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fable-5.1 · Claude Code · high effort
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Task instructions

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Task instructions

Improve a production music-discovery two-tower

You have joined the recommendations team for a music streaming service. The "Made for You" shelf is served by a mature production two-tower model. Its chronological data protocol and indexed serving path are sound, but its offline retrieval quality no longer clears the team's next launch gate.

Your job is to investigate the production model, improve its retrieval quality, and ship a better ranking artifact. Use the implementation and public validation data to form and test your own diagnosis.

The source used to reproduce the production model is included under /task/current_model/. You may copy it into /app/solution/, edit it, add tests, and improve its training objective, but keep the data protocol, two-tower serving contract, and evaluation boundary intact.

Production Context

The model must satisfy a strict request-time latency budget. Item vectors are precomputed offline. At request time, one user vector is computed from observed interaction history and compared with candidate item vectors by a batchable two-tower score. Do not introduce a cross-encoder, per-candidate sequence model, or user-ID lookup table.

The current trainer is a mature baseline with chronological internal validation. Focus your investigation on how its training objective selects and uses negative examples. Diagnose limitations in the current negative-sampling strategy and improve it under the fixed CPU budget. Validate changes with the public backtest. The final approach must still train and rank within the supplied CPU environment while preserving the serving and data boundaries above.

What You Have

All public inputs are under /task/data/. A stage cutoff is the timestamp at which observed history and candidate eligibility are frozen for a ranking. The public validation stage cutoff is 24786800, when train_* ends. A 30-minute gap precedes the seven-day val_* window. For the final submission, that validation window becomes observed history, and another 30-minute gap precedes the hidden seven-day outcome window.

The package includes:

  • /task/current_model/train_current_model.py: the production training and ranking script. It can reproduce the public validation ranking and produce a hidden-test submission after refitting.
  • /task/current_model/two_tower_model.py: model primitives used by the production script.
  • /task/evaluate_public.py: the public validation evaluator for development.
  • /task/data/validation_eligible_candidates.npz and /task/data/test_eligible_candidates.npz: platform-owned candidate sets for the validation and hidden-test cutoffs.
  • /task/data/validation_preference_state.parquet and /task/data/test_preference_state.parquet: active explicit preference state at the corresponding cutoffs.
  • /task/requirements.txt: the exact offline Python distribution inventory.

You can reproduce the production public backtest with:

python /task/current_model/train_current_model.py \
  --stage validation \
  --public-dir /task \
  --output /app/solution/production_validation.parquet
python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/production_validation.parquet

Data

For each event family there is a train_*.parquet and val_*.parquet file:

FamilyMeaningColumns
listensPlayback eventsuid, timestamp, item_id, is_organic, played_ratio_pct, track_length_seconds
likesExplicit positive actionsuid, timestamp, item_id, is_organic
dislikesExplicit negative actionsuid, timestamp, item_id, is_organic
unlikesReversal of a prior likeuid, timestamp, item_id, is_organic
undislikesReversal of a prior dislikeuid, timestamp, item_id, is_organic

is_organic=1 means the listener sought out the track; 0 means the action came through a recommendation surface. A listen is a conventional positive at 50% completion. The discovery-quality objective below uses the stronger 80% threshold.

The two public windows have different roles:

  1. For model development and selection, train only from train_* and score the subsequent val_* outcomes.
  2. After selecting an improvement, refit it on train_* + val_*. At hidden-test time the validation events are observed history, not recommendable outcomes.

Do not use val_* events as features when measuring a validation ranking. They may and should be used when refitting the final hidden-test ranker.

Additional files under /task/data/:

  • candidate_catalog.parquet: the 30,000 retrieval-catalog tracks, ordered by training positive-listen popularity.
  • target_users.parquet: users with at least 20 positive listens in the 90 days before the training cutoff, selected without future labels.
  • validation_preference_state.parquet: active explicit state at the training cutoff, for validation ranking.
  • test_preference_state.parquet: active explicit state after validation, for the final hidden-test ranking. State is liked or disliked; a pair may have both active channels.
  • validation_eligible_candidates.npz and test_eligible_candidates.npz: cutoff-correct candidate sets for every target user. Each contains aligned arrays uids, item_ids, and packed_eligible. For user row r, recover the Boolean item mask with np.unpackbits(packed_eligible[r], count=len(item_ids), bitorder="little").

Validation candidates exclude all train_* encounters. Test candidates exclude all train_* and val_* encounters. Future test interactions are hidden and used only by the separate Harbor verifier.

Discovery Objective

Rank only the candidates returned for the relevant cutoff. Relevance is based on organic behavior in the immediately following window:

  • grade 3: the user organically likes the track;
  • grade 1: the user organically listens to at least 80% of the track;
  • grade 0: otherwise.

If both positive events occur, grade 3 wins. Ranking quality is measured with graded NDCG@10. DCG uses gain 2^grade - 1 and discount 1/log2(rank + 1), then averages per-user NDCG over users with at least one relevant item.

The public evaluator reports this same objective for development, but its score is not a separate acceptance stage. Final acceptance is determined on the hidden test using the same objective. The Yambda logs contain interactions, not impression propensities; treat the organic objective as a robust offline target, not as a causal estimate of online lift.

Deliverable

Submit one final ranking as /app/solution/submission.parquet or /app/solution/submission.csv. It must be a regular file, not a symbolic link. If both files exist, the verifier evaluates submission.parquet and ignores submission.csv.

The ranking must:

  • include the columns uid, item_id, and rank; only these columns are evaluated;
  • use finite, integer-valued entries in all three required columns;
  • cover exactly the users in target_users.parquet, with no missing or extra users;
  • contain exactly 100 rows and 100 distinct items for every target user;
  • contain every integer rank from 1 through 100 exactly once per user; and
  • use only items present in that user's test_eligible_candidates.npz candidate set.

Also leave the improved implementation used to build the artifact at /app/solution/train_current_model.py, along with any local modules it imports. A concise /app/solution/README.md with the diagnosis, before-and-after public score, model change, and submission command is useful for the experiment record, but it is not an automated acceptance gate.

Constraints

  • Write deliverables and intermediate artifacts only under /app/solution/.
  • Treat /task/ and the installed Python environment as read-only.
  • Do not invoke nested agents or attempt to access verifier files, credentials, other trials, or host paths.
  • Do not install packages or use network access except for the model-provider connection managed by Harbor.
  • Do not alter cutoff definitions, target users, candidate eligibility, or relevance labels.
  • Improve the production pipeline in place. Do not substitute an unrelated model family or evade the indexed two-tower serving constraint.
  • The environment includes CPU PyTorch 2.8.0. No accelerator is available.
  • You have up to 60 minutes. Prioritize measured validation improvements, a correct final refit, and a valid submission over broad architecture search.
  • Keep the best valid submission saved throughout the attempt so it survives the deadline.
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List task files and environment resources

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Recorded reasoning 18 words

I should start by exploring the environment first, keeping in mind I have 60 minutes to work efficiently.

Model text

I'll start by inspecting the production trainer, model primitives, and data layout, then reproduce the baseline backtest.

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ls -la /task /task/current_model /task/data /app /app/solution 2>/dev/null; nproc; free -g; cat /task/requirements.txt; wc -l /task/current_model/*.py /task/evaluate_public.py

Tool response

/app:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 agent agent 4096 Oct  3 09:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root  root  4096 Oct  3 09:09 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 agent agent 4096 Oct  3 09:06 solution

/app/solution:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 agent agent 4096 Oct  3 09:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 agent agent 4096 Oct  3 09:06 ..

/task:
total 40
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Oct  3 09:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Oct  3 09:09 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root root    0 Oct  3 09:04 .keep
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Oct  3 09:04 current_model
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Oct  3 09:05 data
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 5774 Oct  3 09:04 evaluate_public.py
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8265 Oct  3 09:04 ranking_evaluation.py
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1295 Oct  3 09:04 requirements.txt

/task/current_model:
total 104
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root  4096 Oct  3 09:04 .
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root  4096 Oct  3 09:06 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 80058 Oct  3 09:04 train_current_model.py
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 15985 Oct  3 09:04 two_tower_model.py

/task/data:
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dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root      4096 Oct  3 09:06 ..
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-r--r--r-- 1 root root     84127 Oct  3 09:04 target_users.parquet
-r--r--r-- 1 root root   7736341 Oct  3 09:04 test_eligible_candidates.npz
-r--r--r-- 1 root root   1092329 Oct  3 09:05 test_preference_state.parquet
-r--r--r-- 1 root root    857213 Oct  3 09:04 train_dislikes.parquet
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-r--r--r-- 1 root root     36571 Oct  3 09:04 val_dislikes.parquet
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-r--r--r-- 1 root root   7573821 Oct  3 09:04 validation_eligible_candidates.npz
-r--r--r-- 1 root root   1061761 Oct  3 09:05 validation_preference_state.parquet
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# Exact distribution inventory for the Yambda two-tower task family.
#
# This is an input to `uv pip sync`, not a list of minimum requirements. A
# conforming task environment contains exactly these third-party Python
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# Harbor image Dockerfiles.
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  2164 /task/current_model/train_current_model.py
   433 /task/current_model/two_tower_model.py
   157 /task/evaluate_public.py
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      "description": "Lists agents you can SendMessage to — in-process subagents you spawned, the teammates on your team, other local Claude sessions on this machine, your Claude sessions running in the cloud (when this session has cloud access; a cloud session receives your message but cannot message any session back yet — do not ask it to reply, read its answer in its own transcript), and (when Remote Control is connected here) your account's other sessions — Remote Control sessions on other machines and cloud sessions, each row labeled by kind. Names are the address: send with `SendMessage({to: \"<name>\", message: \"...\"})`, copying the name exactly as a row prints it. Append a row's ` [ref]` only when the bare name is not enough — two rows share it, or an error asks you to disambiguate.",
      "schema": {
        "name": "ListAgents",
        "description": "Lists agents you can SendMessage to — in-process subagents you spawned, the teammates on your team, other local Claude sessions on this machine, your Claude sessions running in the cloud (when this session has cloud access; a cloud session receives your message but cannot message any session back yet — do not ask it to reply, read its answer in its own transcript), and (when Remote Control is connected here) your account's other sessions — Remote Control sessions on other machines and cloud sessions, each row labeled by kind. Names are the address: send with `SendMessage({to: \"<name>\", message: \"...\"})`, copying the name exactly as a row prints it. Append a row's ` [ref]` only when the bare name is not enough — two rows share it, or an error asks you to disambiguate.",
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          "properties": {
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              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 256
            },
            "q": {
              "description": "Not available in this build; leave unset.",
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 256
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Read",
      "description": "Reads a file from the local filesystem.\n\n- `file_path` must be an absolute path.\n- Reads up to 2000 lines by default.\n- When you already know which part of the file you need, only read that part. This can be important for larger files.\n- Results are returned using cat -n format, with line numbers starting at 1\n- Reads images (PNG, JPG, …) and presents them visually. Reads PDFs via the `pages` parameter (e.g. \"1-5\", max 20 pages/request; required for PDFs over 10 pages). Reads Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) as cells with outputs.\n- Reading a directory, a missing file, or an empty file returns an error or system reminder rather than content.\n- Do NOT re-read a file you just edited to verify — Edit/Write would have errored if the change failed, and the harness tracks file state for you.",
      "schema": {
        "name": "Read",
        "description": "Reads a file from the local filesystem.\n\n- `file_path` must be an absolute path.\n- Reads up to 2000 lines by default.\n- When you already know which part of the file you need, only read that part. This can be important for larger files.\n- Results are returned using cat -n format, with line numbers starting at 1\n- Reads images (PNG, JPG, …) and presents them visually. Reads PDFs via the `pages` parameter (e.g. \"1-5\", max 20 pages/request; required for PDFs over 10 pages). Reads Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) as cells with outputs.\n- Reading a directory, a missing file, or an empty file returns an error or system reminder rather than content.\n- Do NOT re-read a file you just edited to verify — Edit/Write would have errored if the change failed, and the harness tracks file state for you.",
        "input_schema": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "file_path": {
              "description": "The absolute path to the file to read",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "offset": {
              "description": "The line number to start reading from. Only provide if the file is too large to read at once",
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 9007199254740991
            },
            "limit": {
              "description": "The number of lines to read. Only provide if the file is too large to read at once.",
              "type": "integer",
              "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
              "maximum": 9007199254740991
            },
            "pages": {
              "description": "Page range for PDF files (e.g., \"1-5\", \"3\", \"10-20\"). Only applicable to PDF files. Maximum 20 pages per request.",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "file_path"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "ReportFindings",
      "description": "Report code-review findings as a typed list so the host UI can render them. Use this only when the active code-review instructions tell you to report findings with this tool; otherwise follow whatever output format those instructions specify. When reporting a review's results, call it once with the verified findings ranked most-severe first (empty array if nothing survived verification) and do not also print the findings as text. When re-reporting after applying fixes (only if the apply instructions ask for it), set `outcome` on each finding to what actually happened.",
      "schema": {
        "name": "ReportFindings",
        "description": "Report code-review findings as a typed list so the host UI can render them. Use this only when the active code-review instructions tell you to report findings with this tool; otherwise follow whatever output format those instructions specify. When reporting a review's results, call it once with the verified findings ranked most-severe first (empty array if nothing survived verification) and do not also print the findings as text. When re-reporting after applying fixes (only if the apply instructions ask for it), set `outcome` on each finding to what actually happened.",
        "input_schema": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "level": {
              "description": "Effort level the review ran at",
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "low",
                "medium",
                "high",
                "xhigh",
                "max"
              ]
            },
            "findings": {
              "description": "Verified findings, most-severe first; empty if none survived",
              "maxItems": 32,
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "file": {
                    "description": "Repo-relative path of the file the finding is in",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "line": {
                    "description": "1-indexed line the finding anchors to",
                    "type": "integer",
                    "minimum": -9007199254740991,
                    "maximum": 9007199254740991
                  },
                  "summary": {
                    "description": "One-sentence statement of the defect",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "short_summary": {
                    "description": "Compressed label for compact UI (≤60 chars): the claim alone, no rationale or consequence clause",
                    "type": "string",
                    "maxLength": 60
                  },
                  "failure_scenario": {
                    "description": "Concrete inputs/state → wrong output/crash",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "category": {
                    "description": "Short kebab-case slug of the finding type, e.g. \"correctness\", \"simplification\", \"efficiency\", \"test-coverage\"",
                    "type": "string",
                    "maxLength": 40
                  },
                  "verdict": {
                    "description": "Set when a verify pass ran; absent on inline-only reviews",
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "CONFIRMED",
                      "PLAUSIBLE"
                    ]
                  },
                  "outcome": {
                    "description": "Set ONLY when re-reporting after applying fixes: what happened to this finding",
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "fixed",
                      "skipped",
                      "no_change_needed"
                    ]
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "file",
                  "summary",
                  "failure_scenario"
                ],
                "additionalProperties": false
              }
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "findings"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "ScheduleWakeup",
      "description": "Schedule when to resume work in /loop dynamic mode — the user invoked /loop without an interval, asking you to self-pace iterations of a specific task.\n\nDo NOT schedule a short-interval wakeup to poll for background work you started — when harness-tracked work finishes, you are re-invoked automatically, so polling is wasted. Instead schedule a long fallback (1200s+) so the loop survives if the work hangs or never notifies. The exception is external work the harness cannot track (a CI run, a deploy, a remote queue) — there, pick a delay matched to how fast that state actually changes.\n\nPass the same /loop prompt back via `prompt` each turn so the next firing repeats the task. For an autonomous /loop (no user prompt), pass the literal sentinel `<<autonomous-loop-dynamic>>` as `prompt` instead — the runtime resolves it back to the autonomous-loop instructions at fire time. (There is a similar `<<autonomous-loop>>` sentinel for CronCreate-based autonomous loops; do not confuse the two — ScheduleWakeup always uses the `-dynamic` variant.) To end the loop, call this tool with `stop: true` (omit every other field) — the loop ends immediately and no further wakeups fire.\n\nSet `noop: true` if nothing changed — you checked and there's nothing to report (\"no change\", \"still waiting\", \"quiet hold\"). Set `noop: false` if something happened worth keeping — you edited a file, posted a message, advanced state, or surfaced a finding. Consecutive `noop: true` ticks are collapsed in the user's terminal view and tracked as a streak, so long quiet holds stay legible to the user without scrolling. Omit `noop` when stopping (`stop: true`).\n\n## Picking delaySeconds\n\nThis session's requests use a 1-hour Anthropic prompt-cache TTL, so effectively every allowed delay (the runtime clamps to [60, 3600]) wakes up with your conversation context still cached. There is no cache cliff inside that range to pace around, and scheduling extra wakeups just to keep the cache warm is pure waste — never do that. (If the session enters usage overage, later requests drop to the 5-minute TTL; don't try to track or preempt that — the guidance here stays the same.)\n\nMatch the delay to what you're actually waiting for:\n\n- **Actively polling external state the harness can't notify you about** (a CI run, a deploy, a remote queue): pick the delay from how fast that state actually changes. A CI run that takes ~8 minutes deserves one ~480s check, not eight 60s ones.\n- **The long fallback heartbeat** (something else — a Monitor, a task notification — is the primary wake signal): 1200s+, so quiet wakeups stay rare.\n- **Idle ticks with no specific signal to watch**: default to **1200s–1800s** (20–30 min). The loop still checks back regularly, and the user can always interrupt if they need you sooner.\n\nDon't think in cache windows — think about what you're actually waiting for.\n\n## The reason field\n\nOne short sentence on what you chose and why. Goes to telemetry and is shown back to the user. \"watching CI run\" beats \"waiting.\" The user reads this to understand what you're doing without having to predict your cadence in advance — make it specific.\n",
      "schema": {
        "name": "ScheduleWakeup",
        "description": "Schedule when to resume work in /loop dynamic mode — the user invoked /loop without an interval, asking you to self-pace iterations of a specific task.\n\nDo NOT schedule a short-interval wakeup to poll for background work you started — when harness-tracked work finishes, you are re-invoked automatically, so polling is wasted. Instead schedule a long fallback (1200s+) so the loop survives if the work hangs or never notifies. The exception is external work the harness cannot track (a CI run, a deploy, a remote queue) — there, pick a delay matched to how fast that state actually changes.\n\nPass the same /loop prompt back via `prompt` each turn so the next firing repeats the task. For an autonomous /loop (no user prompt), pass the literal sentinel `<<autonomous-loop-dynamic>>` as `prompt` instead — the runtime resolves it back to the autonomous-loop instructions at fire time. (There is a similar `<<autonomous-loop>>` sentinel for CronCreate-based autonomous loops; do not confuse the two — ScheduleWakeup always uses the `-dynamic` variant.) To end the loop, call this tool with `stop: true` (omit every other field) — the loop ends immediately and no further wakeups fire.\n\nSet `noop: true` if nothing changed — you checked and there's nothing to report (\"no change\", \"still waiting\", \"quiet hold\"). Set `noop: false` if something happened worth keeping — you edited a file, posted a message, advanced state, or surfaced a finding. Consecutive `noop: true` ticks are collapsed in the user's terminal view and tracked as a streak, so long quiet holds stay legible to the user without scrolling. Omit `noop` when stopping (`stop: true`).\n\n## Picking delaySeconds\n\nThis session's requests use a 1-hour Anthropic prompt-cache TTL, so effectively every allowed delay (the runtime clamps to [60, 3600]) wakes up with your conversation context still cached. There is no cache cliff inside that range to pace around, and scheduling extra wakeups just to keep the cache warm is pure waste — never do that. (If the session enters usage overage, later requests drop to the 5-minute TTL; don't try to track or preempt that — the guidance here stays the same.)\n\nMatch the delay to what you're actually waiting for:\n\n- **Actively polling external state the harness can't notify you about** (a CI run, a deploy, a remote queue): pick the delay from how fast that state actually changes. A CI run that takes ~8 minutes deserves one ~480s check, not eight 60s ones.\n- **The long fallback heartbeat** (something else — a Monitor, a task notification — is the primary wake signal): 1200s+, so quiet wakeups stay rare.\n- **Idle ticks with no specific signal to watch**: default to **1200s–1800s** (20–30 min). The loop still checks back regularly, and the user can always interrupt if they need you sooner.\n\nDon't think in cache windows — think about what you're actually waiting for.\n\n## The reason field\n\nOne short sentence on what you chose and why. Goes to telemetry and is shown back to the user. \"watching CI run\" beats \"waiting.\" The user reads this to understand what you're doing without having to predict your cadence in advance — make it specific.\n",
        "input_schema": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "delaySeconds": {
              "description": "Seconds from now to wake up. Clamped to [60, 3600] by the runtime. Required unless `stop` is true.",
              "type": "number"
            },
            "reason": {
              "description": "One short sentence explaining the chosen delay. Goes to telemetry and is shown to the user. Be specific. Required unless `stop` is true.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "prompt": {
              "description": "The /loop input to fire on wake-up. Pass the same /loop input verbatim each turn so the next firing re-enters the skill and continues the loop. For autonomous /loop (no user prompt), pass the literal sentinel `<<autonomous-loop-dynamic>>` instead (the dynamic-pacing variant, not the CronCreate-mode `<<autonomous-loop>>`). Required unless `stop` is true.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "stop": {
              "description": "Set to true to end the dynamic loop immediately instead of scheduling another wakeup. When true, all other fields are ignored and no further wakeups fire.",
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "noop": {
              "description": "true = nothing changed (you checked and there is nothing to report). false = something happened worth keeping (edited a file, posted a message, advanced state, surfaced a finding). Consecutive noop:true ticks are collapsed in the user's terminal view and tracked as a streak. Required unless `stop` is true.",
              "type": "boolean"
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Skill",
      "description": "Invoke a skill.\n\nA skill is a packaged set of instructions the user or project has set up for a particular kind of task (deploy steps, a review checklist, a repo-specific workflow). Available skills appear in a system-reminder listing with one-line descriptions. When the task at hand is one a listed skill covers, call this tool first — the skill's instructions load into the turn for you to follow in place of your default approach; some skills instead run in a subagent and return the finished result. A skill that runs in the background returns only the agent's name — its result arrives later as a task notification, so don't wait on it or invoke it again in the meantime. Users may also ask for one by name (`/<name>`, or \"slash command\"); that's a request to invoke it.\n\n- `skill`: exact name from the listing, no leading slash. Plugin skills use `plugin:skill`. Directory-scoped skills are listed with a path prefix (`apps/web:deploy`); when both scoped and unscoped variants of a name exist, pick the one whose directory contains the files you're working on (most specific wins; unscoped otherwise).\n- `args`: optional arguments to pass through.\n\nOnly names from the listing (or that the user typed explicitly) are valid. Built-in CLI commands (`/help`, `/clear`, …) aren't skills. If a `<command-name>` block is already present this turn, the skill is loaded — follow it directly rather than calling again.\n",
      "schema": {
        "name": "Skill",
        "description": "Invoke a skill.\n\nA skill is a packaged set of instructions the user or project has set up for a particular kind of task (deploy steps, a review checklist, a repo-specific workflow). Available skills appear in a system-reminder listing with one-line descriptions. When the task at hand is one a listed skill covers, call this tool first — the skill's instructions load into the turn for you to follow in place of your default approach; some skills instead run in a subagent and return the finished result. A skill that runs in the background returns only the agent's name — its result arrives later as a task notification, so don't wait on it or invoke it again in the meantime. Users may also ask for one by name (`/<name>`, or \"slash command\"); that's a request to invoke it.\n\n- `skill`: exact name from the listing, no leading slash. Plugin skills use `plugin:skill`. Directory-scoped skills are listed with a path prefix (`apps/web:deploy`); when both scoped and unscoped variants of a name exist, pick the one whose directory contains the files you're working on (most specific wins; unscoped otherwise).\n- `args`: optional arguments to pass through.\n\nOnly names from the listing (or that the user typed explicitly) are valid. Built-in CLI commands (`/help`, `/clear`, …) aren't skills. If a `<command-name>` block is already present this turn, the skill is loaded — follow it directly rather than calling again.\n",
        "input_schema": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "skill": {
              "description": "The name of a skill from the available-skills list. Do not guess names.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "args": {
              "description": "Optional arguments for the skill",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "skill"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "ToolSearch",
      "description": "Fetches full schema definitions for deferred tools so they can be called.\n\nDeferred tools appear by name in <system-reminder> messages. Until fetched, only the name is known — there is no parameter schema, so the tool cannot be invoked. This tool takes a query, matches it against the deferred tool list, and returns the matched tools' complete JSONSchema definitions inside a <functions> block. Once a tool's schema appears in that result, it is callable exactly like any tool defined at the top of the prompt.\n\nResult format: each matched tool appears as one <function>{\"description\": \"...\", \"name\": \"...\", \"parameters\": {...}}</function> line inside the <functions> block — the same encoding as the tool list at the top of this prompt.\n\nQuery forms:\n- \"select:Read,Edit,Grep\" — fetch these exact tools by name\n- \"notebook jupyter\" — keyword search, up to max_results best matches\n- \"+slack send\" — require \"slack\" in the name, rank by remaining terms",
      "schema": {
        "name": "ToolSearch",
        "description": "Fetches full schema definitions for deferred tools so they can be called.\n\nDeferred tools appear by name in <system-reminder> messages. Until fetched, only the name is known — there is no parameter schema, so the tool cannot be invoked. This tool takes a query, matches it against the deferred tool list, and returns the matched tools' complete JSONSchema definitions inside a <functions> block. Once a tool's schema appears in that result, it is callable exactly like any tool defined at the top of the prompt.\n\nResult format: each matched tool appears as one <function>{\"description\": \"...\", \"name\": \"...\", \"parameters\": {...}}</function> line inside the <functions> block — the same encoding as the tool list at the top of this prompt.\n\nQuery forms:\n- \"select:Read,Edit,Grep\" — fetch these exact tools by name\n- \"notebook jupyter\" — keyword search, up to max_results best matches\n- \"+slack send\" — require \"slack\" in the name, rank by remaining terms",
        "input_schema": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "query": {
              "description": "Query to find deferred tools. Use \"select:<tool_name>\" for direct selection, or keywords to search.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "max_results": {
              "description": "Maximum number of results to return (default: 5)",
              "default": 5,
              "type": "number"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "query",
            "max_results"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Workflow",
      "description": "Execute a workflow script that orchestrates multiple subagents deterministically. Workflows run in the background — this tool returns immediately with a task ID, and a <task-notification> arrives when the workflow completes. Use /workflows to watch live progress.\n\nONLY call this tool when the user has explicitly opted into multi-agent orchestration. Workflows can spawn dozens of agents and consume a large amount of tokens; the user must request that scale, not have it inferred. Explicit opt-in means one of:\n- The user included the keyword \"ultracode\" in their prompt (you'll see a system-reminder confirming it).\n- Ultracode is on for the session (a system-reminder confirms it) — see **Ultracode** in the workflow authoring reference.\n- The user directly asked you to run a workflow or use multi-agent orchestration in their own words (\"use a workflow\", \"run a workflow\", \"fan out agents\", \"orchestrate this with subagents\"). The ask must be in the user's words — a task that would merely benefit from a workflow does not count.\n- The user invoked a skill or slash command whose instructions tell you to call Workflow.\n- The user asked you to run a specific named or saved workflow.\n\nFor any other task — even one that would clearly benefit from parallelism — do NOT call this tool. Use the Agent tool (if available) for individual subagents, or briefly describe what a multi-agent workflow could do and how much it would roughly cost, and ask the user whether to run it. Mention they can ask for one with \"use a workflow\" in a future message to skip the ask.\n\nEvery script must begin with `export const meta = {...}`: a PURE LITERAL (no variables, calls or interpolation) giving the workflow's `name`, a one-line `description` (shown in the permission dialog) and optionally `phases` — one `{ title, detail? }` per phase() call, titles matched exactly. Pass the script inline via `script` — do not Write it to a file first, and do not also set the tool's `name` input (that selects a saved workflow); it is plain JavaScript, not TypeScript.\n\nThe canonical multi-stage pattern — pipeline by default, each dimension verifies as soon as its review completes:\n  export const meta = {\n    name: 'review-changes',\n    description: 'Review changed files across dimensions, verify each finding',\n    phases: [{ title: 'Review' }, { title: 'Verify' }],\n  }\n  const DIMENSIONS = [{key: 'bugs', prompt: '...'}, {key: 'perf', prompt: '...'}]\n  const results = await pipeline(\n    DIMENSIONS,\n    d => agent(d.prompt, {label: `review:${d.key}`, phase: 'Review', schema: FINDINGS_SCHEMA}),\n    review => parallel(review.findings.map(f => () =>\n      agent(`Adversarially verify: ${f.title}`, {label: `verify:${f.file}`, phase: 'Verify', schema: VERDICT_SCHEMA})\n        .then(v => ({...f, verdict: v}))\n    ))\n  )\n  const confirmed = results.flat().filter(Boolean).filter(f => f.verdict?.isReal)\n  return { confirmed }\n  // Dimension 'bugs' findings verify while dimension 'perf' is still reviewing. No wasted wall-clock.\n\nBefore writing a script, load the `workflow-authoring` skill — the workflow authoring reference: script API and gotchas, resume, the **Ultracode** section, quality patterns, worked examples.\n\nThis session has the default workflow size guideline: medium — keep workflows under 10 agents. This is a guideline, not a hard limit — follow it unless the user's prompt calls for a different scale. The user can raise or remove it with \"Dynamic workflow size\" in /config.",
      "schema": {
        "name": "Workflow",
        "description": "Execute a workflow script that orchestrates multiple subagents deterministically. Workflows run in the background — this tool returns immediately with a task ID, and a <task-notification> arrives when the workflow completes. Use /workflows to watch live progress.\n\nONLY call this tool when the user has explicitly opted into multi-agent orchestration. Workflows can spawn dozens of agents and consume a large amount of tokens; the user must request that scale, not have it inferred. Explicit opt-in means one of:\n- The user included the keyword \"ultracode\" in their prompt (you'll see a system-reminder confirming it).\n- Ultracode is on for the session (a system-reminder confirms it) — see **Ultracode** in the workflow authoring reference.\n- The user directly asked you to run a workflow or use multi-agent orchestration in their own words (\"use a workflow\", \"run a workflow\", \"fan out agents\", \"orchestrate this with subagents\"). The ask must be in the user's words — a task that would merely benefit from a workflow does not count.\n- The user invoked a skill or slash command whose instructions tell you to call Workflow.\n- The user asked you to run a specific named or saved workflow.\n\nFor any other task — even one that would clearly benefit from parallelism — do NOT call this tool. Use the Agent tool (if available) for individual subagents, or briefly describe what a multi-agent workflow could do and how much it would roughly cost, and ask the user whether to run it. Mention they can ask for one with \"use a workflow\" in a future message to skip the ask.\n\nEvery script must begin with `export const meta = {...}`: a PURE LITERAL (no variables, calls or interpolation) giving the workflow's `name`, a one-line `description` (shown in the permission dialog) and optionally `phases` — one `{ title, detail? }` per phase() call, titles matched exactly. Pass the script inline via `script` — do not Write it to a file first, and do not also set the tool's `name` input (that selects a saved workflow); it is plain JavaScript, not TypeScript.\n\nThe canonical multi-stage pattern — pipeline by default, each dimension verifies as soon as its review completes:\n  export const meta = {\n    name: 'review-changes',\n    description: 'Review changed files across dimensions, verify each finding',\n    phases: [{ title: 'Review' }, { title: 'Verify' }],\n  }\n  const DIMENSIONS = [{key: 'bugs', prompt: '...'}, {key: 'perf', prompt: '...'}]\n  const results = await pipeline(\n    DIMENSIONS,\n    d => agent(d.prompt, {label: `review:${d.key}`, phase: 'Review', schema: FINDINGS_SCHEMA}),\n    review => parallel(review.findings.map(f => () =>\n      agent(`Adversarially verify: ${f.title}`, {label: `verify:${f.file}`, phase: 'Verify', schema: VERDICT_SCHEMA})\n        .then(v => ({...f, verdict: v}))\n    ))\n  )\n  const confirmed = results.flat().filter(Boolean).filter(f => f.verdict?.isReal)\n  return { confirmed }\n  // Dimension 'bugs' findings verify while dimension 'perf' is still reviewing. No wasted wall-clock.\n\nBefore writing a script, load the `workflow-authoring` skill — the workflow authoring reference: script API and gotchas, resume, the **Ultracode** section, quality patterns, worked examples.\n\nThis session has the default workflow size guideline: medium — keep workflows under 10 agents. This is a guideline, not a hard limit — follow it unless the user's prompt calls for a different scale. The user can raise or remove it with \"Dynamic workflow size\" in /config.",
        "input_schema": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "script": {
              "description": "Self-contained workflow script. Must begin with `export const meta = { name, description, phases }` (pure literal, no computed values) followed by the script body using agent()/parallel()/pipeline()/phase().",
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 524288
            },
            "name": {
              "description": "Name of a predefined workflow (built-in or from .claude/workflows/). Resolves to a self-contained script.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": {
              "description": "Ignored — set the workflow description in the script's `meta` block.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "title": {
              "description": "Ignored — set the workflow title in the script's `meta` block.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "args": {
              "description": "Optional input value exposed to the script as the global `args`, verbatim. Pass arrays/objects as actual JSON values, NOT as a JSON-encoded string — a stringified list breaks `args.filter`/`args.map` in the script. Use for parameterized named workflows (e.g. a research question)."
            },
            "scriptPath": {
              "description": "Path to a workflow script file on disk. Every Workflow invocation persists its script under the session directory and returns the path in the tool result. To iterate, edit that file with Write/Edit and re-invoke Workflow with the same `scriptPath` instead of re-sending the full script. Takes precedence over `script` and `name`.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "resumeFromRunId": {
              "description": "Run ID of a prior Workflow invocation to resume from. Completed agent() calls with unchanged (prompt, opts) return their cached results instantly; only edited or new calls re-run. Same-session only. Stop the prior run first (TaskStop) before resuming.",
              "type": "string",
              "pattern": "^wf_[a-z0-9-]{6,}$"
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Write",
      "description": "Writes a file to the local filesystem, overwriting if one exists.\n\nWhen to use: creating a new file, or fully replacing one you've already Read. Overwriting an existing file you haven't Read will fail. For partial changes, use Edit instead.",
      "schema": {
        "name": "Write",
        "description": "Writes a file to the local filesystem, overwriting if one exists.\n\nWhen to use: creating a new file, or fully replacing one you've already Read. Overwriting an existing file you haven't Read will fail. For partial changes, use Edit instead.",
        "input_schema": {
          "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
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"""Shared public-data primitives for the Yambda two-tower baseline."""
from __future__ import annotations

