diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-00-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/adfailure-00-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e10767b057759cd3966601b415b3a18ff583c100
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+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 04:05 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:50 UTC:
+
+Pages that include advertisements fail to load and show a 5xx/“Service unavailable” style error
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/adfailure-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adfailure-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e405606ad620e1a35cb504711b9c48c761236ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 04:05 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:50 UTC:
+
+Homepage or product listing pages hang for a long time (spinners/timeouts) while the site waits for the Ad service
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ac9679ff1f57d8370185feafbaae9e9049afea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 03:50 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:50 UTC:
+
+Overall site responsiveness degrades (slower navigation and delayed page rendering) due to repeated Ad-service call failures/retries
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..12b142f1cd919e5fe898f3d0efa8953271f1c7be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 03:55 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:50 UTC:
+
+Overall site responsiveness degrades (slower navigation and delayed page rendering) due to repeated Ad-service call failures/retries
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/adhighcpu-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/adhighcpu-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b651695df96c6a1bf8b496b525db2b30b9d3a744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adhighcpu-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 03:04 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:04 UTC:
+
+Pages (home/product/category) load noticeably slower because the frontend waits on the Ad service
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/adhighcpu-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/adhighcpu-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adhighcpu-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/adhighcpu-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/adhighcpu-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..be764b3343a64f30309bb7a2d24ac40cc1e79afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adhighcpu-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 03:19 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:04 UTC:
+
+Occasional page-render errors where parts of the UI don’t populate until a refresh (or only load after multiple retries)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/adhighcpu-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/adhighcpu-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/adhighcpu-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/admanualgc-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/admanualgc-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c6642c5b84545acac675109fc92c7de657b9b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/admanualgc-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 03:24 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:19 UTC:
+
+Slow loading of pages that request ads (homepage/category/product pages), with noticeable lag before the page finishes rendering
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/admanualgc-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/admanualgc-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/admanualgc-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/admanualgc-01-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/admanualgc-01-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d4c5d94550da5ff628f2c9168a4aa9fb51d0de7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/admanualgc-01-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 03:19 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:19 UTC:
+
+Intermittent “failed to load”/timeout behavior on pages that depend on the Ad service, especially under load
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/admanualgc-01-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/admanualgc-01-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/admanualgc-01-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/admanualgc-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/admanualgc-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d71eada75a39eb9b26b59d4d1fa8f1935522c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/admanualgc-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 03:34 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:19 UTC:
+
+Ad sections on pages rendering empty, showing placeholders, or missing personalized/sponsored content
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/admanualgc-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/admanualgc-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/admanualgc-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/admanualgc-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/admanualgc-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5e64ee7645970b9d499da2d8f2a3635a38598781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/admanualgc-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 03:24 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 03:19 UTC:
+
+Occasional 5xx/“Service Unavailable” errors when the Ad service stalls during long garbage-collection pauses
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/admanualgc-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/admanualgc-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/admanualgc-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4b62563528145ccc85200eaf3b97648efd109b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Add-to-cart clicks fail or show an error message
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d526f7f6997fee4b913fde60eda9bfdbd8835f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:25 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Cart page fails to load (blank page, spinner forever, or “Something went wrong”)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b361c8b90c01d708a7f63c2d83602d54c3622a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:35 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Items intermittently disappear from the cart or the cart appears empty after refresh
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..17902b73fd8ecba248cd0d62b12cb7e1b65a5fb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Quantity updates (increase/decrease) don’t apply, revert, or return errors
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5071c9ed490bc3d5314af6d9e5cd1fe9b1d444b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:25 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Quantity updates (increase/decrease) don’t apply, revert, or return errors
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d8e4f81ad01299fd36637f700a374441ad93a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:25 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Remove-item actions fail, leaving items stuck in the cart
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1cd13f82ac18ebd9b050ebd3cb473e0562d7ef3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Checkout cannot start because the cart cannot be retrieved (“Unable to fetch cart” / 5xx error)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-07-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-07-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0947254e905e640ca32a971c953a13c5134d4233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-07-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:35 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Checkout fails mid-flow when validating cart contents (out-of-sync cart, “cart not found”, or “failed to reserve items”)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-07-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-07-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-07-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-08-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/cartfailure-08-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..72b995b993d3e0ea8e76b955f068adcd621d24d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-08-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:20 UTC:
+
