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Diagnoses a task killed by SIGKILL under the LocalExecutor, which almost always means the host OOM killer, and shows how to prove it and size the task or the box. Use when a task dies with no Python traceback. Not for application errors that raise an exception you can read.
Breaks the spawn loop when a kernelspec points at a deleted conda environment by removing the stale spec and registering a kernel for a live environment. Stops the never-ready kernel from retrying forever. Not for kernels that start but crash on import, and not for specs invisible due to search paths.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent ai gateway fallback pointed at a deleted gateway - agent deleted old migration files thinking they were stale - now new environments cant bootstrap
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent's kernelspec pointed at a deleted conda env: spawn loop, n
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes notebooks executed against the base kernel instead of the project's virtualenv, so cells import the project's packages instead of the wrong set. Pins the kernel at the top of agent workflows and verifies the interpreter path. Not for kernels that fail to start, and not for missing packages inside the correct env…
Stops CI crashes from unpinned ipykernel by pinning the full notebook execution stack in the CI environment. Makes agent-run notebooks reproducible across rebuilds. Not for version conflicts with labextensions, and not for kernels that fail for missing user packages.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent deployed the notebook to airflow without pinning dependencies, build failed - candidate ranking agent changed its scores between runs - temperature wasn't set to 0 and the rubric drifted
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent ran the notebook in CI without pinning ipykernel: version drift crash
Problem outcome: unknown
Repairs a kernelspec whose kernel.json argv points at a Python interpreter that no longer exists (deleted venv or conda env). Reinstalls the spec from a live interpreter or rewrites argv to the current Python. Not for specs that are invisible to the server, and not for kernels that start but crash on import.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - api reference lists endpoint that no longer exists, clients get 404 error - agent skipped the down-migration test and the rollback script references columns that no longer exist
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: kernelspec json references a python that no longer exists
Problem outcome: unknown
Diagnoses the split where jupyter kernelspec list shows a kernel the notebook server cannot find, caused by kernelspecs living in different search paths (user vs system vs env). Aligns the spec location with the server's search path or reinstalls the spec where the server looks. Not for specs whose Python binary is …
Fixes autoreload crashing on modules that define del with an interpreter error on reload. Use when enabling autoreload kills the kernel on a specific module. Not for stale bytecode issues.
Fixes Deepnote scheduled runs failing with out-of-memory on a large merge. Use when the scheduled run OOMs but interactive runs survive. Not for kernel or environment install issues.
Fixes VS Code Jupyter failing to start the kernel after the wrong interpreter was selected. Use when the kernel error follows an interpreter change. Not for missing jupyter on PATH or kernel picker issues.
Fixes Voila dashboards whose kernel dies on start because ipykernel is missing from the Voila environment. Use when the dashboard page loads but no kernel can start. Not for template 404s or websocket 403s.
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.
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.
Teaches an agent to detect a silently dead kernel mid-run: heartbeat checks and execution acknowledgments, not just waiting. For agent builders.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent's kernel gateway session expired mid-run, restore failed, agent lost execution state - agent loop detected: re-creating an already-existing secret on every failed run
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent failed to detect that the kernel had silently died mid-run
Problem outcome: unknown
Breaks an agent loop of install-ipykernel, restart, fail, repeat: the environment cannot satisfy the install, so diagnose the installer instead of retrying. For agent builders.
Fixes an agent timing out waiting for kernel ready after repeated restarts: the kernel never becomes ready because the env is broken. Diagnose the kernelspec directly instead of waiting longer. For agent builders.
Breaks an agent loop of failed kernel restarts: after N failed restarts the environment is broken, not the restart logic. Stop retrying, diagnose the kernelspec python by hand, and fix the env. For agent builders.
Fixes kernel error with an empty traceback in JupyterLab: the kernelspec points at a broken python. Hand-launch the kernel command to reveal the hidden error. Not for kernels that start then die.