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Fixes a patch agent diff parser failing on kernel configuration changes, where comparing kernel config files (for example /boot config files or the running config) across a kernel update produces parse errors or thousands of false diffs because the config format, ordering, or defaults changed between versions. Use whe…
Fixes a patch agent JSON parser failing on a truncated update catalog, where a large catalog download or API response is incomplete and the parser throws, or worse, a lenient parser accepts a partial catalog and plans from missing data. Use when catalog sync fails or plans shrink mysteriously on big sync days. Not for…
Fixes a patch agent parser failing on a malformed entry in the dpkg status file, where one damaged stanza (from an interrupted write, a hand edit, or filesystem corruption) breaks parsing of the whole package database view the agent relies on. Use when the agent errors reading package state while dpkg itself may still…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent failed to handle binary files: parser crashed with error - agent failed to parse the .env file: multiline value broke the parser error
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's parser failed on dpkg status file malformed entry
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes a patch agent exec step hanging during a kernel update, where the kernel install triggers long or blocking work (initramfs generation, DKMS builds, bootloader updates, or a prompt from a helper) and the agent cannot tell progress from a hang. Use when kernel steps hang past every reasonable duration. Not for a k…
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - the scanner reported 2,300 new findings overnight after a base-image bump - the agent couldn't tell which were real - [agent's SBOM diff flagged 200 changes - all were hash-only and the security revi…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's scan diff flagged config changes as new vulnerabilities
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's parser failed on workerd's multi-line uncaught exception: stack split across log entries - agent failed to parse dbt cloud run logs: truncated json lines
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's log parser failed on rotated update logs
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - the scanner reported 2,300 new findings overnight after a base-image bump - the agent couldn't tell which were real - [agent's SBOM diff flagged 200 changes - all were hash-only and the security revi…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's scan diff flagged config changes as new vulnerabilities
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes agent diff parsers choking on 'No newline at end of file' markers by handling the marker line. Use when the parser misaligns or crashes on that marker. Not for other diff-format issues.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - upgrade PR opened with no release notes: the repo kept its changelog in a .rst file the agent couldn't parse - [agent's dependency-dashboard PR grew to 300 files - operators couldn't review it and cl…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent could not parse no newline at end of file diff markers
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's changelog summary hallucinated breaking changes - the release notes it cited didn't exist - [agent summarized a changelog from a stale cached copy; the "breaking changes" it listed were from …
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's changelog writer dropped the breaking-changes section
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes dry-run/production policy divergence with config parity checks. Use when an agent passes dry-run but fails against production policy. Not for rule-logic bugs.
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.
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 failed to set the kernel spec in the scheduled container, ke
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes an agent's notebook diff flagging every cell as changed: diff on cell identity and content, not on volatile metadata. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent mis-parsed notebook JSON: treated outputs as source cells, parser failed - the agent's diff flagged every defined term as changed - counterparty capitalized them all and the agent treated...
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's notebook JSON diff failed: flagged every cell as changed,
Problem outcome: unknown
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's diff counted 60 changes but 58 were comment balloons the counterparty left in the margin that the parser read... - [the agent's diff flagged every defined term as changed - counterparty capit…
Problem outcome: unknown