import sys
from dataclasses import dataclass
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Iterator

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
import torch
from torch import nn


DAY = 86_400
TRAIN_END = 24_786_800
VALIDATION_END = 25_393_400
LISTEN_POSITIVE_THRESHOLD = 50
PROFILE_LOOKBACK_DAYS = 120
LIKE_ITEMS = 48
DISLIKE_ITEMS = 24
TOP_N = 100


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class TowerConfig:
    sequence_length: int = 100
    embedding_dim: int = 192
    hidden_dim: int = 192
    user_hidden_1: int = 512
    user_hidden_2: int = 256
    item_hidden_1: int = 512
    item_hidden_2: int = 256
    dropout: float = 0.05
    epochs: int = 1
    learning_rate: float = 1.0e-3
    weight_decay: float = 1.0e-5
    gradient_clip: float = 2.0
    uniform_negatives: int = 24
    inbatch_negatives: int = 8
    inbatch_correction_power: float = 0.5
    inbatch_correction_min: float = 0.25
    inbatch_correction_max: float = 4.0
    seed: int = 29


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ListenEvents:
    timestamps: np.ndarray
    items: np.ndarray
    organic: np.ndarray
    completion_pct: np.ndarray


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ExplicitEvents:
    timestamps: np.ndarray
    items: np.ndarray
    channel: np.ndarray
    active: np.ndarray
    organic_like: np.ndarray


def log(message: str) -> None:
    print(message, file=sys.stderr, flush=True)


def build_item_features(catalog: pd.DataFrame) -> np.ndarray:
    """Return four standardized features built only from the public catalog."""
    positives = catalog.positive_listens.to_numpy(dtype=np.float64, copy=False)
    organic = catalog.organic_positive_listens.to_numpy(dtype=np.float64, copy=False)
    popularity_rank = catalog.popularity_rank.to_numpy(dtype=np.float64, copy=False)
    features = np.column_stack(
        [
            np.log1p(positives),
            np.log1p(organic),
            organic / np.maximum(positives, 1.0),
            1.0 - (popularity_rank - 1.0) / max(len(catalog) - 1, 1),
        ]
    )
    means = features.mean(axis=0, keepdims=True)
    scales = np.maximum(features.std(axis=0, keepdims=True), 1.0e-6)
    standardized = ((features - means) / scales).astype(np.float32)
    if not np.isfinite(standardized).all():
        raise RuntimeError("catalog features contain non-finite values")
    return standardized


def _combine_listen_chunks(parts: list[ListenEvents]) -> ListenEvents:
    if len(parts) == 1:
        return parts[0]
    timestamps = np.concatenate([part.timestamps for part in parts])
    items = np.concatenate([part.items for part in parts])
    organic = np.concatenate([part.organic for part in parts])
    completion = np.concatenate([part.completion_pct for part in parts])
    order = np.argsort(timestamps, kind="stable")
    return ListenEvents(
        timestamps=timestamps[order],
        items=items[order],
        organic=organic[order],
        completion_pct=completion[order],
    )


def iter_listen_users(
    path: Path, item_index: pd.Index
) -> Iterator[tuple[int, ListenEvents]]:
    """Stream one uid-sorted public listen file one user at a time."""
    parquet = pq.ParquetFile(path)
    pending_uid: int | None = None
    pending: list[ListenEvents] = []
    previous_uid = -1
    for batch in parquet.iter_batches(
        batch_size=750_000,
        columns=["uid", "timestamp", "item_id", "is_organic", "played_ratio_pct"],
    ):
        frame = batch.to_pandas()
        mapped = item_index.get_indexer(frame.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))
        keep = mapped >= 0
        if not np.any(keep):
            continue
        uids = frame.uid.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64, copy=False)[keep]
        timestamps = frame.timestamp.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64, copy=False)[keep]
        items = mapped[keep].astype(np.int32, copy=False)
        organic = frame.is_organic.to_numpy(dtype=np.uint8, copy=False)[keep]
        completion = frame.played_ratio_pct.to_numpy(dtype=np.uint16, copy=False)[keep]
        if np.any(uids[1:] < uids[:-1]):
            raise RuntimeError(f"{path.name} is not sorted by uid")
        boundaries = np.r_[
            0,
            np.flatnonzero(uids[1:] != uids[:-1]) + 1,
            len(uids),
        ]
        for start, end in zip(boundaries[:-1], boundaries[1:]):
            uid = int(uids[start])
            part = ListenEvents(
                timestamps[start:end].copy(),
                items[start:end].copy(),
                organic[start:end].copy(),
                completion[start:end].copy(),
            )
            if pending_uid is None:
                pending_uid = uid
            elif uid != pending_uid:
                if pending_uid < previous_uid:
                    raise RuntimeError(f"{path.name} user order regressed")
                yield pending_uid, _combine_listen_chunks(pending)
                previous_uid = pending_uid
                pending_uid = uid
                pending = []
            pending.append(part)
    if pending_uid is not None:
        yield pending_uid, _combine_listen_chunks(pending)


def merge_listen_streams(
    paths: list[Path], item_index: pd.Index
) -> Iterator[tuple[int, ListenEvents]]:
    """Merge uid-sorted public listen files without materializing them."""
    streams = [iter(iter_listen_users(path, item_index)) for path in paths]
    heads: list[tuple[int, ListenEvents] | None] = [
        next(stream, None) for stream in streams
    ]
    while any(head is not None for head in heads):
        uid = min(head[0] for head in heads if head is not None)
        parts: list[ListenEvents] = []
        for position, head in enumerate(heads):
            if head is not None and head[0] == uid:
                parts.append(head[1])
                heads[position] = next(streams[position], None)
        yield uid, _combine_listen_chunks(parts)


def load_explicit_events(
    data: Path,
    prefixes: tuple[str, ...],
    item_index: pd.Index,
) -> dict[int, ExplicitEvents]:
    """Load public explicit actions as chronological state changes."""
    specifications = (
        ("likes", 0, 1, 0),
        ("unlikes", 0, 0, 1),
        ("dislikes", 1, 1, 0),
        ("undislikes", 1, 0, 1),
    )
    parts: list[pd.DataFrame] = []
    for family, channel, active, tie_priority in specifications:
        for prefix in prefixes:
            frame = pd.read_parquet(
                data / f"{prefix}_{family}.parquet",
                columns=["uid", "timestamp", "item_id", "is_organic"],
            )
            mapped = item_index.get_indexer(
                frame.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64, copy=False)
            )
            keep = mapped >= 0
            if not np.any(keep):
                continue
            retained = frame.loc[keep, ["uid", "timestamp", "is_organic"]].copy()
            retained["item"] = mapped[keep].astype(np.int32, copy=False)
            retained["channel"] = np.int8(channel)
            retained["active"] = np.int8(active)
            retained["tie_priority"] = np.int8(tie_priority)
            retained["organic_like"] = np.int8(
                family == "likes"
            ) * retained.is_organic.astype(np.int8)
            parts.append(retained.drop(columns="is_organic"))
    if not parts:
        return {}
    events = pd.concat(parts, ignore_index=True)
    events = events.sort_values(
        ["uid", "timestamp", "tie_priority"], kind="mergesort"
    ).reset_index(drop=True)
    result: dict[int, ExplicitEvents] = {}
    for uid, rows in events.groupby("uid", sort=False):
        result[int(uid)] = ExplicitEvents(
            timestamps=rows.timestamp.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64, copy=True),
            items=rows.item.to_numpy(dtype=np.int32, copy=True),
            channel=rows.channel.to_numpy(dtype=np.int8, copy=True),
            active=rows.active.to_numpy(dtype=np.int8, copy=True),
            organic_like=rows.organic_like.to_numpy(dtype=np.int8, copy=True),
        )
    log(f"loaded explicit events: rows={len(events):,} users={len(result):,}")
    return result


def empty_explicit_events() -> ExplicitEvents:
    return ExplicitEvents(
        timestamps=np.empty(0, dtype=np.int64),
        items=np.empty(0, dtype=np.int32),
        channel=np.empty(0, dtype=np.int8),
        active=np.empty(0, dtype=np.int8),
        organic_like=np.empty(0, dtype=np.int8),
    )


def pack_active_items(
    active: dict[int, int], width: int, padding_item: int
) -> np.ndarray:
    packed = np.full(width, padding_item, dtype=np.uint16)
    if not active:
        return packed
    ordered = sorted(active.items(), key=lambda pair: (-pair[1], pair[0]))[:width]
    packed[: len(ordered)] = np.fromiter(
        (item for item, _ in ordered), dtype=np.uint16, count=len(ordered)
    )
    return packed


def load_inference_state(
    path: Path,
    item_index: pd.Index,
    uids: np.ndarray,
    n_items: int,
) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
    """Pack the task-provided active explicit state."""
    state = pd.read_parquet(path, columns=["uid", "item_id", "state"])
    mapped = item_index.get_indexer(state.item_id.to_numpy(dtype=np.int64))
    keep = mapped >= 0
    state = state.loc[keep, ["uid", "state"]].copy()
    state["item"] = mapped[keep].astype(np.int32, copy=False)
    user_rows = pd.Index(uids)
    liked = np.full((len(uids), LIKE_ITEMS), n_items, dtype=np.uint16)
    disliked = np.full((len(uids), DISLIKE_ITEMS), n_items, dtype=np.uint16)
    like_counts = np.zeros(len(uids), dtype=np.int32)
    dislike_counts = np.zeros(len(uids), dtype=np.int32)
    for value, width, destination, counts in (
        ("liked", LIKE_ITEMS, liked, like_counts),
        ("disliked", DISLIKE_ITEMS, disliked, dislike_counts),
    ):
        selected = state[state.state == value]
        for uid, rows in selected.groupby("uid", sort=False):
            row = int(user_rows.get_indexer([int(uid)])[0])
            if row < 0:
                continue
            items = np.sort(rows.item.unique())
            counts[row] = len(items)
            retained = items[:width]
            destination[row, : len(retained)] = retained.astype(np.uint16)
    return liked, disliked, like_counts, dislike_counts


class SequentialTwoTower(nn.Module):
    """Order-sensitive user tower and independent catalog-aware item tower."""

    def __init__(self, item_features: np.ndarray, config: TowerConfig) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        n_items, n_item_features = item_features.shape
        dim = config.embedding_dim
        self.n_items = n_items
        self.context_embedding = nn.Embedding(
            n_items + 1, dim, padding_idx=n_items
        )
        self.event_projection = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(dim + 3, config.hidden_dim),
            nn.GELU(),
        )
        self.sequence_encoder = nn.GRU(
            input_size=config.hidden_dim,
            hidden_size=dim,
            num_layers=1,
            batch_first=True,
        )
        self.user_tower = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(dim * 3 + 6, config.user_hidden_1),
            nn.GELU(),
            nn.Dropout(config.dropout),
            nn.Linear(config.user_hidden_1, config.user_hidden_2),
            nn.GELU(),
            nn.Dropout(config.dropout),
            nn.Linear(config.user_hidden_2, dim),
        )
        self.candidate_embedding = nn.Embedding(n_items, dim)
        self.register_buffer(
            "item_features", torch.from_numpy(item_features), persistent=True
        )
        self.item_tower = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(dim + n_item_features, config.item_hidden_1),
            nn.GELU(),
            nn.Dropout(config.dropout),
            nn.Linear(config.item_hidden_1, config.item_hidden_2),
            nn.GELU(),
            nn.Dropout(config.dropout),
            nn.Linear(config.item_hidden_2, dim),
        )
        nn.init.normal_(self.context_embedding.weight, std=0.02)
        nn.init.normal_(self.candidate_embedding.weight, std=0.02)
        with torch.no_grad():
            self.context_embedding.weight[n_items].zero_()

    def _mean_context_channel(self, items: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        mask = items.ne(self.n_items)
        vectors = self.context_embedding(items)
        return (vectors * mask.unsqueeze(-1)).sum(dim=1) / mask.sum(
            dim=1, keepdim=True
        ).clamp_min(1)

    def encode_items(self, items: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        inputs = torch.cat(
            [self.candidate_embedding(items), self.item_features[items]], dim=1
        )
        return self.item_tower(inputs)


def invalid_negative_mask(
    negatives: torch.Tensor,
    targets: torch.Tensor,
    context_items: torch.Tensor,
    liked_items: torch.Tensor,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Identify targets, known positives, active likes, and row duplicates."""
    invalid = negatives.eq(targets[:, None])
    invalid |= negatives[:, :, None].eq(context_items[:, None, :]).any(dim=2)
    invalid |= negatives[:, :, None].eq(liked_items[:, None, :]).any(dim=2)
    for column in range(1, negatives.shape[1]):
        invalid[:, column] |= negatives[:, column, None].eq(
            negatives[:, :column]
        ).any(dim=1)
    return invalid


def draw_filtered_mixed_negatives(
    targets: torch.Tensor,
    context_items: torch.Tensor,
    liked_items: torch.Tensor,
    n_items: int,
    uniform_count: int,
    inbatch_count: int,
    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Draw uniform and unique-target in-batch negatives."""
    batch_size = len(targets)
    uniform = torch.randint(
        n_items,
        (batch_size, uniform_count),
        generator=generator,
        device="cpu",
    )
    inbatch = torch.empty((batch_size, 0), dtype=torch.long, device="cpu")
    corrected_count = 0
    if inbatch_count:
        unique_targets = torch.unique(targets.detach().cpu())
        corrected_count = min(inbatch_count, max(len(unique_targets) - 1, 0))
        if corrected_count:
            priorities = torch.rand(
                (batch_size, len(unique_targets)), generator=generator
            )
            priorities.masked_fill_(
                unique_targets[None, :].eq(targets.detach().cpu()[:, None]),
                -1.0,
            )
            columns = torch.topk(priorities, k=corrected_count, dim=1).indices
            inbatch = unique_targets[columns]
        if corrected_count < inbatch_count:
            filler = torch.randint(
                n_items,
                (batch_size, inbatch_count - corrected_count),
                generator=generator,
                device="cpu",
            )
            inbatch = torch.cat([inbatch, filler], dim=1)

    negatives_cpu = torch.cat([uniform, inbatch], dim=1)
    correction_cpu = torch.ones_like(negatives_cpu, dtype=torch.float32)
    if corrected_count:
        correction_cpu[
            :, uniform_count : uniform_count + corrected_count
        ] = item_correction[inbatch[:, :corrected_count]]
    negatives = negatives_cpu.to(device)
    correction = correction_cpu.to(device)
    for _ in range(32):
        invalid = invalid_negative_mask(
            negatives, targets, context_items, liked_items
        )
        if not bool(invalid.any()):
            return negatives, correction
        replacements = torch.randint(
            n_items,
            (int(invalid.sum().detach().cpu()),),
            generator=generator,
            device="cpu",
        ).to(device)
        negatives[invalid] = replacements
        correction[invalid] = 1.0
    invalid = invalid_negative_mask(
        negatives, targets, context_items, liked_items
    )
    if bool(invalid.any()):
        raise RuntimeError("mixed negative resampling failed false-negative filter")
    return negatives, correction
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Score a validation-stage ranking against public discovery labels.

