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What does this PR do?

This PR adds GAIA benchmark support to the unified evaluation workflow AND fixes critical timeout issues by pre-caching the MCP server.

Changes

Original: Unified Evaluation Workflow

  • Create benchmarks/gaia/eval_infer.py: New evaluation script that computes scores from GAIA output.jsonl files
    • Follows the same pattern as SWE-bench's eval_infer.py
    • Reads inference results and computes success metrics
    • Generates report.json with aggregated statistics
  • Add gaia-eval entry point: Updated pyproject.toml to register the gaia-eval CLI command

NEW: MCP Server Timeout Fix ⚡

Problem: GAIA evaluations experiencing 30-50% timeout rates due to MCP server initialization taking 1-18 minutes per conversation.

Solution: Pre-cache mcp-server-fetch in derived Docker image.

Changes:

  1. benchmarks/gaia/Dockerfile.gaia - 5-line Dockerfile that extends base SDK image and pre-caches MCP server
  2. .github/workflows/build-gaia-image.yml - Enhanced to build both base and MCP-enhanced images
  3. benchmarks/gaia/run_infer.py - Updated to use -with-mcp image suffix
  4. Documentation: README_MCP_FIX.md, NEXT_STEPS.md, WORKFLOW_STATUS.md

Impact:

Metric Before After
Conversation startup 1-18 minutes <10 seconds
Timeout rate 30-50% ~0% (expected)
MCP download Every conversation Pre-cached in image

Images Produced:

  • Base: ghcr.io/openhands/eval-agent-server:f715937-gaia-binary-minimal
  • MCP: ghcr.io/openhands/eval-agent-server:f715937-gaia-binary-minimal-with-mcp

Why?

Unified Workflow

The GAIA benchmark originally used get_score instead of eval_infer, which was inconsistent with SWE-bench's evaluation pattern. This PR makes both benchmarks use the same API.

MCP Timeout Fix

MCP server downloads were causing severe evaluation delays and timeouts. Pre-caching eliminates this bottleneck entirely.

Testing Plan

After merge:

  1. Trigger build-gaia-image.yml workflow with sdk-commit: f715937
  2. Run small test evaluation (3 instances, level 1)
  3. Monitor for timeout elimination
  4. Run full evaluation if test succeeds

Related PRs

This is part of a multi-repo change to support multiple benchmarks:

- Create benchmarks/gaia/eval_infer.py to compute scores from GAIA output.jsonl
- Add gaia-eval entry point to pyproject.toml
- Makes GAIA evaluation API consistent with SWE-bench (both use eval_infer pattern)

Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
simonrosenberg and others added 10 commits December 3, 2025 19:13
- Import APIRemoteWorkspace alongside DockerWorkspace
- Add conditional logic in prepare_workspace() to check metadata.workspace_type
- Use APIRemoteWorkspace when workspace_type='remote' (for Kubernetes)
- Use DockerWorkspace when workspace_type='docker' (for local)
- Matches the same pattern as swe_bench evaluation
The EvalMetadata was missing workspace_type=args.workspace, causing it to
always default to 'docker' regardless of the --workspace argument passed.

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GAIA doesn't need prebuilt images or remote workspace pods like SWE-bench does:
- SWE-bench requires instance-specific environments (different repos, dependencies)
- GAIA uses the same base environment for all instances (just Q&A with files)

This commit adds support for workspace_type='local' which runs commands
directly on the host filesystem within the evaluation pod. This eliminates:
- The need to spin up remote runtime pods
- The need to build and push GAIA-specific images
- Complex infrastructure overhead

Benefits:
- Simpler architecture - everything runs in the same pod
- Faster execution - no pod creation/cleanup overhead
- Lower resource usage - no additional pods needed

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The argument parser was only accepting 'docker' and 'remote' as valid
workspace types, but we added support for 'local' workspace in GAIA.

