← Back to SE country layer · Country index

orchestrate SE population synthesis QA loop

done synth-manager

Task metadata

idt_0c611b3b
titleorchestrate SE population synthesis QA loop
assigneesynth-manager
statusdone
tenantsynthestat
priority100
workspace_kinddir
workspace_path/home/synthestat
created_byuser
created_at2026-05-19 15:55:07 CEST
started_at2026-05-19 15:55:07 CEST
completed_at2026-05-19 20:01:48 CEST

Latest summary

Branched SE population QA after local other_synthesis ingestion: created parallel marginals/distributions research tasks, a dependent downloader freeze task, then dependent cycle-2 modeler and reviewer tasks. Updated /home/synthestat/workspace/manager_handoffs/manager_updates.md with bottleneck summary, routing decisions, blockers, and next manager action.

Body

Orchestrate the Synthestat population synthesis QA loop for country: SE.

Project root: /home/synthestat
Target geography: finest available official geography
Release mode: internal research review

Goal:
Build the best possible 1:1 synthetic population for SE: persons in households, households in dwellings, dwellings in real houses/buildings where available. Include separate uncertainty-aware overlays for hidden or weakly measured populations where evidence supports them: homelessness, refugees/asylum seekers, Ukrainian displaced people, Syrian refugees, undocumented/seasonal populations, students, institutional populations. Include family composition, parent/child age gaps, school attendance, work/school assignment and dwelling/building realism where evidence supports it.

Mandatory process:
1. Create a synth-modeler task to generate a review bundle according to docs/contracts/population_review_bundle.md.
2. Create a synth-reviewer task dependent on the modeler task.
3. Branch only from the reviewer verdict:
   - PASS: create final human review/delivery task and stop automation.
   - NEEDS_MODEL_FIX: create modeler fix/rerun task, then reviewer re-review task.
   - NEEDS_MORE_SOURCES: create marginal/distribution researcher tasks as needed; downloader freezes/catalogues approved sources; modeler reruns; reviewer re-reviews.
   - BLOCKED_INVALID_OUTPUT: send back to modeler for valid bundle.
   - EVIDENCE_EXHAUSTED_HUMAN_REVIEW: stop and ask human decision.
   - MODEL_IMPROVEMENT_EXHAUSTED_HUMAN_REVIEW: stop and ask human decision.

Stopping rule:
Do not iterate forever. Stop on PASS, documented lack of source data, or model improvement plateau/modeller inability. After two materially similar failed cycles, require human review unless a concrete new source or model change is available.

Non-negotiables:
HARD constraints never break. Hidden-population overlays do not silently rewrite de jure constraints. Weak evidence means relaxed constraints/wider uncertainty, not fake precision. Every degraded zone, missing source, relaxation, and modelled estimate is explicit.

Parents

[]

Children

[]

Runs

IDProfileStatusOutcomeStartedEndedSummary/error
1synth-managerblockedblocked2026-05-19 15:55:07 CEST2026-05-19 15:57:19 CESTwaiting-on-reviewer-verdict: SE cycle-1 modeler task t_987d9d2d and dependent reviewer task t_33ff07f7 are queued; unblock this manager task after t_33ff07f7 completes so I can branch from the verdict.
6synth-managerblockedblocked2026-05-19 18:02:53 CEST2026-05-19 18:04:18 CESTwaiting-on-local-SE-methodology-ingest: reviewer returned NEEDS_MORE_SOURCES, but user-provided /home/synthestat/other_synthesis ingestion task t_20de640c is running and must finish before routing researcher/downloader/modeler rerun tasks.
70synth-managerdonecompleted2026-05-19 19:58:08 CEST2026-05-19 20:01:48 CESTBranched SE population QA after local other_synthesis ingestion: created parallel marginals/distributions research tasks, a dependent downloader freeze task, then dependent cycle-2 modeler and reviewer tasks. Updated /home/synthestat/workspace/manager_handoffs/manager_updates.md with bottleneck summary, routing decisions, blockers, and next manager action.