``build_task.py`` publishes this module with the solver-visible task files. It
loads target users, validation eligibility, and validation-window events from
the adjacent ``data`` directory, then evaluates one ranking supplied on the
command line. Stage-independent mechanics come from the adjacent public
``ranking_evaluation.py`` module. The builder installs the same checked-in
module in the private judge, so public and private scoring mechanics cannot
drift. A relevant candidate receives grade 3 for an organic like or grade 1 for
an organic listen with at least 80 percent completion; a like takes precedence
when both events exist.

Before scoring, the ranking must contain exactly 100 distinct eligible items
for every target user, with integer-valued ``uid``, ``item_id``, and ``rank``
columns and ranks 1 through 100 exactly once per user. Extra columns are
ignored. Quality is graded NDCG@10, averaged only over users who have at least
one eligible relevant item in the validation window.

The evaluator prints a JSON object containing the model path and scores. It
does not apply the task's pass threshold; its purpose is model development and
selection. The private judge applies the threshold to the final submission.

Usage::

    python evaluate_public.py <validation-ranking.parquet|csv>
"""
from __future__ import annotations

import json
import sys
from pathlib import Path

import pandas as pd

from ranking_evaluation import (
    CandidateSet,
    RankingValidationError,
    ranked_items,
    read_ranking,
    score_rankings,
    validate_ranking,
)


HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
DATA = HERE / "data"
LISTEN_STRONG = 80


def validation_truth(
    eligibility: CandidateSet, targets: set[int]
) -> dict[int, dict[int, int]]:
    """Build cutoff-correct graded relevance from public validation events.

    Only target-user events for eligible candidates are retained. Organic
    listens completed to at least 80 percent receive grade 1, and organic likes
    receive grade 3. Repeated user-item events are collapsed, and processing
    likes second ensures that grade 3 wins over grade 1.

    Args:
        eligibility: Validation-cutoff candidate membership service.
        targets: Complete set of target user IDs.

    Returns:
        A nested ``uid -> item_id -> grade`` mapping. Users without an eligible
        relevant event are omitted.
    """
    listens = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "val_listens.parquet")
    likes = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "val_likes.parquet")
    strong = listens[
        listens.uid.isin(targets)
        & (listens.is_organic == 1)
        & (listens.played_ratio_pct >= LISTEN_STRONG)
    ][["uid", "item_id"]].drop_duplicates()
    organic_likes = likes[
        likes.uid.isin(targets) & (likes.is_organic == 1)
    ][["uid", "item_id"]].drop_duplicates()

    graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]] = {}
    for raw_uid, raw_item in strong.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
        uid, item = int(raw_uid), int(raw_item)
        if eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item):
            graded.setdefault(uid, {})[item] = 1
    for raw_uid, raw_item in organic_likes.itertuples(index=False, name=None):
        uid, item = int(raw_uid), int(raw_item)
        if eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item):
            graded.setdefault(uid, {})[item] = 3
    return graded


def load_submission(
    path: Path, eligibility: CandidateSet, targets: set[int]
) -> dict[int, list[int]]:
    """Load and validate a public validation ranking.

    Files ending in ``.parquet`` are read as parquet; every other suffix is
    read as CSV. The required columns must be integer-valued, cover exactly the
    target-user set, contain 100 rows and ranks 1 through 100 per user, avoid
    duplicate user-item pairs, and contain only cutoff-eligible items.

    Args:
        path: Ranking file to read.
        eligibility: Validation-cutoff candidate membership service.
        targets: Exact set of users the ranking must cover.

    Returns:
        A ``uid -> ranked item IDs`` mapping ordered by ascending rank.

    Raises:
        ValueError: If the ranking violates the required schema or invariants.
    """
    frame = validate_ranking(read_ranking(path), targets)
    if not all(
        eligibility.is_eligible(uid, item)
        for uid, item in frame[["uid", "item_id"]].itertuples(index=False, name=None)
    ):
        raise RankingValidationError(
            "submission contains an item rejected by eligibility service"
        )
    return ranked_items(frame)


def score(
    ranked: dict[int, list[int]],
    graded: dict[int, dict[int, int]],
) -> dict[str, float | int]:
    """Aggregate per-user NDCG@10 over users with public relevance labels.

    Args:
        ranked: Ranked item IDs for every target user.
        graded: Eligible validation relevance keyed by user and item.

    Returns:
        The six-decimal ``quality_ndcg@10`` value and number of scored users.
    """
    return score_rankings(ranked, graded)


def main() -> None:
    """Run the public evaluator CLI and print its JSON score report."""
    targets_frame = pd.read_parquet(DATA / "target_users.parquet")
    targets = set(targets_frame.uid.astype(int))
    eligibility = CandidateSet(DATA / "validation_eligible_candidates.npz")
    graded = validation_truth(eligibility, targets)

    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        raise SystemExit(
            "usage: evaluate_public.py <validation-ranking.parquet|csv>"
        )
    path = Path(sys.argv[1])
    ranked = load_submission(path, eligibility, targets)
    print(json.dumps({"model": str(path), "scores": score(ranked, graded)}, indent=2))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14977519 tokens left</total_tokens>"
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  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
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  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
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The training script is 2164 lines, so I should kick off the baseline run in the background right away and read through the script in parallel, focusing on the training objective and negative sampling logic while it runs.

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The trainer is long, so I'll kick off the baseline backtest in the background now and read the script while it runs.

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cp /task/current_model/*.py /app/solution/ && cd /app/solution && mkdir -p baseline && (time python /app/solution/train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task --output /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet) > /app/solution/baseline/run.log 2>&1; python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet >> /app/solution/baseline/run.log 2>&1

Options

{
  "timeout": 3600000,
  "run_in_background": true
}

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Session cwd remains /app; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
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cd /task/current_model && grep -n "^def \|^class \|^    def \|argparse\|add_argument" train_current_model.py | head -150

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20:import argparse
41:class Config:
76:class CandidateSet:
82:    def read(cls, path: Path) -> "CandidateSet":
99:class SequenceData:
118:    def lengths(self) -> np.ndarray:
122:    def target_count(self) -> int:
127:class TargetPartition:
136:    def selected_count(self) -> int:
140:def log(message: str) -> None:
144:def seed_everything(seed: int) -> None:
150:def model_config(config: Config) -> base.TowerConfig:
174:def append_state_snapshot(
190:def causal_activity_features(
247:def build_sequence_parts(
314:def final_user_features(
341:def prepare_data(
471:def cache_metadata(stage: str, config: Config) -> dict[str, object]:
481:def save_cache(
493:def load_cache(path: Path, stage: str, config: Config) -> SequenceData:
511:def load_or_prepare(
534:def build_item_correction(
578:def build_known_positive_filter(
609:def invalid_full_history_negatives(
630:def draw_full_history_filtered_negatives(
724:def draw_training_negatives(
763:def event_sequence(
774:def pool_explicit_states(
798:def user_queries(
813:def candidate_vectors(
828:def history_windows(
845:def corrected_negative_loss(
867:def retained_target_window_starts(
888:def chronological_target_partition(
914:def load_organic_like_outcomes(
955:def build_target_weights(
1035:def build_dense_block(
1111:def score_target_microbatches(
1198:def release_accelerator_cache(device: torch.device) -> None:
1203:def run_training_epoch(
1364:def evaluate_validation_bce(
1488:def snapshot_model(model: nn.Module) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
1495:def save_epoch_checkpoint(
1521:def train_model(
1782:def inference_queries(
1861:def rank_candidates(
1912:def write_ranking(frame: pd.DataFrame, output: Path) -> None:
1922:def main() -> int:
1923:    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
1924:    parser.add_argument(
1927:    parser.add_argument("--output", type=Path, required=True)
1928:    parser.add_argument("--public-dir", type=Path, required=True)
1929:    parser.add_argument("--prepared-cache", type=Path)
1930:    parser.add_argument("--device", choices=("cpu", "mps"), default="cpu")
1931:    parser.add_argument("--threads", type=int, default=8)
1932:    parser.add_argument("--bptt-steps", type=int, default=Config.bptt_steps)
1933:    parser.add_argument(
1936:    parser.add_argument("--epochs", type=int, default=Config.epochs)
1937:    parser.add_argument("--learning-rate", type=float, default=Config.learning_rate)
1938:    parser.add_argument(
1943:    parser.add_argument(
1948:    parser.add_argument(
1953:    parser.add_argument(
1958:    parser.add_argument(
1963:    parser.add_argument(
1968:    parser.add_argument(
1973:    parser.add_argument(
1978:    parser.add_argument(
1984:    parser.add_argument(
1990:    parser.add_argument(
1995:    parser.add_argument(
2000:    parser.add_argument("--checkpoint-dir", type=Path)
2001:    parser.add_argument("--resume-checkpoint", type=Path)
2002:    parser.add_argument("--seed", type=int, default=Config.seed)
2003:    parser.add_argument("--ranking-batch-size", type=int, default=64)
2004:    parser.add_argument("--prepare-only", action="store_true")
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Read trainer header, Config, and data classes

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Train the Yambda windowed two-tower baseline.

Every catalog listen with at least 50 percent completion is a sequence token.
Within each selected chronological window, every adjacent target contributes a
loss.  The fast default retains each user's most recent 128 training targets and
16 held-out validation targets; passing zero for either cap restores the
uncapped behavior for that side of the split.  A 100-step truncated-BPTT block
computes all of its timestep losses and carries the detached GRU hidden state
into the next block.

The model is a pure two-tower retriever: no user-ID embedding, no output
normalization, raw dot-product retrieval, sample-weighted binary cross entropy,
and 24 uniform plus eight propensity-corrected unique in-batch negatives. Every
selected adjacent target retains a nonzero weight. Only files under the supplied
public directory are read.
"""
from __future__ import annotations

import argparse
import json
import random
import sys
import time
from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass
from pathlib import Path

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import torch
from torch import nn
from torch.nn import functional as F

import two_tower_model as base


CACHE_VERSION = 2


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Config:
    bptt_steps: int = 100
    user_batch_size: int = 64
    embedding_dim: int = 192
    hidden_dim: int = 192
    user_hidden_1: int = 512
    user_hidden_2: int = 256
    item_hidden_1: int = 512
    item_hidden_2: int = 256
    dropout: float = 0.05
    epochs: int = 1
    learning_rate: float = 1.0e-3
    weight_decay: float = 1.0e-5
    gradient_clip: float = 2.0
    loss_microbatch_size: int = 65_536
    uniform_negatives: int = 24
    inbatch_negatives: int = 8
    inbatch_correction_power: float = 0.5
    inbatch_correction_min: float = 0.25
    inbatch_correction_max: float = 4.0
    negative_filter_scope: str = "full-training-history"
    target_weighting: str = "organic-strong"
    ordinary_target_weight: float = 0.25
    organic_strong_target_weight: float = 1.0
    organic_like_target_weight: float = 3.0
    discovery_horizon_days: int = 7
    validation_fraction: float = 0.10
    max_train_targets_per_user: int = 128
    max_validation_targets_per_user: int = 16
    early_stopping_patience: int = 1
    early_stopping_min_delta: float = 1.0e-4
    seed: int = 29


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class CandidateSet:
    uids: np.ndarray
    item_ids: np.ndarray
    packed: np.ndarray

    @classmethod
    def read(cls, path: Path) -> "CandidateSet":
        with np.load(path, allow_pickle=False) as artifact:
            result = cls(
                uids=artifact["uids"].astype(np.int64, copy=True),
                item_ids=artifact["item_ids"].astype(np.int64, copy=True),
                packed=artifact["packed_eligible"].astype(np.uint8, copy=True),
            )
        expected = (len(result.uids), (len(result.item_ids) + 7) // 8)
        if result.packed.shape != expected:
            raise ValueError(
                f"invalid candidate artifact shape {result.packed.shape}; "
                f"expected {expected}"
            )
        return result


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class SequenceData:
    item_ids: np.ndarray
    item_features: np.ndarray
    user_ids: np.ndarray
    offsets: np.ndarray
    sequence_timestamps: np.ndarray
    sequence_items: np.ndarray
    event_features: np.ndarray
    activity_features: np.ndarray
    state_ids: np.ndarray
    liked_states: np.ndarray
    disliked_states: np.ndarray
    state_counts: np.ndarray
    inference_user_rows: np.ndarray
    inference_liked_items: np.ndarray
    inference_disliked_items: np.ndarray
    inference_user_features: np.ndarray

    @property
    def lengths(self) -> np.ndarray:
        return np.diff(self.offsets)

    @property
    def target_count(self) -> int:
        return int(np.maximum(self.lengths - 1, 0).sum())


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class TargetPartition:
    """A contiguous recent target window and its chronological BCE split."""

    window_starts: np.ndarray
    training_counts: np.ndarray
    validation_counts: np.ndarray
    history_training_counts: np.ndarray

    @property
    def selected_count(self) -> int:
        return int(self.training_counts.sum() + self.validation_counts.sum())


def log(message: str) -> None:
    print(message, file=sys.stderr, flush=True)


def seed_everything(seed: int) -> None:
    random.seed(seed)
    np.random.seed(seed)
    torch.manual_seed(seed)


def model_config(config: Config) -> base.TowerConfig:
    """Map the dense trainer configuration onto the unchanged tower."""
    return base.TowerConfig(
        sequence_length=config.bptt_steps,
        embedding_dim=config.embedding_dim,
        hidden_dim=config.hidden_dim,
        user_hidden_1=config.user_hidden_1,
        user_hidden_2=config.user_hidden_2,
        item_hidden_1=config.item_hidden_1,
        item_hidden_2=config.item_hidden_2,
        dropout=config.dropout,
        epochs=config.epochs,
        learning_rate=config.learning_rate,
        weight_decay=config.weight_decay,
        gradient_clip=config.gradient_clip,
        uniform_negatives=config.uniform_negatives,
        inbatch_negatives=config.inbatch_negatives,
        inbatch_correction_power=config.inbatch_correction_power,
        inbatch_correction_min=config.inbatch_correction_min,
        inbatch_correction_max=config.inbatch_correction_max,
        seed=config.seed,
    )


def append_state_snapshot(
    active_likes: dict[int, int],
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def build_item_correction(
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    target_starts: np.ndarray,
    target_counts: np.ndarray,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Estimate in-batch propensities from the selected training targets."""
    counts = np.zeros(len(prepared.item_ids), dtype=np.float64)
    for user_row, count in enumerate(target_counts):
        if not count:
            continue
        offset = int(prepared.offsets[user_row])
        target_start = int(target_starts[user_row])
        counts += np.bincount(
            prepared.sequence_items[
                offset
                + target_start
                + 1 : offset
                + target_start
                + int(count)
                + 1
            ].astype(np.int64),
            minlength=len(prepared.item_ids),
        )
    total = float(counts.sum())
    probabilities = (counts + 1.0) / (total + len(counts))
    raw = np.power(
        (1.0 / len(counts)) / probabilities,
        config.inbatch_correction_power,
    )
    normalization = float(np.sum(counts * raw) / max(total, 1.0))
    correction = np.clip(
        raw / max(normalization, 1.0e-12),
        config.inbatch_correction_min,
        config.inbatch_correction_max,
    ).astype(np.float32)
    mean_on_targets = float(np.sum(counts * correction) / max(total, 1.0))
    log(
        f"inbatch correction: min={correction.min():.3f} "
        f"mean_on_targets={mean_on_targets:.3f} max={correction.max():.3f}"
    )
    return torch.from_numpy(correction)


def build_known_positive_filter(
    prepared: SequenceData, training_counts: np.ndarray
) -> np.ndarray:
    """Pack each user's complete public-training positive-item set."""
    width = (len(prepared.item_ids) + 7) // 8
    packed = np.zeros((len(prepared.user_ids), width), dtype=np.uint8)
    retained = 0
    for user_row, target_count in enumerate(training_counts):
        if not target_count:
            continue
        offset = int(prepared.offsets[user_row])
        # T adjacent targets consume sequence positions 0 through T.  The
        # chronological BCE suffix starts at T + 1 and is intentionally absent.
        items = np.unique(
            prepared.sequence_items[
                offset : offset + int(target_count) + 1
            ].astype(np.int64)
        )
        byte_columns = items >> 3
        bit_values = np.left_shift(
            np.uint8(1), (items & 7).astype(np.uint8)
        )
        np.bitwise_or.at(packed[user_row], byte_columns, bit_values)
        retained += len(items)
    log(
        f"full-history false-negative filter: users={len(prepared.user_ids):,} "
        f"unique_user_items={retained:,} bytes={packed.nbytes:,}"
    )
    return packed


def invalid_full_history_negatives(
    negatives: np.ndarray,
    targets: np.ndarray,
    user_rows: np.ndarray,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray,
    liked_items: np.ndarray,
) -> np.ndarray:
    """Return row-level invalid negatives using the complete training prefix."""
    byte_columns = negatives >> 3
    bit_columns = negatives & 7
    known = known_positive_packed[user_rows[:, None], byte_columns]
    invalid = ((known >> bit_columns) & 1).astype(bool)
    invalid |= negatives == targets[:, None]
    invalid |= (negatives[:, :, None] == liked_items[:, None, :]).any(axis=2)
    for column in range(1, negatives.shape[1]):
        invalid[:, column] |= (
            negatives[:, column, None] == negatives[:, :column]
        ).any(axis=1)
    return invalid


def draw_full_history_filtered_negatives(
    targets: torch.Tensor,
    user_rows: np.ndarray,
    liked_items: torch.Tensor,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray,
    n_items: int,
    config: Config,
    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Draw mixed negatives and reject all known public-training positives."""
    targets_cpu = targets.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    liked_cpu = liked_items.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    batch_size = len(targets_cpu)
    uniform = torch.randint(
        n_items,
        (batch_size, config.uniform_negatives),
        generator=generator,
        device="cpu",
    )
    inbatch = torch.empty((batch_size, 0), dtype=torch.long)
    corrected_count = 0
    if config.inbatch_negatives:
        unique_targets = torch.unique(targets.detach().cpu())
        corrected_count = min(
            config.inbatch_negatives, max(len(unique_targets) - 1, 0)
        )
        if corrected_count:
            priorities = torch.rand(
                (batch_size, len(unique_targets)), generator=generator
            )
            priorities.masked_fill_(
                unique_targets[None, :].eq(
                    torch.from_numpy(targets_cpu)[:, None]
                ),
                -1.0,
            )
            columns = torch.topk(
                priorities, k=corrected_count, dim=1
            ).indices
            inbatch = unique_targets[columns]
        if corrected_count < config.inbatch_negatives:
            filler = torch.randint(
                n_items,
                (batch_size, config.inbatch_negatives - corrected_count),
                generator=generator,
                device="cpu",
            )
            inbatch = torch.cat([inbatch, filler], dim=1)

    negatives = torch.cat([uniform, inbatch], dim=1).numpy()
    correction = np.ones_like(negatives, dtype=np.float32)
    if corrected_count:
        correction[
            :, config.uniform_negatives : config.uniform_negatives + corrected_count
        ] = item_correction[inbatch[:, :corrected_count]].numpy()
    for _ in range(32):
        invalid = invalid_full_history_negatives(
            negatives,
            targets_cpu,
            user_rows,
            known_positive_packed,
            liked_cpu,
        )
        if not np.any(invalid):
            return (
                torch.from_numpy(negatives).to(device),
                torch.from_numpy(correction).to(device),
            )
        replacements = torch.randint(
            n_items,
            (int(invalid.sum()),),
            generator=generator,
            device="cpu",
        ).numpy()
        negatives[invalid] = replacements
        # Rejected in-batch items become ordinary uniform draws.
        correction[invalid] = 1.0
    invalid = invalid_full_history_negatives(
        negatives,
        targets_cpu,
        user_rows,
        known_positive_packed,
        liked_cpu,
    )
    if np.any(invalid):
        raise RuntimeError("full-history negative resampling failed")
    return (
        torch.from_numpy(negatives).to(device),
        torch.from_numpy(correction).to(device),
    )


def draw_training_negatives(
    positive_items: torch.Tensor,
    known_history: torch.Tensor,
    liked_items: torch.Tensor,
    user_rows: np.ndarray,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history":
        if known_positive_packed is None:
            raise RuntimeError("full-history negative filter was not built")
        return draw_full_history_filtered_negatives(
            positive_items,
            user_rows,
            liked_items,
            known_positive_packed,
            len(prepared.item_ids),
            config,
            item_correction,
            generator,
            device,
        )
    return base.draw_filtered_mixed_negatives(
        positive_items,
        known_history,
        liked_items,
        len(prepared.item_ids),
        config.uniform_negatives,
        config.inbatch_negatives,
        item_correction,
        generator,
        device,
    )


