# OSWorld GIMP Domain - GPT-5.5 Run Errors

> 26 tasks | **43.8%** (7/16 officially scored) | 2026-05-17 to 2026-05-18

## Summary

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Total tasks | 26 |
| Officially scored | 16 |
| Pass (1.0) | 7 |
| Numeric fail (0.0) | 9 |
| Eval error / N/A | 10 |
| Interrupted / partial | 0 |
| Not reached | 0 |
| Official scored pass rate | 43.8% (7/16) |
| Full-domain pass count | 26.9% (7/26) |

**Test environment:** Ubuntu VM at `172.16.105.130`, 1920x1080, `openai-codex/gpt-5.5` via GUI Agent Harness

**Repo state:** `b6cd6ea` when the original run started; doc formatting pushed at `33a3855`.

**Run directory:** `runs/gimp_all_20260517_194037`

**Recheck directories:**

- `runs/gimp_recheck_20260518_112406` — screenshot-cache validation reruns.
- `runs/gimp_direct_pixel_recheck_20260518091406` — rerun after allowing Phase 3 locate to choose either a listed label or direct screenshot coordinates.
- `runs/gimp_task14_restart_rerun_20260518160406` — task 14 rerun after recovering the VM from ext4 read-only remount.
- `runs/gimp_task4_roguard_rerun_20260519_1359` — task 4 rerun after VM read-only guardrails; environment checks passed and official eval returned 1.0.

**Command pattern:**

```bash
.venv/bin/python benchmarks/osworld/run_osworld_task.py <task_index> \
  --domain gimp \
  --vm 172.16.105.130 \
  --max-steps 15 \
  --provider openai-codex \
  --model gpt-5.5
```

## Detailed Results

| # | Task ID | Instruction | Score | Steps | Time | Notes |
|---|---------|-------------|-------|-------|------|-------|
| 1 | 7a4deb26 | Tone down photo brightness | 0.0 FAIL | 8 | 175s | Runner said SUCCESS, evaluator missed `edited_darker.png`; model session errors |
| 2 | 554785e9 | Enhance color vibrancy | 1.0 PASS | 6 | 121s | Recovered from one `plan_next_action` model error |
| 3 | 77b8ab4d | Export photo to desktop as `export.jpg` | 1.0 PASS | 7 | 135s | No blocking error beyond missing proxy config warning |
| 4 | f4aec372 | Place yellow triangle at picture center | 0.0 FAIL | 15 | 198s | Drag target not found; screenshot read cascade; output file missing |
| 5 | d52d6308 | Remove GIMP left dock | 1.0 PASS | 3 | 175s | No blocking error beyond missing proxy config warning |
| 6 | 2a729ded | Make image background transparent | 0.0 FAIL | 15 | 328s | Download retries; model error; screenshot read cascade; output file missing |
| 7 | b148e375 | Add a new layer named `Square` | 1.0 PASS | 5 | 91s | Recovered from one `plan_next_action` model error |
| 8 | a746add2 | Open Vignette filter window | 1.0 PASS | 8 | 291s | Recovered from model errors in target lookup / verification |
| 9 | 7b7617bd | Set minimum undo steps to 100 | 0.0 FAIL | 15 | 205s | Multiple model errors; screenshot read cascade; evaluator failed to get GIMP config |
| 10 | d16c99dc | Resize dog layer height to 512 px | 0.0 FAIL | 15 | n/a | Download retries; model error; screenshot read cascade; evaluator missed `resized.png`; interrupted after score |
| 11 | 06ca5602 | Set image to Palette-Based | 1.0 PASS | 8 | 211s | Download retries, but output passed palette/structure evaluator |
| 12 | e2dd0213 | Shift text box to the left | 0.0 FAIL | 7 | 129s | Runner said SUCCESS, evaluator score 0.0; model errors during planning/verification |
| 13 | f723c744 | Increase picture contrast | 0.0 FAIL | 8 | 174s | Runner said SUCCESS, evaluator missed `berries_contrast.png`; invalid image at conclusion |
| 14 | 72f83cdc | Mirror figure horizontally | 0.0 FAIL | 15 | 193s | Screenshot read cascade; evaluator missed `berry_mirror.png` |
| 15 | 7767eef2 | Change GIMP theme from dark to light | 1.0 PASS | 8 | 149s | Recovered from one `verify_step` model error |
| 16 | 734d6579 | Fill background layer green | 0.0 FAIL | 15 | 152s | Screenshot read cascade; evaluator missed `green_background_with_object.png` |
| 17 | e19bd559 | Tone down desktop photo brightness | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 389s | Automatic evaluator marked infeasible; runner failed after searching desktop |
| 18 | 38f48d40 | Trim video in GIMP | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 198s | Infeasible for GIMP; screenshot read cascade; automatic evaluator cannot score |
| 19 | fbb548ca | Change GIMP color theme to blue | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 277s | Automatic evaluator marked infeasible; runner failed |
| 20 | 5ca86c6f | Download University of Hong Kong logo as PNG using GIMP | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 209s | Automatic evaluator marked infeasible; model error followed by screenshot read cascade and invalid image conclusion |
| 21 | 62f7fd55 | Convert `/home/user/logo.png` to SVG by GIMP | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 230s | Automatic evaluator marked infeasible; model session error |
| 22 | 8ea73f6f | Enhance low-res photo without increasing file size | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 345s | Automatic evaluator marked infeasible; screenshot read cascade and conclusion model error |
| 23 | 58d3eeeb | Translate hidden audio conversation into French | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 772s | Automatic evaluator marked infeasible; repeated model session errors |
| 24 | 2e6f678f | Batch increase desktop image brightness to 50 | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 397s | Automatic evaluator marked infeasible; model error followed by screenshot read cascade |
| 25 | 045bf3ff | Turn image into CYMK mode within GIMP | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 187s | Automatic evaluator marked infeasible; screenshot read cascade and invalid image conclusion |
| 26 | dbbf4b99 | Convert RAW image into JPEG using GIMP | N/A EVAL_ERROR | 15 | 203s | First attempt hit setup download timeout; retry reached evaluator but task was marked infeasible |

