters():\n980→ if not param.requires_grad:\n continue\n if param.ndim == 1 or name.endswith(\"bias\"):\n no_decay.append(param)\n else:\n decay.append(param)\n return [\n {\"params\": decay, \"weight_decay\": WEIGHT_DECAY},\n {\"params\": no_decay, \"weight_decay\": 0.0},\n ]\n990→\n\ndef train_model(\n samples: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n n_items: int,\n item_feat: np.ndarray,\n eval_fn,\n max_epochs: int,\n time_limit: float,\n start_time: float,\n1000→ early_stop: bool = True,\n use_last: bool = False,\n on_best=None,\n) -> tuple[TwoTower, dict, float]:\n model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n model.to(DEVICE)\n opt = torch.optim.AdamW(parameter_groups(model), lr=LR)\n sched = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.CosineAnnealingLR(opt, T_max=max(1, max_epochs))\n ema = EMA(model, decay=0.995)\n1010→ loader = make_loader(samples, BATCH_SIZE, shuffle=True)\n best_score = -1.0\n best_state = None\n stale = 0\n for epoch in range(1, max_epochs + 1):\n if time.time() - start_time > time_limit:\n log(\"time limit reached before epoch start\")\n break\n log(f\"epoch {epoch}/{max_epochs} batches={len(loader)}\")\n loss = train_one_epoch(model, loader, opt, ema)\n1020→ sched.step()\n backup = ema.copy_to(model)\n score = eval_fn(model)\n improved = score > best_score + 1e-6\n if use_last:\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n best_score = score\n if on_best is not None:\n on_best(model, score)\n elif improved or best_state is None:\n1030→ best_score = score\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n stale = 0\n if on_best is not None:\n on_best(model, score)\n else:\n stale += 1\n if early_stop and stale >= 2 and epoch >= 3:\n log(\"early stop\")\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n1040→ break\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n if best_state is None:\n best_state = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in ema.shadow.items()}\n best_score = max(best_score, 0.0)\n model.load_state_dict(best_state, strict=True)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n return model, best_state, best_score\n\n1050→\ndef load_stage_events(include_val: bool) -> tuple:\n catalog, mapping, item_ids = load_catalog()\n listen_paths = [DATA / \"train_listens.parquet\"]\n like_paths = [DATA / \"train_likes.parquet\"]\n unlike_paths = [DATA / \"train_unlikes.parquet\"]\n dislike_paths = [DATA / \"train_dislikes.parquet\"]\n undislike_paths = [DATA / \"train_undislikes.parquet\"]\n if include_val:\n listen_paths.append(DATA / \"val_listens.parquet\")\n1060→ like_paths.append(DATA / \"val_likes.parquet\")\n unlike_paths.append(DATA / \"val_unlikes.parquet\")\n dislike_paths.append(DATA / \"val_dislikes.parquet\")\n undislike_paths.append(DATA / \"val_undislikes.parquet\")\n log(f\"loading listens include_val={include_val}\")\n listens = load_listen_tables(listen_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n likes = load_explicit(like_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n unlikes = load_explicit(unlike_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n dislikes = load_explicit(dislike_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n undislikes = load_explicit(undislike_paths, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n1070→\n like_tables = _concat_parquets(like_paths, [\"uid\", \"timestamp\", \"item_id\", \"is_organic\"])\n like_org_all = like_tables.column(\"is_organic\").to_numpy().astype(np.int8)\n like_items_all = like_tables.column(\"item_id\").to_numpy().astype(np.int64)\n like_org_mask = _catalog_mask(like_items_all, catalog.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))\n like_org = like_org_all[like_org_mask]\n\n log(f\"catalog listens={len(listens['uid'])} likes={len(likes[0])}\")\n lookup = catalog_lookup(item_ids)\n item_feat, idf = compute_item_features(\n1080→ listens, lookup, len(item_ids), likes[2], dislikes[2], catalog\n )\n log(\"building user store\")\n users = build_user_store(listens, lookup, likes, unlikes, dislikes, undislikes, like_org)\n log(f\"users in store={len(users)}\")\n return catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf\n\n\ndef window_ends_for_train(include_val_window: bool) -> list[int]:\n ends = [TRAIN_CUTOFF - i * WEEK for i in range(N_TRAIN_WINDOWS)]\n1090→ if include_val_window:\n val_end = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n ends = [val_end] + ends\n return ends\n\n\ndef main() -> None:\n SOLUTION.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n (SOLUTION / \"train.log\").write_text(\"\", encoding=\"utf-8\")\n set_seeds(SEED)\n1100→ start = time.time()\n log(\"start two-tower training\")\n\n targets = pd.read_parquet(DATA / \"target_users.parquet\")\n target_uids = targets.uid.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64)\n target_set = set(map(int, target_uids))\n\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf = load_stage_events(include_val=False)\n n_items = len(item_ids)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=False))\n1110→\n val_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"validation_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n val_uids, val_item_ids, val_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n val_mask = apply_pref_mask(val_el, val_uids, val_pref)\n elig = CandidateSet(DATA / \"validation_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n graded = validation_truth(elig, target_set)\n log(f\"validation graded users={len(graded)}\")\n\n uid_order = val_uids\n row_of = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(uid_order)}\n1120→ target_in_order = uid_order\n\n def eval_model(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n model, target_in_order, users, idf, TRAIN_CUTOFF, val_pref\n )\n frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n1130→ metrics = score_frame(frame, graded)\n return float(metrics[\"quality_ndcg@10\"])\n\n def eval_and_save(model: TwoTower, path: Path) -> float:\n model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n model, target_in_order, users, idf, TRAIN_CUTOFF, val_pref\n )\n1140→ frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n save_ranking(frame, path)\n metrics = score_frame(frame, graded)\n log(f\"saved {path} {metrics}\")\n return float(metrics[\"quality_ndcg@10\"])\n\n val_time_limit = 28 * 60\n model, best_state, best_score = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n1150→ item_feat,\n eval_fn=lambda m: eval_and_save(m, SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\"),\n max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_VAL,\n time_limit=val_time_limit,\n start_time=start,\n )\n log(f\"best public val ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n torch.save(best_state, SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\")\n\n remaining = 54 * 60 - (time.time() - start)\n1160→ log(f\"seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot={remaining:.0f}\")\n\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n\n def dummy_eval(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n1170→ return 0.0\n\n final_epochs = MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL\n if remaining < 12 * 60:\n final_epochs = 3\n final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n1180→ max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n )\n torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n final_model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = final_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n final_model, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n1190→ )\n submission = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(submission, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote submission rows={len(submission)}\")\n\n readme = f\"\"\"# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\n## Architecture\n\nSeparate PyTorch user and item towers produce 64-dimensional vectors. The\n1200→request-time score is their dot product (maximum inner-product search over\nprecomputed item vectors).\n\n**Item tower.** Catalog ID embedding (64d) concatenated with projected\noffline item statistics (log positive/organic/like/dislike counts, skip rate,\nmean play ratio, popularity). A 2-layer residual GELU MLP emits a vector\nwhose first 63 dimensions are L2-normalized taste and whose last dimension is\na bounded popularity residual.\n\n**User tower.** No user-ID lookup. Inputs are cutoff-correct interaction\n1210→history:\n\n- recency- and IDF-weighted mean of the last 64 unique positive catalog tracks\n (organic flag added to the token embedding)\n- mean of the last 8 tracks plus learned positional embeddings (short-term)\n- mean of active likes, dislikes, skips, and non-organic positives\n- scalar history summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n\nA residual GELU MLP maps the concatenated user features to the same 64d space.\nCandidate eligibility is applied as a retrieval mask. Active liked and\n1220→disliked items at the cutoff are excluded because they never receive discovery\nlabels.\n\n## Training objective\n\nSampled-softmax-style full-catalog softmax (catalog size 30k, so every item is\na negative; the same trainer can swap in sampled negatives for a million-item\ncatalog). Positives are:\n\n1. Organic discovery events in rolling 7-day windows (organic like = weight 3,\n1230→ organic listen ≥80% = weight 1), using only history strictly before a 30\n minute gap.\n2. Sequential first-time strong organic engagements.\n\nVectors are trained with temperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of\nweights. No global user-item matrix is materialized or factorized.\n\n## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window, history = `train_*` only:\n1240→**{best_score:.6f}**\n\n## Submission command\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n\nThe script writes `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then\nrefits on `train_* + val_*` and writes `solution/submission.parquet`.\n1250→\"\"\"\n (SOLUTION / \"README.md\").write_text(readme, encoding=\"utf-8\")\n log(f\"done in {(time.time() - start) / 60:.1f} min\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n main()\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 23, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Replacing the main() function with a cleaner version.\n\nValidation ranking is saved only on the best checkpoint. A fallback submission is written after loading train and validation data. Final training uses the last checkpoint with early stopping disabled. Unused row_of code is removed. The eval_model closure captures users from the enclosing scope, so validation training must run before evaluation to avoid stale user embeddings.\n\nA helper function will write the fallback test ranking. The official public evaluation script will run after validation training. Empty target user rows are not a concern because the target set is fixed at 8456 users. Input packing keys match the batch accumulator exactly. A faster training option may be added if full softmax proves too slow.\n\n`eval_and_save` will be replaced by `eval_model` with an `on_best` callback so checkpoints are only saved when validation improves. A draft README is being written now in case the run crashes later. A quick compile check will run next. The embedding ID padding logic was verified: valid items map to 1 and padded positions to 0, even for empty arrays.\n\nEmpty likes arrays are handled safely. The preference override indices from the preference file are reversed before embedding lookup, though their original order is arbitrary and acceptable. Validation preferences are drawn directly from these overrides rather than recomputed from events, ensuring the official cutoff state is used." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-d23b01f5-7e33-458f-a37f-da54fd0dafe9-30", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " uid_order = val_uids\n row_of = {int(u): i for i, u in enumerate(uid_order)}\n target_in_order = uid_order\n\n def eval_model(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n model, target_in_order, users, idf, TRAIN_CUTOFF, val_pref\n )\n frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n metrics = score_frame(frame, graded)\n return float(metrics[\"quality_ndcg@10\"])\n\n def eval_and_save(model: TwoTower, path: Path) -> float:\n model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n model, target_in_order, users, idf, TRAIN_CUTOFF, val_pref\n )\n frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n save_ranking(frame, path)\n metrics = score_frame(frame, graded)\n log(f\"saved {path} {metrics}\")\n return float(metrics[\"quality_ndcg@10\"])\n\n val_time_limit = 28 * 60\n model, best_state, best_score = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=lambda m: eval_and_save(m, SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\"),\n max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_VAL,\n time_limit=val_time_limit,\n start_time=start,\n )\n log(f\"best public val ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n torch.save(best_state, SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\")\n\n remaining = 54 * 60 - (time.time() - start)\n log(f\"seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot={remaining:.0f}\")\n\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n\n def dummy_eval(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n return 0.0\n\n final_epochs = MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL\n if remaining < 12 * 60:\n final_epochs = 3\n final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n )", "new_string": " uid_order = val_uids\n train_users = users\n train_idf = idf\n\n def eval_model(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n model, uid_order, train_users, train_idf, TRAIN_CUTOFF, val_pref\n )\n frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n metrics = score_frame(frame, graded)\n return float(metrics[\"quality_ndcg@10\"])\n\n def on_best(model: TwoTower, score: float) -> None:\n model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n model, uid_order, train_users, train_idf, TRAIN_CUTOFF, val_pref\n )\n frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n save_ranking(frame, SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\")\n log(f\"saved validation.parquet ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n\n val_time_limit = 28 * 60\n model, best_state, best_score = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=eval_model,\n max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_VAL,\n time_limit=val_time_limit,\n start_time=start,\n on_best=on_best,\n )\n log(f\"best public val ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n torch.save(best_state, SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\")\n if not (SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\").exists():\n on_best(model, best_score)\n\n remaining = 54 * 60 - (time.time() - start)\n log(f\"seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot={remaining:.0f}\")\n\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n\n def write_submission(rank_model: TwoTower, label: str) -> None:\n rank_model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = rank_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n rank_model, test_uids, users, train_idf if label == \"fallback\" else idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n submission = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(submission, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote {label} submission rows={len(submission)}\")\n\n write_submission(model, \"fallback\")\n\n def dummy_eval(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n return 0.0\n\n final_epochs = MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL\n if remaining < 12 * 60:\n final_epochs = 3\n final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=True,\n )" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 24, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-73ec5e5f-bc21-4339-a2a5-9fa754ffae44-31", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 1185, "limit": 80 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1185→\n final_epochs = MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL\n if remaining < 12 * 60:\n final_epochs = 3\n final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n1190→ samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=True,\n )\n1200→ torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n final_model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = final_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n final_model, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n submission = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(submission, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote submission rows={len(submission)}\")\n1210→\n readme = f\"\"\"# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\n## Architecture\n\nSeparate PyTorch user and item towers produce 64-dimensional vectors. The\nrequest-time score is their dot product (maximum inner-product search over\nprecomputed item vectors).\n\n**Item tower.** Catalog ID embedding (64d) concatenated with projected\n1220→offline item statistics (log positive/organic/like/dislike counts, skip rate,\nmean play ratio, popularity). A 2-layer residual GELU MLP emits a vector\nwhose first 63 dimensions are L2-normalized taste and whose last dimension is\na bounded popularity residual.\n\n**User tower.** No user-ID lookup. Inputs are cutoff-correct interaction\nhistory:\n\n- recency- and IDF-weighted mean of the last 64 unique positive catalog tracks\n (organic flag added to the token embedding)\n1230→- mean of the last 8 tracks plus learned positional embeddings (short-term)\n- mean of active likes, dislikes, skips, and non-organic positives\n- scalar history summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n\nA residual GELU MLP maps the concatenated user features to the same 64d space.\nCandidate eligibility is applied as a retrieval mask. Active liked and\ndisliked items at the cutoff are excluded because they never receive discovery\nlabels.\n\n## Training objective\n1240→\nSampled-softmax-style full-catalog softmax (catalog size 30k, so every item is\na negative; the same trainer can swap in sampled negatives for a million-item\ncatalog). Positives are:\n\n1. Organic discovery events in rolling 7-day windows (organic like = weight 3,\n organic listen ≥80% = weight 1), using only history strictly before a 30\n minute gap.\n2. Sequential first-time strong organic engagements.\n\n1250→Vectors are trained with temperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of\nweights. No global user-item matrix is materialized or factorized.\n\n## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window, history = `train_*` only:\n**{best_score:.6f}**\n\n## Submission command\n\n1260→```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n\nThe script writes `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 25, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The submission logic looks correct. The final model will be overwritten after the last training pass.\n\nThe duplicate encoding will be replaced with a direct write_submission call. Empty target-user frames are handled safely. The IDF fallback correctly merges training and validation users. Re-encoding users during best-model updates is redundant but acceptable.\n\nThe redundant encoding during best-model updates is rare, so skipping it is unnecessary. The main remaining cost is in build_samples: packing user inputs for up to 12 disc items per user across 9000 users creates roughly 108,000 array copies." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c678dd44-e335-4397-986c-8df07910a0e8-32", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " sum_play = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=play.astype(np.float64), minlength=n_items)\n _ = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=length, minlength=n_items)", "new_string": " sum_play = np.bincount(item_idx, weights=play.astype(np.float64), minlength=n_items)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c678dd44-e335-4397-986c-8df07910a0e8-33", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " length = listens[\"length\"].astype(np.float64)\n\n n_listens = np.bincount(item_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)", "new_string": " n_listens = np.bincount(item_idx, minlength=n_items).astype(np.float64)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c678dd44-e335-4397-986c-8df07910a0e8-34", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n final_model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = final_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n final_model, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n submission = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(submission, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote submission rows={len(submission)}\")", "new_string": " torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n write_submission(final_model, \"final\")" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 26, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Inspecting the target user encoder. The packed items dictionary contains all keys, but the batch accumulator only holds a subset.\n\nConfirmed the encoder input keys match exactly. Eval mode is explicitly set before row concatenation to disable dropout. Full softmax latency will be monitored during training.\n\nVerified that the four concatenated exploration arrays are sorted by timestamp after all four steps. Next I will run a quick smoke test and compile check, write a preliminary README, and consider reducing training windows or sequence length to speed up sample building.\n\nCatalog indices are safely bounded by the lookup table size. The embedding vocabulary is sized correctly at 30001 entries. I will compile the code and start training.\n\nVerified closure scoping for the evaluation and submission helpers. The validation model will be evaluated against the public benchmark to confirm scorer alignment.\n\nThe custom scorer already matches the official benchmark through shared evaluation functions, so no extra validation call is needed. I will compile the code and start training now.\n\nFull backward passes over all 30,000 items would take over ten minutes per epoch. I will switch to a sampled softmax using 2048 negative samples plus in-batch logits to keep training fast." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-cd6c9835-1b15-4475-bea3-ca9612ddf047-35", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "N_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 8\nTAU_INIT = 20.0", "new_string": "N_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 8\nTAU_INIT = 20.0\nN_SAMPLED_NEG = 1024" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-cd6c9835-1b15-4475-bea3-ca9612ddf047-36", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def train_one_epoch(model: TwoTower, loader: DataLoader, opt: torch.optim.Optimizer, ema: EMA) -> float:\n model.train()\n total = 0.0\n n = 0\n for step, batch in enumerate(loader, start=1):\n (\n long_ids,\n long_w,\n long_org,\n short_ids,\n like_ids,\n dislike_ids,\n skip_ids,\n user_feat,\n pos,\n weight,\n ) = batch\n user_vec = model.encode_users(\n long_ids, long_w, long_org, short_ids, like_ids, dislike_ids, skip_ids, user_feat\n )\n item_vec = model.encode_all_items()\n logits = user_vec @ item_vec.T * model.tau()\n per = F.cross_entropy(logits, pos, reduction=\"none\")\n loss = (per * weight).mean()\n opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)\n loss.backward()\n nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), 1.0)\n opt.step()\n ema.update(model)\n total += float(loss.item()) * int(pos.size(0))\n n += int(pos.size(0))\n if step % LOG_EVERY == 0:\n log(f\" step {step}/{len(loader)} loss={loss.item():.4f} tau={float(model.tau()):.2f}\")\n return total / max(n, 1)", "new_string": "def train_one_epoch(model: TwoTower, loader: DataLoader, opt: torch.optim.Optimizer, ema: EMA) -> float:\n model.train()\n total = 0.0\n n = 0\n n_items = model.n_catalog\n for step, batch in enumerate(loader, start=1):\n (\n long_ids,\n long_w,\n long_org,\n short_ids,\n like_ids,\n dislike_ids,\n skip_ids,\n user_feat,\n pos,\n weight,\n ) = batch\n user_vec = model.encode_users(\n long_ids, long_w, long_org, short_ids, like_ids, dislike_ids, skip_ids, user_feat\n )\n pos_vec = model.encode_items(pos)\n inbatch = user_vec @ pos_vec.T\n neg_idx = torch.randint(0, n_items, (N_SAMPLED_NEG,), dtype=torch.int64)\n neg_vec = model.encode_items(neg_idx)\n sampled = user_vec @ neg_vec.T\n logits = torch.cat([inbatch, sampled], dim=1) * model.tau()\n labels = torch.arange(pos.size(0), dtype=torch.int64)\n per = F.cross_entropy(logits, labels, reduction=\"none\")\n loss = (per * weight).mean()\n opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)\n loss.backward()\n nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), 1.0)\n opt.step()\n ema.update(model)\n total += float(loss.item()) * int(pos.size(0))\n n += int(pos.size(0))\n if step % LOG_EVERY == 0:\n log(f\" step {step}/{len(loader)} loss={loss.item():.4f} tau={float(model.tau()):.2f}\")\n return total / max(n, 1)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 27, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The README should be updated to clarify the sampled softmax approach versus a full catalog." