---
title: "overlane run attempt"
description: "Report one finished iteration on a task and learn whether the task is held"
---

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# overlane run attempt

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Records how an iteration ended (verified, pending, quota, failed or no_progress) with its time, the share of the usage window it used and, for a failure, the failing command and the end of its output. The service applies the stuck rules (the same failure three times in a row, or three iterations with no progress) and the per-task ceilings (attempts, minutes, usage window share). A held task prints `STOP stuck` or `STOP ceiling`: take the next task. Report after the task's lease is released.

## Usage

```sh
overlane run attempt --task TASK_ID --executor claude-code|codex|gemini-cli|cursor --outcome verified|pending|quota|failed|no_progress --started TIME [--ended TIME] [--spend PERCENT] [--command COMMAND] [--output-file PATH] [--commit SHA] [--resets-at TIME] [--dry-run]
```

## Flags

| Flag | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--task` | string | yes |  | The task the iteration worked on |
| `--executor` | one of `claude-code`, `codex`, `gemini-cli`, `cursor` | yes |  | Which agent ran the iteration |
| `--outcome` | one of `verified`, `pending`, `quota`, `failed`, `no_progress` | yes |  | How the iteration ended |
| `--started` | string | yes |  | When it started: an ISO time or a span back from now such as 40m |
| `--ended` | string | no |  | When it ended (default: now) |
| `--spend` | string | no |  | Percentage points of the usage window it used, as the client reported (default: 0) |
| `--command` | string | no |  | The verification command that failed |
| `--output-file` | string | no |  | A file holding the failing output; its last 64 KB is sent |
| `--commit` | string | no |  | The commit the iteration ended on |
| `--resets-at` | string | no |  | For a quota stop: when the client says its window resets |
| `--dry-run` | boolean | no |  | Print the requests and file changes this command would make, then stop. Needs no credentials. |

## Examples

```sh
overlane run attempt --task T3 --executor codex --outcome failed --started 40m --command 'pnpm -r test' --output-file .overlane/state/last-test.log
```

## Behavior

- Effect: `write` (changes local or hosted state).
- Needs credentials: yes. Uses the network: yes.
- Supports `--dry-run`: yes. Accepts `--force`: no.
- Machine-readable description: `overlane schema run attempt`.

## Result

With `--json` (the default when stdout is not a terminal) the command prints this JSON Schema's shape on stdout.

```json
{
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "attempt": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "seq": {
              "type": "integer",
              "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
              "maximum": 9007199254740991
            },
            "taskId": {
              "type": "string",
              "minLength": 1,
              "maxLength": 128,
              "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.:-]*$",
              "description": "task identifier"
            },
            "executor": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "claude-code",
                "codex",
                "gemini-cli",
                "cursor"
              ]
            },
            "outcome": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "verified",
                "pending",
                "quota",
                "failed",
                "no_progress"
              ]
            },
            "startedAt": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date-time",
              "pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z))$"
            },
            "endedAt": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "date-time",
              "pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z))$"
            },
            "minutes": {
              "type": "number",
              "minimum": 0
            },
            "spendPercent": {
              "type": "number",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 100
            },
            "fingerprint": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "lastLine": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "commitSha": {
              "type": [
                "string",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "resetsAt": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "date-time",
                  "pattern": "^(?:(?:\\d\\d[2468][048]|\\d\\d[13579][26]|\\d\\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\\d|2[0-8])))T(?:(?:[01]\\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\\d:[0-5]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?(?:Z))$"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "seq",
            "taskId",
            "executor",
            "outcome",
            "startedAt",
            "endedAt",
            "minutes",
            "spendPercent",
            "fingerprint",
            "lastLine",
            "commitSha",
            "resetsAt"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        "verdict": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "action": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "const": "continue"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "action"
              ],
              "additionalProperties": false
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "action": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "const": "paused_stuck"
                },
                "rule": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "same_failure",
                    "no_progress"
                  ]
                },
                "fingerprint": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "streak": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
                  "maximum": 9007199254740991
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "action",
                "rule",
                "fingerprint",
                "streak"
              ],
              "additionalProperties": false
            },
            {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "action": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "const": "paused_ceiling"
                },
                "kind": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "attempts",
                    "minutes",
                    "spend"
                  ]
                },
                "limit": {
                  "type": "number"
                },
                "actual": {
                  "type": "number"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "action",
                "kind",
                "limit",
                "actual"
              ],
              "additionalProperties": false
            }
          ]
        },
        "duplicate": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "attempt",
        "verdict",
        "duplicate"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "dryRun": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": true
        },
        "service": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "requests": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "method": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "body": {},
              "note": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "method",
              "path"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "commands": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "writes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "action": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "write",
                  "append",
                  "delete"
                ]
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "path",
              "action",
              "description"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "notes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "dryRun",
        "requests",
        "commands",
        "writes",
        "notes"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}
```

See [exit codes](/cli/#exit-codes) for the status the process returns.

Source: https://docs.overlane.app/cli/run-attempt/index.mdx