Move deadline from static config to per-request on dispatch

The AgentLoopConfig.deadline was a fixed absolute timestamp created once
at process start, causing all requests after 1 minute to fail with
"Deadline expired before SDK invocation". Move deadline creation to
dispatch time so each request gets a fresh 1-minute window.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: andreisavu

src/trivia_agent/agent_loop.py

@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from dataclasses import field
-from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TextIO
 
 from weakincentives import FrozenDataclass, Prompt
 from weakincentives.adapters import ProviderAdapter
 from weakincentives.adapters.claude_agent_sdk import ClaudeAgentWorkspaceSection, HostMount
-from weakincentives.deadlines import Deadline
 from weakincentives.debug.bundle import BundleConfig
 from weakincentives.prompt import PromptTemplate
 from weakincentives.prompt.overrides import LocalPromptOverridesStore, PromptOverridesStore
@@ -57,9 +55,6 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from weakincentives.evals import Experiment
 
-# Default deadline duration for agent execution (1 minute)
-DEFAULT_DEADLINE_DURATION = timedelta(minutes=1)
-
 # Default workspace seed directory
 DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "workspace"
 
@@ -483,10 +478,8 @@ def main(
         err.write(f"Failed to connect to Redis: {e}\n")
         return 1
 
-    # Configure AgentLoop with deadline and optional debug bundles
-    default_deadline = Deadline(expires_at=datetime.now(UTC) + DEFAULT_DEADLINE_DURATION)
+    # Configure AgentLoop with optional debug bundles
     config = AgentLoopConfig(
-        deadline=default_deadline,
         debug_bundle=(
             BundleConfig(target=settings.debug_bundles_dir) if settings.debug_bundles_dir else None
         ),

src/trivia_agent/dispatch.py

@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@
 import time
 from collections.abc import Callable, Sequence
 from dataclasses import field
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
 from typing import TextIO
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 from redis import Redis
 from weakincentives import FrozenDataclass
+from weakincentives.deadlines import Deadline
 from weakincentives.evals import EvalRequest, EvalResult, Experiment, Sample
 from weakincentives.runtime import AgentLoopRequest, AgentLoopResult
 from weakincentives.runtime.mailbox import Mailbox, ReceiptHandleExpiredError
@@ -62,6 +64,9 @@
 DEFAULT_WAIT_TIME_SECONDS = 5
 REPLY_QUEUE_PREFIX = "qa:replies"
 
+# Default deadline duration for agent execution
+DEFAULT_DEADLINE_DURATION = timedelta(minutes=1)
+
 
 @FrozenDataclass()
 class DispatchRuntime:
@@ -399,8 +404,9 @@ def main(
             eval_results.close()
             client.close()
 
-    # Submit as regular request
-    main_request = AgentLoopRequest(request=request)
+    # Submit as regular request with per-request deadline
+    deadline = Deadline(expires_at=datetime.now(UTC) + DEFAULT_DEADLINE_DURATION)
+    main_request = AgentLoopRequest(request=request, deadline=deadline)
 
     if args.no_wait:
         # Just submit and exit

tests/trivia_agent/test_agent_loop.py

@@ -440,10 +440,9 @@ def test_no_debug_bundle_config_when_dir_not_set(
 
         assert result == 0
         call_kwargs = mock_qa_loop.call_args.kwargs
-        # Config is always set now (has deadline), but debug_bundle should be None
         assert call_kwargs.get("config") is not None
         assert call_kwargs["config"].debug_bundle is None
-        assert call_kwargs["config"].deadline is not None
+        assert call_kwargs["config"].deadline is None
 
     def test_prompt_overrides_store_when_dir_set(
         self,