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-90998141-26e7-49b7-858b-7e56c605264a-37", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -m py_compile /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py && echo COMPILE_OK", "description": "Syntax-check the two-tower trainer" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nCOMPILE_OK\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 28, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The code compiles. I will write a brief README stub and start training." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-95b70555-1a0e-4123-8c5e-5f81ac9125ea-38", "name": "write", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/README.md", "content": "# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\nTraining in progress. See `two_tower_ranker.py` for the model, objective, and\ninference pipeline. The public validation score will be filled in after the\nvalidation-stage fit.\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/README.md has been created.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-95b70555-1a0e-4123-8c5e-5f81ac9125ea-39", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "description": "Train two-tower ranker and write submission", "block_until_ms": 0 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "01a0edfc-171d-70d2-8933-171994ac1de6\nbash\n/home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-95b70555-1a0e-4123-8c5e-5f81ac9125ea-39.log\nrunning\nBackground task 01a0edfc-171d-70d2-8933-171994ac1de6 started\nUse get_command_or_subagent_output with task_ids=[\"01a0edfc-171d-70d2-8933-171994ac1de6\"] when you need the output.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 29, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-deabb03e-9dbf-44a4-8143-9ed02a878bc5-40", "name": "get_command_or_subagent_output", "input": { "task_ids": [ "01a0edfc-171d-70d2-8933-171994ac1de6" ], "timeout_ms": 90000 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "=== Task 01a0edfc-171d-70d2-8933-171994ac1de6 ===\nCommand: /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\nStatus: running\nDuration: 92.66s\nOutput File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-95b70555-1a0e-4123-8c5e-5f81ac9125ea-39.log\n\n=== Output ===\n[16:25:20] start two-tower training\n[16:25:20] loading listens include_val=False\n[16:25:21] catalog listens=31249613 likes=554824\n[16:25:22] building user store\n[16:25:28] users in store=9979\n[16:25:59] samples window=379424 sequential=91343 total=470767\n[16:26:03] validation graded users=4263\n[16:26:06] epoch 1/8 batches=1226\n/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py:826: UserWarning: Converting a tensor with requires_grad=True to a scalar may lead to unexpected behavior.\nConsider using tensor.detach() first. (Triggered internally at /pytorch/torch/csrc/autograd/generated/python_variable_methods.cpp:835.)\n log(f\" step {step}/{len(loader)} loss={loss.item():.4f} tau={float(model.tau()):.2f}\")\n[16:26:08] step 50/1226 loss=9.2281 tau=19.32\n[16:26:12] step 100/1226 loss=8.8902 tau=19.09\n[16:26:14] step 150/1226 loss=8.3701 tau=18.99\n[16:26:16] step 200/1226 loss=8.7947 tau=18.93\n[16:26:19] step 250/1226 loss=8.7046 tau=18.88\n[16:26:21] step 300/1226 loss=8.3660 tau=18.82\n[16:26:23] step 350/1226 loss=8.0487 tau=18.75\n[16:26:26] step 400/1226 loss=8.2494 tau=18.71\n[16:26:28] step 450/1226 loss=8.2259 tau=18.66\n[16:26:31] step 500/1226 loss=8.0686 tau=18.62\n[16:26:33] step 550/1226 loss=8.1874 tau=18.59\n[16:26:35] step 600/1226 loss=7.9181 tau=18.55\n[16:26:38] step 650/1226 loss=7.9597 tau=18.51\n[16:26:41] step 700/1226 loss=8.4083 tau=18.47\n[16:26:44] step 750/1226 loss=8.0026 tau=18.46\n[16:26:46] step 800/1226 loss=7.6285 tau=18.41\n\n\nWaited the requested 90s. Unless the user specified, do not kill this task just because this wait returned. It is still working. You will be notified automatically when it completes. Do other work, or wait again with a longer timeout_ms.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 30, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Training is progressing well. Loss has dropped from roughly 9." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-a98845b5-c5e7-4764-841f-9e1ec865e548-41", "name": "get_command_or_subagent_output", "input": { "task_ids": [ "01a0edfc-171d-70d2-8933-171994ac1de6" ], "timeout_ms": 180000 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "=== Task 01a0edfc-171d-70d2-8933-171994ac1de6 ===\nCommand: /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\nStatus: running\nDuration: 279.15s\nOutput File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-95b70555-1a0e-4123-8c5e-5f81ac9125ea-39.log\n\n=== Output ===\n[16:25:20] start two-tower training\n[16:25:20] loading listens include_val=False\n[16:25:21] catalog listens=31249613 likes=554824\n[16:25:22] building user store\n[16:25:28] users in store=9979\n[16:25:59] samples window=379424 sequential=91343 total=470767\n[16:26:03] validation graded users=4263\n[16:26:06] epoch 1/8 batches=1226\n/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py:826: UserWarning: Converting a tensor with requires_grad=True to a scalar may lead to unexpected behavior.\nConsider using tensor.detach() first. (Triggered internally at /pytorch/torch/csrc/autograd/generated/python_variable_methods.cpp:835.)\n log(f\" step {step}/{len(loader)} loss={loss.item():.4f} tau={float(model.tau()):.2f}\")\n[16:26:08] step 50/1226 loss=9.2281 tau=19.32\n[16:26:12] step 100/1226 loss=8.8902 tau=19.09\n[16:26:14] step 150/1226 loss=8.3701 tau=18.99\n[16:26:16] step 200/1226 loss=8.7947 tau=18.93\n[16:26:19] step 250/1226 loss=8.7046 tau=18.88\n[16:26:21] step 300/1226 loss=8.3660 tau=18.82\n[16:26:23] step 350/1226 loss=8.0487 tau=18.75\n[16:26:26] step 400/1226 loss=8.2494 tau=18.71\n[16:26:28] step 450/1226 loss=8.2259 tau=18.66\n[16:26:31] step 500/1226 loss=8.0686 tau=18.62\n[16:26:33] step 550/1226 loss=8.1874 tau=18.59\n[16:26:35] step 600/1226 loss=7.9181 tau=18.55\n[16:26:38] step 650/1226 loss=7.9597 tau=18.51\n[16:26:41] step 700/1226 loss=8.4083 tau=18.47\n[16:26:44] step 750/1226 loss=8.0026 tau=18.46\n[16:26:46] step 800/1226 loss=7.6285 tau=18.41\n[16:26:49] step 850/1226 loss=7.9916 tau=18.39\n[16:26:51] step 900/1226 loss=8.2708 tau=18.39\n[16:26:53] step 950/1226 loss=8.4179 tau=18.37\n[16:26:56] step 1000/1226 loss=8.3748 tau=18.37\n[16:26:58] step 1050/1226 loss=7.7030 tau=18.33\n[16:27:00] step 1100/1226 loss=7.9568 tau=18.36\n[16:27:03] step 1150/1226 loss=7.8985 tau=18.36\n[16:27:05] step 1200/1226 loss=7.6607 tau=18.32\n[16:27:15] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.019793\n[16:27:15] epoch 1 loss=8.2274 val_ndcg=0.019793\n[16:27:15] epoch 2/8 batches=1226\n[16:27:17] step 50/1226 loss=7.0216 tau=18.60\n[16:27:19] step 100/1226 loss=7.2863 tau=18.68\n[16:27:22] step 150/1226 loss=7.2565 tau=18.73\n[16:27:24] step 200/1226 loss=7.5099 tau=18.72\n[16:27:26] step 250/1226 loss=7.0312 tau=18.79\n[16:27:29] step 300/1226 loss=7.0822 tau=18.77\n[16:27:31] step 350/1226 loss=7.9548 tau=18.77\n[16:27:34] step 400/1226 loss=7.0635 tau=18.79\n[16:27:36] step 450/1226 loss=7.0746 tau=18.85\n[16:27:38] step 500/1226 loss=7.2300 tau=18.86\n[16:27:41] step 550/1226 loss=7.6619 tau=18.89\n[16:27:43] step 600/1226 loss=7.7219 tau=18.87\n[16:27:47] step 650/1226 loss=7.4690 tau=18.90\n[16:27:49] step 700/1226 loss=7.3073 tau=18.95\n[16:27:51] step 750/1226 loss=7.4662 tau=18.96\n[16:27:54] step 800/1226 loss=7.3363 tau=19.01\n[16:27:56] step 850/1226 loss=7.7978 tau=19.04\n[16:27:59] step 900/1226 loss=7.4630 tau=19.00\n[16:28:01] step 950/1226 loss=7.0199 tau=19.02\n[16:28:03] step 1000/1226 loss=7.1875 tau=19.06\n[16:28:06] step 1050/1226 loss=7.5694 tau=19.05\n[16:28:08] step 1100/1226 loss=6.9779 tau=19.00\n[16:28:10] step 1150/1226 loss=7.6860 tau=19.06\n[16:28:13] step 1200/1226 loss=7.0122 tau=19.08\n[16:28:18] epoch 2 loss=7.3824 val_ndcg=0.019194\n[16:28:18] epoch 3/8 batches=1226\n[16:28:20] step 50/1226 loss=6.9561 tau=19.43\n[16:28:23] step 100/1226 loss=6.8206 tau=19.60\n[16:28:25] step 150/1226 loss=6.9241 tau=19.74\n[16:28:27] step 200/1226 loss=7.0170 tau=19.86\n[16:28:30] step 250/1226 loss=6.6364 tau=19.94\n[16:28:32] step 300/1226 loss=6.6392 tau=20.05\n[16:28:34] step 350/1226 loss=6.6881 tau=20.12\n[16:28:37] step 400/1226 loss=7.0060 tau=20.17\n[16:28:39] step 450/1226 loss=7.2090 tau=20.20\n[16:28:41] step 500/1226 loss=6.9930 tau=20.29\n[16:28:44] step 550/1226 loss=6.7744 tau=20.28\n[16:28:46] step 600/1226 loss=6.6505 tau=20.39\n[16:28:50] step 650/1226 loss=6.9752 tau=20.48\n[16:28:52] step 700/1226 loss=7.1787 tau=20.56\n[16:28:55] step 750/1226 loss=6.6084 tau=20.58\n[16:28:57] step 800/1226 loss=6.8843 tau=20.62\n[16:28:59] step 850/1226 loss=7.0516 tau=20.70\n[16:29:02] step 900/1226 loss=6.9682 tau=20.70\n[16:29:04] step 950/1226 loss=6.5256 tau=20.73\n[16:29:07] step 1000/1226 loss=6.6313 tau=20.72\n[16:29:09] step 1050/1226 loss=6.7351 tau=20.78\n[16:29:11] step 1100/1226 loss=6.6548 tau=20.83\n[16:29:14] step 1150/1226 loss=7.0656 tau=20.89\n[16:29:16] step 1200/1226 loss=6.4471 tau=20.87\n[16:29:21] early stop\n[16:29:21] best public val ndcg=0.019793\n[16:29:21] seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot=2999\n[16:29:21] loading listens include_val=True\n[16:29:23] catalog listens=32261384 likes=575879\n[16:29:24] building user store\n[16:29:30] users in store=9982\n\n\nWaited the requested 180s. Unless the user specified, do not kill this task just because this wait returned. It is still working. You will be notified automatically when it completes. Do other work, or wait again with a longer timeout_ms.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 31, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Validation NDCG was 0.0198 after epoch 1 and dropped to zero.\n\nValidation NDCG was 0.0192 after epoch 2. The training loop triggered early stopping at epoch 3 and reverted to the best checkpoint.\n\nThe final score of 0.0198 is only 1.85× the popularity baseline. Training stopped too early because the loss was still dropping, so the model likely needs more epochs or a better architecture.\n\nThe low validation NDCG likely stems from a train/eval mismatch. The training objective predicts discovery within 7-day windows, but the sequential samples may include the target item in the history window. This would cause the model to overfit to train windows and fail to generalize.\n\nThe cutoff logic correctly excludes the target item from history. However, sequential sampling uses the item's last occurrence time as the cutoff. If a user has already listened to that item before, the target is not first-time discovery. The objective therefore predicts items the user already knows, which explains the weak validation NDCG.\n\nThe sequential sampling is actually a next-item prediction on unique-by-last-time sequences, not first-time discovery. Because each item appears only once at its final play time, it cannot appear in earlier history. This is effectively a SASRec-style objective on unique items.\n\nThe 0.0198 score is likely just weak personalization, not a structural flaw. The L2 normalization and small popularity dimension may be suppressing the popularity signal that helps ranking. One epoch is too short to learn meaningful representations, and the early stop was triggered by noisy validation variance rather than genuine overfitting.\n\nIn-batch negatives are too easy compared to ranking thousands of items. Mean pooling in the user tower may not capture taste well. Removing L2 normalization would let item magnitude encode popularity directly, and hard negatives against popular items should be added. Item-item co-occurrence is the key signal.\n\nA simpler user tower using a weighted mean of item embeddings instead of an MLP may work better. The current architecture risks distorting the embedding space before the two towers can co-adapt, which hurts ranking quality.\n\nA concrete fix is to make the item tower a lightweight projection of raw embeddings rather than a deep MLP. The user vector would then be an MLP over those same projected item embeddings. This keeps the embedding space aligned before the two towers co-adapt.\n\nA direct linear path will be added to the user vector: normalize the mean history embedding and add half of the normalized MLP output. This preserves alignment between user and item representations while keeping the architecture simple.\n\nThe direct-path idea was abandoned as too messy. The user tower will instead be a neural net: a weighted mean of history embeddings plus like and dislike means, with a small linear projection. The item tower will be embedding plus feature projection plus LayerNorm plus output projection.\n\nThe user tower will concatenate several pooled embeddings, pass them through a small linear layer with GELU, and then through another small linear layer. The final model trains for seven epochs on more data without validation feedback. If the result is still weak, the run will be killed and retrained with a better architecture.\n\nPopularity-weighted negative sampling will be added to force the model to beat popular items. The user MLP dropout of 0.12 is too noisy for a single training epoch. A cosine-plus-bias scoring trick is also being considered. The final run cannot be evaluated on validation data because those labels were used during training.\n\nA concrete v2 architecture is being drafted. The item tower will combine raw embeddings with a small feature projection, apply GELU and LayerNorm, and normalize the output. The user tower will pool embeddings from long history, short history, and liked items using masked mean pooling.\n\nThe user vector will blend the long-history embedding with weighted short-history, liked, and disliked embeddings, plus a small MLP residual. This preserves alignment between user and item representations. The 18-day time decay is being increased to 40 days to better capture seven-day taste.\n\nThe fallback submission will be written first. The current run will then be killed to restart with the improved architecture immediately. The new model will use 4096 sampled negatives and a BPR auxiliary loss against popular items.\n\nThe current run will be killed immediately to save time. A fallback submission is still needed, so the immediate priority is the improved architecture with a residual connection from pooled embeddings to the user output.\n\nThe embedding dimension will be raised to 96. The user MLP dropout will be reduced and training patience increased to four epochs. A multi-positive loss is being considered as an optional addition.\n\nThe user vector will blend the pooled embedding with a small MLP output gated by a learnable parameter initialized near -2.0, so the MLP contribution starts at roughly 12 percent and can grow during training." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "Validation NDCG is only 0.0198 and dropped on epoch 2, so I’m stopping this run and aligning the towers with a residual embedding path plus harder negatives." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-6c783e50-429d-43f0-8d0f-b1fb462939bb-42", "name": "kill_command_or_subagent", "input": { "task_id": "01a0edfc-171d-70d2-8933-171994ac1de6" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "already_exited: Task had already completed", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 32, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-d50586cd-b6c0-41ac-9108-7fc46c403995-43", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-95b70555-1a0e-4123-8c5e-5f81ac9125ea-39.log", "offset": -80 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "19→[16:26:26] step 400/1226 loss=8.2494 tau=18.71\n20→[16:26:28] step 450/1226 loss=8.2259 tau=18.66\n[16:26:31] step 500/1226 loss=8.0686 tau=18.62\n[16:26:33] step 550/1226 loss=8.1874 tau=18.59\n[16:26:35] step 600/1226 loss=7.9181 tau=18.55\n[16:26:38] step 650/1226 loss=7.9597 tau=18.51\n[16:26:41] step 700/1226 loss=8.4083 tau=18.47\n[16:26:44] step 750/1226 loss=8.0026 tau=18.46\n[16:26:46] step 800/1226 loss=7.6285 tau=18.41\n[16:26:49] step 850/1226 loss=7.9916 tau=18.39\n[16:26:51] step 900/1226 loss=8.2708 tau=18.39\n30→[16:26:53] step 950/1226 loss=8.4179 tau=18.37\n[16:26:56] step 1000/1226 loss=8.3748 tau=18.37\n[16:26:58] step 1050/1226 loss=7.7030 tau=18.33\n[16:27:00] step 1100/1226 loss=7.9568 tau=18.36\n[16:27:03] step 1150/1226 loss=7.8985 tau=18.36\n[16:27:05] step 1200/1226 loss=7.6607 tau=18.32\n[16:27:15] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.019793\n[16:27:15] epoch 1 loss=8.2274 val_ndcg=0.019793\n[16:27:15] epoch 2/8 batches=1226\n[16:27:17] step 50/1226 loss=7.0216 tau=18.60\n40→[16:27:19] step 100/1226 loss=7.2863 tau=18.68\n[16:27:22] step 150/1226 loss=7.2565 tau=18.73\n[16:27:24] step 200/1226 loss=7.5099 tau=18.72\n[16:27:26] step 250/1226 loss=7.0312 tau=18.79\n[16:27:29] step 300/1226 loss=7.0822 tau=18.77\n[16:27:31] step 350/1226 loss=7.9548 tau=18.77\n[16:27:34] step 400/1226 loss=7.0635 tau=18.79\n[16:27:36] step 450/1226 loss=7.0746 tau=18.85\n[16:27:38] step 500/1226 loss=7.2300 tau=18.86\n[16:27:41] step 550/1226 loss=7.6619 tau=18.89\n50→[16:27:43] step 600/1226 loss=7.7219 tau=18.87\n[16:27:47] step 650/1226 loss=7.4690 tau=18.90\n[16:27:49] step 700/1226 loss=7.3073 tau=18.95\n[16:27:51] step 750/1226 loss=7.4662 tau=18.96\n[16:27:54] step 800/1226 loss=7.3363 tau=19.01\n[16:27:56] step 850/1226 loss=7.7978 tau=19.04\n[16:27:59] step 900/1226 loss=7.4630 tau=19.00\n[16:28:01] step 950/1226 loss=7.0199 tau=19.02\n[16:28:03] step 1000/1226 loss=7.1875 tau=19.06\n[16:28:06] step 1050/1226 loss=7.5694 tau=19.05\n60→[16:28:08] step 1100/1226 loss=6.9779 tau=19.00\n[16:28:10] step 1150/1226 loss=7.6860 tau=19.06\n[16:28:13] step 1200/1226 loss=7.0122 tau=19.08\n[16:28:18] epoch 2 loss=7.3824 val_ndcg=0.019194\n[16:28:18] epoch 3/8 batches=1226\n[16:28:20] step 50/1226 loss=6.9561 tau=19.43\n[16:28:23] step 100/1226 loss=6.8206 tau=19.60\n[16:28:25] step 150/1226 loss=6.9241 tau=19.74\n[16:28:27] step 200/1226 loss=7.0170 tau=19.86\n[16:28:30] step 250/1226 loss=6.6364 tau=19.94\n70→[16:28:32] step 300/1226 loss=6.6392 tau=20.05\n[16:28:34] step 350/1226 loss=6.6881 tau=20.12\n[16:28:37] step 400/1226 loss=7.0060 tau=20.17\n[16:28:39] step 450/1226 loss=7.2090 tau=20.20\n[16:28:41] step 500/1226 loss=6.9930 tau=20.29\n[16:28:44] step 550/1226 loss=6.7744 tau=20.28\n[16:28:46] step 600/1226 loss=6.6505 tau=20.39\n[16:28:50] step 650/1226 loss=6.9752 tau=20.48\n[16:28:52] step 700/1226 loss=7.1787 tau=20.56\n[16:28:55] step 750/1226 loss=6.6084 tau=20.58\n80→[16:28:57] step 800/1226 loss=6.8843 tau=20.62\n[16:28:59] step 850/1226 loss=7.0516 tau=20.70\n[16:29:02] step 900/1226 loss=6.9682 tau=20.70\n[16:29:04] step 950/1226 loss=6.5256 tau=20.73\n[16:29:07] step 1000/1226 loss=6.6313 tau=20.72\n[16:29:09] step 1050/1226 loss=6.7351 tau=20.78\n[16:29:11] step 1100/1226 loss=6.6548 tau=20.83\n[16:29:14] step 1150/1226 loss=7.0656 tau=20.89\n[16:29:16] step 1200/1226 loss=6.4471 tau=20.87\n[16:29:21] early stop\n90→[16:29:21] best public val ndcg=0.019793\n[16:29:21] seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot=2999\n[16:29:21] loading listens include_val=True\n[16:29:23] catalog listens=32261384 likes=575879\n[16:29:24] building user store\n[16:29:30] users in store=9982\n[16:30:02] samples window=431494 sequential=92537 total=524031\n--: line 1: 6945 Killed /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 33, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The process was killed, likely from an out-of-memory error while stacking 524,000 samples.\n\nThe OOM was caused by a temporary memory spike. The `build_samples` function allocates the new batch before reassigning the variable, so both the old and new arrays exist simultaneously. This doubles the memory footprint and triggers the kill.\n\nThe fix plan is to delete the old samples array before building the next batch, cap total samples at 250,000, and switch ID arrays from int64 to int32. This should halve the memory footprint of the long history arrays.\n\nThe memory spike also comes from `build_samples` holding 470,000 individual 64-dimensional arrays in a Python list before NumPy stacks them. This doubles the footprint during construction.\n\nI will cap per-user window positives at six and sequence positives at eight, or subsample after building if needed. I will also preallocate arrays when possible to avoid temporary copies.\n\nI will cap the total sample count at 280,000 and subsample if needed. The temporary memory spike during list construction is roughly 780 MB before stacking, so a two-pass count or preallocation would be ideal.\n\nThe 15 GB memory budget is tight. The listens catalog, user stores, and training samples together consume roughly 2 GB before the next batch is even built. I will cap samples at 250,000 and delete old arrays aggressively to stay within limits.\n\nI also plan to rewrite the TwoTower model with residual alignment, disable aggressive early stopping, and use popularity-based negatives.\n\nI will delete the training samples and call `gc.collect()` before loading validation events. The `train_users` store can be freed after validation completes, since only the combined train-plus-validation user set is needed for fallback sampling.\n\nThe new TwoTower architecture uses separate embeddings for items, short history positions, and origin flags.\n\nThe TwoTower model now projects item features into the embedding space and normalizes the final output. A user gate parameter initialized to negative one will keep the residual path dominant after training. The user encoder is being drafted next.\n\nThe user encoder now pools long, short, like, dislike, and skip embeddings into weighted vectors. It blends them with a base vector and concatenates the result with user features before applying the user projection. The gate parameter is passed through a sigmoid to control residual scaling.\n\nThe item tower will normalize the raw embedding plus feature projection directly into the embedding space, rather than mapping to a separate output dimension. This keeps both towers in the same latent space for proper alignment.\n\nThe item and user vectors will both be normalized after their respective projections. Each batch will use 512 uniform negatives and 512 popularity-based negatives drawn from a probability buffer built by taking the square root of positive listen counts. LogQ correction will be applied to the popular samples.\n\nThe negative sampling strategy is being simplified to 2048 uniform negatives drawn from the full catalog, with no popularity-based mix. Unique history will be preserved to reduce repeat dominance. Recency decay is set to a half-life of 28 days. Training will run for more epochs with patience four, and early stopping will evaluate epoch three before halting. The per-user sequence positive cap is being reduced to four or removed entirely to improve discovery.\n\nThe per-user window cap is fixed at eight positives, and the sequence cap remains at six. Label smoothing was considered but skipped.\n\nThe memory spike during sample construction will be eliminated by a two-pass approach: first collect a compact list of user identifiers, cutoffs, positive items, and weights into a small Python list, then allocate pre-sized NumPy arrays and fill them in a second pass. This avoids holding thousands of temporary arrays in memory while building the batch.\n\nThe two-pass approach is being refined to avoid redundant packing. Instead of storing full packed dictionaries for every positive sample, the code will keep only lightweight identifiers and group them by user and cutoff. Each group is packed once into a compact structure, then expanded into multiple rows for the batch. This reduces memory overhead while preserving the CPU cost of packing.\n\nThe user loop will be rewritten to iterate over `users.items()` so the packed history can be reused across multiple positive samples for the same user and cutoff. The TwoTower architecture is also being simplified by removing the taste and pop split, using a single L2-normalized vector for both item and user encodings." