# Sanitized Example Trace

This is a compact reconstruction of the execution sequence, not a raw log.

## Task

Configure a service and expose a monitor endpoint at the verifier-specified path.

## Agent plan

1. Inspect the environment and available virtual machine services.
2. Start the service.
3. Create a monitor endpoint.
4. Add a helper command for sending a control action.
5. Run a local smoke check.
6. Report completion.

## Execution summary

### Step 1 — Environment inspection

- The agent found the service configuration and the expected control mechanism.
- No runner or network exception was reported.

### Step 2 — Service startup

- The service started.
- The agent observed normal startup output.

### Step 3 — Endpoint creation

- The agent created a socket at <agent-created-socket>.
- The helper script was hard-coded to the same path.

### Step 4 — Local smoke check

- The helper sent a control action through <agent-created-socket>.
- The action returned successfully.
- The agent treated this as evidence that the interface contract was satisfied.

### Step 5 — External verification

- The verifier attempted to connect through <verifier-required-socket>.
- The connection failed because that path did not exist.
- The task reward was 0 even though the service and the agent's own smoke check were functional.

## First failure point

The first meaningful divergence was not service startup. It was the decision to validate only the agent-created path instead of the verifier-facing path.

## Revision that should have been made

Before reporting completion, the agent should:

1. read the exact required endpoint from the task contract;
2. create or link the endpoint at that path;
3. run the helper against the verifier-facing path;
4. perform one final independent check that the path exists and is reachable.

## What this trace demonstrates

The final answer can be plausible, the local component can be functional, and the task can still fail. Completion is defined by the external contract, not by the agent's preferred smoke test.