def event_sequence(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    items: torch.Tensor,
    features: torch.Tensor,
    hidden: torch.Tensor,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    inputs = torch.cat([model.context_embedding(items), features], dim=-1)
    projected = model.event_projection(inputs)
    return model.sequence_encoder(projected, hidden)


def pool_explicit_states(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    state_ids: np.ndarray,
    device: torch.device,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    unique_states, inverse = np.unique(state_ids, return_inverse=True)
    liked_items = torch.from_numpy(
        prepared.liked_states[unique_states].astype(np.int64)
    ).to(device)
    disliked_items = torch.from_numpy(
        prepared.disliked_states[unique_states].astype(np.int64)
    ).to(device)
    liked_vectors = model._mean_context_channel(liked_items)
    disliked_vectors = model._mean_context_channel(disliked_items)
    inverse_rows = torch.from_numpy(inverse.astype(np.int64)).to(device)
    counts = prepared.state_counts[state_ids]
    return (
        liked_vectors[inverse_rows],
        disliked_vectors[inverse_rows],
        torch.from_numpy(counts.astype(np.float32)).to(device),
    )


def user_queries(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    sequence_vectors: torch.Tensor,
    liked_vectors: torch.Tensor,
    disliked_vectors: torch.Tensor,
    user_features: torch.Tensor,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    return model.user_tower(
        torch.cat(
            [sequence_vectors, liked_vectors, disliked_vectors, user_features],
            dim=1,
        )
    )


def candidate_vectors(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    positives: torch.Tensor,
    negatives: torch.Tensor,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    all_items = torch.cat([positives, negatives.reshape(-1)])
    unique_items, inverse = torch.unique(all_items, return_inverse=True)
    encoded = model.encode_items(unique_items)
    positive_vectors = encoded[inverse[: len(positives)]]
    negative_vectors = encoded[inverse[len(positives) :]].reshape(
        len(positives), negatives.shape[1], -1
    )
    return positive_vectors, negative_vectors


def history_windows(
    sequence: np.ndarray,
    start: int,
    count: int,
    width: int,
    padding_item: int,
) -> np.ndarray:
    base_start = max(0, start - width + 1)
    segment = sequence[base_start : start + count]
    padded = np.concatenate(
        [np.full(width - 1, padding_item, dtype=np.uint16), segment]
    )
    windows = np.lib.stride_tricks.sliding_window_view(padded, width)
    offset = start - base_start
    return windows[offset : offset + count].copy()


def corrected_negative_loss(
    logits: torch.Tensor,
    correction: torch.Tensor,
    config: Config,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    raw = F.softplus(logits)
    total = config.uniform_negatives + config.inbatch_negatives
    result = torch.zeros(len(logits), device=logits.device)
    if config.uniform_negatives:
        result += config.uniform_negatives * raw[
            :, : config.uniform_negatives
        ].mean(dim=1)
    if config.inbatch_negatives:
        selected = slice(config.uniform_negatives, total)
        weights = correction[:, selected]
        result += config.inbatch_negatives * (
            (raw[:, selected] * weights).sum(dim=1)
            / weights.sum(dim=1).clamp_min(1.0e-6)
        )
    return result / total


def retained_target_window_starts(
    total_targets: np.ndarray,
    validation_counts: np.ndarray,
    training_counts: np.ndarray,
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I want to keep reading through the training epoch logic, score_target_microbatches, train_model, and prepare_data, so I'll pull in larger chunks of the file at once.

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def build_dense_block(
    prepared: SequenceData,
    target_weights: np.ndarray,
    users: np.ndarray,
    window_starts: np.ndarray,
    process_counts: np.ndarray,
    score_starts: np.ndarray,
    start: int,
    steps: int,
    config: Config,
) -> tuple[np.ndarray, ...]:
    """Build one causal sequence block and mark the target rows to score."""
    batch_size = len(users)
    padding_item = len(prepared.item_ids)
    input_items = np.full((batch_size, steps), padding_item, dtype=np.uint16)
    event_features = np.zeros((batch_size, steps, 3), dtype=np.float16)
    activity_features = np.zeros((batch_size, steps, 4), dtype=np.float16)
    state_ids = np.zeros((batch_size, steps), dtype=np.uint32)
    targets = np.zeros((batch_size, steps), dtype=np.uint16)
    weights = np.ones((batch_size, steps), dtype=np.float32)
    scored = np.zeros((batch_size, steps), dtype=bool)
    histories = np.full(
        (batch_size, steps, config.bptt_steps),
        padding_item,
        dtype=np.uint16,
    )
    processed = np.zeros(batch_size, dtype=np.int32)

    lengths = prepared.lengths
    for row, user_row in enumerate(users):
        count = min(steps, max(int(process_counts[row]) - start, 0))
        if not count:
            continue
        offset = int(prepared.offsets[user_row])
        window_start = int(window_starts[row])
        absolute_start = window_start + start
        positions = slice(
            offset + absolute_start,
            offset + absolute_start + count,
        )
        target_positions = slice(
            offset + absolute_start + 1,
            offset + absolute_start + count + 1,
        )
        input_items[row, :count] = prepared.sequence_items[positions]
        event_features[row, :count] = prepared.event_features[positions]
        activity_features[row, :count] = prepared.activity_features[positions]
        state_ids[row, :count] = prepared.state_ids[positions]
        targets[row, :count] = prepared.sequence_items[target_positions]
        weights[row, :count] = target_weights[target_positions]
        score_from = min(count, max(int(score_starts[row]) - start, 0))
        scored[row, score_from:count] = True
        processed[row] = count
        user_sequence = prepared.sequence_items[
            offset : offset + int(lengths[user_row])
        ]
        histories[row, :count] = history_windows(
            user_sequence,
            absolute_start,
            count,
            config.bptt_steps,
            padding_item,
        )
    return (
        input_items,
        event_features,
        activity_features,
        state_ids,
        targets,
        scored,
        histories,
        processed,
        weights,
    )


def score_target_microbatches(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    sequence_vectors: torch.Tensor,
    flat_states: np.ndarray,
    flat_activity: np.ndarray,
    positive_items: torch.Tensor,
    negatives: torch.Tensor,
    negative_weights: torch.Tensor,
    sample_weights: np.ndarray,
    device: torch.device,
    backward: bool,
) -> tuple[dict[str, float], torch.Tensor | None]:
    """Compute one logical block's exact BCE in bounded-memory slices."""
    target_count = len(positive_items)
    total_weight = float(sample_weights.sum())
    if total_weight <= 0:
        raise RuntimeError("target block has no positive sample weight")
    sequence_gradient = torch.zeros_like(sequence_vectors) if backward else None
    statistics = {
        "loss_sum": 0.0,
        "positive_sum": 0.0,
        "negative_sum": 0.0,
        "pair_correct": 0.0,
        "weight_sum": 0.0,
    }
    for begin in range(0, target_count, config.loss_microbatch_size):
        end = min(begin + config.loss_microbatch_size, target_count)
        selected_states = flat_states[begin:end]
        if backward:
            sequence_input = (
                sequence_vectors[begin:end].detach().requires_grad_(True)
            )
        else:
            sequence_input = sequence_vectors[begin:end]
        liked_vectors, disliked_vectors, _ = pool_explicit_states(
            model, prepared, selected_states, device
        )
        counts = prepared.state_counts[selected_states]
        numeric = np.zeros((end - begin, 6), dtype=np.float32)
        numeric[:, :4] = flat_activity[begin:end]
        numeric[:, 4] = np.log1p(counts[:, 0]) / 6.0
        numeric[:, 5] = np.log1p(counts[:, 1]) / 4.0
        query_vectors = user_queries(
            model,
            sequence_input,
            liked_vectors,
            disliked_vectors,
            torch.from_numpy(numeric).to(device),
        )
        positive_vectors, negative_vectors = candidate_vectors(
            model,
            positive_items[begin:end],
            negatives[begin:end],
        )
        positive_logits = (query_vectors * positive_vectors).sum(dim=1)
        negative_logits = torch.einsum(
            "bd,bkd->bk", query_vectors, negative_vectors
        )
        positive_loss = F.softplus(-positive_logits)
        negative_loss = corrected_negative_loss(
            negative_logits, negative_weights[begin:end], config
        )
        selected_weights = torch.from_numpy(
            sample_weights[begin:end].astype(np.float32, copy=False)
        ).to(device)
        loss_sum = (
            selected_weights * (positive_loss + negative_loss) / 2.0
        ).sum()
        if not bool(torch.isfinite(loss_sum)):
            raise RuntimeError("dense next-item training produced non-finite loss")
        if backward:
            (loss_sum / total_weight).backward()
            if sequence_input.grad is None:
                raise RuntimeError("sequence microbatch did not produce a gradient")
            sequence_gradient[begin:end] = sequence_input.grad
        statistics["loss_sum"] += float(loss_sum.detach().cpu())
        statistics["positive_sum"] += float(positive_logits.detach().sum().cpu())
        statistics["negative_sum"] += float(negative_logits.detach().sum().cpu())
        statistics["pair_correct"] += float(
            (positive_logits.detach()[:, None] > negative_logits.detach()).sum().cpu()
        )
        statistics["weight_sum"] += float(selected_weights.sum().detach().cpu())
    return statistics, sequence_gradient


def release_accelerator_cache(device: torch.device) -> None:
    if device.type == "mps":
        torch.mps.empty_cache()


def run_training_epoch(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    target_weights: np.ndarray,
    window_starts: np.ndarray,
    target_counts: np.ndarray,
    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    epoch: int,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    model.train()
    train_users = np.flatnonzero(target_counts > 0)
    sorted_users = train_users[
        np.argsort(target_counts[train_users], kind="stable")
    ]
    groups = [
        sorted_users[start : start + config.user_batch_size]
        for start in range(0, len(sorted_users), config.user_batch_size)
    ]
    group_order = torch.randperm(len(groups), generator=generator).numpy()
    negative_count = config.uniform_negatives + config.inbatch_negatives
    total_loss = 0.0
    total_targets = 0
    total_weight = 0.0
    total_positive = 0.0
    total_negative = 0.0
    total_pair_correct = 0.0
    batches = 0
    started = time.monotonic()

    for group_number in group_order:
        users = groups[int(group_number)]
        group_counts = target_counts[users]
        hidden = torch.zeros(
            1, len(users), config.embedding_dim, device=device
        )
        max_targets = int(group_counts.max())
        for start in range(0, max_targets, config.bptt_steps):
            steps = min(config.bptt_steps, max_targets - start)
            block = build_dense_block(
                prepared,
                target_weights,
                users,
                window_starts[users],
                group_counts,
                np.zeros(len(users), dtype=np.int64),
                start,
                steps,
                config,
            )
            sequence_outputs, _ = event_sequence(
                model,
                torch.from_numpy(block[0].astype(np.int64)).to(device),
                torch.from_numpy(block[1].astype(np.float32)).to(device),
                hidden,
            )
            hidden = torch.stack(
                [
                    sequence_outputs[row, count - 1]
                    if count
                    else hidden[0, row]
                    for row, count in enumerate(block[7])
                ]
            ).unsqueeze(0).detach()
            flat_scored = block[5].reshape(-1)
            if not np.any(flat_scored):
                continue
            mask = torch.from_numpy(flat_scored).to(device)
            sequence_vectors = sequence_outputs.reshape(
                -1, config.embedding_dim
            )[mask]
            flat_states = block[3].reshape(-1)[flat_scored]
            positive_items = torch.from_numpy(
                block[4].reshape(-1)[flat_scored].astype(np.int64)
            ).to(device)
            known_history = torch.from_numpy(
                block[6].reshape(-1, config.bptt_steps)[flat_scored].astype(
                    np.int64
                )
            ).to(device)
            liked_items = torch.from_numpy(
                prepared.liked_states[flat_states].astype(np.int64)
            ).to(device)
            flat_user_rows = np.broadcast_to(
                users[:, None], block[5].shape
            ).reshape(-1)[flat_scored]
            negatives, negative_weights = draw_training_negatives(
                positive_items,
                known_history,
                liked_items,
                flat_user_rows,
                known_positive_packed,
                prepared,
                config,
                item_correction,
                generator,
                device,
            )
            optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
            statistics, sequence_gradient = score_target_microbatches(
                model,
                prepared,
                config,
                sequence_vectors,
                flat_states,
                block[2].reshape(-1, 4)[flat_scored].astype(np.float32),
                positive_items,
                negatives,
                negative_weights,
                block[8].reshape(-1)[flat_scored],
                device,
                backward=True,
            )
            if sequence_gradient is None:
                raise RuntimeError("training block omitted its sequence gradient")
            sequence_vectors.backward(sequence_gradient)
            nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), config.gradient_clip)
            optimizer.step()

            count = len(positive_items)
            total_loss += statistics["loss_sum"]
            total_targets += count
            total_weight += statistics["weight_sum"]
            total_positive += statistics["positive_sum"]
            total_negative += statistics["negative_sum"]
            total_pair_correct += statistics["pair_correct"]
            batches += 1
            if batches % 25 == 0:
                release_accelerator_cache(device)
            if batches % 250 == 0:
                batch_bce = statistics["loss_sum"] / max(
                    statistics["weight_sum"], 1.0e-12
                )
                running_bce = total_loss / max(total_weight, 1.0e-12)
                log(
                    f"epoch={epoch}/{config.epochs} batches={batches:,} "
                    f"targets={total_targets:,} "
                    f"batch_bce={batch_bce:.6f} "
                    f"running_bce={running_bce:.6f} "
                    f"elapsed={time.monotonic() - started:.1f}s"
                )

    return {
        "epoch": float(epoch),
        "loss": total_loss / max(total_weight, 1.0e-12),
        "positive_logit": total_positive / max(total_targets, 1),
        "negative_logit": total_negative / max(total_targets * negative_count, 1),
        "pair_accuracy": total_pair_correct
        / max(total_targets * negative_count, 1),
        "targets": float(total_targets),
        "target_weight_sum": total_weight,
        "batches": float(batches),
        "seconds": time.monotonic() - started,
    }


@torch.no_grad()
def evaluate_validation_bce(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
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09

Check baseline run progress

+00:54
Recorded reasoning 146 words

Now I'm diagnosing the loss setup: 24 uniform negatives plus 8 in-batch negatives with propensity-corrected weighting, using a BCE/softplus loss that weights positives and averages negatives. I'm noting that uniform sampling over a 30k catalog mostly yields trivially easy negatives from unpopular items, so the model likely just learns popularity rather than meaningful ranking signal.

I'm considering whether a popularity-proportional or log-uniform hard-negative sampling scheme, or switching to sampled softmax with logQ correction, would better align training negatives with the platform's actual candidate pool size and improve discrimination among plausible items, since the task specifically asks me to focus on how negatives are selected and used.

Given the 60-minute budget, I should check on the baseline run's progress and quickly scan the rest of the pipeline (training loop, validation, candidate ranking, and data prep) along with the candidate set sizes before committing to a specific change.

Model text

Next I need: the baseline run's progress, the remaining trainer sections (train_model, validation BCE, ranking, main), and the candidate set sizes. All independent, so I'll fetch them together.

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cat /app/solution/baseline/run.log | tail -20

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loaded explicit events: rows=720,270 users=8,220
prepared users=1,000 tokens=2,090,746 states=35,727 elapsed=4.7s
prepared users=2,000 tokens=4,301,266 states=71,242 elapsed=9.6s
prepared users=3,000 tokens=6,486,146 states=109,471 elapsed=14.7s
prepared users=4,000 tokens=8,793,043 states=148,210 elapsed=20.1s
prepared users=5,000 tokens=10,992,205 states=182,596 elapsed=24.8s
prepared users=6,000 tokens=13,061,727 states=217,148 elapsed=29.4s
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10

Read train_model orchestration

+00:58
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def train_model(
    public: Path,
    stage: str,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    device: torch.device,
    checkpoint_dir: Path | None,
    resume_checkpoint: Path | None,
) -> tuple[base.SequentialTwoTower, list[dict[str, float]]]:
    partition = chronological_target_partition(
        prepared,
        config.validation_fraction,
        config.max_train_targets_per_user,
        config.max_validation_targets_per_user,
    )
    training_counts = partition.training_counts
    validation_counts = partition.validation_counts
    log(
        f"chronological BCE window: train={int(training_counts.sum()):,} "
        f"validation={int(validation_counts.sum()):,} "
        f"selected={partition.selected_count:,} "
        f"discarded_old_targets={int(partition.window_starts.sum()):,} "
        f"all={prepared.target_count:,}"
    )
    model = base.SequentialTwoTower(prepared.item_features, model_config(config)).to(
        device
    )
    optimizer = torch.optim.AdamW(
        model.parameters(), lr=config.learning_rate, weight_decay=config.weight_decay
    )
    generator = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(config.seed + 10_000)
    item_correction = build_item_correction(
        prepared,
        config,
        partition.window_starts,
        training_counts,
    )
    target_weights = build_target_weights(
        public,
        stage,
        prepared,
        partition.history_training_counts,
        config,
    )
    known_positive_packed = (
        build_known_positive_filter(prepared, partition.history_training_counts)
        if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history"
        else None
    )
    history: list[dict[str, float]] = []
    best_loss = float("inf")
    best_epoch = 0
    best_state: dict[str, torch.Tensor] | None = None
    epochs_without_improvement = 0
    start_epoch = 0

    if resume_checkpoint is not None:
        payload = torch.load(
            resume_checkpoint, map_location=device, weights_only=False
        )
        stored_config = payload.get("config", {})
        architecture_fields = (
            "bptt_steps",
            "embedding_dim",
            "hidden_dim",
            "user_hidden_1",
            "user_hidden_2",
            "item_hidden_1",
            "item_hidden_2",
        )
        mismatches = {
            name: (stored_config.get(name), getattr(config, name))
            for name in architecture_fields
            if stored_config.get(name) != getattr(config, name)
        }
        if mismatches:
            raise RuntimeError(
                f"resume checkpoint architecture differs: {mismatches}"
            )
        stored_filter_scope = stored_config.get(
            "negative_filter_scope", "last-100"
        )
        stored_target_weighting = stored_config.get(
            "target_weighting", "uniform"
        )
        stored_weight_values = (
            stored_config.get("ordinary_target_weight", 1.0),
            stored_config.get("organic_strong_target_weight", 1.0),
            stored_config.get("organic_like_target_weight", 3.0),
            stored_config.get("discovery_horizon_days", 7),
        )
        current_weight_values = (
            config.ordinary_target_weight,
            config.organic_strong_target_weight,
            config.organic_like_target_weight,
            config.discovery_horizon_days,
        )
        stored_window_values = (
            stored_config.get("validation_fraction", 0.10),
            stored_config.get("max_train_targets_per_user", 0),
            stored_config.get("max_validation_targets_per_user", 0),
        )
        current_window_values = (
            config.validation_fraction,
            config.max_train_targets_per_user,
            config.max_validation_targets_per_user,
        )
        objective_changed = (
            stored_filter_scope != config.negative_filter_scope
            or stored_target_weighting != config.target_weighting
            or stored_weight_values != current_weight_values
            or stored_window_values != current_window_values
        )
        model.load_state_dict(payload["model_state"])
        if "optimizer_state" in payload and not objective_changed:
            optimizer.load_state_dict(payload["optimizer_state"])
            for group in optimizer.param_groups:
                group["lr"] = config.learning_rate
                group["weight_decay"] = config.weight_decay
            log(f"restored optimizer state from {resume_checkpoint}")
        else:
            log(
                f"using a fresh AdamW optimizer after loading {resume_checkpoint}"
            )
        if "generator_state" in payload and not objective_changed:
            generator.set_state(payload["generator_state"])
        start_epoch = int(payload["epoch"])
        if start_epoch >= config.epochs:
            raise RuntimeError(
                f"resume epoch {start_epoch} must be below --epochs {config.epochs}"
            )
        prior = {
            str(name): float(value)
            for name, value in payload.get("diagnostics", {}).items()
        }
        if objective_changed:
            prior.pop("validation_loss", None)
            log(
                "BCE objective changed: filter "
                f"{stored_filter_scope}->{config.negative_filter_scope}, "
                "target weighting "
                f"{stored_target_weighting}->{config.target_weighting}, "
                f"target window {stored_window_values}->{current_window_values}; "
                "recomputing the resume checkpoint's validation BCE"
            )
        if "validation_loss" not in prior:
            prior.update(
                evaluate_validation_bce(
                    model,
                    prepared,
                    config,
                    target_weights,
                    partition.window_starts,
                    training_counts,
                    validation_counts,
                    item_correction,
                    known_positive_packed,
                    device,
                )
            )
        history.append(prior)
        best_loss = float(prior["validation_loss"])
        best_epoch = start_epoch
        best_state = snapshot_model(model)
        log(
            f"resumed validation-BCE training: epoch={start_epoch} "
            f"loss={best_loss:.6f}"
        )

    for epoch in range(start_epoch + 1, config.epochs + 1):
        diagnostics = run_training_epoch(
            model,
            optimizer,
            prepared,
            config,
            target_weights,
            partition.window_starts,
            training_counts,
            item_correction,
            known_positive_packed,
            generator,
            device,
            epoch,
        )
        validation = evaluate_validation_bce(
            model,
            prepared,
            config,
            target_weights,
            partition.window_starts,
            training_counts,
            validation_counts,
            item_correction,
            known_positive_packed,
            device,
        )
        diagnostics.update(validation)
        history.append(diagnostics)
        current_state = snapshot_model(model)
        if checkpoint_dir is not None:
            save_epoch_checkpoint(
                checkpoint_dir,
                epoch,
                current_state,
                config,
                diagnostics,
                optimizer,
                generator,
            )
        improved = (
            diagnostics["validation_loss"]
            < best_loss - config.early_stopping_min_delta
        )
        if improved:
            best_loss = diagnostics["validation_loss"]
            best_epoch = epoch
            best_state = current_state
            epochs_without_improvement = 0
            if checkpoint_dir is not None:
                torch.save(
                    {
                        "epoch": epoch,
                        "config": asdict(config),
                        "diagnostics": diagnostics,
                        "model_state": current_state,
                        "optimizer_state": optimizer.state_dict(),
                        "generator_state": generator.get_state(),
                    },
                    checkpoint_dir / "best.pt",
                )
        else:
            epochs_without_improvement += 1
        log(
            f"epoch={epoch}/{config.epochs} train_loss={diagnostics['loss']:.5f} "
            f"validation_loss={diagnostics['validation_loss']:.5f} "
            f"pair_accuracy={diagnostics['pair_accuracy']:.3f} "
            f"train_targets={int(diagnostics['targets']):,} "
            f"validation_targets={int(diagnostics['validation_targets']):,} "
            f"train_seconds={diagnostics['seconds']:.1f} "
            f"validation_seconds={diagnostics['validation_seconds']:.1f}"
        )
        release_accelerator_cache(device)
        if epochs_without_improvement >= config.early_stopping_patience:
            log(
                f"early stopping after epoch={epoch}; "
                f"best_epoch={best_epoch} best_validation_loss={best_loss:.6f}"
            )
            break

    if best_state is None:
        raise RuntimeError("training did not produce a valid checkpoint")
    model.load_state_dict(best_state)
    model.to(device).eval()
    log(
        f"restored best validation-BCE checkpoint: epoch={best_epoch} "
        f"loss={best_loss:.6f}"
    )
    return model, history


@torch.inference_mode()
def inference_queries(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    device: torch.device,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    sequence_rows = prepared.inference_user_rows
    lengths = np.where(
        sequence_rows >= 0, prepared.lengths[np.maximum(sequence_rows, 0)], 0
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11

Read ranking and CLI main sections

+01:03
Recorded reasoning 26 words

I should pull up the main argument parser section, the evaluate_validation_bce function, rank_candidates, and the candidate set size stats all together to get a fuller picture.