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "The first run hit memory limits during the refit sample build. I’ll cap sample storage, align the towers, and restart training." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-68ff3346-4e21-454b-9f3a-d1ad7b4d21ef-44", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 1, "limit": 220 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1→#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"CPU two-tower ranker for the Made-for-You catalog.\n\nUser vectors come from interaction history (no user-ID lookup). Item vectors\nare produced by a separate item tower and are precomputable. The relevance\nscore is the dot product of the two vectors.\n\"\"\"\nfrom __future__ import annotations\n\n10→import json\nimport math\nimport os\nimport sys\nimport time\nfrom dataclasses import dataclass\nfrom pathlib import Path\n\nimport numpy as np\nimport pandas as pd\n20→import pyarrow as pa\nimport pyarrow.parquet as pq\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nimport torch.nn.functional as F\nfrom torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset\n\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"MKL_NUM_THREADS\", \"8\")\n\n30→SOLUTION = Path(\"/app/solution\")\nDATA = Path(\"/task/data\")\nsys.path.insert(0, \"/task\")\n\nfrom evaluate_public import validation_truth # noqa: E402\nfrom ranking_evaluation import ( # noqa: E402\n CandidateSet,\n ndcg_at_k,\n score_rankings,\n)\n40→\nTRAIN_CUTOFF = 24_786_800\nGAP_SECONDS = 1_800\nDAY = 86_400\nWEEK = 7 * DAY\nSEED = 42\n\nEMB_DIM = 64\nHIDDEN = 160\nOUT_DIM = 64\n50→HIST_LONG = 64\nHIST_SHORT = 8\nMAX_LIKES = 32\nMAX_DISLIKES = 16\nMAX_SKIPS = 8\nPAD = 0\n\nN_ITEM_FEAT = 9\nN_USER_FEAT = 10\n\n60→BATCH_SIZE = 384\nLR = 1.2e-3\nWEIGHT_DECAY = 1e-4\nMAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 8\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 7\nLOG_EVERY = 50\nMAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW = 10\nMAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER = 12\nN_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 8\nTAU_INIT = 20.0\n70→N_SAMPLED_NEG = 1024\n\nDEVICE = torch.device(\"cpu\")\n\n\ndef log(msg: str) -> None:\n stamp = time.strftime(\"%H:%M:%S\")\n line = f\"[{stamp}] {msg}\"\n print(line, flush=True)\n with open(SOLUTION / \"train.log\", \"a\", encoding=\"utf-8\") as handle:\n80→ handle.write(line + \"\\n\")\n\n\ndef set_seeds(seed: int) -> None:\n np.random.seed(seed)\n torch.manual_seed(seed)\n torch.set_num_threads(8)\n torch.set_num_interop_threads(2)\n\n\n90→def pad_1d(values: np.ndarray, length: int, dtype, pad_value=0) -> np.ndarray:\n out = np.full(length, pad_value, dtype=dtype)\n n = min(length, int(values.shape[0]))\n if n:\n out[:n] = values[:n]\n return out\n\n\ndef catalog_lookup(catalog_ids: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n lookup = np.full(int(catalog_ids.max()) + 1, -1, dtype=np.int32)\n100→ lookup[catalog_ids.astype(np.int64)] = np.arange(catalog_ids.shape[0], dtype=np.int32)\n return lookup\n\n\ndef to_catalog_idx(item_ids: np.ndarray, lookup: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:\n return lookup[item_ids.astype(np.int64)]\n\n\ndef emb_ids_from_catalog(catalog_idx: np.ndarray, length: int) -> np.ndarray:\n padded = pad_1d(catalog_idx.astype(np.int32, copy=False), length, np.int32, pad_value=-1)\n110→ return (padded.astype(np.int64) + 1)\n\n\nclass MLP(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, in_dim: int, hidden: int, out_dim: int, dropout: float = 0.1):\n super().__init__()\n self.fc1 = nn.Linear(in_dim, hidden)\n self.n1 = nn.LayerNorm(hidden)\n self.fc2 = nn.Linear(hidden, hidden)\n self.n2 = nn.LayerNorm(hidden)\n120→ self.fc3 = nn.Linear(hidden, out_dim)\n self.skip = nn.Linear(in_dim, out_dim)\n self.drop = nn.Dropout(dropout)\n\n def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n h = self.drop(F.gelu(self.n1(self.fc1(x))))\n h = self.drop(F.gelu(self.n2(self.fc2(h))))\n return self.fc3(h) + self.skip(x)\n\n\n130→class TwoTower(nn.Module):\n \"\"\"History user tower + independently evaluable item tower.\"\"\"\n\n def __init__(self, n_catalog: int, n_item_feat: int, n_user_feat: int):\n super().__init__()\n self.n_catalog = n_catalog\n vocab = n_catalog + 1\n self.emb = nn.Embedding(vocab, EMB_DIM, padding_idx=PAD)\n nn.init.normal_(self.emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.05)\n self.emb.weight.data[PAD].zero_()\n140→ self.pos_emb = nn.Embedding(HIST_SHORT, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.pos_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.org_emb = nn.Embedding(2, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.org_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.item_feat_proj = nn.Linear(n_item_feat, EMB_DIM)\n self.user_mlp = MLP(EMB_DIM * 6 + n_user_feat, HIDDEN, OUT_DIM, dropout=0.12)\n self.item_mlp = MLP(EMB_DIM * 2, HIDDEN, OUT_DIM, dropout=0.05)\n self.log_tau = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(math.log(TAU_INIT), dtype=torch.float32))\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", torch.zeros(n_catalog, n_item_feat))\n\n150→ def set_item_features(self, feat: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(feat.astype(np.float32)))\n if tuple(self.item_features.shape) == tuple(tensor.shape):\n self.item_features.copy_(tensor)\n else:\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", tensor)\n\n def tau(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n return self.log_tau.exp().clamp(1.0, 80.0)\n\n160→ def _finalize(self, raw: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n taste = F.normalize(raw[:, :-1], dim=-1)\n pop = torch.tanh(raw[:, -1:])\n return torch.cat([taste, pop], dim=-1)\n\n @staticmethod\n def _mean(emb: torch.Tensor, mask: torch.Tensor, weights: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> torch.Tensor:\n if weights is None:\n weights = mask.float()\n else:\n170→ weights = weights * mask.float()\n denom = weights.sum(dim=1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-6)\n return (emb * weights.unsqueeze(-1)).sum(dim=1) / denom\n\n def encode_users(\n self,\n long_ids: torch.Tensor,\n long_w: torch.Tensor,\n long_org: torch.Tensor,\n short_ids: torch.Tensor,\n180→ like_ids: torch.Tensor,\n dislike_ids: torch.Tensor,\n skip_ids: torch.Tensor,\n user_feat: torch.Tensor,\n ) -> torch.Tensor:\n long_e = self.emb(long_ids) + self.org_emb(long_org.clamp(0, 1))\n long_mask = long_ids.ne(PAD)\n long_vec = self._mean(long_e, long_mask, long_w)\n\n short_e = self.emb(short_ids) + self.pos_emb.weight.unsqueeze(0)\n190→ short_vec = self._mean(short_e, short_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n like_vec = self._mean(self.emb(like_ids), like_ids.ne(PAD))\n dislike_vec = self._mean(self.emb(dislike_ids), dislike_ids.ne(PAD))\n skip_vec = self._mean(self.emb(skip_ids), skip_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n rec_mask = long_mask & long_org.eq(0)\n rec_vec = self._mean(long_e, rec_mask, long_w)\n\n x = torch.cat(\n200→ [long_vec, short_vec, like_vec, dislike_vec, skip_vec, rec_vec, user_feat],\n dim=-1,\n )\n return self._finalize(self.user_mlp(x))\n\n def encode_items(self, catalog_idx: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n emb = self.emb(catalog_idx + 1)\n feat = self.item_feat_proj(self.item_features[catalog_idx])\n raw = self.item_mlp(torch.cat([emb, feat], dim=-1))\n return self._finalize(raw)\n210→\n def encode_all_items(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n idx = torch.arange(self.n_catalog, device=self.emb.weight.device)\n return self.encode_items(idx)\n\n\n@dataclass\nclass UserArrays:\n pos_item: np.ndarray\n pos_ts: np.ndarray\n220→ pos_org: np.ndarray", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 34, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-79677207-bc8b-4957-a9fa-683a76919ecb-45", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "import json\nimport math\nimport os\nimport sys\nimport time\nfrom dataclasses import dataclass\nfrom pathlib import Path", "new_string": "import gc\nimport json\nimport math\nimport os\nimport sys\nimport time\nfrom collections import defaultdict\nfrom dataclasses import dataclass\nfrom pathlib import Path" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-79677207-bc8b-4957-a9fa-683a76919ecb-46", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "EMB_DIM = 64\nHIDDEN = 160\nOUT_DIM = 64\nHIST_LONG = 64\nHIST_SHORT = 8\nMAX_LIKES = 32\nMAX_DISLIKES = 16\nMAX_SKIPS = 8\nPAD = 0\n\nN_ITEM_FEAT = 9\nN_USER_FEAT = 10\n\nBATCH_SIZE = 384\nLR = 1.2e-3\nWEIGHT_DECAY = 1e-4\nMAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 8\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 7\nLOG_EVERY = 50\nMAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW = 10\nMAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER = 12\nN_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 8\nTAU_INIT = 20.0\nN_SAMPLED_NEG = 1024", "new_string": "EMB_DIM = 64\nOUT_DIM = 64\nHIST_LONG = 80\nHIST_SHORT = 12\nMAX_LIKES = 32\nMAX_DISLIKES = 16\nMAX_SKIPS = 8\nPAD = 0\n\nN_ITEM_FEAT = 9\nN_USER_FEAT = 10\n\nBATCH_SIZE = 512\nLR = 8e-4\nWEIGHT_DECAY = 1e-4\nMAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 10\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 8\nLOG_EVERY = 50\nMAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW = 8\nMAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER = 6\nN_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 8\nTAU_INIT = 12.0\nN_SAMPLED_NEG = 1536\nMAX_SAMPLES = 320_000" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-79677207-bc8b-4957-a9fa-683a76919ecb-47", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "class MLP(nn.Module):\n def __init__(self, in_dim: int, hidden: int, out_dim: int, dropout: float = 0.1):\n super().__init__()\n self.fc1 = nn.Linear(in_dim, hidden)\n self.n1 = nn.LayerNorm(hidden)\n self.fc2 = nn.Linear(hidden, hidden)\n self.n2 = nn.LayerNorm(hidden)\n self.fc3 = nn.Linear(hidden, out_dim)\n self.skip = nn.Linear(in_dim, out_dim)\n self.drop = nn.Dropout(dropout)\n\n def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n h = self.drop(F.gelu(self.n1(self.fc1(x))))\n h = self.drop(F.gelu(self.n2(self.fc2(h))))\n return self.fc3(h) + self.skip(x)\n\n\nclass TwoTower(nn.Module):\n \"\"\"History user tower + independently evaluable item tower.\"\"\"\n\n def __init__(self, n_catalog: int, n_item_feat: int, n_user_feat: int):\n super().__init__()\n self.n_catalog = n_catalog\n vocab = n_catalog + 1\n self.emb = nn.Embedding(vocab, EMB_DIM, padding_idx=PAD)\n nn.init.normal_(self.emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.05)\n self.emb.weight.data[PAD].zero_()\n self.pos_emb = nn.Embedding(HIST_SHORT, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.pos_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.org_emb = nn.Embedding(2, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.org_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.item_feat_proj = nn.Linear(n_item_feat, EMB_DIM)\n self.user_mlp = MLP(EMB_DIM * 6 + n_user_feat, HIDDEN, OUT_DIM, dropout=0.12)\n self.item_mlp = MLP(EMB_DIM * 2, HIDDEN, OUT_DIM, dropout=0.05)\n self.log_tau = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(math.log(TAU_INIT), dtype=torch.float32))\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", torch.zeros(n_catalog, n_item_feat))\n\n def set_item_features(self, feat: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(feat.astype(np.float32)))\n if tuple(self.item_features.shape) == tuple(tensor.shape):\n self.item_features.copy_(tensor)\n else:\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", tensor)\n\n def tau(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n return self.log_tau.exp().clamp(1.0, 80.0)\n\n def _finalize(self, raw: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n taste = F.normalize(raw[:, :-1], dim=-1)\n pop = torch.tanh(raw[:, -1:])\n return torch.cat([taste, pop], dim=-1)\n\n @staticmethod\n def _mean(emb: torch.Tensor, mask: torch.Tensor, weights: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> torch.Tensor:\n if weights is None:\n weights = mask.float()\n else:\n weights = weights * mask.float()\n denom = weights.sum(dim=1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-6)\n return (emb * weights.unsqueeze(-1)).sum(dim=1) / denom\n\n def encode_users(\n self,\n long_ids: torch.Tensor,\n long_w: torch.Tensor,\n long_org: torch.Tensor,\n short_ids: torch.Tensor,\n like_ids: torch.Tensor,\n dislike_ids: torch.Tensor,\n skip_ids: torch.Tensor,\n user_feat: torch.Tensor,\n ) -> torch.Tensor:\n long_e = self.emb(long_ids) + self.org_emb(long_org.clamp(0, 1))\n long_mask = long_ids.ne(PAD)\n long_vec = self._mean(long_e, long_mask, long_w)\n\n short_e = self.emb(short_ids) + self.pos_emb.weight.unsqueeze(0)\n short_vec = self._mean(short_e, short_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n like_vec = self._mean(self.emb(like_ids), like_ids.ne(PAD))\n dislike_vec = self._mean(self.emb(dislike_ids), dislike_ids.ne(PAD))\n skip_vec = self._mean(self.emb(skip_ids), skip_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n rec_mask = long_mask & long_org.eq(0)\n rec_vec = self._mean(long_e, rec_mask, long_w)\n\n x = torch.cat(\n [long_vec, short_vec, like_vec, dislike_vec, skip_vec, rec_vec, user_feat],\n dim=-1,\n )\n return self._finalize(self.user_mlp(x))\n\n def encode_items(self, catalog_idx: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n emb = self.emb(catalog_idx + 1)\n feat = self.item_feat_proj(self.item_features[catalog_idx])\n raw = self.item_mlp(torch.cat([emb, feat], dim=-1))\n return self._finalize(raw)\n\n def encode_all_items(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n idx = torch.arange(self.n_catalog, device=self.emb.weight.device)\n return self.encode_items(idx)", "new_string": "class TwoTower(nn.Module):\n \"\"\"History user tower + independently evaluable item tower.\n\n Item vectors live in the shared ID-embedding space (plus a feature\n residual), so a pooled history is already a valid user vector. A gated\n linear user projection adds capacity without breaking that alignment.\n \"\"\"\n\n def __init__(self, n_catalog: int, n_item_feat: int, n_user_feat: int):\n super().__init__()\n self.n_catalog = n_catalog\n vocab = n_catalog + 1\n self.emb = nn.Embedding(vocab, EMB_DIM, padding_idx=PAD)\n nn.init.normal_(self.emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.07)\n self.emb.weight.data[PAD].zero_()\n self.pos_emb = nn.Embedding(HIST_SHORT, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.pos_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.org_emb = nn.Embedding(2, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.org_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.item_feat_proj = nn.Linear(n_item_feat, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.zeros_(self.item_feat_proj.bias)\n nn.init.xavier_uniform_(self.item_feat_proj.weight, gain=0.3)\n self.item_ln = nn.LayerNorm(EMB_DIM)\n self.user_proj = nn.Linear(EMB_DIM * 5 + n_user_feat, OUT_DIM)\n nn.init.xavier_uniform_(self.user_proj.weight, gain=0.3)\n nn.init.zeros_(self.user_proj.bias)\n self.user_ln = nn.LayerNorm(OUT_DIM)\n self.user_gate = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(-1.5, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.log_tau = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(math.log(TAU_INIT), dtype=torch.float32))\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", torch.zeros(n_catalog, n_item_feat))\n self.register_buffer(\"pop_prob\", torch.full((n_catalog,), 1.0 / n_catalog))\n\n def set_item_features(self, feat: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(feat.astype(np.float32)))\n if tuple(self.item_features.shape) == tuple(tensor.shape):\n self.item_features.copy_(tensor)\n else:\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", tensor)\n\n def set_pop_prob(self, prob: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(prob.astype(np.float32)))\n self.pop_prob.copy_(tensor)\n\n def tau(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n return self.log_tau.exp().clamp(1.0, 50.0)\n\n @staticmethod\n def _mean(emb: torch.Tensor, mask: torch.Tensor, weights: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> torch.Tensor:\n if weights is None:\n weights = mask.float()\n else:\n weights = weights * mask.float()\n denom = weights.sum(dim=1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-6)\n return (emb * weights.unsqueeze(-1)).sum(dim=1) / denom\n\n def encode_users(\n self,\n long_ids: torch.Tensor,\n long_w: torch.Tensor,\n long_org: torch.Tensor,\n short_ids: torch.Tensor,\n like_ids: torch.Tensor,\n dislike_ids: torch.Tensor,\n skip_ids: torch.Tensor,\n user_feat: torch.Tensor,\n ) -> torch.Tensor:\n long_w = long_w\n if self.training:\n long_w = long_w * (torch.rand_like(long_w) > 0.15).float()\n long_e = self.emb(long_ids) + self.org_emb(long_org.clamp(0, 1))\n long_mask = long_ids.ne(PAD)\n long_vec = self._mean(long_e, long_mask, long_w)\n\n short_e = self.emb(short_ids) + self.pos_emb.weight.unsqueeze(0)\n short_vec = self._mean(short_e, short_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n like_vec = self._mean(self.emb(like_ids), like_ids.ne(PAD))\n dislike_vec = self._mean(self.emb(dislike_ids), dislike_ids.ne(PAD))\n skip_vec = self._mean(self.emb(skip_ids), skip_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n base = long_vec + 0.4 * short_vec + 0.3 * like_vec - 0.25 * dislike_vec - 0.1 * skip_vec\n delta = self.user_proj(\n torch.cat([long_vec, short_vec, like_vec, dislike_vec, skip_vec, user_feat], dim=-1)\n )\n gate = torch.sigmoid(self.user_gate)\n return F.normalize(self.user_ln(base + gate * delta), dim=-1)\n\n def encode_items(self, catalog_idx: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n emb = self.emb(catalog_idx + 1)\n feat = self.item_feat_proj(self.item_features[catalog_idx])\n return F.normalize(self.item_ln(emb + feat), dim=-1)\n\n def encode_all_items(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n idx = torch.arange(self.n_catalog, device=self.emb.weight.device)\n return self.encode_items(idx)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 35, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-bb0f7e13-4c78-4469-a192-5a9ea7fad7ed-48", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " w = np.exp(-recency / 18.0) * idf[recent_first_i[:HIST_LONG]]", "new_string": " w = np.exp(-recency / 28.0) * idf[recent_first_i[:HIST_LONG]]" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-bb0f7e13-4c78-4469-a192-5a9ea7fad7ed-49", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 680, "limit": 150 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "680→ \"long_w\",\n \"long_org\",\n \"short_ids\",\n \"like_ids\",\n \"dislike_ids\",\n \"skip_ids\",\n \"user_feat\",\n ):\n buckets[key].append(packed[key])\n buckets[\"pos\"].append(item)\n690→ buckets[\"weight\"].append(weight)\n n_win += 1\n\n for ud in users.values():\n if ud.uniq_item.size < 6:\n continue\n last_ts = ud.uniq_last_ts\n items = ud.uniq_item\n disc_set: dict[int, int] = {}\n if ud.disc_item.size:\n700→ for item, grade in zip(ud.disc_item.tolist(), ud.disc_grade.tolist()):\n g = disc_set.get(int(item), 0)\n if int(grade) > g:\n disc_set[int(item)] = int(grade)\n taken = 0\n start = max(5, int(items.size) - 80)\n for i in range(items.size - 1, start - 1, -1):\n if taken >= MAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER:\n break\n cutoff = int(last_ts[i])\n710→ item = int(items[i])\n grade = disc_set.get(item, 0)\n if grade <= 0:\n continue\n packed = pack_user_inputs(ud, cutoff, idf)\n for key in (\n \"long_ids\",\n \"long_w\",\n \"long_org\",\n \"short_ids\",\n720→ \"like_ids\",\n \"dislike_ids\",\n \"skip_ids\",\n \"user_feat\",\n ):\n buckets[key].append(packed[key])\n buckets[\"pos\"].append(item)\n buckets[\"weight\"].append(3.0 if grade >= 3 else 1.0)\n taken += 1\n n_seq += 1\n730→\n if not buckets[\"pos\"]:\n raise RuntimeError(\"no training samples constructed\")\n log(f\"samples window={n_win} sequential={n_seq} total={len(buckets['pos'])}\")\n arrays = {\n \"long_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"long_w\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_w\"]).astype(np.float32),\n \"long_org\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_org\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"short_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"short_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"like_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"like_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n740→ \"dislike_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"dislike_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"skip_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"skip_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"user_feat\": np.stack(buckets[\"user_feat\"]).astype(np.float32),\n \"pos\": np.asarray(buckets[\"pos\"], dtype=np.int64),\n \"weight\": np.asarray(buckets[\"weight\"], dtype=np.float32),\n }\n return arrays\n\n\ndef make_loader(samples: dict[str, np.ndarray], batch_size: int, shuffle: bool) -> DataLoader:\n750→ tensors = [\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"long_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"long_w\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"long_org\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"short_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"like_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"dislike_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"skip_ids\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"user_feat\"]),\n torch.from_numpy(samples[\"pos\"]),\n760→ torch.from_numpy(samples[\"weight\"]),\n ]\n ds = TensorDataset(*tensors)\n return DataLoader(ds, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=shuffle, drop_last=False)\n\n\nclass EMA:\n def __init__(self, model: nn.Module, decay: float = 0.995):\n self.decay = decay\n self.shadow = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}\n770→\n def update(self, model: nn.Module) -> None:\n for key, value in model.state_dict().items():\n if not value.dtype.is_floating_point:\n self.shadow[key] = value.detach().clone()\n continue\n self.shadow[key].mul_(self.decay).add_(value.detach(), alpha=1.0 - self.decay)\n\n def copy_to(self, model: nn.Module) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:\n current = {k: v.detach().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}\n780→ model.load_state_dict(self.shadow, strict=True)\n return current\n\n\ndef train_one_epoch(model: TwoTower, loader: DataLoader, opt: torch.optim.Optimizer, ema: EMA) -> float:\n model.train()\n total = 0.0\n n = 0\n n_items = model.n_catalog\n for step, batch in enumerate(loader, start=1):\n790→ (\n long_ids,\n long_w,\n long_org,\n short_ids,\n like_ids,\n dislike_ids,\n skip_ids,\n user_feat,\n pos,\n800→ weight,\n ) = batch\n user_vec = model.encode_users(\n long_ids, long_w, long_org, short_ids, like_ids, dislike_ids, skip_ids, user_feat\n )\n pos_vec = model.encode_items(pos)\n inbatch = user_vec @ pos_vec.T\n neg_idx = torch.randint(0, n_items, (N_SAMPLED_NEG,), dtype=torch.int64)\n neg_vec = model.encode_items(neg_idx)\n sampled = user_vec @ neg_vec.T\n810→ logits = torch.cat([inbatch, sampled], dim=1) * model.tau()\n labels = torch.arange(pos.size(0), dtype=torch.int64)\n per = F.cross_entropy(logits, labels, reduction=\"none\")\n loss = (per * weight).mean()\n opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)\n loss.backward()\n nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), 1.0)\n opt.step()\n ema.update(model)\n total += float(loss.item()) * int(pos.size(0))\n820→ n += int(pos.size(0))\n if step % LOG_EVERY == 0:\n log(f\" step {step}/{len(loader)} loss={loss.item():.4f} tau={float(model.tau()):.2f}\")\n return total / max(n, 1)\n\n\ndef preference_index_sets(path: Path, mapping: dict[int, int]) -> dict[int, tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]]:\n frame = pd.read_parquet(path)\n out: dict[int, tuple[list[int], list[int]]] = {}\n for uid, item, state in frame.itertuples(index=False, name=None):", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 36, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-423da686-5a8b-41e2-bc5c-15a4773e96b8-50", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 630, "limit": 55 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "630→ lo = int(np.searchsorted(ts, start, side=\"left\"))\n hi = int(np.searchsorted(ts, end, side=\"left\"))\n best: dict[int, int] = {}\n for i in range(lo, hi):\n item = int(ud.disc_item[i])\n if item in hist_items:\n continue\n grade = int(ud.disc_grade[i])\n prev = best.get(item, 0)\n if grade > prev:\n640→ best[item] = grade\n ranked = sorted(best.items(), key=lambda kv: (-kv[1], kv[0]))\n out = []\n for item, grade in ranked[:MAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW]:\n weight = 3.0 if grade >= 3 else 1.0\n out.append((item, weight))\n return out\n\n\ndef build_samples(users: dict[int, UserArrays], idf: np.ndarray, label_ends: list[int]) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:\n650→ buckets = {\n \"long_ids\": [],\n \"long_w\": [],\n \"long_org\": [],\n \"short_ids\": [],\n \"like_ids\": [],\n \"dislike_ids\": [],\n \"skip_ids\": [],\n \"user_feat\": [],\n \"pos\": [],\n660→ \"weight\": [],\n }\n n_seq = 0\n n_win = 0\n for label_end in label_ends:\n label_start = label_end - WEEK\n hist_cutoff = label_start - GAP_SECONDS\n for ud in users.values():\n if ud.uniq_item.size:\n hist_keep = ud.uniq_last_ts < hist_cutoff\n670→ hist_items = set(int(x) for x in ud.uniq_item[hist_keep])\n else:\n hist_items = set()\n positives = _select_window_positives(ud, label_start, label_end, hist_items)\n if not positives:\n continue\n packed = pack_user_inputs(ud, hist_cutoff, idf)\n for item, weight in positives:\n for key in (\n \"long_ids\",\n680→ \"long_w\",\n \"long_org\",\n \"short_ids\",\n \"like_ids\",\n \"dislike_ids\",", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 37, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "I will replace the build_samples function with a memory-efficient version." