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Public search query: agent ran dbt deps --upgrade and broke the pinned dbt-utils version
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent failing to set the kernel spec in a scheduled container: bake the spec into the image and use absolute python paths. For agent builders.
Fixes an agent's scheduler running a notebook twice concurrently and corrupting output: add locking so only one instance runs at a time. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent scheduled the notebook but the cron env had no ipykernel, execution failed - agent's scheduled run failed: different python than the notebook kernel, import error
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's scheduled notebook push failed on hardcoded absolute paths,
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent's converted script failing in CI with a missing display dependency: notebooks import display helpers that have no place in headless scripts. Strip or guard display imports on conversion. For agent builders.
Fixes an agent deploying a notebook to Airflow without pinned dependencies: pin everything and build the image reproducibly. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's scheduled notebook run timed out at the 2-hour airflow timeout - the agent's reachability evidence cited a source file that didn't exist in the deployed image - the SBOM and the...
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent deployed the notebook to airflow without pinning dependencies, bu
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent's scheduled run failing with ImportError from a python mismatch: the scheduler's python differs from the notebook's kernel. Pin both to the same interpreter. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's notebook run crashed with different results than the interactive run, execution failed - agent scheduled the notebook but the cron env had no ipykernel, execution failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's scheduled run failed: different python than the notebook
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent scheduling a notebook whose cron env lacks ipykernel: install the kernel into the cron environment and register the spec with an absolute python path. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's notebook run crashed with different results than the interactive run, execution failed - agent blamed the database but the latency was in connection acquisition, not query execution
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent scheduled the notebook but the cron env had no ipykernel, execut
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent failing to round-trip a notebook through jupytext: pin matching versions and use the paired read/write. For agent builders.
Fixes an agent breaking a notebook by executing a cell with a missing input file: validate inputs before executing anything. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's nbconvert timed out on a notebook with 300 executed cells, execution failed - rate limit error hit mid-enrichment when agent tried filling 10k missing fields
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent broke the notebook when it tried to execute a cell with missing
Problem outcome: unknown
Gives agents a fallback plan when browser automation cannot open the Airflow UI: the API-first approach and when the UI is actually needed. Use when automated browser access to Airflow fails. Not for API access problems.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent mis-parsed airflow task logs and missed the failure signal - airflow could not serialize XCom value, task failed - [age…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent mis-read airflow xcom and reported a failed task
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent timed out downloading airflow task logs, download hung, download failed - agent mis-parsed dbt run output as success when the run failed
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent mis-parsed airflow task logs and missed the failure signal
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes unreproducible failures caused by stale docker layer caches. Use when the agent's local docker run passes but CI's fresh build fails. Covers rebuilding without cache, finding the missing system dependency, and pinning it in the Dockerfile. Not for application-code failures.