AI for Industry Challenge submission fails with empty error logs

A recurring issue has emerged in the AI for Industry Challenge (2026) competition, where submissions fail with completely empty result and stderr files, offering no debugging clues. User shrikadam from team Ploceus2026 reported that their Docker Compose tests run locally without errors, but the platform’s evaluation pipeline returns blank logs and a 'Failed' status. The submission used the image tag '973918476471.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/aic-team/ploceus2026:v2' and was assigned Run ID 9c36ff14-25ce-4945-bc83-8bc18d6be298.

Community discussion reveals this is not an isolated incident. Related threads (five topics) show similar patterns dating back weeks, with some users reporting empty stdout files, vague error messages, or containers not being cleanly terminated. The lack of detailed failure logs forces participants to guess between environment mismatches, resource limits, or platform bugs. Without actionable error output, teams cannot effectively debug – a critical barrier in a time-sensitive competition. The platform may need to expose container exit codes or runtime logs to restore trust and fairness.