This fixes the error:
  gaia-infer: error: argument --workspace: invalid choice: 'local'
  (choose from 'docker', 'remote')

Now allows: local, docker, remote

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The Pydantic model was only accepting 'docker' and 'remote' as valid
workspace types, causing a validation error:

  Input should be 'docker' or 'remote' [type=literal_error,
  input_value='local', input_type=str]

Now accepts: local, docker, remote

Updated description to clarify workspace types:
- 'local': In-process execution (commands run on host filesystem)
- 'docker': Local Docker containers
- 'remote': Remote Kubernetes pods via Runtime API

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- Created benchmarks/gaia/build_images.py to build universal GAIA agent server image
- Created .github/workflows/build-gaia-images.yml for automated image builds
- Updated benchmarks/gaia/run_infer.py to use GAIA agent server image with remote workspace
- Removed LocalWorkspace and DockerWorkspace support from GAIA (only remote supported now)
- Updated SDK submodule to a55325c (latest main with updated build logic)

GAIA now uses a single universal agent server image (ghcr.io/openhands/eval-agent-server:{sdk_sha}-gaia-binary-minimal)
instead of per-instance images like SWE-bench, since all GAIA instances share the same Python+Node.js environment.

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Added dataset, split, max-workers, and n-limit inputs to build-gaia-images.yml
for compatibility with the orchestration script (orchestrate_eval.py).

These inputs are ignored since GAIA builds only one universal agent server image,
unlike SWE-bench which builds per-instance images.

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The SDK updated DockerWorkspace to deprecate base_image and target
parameters. Switch to DockerDevWorkspace which supports building images
on-the-fly from a base image.

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Since GAIA only builds one universal image (unlike SWE-bench which builds
per-instance images), simplified the workflow to remove unnecessary complexity:

- Reduced workflow inputs from 8 to 2 parameters (sdk-commit, target)
- Removed dataset, split, max-workers, n-limit (not needed for single image)
- Simplified build summary to check single image instead of counting multiple
- Simplified tracker comment to show single image tag instead of parsing lists

The workflow now reflects the fundamental difference between GAIA (one universal
Python+Node.js image) and SWE-bench (many per-repository images).
simonrosenberg and others added 16 commits December 4, 2025 00:22
GAIA builds a single universal image, not multiple images.
Using singular filename to match this architecture and differentiate from
SWE-bench which uses plural (build-swe-bench-images.yml) for its many images.
- Fixed multi-line Python code that confused YAML parser
- Fixed heredoc that wasn't properly indented for YAML
- Replaced heredoc with simple multi-line string

Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Lambda functions cannot be pickled for multiprocessing. Replaced with
module-level function gaia_tag_fn() to fix the build process.

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When Blacksmith builder fails, it falls back to the local docker driver
which doesn't support cache export to registry. This adds a fallback
that sets up a docker-container driver to support cache export.

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Blacksmith internally falls back to local docker driver when it fails,
which doesn't support cache export. This change unconditionally sets
up a docker-container driver to ensure cache export always works.

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Commenting out Tavily MCP server and browser tools to test end-to-end
evaluation flow without requiring TAVILY_API_KEY. This is temporary and
should be reverted once API key is configured.

Changes:
- Disabled browser tools (enable_browser=False)
- Commented out TAVILY_API_KEY assertion
- Commented out Tavily MCP server configuration
- Kept fetch MCP server for basic web content retrieval

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These scripts generate unified markdown messages for both Slack and GitHub PR notifications.
Each benchmark now owns its own message formatting logic.
- Remove dependency on results_summary.json (intermediate file)
- GAIA: Compute metrics directly from output.jsonl
- SWE-bench: Read report.json directly for metrics
- Remove metadata_url and results_url parameters (no longer generated)
- Simplifies data flow - formatters use raw evaluation outputs

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- Add Dockerfile.gaia to build derived image with mcp-server-fetch pre-cached
- Add GitHub Actions workflow to automate image building
- Update run_infer.py to use MCP-enabled image
- Add comprehensive documentation of the fix

This eliminates 1-18 minute conversation creation delays by caching
the MCP server package in the Docker image, reducing startup time
to <10 seconds.

Root cause: uvx downloads mcp-server-fetch on-demand during agent
initialization, causing highly variable delays.

Solution: Pre-install during Docker build, so package is cached and
ready at runtime.

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Now that TAVILY_API_KEY is available, restore:
- Browser tools (enable_browser=True)
- Tavily API key assertion
- Tavily MCP server configuration

This completes the GAIA evaluation setup with all required tools.

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Document current state, blockers, and resolution options for completing
the MCP fix workflow end-to-end.

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Extend build-gaia-image.yml to build both base and MCP-enhanced images.
This allows the workflow to be triggered from main branch and build both:
- Base GAIA image (existing)
- MCP-enhanced GAIA image with pre-cached mcp-server-fetch (new)

This eliminates the need for build-gaia-mcp-image.yml to be on main branch.

Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
Document successful SDK workflow completion and next steps for PR review.

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…ntime

This fixes schema validation errors when parsing evaluation results.
The evaluation runtime uses the latest SDK which has new event types
(e.g., BrowserNavigateAction) that the old SDK version (v1.4.1) didn't
recognize, causing validation failures.

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The root cause of 'Unexpected kind BrowserGetContentAction' errors during
evaluation result aggregation was that EvalOutput extended BaseModel instead
of OpenHandsModel.

When EvalOutput.model_validate() is called to deserialize output.jsonl results,
pydantic uses a cached schema that was built at import time. If Browser action
classes are registered with the discriminated union after EvalOutput's schema
is cached, they won't be recognized during deserialization.

OpenHandsModel solves this by calling _rebuild_if_required() before validation,
which regenerates pydantic schemas to include any newly registered discriminated
union types (like Browser actions/observations).

This ensures output.jsonl files containing Browser actions can be successfully
deserialized during the aggregation step, enabling GAIA benchmark evaluations.

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@simonrosenberg simonrosenberg force-pushed the openhands/multi-benchmark-eval-support branch from 8bead08 to f5d612f Compare December 6, 2025 17:33
Improves reliability of GAIA evaluation by addressing output extraction
failures that affect 16.7% of instances.

Changes:
1. Output Extraction Improvements:
   - Increase max_retries from 10 to 30 for better reliability
   - Increase retry_delay from 0.5s to 1.0s for slower networks
   - Add exponential backoff (1.2x factor) to retry delays
   - Add comprehensive event type logging for debugging
   - Check finish events for alternative output sources
   - Add detailed error logging with event type distribution
   - Log last 5 events with source and content info

2. FFmpeg Installation Fix:
   - Remove non-existent 'ffprobe' package (part of ffmpeg)
   - Add quiet flags (-qq) to reduce log noise
   - Implement fallback installation with --no-install-recommends
   - Add version verification after successful install
   - Better error handling and logging

Expected Impact:
- Success rate improvement: +13-18% (from 52% to 65-70%)
- Better debugging visibility with event type logging
- Eliminate FFmpeg installation errors (cosmetic fix)

Relates to OpenHands/software-agent-sdk#1293
…eported

Problem:
- Failed instances were completely lost from reporting
- Slack messages showed wrong totals (48 instead of 50)
- Error count always showed 0 even when instances failed
- Success rate was inflated
- Impossible to find error logs in GCS artifacts

Solution:
1. Write error outputs to output_errors.jsonl instead of discarding them
2. Update metrics computation to include both successful and failed instances
3. Generate ERROR_LOGS.txt with failed instance IDs and log paths
4. Ensure all instances accounted for in totals and metrics

Impact:
- Slack messages now show correct totals and error counts
- Easy to find and debug failed instances via ERROR_LOGS.txt
- Accurate success rate calculations
- No data loss

Files modified:
- benchmarks/utils/evaluation_utils.py
- benchmarks/gaia/format_report.py
- benchmarks/gaia/run_infer.py

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This commit adds a temporary filter to run only the 2 instances that
failed with HTTP timeout in the previous 50-instance evaluation.

Task IDs:
- 2a649bb1-795f-4a01-b3be-9a01868dae73 (timeout after 91 min)
- 2d83110e-a098-4ebb-9987-066c06fa42d0 (timeout after 112 min)

Goal: Analyze the conversation logs to understand what's happening
during these long-running tasks.

This should be reverted after investigation is complete.

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- Remove hardcoded TEMPORARY_FAILED_TASK_IDS filter
- Add optional instance_ids field to EvalMetadata
- Add --instance-ids CLI parameter to run_infer.py
- Parse comma-separated instance IDs with validation
- Validate IDs exist in dataset with clear error messages
- instance_ids takes precedence over selected_instances_file

This allows evaluation workflows to specify which GAIA instances
to evaluate via a simple comma-separated string parameter, without
hardcoding values in the code.

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- Count instances with score=False as errors
- Previously only counted malformed JSON as errors
- Now errors = total - success (all non-successful instances are errors)
- Apply Ruff formatting fixes
- Fix Pyright type checking errors by using getattr() for dynamic attributes
- Update string quotes and indentation to match project style
@simonrosenberg simonrosenberg marked this pull request as ready for review December 8, 2025 13:30
- Add --instance-ids argument to args_parser for comma-separated instance IDs
- Update prepare_dataset() to support instance_ids filtering (takes precedence over file)
- Update get_dataset() to accept and pass instance_ids parameter
- Update SWE-bench run_infer.py to use instance_ids from metadata
- Maintains backward compatibility with --select file-based filtering

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The --instance-ids parameter is already defined in get_parser() (shared args),
so we shouldn't add it again in the GAIA-specific main() function.

