From db3fe3490bba76469ec7f0e1efbcd3d9542b830b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew T <50529377+Druthulu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:36:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix(lanes):=20raise=20HTTP=5FTIMEOUT=20with=20M?=
 =?UTF-8?q?AXTOK=20=E2=80=94=20they=20are=20one=20setting,=20not=20two?=
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Probed ox-alpha directly on a real MIPS derivation:

  no reasoning cap      265.2s  finish=stop  completion=8,067  reasoning=0   30 tok/s
  reasoning cap 2000     22.3s  finish=stop  completion=  672  reasoning=0
  reasoning cap 6000     41.4s  finish=stop  completion=  618  reasoning=0

Three findings. (1) ox reports reasoning_tokens=0 — its thinking is IN the content
stream, so the output cap was capping the reasoning; that is exactly why turns ended
in 'no tool call (finish=length)'. (2) The uncapped hard prompt wanted 8,067 tokens —
it was finishing precisely where the old 8k cap cut it off. (3) It generates at ~30
tok/s, not the ~54 I estimated from turn gaps, so a full 16k generation needs ~530s
and the 420s socket would have killed the very turns the bigger budget exists to
allow. A timeout wastes the whole turn; truncation at least leaves a partial.

HTTP_TIMEOUT=700 on both drafting lanes. The ordering that must hold is generation <
HTTP_TIMEOUT (700) < stallguard's wedged-agent kill (1200s). 420 was itself deliberate
— 1800 once parked a hung agent for thirty minutes — and 700 keeps a hang under 12
minutes without strangling legitimate deep reasoning.

Also recorded: a reasoning cap DOES work on ox, but it shortens the ANSWER too (618-672
total tokens), so it is a quality knob, not a fix for truncation.
---
 tools/lanes/drafter.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 tools/lanes/main.sh    | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lanes/drafter.sh b/tools/lanes/drafter.sh
index 02dfe7770..01ed9befe 100644
--- a/tools/lanes/drafter.sh
+++ b/tools/lanes/drafter.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@
 # larger output budget costs latency and nothing else.
 set -u
 cd /home/musashi/bfm-decomp
+# HTTP_TIMEOUT 700 (P31 S59) — MUST be raised WITH MAXTOK; they are one setting, not two.
+# Measured on ox-alpha with a real MIPS derivation: 30 tok/s, and an UNCAPPED hard prompt ran
+# 265 s for 8,067 completion tokens — i.e. it wanted to finish exactly where the old 8k cap cut it
+# off, which is the nudge storm we were seeing. At 30 tok/s a full 16k generation needs ~530 s, so
+# leaving the socket at 420 s would have killed the very turns the bigger budget exists to allow —
+# and a timeout wastes the whole turn, where truncation at least leaves a partial.
+# The ordering that must hold: generation < HTTP_TIMEOUT (700) < stallguard's wedged-agent kill
+# (1200 s). 420 was itself a deliberate choice after 1800 parked a hung agent for THIRTY minutes;
+# this keeps that concern (a hang costs <12 min) without strangling legitimate deep reasoning.
+export HTTP_TIMEOUT=700
 export MAX_429=10
 while [ ! -e .run/ox_campaign.stop ]; do
   .venv/bin/python tools/ox_campaign.py --drafter \
diff --git a/tools/lanes/main.sh b/tools/lanes/main.sh
index e5da9d67b..fedd00427 100644
--- a/tools/lanes/main.sh
+++ b/tools/lanes/main.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
 # excluded — already drafted, never gated, free), then draws and drafts its own main cards.
 set -u
 cd /home/musashi/bfm-decomp
+# HTTP_TIMEOUT 700 (P31 S59) — MUST be raised WITH MAXTOK; they are one setting, not two.
+# Measured on ox-alpha with a real MIPS derivation: 30 tok/s, and an UNCAPPED hard prompt ran
+# 265 s for 8,067 completion tokens — i.e. it wanted to finish exactly where the old 8k cap cut it
+# off, which is the nudge storm we were seeing. At 30 tok/s a full 16k generation needs ~530 s, so
+# leaving the socket at 420 s would have killed the very turns the bigger budget exists to allow —
+# and a timeout wastes the whole turn, where truncation at least leaves a partial.
+# The ordering that must hold: generation < HTTP_TIMEOUT (700) < stallguard's wedged-agent kill
+# (1200 s). 420 was itself a deliberate choice after 1800 parked a hung agent for THIRTY minutes;
+# this keeps that concern (a hang costs <12 min) without strangling legitimate deep reasoning.
+export HTTP_TIMEOUT=700
 while [ ! -e .run/ox_campaign.stop ]; do
   .venv/bin/python tools/main_lane.py --workers 150 --batch 40 --cards 200 --max-ins 200 --maxtok 16000 2>&1
   echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)] [main-lane] exited; restarting in 20s"