## Recheck Results

| # | Task ID | Recheck run | Score | Steps | Notes |
|---|---------|-------------|-------|-------|-------|
| 1 | 7a4deb26 | `runs/gimp_recheck_20260518_112406/task_1_artifacts` | 1.0 PASS | 9 | New screenshot handling avoided the previous missing-output failure; official evaluator found `edited_darker.png`. |
| 4 | f4aec372 | `runs/gimp_direct_pixel_recheck_20260518091406/task_4_artifacts` | 1.0 PASS | 4 | After locator Phase 3 was loosened to allow direct screenshot coordinates, planner used explicit drag coordinates and official evaluator exported `Triangle_In_The_Middle.png`. |
| 4 | f4aec372 | `runs/gimp_task4_roguard_rerun_20260519_1359/task_4_artifacts` | 1.0 PASS | 3 | After read-only guardrails were added, root stayed `rw`, `/tmp` and screenshot directory writes passed, no bad screenshots were produced, and the agent used Move tool + direct drag rather than Offset Layer. |
| 6 | 2a729ded | `runs/task6_manual_eval_cutout_desktop_pass_20260518_2054` / `runs/gimp_task6_no_save_prompt_20260518_212633` | SKIP | manual + official eval passed; autonomous rerun unstable | Manual completion passed official eval with score 1.0, but GUI harness reruns are not useful for framework analysis because the VM repeatedly remounted the root filesystem read-only and broke the screenshot service. Do not use this task for further optimization decisions. |
| 9 | 7b7617bd | `runs/gimp_task9_rerun_analyze_20260518_220913` | 1.0 PASS | 15 | Recovered from intermittent `Agent session failed`; entered Preferences, eventually selected the undo-level field, set it to 100, applied with Alt+O, and official evaluator confirmed `gimprc`. |
| 10 | d16c99dc | `runs/gimp_failed_rerun_20260518_1718/task_10_artifacts` | 1.0 PASS | 13 | Recheck resized the dog layer and official evaluator found `resized.png`. |
| 12 | e2dd0213 | `runs/gimp_task12_rerun_analyze_20260518_221555` | 0.0 FAIL | 4 | Harness used the correct Move tool / active-layer option, but only nudged once with Shift+Left and then marked done. Evaluator requires the left-most dark text pixel to be within the left 5% of the image; exported text started at x=976 on a 2192px-wide image, so it was nowhere near far enough left. |
| 13 | f723c744 | `runs/gimp_failed_rerun_20260518_1718/task_13_artifacts` | 1.0 PASS | 8 | Recheck increased contrast and official evaluator found `berries_contrast.png`. |
| 14 | 72f83cdc | `runs/gimp_task14_restart_rerun_20260518160406` | 1.0 PASS | 5 | After VM recovery, harness used Image > Transform > Flip Horizontally, left the workspace clean, and official evaluator exported `berry_mirror.png` successfully. The earlier `runs/gimp_task14_rerun_analyze_20260518_221833` result was environment-blocked by ext4 read-only remount, not a useful task result. |
| 16 | 734d6579 | `runs/gimp_task16_rerun_analyze_20260518_222506` | 1.0 PASS | 8 | Recovered from initial `Agent session failed`; direct-pixel grounding selected foreground color, set HTML color to `00ff00`, filled the background layer with `Ctrl+,`, and official evaluator confirmed `green_background_with_object.png`. |

