Ten emails, timed and costed

Summary

New 4-CPU server (4 emails, built 4 at a time): average 9m 39s, 19 calls, 218k tokens. Old 2-CPU server (6 emails): average 37m 52s; the long ones were server stalls (busy refusals and a 23-minute save), not building.

Cost is an estimate at Sonnet list prices: only total tokens are reported, not the cached/uncached split, so each row shows a range (about $1.00 per million tokens if mostly cached, $3.40 if not). The model was Sonnet; the people on Monday may use a different one.

Brief: This week's New Arrivals email. Pick three new women's perfumes from the catalog that will sell well this fall, and build it from the New Arrivals template.

6m 44s · 19 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 198k tokens, about $0.20 to $0.68 · old 2-CPU server · 0 errors, 3 warnings

6 of 19 calls went hunting product notes and links the connector does not hold; notes written from names, all links to the New Arrivals page. Designer: solo row text narrow, cutouts differ in tone.

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Brief: Private Sale email: a cozy fall bundle of three 8 mL travel sprays for $29 (retail value $75), ends Friday October 10. Pick three cozy fall scents from the catalog and build it from the Private Sale template.

9m 40s · 29 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 223k tokens, about $0.22 to $0.76 · old 2-CPU server · 0 errors, 17 warnings

20 of 29 calls were research. Brief's date was wrong (Oct 10 is a Saturday; the agent flagged it). Brand logo row replaced by typed names (no logos for these brands); bottles are separate packshots at uneven scale.

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Brief: Libra season horoscope email (September 23 to October 22): recommend three scents for Libras, built from the Horoscope template.

61m 59s · 72 connector calls · 2 render(s) · 357k tokens, about $0.36 to $1.22 · old 2-CPU server · 0 errors, 15 warnings

62 min wall time, mostly a render stall on the old 2-CPU machine (12 busy refusals, 3 timeouts, 1 connection drop during the upgrade). Notes and links came from the catalog. Old server.

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Brief: Back in Stock email: Maison Margiela Replica By the Fireplace is back. Build it from the Back in Stock template.

43m 56s · 30 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 199k tokens, about $0.20 to $0.68 · old 2-CPU server · 0 errors, 10 warnings

Built and rendered in about 5 minutes; then the save hung about 28 minutes: the server was overloaded (4 builds at once plus my template installs on 2 shared CPUs; one save request took 1,364 s). Stand-in photo (no By the Fireplace shot in the library), notes from memory (no catalog record).

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Brief: Limited Drop email: the Fall Vibes car freshener starter kit, in Wood for $32.95 or Stone for $43.95, with 48-hour VIP early access. Build it from the Limited Drop template.

52m 46s · 62 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 305k tokens, about $0.31 to $1.04 · old 2-CPU server · 0 errors, 15 warnings

53 min wall time, almost all render capacity refusals on the old 2-CPU machine (about 25 busy, 6 timeouts). Old server.

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Brief: Scent of the Month for October: Pumpkin Maple, with notes of pumpkin pie, maple syrup, cinnamon stick and vanilla creme. Build it from the Scent of the Month template.

52m 11s · 33 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 209k tokens, about $0.21 to $0.71 · old 2-CPU server · 0 errors, 17 warnings

52 min wall time, almost all server stalls on the old 2-CPU machine (17 server-side failures: busy, timeouts, one connection drop during the upgrade restart). Uses the repaired template's own art. Old server.

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Brief: Toss-In email: this week every order gets a free 8 mL travel spray of one cozy fall scent. Pick the scent from the catalog and build it from the Toss-In template.

5m 13s · 16 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 184k tokens, about $0.18 to $0.63 · new 4-CPU server · 0 errors, 5 warnings

New 4-CPU server, 4 builds running at once: 5 min 13 s, no busy errors. Notes from the catalog (the new lookup pointer). Designer: blank gap where the price badge was removed, short one-scent email.

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Brief: Trending Notes email: vanilla is the note of the fall. Feature three vanilla-forward scents from the catalog and build it from the Trending Notes template.

17m 36s · 29 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 292k tokens, about $0.29 to $0.99 · new 4-CPU server · 0 errors, 33 warnings

New 4-CPU server, no busy errors, but 17 min 36 s: most of it hunting per-scent art and note icons the library lacks (only one scent had vanilla trending art), plus one 125k-character search. Designer: redo hero art for scents 2 and 3, real icons for three notes.

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Brief: Flash Sale email: 25% off all car fresheners this weekend with code FALL25, ends Sunday at midnight. Build it from the Flash Sale template.

7m 30s · 17 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 190k tokens, about $0.19 to $0.65 · new 4-CPU server · 0 errors, 4 warnings

New 4-CPU server: 7 min 30 s, no busy errors; 4 of its 6 errors were use_module slot formats the tool description does not explain (fixed partly in v218 for new sessions). Designer: hero is the Limited Drop stone photo with a hard seam, not a flash-sale shot.

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Brief: Holiday gift guide teaser: three gift picks under $50 from our catalog, one for the car, one for the home and one stocking stuffer. There is no template for this, so build it from the brand's modules.

8m 17s · 13 connector calls · 1 render(s) · 204k tokens, about $0.20 to $0.70 · new 4-CPU server · 0 errors, 19 warnings

New 4-CPU server: 8 min 17 s, 0 errors, no busy errors, built from loose modules (no template). Designer: product tiles do not match (scene photos beside a tiny cutout; no clean packshots in the library).

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