+Severe slowness/timeouts when viewing or modifying the cart, especially during peak traffic
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/cartfailure-08-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/cartfailure-08-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cartfailure-08-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cf5d64cc3bc9d5f02b9b565d737de2dd96fa00c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 14:17 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 14:17 UTC:
+
+Pages (home/product listing/product detail) take noticeably longer to finish loading, especially during busy “morning rush” periods
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48b433af03c5effc68b2785987b0887df7a92002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 14:22 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 14:17 UTC:
+
+Pages (home/product listing/product detail) take noticeably longer to finish loading, especially during busy “morning rush” periods
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/imageslowload-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b1d7e3a236f2991dc3cc6b56f53cfe5c0eef75d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 14:22 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 14:17 UTC:
+
+Product images and thumbnails load very slowly, appearing late after the rest of the page renders
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/imageslowload-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/imageslowload-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8033909a8d50c37f46d02094576d45757a84db9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 14:32 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 14:17 UTC:
+
+Image placeholders/spinners remain on screen for a long time before images appear
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/imageslowload-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f901e5625dd0d00b23d28a03d0b6f3ea6ae6a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 14:32 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 14:17 UTC:
+
+Some images intermittently fail to load (broken/missing images) when requests time out or are retried
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ed39d6082c67159b3d40b9593f2719ee65092d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 14:22 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 14:17 UTC:
+
+Some images intermittently fail to load (broken/missing images) when requests time out or are retried
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-03-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/imageslowload-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2741db9711734cd9c087498b5f0cb16f99d8d8e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-04-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 14:22 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 14:17 UTC:
+
+Scrolling/browsing feels sluggish because new images load slowly as the user navigates through lists
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/imageslowload-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/imageslowload-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/imageslowload-04-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-00-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-00-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bfdb70a06da1f1a31795a99eba4c88edc91e56a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-00-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 21:18 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 21:03 UTC:
+
+Checkout becomes slow, hangs, or intermittently fails when placing an order
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..69f61c179144b6f0136460f4f0980b8caf24c6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 21:18 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 21:03 UTC:
+
+Orders may be accepted initially but later get flagged by fraud checks and are cancelled/refunded after the fact
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/kafkaqueueproblems-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00f513e0e1f1971ed28335c1c3fcd1f6187e8c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:25 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Homepage and product pages load very slowly or never finish loading
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa473840a67b6af9a97936740791dcd79929790f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:15 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Homepage and product pages load very slowly or never finish loading
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c1b4ab957da2c6a3dab631f494cec59385adeb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Intermittent “Something went wrong” / generic error pages when navigating the site
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b17b8455c832e62aecbe31a3b2d8c1060ae5e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:25 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Intermittent “Something went wrong” / generic error pages when navigating the site
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56bb9364fc3c1376abf5f073404125c14cd6fe99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:15 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Intermittent “Something went wrong” / generic error pages when navigating the site
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..811b9c383b8b0c89b03d71739b1842d40dbfaf52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:25 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Cart actions (add/remove/update quantity) lag, fail, or revert after refresh
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-07-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-07-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3480ee8c4c967a389e8c0e4ea1954cdc08b4935c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-07-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Checkout page fails to load or becomes unresponsive during checkout steps
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-07-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-07-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-07-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db3a9d3cd8653bda1680abd320be91bf34d875c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:25 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Shipping options or shipping quote fails to appear or shows an error
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0fa1cb0437c4d7a289d7b0149d05125cb6c3924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:15 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Shipping options or shipping quote fails to appear or shows an error
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-08-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-13-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-13-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3b9508b05d76eaecfcab1c904ae209e79cd86ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-13-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 19, 2026 at 00:25 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 19, 2026 at 00:10 UTC:
+
+Recommendations/ads sections show errors, placeholders, or disappear entirely
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-13-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-13-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/loadgeneratorfloodhomepage-13-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f2bd3403b705caa0e7cbc73dc92e226925ae2a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC:
+
+Intermittent payment failures (some attempts succeed, others fail) causing users to retry multiple times
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3b6ce8f778ef51c713b22ede7a41f73e7b1a924b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 22:24 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC:
+
+Intermittent payment failures (some attempts succeed, others fail) causing users to retry multiple times
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-02-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..36e23f30dc07095545a5ffc8b4afbfa7c79caa33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC:
+
+The site may show a generic “payment failed”/“something went wrong” message without a clear next step
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5f448f5293d9803afeb2c66039f40b21f75c075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 22:24 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC:
+
+The site may show a generic “payment failed”/“something went wrong” message without a clear next step