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cd /task/current_model && sed -n 1861,1925p train_current_model.py && sed -n 2004,2164p train_current_model.py

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def rank_candidates(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    eligibility: CandidateSet,
    config: Config,
    device: torch.device,
    ranking_batch_size: int,
) -> tuple[pd.DataFrame, dict[str, float]]:
    model.eval()
    queries = inference_queries(model, prepared, config, device)
    item_parts: list[torch.Tensor] = []
    for start in range(0, len(prepared.item_ids), 2_048):
        rows = torch.arange(
            start,
            min(start + 2_048, len(prepared.item_ids)),
            dtype=torch.long,
            device=device,
        )
        item_parts.append(model.encode_items(rows).cpu())
    items = torch.cat(item_parts)
    rows: list[tuple[int, int, int]] = []
    for start in range(0, len(eligibility.uids), ranking_batch_size):
        end = min(start + ranking_batch_size, len(eligibility.uids))
        scores = queries[start:end] @ items.T
        eligible = np.unpackbits(
            eligibility.packed[start:end],
            axis=1,
            count=len(prepared.item_ids),
            bitorder="little",
        ).astype(bool, copy=False)
        scores.masked_fill_(~torch.from_numpy(eligible), -torch.inf)
        selected = torch.topk(scores, k=base.TOP_N, dim=1).indices.numpy()
        for local_row, columns in enumerate(selected):
            uid = int(eligibility.uids[start + local_row])
            rows.extend(
                (uid, int(prepared.item_ids[column]), rank)
                for rank, column in enumerate(columns, start=1)
            )
        if end == len(eligibility.uids) or end % 1_024 == 0:
            log(f"ranked users={end:,}/{len(eligibility.uids):,}")
    query_norm = torch.linalg.vector_norm(queries, dim=1).numpy()
    item_norm = torch.linalg.vector_norm(items, dim=1).numpy()
    diagnostics = {
        "query_norm_mean": float(query_norm.mean()),
        "query_norm_std": float(query_norm.std()),
        "item_norm_mean": float(item_norm.mean()),
        "item_norm_std": float(item_norm.std()),
    }
    return pd.DataFrame(rows, columns=["uid", "item_id", "rank"]), diagnostics


def write_ranking(frame: pd.DataFrame, output: Path) -> None:
    output.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    if output.suffix == ".parquet":
        frame.to_parquet(output, index=False, compression="zstd")
    elif output.suffix == ".csv":
        frame.to_csv(output, index=False)
    else:
        raise ValueError("--output must end in .parquet or .csv")


def main() -> int:
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
    parser.add_argument(
        "--stage", choices=("validation", "submission"), default="validation"
    parser.add_argument("--prepare-only", action="store_true")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    if args.threads < 1 or args.bptt_steps < 2 or args.user_batch_size < 1:
        parser.error("threads, BPTT steps, and user batch size must be positive")
    if (
        args.epochs < 1
        or args.learning_rate <= 0
        or args.loss_microbatch_size < 1
        or args.early_stopping_patience < 1
        or args.early_stopping_min_delta < 0
        or args.ordinary_target_weight <= 0
        or args.organic_strong_target_weight <= 0
        or args.organic_like_target_weight <= 0
        or args.discovery_horizon_days < 1
        or args.max_train_targets_per_user < 0
        or args.max_validation_targets_per_user < 0
    ):
        parser.error("training counts, learning rate, and patience are invalid")
    if not 0.0 < args.validation_fraction < 1.0:
        parser.error("validation fraction must be strictly between zero and one")
    public = args.public_dir.resolve()
    if not (public / "data" / "candidate_catalog.parquet").is_file():
        parser.error(f"public task data not found under {public}")
    config = Config(
        bptt_steps=args.bptt_steps,
        user_batch_size=args.user_batch_size,
        epochs=args.epochs,
        learning_rate=args.learning_rate,
        loss_microbatch_size=args.loss_microbatch_size,
        negative_filter_scope=args.negative_filter_scope,
        target_weighting=args.target_weighting,
        ordinary_target_weight=args.ordinary_target_weight,
        organic_strong_target_weight=args.organic_strong_target_weight,
        organic_like_target_weight=args.organic_like_target_weight,
        discovery_horizon_days=args.discovery_horizon_days,
        validation_fraction=args.validation_fraction,
        max_train_targets_per_user=args.max_train_targets_per_user,
        max_validation_targets_per_user=args.max_validation_targets_per_user,
        early_stopping_patience=args.early_stopping_patience,
        early_stopping_min_delta=args.early_stopping_min_delta,
        seed=args.seed,
    )
    torch.set_num_threads(args.threads)
    torch.set_num_interop_threads(1)
    seed_everything(config.seed)
    device = torch.device(args.device)
    if device.type == "mps" and not torch.backends.mps.is_available():
        parser.error("MPS was requested but is unavailable")

    started = time.monotonic()
    prepared, eligibility = load_or_prepare(
        public,
        args.stage,
        config,
        args.prepared_cache.resolve() if args.prepared_cache else None,
    )
    target_partition = chronological_target_partition(
        prepared,
        config.validation_fraction,
        config.max_train_targets_per_user,
        config.max_validation_targets_per_user,
    )
    if args.prepare_only:
        print(
            json.dumps(
                {
                    "stage": args.stage,
                    "sequence_users": len(prepared.user_ids),
                    "sequence_tokens": len(prepared.sequence_items),
                    "next_item_targets": prepared.target_count,
                    "selected_training_targets": int(
                        target_partition.training_counts.sum()
                    ),
                    "selected_validation_targets": int(
                        target_partition.validation_counts.sum()
                    ),
                    "discarded_old_targets": int(
                        target_partition.window_starts.sum()
                    ),
                    "target_users": len(eligibility.uids),
                    "runtime_seconds": round(time.monotonic() - started, 3),
                    "config": asdict(config),
                },
                indent=2,
            )
        )
        return 0

    model, training_history = train_model(
        public,
        args.stage,
        prepared,
        config,
        device,
        args.checkpoint_dir.resolve() if args.checkpoint_dir else None,
        args.resume_checkpoint.resolve() if args.resume_checkpoint else None,
    )
    ranking, embedding_diagnostics = rank_candidates(
        model,
        prepared,
        eligibility,
        config,
        device,
        args.ranking_batch_size,
    )
    write_ranking(ranking, args.output.resolve())
    print(
        json.dumps(
            {
                "baseline": "yambda-windowed-sequence-two-tower-base",
                "stage": args.stage,
                "output": str(args.output.resolve()),
                "rows": len(ranking),
                "users": int(ranking.uid.nunique()),
                "runtime_seconds": round(time.monotonic() - started, 3),
                "public_inputs_only": True,
                "architecture": {
                    "family": "pure-windowed-sequence-two-tower",
                    "sequence_training": (
                        "every-adjacent-target-within-recent-chronological-window"
                    ),
                    "sequence_encoder": "one-layer-GRU-dense-timestep-loss",
                    "bptt_hidden_state": "carried-and-detached",
                    "model_selection": "chronological-validation-BCE-early-stopping",
                    "loss_execution": "gradient-accumulated-microbatches",
                    "user_id_embedding": False,
                    "user_mlp": "582-512-256-192",
                    "item_mlp": "196-512-256-192",
                    "normalization": "none",
                    "score": "raw-dot-product",
                    "objective": "sample-weighted-BCE-at-every-timestep",
                    "negative_sampling": (
                        "24-uniform-plus-8-propensity-corrected-inbatch"
                    ),
                    "false_negative_filter": config.negative_filter_scope,
                    "target_weighting": config.target_weighting,
                },
                "config": asdict(config),
                "sequence_tokens": len(prepared.sequence_items),
                "all_next_item_targets": prepared.target_count,
                "selected_training_targets": int(
                    target_partition.training_counts.sum()
                ),
                "selected_validation_targets": int(
                    target_partition.validation_counts.sum()
                ),
                "discarded_old_targets": int(target_partition.window_starts.sum()),
                "training_history": training_history,
                "embedding_diagnostics": embedding_diagnostics,
                "torch_version": torch.__version__,
                "device": str(device),
            },
            indent=2,
        )
    )
    return 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    raise SystemExit(main())
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Inspect candidate set sizes and popularity of relevant items

+01:09
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I should check baseline progress and data stats like candidate set sizes and the popularity distribution of validation relevant items versus the catalog, since these are independent checks.

Tool callBashInspect candidate set sizes and popularity of relevant items Returned

Tool call · Input

tail -5 /app/solution/baseline/run.log; cd /task/data && python - <<'EOF'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
c=np.load('validation_eligible_candidates.npz'); 
packed=c['packed_eligible']; n=len(c['item_ids'])
cnt=np.unpackbits(packed,axis=1,count=n,bitorder='little').sum(1)
print('users',len(c['uids']),'items',n,'eligible per user: mean',cnt.mean(),'min',cnt.min(),'max',cnt.max())
cat=pd.read_parquet('candidate_catalog.parquet'); print(cat.head()); print(cat.columns.tolist())
tu=pd.read_parquet('target_users.parquet'); print('targets',len(tu))
vl=pd.read_parquet('val_listens.parquet'); vk=pd.read_parquet('val_likes.parquet')
targets=set(tu.uid)
strong=vl[vl.uid.isin(targets)&(vl.is_organic==1)&(vl.played_ratio_pct>=80)][['uid','item_id']].drop_duplicates()
likes=vk[vk.uid.isin(targets)&(vk.is_organic==1)][['uid','item_id']].drop_duplicates()
rank=pd.Series(cat.popularity_rank.values,index=cat.item_id.values)
for name,df in [('strong',strong),('likes',likes)]:
    r=rank.reindex(df.item_id).dropna()
    print(name,len(df),'in catalog',len(r),'rank quantiles',np.quantile(r,[.1,.25,.5,.75,.9]))
EOF

Tool response

prepared users=8,000 tokens=17,462,672 states=296,703 elapsed=40.1s
prepared users=9,000 tokens=19,568,405 states=331,551 elapsed=44.8s
target users without qualifying catalog sequence=7
prepared stage=validation sequence_users=9,135 tokens=20,056,329 next_item_targets=20,047,194 states=339,133
chronological BCE window: train=1,052,953 validation=130,103 selected=1,183,056 discarded_old_targets=18,864,138 all=20,047,194
users 8456 items 30000 eligible per user: mean 29067.306291390727 min 24657 max 30000
   item_id  positive_listens  organic_positive_listens  popularity_rank
0  5862961             26615                     20620                1
1  6901374             25536                     17347                2
2  5635052             24691                     17194                3
3  3542184             24075                     17699                4
4  9378983             24036                     18195                5
['item_id', 'positive_listens', 'organic_positive_listens', 'popularity_rank']
targets 8456
strong 255608 in catalog 170791 rank quantiles [  207.   996.  4079. 11258. 20059.]
likes 17195 in catalog 8528 rank quantiles [  442.    1648.75  5554.   13506.5  21728.7 ]
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Check training speed and read validation BCE and target weighting code

+01:39
Recorded reasoning 251 words

The candidate sets are nearly the full 30k catalog, so this is essentially full-catalog retrieval, and the relevant items skew heavily popular—median rank 4079 with a quarter in the top 1000. That means popularity bias actually helps here, since training with uniform negatives tends to push the model toward scoring popular items higher, which aligns well with this metric.

With one epoch and roughly 1.05M training targets drawn from each user's last 128 interactions, training time will likely be the real constraint, so I want to see how long the baseline takes before iterating further. On the negative-sampling side, uniform draws over 30k items mostly surface easy tail negatives with weak gradient signal, since the model mainly needs to discriminate among popular head items — suggesting popularity-weighted sampling with a logQ correction could help, and sampled softmax may outperform pointwise BCE for ranking metrics like NDCG.

I'm also noting the current in-batch negative setup only uses 8 per target from a batch of users sorted by target count, with a weight-based popularity correction rather than a logit-based one. Given limited time remaining, my plan is to add a popularity-based negative sampler option and a sampled-softmax loss with logQ correction, while keeping BCE as a fallback.

With roughly 1.05M targets and batches of 64 users × 100 steps, I'm estimating around 286 batches per epoch, so each run should be fast enough to fit two or three experiments within the time budget — I'll check the training log to confirm actual speed.

Tool callBashCheck training speed and read validation BCE and target weighting code Returned

Tool call · Input

sleep 60; tail -4 /app/solution/baseline/run.log; cd /task/current_model && sed -n 1364,1400p train_current_model.py && sed -n 955,1035p train_current_model.py

Tool response

chronological BCE window: train=1,052,953 validation=130,103 selected=1,183,056 discarded_old_targets=18,864,138 all=20,047,194
inbatch correction: min=0.250 mean_on_targets=1.001 max=4.000
target weighting=organic-strong min=0.250 mean=0.575 max=1.000
full-history false-negative filter: users=9,135 unique_user_items=5,524,275 bytes=34,256,250
def evaluate_validation_bce(
    model: base.SequentialTwoTower,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    target_weights: np.ndarray,
    window_starts: np.ndarray,
    training_counts: np.ndarray,
    validation_counts: np.ndarray,
    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    device: torch.device,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    """Measure deterministic BCE on each user's chronological target suffix."""
    model.eval()
    totals = training_counts + validation_counts
    users_with_validation = np.flatnonzero(validation_counts > 0)
    ordered = users_with_validation[
        np.argsort(totals[users_with_validation], kind="stable")
    ]
    groups = [
        ordered[start : start + config.user_batch_size]
        for start in range(0, len(ordered), config.user_batch_size)
    ]
    generator = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(config.seed + 20_000)
    total_loss = 0.0
    total_targets = 0
    total_weight = 0.0
    started = time.monotonic()

    for group_number, users in enumerate(groups, start=1):
        group_totals = totals[users]
        group_starts = training_counts[users]
        hidden = torch.zeros(
            1, len(users), config.embedding_dim, device=device
        )
        max_targets = int(group_totals.max())
        for start in range(0, max_targets, config.bptt_steps):
def build_target_weights(
    public: Path,
    stage: str,
    prepared: SequenceData,
    training_counts: np.ndarray,
    config: Config,
) -> np.ndarray:
    """Build nonzero per-token weights without dropping adjacent targets."""
    if config.target_weighting == "uniform":
        weights = np.ones(len(prepared.sequence_items), dtype=np.float32)
    else:
        weights = np.full(
            len(prepared.sequence_items),
            config.ordinary_target_weight,
            dtype=np.float32,
        )
        organic_strong = (
            (prepared.event_features[:, 0] > 0.5)
            & (prepared.event_features[:, 1] >= 0.8)
        )
        weights[organic_strong] = config.organic_strong_target_weight
        if config.target_weighting == "discovery-graded":
            like_outcomes = load_organic_like_outcomes(
                public, stage, prepared.item_ids
            )
            history_end = (
                base.TRAIN_END if stage == "validation" else base.VALIDATION_END
            )
            horizon = config.discovery_horizon_days * base.DAY
            grade_three = 0
            for user_row, uid in enumerate(prepared.user_ids):
                start = int(prepared.offsets[user_row])
                end = int(prepared.offsets[user_row + 1])
                if end - start < 2:
                    continue
                last_training_target = start + int(training_counts[user_row])
                first_validation_target = last_training_target + 1
                split_timestamp = (
                    int(prepared.sequence_timestamps[first_validation_target])
                    if first_validation_target < end
                    else history_end
                )
                user_likes = like_outcomes.get(int(uid), {})
                seen = {int(prepared.sequence_items[start])}
                for position in range(start + 1, end):
                    item = int(prepared.sequence_items[position])
                    novel = item not in seen
                    seen.add(item)
                    if not novel:
                        # Repeats remain training examples, but they cannot be
                        # eligible discovery outcomes at the corresponding
                        # cutoff and therefore keep only the ordinary weight.
                        weights[position] = config.ordinary_target_weight
                        continue
                    timestamps = user_likes.get(item)
                    if timestamps is None:
                        continue
                    timestamp = int(prepared.sequence_timestamps[position])
                    upper = min(
                        timestamp + horizon,
                        split_timestamp
                        if position <= last_training_target
                        else history_end,
                    )
                    outcome = int(np.searchsorted(timestamps, timestamp, side="left"))
                    if outcome < len(timestamps) and int(timestamps[outcome]) < upper:
                        weights[position] = config.organic_like_target_weight
                        grade_three += 1
            log(
                f"grade-3 first-encounter targets={grade_three:,} "
                f"horizon_days={config.discovery_horizon_days}"
            )
    log(
        f"target weighting={config.target_weighting} "
        f"min={weights.min():.3f} mean={weights.mean():.3f} "
        f"max={weights.max():.3f}"
    )
    return weights


def build_dense_block(
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14

Read validation loss loop and remaining CLI args, check progress

+03:23
Recorded reasoning 374 words

While training runs in the background, I'll use the time to draft the code changes. I'm planning to add a configurable negative sampling strategy, introducing a popularity-based option alongside the existing uniform approach, which I'll implement across the training script and model files.

I'm also designing a sampled-softmax loss option with a logQ correction, where popularity-sampled negatives get corrected with their log proposal probability while positives remain uncorrected, following standard candidate sampling practice. Updating the negative drawing logic...

So popularity sampling with logQ correction is the principled choice since it approximates full softmax, and I'll make that configurable while keeping in mind the tight time budget — only a couple experiments are feasible before needing roughly 15 minutes for a final refit on train+val. I'll write the sampled softmax loss code now (subtracting log q from logits, comparing positive against sampled negatives) while the baseline runs, then launch the popularity+logQ experiment as soon as it finishes.

I should keep the baseline run alive for comparison rather than killing it early, since I need that score for the README. I'm also noticing that with 6400 targets times 32 negatives, the unique item draws nearly cover the entire 30k catalog per batch, so increasing negatives further wouldn't meaningfully change compute cost.

Now I'm planning the code changes: adding config fields for negative sampling strategy, sampling power, loss type, and log-Q correction, plus building a negative sampling distribution function alongside the existing item correction logic.

I'm designing a sampler abstraction that handles drawing negatives and computing log-proposal probabilities, so the filtered negatives function can return negatives, correction weights, and log-q values uniformly whether negatives come from a learned distribution or in-batch sampling.

For scoring with sampled-softmax, I need to correct logits by subtracting the appropriate log proposal probability per slot—using the empirical in-batch frequency for the positive and in-batch negatives, and the popularity-based log q for uniform negatives—then properly combine these into a single expected-count correction when both slot types are mixed in the union sample.

Then I apply softmax cross-entropy across the positive and negative logits with the sample weighting, while still tracking raw-logit stats like positive_sum, negative_sum, and pair_correct, and I should check whether evaluate_validation_bce shares this same loss computation for consistency during early stopping.

Tool callBashRead validation loss loop and remaining CLI args, check progress Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /task/current_model && sed -n 1400,1488p train_current_model.py; sed -n 1933,2000p train_current_model.py; tail -2 /app/solution/baseline/run.log

Tool response

        for start in range(0, max_targets, config.bptt_steps):
            steps = min(config.bptt_steps, max_targets - start)
            block = build_dense_block(
                prepared,
                target_weights,
                users,
                window_starts[users],
                group_totals,
                group_starts,
                start,
                steps,
                config,
            )
            sequence_outputs, _ = event_sequence(
                model,
                torch.from_numpy(block[0].astype(np.int64)).to(device),
                torch.from_numpy(block[1].astype(np.float32)).to(device),
                hidden,
            )
            hidden = torch.stack(
                [
                    sequence_outputs[row, count - 1]
                    if count
                    else hidden[0, row]
                    for row, count in enumerate(block[7])
                ]
            ).unsqueeze(0)
            flat_scored = block[5].reshape(-1)
            if not np.any(flat_scored):
                continue
            mask = torch.from_numpy(flat_scored).to(device)
            sequence_vectors = sequence_outputs.reshape(
                -1, config.embedding_dim
            )[mask]
            flat_states = block[3].reshape(-1)[flat_scored]
            positive_items = torch.from_numpy(
                block[4].reshape(-1)[flat_scored].astype(np.int64)
            ).to(device)
            known_history = torch.from_numpy(
                block[6].reshape(-1, config.bptt_steps)[flat_scored].astype(
                    np.int64
                )
            ).to(device)
            liked_items = torch.from_numpy(
                prepared.liked_states[flat_states].astype(np.int64)
            ).to(device)
            flat_user_rows = np.broadcast_to(
                users[:, None], block[5].shape
            ).reshape(-1)[flat_scored]
            negatives, negative_weights = draw_training_negatives(
                positive_items,
                known_history,
                liked_items,
                flat_user_rows,
                known_positive_packed,
                prepared,
                config,
                item_correction,
                generator,
                device,
            )
            statistics, _ = score_target_microbatches(
                model,
                prepared,
                config,
                sequence_vectors,
                flat_states,
                block[2].reshape(-1, 4)[flat_scored].astype(np.float32),
                positive_items,
                negatives,
                negative_weights,
                block[8].reshape(-1)[flat_scored],
                device,
                backward=False,
            )
            total_loss += statistics["loss_sum"]
            total_targets += len(positive_items)
            total_weight += statistics["weight_sum"]
        if group_number % 25 == 0:
            release_accelerator_cache(device)
    return {
        "validation_loss": total_loss / max(total_weight, 1.0e-12),
        "validation_targets": float(total_targets),
        "validation_target_weight_sum": total_weight,
        "validation_seconds": time.monotonic() - started,
    }


def snapshot_model(model: nn.Module) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    parser.add_argument(
        "--user-batch-size", type=int, default=Config.user_batch_size
    )
    parser.add_argument("--epochs", type=int, default=Config.epochs)
    parser.add_argument("--learning-rate", type=float, default=Config.learning_rate)
    parser.add_argument(
        "--loss-microbatch-size",
        type=int,
        default=Config.loss_microbatch_size,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--negative-filter-scope",
        choices=("full-training-history", "last-100"),
        default=Config.negative_filter_scope,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--target-weighting",
        choices=("discovery-graded", "organic-strong", "uniform"),
        default=Config.target_weighting,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--ordinary-target-weight",
        type=float,
        default=Config.ordinary_target_weight,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--organic-strong-target-weight",
        type=float,
        default=Config.organic_strong_target_weight,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--organic-like-target-weight",
        type=float,
        default=Config.organic_like_target_weight,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--discovery-horizon-days",
        type=int,
        default=Config.discovery_horizon_days,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--validation-fraction",
        type=float,
        default=Config.validation_fraction,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--max-train-targets-per-user",
        type=int,
        default=Config.max_train_targets_per_user,
        help="retain this many recent pre-validation targets per user; 0 is uncapped",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--max-validation-targets-per-user",
        type=int,
        default=Config.max_validation_targets_per_user,
        help="retain this many final validation targets per user; 0 is uncapped",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--early-stopping-patience",
        type=int,
        default=Config.early_stopping_patience,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--early-stopping-min-delta",
        type=float,
        default=Config.early_stopping_min_delta,
    )
    parser.add_argument("--checkpoint-dir", type=Path)
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15

Patch trainer with popularity sampler and sampled softmax

+03:33
Recorded reasoning 45 words

The baseline training seems slow — 250 batches haven't logged after 3 minutes, which is concerning given roughly 286 batches total, but I'll not waste time profiling and just move forward. I'll go ahead and start editing the training script to apply the needed modifications.

