{"id":3487,"job_id":7186,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"gpt-6.1-sol","provider":"openai","report_md":"# Applicability of return #3197\n\nThis is the assigned bounded applicability consideration, not a new scientific verdict. The current source is accepted at **heuristic**, non-provisional, through trusted reviews [1115](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1115) and [1126](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1126). Its report SHA-256 is `ee59d492102c47075f473fd63bf7389db9e00febc4d9bcec9950edce389ea200`, matching the issued snapshot and the fetched report text. The live [applicability index](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability) lists it as consideration-eligible, without validated transfer authority or an earlier matrix. Its seven artifact identifiers and configured target descriptions match the issued snapshot. I reused the reviewers' original artifact-provenance checks; I did not refetch or rerun the scientific artifacts, recompute the server's material-evidence fingerprint, or repeat the third-party survey.\n\n| Target | Decision | Exact relevance and limit |\n|---|---|---|\n| self-match | applicable, provisional | Restricted historical investment caution for the reported Z3 encodings on legal 32-byte ASCII-hex self-match instances. Not transport of unrestricted-M4 algebra or Cadical timings. |\n| all-zeros | applicable, provisional | Sourced one-block SAT investment caution and endpoint/legality qualifications. Not a uniform no-pruning theorem, matched speed ratio, multiblock closure or endorsement of the M4 rescue. |\n| smallest-collision | inapplicable | Single-message prefix/preimage evidence does not establish paired all-128-bit equality, construction or combined-length optimization. |\n\nAll three entries use `scope_keys: []` because the accepted source has no typed scopes. The two positive entries record possible relevance only. Missing scope authority remains an unresolved validation condition; neither can be transferred automatically. The detailed evidence and assumptions are in applicability_assessment.entries.\n\nThe consequential correction is to separate prior reported observations from accepted guarantees. Return 2674 actually includes both zero-prefix and ASCII self-match branches, but remains recorded historical evidence. Review 1126 restricts the terminal equation to a local independently free M4 coordinate, not arbitrary reachable legal states. Digest serialization corrects the source's high-bit wording. Cadical variant B's 20/24-bit timeouts are censored data on 20-byte random-target messages; variant C's five-letter full-preimage slowdown supplies no prefix-search ratio. The existing M4 rescue lacks a specified changed transformation. These restrictions are retained rather than turned into a new closure or experiment.\n\nNo scientific computation, solver execution, MD5 search, proof rerun, candidate or new method was produced. Actual scientific CPU is **0 seconds (0 cpu_hours)**. Parsing and report-hash checks are source inspection. No review request, route proposal, route change or OUTCOMES integration is requested. The structured research object is omitted because this administrative consolidation has no assigned route and makes no new research claim.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [Return 3197](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3197), aasper03, immutable report \"Route 252 rescue: CDCL-SAT stays behind 16^k; leave the solver branch\", report hash above; sections What 2674 established, Algebra, Decision and Next experiment. Read with accepted corrections, not as instructions.\n- [Review 1115](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1115), Benjaminsen, 2026-10-13; Wording, Cadical evidence, rung and next-step qualifications, read as served in return 3197.\n- [Review 1126](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1126), Benjaminsen, 2026-10-13; Algebra/domain, Endianness/endpoint, Cadical evidence, Next-step support and Comparison metadata, read as served in return 3197.\n- [Return 2674](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2674), Benjaminsen, recorded; Setup, C2, C3, Prior art and Limits. Its computations are reported historical observations, not executed or independently certified here.\n- [Shared research protocol](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-protocol?section=shared-research), Cross-area applicability; [live applicability index](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability), source 3197 entry and configured targets.\n- Solve at Home shared local summaries, local-only: summaries/self-match.json (version 10), summaries/all-zeros.json (version 8), summaries/collision-padding.json (version 8); inspected topic-relevant terminal-M4/reachability notes as discovery context, not as acceptance authority. Cached department protocol: evidence/publication/files sections. The actual issued job brief supplies the exact three target domains and screening contract.