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-47959c92-5291-4f14-a8d3-95cc072eedb5-51", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def build_samples(users: dict[int, UserArrays], idf: np.ndarray, label_ends: list[int]) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:\n buckets = {\n \"long_ids\": [],\n \"long_w\": [],\n \"long_org\": [],\n \"short_ids\": [],\n \"like_ids\": [],\n \"dislike_ids\": [],\n \"skip_ids\": [],\n \"user_feat\": [],\n \"pos\": [],\n \"weight\": [],\n }\n n_seq = 0\n n_win = 0\n for label_end in label_ends:\n label_start = label_end - WEEK\n hist_cutoff = label_start - GAP_SECONDS\n for ud in users.values():\n if ud.uniq_item.size:\n hist_keep = ud.uniq_last_ts < hist_cutoff\n hist_items = set(int(x) for x in ud.uniq_item[hist_keep])\n else:\n hist_items = set()\n positives = _select_window_positives(ud, label_start, label_end, hist_items)\n if not positives:\n continue\n packed = pack_user_inputs(ud, hist_cutoff, idf)\n for item, weight in positives:\n for key in (\n \"long_ids\",\n \"long_w\",\n \"long_org\",\n \"short_ids\",\n \"like_ids\",\n \"dislike_ids\",\n \"skip_ids\",\n \"user_feat\",\n ):\n buckets[key].append(packed[key])\n buckets[\"pos\"].append(item)\n buckets[\"weight\"].append(weight)\n n_win += 1\n\n for ud in users.values():\n if ud.uniq_item.size < 6:\n continue\n last_ts = ud.uniq_last_ts\n items = ud.uniq_item\n disc_set: dict[int, int] = {}\n if ud.disc_item.size:\n for item, grade in zip(ud.disc_item.tolist(), ud.disc_grade.tolist()):\n g = disc_set.get(int(item), 0)\n if int(grade) > g:\n disc_set[int(item)] = int(grade)\n taken = 0\n start = max(5, int(items.size) - 80)\n for i in range(items.size - 1, start - 1, -1):\n if taken >= MAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER:\n break\n cutoff = int(last_ts[i])\n item = int(items[i])\n grade = disc_set.get(item, 0)\n if grade <= 0:\n continue\n packed = pack_user_inputs(ud, cutoff, idf)\n for key in (\n \"long_ids\",\n \"long_w\",\n \"long_org\",\n \"short_ids\",\n \"like_ids\",\n \"dislike_ids\",\n \"skip_ids\",\n \"user_feat\",\n ):\n buckets[key].append(packed[key])\n buckets[\"pos\"].append(item)\n buckets[\"weight\"].append(3.0 if grade >= 3 else 1.0)\n taken += 1\n n_seq += 1\n\n if not buckets[\"pos\"]:\n raise RuntimeError(\"no training samples constructed\")\n log(f\"samples window={n_win} sequential={n_seq} total={len(buckets['pos'])}\")\n arrays = {\n \"long_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"long_w\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_w\"]).astype(np.float32),\n \"long_org\": np.stack(buckets[\"long_org\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"short_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"short_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"like_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"like_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"dislike_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"dislike_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"skip_ids\": np.stack(buckets[\"skip_ids\"]).astype(np.int64),\n \"user_feat\": np.stack(buckets[\"user_feat\"]).astype(np.float32),\n \"pos\": np.asarray(buckets[\"pos\"], dtype=np.int64),\n \"weight\": np.asarray(buckets[\"weight\"], dtype=np.float32),\n }\n return arrays", "new_string": "def build_samples(users: dict[int, UserArrays], idf: np.ndarray, label_ends: list[int]) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:\n grouped: dict[tuple[int, int], list[tuple[int, float]]] = defaultdict(list)\n n_win = 0\n n_seq = 0\n uid_ref: dict[int, UserArrays] = users\n for uid, ud in users.items():\n for label_end in label_ends:\n label_start = label_end - WEEK\n hist_cutoff = label_start - GAP_SECONDS\n if ud.uniq_item.size:\n hist_keep = ud.uniq_last_ts < hist_cutoff\n hist_items = set(int(x) for x in ud.uniq_item[hist_keep])\n else:\n hist_items = set()\n positives = _select_window_positives(ud, label_start, label_end, hist_items)\n if not positives:\n continue\n grouped[(uid, hist_cutoff)].extend(positives)\n n_win += len(positives)\n\n if ud.uniq_item.size < 6:\n continue\n last_ts = ud.uniq_last_ts\n items = ud.uniq_item\n disc_set: dict[int, int] = {}\n if ud.disc_item.size:\n for item, grade in zip(ud.disc_item.tolist(), ud.disc_grade.tolist()):\n prev = disc_set.get(int(item), 0)\n if int(grade) > prev:\n disc_set[int(item)] = int(grade)\n taken = 0\n start = max(5, int(items.size) - 64)\n for i in range(items.size - 1, start - 1, -1):\n if taken >= MAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER:\n break\n cutoff = int(last_ts[i])\n item = int(items[i])\n grade = disc_set.get(item, 0)\n if grade <= 0:\n continue\n grouped[(uid, cutoff)].append((item, 3.0 if grade >= 3 else 1.0))\n taken += 1\n n_seq += 1\n\n n_total = sum(len(v) for v in grouped.values())\n if n_total == 0:\n raise RuntimeError(\"no training samples constructed\")\n log(f\"samples window={n_win} sequential={n_seq} total={n_total}\")\n\n rng = np.random.default_rng(SEED)\n keys = list(grouped.keys())\n if n_total > MAX_SAMPLES:\n keep_prob = MAX_SAMPLES / n_total\n trimmed = {}\n kept = 0\n rng.shuffle(keys)\n for key in keys:\n pairs = grouped[key]\n if rng.random() > keep_prob and kept > MAX_SAMPLES // 2:\n continue\n trimmed[key] = pairs\n kept += len(pairs)\n if kept >= MAX_SAMPLES:\n break\n grouped = trimmed\n n_total = kept\n log(f\"subsampled to {n_total} examples\")\n\n long_ids = np.zeros((n_total, HIST_LONG), dtype=np.int32)\n long_w = np.zeros((n_total, HIST_LONG), dtype=np.float32)\n long_org = np.zeros((n_total, HIST_LONG), dtype=np.int8)\n short_ids = np.zeros((n_total, HIST_SHORT), dtype=np.int32)\n like_ids = np.zeros((n_total, MAX_LIKES), dtype=np.int32)\n dislike_ids = np.zeros((n_total, MAX_DISLIKES), dtype=np.int32)\n skip_ids = np.zeros((n_total, MAX_SKIPS), dtype=np.int32)\n user_feat = np.zeros((n_total, N_USER_FEAT), dtype=np.float32)\n pos = np.zeros(n_total, dtype=np.int64)\n weight = np.zeros(n_total, dtype=np.float32)\n\n row = 0\n for (uid, cutoff), pairs in grouped.items():\n packed = pack_user_inputs(uid_ref[uid], cutoff, idf)\n for item, w in pairs:\n if row >= n_total:\n break\n long_ids[row] = packed[\"long_ids\"]\n long_w[row] = packed[\"long_w\"]\n long_org[row] = packed[\"long_org\"]\n short_ids[row] = packed[\"short_ids\"]\n like_ids[row] = packed[\"like_ids\"]\n dislike_ids[row] = packed[\"dislike_ids\"]\n skip_ids[row] = packed[\"skip_ids\"]\n user_feat[row] = packed[\"user_feat\"]\n pos[row] = item\n weight[row] = w\n row += 1\n if row >= n_total:\n break\n n_total = row\n log(f\"packed {n_total} training rows\")\n return {\n \"long_ids\": long_ids[:n_total].astype(np.int64, copy=False),\n \"long_w\": long_w[:n_total],\n \"long_org\": long_org[:n_total].astype(np.int64),\n \"short_ids\": short_ids[:n_total].astype(np.int64, copy=False),\n \"like_ids\": like_ids[:n_total].astype(np.int64, copy=False),\n \"dislike_ids\": dislike_ids[:n_total].astype(np.int64, copy=False),\n \"skip_ids\": skip_ids[:n_total].astype(np.int64, copy=False),\n \"user_feat\": user_feat[:n_total],\n \"pos\": pos[:n_total],\n \"weight\": weight[:n_total],\n }" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-47959c92-5291-4f14-a8d3-95cc072eedb5-52", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " pos_vec = model.encode_items(pos)\n inbatch = user_vec @ pos_vec.T\n neg_idx = torch.randint(0, n_items, (N_SAMPLED_NEG,), dtype=torch.int64)\n neg_vec = model.encode_items(neg_idx)\n sampled = user_vec @ neg_vec.T\n logits = torch.cat([inbatch, sampled], dim=1) * model.tau()\n labels = torch.arange(pos.size(0), dtype=torch.int64)\n per = F.cross_entropy(logits, labels, reduction=\"none\")\n loss = (per * weight).mean()\n opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)\n loss.backward()\n nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), 1.0)\n opt.step()\n ema.update(model)\n total += float(loss.item()) * int(pos.size(0))\n n += int(pos.size(0))\n if step % LOG_EVERY == 0:\n log(f\" step {step}/{len(loader)} loss={loss.item():.4f} tau={float(model.tau()):.2f}\")", "new_string": " pos_vec = model.encode_items(pos)\n inbatch = user_vec @ pos_vec.T\n n_uni = N_SAMPLED_NEG // 2\n n_pop = N_SAMPLED_NEG - n_uni\n neg_uni = torch.randint(0, n_items, (n_uni,), dtype=torch.int64)\n neg_pop = torch.multinomial(model.pop_prob, n_pop, replacement=True)\n neg_idx = torch.cat([neg_uni, neg_pop], dim=0)\n neg_vec = model.encode_items(neg_idx)\n sampled = user_vec @ neg_vec.T\n logits = torch.cat([inbatch, sampled], dim=1) * model.tau()\n labels = torch.arange(pos.size(0), dtype=torch.int64)\n per = F.cross_entropy(logits, labels, reduction=\"none\")\n loss = (per * weight).mean()\n opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)\n loss.backward()\n nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), 1.0)\n opt.step()\n ema.update(model)\n total += float(loss.item()) * int(pos.size(0))\n n += int(pos.size(0))\n if step % LOG_EVERY == 0:\n log(\n f\" step {step}/{len(loader)} loss={loss.item():.4f} \"\n f\"tau={float(model.tau().detach()):.2f}\"\n )" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 38, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Updating the training function to set the popularity probability." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c10eba83-863f-48b2-b9cf-b4a1deb51a83-53", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " if early_stop and stale >= 2 and epoch >= 3:\n log(\"early stop\")\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n break\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")", "new_string": " if early_stop and stale >= 4 and epoch >= 4:\n log(\"early stop\")\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n break\n model.load_state_dict(backup, strict=True)\n log(f\"epoch {epoch} loss={loss:.4f} val_ndcg={score:.6f}\")" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c10eba83-863f-48b2-b9cf-b4a1deb51a83-54", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def train_model(\n samples: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n n_items: int,\n item_feat: np.ndarray,\n eval_fn,\n max_epochs: int,\n time_limit: float,\n start_time: float,\n early_stop: bool = True,\n use_last: bool = False,\n on_best=None,\n) -> tuple[TwoTower, dict, float]:\n model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n model.to(DEVICE)", "new_string": "def train_model(\n samples: dict[str, np.ndarray],\n n_items: int,\n item_feat: np.ndarray,\n eval_fn,\n max_epochs: int,\n time_limit: float,\n start_time: float,\n early_stop: bool = True,\n use_last: bool = False,\n on_best=None,\n pop_prob: np.ndarray | None = None,\n) -> tuple[TwoTower, dict, float]:\n model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n if pop_prob is not None:\n model.set_pop_prob(pop_prob)\n model.to(DEVICE)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c10eba83-863f-48b2-b9cf-b4a1deb51a83-55", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " log(f\"users in store={len(users)}\")\n return catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf", "new_string": " log(f\"users in store={len(users)}\")\n pop = catalog.positive_listens.to_numpy(dtype=np.float64)\n pop = np.power(np.clip(pop, 1.0, None), 0.5)\n pop_prob = (pop / pop.sum()).astype(np.float32)\n return catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c10eba83-863f-48b2-b9cf-b4a1deb51a83-56", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf = load_stage_events(include_val=False)\n n_items = len(item_ids)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=False))", "new_string": " catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=False)\n n_items = len(item_ids)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=False))" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c10eba83-863f-48b2-b9cf-b4a1deb51a83-57", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " model, best_state, best_score = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=eval_model,\n max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_VAL,\n time_limit=val_time_limit,\n start_time=start,\n on_best=on_best,\n )", "new_string": " model, best_state, best_score = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=eval_model,\n max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_VAL,\n time_limit=val_time_limit,\n start_time=start,\n on_best=on_best,\n pop_prob=pop_prob,\n )" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c10eba83-863f-48b2-b9cf-b4a1deb51a83-58", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " remaining = 54 * 60 - (time.time() - start)\n log(f\"seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot={remaining:.0f}\")\n\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))", "new_string": " remaining = 54 * 60 - (time.time() - start)\n log(f\"seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot={remaining:.0f}\")\n\n del samples\n gc.collect()\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c10eba83-863f-48b2-b9cf-b4a1deb51a83-59", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=True,\n )", "new_string": " final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=True,\n pop_prob=pop_prob,\n )" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 39, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Considering whether to delete the train_users tensor after validation.\n\ntrain_users will be deleted after validation. Closures still reference it, so the tensor may not be freed.\n\nConfirmed that small final batches and CPU multinomial sampling are acceptable. The positional embedding logic correctly handles short sequences by masking padded positions. Retained the json import for evaluation.\n\nVerified the long history length is 80 and target user encoding flushes correctly. Confirmed LayerNorm on residual and item features behaves properly. Will remove unused imports including `json` and `ndcg_at_k`. Ready to compile and run.\n\nValidation item features are correctly train-only. Adding `gc.collect()` after `train_model` to force garbage collection of the training DataLoader. The existing validation parquet will be preserved until a better score is achieved, though the training log will be overwritten at each run start." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-7b0d52b3-977e-4601-a441-0949d4e01d2b-60", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -m py_compile /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py && echo COMPILE_OK && cp -f /app/solution/validation.parquet /app/solution/validation_v1.parquet 2>/dev/null; ls -l /app/solution/", "description": "Compile trainer and back up first validation ranking" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nCOMPILE_OK\ntotal 12604\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 261 Sep 29 16:25 README.md\ndrwxr-xr-x 2 agent agent 4096 Sep 29 16:34 __pycache__\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 4433 Sep 29 16:30 train.log\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 48401 Sep 29 16:33 two_tower_ranker.py\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 9538128 Sep 29 16:29 val_model.pt\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1648788 Sep 29 16:27 validation.parquet\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1648788 Sep 29 16:34 validation_v1.parquet\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 40, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "A validation model checkpoint from version one is present.\n\nThe previous run ran out of memory before writing a fallback submission. The v1 checkpoint cannot be loaded into the new TwoTower architecture, so that path is abandoned. I will start version two training and may generate a popularity ranking as an emergency valid submission." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-b98deea6-3918-482c-a621-3a5e3fc6d412-61", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport numpy as np, pandas as pd\nfrom pathlib import Path\nDATA=Path(\"/task/data\")\nSOL=Path(\"/app/solution\")\ncatalog=pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"candidate_catalog.parquet\")\nitem_ids=catalog.item_id.to_numpy(np.int64)\npop=np.log1p(catalog.positive_listens.to_numpy(np.float64))\nz=np.load(DATA/\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nuids=z[\"uids\"].astype(np.int64)\npacked=z[\"packed_eligible\"]\nn_items=len(item_ids)\nmask=np.unpackbits(packed, axis=1, bitorder=\"little\")[:, :n_items].astype(bool)\npref=pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"test_preference_state.parquet\")\nitem_col={int(i):c for c,i in enumerate(item_ids)}\nuid_row={int(u):i for i,u in enumerate(uids)}\nfor uid,item,state in pref.itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n r=uid_row.get(int(uid)); c=item_col.get(int(item))\n if r is None or c is None: continue\n mask[r,c]=False\nscores=np.broadcast_to(pop, mask.shape).copy()\nscores=np.where(mask, scores, -np.inf)\nk=100\ntop=np.argpartition(-scores, k-1, axis=1)[:, :k]\nts=np.take_along_axis(scores, top, axis=1)\norder=np.argsort(-ts, axis=1)\ntop=np.take_along_axis(top, order, axis=1)\ndf=pd.DataFrame({\n \"uid\": np.repeat(uids, k),\n \"item_id\": item_ids[top.reshape(-1)],\n \"rank\": np.tile(np.arange(1,k+1), len(uids)),\n})\ndf.to_parquet(SOL/\"submission.parquet\", index=False)\nprint(\"wrote emergency submission\", len(df), df.uid.nunique())\nPY", "description": "Write emergency popularity test submission" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nwrote emergency submission 845600 8456\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-b98deea6-3918-482c-a621-3a5e3fc6d412-62", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "description": "Retrain improved two-tower ranker", "block_until_ms": 0 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "01a0ee04-623d-7c02-b21e-19f9f92baa9f\nbash\n/home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-b98deea6-3918-482c-a621-3a5e3fc6d412-62.log\nrunning\nBackground task 01a0ee04-623d-7c02-b21e-19f9f92baa9f started\nUse get_command_or_subagent_output with task_ids=[\"01a0ee04-623d-7c02-b21e-19f9f92baa9f\"] when you need the output.\n\n\nNote: 1 other background task is still running:\n- \"01a0ee04-6234-7d50-b027-436a687940d9\" (running for 0s): Write emergency popularity test submission\nConsider killing duplicate tasks with kill_command_or_subagent before launching new ones.\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 41, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-d3da69d8-a698-4561-a3d7-1a70070252d6-63", "name": "get_command_or_subagent_output", "input": { "task_ids": [ "01a0ee04-623d-7c02-b21e-19f9f92baa9f" ], "timeout_ms": 180000 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "=== Task 01a0ee04-623d-7c02-b21e-19f9f92baa9f ===\nCommand: /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\nStatus: running\nDuration: 185.68s\nOutput File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-b98deea6-3918-482c-a621-3a5e3fc6d412-62.log\n\n=== Output ===\n[16:34:23] start two-tower training\n[16:34:23] loading listens include_val=False\n[16:34:25] catalog listens=31249613 likes=554824\n[16:34:26] building user store\n[16:34:32] users in store=9979\n[16:34:42] samples window=316423 sequential=47154 total=363577\n[16:34:42] subsampled to 320001 examples\n[16:34:55] packed 320001 training rows\n[16:34:56] validation graded users=4263\n[16:34:58] epoch 1/10 batches=626\n[16:35:01] step 50/626 loss=9.9699 tau=11.57\n[16:35:03] step 100/626 loss=9.3971 tau=11.25\n[16:35:05] step 150/626 loss=9.8390 tau=11.01\n[16:35:07] step 200/626 loss=9.9417 tau=10.83\n[16:35:09] step 250/626 loss=9.0455 tau=10.67\n[16:35:13] step 300/626 loss=9.3948 tau=10.52\n[16:35:15] step 350/626 loss=9.1007 tau=10.43\n[16:35:17] step 400/626 loss=9.4901 tau=10.37\n[16:35:19] step 450/626 loss=9.3242 tau=10.31\n[16:35:22] step 500/626 loss=9.0793 tau=10.29\n[16:35:24] step 550/626 loss=8.8569 tau=10.32\n[16:35:26] step 600/626 loss=8.8297 tau=10.39\n[16:35:33] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.016073\n[16:35:33] epoch 1 loss=9.4001 val_ndcg=0.016073\n[16:35:33] epoch 2/10 batches=626\n[16:35:35] step 50/626 loss=8.6069 tau=10.86\n[16:35:38] step 100/626 loss=8.2792 tau=11.22\n[16:35:40] step 150/626 loss=8.0640 tau=11.48\n[16:35:42] step 200/626 loss=8.8102 tau=11.68\n[16:35:45] step 250/626 loss=8.8471 tau=11.82\n[16:35:48] step 300/626 loss=8.5745 tau=11.97\n[16:35:50] step 350/626 loss=8.2999 tau=12.16\n[16:35:52] step 400/626 loss=8.3395 tau=12.26\n[16:35:54] step 450/626 loss=8.7953 tau=12.39\n[16:35:56] step 500/626 loss=8.4652 tau=12.50\n[16:35:59] step 550/626 loss=8.3412 tau=12.62\n[16:36:01] step 600/626 loss=8.5578 tau=12.76\n[16:36:06] epoch 2 loss=8.4185 val_ndcg=0.015727\n[16:36:06] epoch 3/10 batches=626\n[16:36:08] step 50/626 loss=7.5739 tau=13.66\n[16:36:10] step 100/626 loss=7.5419 tau=14.25\n[16:36:12] step 150/626 loss=7.4524 tau=14.68\n[16:36:14] step 200/626 loss=7.5467 tau=15.02\n[16:36:18] step 250/626 loss=7.7597 tau=15.28\n[16:36:20] step 300/626 loss=7.4998 tau=15.55\n[16:36:22] step 350/626 loss=6.9628 tau=15.72\n[16:36:24] step 400/626 loss=7.4628 tau=15.89\n[16:36:26] step 450/626 loss=7.6361 tau=16.05\n[16:36:28] step 500/626 loss=7.5300 tau=16.19\n[16:36:31] step 550/626 loss=7.9092 tau=16.30\n[16:36:33] step 600/626 loss=7.8252 tau=16.38\n[16:36:37] epoch 3 loss=7.4980 val_ndcg=0.013804\n[16:36:37] epoch 4/10 batches=626\n[16:36:40] step 50/626 loss=6.7060 tau=17.32\n[16:36:42] step 100/626 loss=6.4667 tau=17.97\n[16:36:44] step 150/626 loss=6.6711 tau=18.42\n[16:36:47] step 200/626 loss=6.7371 tau=18.77\n[16:36:50] step 250/626 loss=6.7904 tau=19.01\n[16:36:52] step 300/626 loss=6.7462 tau=19.24\n[16:36:54] step 350/626 loss=6.4259 tau=19.41\n[16:36:56] step 400/626 loss=6.7420 tau=19.53\n[16:36:58] step 450/626 loss=6.9785 tau=19.62\n[16:37:01] step 500/626 loss=6.6140 tau=19.71\n[16:37:03] step 550/626 loss=6.5886 tau=19.86\n[16:37:05] step 600/626 loss=6.7572 tau=19.91\n[16:37:10] epoch 4 loss=6.7056 val_ndcg=0.012158\n[16:37:10] epoch 5/10 batches=626\n[16:37:12] step 50/626 loss=6.0844 tau=20.67\n[16:37:14] step 100/626 loss=6.2521 tau=21.24\n[16:37:16] step 150/626 loss=6.2140 tau=21.60\n[16:37:20] step 200/626 loss=5.8358 tau=21.85\n[16:37:22] step 250/626 loss=6.2128 tau=22.00\n[16:37:24] step 300/626 loss=6.2971 tau=22.21\n\n\nWaited the requested 180s. Unless the user specified, do not kill this task just because this wait returned. It is still working. You will be notified automatically when it completes. Do other work, or wait again with a longer timeout_ms.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 42, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The current approach is heading in the wrong direction.\n\nValidation NDCG is dropping as training loss falls. The model is overfitting to the training objective and hurting discovery ranking. A train/eval mismatch is suspected: popularity-sampled negatives may be pushing the model away from popular relevant items that appear in evaluation.\n\nResidual pooling may be ranking items too similar to the user's history. Those items are ineligible because the user already saw them. This is puzzling because similarity-based retrieval should actually help discovery.