Recorded reasoning 33 words

Since relevant items skew popular while uniform negatives are mostly easy tail items, I'll add a popularity-proportional negative sampler and a sampled-softmax loss with logQ correction, keeping the existing BCE as a fallback.

Tool callBashPatch trainer with popularity sampler and sampled softmax Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution && python - <<'EOF'
import re
p='train_current_model.py'; s=open(p).read()

# 1. Config fields
s=s.replace('''    negative_filter_scope: str = "full-training-history"
''','''    negative_filter_scope: str = "full-training-history"
    negative_sampling: str = "uniform"
    negative_sampling_power: float = 0.75
    loss_type: str = "bce"
    logq_correction: bool = True
''')

# 2. Negative sampler: factor target counts, add sampler class
s=s.replace('''def build_item_correction(
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    target_starts: np.ndarray,
    target_counts: np.ndarray,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Estimate in-batch propensities from the selected training targets."""
    counts = np.zeros(len(prepared.item_ids), dtype=np.float64)
''','''def count_training_targets(
    prepared: SequenceData,
    target_starts: np.ndarray,
    target_counts: np.ndarray,
) -> np.ndarray:
    """Count how often each catalog item appears as a selected training target."""
    counts = np.zeros(len(prepared.item_ids), dtype=np.float64)
    for user_row, count in enumerate(target_counts):
        if not count:
            continue
        offset = int(prepared.offsets[user_row])
        target_start = int(target_starts[user_row])
        counts += np.bincount(
            prepared.sequence_items[
                offset
                + target_start
                + 1 : offset
                + target_start
                + int(count)
                + 1
            ].astype(np.int64),
            minlength=len(prepared.item_ids),
        )
    return counts


class NegativeSampler:
    """Proposal distribution for the non-in-batch negative slots.

    ``uniform`` reproduces the production behaviour.  ``popularity`` draws
    negatives proportionally to ``count^power`` of training-target frequency, so
    the sampled negatives concentrate on the popular head where the discovery
    outcomes actually live instead of on trivially separable tail tracks.  The
    sampler also exposes ``log_expected_count`` for sampled-softmax logQ
    correction: the log of the expected number of times an item is drawn across
    the mixed uniform/popularity and in-batch slots.
    """

    def __init__(
        self, target_counts: np.ndarray, config: Config
    ) -> None:
        n_items = len(target_counts)
        self.n_items = n_items
        self.mode = config.negative_sampling
        total = float(target_counts.sum())
        empirical = (target_counts + 1.0) / (total + n_items)
        if config.negative_sampling == "popularity":
            raw = np.power(target_counts + 1.0, config.negative_sampling_power)
            probabilities = raw / raw.sum()
            self.probabilities = torch.from_numpy(probabilities.astype(np.float64))
        elif config.negative_sampling == "uniform":
            probabilities = np.full(n_items, 1.0 / n_items)
            self.probabilities = None
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"unknown negative sampling {config.negative_sampling}")
        expected = (
            config.uniform_negatives * probabilities
            + config.inbatch_negatives * empirical
        )
        self.log_expected_count = torch.from_numpy(
            np.log(np.maximum(expected, 1.0e-12)).astype(np.float32)
        )
        log(
            f"negative sampler={config.negative_sampling} "
            f"power={config.negative_sampling_power} "
            f"max_prob={probabilities.max():.5f} "
            f"head1000_mass={np.sort(probabilities)[::-1][:1000].sum():.3f}"
        )

    def draw(self, count: int, generator: torch.Generator) -> torch.Tensor:
        if count <= 0:
            return torch.empty(0, dtype=torch.long)
        if self.probabilities is None:
            return torch.randint(self.n_items, (count,), generator=generator)
        return torch.multinomial(
            self.probabilities, count, replacement=True, generator=generator
        )


def build_item_correction(
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    target_starts: np.ndarray,
    target_counts: np.ndarray,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Estimate in-batch propensities from the selected training targets."""
    counts = np.zeros(len(prepared.item_ids), dtype=np.float64)
''')

# 3. draw_full_history_filtered_negatives: use sampler
s=s.replace('''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Draw mixed negatives and reject all known public-training positives."""
    targets_cpu = targets.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    liked_cpu = liked_items.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    batch_size = len(targets_cpu)
    uniform = torch.randint(
        n_items,
        (batch_size, config.uniform_negatives),
        generator=generator,
        device="cpu",
    )
''','''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Draw mixed negatives and reject all known public-training positives."""
    targets_cpu = targets.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    liked_cpu = liked_items.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    batch_size = len(targets_cpu)
    if sampler is None:
        uniform = torch.randint(
            n_items,
            (batch_size, config.uniform_negatives),
            generator=generator,
            device="cpu",
        )
    else:
        uniform = sampler.draw(
            batch_size * config.uniform_negatives, generator
        ).reshape(batch_size, config.uniform_negatives)
''')
s=s.replace('''        replacements = torch.randint(
            n_items,
            (int(invalid.sum()),),
            generator=generator,
            device="cpu",
        ).numpy()
        negatives[invalid] = replacements
        # Rejected in-batch items become ordinary uniform draws.
        correction[invalid] = 1.0
''','''        if sampler is None:
            replacements = torch.randint(
                n_items,
                (int(invalid.sum()),),
                generator=generator,
                device="cpu",
            ).numpy()
        else:
            replacements = sampler.draw(int(invalid.sum()), generator).numpy()
        negatives[invalid] = replacements
        # Rejected in-batch items become ordinary uniform draws.
        correction[invalid] = 1.0
''')

# 4. draw_training_negatives: pass sampler
s=s.replace('''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history":
        if known_positive_packed is None:
            raise RuntimeError("full-history negative filter was not built")
        return draw_full_history_filtered_negatives(
            positive_items,
            user_rows,
            liked_items,
            known_positive_packed,
            len(prepared.item_ids),
            config,
            item_correction,
            generator,
            device,
        )
    return base.draw_filtered_mixed_negatives(''','''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history":
        if known_positive_packed is None:
            raise RuntimeError("full-history negative filter was not built")
        return draw_full_history_filtered_negatives(
            positive_items,
            user_rows,
            liked_items,
            known_positive_packed,
            len(prepared.item_ids),
            config,
            item_correction,
            generator,
            device,
            sampler,
        )
    if sampler is not None and sampler.probabilities is not None:
        raise RuntimeError("popularity negatives require the full-history filter")
    return base.draw_filtered_mixed_negatives(''')

# 5. Loss: sampled softmax in score_target_microbatches
s=s.replace('''    sample_weights: np.ndarray,
    device: torch.device,
    backward: bool,
) -> tuple[dict[str, float], torch.Tensor | None]:
    """Compute one logical block's exact BCE in bounded-memory slices."""''','''    sample_weights: np.ndarray,
    device: torch.device,
    backward: bool,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> tuple[dict[str, float], torch.Tensor | None]:
    """Compute one logical block's exact BCE in bounded-memory slices."""''')
s=s.replace('''        positive_loss = F.softplus(-positive_logits)
        negative_loss = corrected_negative_loss(
            negative_logits, negative_weights[begin:end], config
        )
        selected_weights = torch.from_numpy(
            sample_weights[begin:end].astype(np.float32, copy=False)
        ).to(device)
        loss_sum = (
            selected_weights * (positive_loss + negative_loss) / 2.0
        ).sum()
''','''        selected_weights = torch.from_numpy(
            sample_weights[begin:end].astype(np.float32, copy=False)
        ).to(device)
        if config.loss_type == "sampled-softmax":
            loss_sum = (
                selected_weights
                * sampled_softmax_loss(
                    positive_logits,
                    negative_logits,
                    positive_items[begin:end],
                    negatives[begin:end],
                    sampler,
                    config,
                )
            ).sum()
        else:
            positive_loss = F.softplus(-positive_logits)
            negative_loss = corrected_negative_loss(
                negative_logits, negative_weights[begin:end], config
            )
            loss_sum = (
                selected_weights * (positive_loss + negative_loss) / 2.0
            ).sum()
''')
s=s.replace('''def retained_target_window_starts(''','''def sampled_softmax_loss(
    positive_logits: torch.Tensor,
    negative_logits: torch.Tensor,
    positive_items: torch.Tensor,
    negatives: torch.Tensor,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None",
    config: Config,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Per-target sampled-softmax cross entropy with logQ correction.

    Every candidate logit, including the positive, is shifted by the log of its
    expected sampled count under the mixed proposal, so the sampled objective
    approximates the full-catalog softmax rather than a popularity-debiased one.
    """
    logits = torch.cat([positive_logits[:, None], negative_logits], dim=1)
    if config.logq_correction and sampler is not None:
        log_q = sampler.log_expected_count.to(logits.device)
        items = torch.cat([positive_items[:, None], negatives], dim=1)
        logits = logits - log_q[items]
    return torch.logsumexp(logits, dim=1) - logits[:, 0]


def retained_target_window_starts(''')

# 6. Thread sampler through run_training_epoch and evaluate_validation_bce
s=s.replace('''    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    epoch: int,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    model.train()''','''    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    epoch: int,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    model.train()''')
s=s.replace('''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    device: torch.device,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    """Measure deterministic BCE on each user's chronological target suffix."""''','''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    device: torch.device,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    """Measure deterministic BCE on each user's chronological target suffix."""''')
# calls to draw_training_negatives (two sites) and score_target_microbatches (two sites)
s=s.replace('''                config,
                item_correction,
                generator,
                device,
            )
''','''                config,
                item_correction,
                generator,
                device,
                sampler,
            )
''')
s=s.replace('''                device,
                backward=True,
            )''','''                device,
                backward=True,
                sampler=sampler,
            )''')
s=s.replace('''                device,
                backward=False,
            )''','''                device,
                backward=False,
                sampler=sampler,
            )''')

# 7. train_model: build sampler, pass to epoch/eval calls
s=s.replace('''    known_positive_packed = (
        build_known_positive_filter(prepared, partition.history_training_counts)
        if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history"
        else None
    )
    history: list[dict[str, float]] = []''','''    known_positive_packed = (
        build_known_positive_filter(prepared, partition.history_training_counts)
        if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history"
        else None
    )
    sampler = NegativeSampler(
        count_training_targets(prepared, partition.window_starts, training_counts),
        config,
    )
    history: list[dict[str, float]] = []''')
s=s.replace('''                    item_correction,
                    known_positive_packed,
                    device,
                )
            )
        history.append(prior)''','''                    item_correction,
                    known_positive_packed,
                    device,
                    sampler,
                )
            )
        history.append(prior)''')
s=s.replace('''            known_positive_packed,
            generator,
            device,
            epoch,
        )
        validation = evaluate_validation_bce(
            model,
            prepared,
            config,
            target_weights,
            partition.window_starts,
            training_counts,
            validation_counts,
            item_correction,
            known_positive_packed,
            device,
        )''','''            known_positive_packed,
            generator,
            device,
            epoch,
            sampler,
        )
        validation = evaluate_validation_bce(
            model,
            prepared,
            config,
            target_weights,
            partition.window_starts,
            training_counts,
            validation_counts,
            item_correction,
            known_positive_packed,
            device,
            sampler,
        )''')

# 8. CLI args
s=s.replace('''    parser.add_argument(
        "--target-weighting",''','''    parser.add_argument(
        "--negative-sampling",
        choices=("uniform", "popularity"),
        default=Config.negative_sampling,
        help="proposal for the non-in-batch negative slots",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--negative-sampling-power",
        type=float,
        default=Config.negative_sampling_power,
        help="exponent applied to training-target frequency for popularity negatives",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--loss-type",
        choices=("bce", "sampled-softmax"),
        default=Config.loss_type,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--no-logq-correction",
        action="store_true",
        help="disable expected-count logQ correction in the sampled softmax",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--uniform-negatives", type=int, default=Config.uniform_negatives
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--inbatch-negatives", type=int, default=Config.inbatch_negatives
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--target-weighting",''')
s=s.replace('''        negative_filter_scope=args.negative_filter_scope,
        target_weighting=args.target_weighting,''','''        negative_filter_scope=args.negative_filter_scope,
        negative_sampling=args.negative_sampling,
        negative_sampling_power=args.negative_sampling_power,
        loss_type=args.loss_type,
        logq_correction=not args.no_logq_correction,
        uniform_negatives=args.uniform_negatives,
        inbatch_negatives=args.inbatch_negatives,
        target_weighting=args.target_weighting,''')
s=s.replace('''                    "objective": "sample-weighted-BCE-at-every-timestep",
                    "negative_sampling": (
                        "24-uniform-plus-8-propensity-corrected-inbatch"
                    ),''','''                    "objective": (
                        "sample-weighted-BCE-at-every-timestep"
                        if config.loss_type == "bce"
                        else "sample-weighted-logQ-corrected-sampled-softmax"
                    ),
                    "negative_sampling": (
                        f"{config.uniform_negatives}-{config.negative_sampling}"
                        f"-plus-{config.inbatch_negatives}-inbatch"
                    ),''')
open(p,'w').write(s)
print(s.count('sampler'))
EOF
python -c "import ast,sys;ast.parse(open('/app/solution/train_current_model.py').read());print('ok')"; grep -n "sampler" /app/solution/train_current_model.py | wc -l; tail -2 /app/solution/baseline/run.log

Tool response

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 448, in <module>
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'train_current_model.py'
ok
0
target weighting=organic-strong min=0.250 mean=0.575 max=1.000
full-history false-negative filter: users=9,135 unique_user_items=5,524,275 bytes=34,256,250
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    "workingDirectory": "/app/solution",
    "isWorktree": false,
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    "additionalWorkingDirectories": [],
    "platform": "linux",
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    "osVersion": "Linux 7.0.0-1013-aws"
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      "from": "/app"
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16

Make solution files writable and check baseline process

+04:42
Recorded reasoning 65 words

The copied files came through as read-only, so I need to chmod them before rerunning. I'm also noticing training is unusually slow for the baseline—only 250 batches in ~6 minutes—so I should check whether the background process is actually using all 8 threads. I'll need to redo the patch by saving the script to a file instead of using the heredoc, since that got consumed.

Model text

The copied files kept read-only permissions. I'll fix that, re-apply the patch from a saved script, and check how far the baseline has progressed.

Tool callBashMake solution files writable and check baseline process Returned

Tool call · Input

chmod u+w *.py && ls -la && ps aux | grep train_current | head -3 && tail -1 baseline/run.log

Tool response

total 112
drwxr-xr-x 1 agent agent  4096 Oct  3 09:11 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 agent agent  4096 Oct  3 09:06 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 agent agent  4096 Oct  3 09:11 baseline
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 80058 Oct  3 09:11 train_current_model.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 15985 Oct  3 09:11 two_tower_model.py
agent       8129  0.0  0.0   4492  3212 ?        Ss   09:11   0:00 /bin/bash -c source /logs/agent/sessions/shell-snapshots/snapshot-bash-1791018662823-rcsy4d.sh 2>/dev/null || true && shopt -u extglob 2>/dev/null || true && { \builtin unalias -- 'unsetenv'; \builtin unset -f -- 'unsetenv'; } >/dev/null 2>&1 || true && eval 'cp /task/current_model/*.py /app/solution/ && cd /app/solution && mkdir -p baseline && (time python /app/solution/train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task --output /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet) > /app/solution/baseline/run.log 2>&1; python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet >> /app/solution/baseline/run.log 2>&1' < /dev/null && pwd -P >| /tmp/claude-9cf4-cwd
agent       8132  0.0  0.0   4492  1924 ?        S    09:11   0:00 /bin/bash -c source /logs/agent/sessions/shell-snapshots/snapshot-bash-1791018662823-rcsy4d.sh 2>/dev/null || true && shopt -u extglob 2>/dev/null || true && { \builtin unalias -- 'unsetenv'; \builtin unset -f -- 'unsetenv'; } >/dev/null 2>&1 || true && eval 'cp /task/current_model/*.py /app/solution/ && cd /app/solution && mkdir -p baseline && (time python /app/solution/train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task --output /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet) > /app/solution/baseline/run.log 2>&1; python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet >> /app/solution/baseline/run.log 2>&1' < /dev/null && pwd -P >| /tmp/claude-9cf4-cwd
agent       8133  449 34.2 7658052 5483972 ?     Rl   09:11  19:51 python /app/solution/train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task --output /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet
full-history false-negative filter: users=9,135 unique_user_items=5,524,275 bytes=34,256,250
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
17

Apply negative-sampling patch and syntax check

+04:59
Recorded reasoning 121 words

The baseline is still running the already-loaded training script, so editing the file now is safe since it's compiled in memory. With about 286 batches per epoch and no progress logged after 5.5 minutes using 5.5GB of memory, I'm realizing the full epoch could take quite a while.

With only 44 minutes left, I need to apply the patch immediately and decide how to run the new experiment without starving CPU resources — running three processes on 8 cores is too slow, so I'll launch the validation experiment with the new config at 4 threads now, let it speed up once the baseline finishes, then commit to the final submission refit by around minute 30-31 based on whether it beats baseline.

Tool callBashApply negative-sampling patch and syntax check Returned

Tool call · Input

cat > /app/solution/patch_negatives.py <<'EOF'
p='/app/solution/train_current_model.py'; s=open(p).read()
def rep(a,b,count=1):
    global s
    assert s.count(a)==count, (s.count(a), a[:80])
    s=s.replace(a,b)

rep('''    negative_filter_scope: str = "full-training-history"
''','''    negative_filter_scope: str = "full-training-history"
    negative_sampling: str = "uniform"
    negative_sampling_power: float = 0.75
    loss_type: str = "bce"
    logq_correction: bool = True
''')

rep('''def build_item_correction(
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    target_starts: np.ndarray,
    target_counts: np.ndarray,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Estimate in-batch propensities from the selected training targets."""
    counts = np.zeros(len(prepared.item_ids), dtype=np.float64)
''','''def count_training_targets(
    prepared: SequenceData,
    target_starts: np.ndarray,
    target_counts: np.ndarray,
) -> np.ndarray:
    """Count how often each catalog item appears as a selected training target."""
    counts = np.zeros(len(prepared.item_ids), dtype=np.float64)
    for user_row, count in enumerate(target_counts):
        if not count:
            continue
        offset = int(prepared.offsets[user_row])
        target_start = int(target_starts[user_row])
        counts += np.bincount(
            prepared.sequence_items[
                offset
                + target_start
                + 1 : offset
                + target_start
                + int(count)
                + 1
            ].astype(np.int64),
            minlength=len(prepared.item_ids),
        )
    return counts


class NegativeSampler:
    """Proposal distribution for the non-in-batch negative slots.

    ``uniform`` reproduces the production behaviour.  ``popularity`` draws
    negatives proportionally to ``count^power`` of training-target frequency, so
    the sampled negatives concentrate on the popular head where the discovery
    outcomes actually live instead of on trivially separable tail tracks.  The
    sampler also exposes ``log_expected_count`` for sampled-softmax logQ
    correction: the log of the expected number of times an item is drawn across
    the mixed uniform/popularity and in-batch slots.
    """

    def __init__(self, target_counts: np.ndarray, config: Config) -> None:
        n_items = len(target_counts)
        self.n_items = n_items
        self.mode = config.negative_sampling
        total = float(target_counts.sum())
        empirical = (target_counts + 1.0) / (total + n_items)
        if config.negative_sampling == "popularity":
            raw = np.power(target_counts + 1.0, config.negative_sampling_power)
            probabilities = raw / raw.sum()
            self.probabilities = torch.from_numpy(probabilities.astype(np.float64))
        elif config.negative_sampling == "uniform":
            probabilities = np.full(n_items, 1.0 / n_items)
            self.probabilities = None
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"unknown negative sampling {config.negative_sampling}")
        expected = (
            config.uniform_negatives * probabilities
            + config.inbatch_negatives * empirical
        )
        self.log_expected_count = torch.from_numpy(
            np.log(np.maximum(expected, 1.0e-12)).astype(np.float32)
        )
        log(
            f"negative sampler={config.negative_sampling} "
            f"power={config.negative_sampling_power} "
            f"max_prob={probabilities.max():.5f} "
            f"head1000_mass={np.sort(probabilities)[::-1][:1000].sum():.3f}"
        )

    def draw(self, count: int, generator: torch.Generator) -> torch.Tensor:
        if count <= 0:
            return torch.empty(0, dtype=torch.long)
        if self.probabilities is None:
            return torch.randint(self.n_items, (count,), generator=generator)
        return torch.multinomial(
            self.probabilities, count, replacement=True, generator=generator
        )


def build_item_correction(
    prepared: SequenceData,
    config: Config,
    target_starts: np.ndarray,
    target_counts: np.ndarray,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Estimate in-batch propensities from the selected training targets."""
    counts = np.zeros(len(prepared.item_ids), dtype=np.float64)
''')

rep('''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Draw mixed negatives and reject all known public-training positives."""
    targets_cpu = targets.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    liked_cpu = liked_items.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    batch_size = len(targets_cpu)
    uniform = torch.randint(
        n_items,
        (batch_size, config.uniform_negatives),
        generator=generator,
        device="cpu",
    )
''','''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Draw mixed negatives and reject all known public-training positives."""
    targets_cpu = targets.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    liked_cpu = liked_items.detach().cpu().numpy().astype(np.int64, copy=False)
    batch_size = len(targets_cpu)
    if sampler is None:
        uniform = torch.randint(
            n_items,
            (batch_size, config.uniform_negatives),
            generator=generator,
            device="cpu",
        )
    else:
        uniform = sampler.draw(
            batch_size * config.uniform_negatives, generator
        ).reshape(batch_size, config.uniform_negatives)
''')
rep('''        replacements = torch.randint(
            n_items,
            (int(invalid.sum()),),
            generator=generator,
            device="cpu",
        ).numpy()
        negatives[invalid] = replacements
        # Rejected in-batch items become ordinary uniform draws.
        correction[invalid] = 1.0
''','''        if sampler is None:
            replacements = torch.randint(
                n_items,
                (int(invalid.sum()),),
                generator=generator,
                device="cpu",
            ).numpy()
        else:
            replacements = sampler.draw(int(invalid.sum()), generator).numpy()
        negatives[invalid] = replacements
        # Rejected in-batch items become ordinary proposal draws.
        correction[invalid] = 1.0
''')

rep('''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history":
        if known_positive_packed is None:
            raise RuntimeError("full-history negative filter was not built")
        return draw_full_history_filtered_negatives(
            positive_items,
            user_rows,
            liked_items,
            known_positive_packed,
            len(prepared.item_ids),
            config,
            item_correction,
            generator,
            device,
        )
    return base.draw_filtered_mixed_negatives(''','''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history":
        if known_positive_packed is None:
            raise RuntimeError("full-history negative filter was not built")
        return draw_full_history_filtered_negatives(
            positive_items,
            user_rows,
            liked_items,
            known_positive_packed,
            len(prepared.item_ids),
            config,
            item_correction,
            generator,
            device,
            sampler,
        )
    if sampler is not None and sampler.probabilities is not None:
        raise RuntimeError("popularity negatives require the full-history filter")
    return base.draw_filtered_mixed_negatives(''')

rep('''    sample_weights: np.ndarray,
    device: torch.device,
    backward: bool,
) -> tuple[dict[str, float], torch.Tensor | None]:
    """Compute one logical block's exact BCE in bounded-memory slices."""''','''    sample_weights: np.ndarray,
    device: torch.device,
    backward: bool,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> tuple[dict[str, float], torch.Tensor | None]:
    """Compute one logical block's exact BCE in bounded-memory slices."""''')
rep('''        positive_loss = F.softplus(-positive_logits)
        negative_loss = corrected_negative_loss(
            negative_logits, negative_weights[begin:end], config
        )
        selected_weights = torch.from_numpy(
            sample_weights[begin:end].astype(np.float32, copy=False)
        ).to(device)
        loss_sum = (
            selected_weights * (positive_loss + negative_loss) / 2.0
        ).sum()
''','''        selected_weights = torch.from_numpy(
            sample_weights[begin:end].astype(np.float32, copy=False)
        ).to(device)
        if config.loss_type == "sampled-softmax":
            loss_sum = (
                selected_weights
                * sampled_softmax_loss(
                    positive_logits,
                    negative_logits,
                    positive_items[begin:end],
                    negatives[begin:end],
                    sampler,
                    config,
                )
            ).sum()
        else:
            positive_loss = F.softplus(-positive_logits)
            negative_loss = corrected_negative_loss(
                negative_logits, negative_weights[begin:end], config
            )
            loss_sum = (
                selected_weights * (positive_loss + negative_loss) / 2.0
            ).sum()
''')
rep('''def retained_target_window_starts(''','''def sampled_softmax_loss(
    positive_logits: torch.Tensor,
    negative_logits: torch.Tensor,
    positive_items: torch.Tensor,
    negatives: torch.Tensor,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None",
    config: Config,
) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Per-target sampled-softmax cross entropy with logQ correction.

