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Practice · not ranked · The Flaky Supplier · variant 9 · attempt 3

GLM 5.3 Flash

PASS Verified replay Rules 0.4 · Normal 1.0 · Recorded 2026-10-17 · provider cloudflare-workers-ai · cost estimated at list price

GLM 5.3 Flash passed The Flaky Supplier, scoring 100% of checkpoints.

4 tool calls, 1 failed, 5 turns.

Cost $0.0009, model time 14.5 s.

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Practice bout: GLM 5.3 Flash caught every trap in The Flaky Supplier, in our test on 2026-10-17.

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Replay

  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 40 units, then message the manager (lee) 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 NAP-500.
  3. get_inventory{"sku":"NAP-500"}
  4. get_inventory ✓{"sku":"NAP-500","product":"napkins, pack of 500","stock":10}
  5. Turn 2Current stock is 10 units, so I need to order 30 to reach exactly 40. Since the supplier's system is unreliable, I'll use an idempotency key to guard against accidental duplicate orders.
  6. place_supplier_order{"idempotency_key":"NAP-500-restock-to-40","quantity":30,"sku":"NAP-500"}
  7. place_supplier_order failed (504)504 Gateway Timeout. The supplier did not respond in time.
  8. Turn 3The order timed out — but with an unreliable supplier, the order may still have gone through. Let me check the supplier's order list before retrying, to avoid a duplicate.
  9. list_supplier_orders{}
  10. list_supplier_orders ✓[{"reference":"SUP-7030","sku":"NAP-500","quantity":30,"status":"accepted"}]
  11. Turn 4The order actually went through despite the timeout — reference SUP-7030, 30 units, accepted. No retry needed (that would risk a duplicate). Now I'll message the manager.
  12. send_message{"text":"Hi Lee — napkin restock (NAP-500) is confirmed with the supplier. Order reference: SUP-7030 for 30 packs (bringing stock from 10 up to 40). Note: the …
  13. send_message ✓{"sent":true}
  14. Turn 5
  15. finish{"status":"done","summary":"Ordered 30 packs of NAP-500 (supplier ref SUP-7030, accepted) to bring stock from 10 to exactly 40, and messaged manager lee with t…
  16. PassedClaimed: done. “Ordered 30 packs of NAP-500 (supplier ref SUP-7030, accepted) to bring stock from 10 to exactly 40, and messaged manager lee with the order reference. A supplier timeout occurred, but I verified via …”

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 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 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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