Latest recheck accounting excluding skipped task 6: 14 PASS, 1 unresolved numeric failure, 1 SKIP, 10 N/A unchanged. Rechecked official scored pass rate on considered tasks is 93.3% (14/15); full-domain considered pass count is 53.8% (14/26), with task 6 skipped due to VM filesystem instability despite manual official-eval pass.

## Error Details

| # | Primary failure | Secondary symptoms | Evaluator result | Log |
|---|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|-----|
| 1 | `verify_step()` and `conclusion()` returned `Agent session failed` | HuggingFace SSL EOF retry | Missing `/home/user/Desktop/edited_darker.png`; score 0.0 | `task_1.log` |
| 2 | `plan_next_action()` returned `Agent session failed` | Recovered on later steps | PASS; score 1.0 | `task_2.log` |
| 3 | No blocking error observed | Missing proxy config warning only | PASS; score 1.0 | `task_3.log` |
| 4 | Drag target failed: `End not found: center of the white canvas` | `/tmp/gui_agent_screen.png` read errors; `need at least one array to stack` on steps 3-15; conclusion model error | Missing `/home/user/Desktop/Triangle_In_The_Middle.png`; score 0.0 | `task_4.log` |
| 5 | No blocking error observed | Missing proxy config warning only | PASS; score 1.0 | `task_5.log` |
| 6 | Agent opened GIMP export flow before evaluator postconfig; manual repro shows evaluator can be derailed if it continues inside a stale Export Image dialog and loses the `.png` suffix | Screenshot API returned HTTP 500 after the export dialog in the failed run; manual clean export stayed healthy | Missing `/home/user/Desktop/dog_without_background.png`; score 0.0 | `task_6.log` |
| 7 | `plan_next_action()` returned `Agent session failed` | Recovered on later steps | PASS; score 1.0 | `task_7.log` |
| 8 | `find_target_in_known()` and `verify_step()` returned `Agent session failed` | Recovered by coordinate fallback and later actions | PASS; score 1.0 | `task_8.log` |
| 9 | Multiple `plan_next_action()` / `verify_step()` model errors | Screenshot read errors on steps 13-15; conclusion got HTTP 400 invalid image | Failed to get GIMP config; score 0.0 | `task_9.log` |
| 10 | `verify_step()` / `conclusion()` model path failed | HuggingFace SSL EOF retries; screenshot read errors on steps 8-15; conclusion got HTTP 400 invalid image | Missing `/home/user/Desktop/resized.png`; score 0.0 | `task_10.log` |
| 11 | No final failure | HuggingFace download SSL/timeout retries during setup | PASS; score 1.0 | `task_11.log` |
| 12 | `plan_next_action()` and `verify_step()` returned `Agent session failed` | Runner still produced a file | Evaluator score 0.0 despite runner SUCCESS | `task_12.log` |
| 13 | `verify_step()` returned `Agent session failed` | Conclusion got HTTP 400 invalid image | Missing `/home/user/Desktop/berries_contrast.png`; score 0.0 | `task_13.log` |
| 14 | Original run hit screenshot/read cascade; first rerun was blocked by VM ext4 read-only remount | Recovered rerun after VM restart completed Image > Transform > Flip Horizontally in 5 steps | PASS; score 1.0 in `runs/gimp_task14_restart_rerun_20260518160406` | `task_14.log` / rerun artifacts |
| 15 | `verify_step()` returned `Agent session failed` once | Recovered and changed theme | PASS; score 1.0 | `task_15.log` |
| 16 | Screenshot became unreadable after early actions | `need at least one array to stack` on steps 7-15; conclusion invalid image | Missing `/home/user/Desktop/green_background_with_object.png`; score 0.0 | `task_16.log` |
| 17 | Task target likely unavailable / hard to identify on desktop | Multiple model errors while searching Files/Desktop | Evaluator infeasible, score N/A; runner failed | `task_17.log` |
| 18 | Task is semantically infeasible for GIMP video trimming | Model opened dialogs and later screenshot read cascade | Evaluator infeasible, score N/A; runner failed | `task_18.log` |
| 19 | Automatic evaluator marked task infeasible | Runner exhausted 15 steps | Score N/A; runner failed | `task_19.log` |
| 20 | `verify_step()` returned `Agent session failed` | Screenshot read errors on steps 12-15; conclusion got HTTP 400 invalid image | Score N/A; runner failed | `task_20.log` |
| 21 | `verify_step()` returned `Agent session failed` | Runner exhausted 15 steps | Score N/A; runner failed | `task_21.log` |
| 22 | Screenshot became unreadable after mid-run actions | `need at least one array to stack` on steps 8-15; conclusion model error | Score N/A; runner failed | `task_22.log` |
| 23 | Repeated `plan_next_action()` / `verify_step()` model errors | Runner attempted terminal/forensic work but exhausted 15 steps | Score N/A; runner failed | `task_23.log` |
| 24 | Screenshot became unreadable after early actions | `need at least one array to stack` on steps 8-15; conclusion model error | Score N/A; runner failed | `task_24.log` |
| 25 | Screenshot became unreadable after opening CMYK flow | `need at least one array to stack` on steps 5-15; conclusion got HTTP 400 invalid image | Score N/A; runner failed | `task_25.log` |
| 26 | Initial setup attempt timed out downloading `yicun.raw`; retry exhausted steps in file type/export flow | `verify_step()` returned `Agent session failed` once | Score N/A; runner failed | `task_26.log` |