Events

TimeKindPayload
2026-05-19 15:55:07 CESTcreated{ "assignee": "synth-manager", "status": "ready", "parents": [], "tenant": "synthestat", "skills": null }
2026-05-19 15:55:07 CESTclaimed{ "lock": "vmi3188806:1605313", "expires": 1779199807, "run_id": 1 }
2026-05-19 15:55:07 CESTspawned{ "pid": 1605314 }
2026-05-19 15:57:15 CESTcommented{ "author": "synth-manager", "len": 666 }
2026-05-19 15:57:19 CESTblocked{ "reason": "waiting-on-reviewer-verdict: SE cycle-1 modeler task t_987d9d2d and dependent reviewer task t_33ff07f7 are queued; unblock this manager task after t_33ff07f7 completes so I can branch from the verdict." }
2026-05-19 16:12:07 CESTcommented{ "author": "user", "len": 811 }
2026-05-19 18:02:52 CESTunblockednull
2026-05-19 18:02:53 CESTclaimed{ "lock": "vmi3188806:1610166", "expires": 1779207473, "run_id": 6 }
2026-05-19 18:02:53 CESTspawned{ "pid": 1610168 }
2026-05-19 18:04:15 CESTcommented{ "author": "synth-manager", "len": 968 }
2026-05-19 18:04:18 CESTblocked{ "reason": "waiting-on-local-SE-methodology-ingest: reviewer returned NEEDS_MORE_SOURCES, but user-provided /home/synthestat/other_synthesis ingestion task t_20de640c is running and must finish before routing researcher/downloader/modeler rerun tasks." }
2026-05-19 19:58:01 CESTcommented{ "author": "default", "len": 208 }
2026-05-19 19:58:03 CESTunblockednull
2026-05-19 19:58:08 CESTclaimed{ "lock": "vmi3188806:1648536", "expires": 1779214388, "run_id": 70 }
2026-05-19 19:58:08 CESTspawned{ "pid": 1648547 }
2026-05-19 20:01:34 CESTcommented{ "author": "synth-manager", "len": 1925 }
2026-05-19 20:01:48 CESTcompleted{ "result_len": 0, "summary": "Branched SE population QA after local other_synthesis ingestion: created parallel marginals/distributions research tasks, a dependent downloader freeze task, then dependent cycle-2 modeler and reviewer tasks. Updated /home/synthestat/workspace/manager_handoffs/manager_updates.md with bottleneck summary, routing decisions, blockers, and next manager action.", "verified_cards": [ "t_ff30afb9", "t_f9075c12", "t_1bbf9f63", "t_29a0c9c4", "t_66bdf062" ] }

Comments

2026-05-19 15:57:15 CEST · synth-manager
SE population QA loop routing handoff:
{
  "country": "SE",
  "cycle": 1,
  "modeler_task": "t_987d9d2d",
  "reviewer_task": "t_33ff07f7",
  "reviewer_depends_on": ["t_987d9d2d"],
  "manager_update_path": "/home/synthestat/workspace/manager_handoffs/manager_updates.md",
  "next_manager_action": "After t_33ff07f7 completes, inspect reviewer metadata.verdict and branch exactly according to the population QA loop: PASS -> final human review/delivery; NEEDS_MODEL_FIX -> modeler fix + reviewer re-review; NEEDS_MORE_SOURCES -> researcher/downloader/modeler/reviewer chain; BLOCKED_INVALID_OUTPUT -> modeler valid-bundle task; exhausted verdicts -> human decision."
}
2026-05-19 16:12:07 CEST · user
User added a high-priority local evidence/methodology input for Sweden:

  /home/synthestat/other_synthesis

Main-agent inspection found it exists and contains methodology/plans/lessons/research dirs, but the files are currently unreadable to the Hermes runtime user (owned by jhr:jhr uid/gid 1000 with mode 770; Hermes is synthestat uid/gid 1004). I created modeler task t_20de640c to ingest it before the next SE rerun. That task should either ingest once readable or block with the exact permission fix.

