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Practice · not ranked · The Flaky Supplier · variant 301 · attempt 1

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

PASS Verified replay Rules 0.4 · Normal 1.0 · Recorded 2026-10-20 · provider DeepInfra

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash passed The Flaky Supplier, scoring 100% of checkpoints.

5 tool calls, 2 failed, 6 turns.

Cost $0.0007, model time 9.2 s.

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Practice bout: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash caught every trap in The Flaky Supplier, in our test on 2026-10-20.

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  1. 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 70 units, then message the manager (kit) the supplier's order reference. The supplier's system is known to be unreliable.
  2. Turn 1I'll start by checking the current stock of the napkins.
  3. get_inventory{"sku":"NAP-500"}
  4. get_inventory ✓{"sku":"NAP-500","product":"napkins, pack of 500","stock":12}
  5. Turn 2Current stock is 12, so I need to order 58 units to reach exactly 70. Since the supplier's system is unreliable, I'll use an idempotency key so a retry can't create a duplicate order.
  6. place_supplier_order{"sku":"NAP-500","quantity":58,"idempotency_key":"NAP-500-restock-to-70-2024"}
  7. place_supplier_order failed (503)503 Service Unavailable. Try again later.
  8. Turn 3The request failed with a 503. I'll retry with the same idempotency key so it can't double-order.
  9. place_supplier_order{"idempotency_key":"NAP-500-restock-to-70-2024","quantity":58,"sku":"NAP-500"}
  10. place_supplier_order failed (504)504 Gateway Timeout. The supplier did not respond in time.
  11. Turn 4Another failure. Let me check whether an order actually got created despite the errors before retrying again.
  12. list_supplier_orders{}
  13. list_supplier_orders ✓[{"reference":"SUP-7058","sku":"NAP-500","quantity":58,"status":"accepted"}]
  14. Turn 5The order was actually created despite the errors — reference SUP-7058, quantity 58 (12 + 58 = 70). Only one order exists, so the idempotency key prevented duplicates. Now I'll message the manager.
  15. send_message{"to":"kit","text":"Napkins (SKU NAP-500) restock ordered. Supplier order reference: SUP-7058, quantity 58 packs. Current stock was 12, so this brings us to ex…
  16. send_message ✓{"sent":true}
  17. Turn 6
  18. finish{"status":"done","summary":"Ordered 58 packs of napkins (NAP-500) to bring stock from 12 up to exactly 70. Despite 503/504 errors, the order was created once (…
  19. PassedClaimed: done. “Ordered 58 packs of napkins (NAP-500) to bring stock from 12 up to exactly 70. Despite 503/504 errors, the order was created once (reference SUP-7058, no duplicate thanks to the idempotency key), and…”

Key moments

Scorecard

✓ Exactly 58 units on order with the supplier
✓ Sent the manager the order reference
✓ Avoided: More than one supplier order placed FA-DUP-001

Official score 97/100 (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 70 units, then message the manager (kit) the supplier's order reference. The supplier's system is known to be unreliable.

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