February 2025 monthly summary for METR/vivaria: This period focused on reliability and documentation accuracy rather than feature expansion. A targeted fix was implemented in the tutorial for Agents Settings to ensure the correct output filename is referenced when running agents with custom settings. This reduces misconfigurations and potential run-time issues, improving developer productivity and user trust in the tutorial guidance. No new features were shipped this month; instead the emphasis was on correctness and maintainability.

January 2025 (2025-01) — METR/vivaria: Key features delivered: - GPU Support Enhancement: Recognize NVIDIA A100 GPUs by updating gpus.ts to include 'a100' in model names and refining modelFromSmiName to parse hyphenated names and memory specs; tests updated. This improves deployment reliability and resource scheduling accuracy on A100-equipped systems. (Commit: 224f52d859a89cb2ffe9ae35b982924f33da84b6) Major bugs fixed: - Configuration Documentation: Correct markdown table header to ensure proper rendering and readability for users configuring the product. (Commit: 875ad3af9345b87f1544828344de89626bb84704) Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened hardware compatibility and deployment reliability for high-end GPUs, enabling customers to utilize A100 resources efficiently and reducing misconfiguration risk. Documentation improvements also reduce onboarding friction and support requests. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - TypeScript code updates for GPU model handling, improved parsing logic for SMI-derived names, test maintenance, and Markdown documentation correctness. Top achievements: - Added NVIDIA A100 GPU recognition and updated tests (commit 224f52d859a89cb2ffe9ae35b982924f33da84b6) - Fixed missing markdown header in configuration docs (commit 875ad3af9345b87f1544828344de89626bb84704) - (Additional testing improvements to validate A100 naming and memory parsing)