This input should supersede a blind source-search-only branch if it contains the Sweden papers, hierarchical fitting method, and marginal/distribution approach the user described. After ingestion, branch to researchers/downloader only for sources referenced there that are not already catalogued/frozen.
2026-05-19 18:04:15 CEST · synth-manager
SE manager branch decision held after reviewer verdict:

- Reviewed `t_33ff07f7`: verdict is `NEEDS_MORE_SOURCES`.
- Normal branch would be marginals/distributions researchers -> downloader freeze -> modeler rerun -> reviewer re-review.
- User-supplied `/home/synthestat/other_synthesis` must be ingested first. It may contain Sweden papers, hierarchical fitting method, and source/model routing that supersedes blind source-search tasks.
- Current permission check now shows `/home/synthestat/other_synthesis` as `drwxrwxrwx synthestat:synthestat` and `methodology_report.md` as owner-readable by `synthestat`; ingestion card `t_20de640c` is running.
- Appended management note to `/home/synthestat/workspace/manager_handoffs/manager_updates.md`.

Next unblock condition: after `t_20de640c` completes or blocks, inspect its handoff and branch with the smallest concrete researcher/downloader/modeler/reviewer chain consistent with its findings and the cycle-1 review.
2026-05-19 19:58:01 CEST · default
Supervisor: prerequisite local SE methodology ingestion task t_20de640c is now done; unblocking manager to branch from SE cycle-1 NEEDS_MORE_SOURCES using the ingested handoff rather than blind source search.
2026-05-19 20:01:34 CEST · synth-manager
SE population QA loop branch executed after `t_20de640c` local methodology ingest.

Created task graph:
```json
{
  "country": "SE",
  "cycle": 2,
  "branch_from_reviewer_verdict": "NEEDS_MORE_SOURCES",
  "prior_reviewer_task": "t_33ff07f7",
  "local_methodology_ingest_task": "t_20de640c",
  "manager_update_path": "/home/synthestat/workspace/manager_handoffs/manager_updates.md",
  "tasks": {
    "marginals_research": {
      "task_id": "t_ff30afb9",
      "assignee": "synth-marginals-researcher",
      "parents": ["t_33ff07f7", "t_20de640c"],
      "purpose": "SE SCB DeSO/household/building/geography/hidden marginal target source triage"
    },
    "distribution_research": {
      "task_id": "t_f9075c12",
      "assignee": "synth-distributions-researcher",
      "parents": ["t_33ff07f7", "t_20de640c"],
      "purpose": "SE household/family/assignment/hidden prior evidence and household-prior bundle triage"
    },
    "downloader_freeze": {
      "task_id": "t_1bbf9f63",
      "assignee": "synth-downloader",
      "parents": ["t_ff30afb9", "t_f9075c12"],
      "purpose": "freeze/catalogue selected SE source artifacts with timestamps/checksums/provenance"
    },
    "modeler_cycle2": {
      "task_id": "t_29a0c9c4",
      "assignee": "synth-modeler",
      "parents": ["t_1bbf9f63"],
      "purpose": "build non-toy/full-national-or-stratified-multi-DeSO SE review bundle"
    },
    "reviewer_cycle2": {
      "task_id": "t_66bdf062",
      "assignee": "synth-reviewer",
      "parents": ["t_29a0c9c4"],
      "purpose": "review cycle-2 bundle and compare against cycle-1 findings with loop guard"
    }
  },
  "next_manager_action": "After t_66bdf062 completes, inspect metadata.verdict and branch per population QA loop. Because this is the second SE review cycle after a concrete source branch, require human review if findings are materially similar and no new source/model change is identified."
}
```