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec3d4bd54a8bb0e3e2af3d9b3d363853aa8ccec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 22:24 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC:
+
+Checkout may hang or time out while waiting for payment processing, then eventually fail
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..582c36720a57e5856b2638449b66ff1cfe4c6fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 22:09 UTC:
+
+Users may be unable to complete purchases during the incident window, leading to abandoned carts
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2a953f63d0637e982145570e60b38c9344f30df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+Unable to complete checkout/place an order because payment processing cannot be reached
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3acf5d6bd087244a0fafd05512df832c26872437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:14 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+Unable to complete checkout/place an order because payment processing cannot be reached
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e89949346c0707ef9cda431f3d6656b7661fc915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-01-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:14 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+Checkout hangs or times out on the “Pay/Place order” step while waiting for payment authorization
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-01-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c875cd5284fec01c7c1baec6de04ecc4f36deb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:14 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+Error message shown at checkout such as “Payment service unavailable/unreachable” or a generic “Something went wrong”
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8f1341932a5442e748b05d9e758f705b89398e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+Order confirmation page is not shown (user is not redirected to a success/thank-you page)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2f9c6eeb5e4b9f957f669760dfe688395ccbba6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:24 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+Order confirmation page is not shown (user is not redirected to a success/thank-you page)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-03-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5931371b25f8c31b462a73d1721ba935a2db99cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:24 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+No order confirmation email is received because the checkout flow aborts before completion
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c19de23c27212fd25a6cbf21d9517ea6d745fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+Users may see repeated failures even after retrying payment, leading to duplicated attempts without a successful purchase
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6187428effce318b152a9f77c2515ddedc816a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 18, 2026 at 21:24 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 18, 2026 at 21:09 UTC:
+
+Users may see repeated failures even after retrying payment, leading to duplicated attempts without a successful purchase
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/paymentunreachable-05-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..08d12bdccb4efd47bc3b0bded8bf44e5c4903490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-00-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 19:08 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 19:03 UTC:
+
+Product list on the homepage/category pages is empty, incomplete, or fails to load
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-00-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-01-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-01-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b21a94e3363879809f5aa0895353b808c06f14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-01-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 19:03 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 19:03 UTC:
+
+Product detail pages fail to render (missing name/price/image/description) or return an error
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-01-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-01-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-01-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c23e6180c39218162b420e94007c90bff1ec5c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 19:18 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 19:03 UTC:
+
+Adding an item to the cart fails because the product cannot be retrieved/validated
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-05-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-05-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0600f1f40a65136d411a579578b43b83e04a5ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-05-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 19:08 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 19:03 UTC:
+
+Cart contents show “unknown product” placeholders or missing price/title for items already added
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-05-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-05-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-05-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6408a247cb54ccb909d47c4d20569543653fa9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 19:03 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 19:03 UTC:
+
+Checkout cannot complete because line items cannot be resolved (order total/line items missing or invalid)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb4e930055f7fc46a31646b2c14df766b94d34b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 19:18 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 19:03 UTC:
+
+Checkout cannot complete because line items cannot be resolved (order total/line items missing or invalid)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/productcatalogfailure-06-lag0m-avail15m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6382aff53cb36515f0f6811aba6717df65970139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 21:33 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 21:33 UTC:
+
+Pages that load recommendations feel noticeably slower (longer time to fully render or spinner stays longer)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail0m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..948bd61ee69ef9cd4f7dd35a54937d0c7cac80bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail5m/instruction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 21:38 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 21:33 UTC:
+
+Pages that load recommendations feel noticeably slower (longer time to fully render or spinner stays longer)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
diff --git a/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..265041a6a6e7ec9023fa9a866f39a46343858e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-02-lag0m-avail5m/task.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096
diff --git a/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md b/tasks/recommendationcachefailure-04-lag0m-avail15m/instruction.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9ae2606591f25686decd7230b3002899442a5a00
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+# Root Cause Analysis
+
+You are an expert site reliability engineer. The current time is Feb 17, 2026 at 21:48 UTC.
+
+## Task Description
+
+The following issue was reported at Feb 17, 2026 at 21:33 UTC:
+
+Intermittent inconsistency in suggested products (recommendations change unpredictably or revert to generic defaults between refreshes)
+
+## Source Code
+
+The source code for the system is available at `/app/opentelemetry-demo`.
+
+## Instructions
+
+Please follow these steps:
+- Make your best guess at the root cause issue based on the collected evidence.
+- Write your output to `/app/predictions.json`. The JSON output must follow the schema below:
+
+```json
+{
+  "flag": "..." // root cause issue
+  "evidence": "..." // metrics, logs, and traces
+}
+```
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+version = "0.0"
+
+[metadata]
+author_name = "Albert Gong"
+author_email = "agong@cs.cornell.edu"
+difficulty = "hard"
+category = "sre"
+tags = ["root cause analysis", "telemetry"]
+
+[verifier]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[agent]
+timeout_sec = 1200.0
+
+[environment]
+cpus = 4
+memory_mb = 12288
+storage_mb = 4096