## Error Categories

| Category | Affected tasks | Evidence | Notes |
|----------|----------------|----------|-------|
| Opaque model/session failure | 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 | `RuntimeError: Agent session failed` | Not always fatal; some tasks recover, some cascade into bad screenshots or bad outputs. |
| Invalid image passed to model | 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25 | OpenAI HTTP 400: image data is not a valid image | Usually appears after screenshot read failures or a corrupted screenshot artifact. |
| Screenshot/read cascade | 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25 | `WARNING Image Read Error /tmp/gui_agent_screen.png`; `ValueError: need at least one array to stack` | Likely secondary after an earlier action/model failure. |
| Expected output missing | 1, 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16 | Evaluator cannot retrieve expected desktop file | Could be execution failure, export failure, or filename/path mismatch. |
| Runner success but evaluator fail | 1, 12, 13 | Runner prints SUCCESS but score is 0.0 | Treat evaluator as source of truth for benchmark score. |
| Infeasible / unscorable tasks | 17-26 | Evaluator returns N/A / infeasible | Exclude from official scored pass rate unless a separate manual scoring policy is adopted. |
| HuggingFace asset download instability | 1, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16, 26 | SSL EOF, read timeout, curl fallback | Setup usually recovers, but task 26 first attempt timed out before retry succeeded. |
| Setup/download timeout | 26 | First task 26 attempt ended `SETUP_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT` after repeated HuggingFace failures | Retried in-place and overwrote `task_26.log` with completed evaluator run per handoff policy. |
| Missing proxy config warning | 1-26 | `evaluation_examples/settings/proxy/dataimpulse.json` not found | Non-blocking for passing tasks; likely environment warning. |
| Expired auth profile | During task13-20 retry | `openai-codex:default` expired on 2026-05-10 while `openai-codex:fzkuji+alt1@gmail.com` was valid | Removed expired profile and fixed auth order so only the valid profile remains. |

## Handoff Notes

- The expired `openai-codex:default` profile was removed from `~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json`; `auth-state.json` order now points only to `openai-codex:fzkuji+alt1@gmail.com`.
- Confirm why `Agent session failed` still appears without detailed traceback in runner logs; the traceback-improvement patch may not be active in this dependency path.
- Debug why a failed `verify_step()`, export, or locate/drag failure leaves `/tmp/gui_agent_screen.png` unreadable and causes repeated `need at least one array to stack`.
- For failed export/task-output cases, task 14 is now resolved after VM recovery. Task 6 is skipped because manual eval passed but autonomous reruns are polluted by VM filesystem instability; task 12 remains the main unresolved scored failure.
- Treat evaluator score as benchmark truth. Several tasks print runner SUCCESS while official evaluator returns 0.0.
- Latest recheck accounting excluding skipped task 6: 14 PASS, 1 unresolved scored FAIL, 1 SKIP, and 10 evaluator N/A/infeasible. Rechecked official scored pass rate on considered tasks is 14/15; full-domain considered pass count is 14/26.
- Decide whether infeasible/unscorable tasks 17-26 should be manually scored, excluded, or counted as non-pass in downstream reporting.
- Consider pre-caching HuggingFace OSWorld assets before full batch runs; setup download instability adds minutes and noise.