\n\nL2-normalized cosine similarity may be losing popularity signals. Discovery labels are somewhat popularity-skewed, but the training objective appears to become more pure taste-based over time, which could miss popular relevant items. The popularity baseline is 0.0107.\n\nThe temperature schedule is worsening the problem. Raising the softmax temperature from 10 to 22 sharpens predictions and increases overconfidence.\n\nTraining on sequential last-occurrence of known items may be encouraging the model to repeat past favorites rather than discover new ones. This directly contradicts the evaluation goal.\n\nThe historical seven-day discovery distribution might also differ from the validation week.\n\nThe plan is to drop sequential samples entirely and keep only window discovery. L2 normalization will be removed so popularity magnitude survives. A stronger explicit popularity dimension will be added to scores. The best-performing epoch-one model should be frozen or used directly. Training should be limited to one epoch with a strong popularity component.\n\nThe score will blend taste cosine similarity with a learned per-user popularity weight. The user embedding will carry both normalized history and a softplus-initialized popularity logit. Items will carry standardized log-popularity features. This keeps the dot-product structure while starting near a strong popularity baseline.\n\nThe popularity dimension will not be L2-normalized. The user embedding concatenates a normalized taste vector with a softplus-activated per-user popularity logit. The item embedding concatenates a normalized taste vector with the already-standardized log-popularity feature. This keeps early rankings near the strong popularity baseline while allowing taste to improve over time. The first version reached 0.0198, roughly double the popularity baseline.\n\nEmbeddings may be overfitting to training-window items that do not appear in the validation week. History dropout and stronger weight decay on embeddings should help. The best epoch is already preserved, so the first version at 0.0198 is a viable fallback. Music taste and catalog drift across old windows likely explains the later drop. Using only the most recent two or three windows instead of eight older ones should align training more closely with the validation period.\n\nThe current run will be terminated because it is degrading. The next version, v3, will use only the last three training windows with the most recent window oversampled twice. Training will be capped at four epochs and the best checkpoint preserved.\n\nA simpler user embedding is being considered: the normalized mean of the user's history. An item embedding would keep its normalized embedding with an explicit popularity dimension.\n\nA YouTube-style candidate generation model is also being explored. It would train a skip-gram on recent history, using the last fifty items as the user vector and recent co-occurrence counts as the item vector.\n\nAlternatively, the loss function might switch from softmax to BPR. This would use one random negative and one popular negative per positive, which could preserve ranking more faithfully.\n\nThe user embedding will blend normalized history with a weighted like-dislike residual and a learned popularity gate. The item embedding will combine the normalized embedding with a feature-weighted residual and the log-popularity feature. Training will run three epochs of InfoNCE, keeping the best checkpoint. The most recent training window will be oversampled because it is closest to the validation week. Self-negative exclusion of history items during training is being considered so the model learns to rank unseen similar candidates above seen ones. Another idea is to stop masking liked items and unique-filtering candidates entirely.\n\nThe 64-dimensional user vector may be too small to separate eligible candidates from ineligible history items. In embedding space, recent listens often cluster near the user vector, so the top-100 candidates could be mostly filtered-out tracks rather than relevant discoveries.\n\nThe two-tower retrieval approach is sound in theory. The real issue is popularity collapse: the user vector may be dominated by a few popular history items, causing the model to retrieve globally popular tracks instead of relevant discoveries. LogQ correction and uniform negatives should help prevent this, though popularity sampling as negatives might not fully counteract it.\n\nThe NDCG drop from epoch one to four is caused by popularity-sampled negatives. These negatives train the model to downrank popular items, which hurts ranking because evaluation positives are also somewhat popular. The fix is to use only uniform negatives or very light popularity sampling." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "Val NDCG is falling as the model fits, so I’m dropping popularity-sampled negatives and recentering training on recent discovery windows." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-1fe01cea-ebc6-4423-9019-38b1073f00eb-64", "name": "kill_command_or_subagent", "input": { "task_id": "01a0ee04-623d-7c02-b21e-19f9f92baa9f" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "killed: Task was terminated successfully", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 43, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Restoring the validation dataset to its previous version if the current one performs worse.\n\nRewriting the TwoTower to be simpler and focusing training data on recent windows. Exploring item-item collaborative filtering as a strong personalization signal by scoring candidates based on co-occurrence with each user's history.\n\nItem-item co-occurrence is likely disallowed because it derives from the user-item matrix. The two-tower approach will use weighted mean embeddings for users and a linear feature projection for items, scoring by dot product.\n\nA learned scalar parameter will scale the popularity feature in the item vector. This replaces a fixed 0.15 coefficient and lets the model tune how much global popularity contributes to the score.\n\nThe user vector will concatenate a normalized history embedding with a constant popularity feature. Training will use in-batch InfoNCE with uniform negatives across three recent windows, no sequential modeling, and AdamW at 1e-3 for five epochs with early stopping after three epochs without improvement. The most recent window will be duplicated twice to strengthen its signal. Embedding initialization standard deviation may be increased to 0.1." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-7cf08da7-0927-4c34-850c-397840d15a36-65", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "cp -f /app/solution/validation_v1.parquet /app/solution/validation.parquet && echo restored_v1", "description": "Restore best-so-far validation ranking" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nrestored_v1\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-7cf08da7-0927-4c34-850c-397840d15a36-66", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "BATCH_SIZE = 512\nLR = 8e-4\nWEIGHT_DECAY = 1e-4\nMAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 10\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 8\nLOG_EVERY = 50\nMAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW = 8\nMAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER = 6\nN_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 8\nTAU_INIT = 12.0\nN_SAMPLED_NEG = 1536\nMAX_SAMPLES = 320_000", "new_string": "BATCH_SIZE = 512\nLR = 1e-3\nWEIGHT_DECAY = 5e-5\nMAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 6\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 5\nLOG_EVERY = 50\nMAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW = 8\nMAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER = 0\nN_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 4\nTAU_INIT = 10.0\nN_SAMPLED_NEG = 2048\nMAX_SAMPLES = 280_000" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-7cf08da7-0927-4c34-850c-397840d15a36-67", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " self.user_proj = nn.Linear(EMB_DIM * 5 + n_user_feat, OUT_DIM)\n nn.init.xavier_uniform_(self.user_proj.weight, gain=0.3)\n nn.init.zeros_(self.user_proj.bias)\n self.user_ln = nn.LayerNorm(OUT_DIM)\n self.user_gate = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(-1.5, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.log_tau = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(math.log(TAU_INIT), dtype=torch.float32))\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", torch.zeros(n_catalog, n_item_feat))\n self.register_buffer(\"pop_prob\", torch.full((n_catalog,), 1.0 / n_catalog))", "new_string": " self.user_proj = nn.Linear(EMB_DIM * 5 + n_user_feat, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.xavier_uniform_(self.user_proj.weight, gain=0.2)\n nn.init.zeros_(self.user_proj.bias)\n self.user_pop = nn.Linear(n_user_feat, 1)\n nn.init.zeros_(self.user_pop.weight)\n nn.init.constant_(self.user_pop.bias, 0.25)\n self.pop_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(0.22, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.user_gate = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(-2.0, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.log_tau = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(math.log(TAU_INIT), dtype=torch.float32))\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", torch.zeros(n_catalog, n_item_feat))\n self.register_buffer(\"pop_prob\", torch.full((n_catalog,), 1.0 / n_catalog))" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-7cf08da7-0927-4c34-850c-397840d15a36-68", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " long_w = long_w\n if self.training:\n long_w = long_w * (torch.rand_like(long_w) > 0.15).float()\n long_e = self.emb(long_ids) + self.org_emb(long_org.clamp(0, 1))\n long_mask = long_ids.ne(PAD)\n long_vec = self._mean(long_e, long_mask, long_w)\n\n short_e = self.emb(short_ids) + self.pos_emb.weight.unsqueeze(0)\n short_vec = self._mean(short_e, short_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n like_vec = self._mean(self.emb(like_ids), like_ids.ne(PAD))\n dislike_vec = self._mean(self.emb(dislike_ids), dislike_ids.ne(PAD))\n skip_vec = self._mean(self.emb(skip_ids), skip_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n base = long_vec + 0.4 * short_vec + 0.3 * like_vec - 0.25 * dislike_vec - 0.1 * skip_vec\n delta = self.user_proj(\n torch.cat([long_vec, short_vec, like_vec, dislike_vec, skip_vec, user_feat], dim=-1)\n )\n gate = torch.sigmoid(self.user_gate)\n return F.normalize(self.user_ln(base + gate * delta), dim=-1)\n\n def encode_items(self, catalog_idx: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n emb = self.emb(catalog_idx + 1)\n feat = self.item_feat_proj(self.item_features[catalog_idx])\n return F.normalize(self.item_ln(emb + feat), dim=-1)", "new_string": " if self.training:\n long_w = long_w * (torch.rand_like(long_w) > 0.1).float()\n long_e = self.emb(long_ids) + self.org_emb(long_org.clamp(0, 1))\n long_mask = long_ids.ne(PAD)\n long_vec = self._mean(long_e, long_mask, long_w)\n\n short_e = self.emb(short_ids) + self.pos_emb.weight.unsqueeze(0)\n short_vec = self._mean(short_e, short_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n like_vec = self._mean(self.emb(like_ids), like_ids.ne(PAD))\n dislike_vec = self._mean(self.emb(dislike_ids), dislike_ids.ne(PAD))\n skip_vec = self._mean(self.emb(skip_ids), skip_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n base = long_vec + 0.5 * short_vec + 0.35 * like_vec - 0.2 * dislike_vec - 0.05 * skip_vec\n delta = self.user_proj(\n torch.cat([long_vec, short_vec, like_vec, dislike_vec, skip_vec, user_feat], dim=-1)\n )\n gate = torch.sigmoid(self.user_gate)\n taste = F.normalize(base + gate * delta, dim=-1)\n pop_gate = F.softplus(self.user_pop(user_feat))\n return torch.cat([taste, pop_gate], dim=-1)\n\n def encode_items(self, catalog_idx: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n emb = self.emb(catalog_idx + 1)\n feat_vec = self.item_feat_proj(self.item_features[catalog_idx])\n taste = F.normalize(self.item_ln(emb + feat_vec), dim=-1)\n # last item feature is z-scored log popularity\n pop = self.pop_scale * self.item_features[catalog_idx, -1:]\n return torch.cat([taste, pop], dim=-1)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 44, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "I need to remove `user_ln` if it is still referenced in `__init__`.\n\nI replaced the user projection block in `__init__` and removed `user_ln`. I still need to verify that block and apply two more changes: overweight recent windows in `build_samples`, and use uniform negatives only.\n\n`item_ln` remains in the model. I will duplicate the first window end in `window_ends_for_train` to oversample the most recent training week. Uniform negatives will be used only in `train_one_epoch`." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-648208cc-5860-4937-b7e0-fb089bafdeec-69", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " n_uni = N_SAMPLED_NEG // 2\n n_pop = N_SAMPLED_NEG - n_uni\n neg_uni = torch.randint(0, n_items, (n_uni,), dtype=torch.int64)\n neg_pop = torch.multinomial(model.pop_prob, n_pop, replacement=True)\n neg_idx = torch.cat([neg_uni, neg_pop], dim=0)", "new_string": " neg_idx = torch.randint(0, n_items, (N_SAMPLED_NEG,), dtype=torch.int64)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-648208cc-5860-4937-b7e0-fb089bafdeec-70", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def window_ends_for_train(include_val_window: bool) -> list[int]:\n ends = [TRAIN_CUTOFF - i * WEEK for i in range(N_TRAIN_WINDOWS)]\n if include_val_window:\n val_end = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n ends = [val_end] + ends\n return ends", "new_string": "def window_ends_for_train(include_val_window: bool) -> list[int]:\n ends = [TRAIN_CUTOFF - i * WEEK for i in range(N_TRAIN_WINDOWS)]\n ends = [ends[0]] + ends\n if include_val_window:\n val_end = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n ends = [val_end, val_end] + ends\n return ends" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-648208cc-5860-4937-b7e0-fb089bafdeec-71", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 145, "limit": 50 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "145→ self.user_gate = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(-2.0, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.log_tau = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(math.log(TAU_INIT), dtype=torch.float32))\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", torch.zeros(n_catalog, n_item_feat))\n self.register_buffer(\"pop_prob\", torch.full((n_catalog,), 1.0 / n_catalog))\n\n150→ def set_item_features(self, feat: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(feat.astype(np.float32)))\n if tuple(self.item_features.shape) == tuple(tensor.shape):\n self.item_features.copy_(tensor)\n else:\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", tensor)\n\n def set_pop_prob(self, prob: np.ndarray) -> None:\n tensor = torch.from_numpy(np.ascontiguousarray(prob.astype(np.float32)))\n self.pop_prob.copy_(tensor)\n160→\n def tau(self) -> torch.Tensor:\n return self.log_tau.exp().clamp(1.0, 50.0)\n\n @staticmethod\n def _mean(emb: torch.Tensor, mask: torch.Tensor, weights: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> torch.Tensor:\n if weights is None:\n weights = mask.float()\n else:\n weights = weights * mask.float()\n170→ denom = weights.sum(dim=1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-6)\n return (emb * weights.unsqueeze(-1)).sum(dim=1) / denom\n\n def encode_users(\n self,\n long_ids: torch.Tensor,\n long_w: torch.Tensor,\n long_org: torch.Tensor,\n short_ids: torch.Tensor,\n like_ids: torch.Tensor,\n180→ dislike_ids: torch.Tensor,\n skip_ids: torch.Tensor,\n user_feat: torch.Tensor,\n ) -> torch.Tensor:\n if self.training:\n long_w = long_w * (torch.rand_like(long_w) > 0.1).float()\n long_e = self.emb(long_ids) + self.org_emb(long_org.clamp(0, 1))\n long_mask = long_ids.ne(PAD)\n long_vec = self._mean(long_e, long_mask, long_w)\n\n190→ short_e = self.emb(short_ids) + self.pos_emb.weight.unsqueeze(0)\n short_vec = self._mean(short_e, short_ids.ne(PAD))\n\n like_vec = self._mean(self.emb(like_ids), like_ids.ne(PAD))\n dislike_vec = self._mean(self.emb(dislike_ids), dislike_ids.ne(PAD))", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 45, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-82997d96-d7a3-4c01-95b7-c472449b59f8-72", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 113, "limit": 35 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "113→\n\nclass TwoTower(nn.Module):\n \"\"\"History user tower + independently evaluable item tower.\n\n Item vectors live in the shared ID-embedding space (plus a feature\n residual), so a pooled history is already a valid user vector. A gated\n120→ linear user projection adds capacity without breaking that alignment.\n \"\"\"\n\n def __init__(self, n_catalog: int, n_item_feat: int, n_user_feat: int):\n super().__init__()\n self.n_catalog = n_catalog\n vocab = n_catalog + 1\n self.emb = nn.Embedding(vocab, EMB_DIM, padding_idx=PAD)\n nn.init.normal_(self.emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.07)\n self.emb.weight.data[PAD].zero_()\n130→ self.pos_emb = nn.Embedding(HIST_SHORT, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.pos_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.org_emb = nn.Embedding(2, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.normal_(self.org_emb.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n self.item_feat_proj = nn.Linear(n_item_feat, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.zeros_(self.item_feat_proj.bias)\n nn.init.xavier_uniform_(self.item_feat_proj.weight, gain=0.3)\n self.item_ln = nn.LayerNorm(EMB_DIM)\n self.user_proj = nn.Linear(EMB_DIM * 5 + n_user_feat, EMB_DIM)\n nn.init.xavier_uniform_(self.user_proj.weight, gain=0.2)\n140→ nn.init.zeros_(self.user_proj.bias)\n self.user_pop = nn.Linear(n_user_feat, 1)\n nn.init.zeros_(self.user_pop.weight)\n nn.init.constant_(self.user_pop.bias, 0.25)\n self.pop_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(0.22, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.user_gate = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(-2.0, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.log_tau = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(math.log(TAU_INIT), dtype=torch.float32))\n self.register_buffer(\"item_features\", torch.zeros(n_catalog, n_item_feat))", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 46, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "MAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER set to zero causes the sequential loop to break immediately.\n\nThe sequential block will be skipped entirely when MAX_SEQ is zero. Early stopping with patience 4 and six epochs should preserve the best model.\n\nThe popularity term is too weak. With the current bias and scale, head items only gain about 0.12 points over cosine similarity. Raising the user-popularity bias to 1.5 and the scale to 0.35 would make the popularity contribution dominate, around 1.14 points for top items." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-faa7ac0c-26b2-4a8a-b16e-c3e4c79e1e22-73", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " nn.init.constant_(self.user_pop.bias, 0.25)\n self.pop_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(0.22, dtype=torch.float32))", "new_string": " nn.init.constant_(self.user_pop.bias, 0.85)\n self.pop_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(0.40, dtype=torch.float32))" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-faa7ac0c-26b2-4a8a-b16e-c3e4c79e1e22-74", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " if ud.uniq_item.size < 6:\n continue\n last_ts = ud.uniq_last_ts", "new_string": " if MAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER <= 0 or ud.uniq_item.size < 6:\n continue\n last_ts = ud.uniq_last_ts" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-faa7ac0c-26b2-4a8a-b16e-c3e4c79e1e22-75", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -m py_compile /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py && echo COMPILE_OK", "description": "Compile updated two-tower trainer" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nCOMPILE_OK\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 47, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Checking for a remaining user_ln reference." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-1b8af5cc-4303-4d15-8a4d-4e4f61d935aa-76", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "description": "Train taste-plus-popularity two-tower", "block_until_ms": 0 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "01a0ee09-0956-7500-a140-a794bde15cfb\nbash\n/home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-1b8af5cc-4303-4d15-8a4d-4e4f61d935aa-76.log\nrunning\nBackground task 01a0ee09-0956-7500-a140-a794bde15cfb started\nUse get_command_or_subagent_output with task_ids=[\"01a0ee09-0956-7500-a140-a794bde15cfb\"] when you need the output.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 48, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-c8fda2ed-0fdc-488d-80df-95d7c39363a3-77", "name": "get_command_or_subagent_output", "input": { "task_ids": [ "01a0ee09-0956-7500-a140-a794bde15cfb" ], "timeout_ms": 150000 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "=== Task 01a0ee09-0956-7500-a140-a794bde15cfb ===\nCommand: /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\nStatus: running\nDuration: 153.36s\nOutput File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-1b8af5cc-4303-4d15-8a4d-4e4f61d935aa-76.log\n\n=== Output ===\n[16:39:28] start two-tower training\n[16:39:28] loading listens include_val=False\n[16:39:30] catalog listens=31249613 likes=554824\n[16:39:31] building user store\n[16:39:37] users in store=9979\n[16:39:42] samples window=205406 sequential=0 total=205406\n[16:39:46] packed 205406 training rows\n[16:39:47] validation graded users=4263\n[16:39:50] epoch 1/6 batches=402\n[16:39:52] step 50/402 loss=9.7654 tau=9.51\n[16:39:54] step 100/402 loss=9.5704 tau=9.16\n[16:39:57] step 150/402 loss=9.6375 tau=8.98\n[16:39:59] step 200/402 loss=8.8905 tau=8.88\n[16:40:03] step 250/402 loss=8.9220 tau=8.85\n[16:40:05] step 300/402 loss=9.0724 tau=8.86\n[16:40:07] step 350/402 loss=8.8783 tau=8.89\n[16:40:09] step 400/402 loss=8.7968 tau=9.03\n[16:40:16] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.014997\n[16:40:16] epoch 1 loss=9.8527 val_ndcg=0.014997\n[16:40:16] epoch 2/6 batches=402\n[16:40:18] step 50/402 loss=7.8772 tau=9.61\n[16:40:20] step 100/402 loss=7.7431 tau=10.17\n[16:40:23] step 150/402 loss=7.9806 tau=10.69\n[16:40:25] step 200/402 loss=7.6270 tau=11.18\n[16:40:27] step 250/402 loss=7.9922 tau=11.58\n[16:40:30] step 300/402 loss=7.4688 tau=11.99\n[16:40:32] step 350/402 loss=7.2655 tau=12.39\n[16:40:35] step 400/402 loss=7.4096 tau=12.78\n[16:40:42] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.015717\n[16:40:42] epoch 2 loss=7.7503 val_ndcg=0.015717\n[16:40:42] epoch 3/6 batches=402\n[16:40:44] step 50/402 loss=6.3739 tau=13.68\n[16:40:46] step 100/402 loss=6.1038 tau=14.45\n[16:40:49] step 150/402 loss=6.7525 tau=15.08\n[16:40:51] step 200/402 loss=6.4528 tau=15.57\n[16:40:53] step 250/402 loss=6.0737 tau=16.01\n[16:40:56] step 300/402 loss=6.4778 tau=16.41\n[16:40:58] step 350/402 loss=6.3019 tau=16.76\n[16:41:00] step 400/402 loss=6.6974 tau=17.08\n[16:41:04] epoch 3 loss=6.3258 val_ndcg=0.012661\n[16:41:04] epoch 4/6 batches=402\n[16:41:07] step 50/402 loss=5.3115 tau=17.61\n[16:41:09] step 100/402 loss=5.1956 tau=18.12\n[16:41:12] step 150/402 loss=5.2421 tau=18.53\n[16:41:14] step 200/402 loss=5.4846 tau=18.88\n[16:41:16] step 250/402 loss=5.4683 tau=19.18\n[16:41:18] step 300/402 loss=5.2728 tau=19.46\n[16:41:21] step 350/402 loss=5.3123 tau=19.70\n[16:41:23] step 400/402 loss=5.4187 tau=19.90\n[16:41:27] epoch 4 loss=5.3429 val_ndcg=0.011189\n[16:41:27] epoch 5/6 batches=402\n[16:41:29] step 50/402 loss=4.8542 tau=20.15\n[16:41:31] step 100/402 loss=4.6604 tau=20.39\n[16:41:34] step 150/402 loss=4.6763 tau=20.61\n[16:41:38] step 200/402 loss=4.8656 tau=20.82\n[16:41:40] step 250/402 loss=4.8276 tau=21.00\n[16:41:43] step 300/402 loss=4.7543 tau=21.17\n[16:41:45] step 350/402 loss=4.6259 tau=21.33\n[16:41:47] step 400/402 loss=4.7096 tau=21.48\n[16:41:51] epoch 5 loss=4.7423 val_ndcg=0.010893\n[16:41:51] epoch 6/6 batches=402\n[16:41:53] step 50/402 loss=4.4632 tau=21.55\n[16:41:55] step 100/402 loss=4.6458 tau=21.62\n\n\nWaited the requested 150s. Unless the user specified, do not kill this task just because this wait returned. It is still working. You will be notified automatically when it completes. Do other work, or wait again with a longer timeout_ms.