lnd/simulation/evaluate_code.py
Olaoluwa Osuntokun 554c79cc7c simulation: adopt advisor corrections to measurement and validation
In this commit, we act on two independent advisor reviews that
reframed the program: the paradigm ceiling we have been attributing to
algorithm space is partly a measurement ceiling, and the validation
story has holes that would surface immediately upstream.

Measurement: the evaluator now emits separate objective axes
(success, retry efficiency with shards disentangled from retries, and
fee efficiency) so the engine's hybrid Pareto frontier can keep
specialists alive, and evaluation caching is enabled now that the
evaluator is verified deterministic. The split corpus generator gains
--split-leads, replacing the single ambitious payment -- which left
two thirds of every file's score as free probes and quantized
minibatch selection above the very signal being selected for -- with
a descending ladder of mandatory-split payments whose completion count
grades the score. The original --split output is regression-tested
byte-identical.

Validation: sweep_validate.py replaces ad-hoc sweeps with paired
per-file comparisons, bootstrap confidence intervals, and sign tests;
gen_mainnet_scenarios.py generates multi-vantage mainnet corpora with
log-spaced source degrees (2024 down to 2) so claims stop resting on a
single hub-resident vantage; and params_lnd_bimodal.json adds the
baseline arm reviewers will ask for first, since lnd ships a bimodal
estimator that our defaults-only comparisons never exercised. The
exp-010 writeup gains a pre-registered caveat, logged before the live
runs finish, that corpus resolution may mute their verdicts.
2026-07-25 02:58:52 -07:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Code-mode evaluator: the candidate is the full Go source of
cmd/routesim/candidate_impl.go — an entire routing algorithm.
Each eval compiles a routesim binary with the candidate swapped in via
`go build -overlay` (no working-tree mutation, parallel-safe) and runs it
with --router=candidate. Compile errors come back as feedback, which is
the highest-signal input a reflective proposer can get.
"""
import json
import os
import re
import subprocess
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
import evaluate as params_eval
REPO = Path(os.environ.get(
"LND_REPO",
Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent,
))
GO = os.environ.get("GO_BIN", "go")
# Tokens that have no business in a routing algorithm and defeat the
# information hiding of the simulator (reward-hack guard).
BANNED = re.compile(
r'\b(unsafe|reflect|os/exec|syscall|net/http|io/ioutil)\b|'
r'"os"|_test\b',
)
FENCE = re.compile(r"^```(?:go)?\s*$|^```\s*$", re.MULTILINE)
def extract_source(candidate: str) -> str:
"""Strip markdown fences if the proposer wrapped the file in them."""
text = candidate.strip()
if text.startswith("```"):
text = FENCE.sub("", text).strip()
return text + "\n"
def compile_candidate(source: str, workdir: Path) -> tuple[Path, str]:
"""Compile a routesim binary with the candidate overlaid. Returns
(binary path, "") on success or (None, compiler output) on failure."""
cand_path = workdir / "candidate_impl.go"
cand_path.write_text(source)
overlay = workdir / "overlay.json"
target = str(REPO / "cmd" / "routesim" / "candidate_impl.go")
overlay.write_text(json.dumps(
{"Replace": {target: str(cand_path)}},
))
binary = workdir / "routesim"
proc = subprocess.run(
[GO, "build", "-overlay", str(overlay), "-o", str(binary),
"./cmd/routesim"],
cwd=REPO, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=300,
)
if proc.returncode != 0:
return None, proc.stderr[-4000:]
return binary, ""
def evaluate(candidate: str, example) -> tuple[float, dict]:
"""The optimize_anything evaluator contract for code candidates."""
source = extract_source(candidate)
banned = BANNED.search(source)
if banned:
return 0.0, {
"error": f"banned identifier {banned.group(0)!r}: candidates "
"must not use unsafe/reflect/os/exec/net — pure routing "
"logic only.",
}
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="routesim-cand-") as tmp:
workdir = Path(tmp)
binary, compile_err = compile_candidate(source, workdir)
if binary is None:
return 0.0, {
"error": "compile failed",
"compiler_output": compile_err,
"hint": "Return the COMPLETE contents of "
"candidate_impl.go (package main), defining "
"newCandidateRouter with the exact contract signature.",
}
# A pathological candidate (infinite loop, quadratic blowup) must
# score 0, not crash the whole optimization run. 120s is generous:
# a healthy router does a full scenario batch in well under a
# second, so a timeout means the candidate is broken.
try:
proc = subprocess.run(
[str(binary), "--scenarios", str(example),
"--router", "candidate"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=120,
)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
return 0.0, {
"error": "timeout: candidate did not finish in 120s",
"hint": "The router likely loops without making progress "
"(e.g. RequestRoute never returns an error to terminate "
"the payment, or splits without shrinking). Ensure every "
"path terminates and shard amounts strictly decrease.",
}
if proc.returncode != 0:
return 0.0, {
"error": f"runtime failure: {proc.stderr[-2000:]}",
}
try:
output = json.loads(proc.stdout)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
return 0.0, {
"error": "candidate produced no valid JSON output",
"stdout_tail": proc.stdout[-1000:],
}
agg = output["aggregate"]
extra_attempts = min(
max(agg["attempts_per_scenario"] - 1.0, 0.0),
params_eval.ATTEMPT_CAP,
)
fee_ppm = min(agg["fee_ppm_on_success"], params_eval.FEE_PPM_CAP)
score = (
agg["success_rate"]
- params_eval.ATTEMPT_WEIGHT * extra_attempts
- params_eval.FEE_WEIGHT * fee_ppm
)
# Separate objective axes for Pareto-frontier preservation
# (frontier_type="hybrid" in the engine config). Retries and parts
# are disentangled: a mandatory 3-shard MPP payment is not "2 extra
# attempts" of waste, while 3 failures before 1 settle are. Axes are
# oriented so higher is better.
results = output["results"]
settled_parts = sum(
1
for res in results
for att in (res.get("attempts") or [])
if att.get("success")
)
total_attempts = agg["total_attempts"]
retries = max(total_attempts - settled_parts, 0)
num = max(agg["num_scenarios"], 1)
scores = {
"success": agg["success_rate"],
"retry_efficiency": -min(retries / num, 25.0),
"fee_efficiency": -fee_ppm / params_eval.FEE_PPM_CAP,
}
return score, {
"score": score,
"scores": scores,
"aggregate": agg,
"failed_payments": params_eval.summarize_failures(
output["results"],
),
"hint": (
"success_rate dominates; attempts and fee ppm apply small "
"penalties. The router only sees gossip (no hidden "
"balances), its own channel balances, and per-attempt "
"failure feedback via ReportAttempt."
),
}
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
seed_path = REPO / "cmd" / "routesim" / "candidate_impl.go"
score, info = evaluate(seed_path.read_text(), sys.argv[1])
print(f"score={score:.4f}")
print(json.dumps(info.get("aggregate", info), indent=2))