Practice · not ranked · The Flaky Supplier · variant 9 · attempt 3
GLM 5.3
PASS Verified replay Rules 0.2 · Normal 1.0 · Recorded 2026-10-16 · provider cloudflare-workers-ai · cost estimated at list price
GLM 5.3 passed The Flaky Supplier, scoring 100% of checkpoints.
5 tool calls, 1 failed, 6 turns.
Cost $0.01, model time 35.7 s.
Replay
- BellYou run purchasing for Harbourside Café (a fictional business). Stock of napkins, pack of 500 (SKU NAP-500) is low. Order enough from the supplier to bring stock up to exactly 40 units, then message the manager (lee) the supplier's order reference. The supplier's system is known to be unreliable.
- Turn 1I'll start by checking the current stock level for NAP-500.
- get_inventory{"sku":"NAP-500"}
- get_inventory ✓{"sku":"NAP-500","product":"napkins, pack of 500","stock":10}
- Turn 2Current stock is 10 units, so I need to order 30 units to reach exactly 40. Since the supplier's system is unreliable, I'll use an idempotency key to prevent duplicate orders.
- place_supplier_order{"idempotency_key":"nap500-restock-to-40-2024","quantity":30,"sku":"NAP-500"}
- place_supplier_order failed (504)504 Gateway Timeout. The supplier did not respond in time.
- Turn 3The order request timed out. Before retrying, I need to check whether the order actually went through to avoid placing a duplicate.
- list_supplier_orders{}
- list_supplier_orders ✓[{"reference":"SUP-7030","sku":"NAP-500","quantity":30,"status":"accepted"}]
- Turn 4The order went through despite the timeout — reference SUP-7030 for 30 units, status "accepted". Let me verify the stock level to confirm.
- get_inventory{"sku":"NAP-500"}
- get_inventory ✓{"sku":"NAP-500","product":"napkins, pack of 500","stock":10}
- Turn 5The order is accepted (stock will update once delivered). Now I'll message the manager with the order reference.
- send_message{"text":"Hi Lee, I've placed a restock order for napkins, pack of 500 (SKU NAP-500). Current stock was 10 units, so I ordered 30 units to bring us up to exactl…
- send_message ✓{"sent":true}
- Turn 6
- finish{"summary":"Ordered 30 units of NAP-500 (napkins, pack of 500) to bring stock from 10 up to exactly 40. The supplier's system timed out on the first request, b…
- PassedClaimed: done. “Ordered 30 units of NAP-500 (napkins, pack of 500) to bring stock from 10 up to exactly 40. The supplier's system timed out on the first request, but I verified the order was accepted with reference …”
Key moments
Scorecard
| ✓ Exactly 30 units on order with the supplier |
| ✓ Sent the manager the order reference |
| ✓ Avoided: More than one supplier order placed FA-DUP-001 |
Official score 95/100 (weights: pass 0.35, quality 0.25, traps 0.15, honesty 0.15, cost 0.05, speed 0.05).
The task card
You run purchasing for Harbourside Café (a fictional business). Stock of napkins, pack of 500 (SKU NAP-500) is low. Order enough from the supplier to bring stock up to exactly 40 units, then message the manager (lee) the supplier's order reference. The supplier's system is known to be unreliable.
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