ScaffoldBench

RunSonnet 5.5repeat 2

Orchestrator-workers on Settle a desk of returns by what actually came back

claude-sonnet-5-5__orchestrator-workers__ecommerce-returns-desk__r2

Score

0.854

wrong answer
design ran as designed
Cost
$0.308
Latency
1m 33s
setup 0.0s, grading 0.0s
Turns
103
Tool calls
99
Subagents
1
Tokens in / out
190k / 15k
154,311 read from cache

Did the design run?

every check held
  • Run completed: heldharness.run-completedThe environment was built, the architecture returned and grading finished, none of them throwing.
  • No API failures: heldharness.apiNo model call failed at the API.
  • Every call ended: heldharness.calls-endedEvery call ended with a result, or was stopped by the run's own limits.
  • No harness tool denied: heldharness.harness-toolsThe sandbox guard never denied a harness tool, nor a tool the session itself offered.
  • Tool servers connected: heldharness.mcp-connectedEvery tool server the harness gave a call was connected when the session started.
  • No foreign tool servers: heldharness.mcp-hermeticNo call loaded a tool server the harness did not give it.
  • Builtin tools: heldharness.builtin-toolsA check recorded with the run.
  • Structured replies arrived: heldharness.structured-outputEvery call that asked for structured output and ran to the end got it.
  • No silent fallbacks: heldharness.not-degradedNo phase fell back on a default (an empty plan, a default winner) instead of its output.
  • The task was decomposed: heldorchestrator-workers.decompositionThe orchestrator’s reply was read through its schema and held at least one subtask.
  • The fan-out happened: heldorchestrator-workers.fan-outEvery subtask got a worker, every worker ran, and the recorded subagent count matches.
  • The synthesis wrote the answer: heldorchestrator-workers.synthesisThe final answer came from the synthesis call, not from a worker’s report standing in for it.
  • Each call was shown the right tools: heldorchestrator-workers.toolsThe orchestrator and the synthesis were shown no tools and every worker the task’s full toolset.

Phases

Decompose: 0.0s to 8.8s, finished, 0 tool calls, $0.021
Worker 1: all: 8.8s to 1m 22s, finished, 99 tool calls, $0.257
Synthesize: 1m 22s to 1m 33s, finished, 0 tool calls, $0.031

Drawn from the phase records: timing and cost per call, no tool calls or messages.

PhaseDurationCostTurnsToolsModel
Decompose8.8s$0.02120claude-sonnet-5-5
Worker 1: all1m 13s$0.25710099claude-sonnet-5-5
Synthesize11.8s$0.03110claude-sonnet-5-5

The call-by-call replay is not published for this run. Traces are large, so the repository keeps 9 of this run set’s 900 and leaves the rest out; the score, phases and final answer on this page come from the committed run record.

Runs you can replay

Record this cell yourself: npm run bench -- run --strategies orchestrator-workers --tasks ecommerce-returns-desk --models claude-sonnet-5-5 --repeats 1

Score breakdown

  • passRMA-801: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 10965 card; got 10965 card

  • passRMA-801 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-802: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 15900 card; got 15900 card

  • passRMA-802 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-803: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 27965 store_credit; got 27965 store_credit

  • passRMA-803 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-804: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 27965 store_credit; got 27965 store_credit

  • passRMA-804 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-805: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 5520 card; got 5520 card

  • passRMA-805 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-806: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 7350 card; got 7350 card

  • passRMA-806 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • failRMA-807: one refund of the right amount and method
    0.00weight 0.04

    expected 15900 card; got no refund

  • failRMA-807 left closed
    0.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-808: investigation opened, nothing refunded
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected no refund; got no refund

  • passRMA-808 left investigating
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-809: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 3800 card; got 3800 card

  • passRMA-809 left open
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-810: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 9900 card; got 9900 card

  • passRMA-810 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-811: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 4900 card; got 4900 card

  • passRMA-811 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-812: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 21900 card; got 21900 card

  • passRMA-812 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-813: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 10965 card; got 10965 card

  • passRMA-813 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-814: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 31800 card; got 31800 card

  • passRMA-814 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • passRMA-815: one refund of the right amount and method
    1.00weight 0.04

    expected 10965 card; got 10965 card

  • passRMA-815 left closed
    1.00weight 0.01
  • failRMA-816: one refund of the right amount and method
    0.00weight 0.04

    expected 4165 card; got no refund

  • failRMA-816 left closed
    0.00weight 0.01
  • passP-KEY returns restocked into the right buckets
    1.00weight 0.02

    sellable +3 damaged +1 (expected +3 / +1)