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 49, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The best metric remains at zero in epoch 2.\n\nTraining loss collapses toward the popularity baseline. The model learns to rank train-window positives, but that does not transfer to next-week discovery. The softmax objective may not optimize top-10 relevance.\n\nHarder ranking losses that contrast against popular unlistened items may help, though pop negatives previously hurt performance. The evaluation targets are organic future listens drawn from new releases, trending tracks, and similar artists, but the model only has collaborative signals without audio or metadata. A simpler proven approach is now being considered.\n\nItem2vec on full positive listen sequences is being considered. Users would be represented as averages of recent items, capturing session-level patterns including repeats. Next-item prediction on complete sequences learns embeddings that generalize to discovery when ineligible tracks are filtered out at inference.\n\nDiscovery items are too rare and noisy to train strong embeddings. The plan is to switch to all next catalog listens with play counts above fifty, sampling the last twenty per user from the past sixty days. User history will be defined as items before each target. This follows a standard YouTube or Spotify two-tower pattern: dense training on full sequences, then retrieval and filtering at inference.\n\nThe current run will be abandoned because its best checkpoint is weaker than the prior version. The next attempt will use up to twenty-five history-next-item pairs per user from the last ninety days.\n\nOrganic positives will be weighted two to three times higher than non-organic ones, while non-organic items still contribute at half weight. The training objective will use uniform in-batch sampling with sampled softmax across the full catalog. The plan targets three to four epochs and retains the best validation checkpoint. A larger 96-dimensional embedding may be tested if memory allows.\n\nThe current run will be killed because its best checkpoint at 0.0157 is worse than the prior version's 0.0198. The prior model file cannot be loaded due to architecture changes. Matrix decomposition methods are forbidden. The next step is to implement dense next-item training.\n\nThe sampling logic is being rewritten to use sliding window sequences instead of fixed discovery windows. Each user must have at least eight items in their history. The last forty unique items are selected as potential targets, with the training window starting at the sixth item from the end." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "Softmax on sparse discovery labels is overfitting, so I’m switching the towers to dense next-item co-occurrence training, which matches how production retrieval models learn." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-d8092aeb-ff2b-49b7-96ea-d5fa5090b489-78", "name": "kill_command_or_subagent", "input": { "task_id": "01a0ee09-0956-7500-a140-a794bde15cfb" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "killed: Task was terminated successfully", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 50, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-57dd5a69-c05b-45e1-9dd8-299817cc9312-79", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "cp -f /app/solution/validation_v1.parquet /app/solution/validation.parquet", "description": "Restore best validation ranking again" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-57dd5a69-c05b-45e1-9dd8-299817cc9312-80", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "MAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW = 8\nMAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER = 0\nN_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 4\nTAU_INIT = 10.0\nN_SAMPLED_NEG = 2048\nMAX_SAMPLES = 280_000", "new_string": "MAX_POS_PER_USER_WINDOW = 6\nMAX_SEQ_POS_PER_USER = 24\nN_TRAIN_WINDOWS = 2\nTAU_INIT = 10.0\nN_SAMPLED_NEG = 2048\nMAX_SAMPLES = 300_000\nMAX_NEXT_ITEM = 24" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-57dd5a69-c05b-45e1-9dd8-299817cc9312-81", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "def build_samples(users: dict[int, UserArrays], idf: np.ndarray, label_ends: list[int]) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:\n grouped: dict[tuple[int, int], list[tuple[int, float]]] = defaultdict(list)\n n_win = 0\n n_seq = 0\n uid_ref: dict[int, UserArrays] = users\n for uid, ud in users.items():\n for label_end in label_ends:\n label_start = label_end - 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WEEK\n hist_cutoff = label_start - GAP_SECONDS\n if ud.uniq_item.size:\n hist_keep = ud.uniq_last_ts < hist_cutoff\n hist_items = set(int(x) for x in ud.uniq_item[hist_keep])\n else:\n hist_items = set()\n positives = _select_window_positives(ud, label_start, label_end, hist_items)\n if not positives:\n continue\n grouped[(uid, hist_cutoff)].extend(positives)\n n_win += len(positives)\n\n # Dense next-item co-occurrence on recent positive catalog listens.\n items = ud.pos_item\n ts = ud.pos_ts\n org = ud.pos_org\n if items.size < 10:\n continue\n disc_set: dict[int, int] = {}\n if ud.disc_item.size:\n for item, grade in zip(ud.disc_item.tolist(), ud.disc_grade.tolist()):\n prev = disc_set.get(int(item), 0)\n if int(grade) > prev:\n disc_set[int(item)] = int(grade)\n start = max(8, int(items.size) - 80)\n taken = 0\n seen_targets: set[int] = set()\n for i in range(items.size - 1, start - 1, -1):\n if taken >= MAX_NEXT_ITEM:\n break\n item = int(items[i])\n if item in seen_targets:\n continue\n seen_targets.add(item)\n cutoff = int(ts[i])\n grade = disc_set.get(item, 0)\n if grade >= 3:\n weight = 2.5\n elif grade >= 1:\n weight = 1.5\n elif int(org[i]) == 1:\n weight = 1.0\n else:\n weight = 0.6\n grouped[(uid, cutoff)].append((item, weight))\n taken += 1\n n_seq += 1" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 51, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "A subtle data leak was identified in the next-item cutoff logic: it uses the target event's timestamp.\n\nThe cutoff logic is actually safe. Because the code iterates from the end and skips seen targets, each item appears only at its last play. The target item's last timestamp is therefore never included in its own history.\n\nThe next-item history is valid for co-occurrence. A new concern is that popularity scaling might collapse during training. Freezing pop_scale as a buffer rather than a learnable parameter could prevent this.\n\nThe user_pop layer could collapse during training to zero out the popularity gate. The plan is to freeze both the popularity gate and the item popularity embedding as fixed constants, leaving only the taste score trainable." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-e6d3756c-cbbc-4dd6-a2cf-a435038f0c8c-82", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " self.user_pop = nn.Linear(n_user_feat, 1)\n nn.init.zeros_(self.user_pop.weight)\n nn.init.constant_(self.user_pop.bias, 0.85)\n self.pop_scale = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(0.40, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.user_gate = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(-2.0, dtype=torch.float32))", "new_string": " self.register_buffer(\"pop_scale\", torch.tensor(0.18, dtype=torch.float32))\n self.user_gate = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(-2.0, dtype=torch.float32))" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-e6d3756c-cbbc-4dd6-a2cf-a435038f0c8c-83", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " taste = F.normalize(base + gate * delta, dim=-1)\n pop_gate = F.softplus(self.user_pop(user_feat))\n return torch.cat([taste, pop_gate], dim=-1)\n\n def encode_items(self, catalog_idx: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n emb = self.emb(catalog_idx + 1)\n feat_vec = self.item_feat_proj(self.item_features[catalog_idx])\n taste = F.normalize(self.item_ln(emb + feat_vec), dim=-1)\n # last item feature is z-scored log popularity\n pop = self.pop_scale * self.item_features[catalog_idx, -1:]\n return torch.cat([taste, pop], dim=-1)", "new_string": " taste = F.normalize(base + gate * delta, dim=-1)\n ones = torch.ones(taste.size(0), 1, device=taste.device, dtype=taste.dtype)\n return torch.cat([taste, ones], dim=-1)\n\n def encode_items(self, catalog_idx: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:\n emb = self.emb(catalog_idx + 1)\n feat_vec = self.item_feat_proj(self.item_features[catalog_idx])\n taste = F.normalize(self.item_ln(emb + feat_vec), dim=-1)\n pop = self.pop_scale * self.item_features[catalog_idx, -1:]\n return torch.cat([taste, pop], dim=-1)" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 52, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-9a4c67e6-ea0e-4a91-a7f7-d5f8ffe81732-84", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "MAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 6\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 5", "new_string": "MAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 5\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 4" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", 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and training were launched together." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-ed7b8d36-65fe-4919-b66b-ed9f5dafd014-86", "name": "get_command_or_subagent_output", "input": { "task_ids": [ "01a0ee0c-81c5-7312-a666-2f6a36a00d97" ], "timeout_ms": 120000 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "=== Task 01a0ee0c-81c5-7312-a666-2f6a36a00d97 ===\nCommand: /opt/task-venv/bin/python -m py_compile /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py && echo COMPILE_OK && /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\nStatus: running\nDuration: 125.42s\nOutput File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-9a4c67e6-ea0e-4a91-a7f7-d5f8ffe81732-85.log\n\n=== Output ===\nCOMPILE_OK\n[16:43:16] start two-tower training\n[16:43:16] loading listens include_val=False\n[16:43:17] catalog listens=31249613 likes=554824\n[16:43:18] building user store\n[16:43:24] users in store=9979\n[16:43:30] samples window=98801 sequential=205283 total=304084\n[16:43:30] subsampled to 300003 examples\n[16:44:01] packed 300003 training rows\n[16:44:02] validation graded users=4263\n[16:44:05] epoch 1/5 batches=586\n[16:44:07] step 50/586 loss=9.5460 tau=9.56\n[16:44:09] step 100/586 loss=9.2251 tau=9.30\n[16:44:11] step 150/586 loss=8.7860 tau=9.16\n[16:44:14] step 200/586 loss=8.3710 tau=9.10\n[16:44:16] step 250/586 loss=8.8242 tau=9.06\n[16:44:19] step 300/586 loss=8.9432 tau=9.05\n[16:44:22] step 350/586 loss=8.5617 tau=9.07\n[16:44:24] step 400/586 loss=8.2118 tau=9.09\n[16:44:26] step 450/586 loss=8.3692 tau=9.14\n[16:44:28] step 500/586 loss=8.0808 tau=9.21\n[16:44:31] step 550/586 loss=8.2125 tau=9.32\n[16:44:39] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.019390\n[16:44:39] epoch 1 loss=8.8571 val_ndcg=0.019390\n[16:44:39] epoch 2/5 batches=586\n[16:44:41] step 50/586 loss=7.4982 tau=10.00\n[16:44:43] step 100/586 loss=7.6435 tau=10.52\n[16:44:45] step 150/586 loss=7.4628 tau=11.04\n[16:44:48] step 200/586 loss=7.2896 tau=11.51\n[16:44:51] step 250/586 loss=7.2738 tau=11.90\n[16:44:53] step 300/586 loss=7.2709 tau=12.32\n[16:44:56] step 350/586 loss=7.4060 tau=12.70\n[16:44:58] step 400/586 loss=7.2842 tau=13.03\n[16:45:00] step 450/586 loss=7.2860 tau=13.36\n[16:45:02] step 500/586 loss=7.3232 tau=13.69\n[16:45:04] step 550/586 loss=7.6784 tau=14.01\n[16:45:12] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.019425\n[16:45:12] epoch 2 loss=7.4294 val_ndcg=0.019425\n[16:45:12] epoch 3/5 batches=586\n[16:45:15] step 50/586 loss=6.1007 tau=14.96\n[16:45:17] step 100/586 loss=6.2425 tau=15.66\n\n\nWaited the requested 120s. Unless the user specified, do not kill this task just because this wait returned. It is still working. You will be notified automatically when it completes. Do other work, or wait again with a longer timeout_ms.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 54, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-361bad62-0d25-4961-b1eb-5095696ff53c-87", "name": "get_command_or_subagent_output", "input": { "task_ids": [ "01a0ee0c-81c5-7312-a666-2f6a36a00d97" ], "timeout_ms": 180000 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "=== Task 01a0ee0c-81c5-7312-a666-2f6a36a00d97 ===\nCommand: /opt/task-venv/bin/python -m py_compile /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py && echo COMPILE_OK && /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\nStatus: failed\nDuration: 261.86s\nExit Code: 137\nOutput File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-9a4c67e6-ea0e-4a91-a7f7-d5f8ffe81732-85.log\n\n=== Output ===\nCOMPILE_OK\n[16:43:16] start two-tower training\n[16:43:16] loading listens include_val=False\n[16:43:17] catalog listens=31249613 likes=554824\n[16:43:18] building user store\n[16:43:24] users in store=9979\n[16:43:30] samples window=98801 sequential=205283 total=304084\n[16:43:30] subsampled to 300003 examples\n[16:44:01] packed 300003 training rows\n[16:44:02] validation graded users=4263\n[16:44:05] epoch 1/5 batches=586\n[16:44:07] step 50/586 loss=9.5460 tau=9.56\n[16:44:09] step 100/586 loss=9.2251 tau=9.30\n[16:44:11] step 150/586 loss=8.7860 tau=9.16\n[16:44:14] step 200/586 loss=8.3710 tau=9.10\n[16:44:16] step 250/586 loss=8.8242 tau=9.06\n[16:44:19] step 300/586 loss=8.9432 tau=9.05\n[16:44:22] step 350/586 loss=8.5617 tau=9.07\n[16:44:24] step 400/586 loss=8.2118 tau=9.09\n[16:44:26] step 450/586 loss=8.3692 tau=9.14\n[16:44:28] step 500/586 loss=8.0808 tau=9.21\n[16:44:31] step 550/586 loss=8.2125 tau=9.32\n[16:44:39] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.019390\n[16:44:39] epoch 1 loss=8.8571 val_ndcg=0.019390\n[16:44:39] epoch 2/5 batches=586\n[16:44:41] step 50/586 loss=7.4982 tau=10.00\n[16:44:43] step 100/586 loss=7.6435 tau=10.52\n[16:44:45] step 150/586 loss=7.4628 tau=11.04\n[16:44:48] step 200/586 loss=7.2896 tau=11.51\n[16:44:51] step 250/586 loss=7.2738 tau=11.90\n[16:44:53] step 300/586 loss=7.2709 tau=12.32\n[16:44:56] step 350/586 loss=7.4060 tau=12.70\n[16:44:58] step 400/586 loss=7.2842 tau=13.03\n[16:45:00] step 450/586 loss=7.2860 tau=13.36\n[16:45:02] step 500/586 loss=7.3232 tau=13.69\n[16:45:04] step 550/586 loss=7.6784 tau=14.01\n[16:45:12] saved validation.parquet ndcg=0.019425\n[16:45:12] epoch 2 loss=7.4294 val_ndcg=0.019425\n[16:45:12] epoch 3/5 batches=586\n[16:45:15] step 50/586 loss=6.1007 tau=14.96\n[16:45:17] step 100/586 loss=6.2425 tau=15.66\n[16:45:19] step 150/586 loss=6.7514 tau=16.22\n[16:45:24] step 200/586 loss=6.4192 tau=16.66\n[16:45:27] step 250/586 loss=6.3807 tau=17.06\n[16:45:29] step 300/586 loss=6.2181 tau=17.44\n[16:45:31] step 350/586 loss=6.3667 tau=17.71\n[16:45:33] step 400/586 loss=6.2474 tau=17.98\n[16:45:36] step 450/586 loss=6.6359 tau=18.22\n[16:45:38] step 500/586 loss=6.3906 tau=18.43\n[16:45:40] step 550/586 loss=6.1587 tau=18.60\n[16:45:46] epoch 3 loss=6.3691 val_ndcg=0.015671\n[16:45:46] epoch 4/5 batches=586\n[16:45:48] step 50/586 loss=5.5172 tau=19.10\n[16:45:50] step 100/586 loss=5.6508 tau=19.47\n[16:45:52] step 150/586 loss=5.6292 tau=19.80\n[16:45:56] step 200/586 loss=5.7181 tau=20.09\n[16:45:58] step 250/586 loss=5.7418 tau=20.34\n[16:46:01] step 300/586 loss=5.6478 tau=20.54\n[16:46:03] step 350/586 loss=5.2409 tau=20.74\n[16:46:05] step 400/586 loss=5.8123 tau=20.92\n[16:46:07] step 450/586 loss=5.9814 tau=21.08\n[16:46:09] step 500/586 loss=5.7010 tau=21.22\n[16:46:12] step 550/586 loss=5.6135 tau=21.34\n[16:46:17] epoch 4 loss=5.6717 val_ndcg=0.013820\n[16:46:17] epoch 5/5 batches=586\n[16:46:19] step 50/586 loss=5.1705 tau=21.51\n[16:46:22] step 100/586 loss=5.2398 tau=21.62\n[16:46:24] step 150/586 loss=5.3472 tau=21.72\n[16:46:27] step 200/586 loss=5.3419 tau=21.81\n[16:46:30] step 250/586 loss=5.2817 tau=21.90\n[16:46:32] step 300/586 loss=5.3284 tau=21.98\n[16:46:34] step 350/586 loss=5.3486 tau=22.06\n[16:46:36] step 400/586 loss=5.3372 tau=22.14\n[16:46:39] step 450/586 loss=5.1292 tau=22.20\n[16:46:41] step 500/586 loss=5.2054 tau=22.27\n[16:46:43] step 550/586 loss=5.2156 tau=22.34\n[16:46:48] epoch 5 loss=5.2834 val_ndcg=0.013253\n[16:46:48] best public val ndcg=0.019425\n[16:46:48] seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot=3027\n[16:46:49] loading listens include_val=True\n[16:46:50] catalog listens=32261384 likes=575879\n[16:46:51] building user store\n[16:46:57] users in store=9982\n[16:47:05] samples window=167484 sequential=207272 total=374756\n[16:47:06] subsampled to 300000 examples\n[16:47:30] packed 300000 training rows\n--: line 1: 8389 Killed /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 55, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Memory ran out again during final training after packing samples.\n\nValidation training reached 0.019425. The crash likely stems from retaining the validation model, train_users, and DataLoader tensors while packing the final sample set. Planned fixes include deleting extra state, writing a fallback submission before packing, avoiding tensor copies, and reducing MAX_SAMPLES to 180k.\n\nPin_memory copies tensors, so torch.from_numpy is not enough. Extra user arrays should be deleted after packing. The crash likely occurs during write_submission or train_model tensor creation.\n\nThe final training step creates a fresh TwoTower model and TensorDataset from the packed samples. The numpy arrays total roughly 500 MB, but TensorDataset.from_numpy shares memory without copying. The real memory spike is likely caused by retaining two models simultaneously and keeping train_users in a closure, while also loading a second listens dataset of about 600 MB.\n\nThe memory spike is caused by two full per-user stores. Each holds copies of positive, skip, and discard arrays. With roughly 31 million users, that is about 360 MB of duplicated data. The first load's listen arrays should be garbage collected after build_user_store.\n\nExit 137 is a SIGKILL OOM. The fallback submission must be written immediately after validation training, using only train history so the system survives any later crash. Then free train_users and validation samples and run garbage collection. After that load the combined train and validation data to write an improved fallback and begin final training with fewer samples.\n\nThe pos_item array must remain in the user store because next-item samples still need it. The final training run will use exactly 180,000 samples. Extra model copies and the empty cache should be deleted explicitly. A single script is sufficient. With DataLoader workers set to zero, torch.from_numpy shares memory without copying. The real memory spike likely comes from EMA shadow weights, best state copies, and a second model with its own EMA, all duplicating the embedding layer.\n\nThe user stores are the real memory bottleneck. Each user keeps separate numpy arrays for positive events, and Python's per-user allocator overhead multiplies across 9,979 users. The fallback submission will be written immediately after validation training using only train history. Then samples and train_users will be deleted and garbage collected. For the final run, MAX_SAMPLES is reduced to 150,000.\n\nThe most reliable OOM fix is to start a new Python process for the final training stage. After validation, the script will save the best checkpoint and validation data, then use os.execv to restart itself with a --final flag. This gives the final fit a completely clean memory space.\n\nThe script will use `os.execv` to replace the current process after validation, ensuring a completely clean memory space for final training. A `--final` flag will trigger the second stage, which loads combined train and validation data, trains the model, writes the submission, and records the validation score in a README.\n\nThe validation fallback will use the validation model with train history and test eligibility. The best checkpoint will be saved before the process restarts. A compact_users_for_infer helper will strip per-user event arrays from the user store after sample building, keeping only unique items for inference." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "Val training is stable at 0.0194 NDCG, but the refit is running out of memory. I’ll split validation and final fit into separate processes and write a fallback submission first." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-4e9726a7-6024-463d-8dc4-1f4ef4212cc0-88", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 1180, "limit": 160 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1180→ )\n frame = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, val_mask, uid_order, val_item_ids)\n save_ranking(frame, SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\")\n log(f\"saved validation.parquet ndcg={score:.6f}\")\n\n val_time_limit = 28 * 60\n model, best_state, best_score = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n1190→ eval_fn=eval_model,\n max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_VAL,\n time_limit=val_time_limit,\n start_time=start,\n on_best=on_best,\n pop_prob=pop_prob,\n )\n log(f\"best public val ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n torch.save(best_state, SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\")\n if not (SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\").exists():\n1200→ on_best(model, best_score)\n\n remaining = 54 * 60 - (time.time() - start)\n log(f\"seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot={remaining:.0f}\")\n\n del samples\n gc.collect()\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n1210→ test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n\n def write_submission(rank_model: TwoTower, label: str) -> None:\n rank_model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = rank_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n rank_model, test_uids, users, train_idf if label == \"fallback\" else idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n1220→ )\n submission = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(submission, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote {label} submission rows={len(submission)}\")\n\n write_submission(model, \"fallback\")\n\n def dummy_eval(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n return 0.0\n\n1230→ final_epochs = MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL\n if remaining < 12 * 60:\n final_epochs = 3\n final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n1240→ start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=True,\n pop_prob=pop_prob,\n )\n torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n write_submission(final_model, \"final\")\n\n readme = f\"\"\"# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\n1250→## Architecture\n\nSeparate PyTorch user and item towers produce 64-dimensional vectors. The\nrequest-time score is their dot product (maximum inner-product search over\nprecomputed item vectors).\n\n**Item tower.** Catalog ID embedding (64d) concatenated with projected\noffline item statistics (log positive/organic/like/dislike counts, skip rate,\nmean play ratio, popularity). A 2-layer residual GELU MLP emits a vector\nwhose first 63 dimensions are L2-normalized taste and whose last dimension is\n1260→a bounded popularity residual.\n\n**User tower.** No user-ID lookup. Inputs are cutoff-correct interaction\nhistory:\n\n- recency- and IDF-weighted mean of the last 64 unique positive catalog tracks\n (organic flag added to the token embedding)\n- mean of the last 8 tracks plus learned positional embeddings (short-term)\n- mean of active likes, dislikes, skips, and non-organic positives\n- scalar history summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n1270→\nA residual GELU MLP maps the concatenated user features to the same 64d space.\nCandidate eligibility is applied as a retrieval mask. Active liked and\ndisliked items at the cutoff are excluded because they never receive discovery\nlabels.\n\n## Training objective\n\nSampled-softmax-style full-catalog softmax (catalog size 30k, so every item is\na negative; the same trainer can swap in sampled negatives for a million-item\n1280→catalog). Positives are:\n\n1. Organic discovery events in rolling 7-day windows (organic like = weight 3,\n organic listen ≥80% = weight 1), using only history strictly before a 30\n minute gap.\n2. Sequential first-time strong organic engagements.\n\nVectors are trained with temperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of\nweights. No global user-item matrix is materialized or factorized.\n\n1290→## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window, history = `train_*` only:\n**{best_score:.6f}**\n\n## Submission command\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n1300→\nThe script writes `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then\nrefits on `train_* + val_*` and writes `solution/submission.parquet`.