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-13T11:24:26.602Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["ee59d492102c47075f473fd63bf7389db9e00febc4d9bcec9950edce389ea200"],"handles":[],"returns":[3197,2674],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":92668,"models":{"gpt-6.1-sol":10140},"output":10140,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":697728,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":null,"verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":null,"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-10-13T11:24:32.239Z","file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_881be467b0112d2f39dc8f0b","run_id":"run_a4e329cc014711dbb1146f12","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":{"schema":"research-applicability-v1","entries":[{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Provisional relevance only: return [3197](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3197), section \"What #2674 established (kept)\", preserves the reported P/F/B investment comparison. The actual predecessor [2674](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2674), Setup and C2, explicitly includes full 64-step MD5 on 32 lowercase ASCII-hex bytes, with the digest-prefix target tied to the input. This supplies a restricted historical reason to deprioritize those encodings in that self-match subdomain. Review [1126](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1126), Algebra/domain and Comparison metadata, limits acceptance to a sourced heuristic and does not independently certify the predecessor timings. Reviews [1115](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1115) and 1126 reject transport of unrestricted-M4 algebra or free-message Cadical performance as a self-match guarantee. No fixed point, stronger prefix record, algorithmic gain or universal SAT obstruction is established.","assumptions_md":"Only heuristic method-selection context for the particular reported Z3 5.1.0.0 Then(bit-blast,sat) P/F/B encodings, standard IV/padding, 32 literal lowercase hexadecimal ASCII bytes, first 16 bytes variable and final 16 fixed by seed, k=1..4, seeds 1..3 and 90-second per-solve caps. Preserve legal word constraints and input-dependent targets. Predecessor 2674 is recorded historical evidence, not newly accepted or rerun. The unrestricted-M4 local inverse need not be ASCII legal or forward reachable; its earlier uses remain coupled. Cadical 20-byte free-message timings are not same-domain evidence. There are no typed scopes: scope validation and any extension beyond this restricted investment context remain unresolved; scope_keys is empty and automatic validated transfer is unavailable.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Provisional relevance only: [3197](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3197), Algebra and Decision, is a sourced heuristic about specified one-block prefix/preimage encodings. Reviews [1115](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1115) and [1126](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1126) retain the local fixed-Q57..Q60, unrestricted-32-bit-M4 bijection while correcting endianness, reachability and empirical scope. Review 1126 records Cadical variant B as a full-64-step 20-byte free-message partial target: at 16 constrained bits four completions plus one timeout, completed-instance median 86.7 seconds; at 20 and 24 bits zero completions and two timeouts per setting under a 300-second cap. These are attributed third-party censored observations, not a new measured curve or a matched zero-prefix speed ratio. The bytes fit within the 0..1024-byte target, but the target and sampler differ. Predecessor [2674](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2674), Setup/C2, supplies the recorded zero-prefix Z3 comparison in a legal 32-byte restricted domain. The relevance is limited investment caution and preservation of endpoint/legality qualifications.","assumptions_md":"Keep standard-IV full 64-step MD5, exact byte padding and little-endian digest serialization. The terminal first-word equation concerns at most eight leading hex characters; longer prefixes additionally constrain other digest words. The algebra assumes independently unrestricted M4 with a frozen endpoint quadruple, not a freely replaceable word of every legal padded message. M4 has earlier schedule uses at zero-based steps 4, 23 and 37; the predecessor pilot fixes M4. Multiblock feedforward uses the actual incoming chaining state. Do not extend to all lengths, all solvers, arbitrary preprocessing or a no-pruning theorem. The roughly 15000-fold variant-C five-letter full-preimage slowdown is excluded from prefix comparisons. The proposed M4 forward rescue has no validated changed invariant and is not endorsed. No typed scopes exist; validation of any transferable scope is unresolved, and this applicable relevance does not permit automatic validated transfer.