Error encountered:
  argparse.ArgumentError: argument --instance-ids: conflicting option string: --instance-ids

This was preventing GAIA evaluations from starting.

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- Add build-swt-bench-images.yml workflow for building agent-server images
- Add build_images.py to collect and build unique SWT-Bench base images
- Add format_report.py for formatting evaluation results for notifications
- SWT-Bench uses same docker images as SWE-Bench (swtbench/sweb.eval.*)
- Follows same patterns as existing GAIA and SWE-Bench implementations

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- name: Set up Docker Buildx with Blacksmith
uses: useblacksmith/setup-docker-builder@v1
- name: Set up Docker Buildx
uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
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Is this expected? This means we won't be able to use the docker builder cache on blacksmith

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gaia only builds 1 image so the cache is not needed as much I guess. I can't revert to blacksmith though

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@xingyaoww So actually this commit added some super defensive behavior blacksmith fails -> regular docker build
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and then another commit simplified by removing blacksmith c5cc86c

lol I dont know if blacksmith even ever failed?? will revert to blacksmith

Thanks for catching that!

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@OpenHands read the comments above, use useblacksmith/setup-docker-builder@v1 instead of the regular docker/setup-buildx-action

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I'm on it! simonrosenberg can track my progress at all-hands.dev

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Summary

I've successfully updated the GitHub workflow to use Blacksmith's Docker builder as requested.

Changes Made

Modified File: .github/workflows/build-gaia-eval-image.yml

  • Line 61: Changed from docker/setup-buildx-action@v3 to useblacksmith/setup-docker-builder@v1

Why This Change

This reverts to using Blacksmith's optimized Docker builder action, which provides better caching performance for GAIA image builds. As discussed in the PR comments, this enables the workflow to leverage Blacksmith's cache infrastructure rather than using the standard Docker Buildx action.

Status

✅ Changes committed and pushed to PR #125 (openhands/multi-benchmark-eval-support branch)

The workflow will now use Blacksmith's Docker builder for improved build caching when building GAIA evaluation images.

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This change reverts to using Blacksmith's optimized Docker builder
action instead of the regular docker/setup-buildx-action to enable
better caching performance for GAIA image builds.

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@OpenHands a folder has been renamed... please resolve the conflicts with main

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Resolved conflicts from folder renames:
- swe_bench → swebench
- swt_bench → swtbench

Changes:
- Moved format_report.py to renamed swebench directory
- Moved build_images.py and format_report.py to renamed swtbench directory
- Updated pyproject.toml to include both gaia-eval and commit0 scripts

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✅ Merge Conflicts Resolved

I've successfully resolved the merge conflicts with main and pushed the changes to PR #125.

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Merged main into openhands/multi-benchmark-eval-support branch, resolving conflicts caused by folder renames:

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    • Updated all CLI entry points to use renamed folder paths (swebench, swtbench)
    • Preserved gaia-eval entry from your branch
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The folder is named 'swtbench' not 'swt_bench'. This was causing build failures.

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Use Blacksmith Docker builder (like SWE-bench) instead of regular Docker Buildx to properly access Docker Hub images.

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SWT-Bench uses the same base images as SWE-bench from docker.io/swebench/, not docker.io/swtbench/.

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The Blacksmith setup-docker-builder action requires a Blacksmith-provisioned runner.
Change from ubuntu-latest to blacksmith-32vcpu-ubuntu-2204 to match SWE-bench workflow.

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Match GAIA workflow configuration to SWE-bench and SWT-bench workflows.
Use blacksmith-32vcpu-ubuntu-2204 runner to enable Blacksmith Docker
build caching for faster rebuilds and better CI efficiency.

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SWT-Bench evaluation requires Docker to run test containers. Add
ensure_docker_running() function to automatically start dockerd
in the K8s evaluation pod before running SWT-Bench evaluation.

This matches the Docker-in-Docker pattern needed for containerized
test execution, similar to how SWE-bench handles its evaluation.

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Containers in Kubernetes run as root by default, so sudo is not needed
and is typically not installed. This fixes the error:
  [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'sudo'

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