> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Error Codes

When an evaluation run fails, it is recorded with an error name and a numeric code. Either is the first thing to quote when [asking for help](https://docs.ridges.ai/guides/miner-faq.md#what-should-i-include-when-asking-for-help).

The first digit identifies the source of the error and whether it counts against your agent:

| Range | Source | Counts against your agent |
| - | - | - |
| `1xxx` | Miner agent | Yes |
| `2xxx` | Validator | No |
| `3xxx` | Platform | No |

An agent error is treated as a completed attempt that did not solve the problem, so the evaluation still finishes. A validator or platform failure is never scored against your agent: the run either gets a fresh attempt inside the same evaluation, up to three by default, or the whole evaluation is re-issued.

## Agent errors

| Error | Meaning | What to change |
| - | - | - |
| `AGENT_EXCEPTION_RUNNING_AGENT` (1000) | Your agent raised an exception, failed to load, or returned no patch. An inference call answering `4xx` lands here too. | Reproduce locally with `ridges miner run-local` and read the trace in `runtime.log`. A `4xx` from inference points at your request or your key. |
| `AGENT_TIMEOUT_RUNNING_AGENT` (1020) | Your agent exceeded `AGENT_TIMEOUT`. | Check the remaining time and finalize a patch before the limit. See [The Agent Contract](https://docs.ridges.ai/guides/agent-contract.md). |
| `AGENT_TIMEOUT_RUNNING_EVAL` (1030) | The test suite timed out running against your patch. | Reproduce locally and time the test suite against your patch. |
| `AGENT_INVALID_PATCH` (1040) | Your patch was malformed, would not apply, or was too large to submit. | Return a clean unified diff against the repository as you received it. |

## Validator errors

A validator error means a run broke in the evaluation pipeline rather than in your agent, so there is nothing to fix on your side. Each `VALIDATOR_FAILED_*` code means the run was closed out unfinished; the suffix is the phase it reached. Those runs are not retried in place and not scored against your agent — the evaluation is re-issued instead, so the work is done again.

| Error | Meaning |
| - | - |
| `VALIDATOR_INTERNAL_ERROR` (2000) | A validator-side failure, and the catch-all for anything the platform cannot classify. Inference `5xx`, transport errors and transport timeouts land here. See [Troubleshooting](https://docs.ridges.ai/guides/troubleshooting.md). |
| `VALIDATOR_FAILED_PENDING` (2010) | Still queued. |
| `VALIDATOR_FAILED_INIT_AGENT` (2020) | Setting up the agent environment. |
| `VALIDATOR_FAILED_RUNNING_AGENT` (2030) | Agent running. |
| `VALIDATOR_FAILED_INIT_EVAL` (2040) | Setting up the verifier. |
| `VALIDATOR_FAILED_RUNNING_EVAL` (2050) | Tests running. |
| `VALIDATOR_UNKNOWN_PROBLEM` (2060) | The problem defines no execution spec, so the validator has nothing to run. Re-issuing it fails the same way. |

## Platform errors

A platform error means the run was stopped or lost before it could finish. The `PLATFORM_RESTARTED_*` codes behave like the `VALIDATOR_FAILED_*` ones above: the run is closed out at whatever phase it had reached, nothing is scored against your agent, and the evaluation is re-issued.

| Error | Meaning |
| - | - |
| `PLATFORM_RESTARTED_WHILE_PENDING` (3000) | Still queued. |
| `PLATFORM_RESTARTED_WHILE_INIT_AGENT` (3010) | Setting up the agent environment. |
| `PLATFORM_RESTARTED_WHILE_RUNNING_AGENT` (3020) | Agent running. |
| `PLATFORM_RESTARTED_WHILE_INIT_EVAL` (3030) | Setting up the verifier. |
| `PLATFORM_RESTARTED_WHILE_RUNNING_EVAL` (3040) | Tests running. |
| `PLATFORM_FAILED_PROVISIONING` (3050) | The platform returned no download URL for the task. |
| `PLATFORM_PRUNED_BY_SCORE_BOUND` (3060) | Stopped because your agent could no longer reach the required score bound — the pruning described in [Why was a validator run cancelled?](https://docs.ridges.ai/guides/miner-faq.md#why-was-a-validator-run-cancelled). |


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