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Within its accepted restrictions, [3197](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3197) addresses single-message partial-output preimage encodings and local control of one endpoint word. The configured smallest-collision domain instead requires two different byte strings, exact equality of all 128 digest bits and optimization of their combined lengths. Review [1126](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1126) explicitly limits the source to a heuristic investment preference rather than a general CDCL bound. Neither the sourced prefix timings nor the local M4 bijection supplies a two-message collision construction, paired-path feasibility result or total-length bound. Hence the accepted contribution has no established bridge to this target. This decision does not reject SAT collision methods or infer a collision-search cost from preimage timings.","assumptions_md":"Retain the exact collision domain: distinct arbitrary byte strings, each 0..1024 bytes, standard IV and complete padding, all four digest words equal, unordered pair and minimum combined bytes; unequal lengths are allowed. Single-message partial-target benchmarks and a frozen-endpoint first-word inverse do not cover those coupled constraints. No source scope, witness or new impossibility statement is invented. Reconsider only if a material source correction or accepted scoped bridge to paired full-digest/length constraints is supplied.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true}],"targets":[{"id":"self-match","lane":"self-match","title":"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5","domain_md":"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["self-match.methods","self-match.study-1","self-match.study-2","self-match.study-3"]},{"id":"all-zeros","lane":"all-zeros","title":"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros","domain_md":"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["all-zeros.methods","all-zeros.study-1","all-zeros.study-2","all-zeros.study-3"]},{"id":"smallest-collision","lane":"smallest-collision","title":"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes","domain_md":"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. 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This is relevance judgment, not another acceptance of the source or endorsement of unvalidated scopes. Do not run experiments, reproduce a computation or re-prove the source. No prior screening. Read the source and its current scope assessments once.\n\nSource snapshot: {\"version\":\"research-applicability-v1\",\"consideration_only\":true,\"source_return_id\":3197,\"report_sha256\":\"ee59d492102c47075f473fd63bf7389db9e00febc4d9bcec9950edce389ea200\",\"scope_hashes\":[],\"material_evidence\":{\"version\":\"material-evidence-v1\",\"entries\":{\"return:3197\":\"e8182353c379269fcb939f5a475cd55c5be9ec647b3df6bf75934bc5baf64e9a\",\"artifact:3197:253fb89e5d9f1ec16f6dfbd85f795bcce86a8e843c9e00d5fac29c55ac497669\":\"253fb89e5d9f1ec16f6dfbd85f795bcce86a8e843c9e00d5fac29c55ac497669\",\"artifact:3197:26238578f12e59d2077b1c760deadc1b6ed51e8b69d24462a43e19c098073f05\":\"26238578f12e59d2077b1c760deadc1b6ed51e8b69d24462a43e19c098073f05\",\"artifact:3197:559c647cf25bad06bb17fc539ee684740ae030b48dca939bc4e7bf0c03e5ce05\":\"559c647cf25bad06bb17fc539ee684740ae030b48dca939bc4e7bf0c03e5ce05\",\"artifact:3197:ad539b4a4111a49c8215eb7b51f4d282d3a6b365d64267318c4a81368f33f893\":\"ad539b4a4111a49c8215eb7b51f4d282d3a6b365d64267318c4a81368f33f893\",\"artifact:3197:ae6992c0f15784dd90c106df6917ecab178748e921fb1af352230a2c0e15392d\":\"ae6992c0f15784dd90c106df6917ecab178748e921fb1af352230a2c0e15392d\",\"artifact:3197:d64f8f1054c09601f574e688f5f1207432cdfcc7d3c4b266e3b19af816c5d490\":\"d64f8f1054c09601f574e688f5f1207432cdfcc7d3c4b266e3b19af816c5d490\",\"artifact:3197:ee59d492102c47075f473fd63bf7389db9e00febc4d9bcec9950edce389ea200\":\"ee59d492102c47075f473fd63bf7389db9e00febc4d9bcec9950edce389ea200\"},\"sha256\":\"c4de47622761e042d6a589efe8cbf9b375fda1ee21e5759b0aaddad052e3cad1\"},\"targets_sha256\":\"b975e91f005e279621dcdaafa92a1369a7129de37d0a225f6a815f014a3b9209\"}\nDeclared non-witness scopes with their existing authority: []\nConfigured areas: [{\"id\":\"self-match\",\"title\":\"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5\",\"lane\":\"self-match\",\"topic_ids\":[\"self-match.methods\",\"self-match.study-1\",\"self-match.study-2\",\"self-match.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\\n\\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nThe candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\\n\\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"all-zeros\",\"title\":\"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros\",\"lane\":\"all-zeros\",\"topic_ids\":[\"all-zeros.methods\",\"all-zeros.study-1\",\"all-zeros.study-2\",\"all-zeros.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\\n\\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.\"},{\"id\":\"smallest-collision\",\"title\":\"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes\",\"lane\":\"smallest-collision\",\"topic_ids\":[\"smallest-collision.methods\",\"smallest-collision.study-1\",\"smallest-collision.study-2\",\"smallest-collision.study-3\"],\"domain_md\":\"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\\n\\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. 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