Segment 9
This sub-session focused on transforming the vast-manager from a monitoring tool into a full deployment platform. The UI was significantly enhanced with an interactive Offers panel featuring search, filtering, sorting, color-coded hardware quality indicators, and a deploy button with dynamic min_rate calculation. Instance lifecycle management was improved by persisting vast cache metadata (GPU, location, SSH command, cost) into SQLite, extending killed instance retention to 7 days, and adding a 'loading' state for instances in the Vast cache. A critical operational bug was fixed where the portavailc tunnel was not forwarding port 1234, causing curio startup failures. The assistant then refactored the entire bad_hosts and host_perf system to key on machine_id instead of host_id, ensuring accurate performance attribution across diverse hardware from the same operator. After deploying the refactored binary, a newly deployed instance (1x RTX PRO 4000) failed its benchmark with 0 proofs/hour, prompting investigation into whether this was a recurrence of the port 1234 tunnel issue or a new problem within the cuzk-daemon benchmark process.
Platform, Precision, and Persistence: The Vast-Manager's Journey from Monitor to Deployment Engine