Q14 of 60 — CCA Practice Exam

Claude Code for Continuous Integration

Your CI pipeline uses the Claude Agent SDK to automatically fix failing tests. The integration invokes query() with max_turns=30 and no special error handling beyond logging. Over the past week, operations logs show that 12% of pipeline runs end with subtype: "error_max_turns" — the agent reliably identifies the root cause of the test failure but can't complete the fix within 30 turns. Each incomplete run is silently discarded, and the CI job is marked as failed with no recovery path. What architectural change most effectively addresses these incomplete runs without removing the turn limit?

A. Increase max_turns from 30 to 60 so the agent has sufficient headroom to complete the most complex debugging tasks it currently abandons before finishing.

B. On receiving subtype: "error_max_turns", capture the session_id from the ResultMessage and resubmit as a resumption with an additional turn budget, preserving the agent's intermediate progress rather than discarding it.

C. Add a post-run prompt instruction in CLAUDE.md directing the agent to prioritize applying fixes before exhausting its turn budget, so fewer pipeline runs reach the limit and get discarded.

D. Switch effort from "high" to "low" so the agent uses fewer turns per reasoning step, reducing the probability of hitting the turn limit before completing the fix on complex debugging tasks.