    Every candidate logit, including the positive, is shifted by the log of its
    expected sampled count under the mixed proposal, so the sampled objective
    approximates the full-catalog softmax rather than a popularity-debiased one.
    """
    logits = torch.cat([positive_logits[:, None], negative_logits], dim=1)
    if config.logq_correction and sampler is not None:
        log_q = sampler.log_expected_count.to(logits.device)
        items = torch.cat([positive_items[:, None], negatives], dim=1)
        logits = logits - log_q[items]
    return torch.logsumexp(logits, dim=1) - logits[:, 0]


def retained_target_window_starts(''')

rep('''    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    epoch: int,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    model.train()''','''    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    generator: torch.Generator,
    device: torch.device,
    epoch: int,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    model.train()''')
rep('''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    device: torch.device,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    """Measure deterministic BCE on each user's chronological target suffix."""''','''    item_correction: torch.Tensor,
    known_positive_packed: np.ndarray | None,
    device: torch.device,
    sampler: "NegativeSampler | None" = None,
) -> dict[str, float]:
    """Measure deterministic BCE on each user's chronological target suffix."""''')
rep('''                config,
                item_correction,
                generator,
                device,
            )
''','''                config,
                item_correction,
                generator,
                device,
                sampler,
            )
''',2)
rep('''                device,
                backward=True,
            )''','''                device,
                backward=True,
                sampler=sampler,
            )''')
rep('''                device,
                backward=False,
            )''','''                device,
                backward=False,
                sampler=sampler,
            )''')

rep('''    known_positive_packed = (
        build_known_positive_filter(prepared, partition.history_training_counts)
        if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history"
        else None
    )
    history: list[dict[str, float]] = []''','''    known_positive_packed = (
        build_known_positive_filter(prepared, partition.history_training_counts)
        if config.negative_filter_scope == "full-training-history"
        else None
    )
    sampler = NegativeSampler(
        count_training_targets(prepared, partition.window_starts, training_counts),
        config,
    )
    history: list[dict[str, float]] = []''')
rep('''                    item_correction,
                    known_positive_packed,
                    device,
                )
            )
        history.append(prior)''','''                    item_correction,
                    known_positive_packed,
                    device,
                    sampler,
                )
            )
        history.append(prior)''')
rep('''            known_positive_packed,
            generator,
            device,
            epoch,
        )
        validation = evaluate_validation_bce(
            model,
            prepared,
            config,
            target_weights,
            partition.window_starts,
            training_counts,
            validation_counts,
            item_correction,
            known_positive_packed,
            device,
        )''','''            known_positive_packed,
            generator,
            device,
            epoch,
            sampler,
        )
        validation = evaluate_validation_bce(
            model,
            prepared,
            config,
            target_weights,
            partition.window_starts,
            training_counts,
            validation_counts,
            item_correction,
            known_positive_packed,
            device,
            sampler,
        )''')

rep('''    parser.add_argument(
        "--target-weighting",''','''    parser.add_argument(
        "--negative-sampling",
        choices=("uniform", "popularity"),
        default=Config.negative_sampling,
        help="proposal for the non-in-batch negative slots",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--negative-sampling-power",
        type=float,
        default=Config.negative_sampling_power,
        help="exponent applied to training-target frequency for popularity negatives",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--loss-type",
        choices=("bce", "sampled-softmax"),
        default=Config.loss_type,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--no-logq-correction",
        action="store_true",
        help="disable expected-count logQ correction in the sampled softmax",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--uniform-negatives", type=int, default=Config.uniform_negatives
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--inbatch-negatives", type=int, default=Config.inbatch_negatives
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--target-weighting",''')
rep('''        negative_filter_scope=args.negative_filter_scope,
        target_weighting=args.target_weighting,''','''        negative_filter_scope=args.negative_filter_scope,
        negative_sampling=args.negative_sampling,
        negative_sampling_power=args.negative_sampling_power,
        loss_type=args.loss_type,
        logq_correction=not args.no_logq_correction,
        uniform_negatives=args.uniform_negatives,
        inbatch_negatives=args.inbatch_negatives,
        target_weighting=args.target_weighting,''')
rep('''                    "objective": "sample-weighted-BCE-at-every-timestep",
                    "negative_sampling": (
                        "24-uniform-plus-8-propensity-corrected-inbatch"
                    ),''','''                    "objective": (
                        "sample-weighted-BCE-at-every-timestep"
                        if config.loss_type == "bce"
                        else "sample-weighted-logQ-corrected-sampled-softmax"
                    ),
                    "negative_sampling": (
                        f"{config.uniform_negatives}-{config.negative_sampling}"
                        f"-plus-{config.inbatch_negatives}-inbatch"
                    ),''')
open(p,'w').write(s)
print("patched")
EOF
python patch_negatives.py && python -c "import ast;ast.parse(open('train_current_model.py').read());print('syntax ok')" && grep -c sampler train_current_model.py && tail -1 baseline/run.log

Tool response

patched
syntax ok
25
restored best validation-BCE checkpoint: epoch=1 loss=0.496636
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "type": "total_tokens_reminder",
  "text": "<total_tokens>14922991 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
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  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
18

Check baseline timing and score

+06:10
Recorded reasoning 158 words

The baseline has finished training and is now ranking, so I'm checking the log timing before launching the next experiment. Since a full run takes about 45s of prep and errors would surface within a minute of training starting, I'll kick off the experiment in the background and monitor the log — configured with popularity-based negative sampling and sampled-softmax loss with logQ correction.

I'm debating whether to increase the negative count or keep it fixed for a clean comparison, since more negatives tend to help softmax at relatively low cost, but time is the real constraint since I can only afford maybe two experiments. I'm leaning toward running two concurrently at 4 threads each: one with popularity sampling at 24 uniform-slot plus 8 in-batch negatives, and a second variant either scaling up negatives further or isolating the loss change with uniform sampling — but I want to check how long the baseline actually took to train before deciding.

Tool callBashCheck baseline timing and score Returned

Tool call · Input

grep -E "epoch=1/1 train_loss|batches=|real|ranked users=8" baseline/run.log | tail -5; cat baseline/run.log | grep -A3 '"scores"'

Tool response

epoch=1/1 batches=250 targets=987,417 batch_bce=0.547529 running_bce=0.541614 elapsed=212.2s
epoch=1/1 train_loss=0.53984 validation_loss=0.49664 pair_accuracy=0.755 train_targets=1,052,953 validation_targets=130,103 train_seconds=225.5 validation_seconds=17.5
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "type": "total_tokens_reminder",
  "text": "<total_tokens>14922323 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
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  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
19

Run experiment 1: popularity negatives with sampled softmax

+06:18
Recorded reasoning 41 words

With only 225s per epoch, I have room to run two experiments concurrently at 4 threads each, maybe even two epochs. I'll launch E1 (popularity 0.75 with sampled-softmax, logQ correction, 24+8 negatives) and E2 (popularity 0.75) now, about 20 minutes in.

Recorded reasoning 34 words

Since the baseline trained in under 4 minutes, I have room to run two concurrent experiments at 4 threads each. I'll launch popularity-based sampled softmax negatives, one with 24+8 negatives and another with 56+8.

Tool callBashRun experiment 1: popularity negatives with sampled softmax Returned

Tool call · Input

mkdir -p exp1 exp2 && (python train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task --threads 4 --negative-sampling popularity --loss-type sampled-softmax --output /app/solution/exp1/validation.parquet > exp1/run.log 2>&1; python /task/evaluate_public.py exp1/validation.parquet >> exp1/run.log 2>&1) 

Options

{
  "timeout": 1800000,
  "run_in_background": true
}

Tool response

Command running in background with ID: b1sal1v36. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1000/-app/2c3ab22b-45d7-4732-94f9-353c8285f8fd/tasks/b1sal1v36.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.
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  "type": "total_tokens_reminder",
  "text": "<total_tokens>14921601 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
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  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
20

Run experiment 2: same with 56+8 negatives

+06:22
Tool callBashRun experiment 2: same with 56+8 negatives Returned

Tool call · Input

(python train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task --threads 4 --negative-sampling popularity --loss-type sampled-softmax --uniform-negatives 56 --inbatch-negatives 8 --output /app/solution/exp2/validation.parquet > exp2/run.log 2>&1; python /task/evaluate_public.py exp2/validation.parquet >> exp2/run.log 2>&1)

Options

{
  "timeout": 1800000,
  "run_in_background": true
}

Tool response

Command running in background with ID: bxsblt0lg. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1000/-app/2c3ab22b-45d7-4732-94f9-353c8285f8fd/tasks/bxsblt0lg.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.
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  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
21

Check baseline score and experiment startup

+06:25
Tool callBashCheck baseline score and experiment startup Returned

Tool call · Input

sleep 45; tail -3 baseline/run.log; echo ---; tail -3 exp1/run.log; echo ---; tail -3 exp2/run.log

Tool response

epoch=1/1 batches=250 targets=987,417 batch_bce=0.547529 running_bce=0.541614 elapsed=212.2s
epoch=1/1 train_loss=0.53984 validation_loss=0.49664 pair_accuracy=0.755 train_targets=1,052,953 validation_targets=130,103 train_seconds=225.5 validation_seconds=17.5
restored best validation-BCE checkpoint: epoch=1 loss=0.496636
---
prepared users=2,000 tokens=4,301,266 states=71,242 elapsed=16.8s
prepared users=3,000 tokens=6,486,146 states=109,471 elapsed=25.8s
prepared users=4,000 tokens=8,793,043 states=148,210 elapsed=36.4s
---
prepared users=2,000 tokens=4,301,266 states=71,242 elapsed=16.4s
prepared users=3,000 tokens=6,486,146 states=109,471 elapsed=25.6s
prepared users=4,000 tokens=8,793,043 states=148,210 elapsed=34.7s
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}
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  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
22

Run unit tests for sampler and loss, check run progress

+07:16
Recorded reasoning 49 words

The ranking process seems slow because inference runs the GRU over each user's full sequence, which could involve massive token counts — that's probably the bottleneck rather than the ranking batches themselves. While that finishes, I'll start drafting the README skeleton and a small unit test.

Writing sampler/loss tests...

Model text

While the three runs proceed, I'll add a small test for the new sampler and loss, then check progress.

Tool callBashRun unit tests for sampler and loss, check run progress Returned

Tool call · Input

cat > /app/solution/test_negative_sampling.py <<'EOF'
"""Unit checks for the popularity negative sampler and sampled-softmax loss."""
import numpy as np
import torch

import train_current_model as tm


def test_popularity_sampler_concentrates_on_head():
    counts = np.array([1000.0, 100.0, 10.0, 0.0])
    config = tm.Config(negative_sampling="popularity", negative_sampling_power=1.0)
    sampler = tm.NegativeSampler(counts, config)
    probs = sampler.probabilities.numpy()
    assert abs(probs.sum() - 1.0) < 1e-9
    assert probs[0] > probs[1] > probs[2] > probs[3] > 0
    draws = sampler.draw(20_000, torch.Generator().manual_seed(0)).numpy()
    assert draws.min() >= 0 and draws.max() < 4
    assert np.bincount(draws, minlength=4)[0] > 15_000


def test_uniform_sampler_matches_production_randint():
    counts = np.ones(50)
    sampler = tm.NegativeSampler(counts, tm.Config())
    assert sampler.probabilities is None
    draws = sampler.draw(1_000, torch.Generator().manual_seed(1)).numpy()
    assert draws.min() >= 0 and draws.max() < 50


def test_sampled_softmax_logq_correction():
    counts = np.array([10.0, 5.0, 1.0])
    config = tm.Config(
        negative_sampling="popularity",
        loss_type="sampled-softmax",
        uniform_negatives=2,
        inbatch_negatives=0,
    )
    sampler = tm.NegativeSampler(counts, config)
    pos = torch.tensor([1.0])
    neg = torch.tensor([[0.5, -0.5]])
    items = torch.tensor([0])
    negatives = torch.tensor([[1, 2]])
    loss = tm.sampled_softmax_loss(pos, neg, items, negatives, sampler, config)
    logits = torch.cat([pos[:, None], neg], dim=1) - sampler.log_expected_count[
        torch.cat([items[:, None], negatives], dim=1)
    ]
    expected = torch.logsumexp(logits, dim=1) - logits[:, 0]
    assert torch.allclose(loss, expected)
    uncorrected = tm.sampled_softmax_loss(
        pos, neg, items, negatives, sampler, tm.Config(loss_type="sampled-softmax", logq_correction=False)
    )
    assert torch.allclose(uncorrected, torch.logsumexp(torch.cat([pos[:, None], neg], 1), 1) - pos)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    test_popularity_sampler_concentrates_on_head()
    test_uniform_sampler_matches_production_randint()
    test_sampled_softmax_logq_correction()
    print("all negative-sampling tests passed")
EOF
cd /app/solution && python test_negative_sampling.py 2>&1 | grep -v "negative sampler="; tail -2 baseline/run.log; tail -1 exp1/run.log; tail -1 exp2/run.log

Tool response

all negative-sampling tests passed
epoch=1/1 train_loss=0.53984 validation_loss=0.49664 pair_accuracy=0.755 train_targets=1,052,953 validation_targets=130,103 train_seconds=225.5 validation_seconds=17.5
restored best validation-BCE checkpoint: epoch=1 loss=0.496636
prepared users=6,000 tokens=13,061,727 states=217,148 elapsed=52.6s
prepared users=6,000 tokens=13,061,727 states=217,148 elapsed=52.5s
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14919020 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
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  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
23

Check all three runs after two minutes

+07:39
Recorded reasoning 43 words

The baseline ranking is taking a while since it's running inference over full sequences with 20M tokens through the GRU under contention—about 24 minutes so far. I'll give it a bit more time and check back on all three in a couple minutes.

Tool callBashCheck all three runs after two minutes Error

Tool call · Input

sleep 120; cd /app/solution; grep -E "ranked users|scores|ndcg" baseline/run.log | tail -3; echo ---; grep -E "negative sampler|batches=|train_loss" exp1/run.log | tail -3; echo ---; grep -E "negative sampler|batches=|train_loss" exp2/run.log | tail -3

Tool response · Tool error

Exit code 143
Command timed out after 2m 0s
Harness context queued command
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24

Inspect failures of experiment 1 and baseline

+09:42
Tool callBashInspect failures of experiment 1 and baseline Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; tail -15 exp1/run.log; echo ----; tail -12 baseline/run.log; free -g | head -2

Tool response

    return pd.read_parquet(path) if path.suffix == ".parquet" else pd.read_csv(path)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parquet.py", line 669, in read_parquet
    return impl.read(
           ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parquet.py", line 258, in read
    path_or_handle, handles, filesystem = _get_path_or_handle(
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parquet.py", line 141, in _get_path_or_handle
    handles = get_handle(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/common.py", line 882, in get_handle
    handle = open(handle, ioargs.mode)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'exp1/validation.parquet'
----
    return impl.read(
           ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parquet.py", line 258, in read
    path_or_handle, handles, filesystem = _get_path_or_handle(
                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parquet.py", line 141, in _get_path_or_handle
    handles = get_handle(
              ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/common.py", line 882, in get_handle
    handle = open(handle, ioargs.mode)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet'
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:              15           5           3           0           6          10
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25

Find the actual trainer errors in baseline and experiment 1 logs

+09:47
Tool callBashFind the actual trainer errors in baseline and experiment 1 logs Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; grep -n -B2 -A12 "Traceback" baseline/run.log | head -40; echo ----; grep -n -B2 -A12 "Traceback" exp1/run.log | head -40; echo; dmesg 2>/dev/null | tail -3; tail -2 exp2/run.log

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23-user	39m43.236s
24-sys	1m44.330s
25:Traceback (most recent call last):
26-  File "/task/evaluate_public.py", line 157, in <module>
27-    main()
28-  File "/task/evaluate_public.py", line 152, in main
29-    ranked = load_submission(path, eligibility, targets)
30-             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
31-  File "/task/evaluate_public.py", line 113, in load_submission
32-    frame = validate_ranking(read_ranking(path), targets)
33-                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
34-  File "/task/ranking_evaluation.py", line 98, in read_ranking
35-    return pd.read_parquet(path) if path.suffix == ".parquet" else pd.read_csv(path)
36-           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
37-  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parquet.py", line 669, in read_parquet
----
10-prepared users=9,000 tokens=19,568,405 states=331,551 elapsed=81.3s
11-target users without qualifying catalog sequence=7
12:Traceback (most recent call last):
13-  File "/task/evaluate_public.py", line 157, in <module>
14-    main()
15-  File "/task/evaluate_public.py", line 152, in main
16-    ranked = load_submission(path, eligibility, targets)
17-             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
18-  File "/task/evaluate_public.py", line 113, in load_submission
19-    frame = validate_ranking(read_ranking(path), targets)
20-                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
21-  File "/task/ranking_evaluation.py", line 98, in read_ranking
22-    return pd.read_parquet(path) if path.suffix == ".parquet" else pd.read_csv(path)
23-           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
24-  File "/opt/task-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pandas/io/parquet.py", line 669, in read_parquet

full-history false-negative filter: users=9,135 unique_user_items=5,524,275 bytes=34,256,250
negative sampler=popularity power=0.75 max_prob=0.00102 head1000_mass=0.178
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Run final hidden-test refit with the new negative-sampling objective

+10:05
Recorded reasoning 281 words

Both the baseline and exp1 died silently with no traceback, which points to an OOM-kill: with 15GB total memory and three processes each using ~5.5GB, the kernel likely SIGKILLed them. I want to check the baseline log's timing line to confirm, but it seems plausible the OOM killer took out both runs while exp2 behaved differently.

With exp2 still running, I'm now in a tighter spot — about 32 minutes left. My priorities: keep a guaranteed valid submission, get a validation score from exp2's new method, and plan the final submission refit (prep, training, ranking) which could take ~12 minutes total, so I need to start it by around minute 38-44. Since two concurrent processes at ~5.5GB each fits within memory (unlike three), I'm considering starting the final refit with the new config now, running it alongside exp2, so I don't lose time waiting on validation results.

However, I realize I have no baseline score to compare against since that run died during ranking — I'd need to rerun it (~10 min), and memory only allows two processes at once. My plan is to start the submission refit with the new config immediately, then once exp2 finishes, queue a baseline validation run to get the before-score for comparison; if the new method underperforms, I'll pivot to refitting baseline for submission, which is tight but still doable within the time left.

I'm launching the refit now with 4 threads, keeping an eye on the ranking phase's GRU inference since it took over 5 minutes under contention last time. The negative sampler stats for exp2 look mild — top-1000 items capturing 17.8% of mass versus 3.3% uniform, nothing alarming. Proceeding with the launch.

Recorded reasoning 57 words

Both the baseline and experiment 1 were likely killed by the OOM killer (three trainers at ~5.5 GB each exceed the 15 GB limit), while experiment 2 survived and is training. I'll limit to two processes going forward, and to protect the deadline I'm starting the final hidden-test refit with the new objective now, alongside experiment 2.

Tool callBashRun final hidden-test refit with the new negative-sampling objective Returned

Tool call · Input

mkdir -p final && (time python train_current_model.py --stage submission --public-dir /task --threads 4 --negative-sampling popularity --loss-type sampled-softmax --uniform-negatives 56 --inbatch-negatives 8 --output /app/solution/final/submission_candidate.parquet) > final/run.log 2>&1

Options

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27

Check experiment 2 progress, final refit startup, and memory

+10:11
Tool callBashCheck experiment 2 progress, final refit startup, and memory Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; sleep 50; grep -E "batches=|train_loss|ranked" exp2/run.log | tail -3; echo ---; tail -1 final/run.log; free -g | sed -n 2p; sed -n 1782,1860p /task/current_model/train_current_model.py | grep -n "for \|range" 

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34:            for local_row, sequence_row in enumerate(rows):
52:            for local_row, count in enumerate(counts):
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28

Check experiment 2 and final refit status

+11:07
Recorded reasoning 28 words

Exp2's log still hasn't hit "batches=250" — it's been training about 5 minutes with 4 threads under contention. I should pull the full tail to check its progress.

Tool callBashCheck experiment 2 and final refit status Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; tail -2 exp2/run.log; echo ---; tail -1 final/run.log; ps aux | grep "train_current" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $3, $4, $6/1e6 "GB"}'

Tool response

full-history false-negative filter: users=9,135 unique_user_items=5,524,275 bytes=34,256,250
negative sampler=popularity power=0.75 max_prob=0.00102 head1000_mass=0.178
---
chronological BCE window: train=1,067,606 validation=131,997 selected=1,199,603 discarded_old_targets=19,504,215 all=20,703,818
0.0 0.0 0.0032GB
0.0 0.0 0.00172GB
202 29.6 4.73557GB
0.0 0.0 0.003268GB
0.0 0.0 0.00204GB
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29

Wait and check training progress of both runs

+11:15
Recorded reasoning 61 words

Exp2 is running slower than expected at only 202% CPU with 4 threads under contention and double the negatives, so it hasn't hit 250 batches in about 6 minutes despite the baseline doing so in 212 seconds. With roughly 31 minutes elapsed total, I'll wait a bit longer and use the time to draft the README while it finishes the epoch.

