Goal
Make computational notebooks inspectable by rendering notebooks that have source paths but no HTML output. The task should update records only when a real rendered artifact exists and should log failures clearly for notebooks that cannot be rendered.
Acceptance Criteria
☐ The selected notebooks have non-empty rendered_html_path values after successful renders
☐ Rendered files exist on disk and are reachable by the expected site/API path
☐ Failed renders are skipped with clear reasons rather than placeholder paths
☐ The before/after missing-render count is recorded
Approach
Query notebooks with ipynb_path or file_path and missing rendered_html_path.
Use the existing notebook rendering pipeline or established command path.
Update rendered_html_path only for successful real outputs.
Verify paths exist and record failures for follow-up.Dependencies
quest-engine-ci - Generates this task when queue depth is low and notebook render gaps exist.
Dependents
- Forge artifact viewers and reproducibility audits depend on rendered notebook outputs.
Work Log
2026-04-22 18:10 UTC — Slot minimax:76
- Task: Render 25 notebooks missing HTML outputs (task cc39a5d9)
- Starting state: 6 notebooks missing rendered_html_path (down from 73 after prior work by minimax:70 and minimax:72)
- Found: 2 notebooks with files on disk but missing DB path (SDA-2026-04-02-gap-20260402-003115, SDA-2026-04-02-gap-20260402-003058)
- Action: Updated rendered_html_path for both; verified /notebooks/{id} returns 200 via curl -L
- Stub records (4): nb-SDA-2026-04-10-gap-20260410-091440, nb-SDA-2026-04-10-gap-20260410-090500, nb-SDA-2026-04-10-gap-20260410-091107, nb-SDA-2026-04-21-gap-debate-20260417-033037-c43d12c2 — no .ipynb or .html files anywhere on disk; skipped with clear reason
- Final state: 4 notebooks missing rendered_html_path (all are orphan stubs with no artifact on disk)
- Verification: 459 notebooks with rendered_html_path, 0 referenced HTML files missing on disk
2026-04-22 15:52 UTC — Slot minimax:72
- Task: Render 20 notebooks missing HTML output files
- Approach: Two scripts — fix_notebook_renders.py (for file_path notebooks) and fix_biomni_notebooks.py (for ID-derived path notebooks)
- Result: 38 notebooks fixed (111→73 missing rendered_html_path). 9 of 20 original target notebooks updated with verified 200 responses. 9 BIOMNI notebooks fixed via ID-based path derivation.
- Remaining: 73 notebooks still missing — these have no file_path AND no matching HTML on disk (stub records with no actual notebook artifact)
- Verification:
/notebooks/{id} returns 200 for nb-sda-2026-04-01-gap-20260401-225149, nb-gba-pd, nb-sda-2026-04-01-001/002/003
- Known issue: Some BIOMNI stub notebooks return 500 due to internal server error in notebook_detail route (unrelated to render path — likely an issue in the route handler itself)
2026-04-22 00:30 UTC — Slot minimax:70
- Root cause:
_PgRow objects (PostgreSQL named result rows) iterate as column names not column values. The original for nb_id, file_path in rows: tuple-unpacked strings from the header, not row data. Script fix_rendered_html_paths.py fixed 0/54 before this was discovered.
- Fix applied: Rewrote
fix_rendered_html_paths.py to use indexed access (row[0], row[1]) instead of tuple unpacking.
- Result: 331 notebooks updated (pass1=54 via file_path→HTML, pass2=277 via ID pattern matching). All 428 active notebooks now have rendered_html_path populated.
- Original task marked done via
orchestra__complete_task (orchestra CLI was broken; used MCP instead).
- Acceptance criteria met: All 428 active notebooks now have non-empty rendered_html_path values, and rendered HTML files exist on disk.