\n\"\"\"\n (SOLUTION / \"README.md\").write_text(readme, encoding=\"utf-8\")\n log(f\"done in {(time.time() - start) / 60:.1f} min\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n main()\n1310→", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 56, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "I will replace the code following the validation save step.\n\nA fallback submission will be generated from the validation model using small test data and compacted users. The best score will be saved before switching to a final training pass that runs two or three epochs on combined train and validation data. A compact inference mode and a README will also be added.\n\nThe fallback submission will use the test cutoff to encode target users, which includes all training history but excludes validation events. A compact inference helper is also being added." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-a68e83ed-524a-4a01-84a1-289ad0924e82-89", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " log(f\"best public val ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n torch.save(best_state, SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\")\n if not (SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\").exists():\n on_best(model, best_score)\n\n remaining = 54 * 60 - (time.time() - start)\n log(f\"seconds remaining before final fit budget snapshot={remaining:.0f}\")\n\n del samples\n gc.collect()\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n\n def write_submission(rank_model: TwoTower, label: str) -> None:\n rank_model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = rank_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n rank_model, test_uids, users, train_idf if label == \"fallback\" else idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n submission = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(submission, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote {label} submission rows={len(submission)}\")\n\n write_submission(model, \"fallback\")\n\n def dummy_eval(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n return 0.0\n\n final_epochs = MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL\n if remaining < 12 * 60:\n final_epochs = 3\n final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=final_epochs,\n time_limit=52 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=True,\n pop_prob=pop_prob,\n )\n torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n write_submission(final_model, \"final\")\n\n readme = f\"\"\"# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\n## Architecture\n\nSeparate PyTorch user and item towers produce 64-dimensional vectors. The\nrequest-time score is their dot product (maximum inner-product search over\nprecomputed item vectors).\n\n**Item tower.** Catalog ID embedding (64d) concatenated with projected\noffline item statistics (log positive/organic/like/dislike counts, skip rate,\nmean play ratio, popularity). A 2-layer residual GELU MLP emits a vector\nwhose first 63 dimensions are L2-normalized taste and whose last dimension is\na bounded popularity residual.\n\n**User tower.** No user-ID lookup. Inputs are cutoff-correct interaction\nhistory:\n\n- recency- and IDF-weighted mean of the last 64 unique positive catalog tracks\n (organic flag added to the token embedding)\n- mean of the last 8 tracks plus learned positional embeddings (short-term)\n- mean of active likes, dislikes, skips, and non-organic positives\n- scalar history summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n\nA residual GELU MLP maps the concatenated user features to the same 64d space.\nCandidate eligibility is applied as a retrieval mask. Active liked and\ndisliked items at the cutoff are excluded because they never receive discovery\nlabels.\n\n## Training objective\n\nSampled-softmax-style full-catalog softmax (catalog size 30k, so every item is\na negative; the same trainer can swap in sampled negatives for a million-item\ncatalog). Positives are:\n\n1. Organic discovery events in rolling 7-day windows (organic like = weight 3,\n organic listen ≥80% = weight 1), using only history strictly before a 30\n minute gap.\n2. Sequential first-time strong organic engagements.\n\nVectors are trained with temperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of\nweights. No global user-item matrix is materialized or factorized.\n\n## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window, history = `train_*` only:\n**{best_score:.6f}**\n\n## Submission command\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n\nThe script writes `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then\nrefits on `train_* + val_*` and writes `solution/submission.parquet`.\n\"\"\"\n (SOLUTION / \"README.md\").write_text(readme, encoding=\"utf-8\")\n log(f\"done in {(time.time() - start) / 60:.1f} min\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n main()", "new_string": " log(f\"best public val ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n torch.save(best_state, SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\")\n (SOLUTION / \"val_score.txt\").write_text(f\"{best_score:.6f}\\n\", encoding=\"utf-8\")\n if not (SOLUTION / \"validation.parquet\").exists():\n on_best(model, best_score)\n\n del samples\n gc.collect()\n compact_for_infer(train_users)\n write_test_ranking(model, train_users, train_idf, mapping, \"fallback-train-history\")\n write_readme(best_score)\n log(\"relaunching clean process for train+val refit\")\n os.execv(\n sys.executable,\n [sys.executable, \"-u\", str(Path(__file__).resolve()), \"--final\", f\"{best_score:.6f}\"],\n )\n\n\ndef compact_for_infer(users: dict[int, UserArrays]) -> None:\n empty_i32 = np.zeros(0, np.int32)\n empty_i8 = np.zeros(0, np.int8)\n for ud in users.values():\n ud.pos_item = empty_i32\n ud.pos_ts = empty_i32\n ud.pos_org = empty_i8\n ud.disc_item = empty_i32\n ud.disc_ts = empty_i32\n ud.disc_grade = empty_i8\n\n\ndef write_test_ranking(\n rank_model: TwoTower,\n users: dict[int, UserArrays],\n idf: np.ndarray,\n mapping: dict[int, int],\n label: str,\n) -> None:\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n rank_model.eval()\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_vecs = rank_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_vecs = encode_target_users(\n rank_model, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n submission = topk_ranking(user_vecs, item_vecs, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(submission, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote {label} submission rows={len(submission)}\")\n\n\ndef write_readme(best_score: float) -> None:\n readme = f\"\"\"# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\n## Architecture\n\nSeparate PyTorch user and item towers produce 65-dimensional vectors whose\ndot product is the request-time relevance score. Candidate item vectors are\nprecomputed; at serving time only the user tower runs, then maximum\ninner-product search retrieves the shelf.\n\n**Item tower.** Shared catalog ID embedding plus a linear projection of\noffline item statistics (counts, skip rate, play ratio, popularity), layer\nnormalized and L2-normalized (64d taste). A frozen popularity coordinate\n(`0.18 * z-scored log popularity`) is concatenated so the score equals\n`cosine(taste_u, taste_i) + popularity`.\n\n**User tower.** No user-ID lookup. The tower pools cutoff-correct history:\n\n- recency- and IDF-weighted mean of the last 80 unique positive catalog tracks\n- mean of the last 12 tracks with learned positional embeddings\n- means of active likes, dislikes, and skips\n- scalar summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n\nA gated linear residual is added in embedding space, then L2-normalized, with\na constant `1` in the popularity coordinate. Eligibility is a retrieval mask.\nActive liked and disliked items are excluded; they never receive discovery\nlabels in the public window.\n\n## Training objective\n\nSampled softmax with in-batch negatives plus 2048 uniform catalog negatives\n(this is the production-scale recipe; the 30k catalog is never materialized as\na user-item matrix). Positives mix:\n\n1. Organic discovery in the most recent 7-day windows (like weight 3, strong\n organic listen weight 1), using history before a 30-minute gap.\n2. Dense next-item co-occurrence on recent positive catalog listens.\n\nTemperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of weights. The validation-stage\nfit uses only `train_*`; the hidden-test ranker is refit on `train_* + val_*`.\n\n## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window, history = `train_*` only:\n**{best_score:.6f}**\n\n## Submission command\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n\nWrites `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then refits and\nwrites `solution/submission.parquet`.\n\"\"\"\n (SOLUTION / \"README.md\").write_text(readme, encoding=\"utf-8\")\n\n\ndef run_final(best_score: float) -> None:\n set_seeds(SEED)\n start = time.time()\n log(f\"final refit start val_ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n n_items = len(item_ids)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))\n infer_users = users\n compact_for_infer(infer_users)\n\n def dummy_eval(model: TwoTower) -> float:\n return 0.0\n\n final_model, final_state, _ = train_model(\n samples,\n n_items,\n item_feat,\n eval_fn=dummy_eval,\n max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL,\n time_limit=20 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=False,\n pop_prob=pop_prob,\n )\n del samples\n gc.collect()\n torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n write_test_ranking(final_model, infer_users, idf, mapping, \"final\")\n write_readme(best_score)\n log(f\"final done in {(time.time() - start) / 60:.1f} min\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n if \"--final\" in sys.argv:\n idx = sys.argv.index(\"--final\")\n score = float(sys.argv[idx + 1]) if idx + 1 < len(sys.argv) else 0.0\n run_final(score)\n else:\n main()\n" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 57, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "A bug was found: `run_final` uses `use_last=False` while `dummy_eval` returns zero.\n\nThe fix is to set `use_last=True` and train for 2 epochs to match the best validation epoch.\n\nCompacting `infer_users` before training is safe because samples are already built. The final run will use `MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL=2` and `use_last=True`. `run_final` does not clear the log or create the solution directory.\n\nThe fallback model is written before `os.execv` to survive the process swap. Compact keeps the skip and uniq fields needed for test ranking. The final run will use unbuffered output via `-u`.\n\nThe final run will not truncate the training log. The user dictionary is mutated during compacting, but this is safe because training and test ranking use separate objects. To reduce memory pressure, the maximum sample count is being lowered to 220,000.\n\nGarbage collection will be added after loading stage events to free large listen arrays. The fallback model must be written from the current validation checkpoint, but the architecture changed slightly since the previous run, so loading that checkpoint may fail.\n\nThe checkpoint from the killed validation run is still available. A small inference script can generate the fallback submission directly from that saved model, skipping validation retraining and saving about five minutes.\n\nThe fallback model will be built by loading train and validation users while keeping the item features from the saved checkpoint. This avoids retraining and still provides a strong baseline." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-405b409c-5b28-4ff0-831e-4fd64928aac5-90", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "MAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 5\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 4", "new_string": "MAX_EPOCHS_VAL = 5\nMAX_EPOCHS_FINAL = 2" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-405b409c-5b28-4ff0-831e-4fd64928aac5-91", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "MAX_SAMPLES = 300_000", "new_string": "MAX_SAMPLES = 220_000" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-405b409c-5b28-4ff0-831e-4fd64928aac5-92", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL,\n time_limit=20 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=False,\n pop_prob=pop_prob,", "new_string": " max_epochs=MAX_EPOCHS_FINAL,\n time_limit=20 * 60,\n start_time=start,\n early_stop=False,\n use_last=True,\n pop_prob=pop_prob," }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-405b409c-5b28-4ff0-831e-4fd64928aac5-93", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -m py_compile /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py && echo COMPILE_OK", "description": "Compile process-split trainer" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nCOMPILE_OK\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 58, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Generating a fallback from the existing validation model.\n\nWriting a quick inference script to generate a submission from the checkpoint before starting full training, avoiding an OOM risk." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-126b927b-30cc-4e59-83ec-90007cd307d3-94", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -u - << 'PY'\nimport sys, torch\nsys.path.insert(0, \"/app/solution\")\nfrom two_tower_ranker import (\n TwoTower, load_stage_events, compact_for_infer, write_test_ranking,\n N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT, SOLUTION, set_seeds, log\n)\nset_seeds(42)\npath = SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\"\nif not path.exists():\n print(\"no val_model.pt\")\n raise SystemExit(0)\nprint(\"loading events for fallback inference\")\ncatalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\ncompact_for_infer(users)\nmodel = TwoTower(len(item_ids), N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\nstate = torch.load(path, map_location=\"cpu\", weights_only=True)\nmissing, unexpected = model.load_state_dict(state, strict=False)\nprint(\"missing\", missing, \"unexpected\", unexpected)\nmodel.set_item_features(item_feat)\nmodel.set_pop_prob(pop_prob)\nmodel.eval()\nwrite_test_ranking(model, users, idf, mapping, \"checkpoint-fallback\")\nprint(\"fallback ready\")\nPY", "description": "Write test ranking from saved val checkpoint" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nloading events for fallback inference\n[16:49:25] loading listens include_val=True\n[16:49:27] catalog listens=32261384 likes=575879\n[16:49:28] building user store\n[16:49:34] users in store=9982\nmissing [] unexpected []\n[16:49:37] wrote checkpoint-fallback submission rows=845600\nfallback ready\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 59, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "A submission has been received." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-32871b9e-56b8-4b9b-abc1-0e9d25770ffe-95", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/validation.parquet", "description": "Official public NDCG for saved validation ranking" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n{\n \"model\": \"/app/solution/validation.parquet\",\n \"scores\": {\n \"quality_ndcg@10\": 0.019425,\n \"quality_users\": 4263\n }\n}\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-32871b9e-56b8-4b9b-abc1-0e9d25770ffe-96", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py --final 0.019425", "description": "Refit two-tower on train+val in clean process", "block_until_ms": 0 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "01a0ee12-7c9a-7553-b692-ad010cfd129b\nbash\n/home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-32871b9e-56b8-4b9b-abc1-0e9d25770ffe-96.log\nrunning\nBackground task 01a0ee12-7c9a-7553-b692-ad010cfd129b started\nUse get_command_or_subagent_output with task_ids=[\"01a0ee12-7c9a-7553-b692-ad010cfd129b\"] when you need the output.\n\n\nNote: 1 other background task is still running:\n- \"01a0ee12-7c91-7aa0-95a3-54c21d3f8f43\" (running for 0s): Official public NDCG for saved validation ranking\nConsider killing duplicate tasks with kill_command_or_subagent before launching new ones.\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 60, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The official score is 0.019425." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-b0986147-9834-46e9-b52f-705fa36fd15c-97", "name": "get_command_or_subagent_output", "input": { "task_ids": [ "01a0ee12-7c9a-7553-b692-ad010cfd129b" ], "timeout_ms": 180000 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "=== Task 01a0ee12-7c9a-7553-b692-ad010cfd129b ===\nCommand: /opt/task-venv/bin/python -u /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py --final 0.019425\nStatus: completed\nDuration: 89.41s\nExit Code: 0\nOutput File: /home/agent/.grok/sessions/%2Fapp/d3d9ddf0-c719-4468-9c98-0b0f2956bfd6/terminal/call-32871b9e-56b8-4b9b-abc1-0e9d25770ffe-96.log\n\n=== Output ===\n[16:49:47] final refit start val_ndcg=0.019425\n[16:49:47] loading listens include_val=True\n[16:49:49] catalog listens=32261384 likes=575879\n[16:49:50] building user store\n[16:49:56] users in store=9982\n[16:50:04] samples window=167484 sequential=207272 total=374756\n[16:50:05] subsampled to 220000 examples\n[16:50:23] packed 220000 training rows\n[16:50:26] epoch 1/2 batches=430\n[16:50:28] step 50/430 loss=9.4937 tau=9.57\n[16:50:31] step 100/430 loss=9.3762 tau=9.33\n[16:50:33] step 150/430 loss=9.4606 tau=9.19\n[16:50:36] step 200/430 loss=9.4107 tau=9.12\n[16:50:38] step 250/430 loss=9.2648 tau=9.09\n[16:50:41] step 300/430 loss=8.7277 tau=9.09\n[16:50:45] step 350/430 loss=8.4815 tau=9.11\n[16:50:47] step 400/430 loss=8.2685 tau=9.16\n[16:50:48] epoch 1 loss=9.0871 val_ndcg=0.000000\n[16:50:48] epoch 2/2 batches=430\n[16:50:51] step 50/430 loss=7.9018 tau=9.48\n[16:50:53] step 100/430 loss=7.3652 tau=9.76\n[16:50:55] step 150/430 loss=7.9727 tau=10.05\n[16:50:58] step 200/430 loss=7.9420 tau=10.32\n[16:51:00] step 250/430 loss=7.6897 tau=10.59\n[16:51:03] step 300/430 loss=7.7950 tau=10.86\n[16:51:05] step 350/430 loss=7.3861 tau=11.12\n[16:51:08] step 400/430 loss=7.5378 tau=11.36\n[16:51:09] epoch 2 loss=7.6908 val_ndcg=0.000000\n[16:51:12] wrote final submission rows=845600\n[16:51:12] final done in 1.4 min\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 61, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The final refit completed successfully.\n\nThe validation score of 0.019425 is roughly 1.8× the popularity baseline. I will validate the submission schema and eligibility, then run structural checks before finalizing.\n\nI am exploring ways to squeeze more quality from the remaining time. A checkpoint ensemble blending the validation model with the final model could improve scores. I am also considering a more careful training run and a stronger blend with popularity.\n\nI will concatenate user and item vectors from both the validation and final models into a single two-tower ensemble. This preserves the required decomposition while blending their predictions.\n\nThe validation model was trained on train-only item features, while the final model used train+val item features. Both models share the same user history. I will encode users and items from both checkpoints, concatenate their vectors, and rank by dot product. This ensemble is valid for the test submission." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-b4fd0468-b70b-47ad-a42e-16afb819f3cf-98", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport numpy as np, pandas as pd\nfrom pathlib import Path\nimport sys\nsys.path.insert(0,\"/task\")\nfrom ranking_evaluation import validate_ranking, CandidateSet, RankingValidationError\n\nDATA=Path(\"/task/data\")\nsol=pd.read_parquet(\"/app/solution/submission.parquet\")\nprint(sol.head(), sol.shape, sol.dtypes)\ntargets=set(pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"target_users.parquet\").uid.astype(int))\ntry:\n norm=validate_ranking(sol, targets)\n print(\"schema ok\", len(norm))\nexcept Exception as e:\n print(\"SCHEMA FAIL\", e)\n\nelig=CandidateSet(DATA/\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nbad=0\nfor uid,item in sol[[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].itertuples(index=False, name=None):\n if not elig.is_eligible(int(uid), int(item)):\n bad+=1\n if bad<5:\n print(\"ineligible\", uid, item)\nprint(\"ineligible count\", bad)\n\n# ranks unique\nok_ranks=(sol.groupby(\"uid\")[\"rank\"].nunique()==100).all()\nprint(\"ranks unique 1-100\", ok_ranks, sol[\"rank\"].min(), sol[\"rank\"].max())\nprint(\"dup pairs\", sol.duplicated([\"uid\",\"item_id\"]).any())\nprint(\"users\", sol.uid.nunique())\nPY", "description": "Validate submission schema and test eligibility" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n uid item_id rank\n0 100 6511826 1\n1 100 7958357 2\n2 100 4948220 3\n3 100 5488609 4\n4 100 8250570 5 (845600, 3) uid int64\nitem_id int64\nrank int64\ndtype: object\nschema ok 845600\nineligible count 0\nranks unique 1-100 True 1 100\ndup pairs False\nusers 8456\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 62, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The submission is structurally valid.\n\nAn ensemble of the validation and final models is being considered to improve ranking quality. Averaging their L2-normalized taste vectors and popularity scores could yield better results. However, the final model was trained using validation labels, so it cannot be evaluated on the validation set.\n\nThe ensemble will be run on the test set. Both checkpoints will be loaded and their user and item embeddings concatenated. The final score will be the dot product of the combined vectors." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "Submission schema is valid. I’ll ensemble the validation and refit towers into one concatenated MIPS ranker and keep that as the deliverable." }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-1b279f01-44b3-4645-87ad-2368a91abe9e-99", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -u - << 'PY'\nimport sys, torch, numpy as np\nsys.path.insert(0, \"/app/solution\")\nfrom two_tower_ranker import (\n TwoTower, load_stage_events, compact_for_infer, encode_target_users,\n preference_index_sets, eligibility_mask, apply_pref_mask, topk_ranking,\n save_ranking, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT, SOLUTION, DATA, TRAIN_CUTOFF,\n GAP_SECONDS, WEEK, set_seeds\n)\nset_seeds(42)\nprint(\"load events\")\ncatalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\ncompact_for_infer(users)\nn_items=len(item_ids)\ntest_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA/\"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\ntest_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA/\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\ntest_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\ntest_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n\ndef load_model(path, feat):\n m = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n state = torch.load(path, map_location=\"cpu\", weights_only=True)\n m.load_state_dict(state, strict=False)\n m.set_item_features(feat)\n m.eval()\n return m\n\nm_val = load_model(SOLUTION/\"val_model.pt\", item_feat)\nm_fin = load_model(SOLUTION/\"final_model.pt\", item_feat)\nprint(\"encode\")\nwith torch.inference_mode():\n i_val = m_val.encode_all_items().numpy()\n i_fin = m_fin.encode_all_items().numpy()\nu_val = encode_target_users(m_val, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref)\nu_fin = encode_target_users(m_fin, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref)\n# concatenated two-tower: score = u_val·i_val + u_fin·i_fin\nuser = np.concatenate([u_val, u_fin], axis=1)\nitem = np.concatenate([i_val, i_fin], axis=1)\nframe = topk_ranking(user, item, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\nsave_ranking(frame, SOLUTION/\"submission.parquet\")\nprint(\"ensembled submission\", len(frame), frame.uid.nunique())\n# overlap with previous? we overwrote. save vectors for documentation\nnp.savez(SOLUTION/\"ensemble_dims.npz\", user_dim=user.shape[1], item_dim=item.shape[1])\nprint(\"done\", user.shape, item.shape)\nPY", "description": "Ensemble val and final towers into concatenated MIPS ranking" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nload events\n[16:52:00] loading listens include_val=True\n[16:52:02] catalog listens=32261384 likes=575879\n[16:52:03] building user store\n[16:52:09] users in store=9982\nencode\nensembled submission 845600 8456\ndone (8456, 130) (30000, 130)\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 63, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "I will add ensemble logic to two_tower_ranker.py so the left-behind code produces the final ensemble submission.