diff --git a/checkpoint.json b/checkpoint.json
index 4d24efda7..82a9a005a 100644
--- a/checkpoint.json
+++ b/checkpoint.json
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 {
-  "timestamp": "2026-03-16T05:34:29.335033Z",
-  "current_node": "setup",
+  "timestamp": "2026-03-16T05:35:42.921016Z",
+  "current_node": "solve",
   "completed_nodes": [
     "start",
-    "setup"
+    "setup",
+    "solve"
   ],
   "node_retries": {
     "setup": 1,
-    "start": 1
+    "start": 1,
+    "solve": 4
   },
   "context_values": {
     "outcome": "fail",
-    "failure_class": "deterministic",
+    "failure_class": "transient_infra",
     "internal.retry_count.setup": 1,
     "internal.fidelity": "compact",
     "internal.run_id": "01KKTJ6S1AWN5KP6QJW76GGBCP",
@@ -19,15 +21,26 @@
     "internal.retry_count.start": 1,
     "command.output": "fatal: destination path '.' already exists and is not an empty directory.\n",
     "internal.node_visit_count": 1,
-    "current.preamble": "Goal: \n",
-    "internal.thread_id": "start",
+    "internal.retry_count.solve": 4,
+    "thread.setup.current_node": "solve",
+    "current.preamble": "Goal: \n\n## Completed stages\n- **setup**: fail\n  - Script: `git clone https://github.com/django/django.git . && git checkout 755dbf39fcdc491fe9b588358303e259c7750be4 && python -m pip install -e .`\n  - Stdout:\n    ```\n    fatal: destination path '.' already exists and is not an empty directory.\n    ```\n  - Stderr: (empty)\n\n## Context\n- failure_class: deterministic\n- failure_signature: setup|deterministic|script failed with exit code: <n> ## stdout fatal: destination path '.' already exists and is not an empty directory.\n",
+    "internal.thread_id": "setup",
     "graph.rankdir": "LR",
     "thread.start.current_node": "setup",
-    "current_node": "setup",
-    "failure_signature": "setup|deterministic|script failed with exit code: <n> ## stdout fatal: destination path '.' already exists and is not an empty directory."
+    "current_node": "solve",
+    "failure_signature": "solve|transient_infra|api_transient|gemini|rate_limited"
   },
   "logs": [],
   "node_outcomes": {
+    "solve": {
+      "status": "fail",
+      "failure": {
+        "message": "LLM error: Rate limited by gemini: You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits. To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/rate-limit. \n* Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model, limit: 25, model: gemini-3.1-pro\nPlease retry in 17.113133184s.",
+        "failure_class": "transient_infra",
+        "failure_signature": "api_transient|gemini|rate_limited"
+      },
+      "duration_ms": 71438
+    },
     "start": {
       "status": "success",
       "duration_ms": 0
@@ -45,11 +58,12 @@
       "duration_ms": 49
     }
   },
-  "next_node_id": "solve",
+  "next_node_id": "extract_patch",
   "loop_failure_signatures": {
     "setup|deterministic|script failed with exit code: <n> ## stdout fatal: destination path '.' already exists and is not an empty directory.": 1
   },
   "node_visits": {
+    "solve": 1,
     "setup": 1,
     "start": 1
   }
diff --git a/nodes/solve/prompt.md b/nodes/solve/prompt.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59d38cb65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodes/solve/prompt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Goal: 
+
+## Completed stages
+- **setup**: fail
+  - Script: `git clone https://github.com/django/django.git . && git checkout 755dbf39fcdc491fe9b588358303e259c7750be4 && python -m pip install -e .`
+  - Stdout:
+    ```
+    fatal: destination path '.' already exists and is not an empty directory.
+    ```
+  - Stderr: (empty)
+
+## Context
+- failure_class: deterministic
+- failure_signature: setup|deterministic|script failed with exit code: <n> ## stdout fatal: destination path '.' already exists and is not an empty directory.
+
+
+Fix this GitHub issue in the repository. Make the minimal code change needed.
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diff --git a/nodes/solve/status.json b/nodes/solve/status.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b4c76910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodes/solve/status.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "status": "fail",
+  "notes": null,
+  "failure_reason": "LLM error: Rate limited by gemini: You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, head to: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/rate-limits. To monitor your current usage, head to: https://ai.dev/rate-limit. \n* Quota exceeded for metric: generativelanguage.googleapis.com/generate_requests_per_model, limit: 25, model: gemini-3.1-pro\nPlease retry in 17.113133184s.",
+  "timestamp": "2026-03-16T05:35:42.920632+00:00"
+}
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