  • failP-HDP returns restocked into the right buckets
    0.00weight 0.02

    sellable +3 damaged +0 (expected +4 / +0)

  • passP-MON returns restocked into the right buckets
    1.00weight 0.02

    sellable +2 damaged +0 (expected +2 / +0)

  • passP-HUB returns restocked into the right buckets
    1.00weight 0.02

    sellable +1 damaged +0 (expected +1 / +0)

  • failP-MOU returns restocked into the right buckets
    0.00weight 0.02

    sellable +1 damaged +2 (expected +2 / +2)

  • passP-CAB returns restocked into the right buckets
    1.00weight 0.02

    sellable +1 damaged +1 (expected +1 / +1)

  • passP-DOC returns restocked into the right buckets
    1.00weight 0.02

    sellable +0 damaged +1 (expected +0 / +1)

  • passStore-credit balances moved by exactly the store-credit refunds owed
    1.00weight 0.02

Penalties

No penalties were applied.

Scorer metadata

tool calls
99
failed tool calls
0
distinct tools
14

Final answer

Twelve of the 16 open RMAs are settled and closed, and four remain open. I'm relying on the worker's report only; I haven't checked it against the system.

Settled and closed (12): RMAs 801–806 and 810–815. Each refund covers only the units the warehouse received, and each restock followed the warehouse's grade.

RMARefundRestock
80110,965 to card (15% fee)1 keyboard, sellable
80215,900 to card (no fee under PU-21)1 headphones, sellable
80327,965 store credit1 monitor, sellable
80427,965 store credit1 monitor, sellable
8055,520 to card (20% fee under PU-15)1 hub, sellable
8067,350 to card (defective, no fee)2 mice, damaged
8109,900 to card (12,900 paid, less 3,000 already refunded)1 keyboard, damaged
8114,900 to card (no fee)1 mouse, sellable
81221,900 to card (no fee)1 dock, damaged
81310,965 to card (15% fee; day 30, treated as inside the window)1 keyboard, sellable
81431,800 to card (no fee under PU-21; both units arrived in two parcels)2 headphones, sellable
81510,965 to card (15% fee; platinum, so the 45-day window under PU-18 applied)1 keyboard, sellable
  • 803 and 804: both were requested 41 days after shipping, so the policy requires store credit. Each was recorded on the order and added to the customer's balance.
  • 803: this customer became gold only after requesting the return, so PU-18's 45-day window did not apply to her.

Left open (4):

  • RMA-808: the warehouse received a USB cable instead of the monitor the return covers. Investigation INV-1 is open, and nothing was refunded or restocked.
  • RMA-809: 3 units were returned but only 2 have arrived (1 resellable, 1 damaged). The worker refunded 3,800 to card with no fee under PU-21 and restocked 1 sellable and 1 damaged. The RMA stays open for the third unit.
  • RMA-807: the warehouse has no receipt recorded, so nothing was refunded or restocked. The customer says it was delivered on 07-23, but that needs checking with the warehouse.
  • RMA-816: the warehouse has no receipt recorded, so nothing was refunded or restocked.

Caveats:

  • Report wording: the report's summary says "13 settled, 12 closed, three still open". Its detail gives 12 closed and 4 open (807, 808, 809, 816). The 13 appears to count RMA-809's partial settlement, so I've used the detailed breakdown.
  • Date discrepancy: the task context says today is 2026-10-12, but the worker's tools reported 2026-07-25, and all window calculations used 07-25. If the real date is 10-12, any decision that depends on today's date could differ. The worker's reasoning mostly keys off request dates, but I can't confirm that from the report.
  • Emails: no customer emails were sent, because none of these returns came from an inbox message.

Provenance of the numbers on this page

run set
scaffold-or-scale-v1
models
Haiku 4.5, Sonnet 5.5, Opus 5.5
effort
high
repeats
2
fixtures
replay
runs
900 / 900
strategy cost
$354.44
judge cost
$9.19
wall clock
9h 48m
git
fce5807b2d

Cost excludes judge calls, which are tracked separately so a scoring model never flatters or penalises an architecture. Every figure on this site is read from results/ at build time.