\n\nThe README will be updated to describe the concatenated ensemble of the validation-stage and refit towers. Validation scoring will remain unchanged at 0.019425, since the final model was trained with validation labels. The ensemble logic will be placed in the main script's run_final for reproducibility.\n\nI will delete extra artifacts like validation_v1.parquet and ensemble_dims.npz. The README will clarify that the concatenated ensemble is equivalent to a single 130-dimensional two-tower. The run_final function will automatically ensemble the towers when val_model.pt exists." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-475e16dd-cb74-481e-bba0-d0af10475440-100", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " del samples\n gc.collect()\n torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n write_test_ranking(final_model, infer_users, idf, mapping, \"final\")\n write_readme(best_score)\n log(f\"final done in {(time.time() - start) / 60:.1f} min\")", "new_string": " del samples\n gc.collect()\n torch.save(final_state, SOLUTION / \"final_model.pt\")\n val_path = SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\"\n if val_path.exists():\n val_model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n val_state = torch.load(val_path, map_location=\"cpu\", weights_only=True)\n val_model.load_state_dict(val_state, strict=False)\n val_model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n val_model.eval()\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_val = val_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n item_fin = final_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_val = encode_target_users(\n val_model, test_uids, infer_users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n user_fin = encode_target_users(\n final_model, test_uids, infer_users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n user = np.concatenate([user_val, user_fin], axis=1)\n item = np.concatenate([item_val, item_fin], axis=1)\n frame = topk_ranking(user, item, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(frame, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote ensemble submission rows={len(frame)} dim={user.shape[1]}\")\n else:\n write_test_ranking(final_model, infer_users, idf, mapping, \"final\")\n write_readme(best_score)\n log(f\"final done in {(time.time() - start) / 60:.1f} min\")" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-475e16dd-cb74-481e-bba0-d0af10475440-101", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "The validation-stage fit uses only `train_*`; the hidden-test ranker is refit on `train_* + val_*`.", "new_string": "The validation-stage fit uses only `train_*`. The hidden-test ranker concatenates\nthat tower with a second tower refit on `train_* + val_*`, which is equivalent\nto one 130-dimensional two-tower whose score is still a single dot product." }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The string to replace was not found in the file, use the read_file tool to see the correct string. The user may have changed the file since you last read it.\n\nNearest match: line 1287: Temperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of weights. The validation-stage", "isError": true } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-475e16dd-cb74-481e-bba0-d0af10475440-102", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -m py_compile /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py && /opt/task-venv/bin/python - << 'PY'\nimport pandas as pd, numpy as np, sys\nsys.path.insert(0,\"/task\")\nfrom ranking_evaluation import validate_ranking, CandidateSet\nfrom pathlib import Path\nDATA=Path(\"/task/data\")\nsol=pd.read_parquet(\"/app/solution/submission.parquet\")\ntargets=set(pd.read_parquet(DATA/\"target_users.parquet\").uid.astype(int))\nvalidate_ranking(sol, targets)\nelig=CandidateSet(DATA/\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\nassert all(elig.is_eligible(int(u), int(i)) for u,i in sol[[\"uid\",\"item_id\"]].itertuples(index=False, name=None))\nprint(\"submission valid\", sol.shape, \"users\", sol.uid.nunique())\nprint(sol.groupby(\"uid\").size().min(), sol.groupby(\"uid\").size().max())\nPY\nls -lh /app/solution/", "description": "Recompile and re-validate ensembled submission" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\nsubmission valid (845600, 3) users 8456\n100 100\ntotal 23M\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 2.1K Sep 29 16:51 README.md\ndrwxr-xr-x 2 agent agent 4.0K Sep 29 16:52 __pycache__\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 534 Sep 29 16:52 ensemble_dims.npz\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 8.6M Sep 29 16:51 final_model.pt\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1.6M Sep 29 16:52 submission.parquet\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 5.5K Sep 29 16:52 train.log\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 51K Sep 29 16:52 two_tower_ranker.py\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 8.6M Sep 29 16:46 val_model.pt\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1.8M Sep 29 16:45 validation.parquet\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1.6M Sep 29 16:34 validation_v1.parquet\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 64, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-5dce89bb-30d6-440f-bf3d-bb1f390e1830-103", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/README.md" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1→# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\n## Architecture\n\nSeparate PyTorch user and item towers produce 65-dimensional vectors whose\ndot product is the request-time relevance score. Candidate item vectors are\nprecomputed; at serving time only the user tower runs, then maximum\ninner-product search retrieves the shelf.\n\n10→**Item tower.** Shared catalog ID embedding plus a linear projection of\noffline item statistics (counts, skip rate, play ratio, popularity), layer\nnormalized and L2-normalized (64d taste). A frozen popularity coordinate\n(`0.18 * z-scored log popularity`) is concatenated so the score equals\n`cosine(taste_u, taste_i) + popularity`.\n\n**User tower.** No user-ID lookup. The tower pools cutoff-correct history:\n\n- recency- and IDF-weighted mean of the last 80 unique positive catalog tracks\n- mean of the last 12 tracks with learned positional embeddings\n20→- means of active likes, dislikes, and skips\n- scalar summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n\nA gated linear residual is added in embedding space, then L2-normalized, with\na constant `1` in the popularity coordinate. Eligibility is a retrieval mask.\nActive liked and disliked items are excluded; they never receive discovery\nlabels in the public window.\n\n## Training objective\n\n30→Sampled softmax with in-batch negatives plus 2048 uniform catalog negatives\n(this is the production-scale recipe; the 30k catalog is never materialized as\na user-item matrix). Positives mix:\n\n1. Organic discovery in the most recent 7-day windows (like weight 3, strong\n organic listen weight 1), using history before a 30-minute gap.\n2. Dense next-item co-occurrence on recent positive catalog listens.\n\nTemperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of weights. The validation-stage\nfit uses only `train_*`; the hidden-test ranker is refit on `train_* + val_*`.\n40→\n## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window, history = `train_*` only:\n**0.019425**\n\n## Submission command\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n50→```\n\nWrites `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then refits and\nwrites `solution/submission.parquet`.\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-5dce89bb-30d6-440f-bf3d-bb1f390e1830-104", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 1268, "limit": 50 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1268→- mean of the last 12 tracks with learned positional embeddings\n- means of active likes, dislikes, and skips\n1270→- scalar summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n\nA gated linear residual is added in embedding space, then L2-normalized, with\na constant `1` in the popularity coordinate. Eligibility is a retrieval mask.\nActive liked and disliked items are excluded; they never receive discovery\nlabels in the public window.\n\n## Training objective\n\nSampled softmax with in-batch negatives plus 2048 uniform catalog negatives\n1280→(this is the production-scale recipe; the 30k catalog is never materialized as\na user-item matrix). Positives mix:\n\n1. Organic discovery in the most recent 7-day windows (like weight 3, strong\n organic listen weight 1), using history before a 30-minute gap.\n2. Dense next-item co-occurrence on recent positive catalog listens.\n\nTemperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of weights. The validation-stage\nfit uses only `train_*`; the hidden-test ranker is refit on `train_* + val_*`.\n\n1290→## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window, history = `train_*` only:\n**{best_score:.6f}**\n\n## Submission command\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n1300→\nWrites `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then refits and\nwrites `solution/submission.parquet`.\n\"\"\"\n (SOLUTION / \"README.md\").write_text(readme, encoding=\"utf-8\")\n\n\ndef run_final(best_score: float) -> None:\n set_seeds(SEED)\n start = time.time()\n1310→ log(f\"final refit start val_ndcg={best_score:.6f}\")\n catalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\n n_items = len(item_ids)\n samples = build_samples(users, idf, window_ends_for_train(include_val_window=True))\n infer_users = users\n compact_for_infer(infer_users)\n\n def dummy_eval(model: TwoTower) -> float:", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 65, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-e4e690c0-9d05-48a5-bb43-0bf7acd025ca-105", "name": "read_file", "input": { "target_file": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "offset": 1335, "limit": 80 }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "1335→ val_path = SOLUTION / \"val_model.pt\"\n if val_path.exists():\n val_model = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n val_state = torch.load(val_path, map_location=\"cpu\", weights_only=True)\n val_model.load_state_dict(val_state, strict=False)\n1340→ val_model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n val_model.eval()\n test_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA / \"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\n test_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA / \"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\n test_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\n test_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n with torch.inference_mode():\n item_val = val_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n item_fin = final_model.encode_all_items().numpy()\n user_val = encode_target_users(\n1350→ val_model, test_uids, infer_users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n user_fin = encode_target_users(\n final_model, test_uids, infer_users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref\n )\n user = np.concatenate([user_val, user_fin], axis=1)\n item = np.concatenate([item_val, item_fin], axis=1)\n frame = topk_ranking(user, item, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\n save_ranking(frame, SOLUTION / \"submission.parquet\")\n log(f\"wrote ensemble submission rows={len(frame)} dim={user.shape[1]}\")\n1360→ else:\n write_test_ranking(final_model, infer_users, idf, mapping, \"final\")\n write_readme(best_score)\n log(f\"final done in {(time.time() - start) / 60:.1f} min\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n if \"--final\" in sys.argv:\n idx = sys.argv.index(\"--final\")\n score = float(sys.argv[idx + 1]) if idx + 1 < len(sys.argv) else 0.0\n1370→ run_final(score)\n else:\n main()\n\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 66, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Updating the README and write_readme text for the ensemble." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-7fccf0f6-600b-4d2e-90ac-3ba5cefac3d9-106", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": "Temperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of weights. The validation-stage\nfit uses only `train_*`; the hidden-test ranker is refit on `train_* + val_*`.", "new_string": "Temperature-scaled cross entropy and an EMA of weights. The validation-stage\nfit uses only `train_*`. The hidden-test ranker concatenates that tower with a\nsecond tower refit on `train_* + val_*`, which is one 130-dimensional two-tower\nwhose score remains a single dot product." }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-7fccf0f6-600b-4d2e-90ac-3ba5cefac3d9-107", "name": "write", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/README.md", "content": "# Made-for-You two-tower ranker\n\n## Architecture\n\nSeparate PyTorch user and item towers produce vectors whose dot product is the\nrequest-time relevance score. Item vectors are precomputed offline; at serving\ntime the system runs only the user tower and retrieves with maximum\ninner-product search.\n\nEach tower emits a 65-dimensional vector: 64-d L2-normalized taste plus one\npopularity coordinate. The submitted hidden-test ranker concatenates the\nvalidation-stage tower with a tower refit on `train_* + val_*`, which is\nequivalent to a single 130-dimensional two-tower (`score = u1·i1 + u2·i2`).\n\n**Item tower.** Shared catalog ID embedding plus a linear projection of\noffline item statistics (listen/like/dislike counts, skip rate, mean play\nratio, popularity), layer-normalized and L2-normalized. A frozen popularity\ncoordinate `0.18 * z-scored log popularity` is concatenated so\n\n`score = cosine(taste_u, taste_i) + popularity`.\n\n**User tower.** No user-ID lookup. The tower pools cutoff-correct history:\n\n- recency- and IDF-weighted mean of the last 80 unique positive catalog tracks\n- mean of the last 12 tracks with learned positional embeddings\n- means of active likes, dislikes, and skips\n- scalar summaries (log counts, organic fraction, recency, mean IDF)\n\nA gated linear residual stays in embedding space, then the taste block is\nL2-normalized and a constant `1` is placed in the popularity coordinate.\nCandidate eligibility is a retrieval mask. Active liked and disliked items\nare excluded; they never receive discovery labels in the public window.\n\n## Training objective\n\nSampled softmax with in-batch negatives plus 2048 uniform catalog negatives.\nThis is the production-scale recipe for millions of items; no global\nuser-item matrix is materialized or factorized. Positives mix:\n\n1. Organic discovery in the most recent 7-day windows (organic like weight 3,\n organic listen ≥80% weight 1), using history before a 30-minute gap.\n2. Dense next-item co-occurrence on recent positive catalog listens.\n\nTemperature-scaled cross entropy with an EMA of weights. Model selection uses\nonly `train_*` as history and `val_*` as labels. The refit uses `train_* + val_*`.\n\n## Public validation\n\nGraded NDCG@10 on the public window (`python /task/evaluate_public.py solution/validation.parquet`):\n**0.019425**\n\n## Submission command\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```\n\nWrites `solution/validation.parquet` during model selection, then refits and\nwrites `solution/submission.parquet`.\n" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "Wrote file successfully to /app/solution/README.md.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-7fccf0f6-600b-4d2e-90ac-3ba5cefac3d9-108", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "rm -f /app/solution/validation_v1.parquet /app/solution/ensemble_dims.npz /app/solution/val_score.txt\nrm -rf /app/solution/__pycache__\nls -lh /app/solution/", "description": "Remove extra artifacts from solution directory" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\ntotal 21M\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 2.5K Sep 29 16:52 README.md\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 8.6M Sep 29 16:51 final_model.pt\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1.6M Sep 29 16:52 submission.parquet\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 5.5K Sep 29 16:52 train.log\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 51K Sep 29 16:52 two_tower_ranker.py\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 8.6M Sep 29 16:46 val_model.pt\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1.8M Sep 29 16:45 validation.parquet\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 67, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "Running the official evaluation script again to confirm validation.parquet is intact.\n\nVerifying HIST_LONG consistency between the README and code. The README will be overwritten on future runs with slightly different ensemble text, which is acceptable. `weights_only=True` is already present. The train.log is an intermediate artifact and does not need to be in the solution. The best valid submission is saved in submission.parquet. Checking whether liked/disliked masking is allowed.\n\nConfirmed that preference-state filtering is valid because the problem explicitly provides it for modeling. Identified a bug in the ensemble: the validation model's item features are overwritten with combined train and validation features after checkpoint loading, which corrupts the validation-only features used during training." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-9fa8cc45-bd85-422a-a3d0-6d5f42d6e3d0-109", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python -u - << 'PY'\nimport sys, torch, numpy as np\nsys.path.insert(0, \"/app/solution\")\nfrom two_tower_ranker import (\n TwoTower, load_stage_events, compact_for_infer, encode_target_users,\n preference_index_sets, eligibility_mask, apply_pref_mask, topk_ranking,\n save_ranking, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT, SOLUTION, DATA, TRAIN_CUTOFF,\n GAP_SECONDS, WEEK, set_seeds\n)\nset_seeds(42)\ncatalog, mapping, item_ids, users, item_feat, idf, pop_prob = load_stage_events(include_val=True)\ncompact_for_infer(users)\nn_items=len(item_ids)\ntest_pref = preference_index_sets(DATA/\"test_preference_state.parquet\", mapping)\ntest_uids, test_item_ids, test_el = eligibility_mask(DATA/\"test_eligible_candidates.npz\")\ntest_mask = apply_pref_mask(test_el, test_uids, test_pref)\ntest_cutoff = TRAIN_CUTOFF + GAP_SECONDS + WEEK\n\ndef load_model(path):\n m = TwoTower(n_items, N_ITEM_FEAT, N_USER_FEAT)\n state = torch.load(path, map_location=\"cpu\", weights_only=True)\n m.load_state_dict(state, strict=True)\n m.eval()\n return m\n\nm_val = load_model(SOLUTION/\"val_model.pt\")\nm_fin = load_model(SOLUTION/\"final_model.pt\")\nwith torch.inference_mode():\n i_val = m_val.encode_all_items().numpy()\n i_fin = m_fin.encode_all_items().numpy()\nu_val = encode_target_users(m_val, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref)\nu_fin = encode_target_users(m_fin, test_uids, users, idf, test_cutoff, test_pref)\nuser = np.concatenate([u_val, u_fin], axis=1)\nitem = np.concatenate([i_val, i_fin], axis=1)\nframe = topk_ranking(user, item, test_mask, test_uids, test_item_ids)\nsave_ranking(frame, SOLUTION/\"submission.parquet\")\nprint(\"ensembled\", frame.shape, \"rank set\", set(frame.groupby(\"uid\").size()))\nPY", "description": "Re-ensemble using each checkpoint's own item features" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n[16:53:15] loading listens include_val=True\n[16:53:17] catalog listens=32261384 likes=575879\n[16:53:18] building user store\n[16:53:24] users in store=9982\nensembled (845600, 3) rank set {100}\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 68, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-5bfcde2b-f570-4eff-abe5-b8fc04fbb452-110", "name": "search_replace", "input": { "file_path": "/app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py", "old_string": " val_model.load_state_dict(val_state, strict=False)\n val_model.set_item_features(item_feat)\n val_model.eval()", "new_string": " val_model.load_state_dict(val_state, strict=True)\n val_model.eval()" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "The file /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py has been updated successfully.", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-5bfcde2b-f570-4eff-abe5-b8fc04fbb452-111", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "/opt/task-venv/bin/python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/validation.parquet\n/opt/task-venv/bin/python -m py_compile /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\necho \"---\"\nls -lh /app/solution/", "description": "Confirm public val score and final artifacts" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n{\n \"model\": \"/app/solution/validation.parquet\",\n \"scores\": {\n \"quality_ndcg@10\": 0.019425,\n \"quality_users\": 4263\n }\n}\n---\ntotal 21M\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 2.5K Sep 29 16:52 README.md\ndrwxr-xr-x 2 agent agent 4.0K Sep 29 16:53 __pycache__\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 8.6M Sep 29 16:51 final_model.pt\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1.6M Sep 29 16:53 submission.parquet\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 5.7K Sep 29 16:53 train.log\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 51K Sep 29 16:53 two_tower_ranker.py\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 8.6M Sep 29 16:46 val_model.pt\n-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1.8M Sep 29 16:45 validation.parquet\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 69, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The solution is complete. Pycache files were removed." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "" }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-e8450e83-ac15-4b86-bfac-42fa91ae7ab9-112", "name": "run_terminal_command", "input": { "command": "rm -rf /app/solution/__pycache__", "description": "Remove pycache from solution directory" }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "exit: 0\n", "isError": false } }, { "kind": "tool", "timestamp": null, "callId": "call-e8450e83-ac15-4b86-bfac-42fa91ae7ab9-113", "name": "todo_write", "input": { "todos": [ { "id": "2", "status": "completed" }, { "id": "3", "status": "completed" }, { "id": "4", "status": "completed" }, { "id": "5", "status": "completed" } ], "merge": true }, "result": { "timestamp": null, "content": "- [completed] 1: Explore data, evaluation, and constraints\n- [completed] 2: Design two-tower architecture and training pipeline\n- [completed] 3: Train/tune on validation, measure NDCG@10\n- [completed] 4: Refit on train+val and produce test submission\n- [completed] 5: Write README and keep best artifacts\n", "isError": false } } ] }, { "id": 70, "role": "agent", "timestamp": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "reasoning", "representation": "summary", "timestamp": null, "text": "The task is complete. I am preparing the final summary." }, { "kind": "message", "timestamp": null, "text": "Built a CPU PyTorch two-tower ranker and wrote a valid hidden-test submission.\n\n**Model.** The user tower pools cutoff-correct history (recency/IDF-weighted unique positives, short-term positional mean, likes, dislikes, skips) with a gated linear residual. There is no user-ID embedding. The item tower is a shared ID embedding plus a linear map of offline item stats. Each tower emits 64-d L2-normalized taste plus a popularity coordinate; the score is their dot product, so item vectors can be precomputed for MIPS.\n\n**Training.** Sampled softmax with in-batch negatives and 2048 uniform catalog negatives (no user-item matrix). Positives are recent 7-day organic discovery windows plus next-item co-occurrence. The validation fit uses only `train_*`. The submitted ranker concatenates that tower with a second tower refit on `train_* + val_*` (one 130-d two-tower). Liked and disliked items are dropped at retrieval; they never appear as public discovery labels.\n\n**Public validation.** Graded NDCG@10 = **0.019425** (`python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/validation.parquet`).\n\n**Deliverable.** `/app/solution/submission.parquet` has 8,456 users × 100 ranks, integer columns `uid`, `item_id`, `rank`, all test-eligible, no ties. Retrain with:\n\n```sh\npython /app/solution/two_tower_ranker.py\n```" } ] } ] }