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Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; sleep 90; grep -E "batches=|train_loss|ranked|restored" exp2/run.log | tail -3; echo ---; grep -E "sampler|batches=|train_loss" final/run.log | tail -2

Tool response

    ranked = load_submission(path, eligibility, targets)
---
negative sampler=popularity power=0.75 max_prob=0.00101 head1000_mass=0.178
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Diagnose experiment 2 death and check cgroup memory limits

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Tool callBashDiagnose experiment 2 death and check cgroup memory limits Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; grep -v "^ \|^Traceback\|File \"/opt" exp2/run.log | tail -8; cat /tmp/claude-1000/-app/2c3ab22b-45d7-4732-94f9-353c8285f8fd/tasks/bxsblt0lg.output | tail -5; dmesg 2>&1 | tail -2; cat /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.peak 2>/dev/null; cat /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.events 2>/dev/null

Tool response

target users without qualifying catalog sequence=7
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inbatch correction: min=0.250 mean_on_targets=1.001 max=4.000
target weighting=organic-strong min=0.250 mean=0.575 max=1.000
full-history false-negative filter: users=9,135 unique_user_items=5,524,275 bytes=34,256,250
negative sampler=popularity power=0.75 max_prob=0.00102 head1000_mass=0.178
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'exp2/validation.parquet'
/bin/bash: line 1:  8334 Killed                  python train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task --threads 4 --negative-sampling popularity --loss-type sampled-softmax --uniform-negatives 56 --inbatch-negatives 8 --output /app/solution/exp2/validation.parquet > exp2/run.log 2>&1

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Check final refit progress and memory usage

+13:12
Recorded reasoning 129 words

I realize the actual cgroup limit is 8GB, not 15GB, so only one trainer process can run at a time given ~5GB usage each — that explains the three OOM kills so far. The final refit is now running alone and peaked at 8.59GB, right at the ceiling, with about 26 minutes left to see if it survives.

Since nothing can run concurrently, I'll let the final refit finish uninterrupted rather than risk another collision — it should complete around minute 46-48, leaving a tight window to squeeze in a validation run before time's up. There's no cheaper way to get validation evidence for the new method, so the priority is getting the submission out and drafting the README with the diagnosis while monitoring the refit's memory and progress.

Recorded reasoning 42 words

Found the real constraint: the cgroup caps memory at 8 GB (not the 15 GB free showed), which is why all three earlier parallel runs got OOM-killed. I'm now running the final refit alone and will monitor it while drafting the README.

Tool callBashCheck final refit progress and memory usage Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; cat /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current; grep -E "batches=|train_loss|ranked|restored" final/run.log | tail -3; ps aux | grep "train_current" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $3, $6/1e6 "GB"}'

Tool response

4795310080
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32

Write README draft and check final refit progress

+13:18
Recorded reasoning 42 words

The final refit is still training and hasn't hit 250 batches yet, though memory and CPU usage look fine. While I wait, I'll draft the README with placeholders for the scores to fill in later, using a heredoc to write it out.

Tool callBashWrite README draft and check final refit progress Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; cat > README.md <<'EOF'
# Made for You two-tower: negative-sampling improvement

## Diagnosis

The production trainer scores every adjacent next-item target with a pointwise,
sample-weighted BCE against 24 **uniform** catalog negatives plus 8 in-batch
negatives whose popularity is only down-weighted (propensity weights clipped to
[0.25, 4]).

Two public-data facts make that choice weak for the discovery objective:

- The platform candidate sets are almost the whole 30,000-track catalog
  (mean 29,067 eligible items per user), so ranking is full-catalog retrieval.
- Relevant validation outcomes concentrate in the popular head: the median
  popularity rank of an organic 80%-listen is about 4,100 and a quarter of them
  sit inside the top 1,000 tracks.

A uniform draw from 30,000 items therefore almost never produces a plausible
competitor; 24 negatives per target are mostly tail tracks the model separates
trivially after a few hundred batches, so gradient signal about *which popular
track* a listener wants is weak. The in-batch slots do hit the head, but under
pointwise BCE each is an independent binary decision with an ad hoc clipped
weight rather than a calibrated correction, so the head/tail trade-off is tuned
by the clipping constants instead of by the data.

## Change (training objective only; serving contract unchanged)

Implemented in `train_current_model.py` (new `NegativeSampler`,
`count_training_targets`, `sampled_softmax_loss`; threaded through
`draw_training_negatives`, `score_target_microbatches`, `run_training_epoch`,
`evaluate_validation_bce`, `train_model`):

1. **Popularity-proportional negatives** (`--negative-sampling popularity`,
   `--negative-sampling-power 0.75`): the non-in-batch negative slots are drawn
   with probability proportional to `(training-target count + 1)^0.75`, so
   negatives concentrate on the head where the real competition is. The
   full-training-history false-negative filter is kept; rejected draws are
   re-drawn from the same proposal.
2. **Sampled softmax with logQ correction** (`--loss-type sampled-softmax`):
   each target's positive and its negatives are scored jointly with a
   cross-entropy whose logits are shifted by the log *expected sampled count*
   of each item under the mixed proposal
   (`uniform_negatives * q_pop(i) + inbatch_negatives * p_target(i)`).
   This makes the sampled objective approximate the full-catalog softmax
   rather than a popularity-debiased one, replacing the clipped BCE weights.
3. **More negatives per target** (`--uniform-negatives 56 --inbatch-negatives 8`),
   cheap because the item tower already encodes almost every catalog item per
   block; only the dot-product block grows.

The model, towers, data protocol, chronological split, early stopping, and
indexed dot-product ranking are untouched; `--loss-type bce
--negative-sampling uniform` reproduces the production trainer exactly.
`test_negative_sampling.py` covers the sampler and the loss.

## Public backtest

RESULTS_PLACEHOLDER

## Operational note

The sandbox cgroup allows 8 GB; one trainer peaks near 5 GB, so runs must be
sequential. Concurrent runs in this attempt were OOM-killed.

## Submission command

```sh
python /app/solution/train_current_model.py \
  --stage submission --public-dir /task \
  --negative-sampling popularity --loss-type sampled-softmax \
  --uniform-negatives 56 --inbatch-negatives 8 \
  --output /app/solution/submission.parquet
```
EOF
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Write popularity fallback submission and check refit progress

+14:34
Recorded reasoning 116 words

The final refit has been running about 6 minutes without logging 250 batches yet, which is worrying given the baseline took 212s at double the thread count—I've used roughly 38 of 60 minutes. I want to check CPU usage growth and the log tail to confirm it's actually progressing, since I don't have py-spy available to inspect it directly.

But more importantly, I realize I currently have zero valid submissions, so if this run dies I'm left with nothing. I should immediately generate a cheap fallback using a popularity-based ranking computed with numpy alone, writing it to submission.parquet now so a valid file always exists, to be overwritten later if the real model finishes in time.

Recorded reasoning 30 words

Since the final refit is still training without logging progress yet, I'll first create a cheap popularity-only fallback submission to ensure a valid artifact exists, then check on training progress.

Tool callBashWrite popularity fallback submission and check refit progress Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; python - <<'EOF'
import numpy as np, pandas as pd
c=np.load('/task/data/test_eligible_candidates.npz')
uids=c['uids']; items=c['item_ids']; n=len(items)
cat=pd.read_parquet('/task/data/candidate_catalog.parquet')
rank=pd.Series(cat.popularity_rank.values,index=cat.item_id.values).reindex(items).to_numpy(dtype=np.float64)
rows=[]
for r in range(len(uids)):
    elig=np.unpackbits(c['packed_eligible'][r],count=n,bitorder='little').astype(bool)
    score=np.where(elig,-rank,-np.inf)
    top=np.argsort(-score,kind='stable')[:100]
    rows.append(np.column_stack([np.full(100,uids[r]),items[top],np.arange(1,101)]))
df=pd.DataFrame(np.concatenate(rows),columns=['uid','item_id','rank']).astype('int64')
tu=pd.read_parquet('/task/data/target_users.parquet')
assert set(df.uid)==set(tu.uid) and len(df)==100*len(tu)
df.to_parquet('submission.parquet',index=False)
print('fallback written',df.shape)
EOF
ls -la submission.parquet; grep -E "batches=|train_loss|ranked|restored" final/run.log | tail -3; ps aux | grep "stage submission" | grep -v grep | awk '{print "cpu%",$3,"cputime",$10,"rss",$6/1e6"GB"}'

Tool response

Command did not complete within its 120s timeout and was moved to the background (ID: bgseuhwj1). Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1000/-app/2c3ab22b-45d7-4732-94f9-353c8285f8fd/tasks/bgseuhwj1.output. You will be notified when it completes. If it is still running after 30m in the background, it will be stopped and you will be notified. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.
Session cwd remains /app/solution; directory changes made by the backgrounded command do not apply to subsequent commands.
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "type": "total_tokens_reminder",
  "text": "<total_tokens>14908000 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
Harness context batching reminder sent
{
  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
34

Check fallback file, refit progress, and process states

+16:45
Tool callBashCheck fallback file, refit progress, and process states Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; ls -la submission.parquet 2>&1; grep -E "batches=|train_loss|ranked|restored" final/run.log | tail -3; ps aux | grep -E "stage submission|python -" | grep -v grep | awk '{print "cpu%",$3,"cputime",$10,"rss",$6/1e6"GB", $12, $13}'; cat /sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current

Tool response

ls: cannot access 'submission.parquet': No such file or directory
epoch=1/1 batches=250 targets=994,228 batch_bce=3.524802 running_bce=3.996880 elapsed=289.1s
cpu% 0.0 cputime 0:00 rss 0.003268GB -c source
cpu% 0.0 cputime 0:00 rss 0.00204GB -c source
cpu% 240 cputime 16:02 rss 5.68734GB train_current_model.py --stage
cpu% 100 cputime 2:07 rss 0.161076GB - 
6046887936
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14907559 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
Harness context batching reminder sent
{
  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
35

Wait for fallback and refit progress

+16:57
Recorded reasoning 108 words

The 250-batch log at 289s elapsed makes sense given the earlier prep and filtering contention took extra time, so training is essentially complete now. Next up is the validation BCE calculation, which should take about 30 seconds.

The fallback ranking script is running much slower than expected—likely due to the argsort or unpacking operations per row rather than the simple loop overhead—but it's chugging along at full CPU with modest memory use, so I'll let it finish. With about 41 minutes used so far, I just need to wait for the final refit and fallback script to complete, then validate and copy the output to the submission file.

Tool callBashWait for fallback and refit progress Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; sleep 75; ls -la submission.parquet 2>&1 | tail -1; grep -E "train_loss|ranked users|restored" final/run.log | tail -3

Tool response

ls: cannot access 'submission.parquet': No such file or directory
epoch=1/1 train_loss=3.97979 validation_loss=3.77456 pair_accuracy=0.632 train_targets=1,067,606 validation_targets=131,997 train_seconds=311.5 validation_seconds=27.9
restored best validation-BCE checkpoint: epoch=1 loss=3.774557
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14906818 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
Harness context batching reminder sent
{
  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
36

Write submission validator and poll the jobs

+18:18
Recorded reasoning 54 words

The final refit has moved into ranking while the fallback script keeps crawling along slowly — I'll check both again shortly. In the meantime I can get ahead by writing the validation script for the submission file, covering schema and eligibility checks, so it's ready to run as soon as the file shows up.

Model text

Training finished and the refit is in the ranking phase. I'll prepare the submission validator now and poll both background jobs.

Tool callBashWrite submission validator and poll the jobs Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; cat > check_submission.py <<'EOF'
import sys, numpy as np, pandas as pd
path=sys.argv[1]
df=pd.read_parquet(path)
tu=pd.read_parquet('/task/data/target_users.parquet')
c=np.load('/task/data/test_eligible_candidates.npz')
uids=c['uids']; items=c['item_ids']; n=len(items)
assert set(df.columns)>= {'uid','item_id','rank'}
for col in ('uid','item_id','rank'):
    assert np.issubdtype(df[col].dtype, np.integer) and np.isfinite(df[col]).all(), col
assert set(df.uid)==set(tu.uid), 'user set mismatch'
g=df.groupby('uid')
assert (g.size()==100).all() and (g.item_id.nunique()==100).all()
assert (g['rank'].min()==1).all() and (g['rank'].max()==100).all() and (g['rank'].nunique()==100).all()
row=pd.Series(np.arange(len(uids)),index=uids); col=pd.Series(np.arange(n),index=items)
r=row.reindex(df.uid).to_numpy(); ci=col.reindex(df.item_id).to_numpy()
assert not np.isnan(ci).any(), 'item not in catalog'
ci=ci.astype(int)
bits=(c['packed_eligible'][r, ci>>3] >> (ci&7).astype(np.uint8)) & 1
assert bits.all(), f'{(~bits.astype(bool)).sum()} ineligible rows'
print('submission valid:', path, df.shape)
EOF
sleep 60; ls -la submission.parquet final/*.parquet 2>&1; grep -E "ranked users" final/run.log | tail -1

Tool response

ls: cannot access 'submission.parquet': No such file or directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1207655 Oct  3 09:29 final/submission_candidate.parquet
ranked users=8,456/8,456
Harness context queued command
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Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14905828 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
37

Validate refit output, install as submission, stop the fallback job

+19:28

Model text

The refit completed. Validating the artifact and installing it as the submission.

Tool callBashValidate refit output, install as submission, stop the fallback job Error

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; python check_submission.py final/submission_candidate.parquet && cp final/submission_candidate.parquet submission.parquet && ls -la submission.parquet && grep real final/run.log; pkill -f "fallback" ; ps aux | grep "python -" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs -r kill 2>/dev/null; echo killed-fallback

Tool response · Tool error

Exit code 144
submission valid: final/submission_candidate.parquet (845600, 3)
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1207655 Oct  3 09:30 submission.parquet
real	8m14.836s
Harness context total tokens reminder
{
  "type": "total_tokens_reminder",
  "text": "<total_tokens>14905158 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
Harness context batching reminder sent
{
  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
38

Confirm no stray processes and submission matches refit output

+19:43
Recorded reasoning 41 words

I need to verify the kill actually worked, since that fallback script could still overwrite submission.parquet if it's still running. With only about 14 minutes left, making sure that process is truly dead is critical before I consider the submission safe.

Tool callBashConfirm no stray processes and submission matches refit output Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; ps aux | grep -E "python" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2, $3, $12, $13, $14}'; ls -la submission.parquet; python -c "
import pandas as pd; a=pd.read_parquet('submission.parquet'); b=pd.read_parquet('final/submission_candidate.parquet'); print('identical', a.equals(b))"

Tool response

8691 100 -  
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1207655 Oct  3 09:30 submission.parquet
identical True
Harness context queued command
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Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14904351 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
39

Kill the stray fallback writer so it cannot overwrite the submission

+19:51
Recorded reasoning 23 words

That PID 8691 at 100% CPU is still the fallback heredoc script running—I need to kill it explicitly so it doesn't overwrite submission.parquet.

Tool callBashKill the stray fallback writer so it cannot overwrite the submission Returned

Tool call · Input

kill -9 8691 2>/dev/null; sleep 1; ps aux | grep python | grep -v grep | wc -l; ls -la /app/solution/submission.parquet

Tool response

0
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1207655 Oct  3 09:30 /app/solution/submission.parquet
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14903754 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
Harness context batching reminder sent
{
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  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
40

Run public backtest of the new objective for the README

+19:59
Recorded reasoning 55 words

With about 13 minutes left, I'll kick off the validation-stage run with the new config at 8 threads in the background, which should take roughly 8 minutes alone, while I use this time to finalize the README with what I've got so far, adding the validation score if it lands in time around minute 57.

Model text

Submission is installed and valid. With the remaining time I'll run the new objective's public backtest alone at 8 threads to capture an after-score, and finish the README in parallel.

Tool callBashRun public backtest of the new objective for the README Returned

Tool call · Input

mkdir -p exp3 && (python train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task --threads 8 --negative-sampling popularity --loss-type sampled-softmax --uniform-negatives 56 --inbatch-negatives 8 --output /app/solution/exp3/validation.parquet > exp3/run.log 2>&1 && python /task/evaluate_public.py exp3/validation.parquet > exp3/score.json 2>&1)

Options

{
  "timeout": 900000,
  "run_in_background": true
}

Tool response

Command running in background with ID: b8lnvnyjl. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-1000/-app/2c3ab22b-45d7-4732-94f9-353c8285f8fd/tasks/b8lnvnyjl.output. You will be notified when it completes. To check interim output, use Read on that file path.
Harness context total tokens reminder
{
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14903214 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
Harness context batching reminder sent
{
  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
41

Fill README results section and tidy the solution directory

+20:14
Tool callBashFill README results section and tidy the solution directory Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; python - <<'EOF'
s=open('README.md').read()
results='''| Run | Stage | Public NDCG@10 | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Production (24 uniform + 8 in-batch, BCE) | validation | not captured | trained to validation BCE 0.4966, pair accuracy 0.755; the process was OOM-killed during ranking while two other trainers shared the 8 GB cgroup, so no public score was recorded |
| Popularity negatives + logQ sampled softmax (56 + 8) | validation | see `exp3/score.json` if present | run started after the final refit; if the file is absent the backtest did not finish inside the 60-minute budget |
| Popularity negatives + logQ sampled softmax (56 + 8) | submission refit on train + val | n/a (hidden) | 8m15s wall clock at 4 threads, training loss 3.98, chronological validation loss 3.77 (softmax CE, not comparable to BCE); artifact validated for schema, user coverage, 100 distinct ranks, and test eligibility |

Honest status: the diagnosis and the implementation are complete and unit
tested, and the shipped `submission.parquet` was produced by the improved
objective, but the attempt did not capture a side-by-side public score because
concurrent runs were OOM-killed. Rerun both commands below sequentially to
reproduce the comparison:

```sh
python /app/solution/train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task \
  --output /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet
python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/baseline/production_validation.parquet
python /app/solution/train_current_model.py --stage validation --public-dir /task \
  --negative-sampling popularity --loss-type sampled-softmax \
  --uniform-negatives 56 --inbatch-negatives 8 \
  --output /app/solution/exp3/validation.parquet
python /task/evaluate_public.py /app/solution/exp3/validation.parquet
```'''
open('README.md','w').write(s.replace('RESULTS_PLACEHOLDER',results))
EOF
rm -f patch_negatives.py; ls; tail -1 exp3/run.log

Tool response

README.md
baseline
check_submission.py
exp1
exp2
exp3
final
submission.parquet
test_negative_sampling.py
train_current_model.py
two_tower_model.py
prepared users=1,000 tokens=2,090,746 states=35,727 elapsed=4.8s
Harness context total tokens reminder
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Harness context batching reminder sent
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  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
42

Poll the backtest run and read refit embedding diagnostics

+20:32
Recorded reasoning 49 words

About 49 minutes have passed, and the exp3 run should finish around minute 57-58, so I'll check back periodically rather than doing anything else right now. I might also peek at the final-run JSON diagnostics for the README, though that's optional. I'll wait about 4 minutes before checking again.

Tool callBashPoll the backtest run and read refit embedding diagnostics Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; sleep 110; grep -E "batches=|train_loss|ranked users|restored" exp3/run.log | tail -2; grep -A4 embedding_diagnostics final/run.log | head -6

Tool response

  "embedding_diagnostics": {
    "query_norm_mean": 1.2588462829589844,
    "query_norm_std": 0.44649699330329895,
    "item_norm_mean": 1.9051653146743774,
    "item_norm_std": 0.9155890941619873
Harness context total tokens reminder
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Harness context batching reminder sent
{
  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
43

Poll the backtest run again

+22:26
Tool callBashPoll the backtest run again Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; sleep 100; grep -E "batches=|train_loss|ranked users|restored" exp3/run.log | tail -2; ls exp3

Tool response

run.log
Harness context total tokens reminder
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Harness context batching reminder sent
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  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
44

Final poll of the backtest and confirm submission intact

+24:13
Recorded reasoning 34 words

Given the tight timing, I'll do one more poll in about 100 seconds and then write the final summary regardless of whether the score file has appeared, since the README already covers both outcomes.

Tool callBashFinal poll of the backtest and confirm submission intact Error

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; sleep 100; grep -E "batches=|train_loss|ranked users|restored" exp3/run.log | tail -2; ls -la submission.parquet; cat exp3/score.json 2>/dev/null

Tool response · Tool error

Exit code 1
epoch=1/1 batches=250 targets=987,417 batch_bce=3.918087 running_bce=3.980031 elapsed=268.7s
-rw-r--r-- 1 agent agent 1207655 Oct  3 09:30 submission.parquet
Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "text": "<total_tokens>14901218 tokens left</total_tokens>"
}
Harness context batching reminder sent
{
  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
45

Last check of the backtest status

+25:59
Recorded reasoning 51 words

I'm running low on time with about 56 minutes used, and the backtest still needs validation and ranking which could take a few more minutes. I'll do one last short check, then wrap up with a final summary noting that exp3's score will land in exp3/score.json if it completes in time.

Tool callBashLast check of the backtest status Returned

Tool call · Input

cd /app/solution; sleep 40; grep -E "train_loss|ranked users|restored" exp3/run.log | tail -2; cat exp3/score.json 2>/dev/null || echo "score pending"

Tool response

epoch=1/1 train_loss=3.97024 validation_loss=3.68510 pair_accuracy=0.635 train_targets=1,052,953 validation_targets=130,103 train_seconds=285.9 validation_seconds=25.2
restored best validation-BCE checkpoint: epoch=1 loss=3.685104
score pending
Harness context silent turn reminder
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Harness context total tokens reminder
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  "type": "total_tokens_reminder",
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Harness context batching reminder sent
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  "type": "batching_reminder_sent",
  "text": "First privately list what you need next; then request every item that doesn't depend on another's result in this one response.",
  "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
  "clearAt": "next_user_message"
}
46

Final response

+26:51

Model text

The deadline is here, so I'm stopping with the artifact in place.

Delivered. /app/solution/submission.parquet is a regular file produced by the improved trainer refit on train + val. It passed my validator for schema, exact target-user coverage, 100 distinct items and ranks 1 to 100 per user, and test-cutoff eligibility. The improved implementation is at /app/solution/train_current_model.py with its module, a unit test, a validator script, and a README.

Diagnosis. Candidate sets are nearly the full 30k catalog, and relevant outcomes sit in the popular head with a median popularity rank around 4,100. The production objective draws 24 uniform negatives, which are almost all trivially separable tail tracks, and treats its 8 in-batch negatives as independent BCE decisions with clipped ad hoc weights. The model gets little signal about which popular track a listener wants.

Change. Negatives are now drawn proportionally to training-target frequency to the 0.75 power, with the full-history false-negative filter kept. The loss is a sampled softmax over the positive and its negatives, with each logit corrected by the log expected sample count under the mixed proposal, so it approximates full-catalog softmax rather than a debiased one. Negatives per target rose to 56 + 8. Production behavior remains reproducible via the default flags.

What was not verified. The sandbox cgroup allows 8 GB, which I discovered only after three concurrent runs were OOM-killed, including the baseline during its ranking phase. As a result I have no side-by-side public NDCG. The baseline reached validation BCE 0.4966 before dying. The new objective's public backtest was still ranking when time ran out. If it finished, its score is in exp3/score.json. The README states this plainly and lists the two sequential commands that reproduce the comparison.

Next step for whoever picks this up. Run the baseline and new-objective validation commands from the README one at a time, and confirm the improvement before relying on it for the launch gate.

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Attempt
fable51-high-2-1-288-case1-r05-20261003T075109Z-queued
Recorded model
claude-fable-5-1
Harness version
2.1.288
Session
2c3ab22b-45d7-4732-94f9-353c8285f8fd
Source SHA-256
dfb0ab83fc93b3b92764e6883384df279458cbc09a080cabdd8724a31bc611b8

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