feat: Add multi-trial flakiness detection for evals#91
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Pull request overview
Adds CLI and result/statistics enhancements to support running eval tasks multiple times and surfacing flakiness/pass-rate information in outputs.
Changes:
- Document a new
--trialsflag forwaza runand add CLI parsing/validation + spec override behavior. - Extend per-task
TestStatswith run counts and flakiness percentage, and print flakiness in the CLI summary. - Add tests around
--trialshandling and basic flakiness percent computation.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| site/src/content/docs/reference/cli.mdx | Documents --trials flag for multi-trial runs. |
| internal/orchestration/runner_orchestration_test.go | Adds unit test for flakiness percent/run counts in computeTestStats. |
| internal/orchestration/runner.go | Computes additional per-task stats (PassedRuns, FailedRuns, ErrorRuns, TotalRuns, FlakinessPercent). |
| internal/models/outcome.go | Extends TestStats JSON model with run counts + flakiness_percent. |
| cmd/waza/cmd_run_test.go | Adds tests for --trials parsing, validation, and spec override reflected in output JSON. |
| cmd/waza/cmd_run.go | Introduces --trials flag, validates it, applies it to spec.Config.RunsPerTest, and prints flakiness percent in summary. |
| README.md | Documents --trials flag in CLI options table. |
| .squad/log/2026-03-05T00-36-issue-assignment-pipeline.md | Adds squad session log (process/workflow). |
| .squad/log/2026-03-05T00-26-rusty-token-diff-design.md | Adds squad session log (token diff strategy). |
| .squad/decisions.md | Records decisions (includes token-diff strategy + workflow directive). |
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internal/orchestration/runner_orchestration_test.go:350
- This test only covers pass/fail runs where
Validationsis populated, so it won’t catch the common error-path cases whereStatusErrorruns haveValidations == nil(e.g., engine.Execute error / grader execution error). Adding an assertion that an error run reducesPassRateand incrementsErrorRuns(and does not incrementPassedRuns) would prevent regressions in the stats bucketing logic.
func TestComputeTestStats_FlakinessPercent(t *testing.T) {
runner := NewTestRunner(config.NewBenchmarkConfig(&models.BenchmarkSpec{}), nil)
runs := []models.RunResult{
{
Status: models.StatusPassed,
DurationMs: 10,
Validations: map[string]models.GraderResults{
"check": {Passed: true, Score: 1},
},
},
{
Status: models.StatusPassed,
DurationMs: 20,
Validations: map[string]models.GraderResults{
"check": {Passed: true, Score: 1},
},
},
{
Status: models.StatusFailed,
DurationMs: 30,
Validations: map[string]models.GraderResults{
"check": {Passed: false, Score: 0},
},
},
}
stats := runner.computeTestStats(runs)
require.NotNil(t, stats)
assert.Equal(t, 3, stats.TotalRuns)
assert.Equal(t, 2, stats.PassedRuns)
assert.Equal(t, 1, stats.FailedRuns)
assert.Equal(t, 0, stats.ErrorRuns)
assert.InDelta(t, 66.6667, stats.PassRate*100, 0.1)
assert.True(t, stats.Flaky)
assert.InDelta(t, 33.3333, stats.FlakinessPercent, 0.1)
}
.squad/decisions.md:258
- This PR is scoped/titled as implementing multi-trial flakiness detection for evals (issue #84), but this change adds a decision entry for an unrelated topic (token diff distribution strategy for issue #81). Consider moving the #81 decision/log updates to a separate PR (or to the PR for #81) so this PR remains focused and easier to review/revert.
## 2026-03-05: Token Diff Distribution Strategy (Issue #81)
**By:** Rusty (Lead / Architect)
**Issue:** #81
**Status:** APPROVED
### What
For the GitHub Action token budget PR comment feature (#81), **implement `waza tokens diff` CLI command + lightweight wrapper action**, not action-only or CLI-only.
### Implementation
internal/orchestration/runner.go:1302
- The current counters can double-count error runs: a
StatusErrorrun that also has failing validations increments bothfailed(via theelse) anderrored, and aStatusErrorrun with nil validations incrementspassedanderrored. This can makePassedRuns+FailedRuns+ErrorRunsdiffer fromTotalRunsand makes the individual run counts misleading. Suggest counting each run into exactly one bucket (passed/failed/error) based onrun.Status, then computingPassRatefrom those buckets.
if run.Status == models.StatusError {
errored++
}
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Verified by Rusty (Opus 4.6) — LGTM ✅
Solid implementation of multi-trial flakiness detection:
- --trials\ flag with proper validation (>=1), clean override of \spec.Config.RunsPerTest\
- \FlakinessPercent\ metric uses correct minority-outcomes formula
- New stats fields (PassedRuns, FailedRuns, ErrorRuns, TotalRuns) provide full trial breakdown
- Summary display updated with flakiness percentage
- Tests cover flag parsing, invalid values, override behavior, and stats computation
- Docs updated: README, CLI reference
- CI green on ubuntu + windows + lint
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Code Review: PR #91 - feat: Add multi-trial flakiness detection
What Looks Good
- Smart flag behavior - --trials only overrides when explicitly provided
- Clean validation - rejects --trials 0 with clear error
- Correct flakiness formula - minority outcomes / total gives 0-50% range
- Backward compatible switch on run.Status with fallthrough
- Comprehensive tests and docs updated
Low (1 finding)
- ErrorRuns is a subset of FailedRuns (PassedRuns + FailedRuns = TotalRuns). Consider documenting this in outcome.go for JSON consumers.
Overall Assessment: Approve
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Code Review: PR #91 — feat: Add multi-trial flakiness detection
✅ What Looks Good
cmd.Flags().Changed("trials")correctly prevents accidental override of spec config- Flakiness formula — minority-outcome metric is symmetric and intuitive
- Error runs counted as failures —
ErrorRuns ⊂ FailedRuns,PassedRuns + FailedRuns == TotalRuns - Comprehensive tests — flag parsing, invalid value, spec override, flakiness %, error counting
- Docs updated — README and site CLI reference both cover the new flag
Findings Summary
| Priority | Count |
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| Critical | 0 |
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| Medium | 0 |
| Low | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Overall Assessment: Approve — clean, well-tested feature addition. One low readability note.
Addresses wbreza review feedback on PR #91. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Addresses wbreza review feedback on PR #91. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Addresses wbreza review feedback on PR #91. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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* feat: add multi-trial flakiness detection #84 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * fix: address review feedback on PR #91 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * fix: address PR #91 flakiness review comments Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * fix: add clarifying comment on dual-path trials override logic Addresses wbreza review feedback on PR #91. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(runner): StatusError counts as error not fail, add --trials override test - Updated computeTestStats to separate StatusError from StatusFailed buckets - Updated unit tests to verify error/fail separation - Added cmd/waza test for --trials flag override logic - Fixes double-counting of error runs as failures * fix: address PR #103 review feedback - Fix task YAML schema: use inputs.prompt instead of prompts[] - Fix gofmt indentation on test function - Clarify --trials docs: omit to use config, explicit values must be >= 1 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Partially addresses #84 (Adds CLI flag, but full flakiness config pending)