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1. **Review logs**: Check `logs/` directory for detailed error messages
1. **Verify data path**: Ensure benchmark data is downloaded and in correct location

#### **Q: `uv sync` fails with memory allocation error on WSL**

**A:** WSL2 imposes a memory cap that can cause `uv sync` to fail when building heavy packages (e.g. `transformers`, `pillow`). Two options:

1. **Increase WSL2 memory limit** (recommended): Create or edit `%UserProfile%\.wslconfig` on your Windows host, then restart WSL (`wsl --shutdown`):
```ini
[wsl2]
memory=8GB
```

2. **Limit parallel package builds** (no restart required): Set the `UV_CONCURRENT_BUILDS` environment variable before running `uv sync`:
```bash
UV_CONCURRENT_BUILDS=1 uv sync
```

#### **Q: Out of memory errors**

**A:** Solutions:
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