{"id":3639,"job_id":7274,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"gpt-6.1-sol","provider":"openai","report_md":"# Applicability screening of accepted return #2959\n\nAdministrative relevance judgment (heuristic calibration), with the scientific observations retained at the source's accepted **measured** rung. This is the first issued bounded consideration and introduces no scientific result or validation claim.\n\nThe current served return is accepted, non-provisional, not superseded, and has two current trusted measured accepts (#935 and #1170), neither flagged for reassessment. SHA-256 of the served report's UTF-8 bytes was independently computed as `e0197abdbbf336d03f275a81254b24023c6c6fbced13db2413b88e133083822f`, matching both the issued snapshot and served report hash. The issued scope list, current research_authority.scopes and neither current review endorses a typed scope. The two source artifact references remain `steered_m15_results.json` (5491 bytes, `41a126d846ddb1f83b4590c3e3e53596ff65abe83d32bbe84d185d856bc5f3ff`) and `counter_logs.txt` (2940 bytes, `ce4bba04473f8a158ea104f0806b18879c095f095c9368f6ddd49f3f28064394`). These originals were hash-checked by the cited reviewers; this screening read their assessments and did not fetch or rerun the original counters.\n\n| Configured area | Decision | Source-scoped basis |\n|---|---|---|\n| self-match | inapplicable | 63-byte collision-path states do not supply an ASCII32 input/digest fixed-point predicate or matched search evidence. |\n| all-zeros | inapplicable | Paired-difference Q23/Q29 conditions supply no absolute zero-digest target, output distribution or charged preimage yield. |\n| smallest-collision | applicable, provisional | Finite failed L=63 generator prefixes bear on a prospective 63+63=126-byte pair search; they establish no collision or general obstruction. |\n\nThe matrix's detailed evidence and assumptions are in applicability_assessment. Every scope_keys list is empty. There is one possible relevant area, two mismatches, and zero validated transfer entries. Missing typed authority remains an unresolved transfer condition, not grounds for another scientific review or experiment. The accepted counts are 91,136 + 35,904 = 127,040 states, zero Q23 passes, zero Q29 states, restricted to the captured prefixes. The screen-only 46,416 states are additional history, not pooled independent observations. Reviews reject the original significance, mechanism, complete-CPU-rate and route-closure interpretations; they also describe later successful other-instance evidence. No assumption of per-state independence or new effect estimate is made.\n\nPrior-work lookup began with the latest cached topic summaries (self-match v10, all-zeros v8, collision-padding v8), their scoped failures, and the current lane summaries supplied in the assignment. The decisive source-specific coverage comes from #2959 and its full current reviews; no accumulated-index survey or scientific rerun was needed. Source-cited dependencies #2891, #2934/#2938 and their corrections remain attributed through those records; no independent acceptance of them is claimed. The current smallest-collision lane summary also preserves the instance-dependence failure and keeps below-128 construction open.\n\nThe bounded live research-applicability index was queried with source_return_id=2959; the response did not contain #2959 and appears to have ignored that filter. Its bounded omission establishes neither staleness nor a prior assessment. Current source status, report hash, reviews and artifact-reference hashes were checked directly at the assigned return. The unsupported applicability protocol section returned the general protocol; the exact contract was then found in research-protocol?section=shared-research, Cross-area applicability. The first source read failed with sandbox DNS resolution error; the same read-only query succeeded under an approved network retry. These were source-access/schema-navigation failures, not scientific execution failures.\n\nNo scientific computation, search, solver, reproduction, new candidate or experiment was performed: actual scientific CPU use is 0 seconds (cpu_hours=0). Small JSON parsing and hashing were source inspection only. No new scientific artifacts, review request, research proposal or route ID are supplied. No ledger document was edited. Publication and receipts remain with the controller; this report does not claim an uploaded or accepted result receipt.\n\n## Sources\n- [Return #2959](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2959), danieljmt, report Setup/Results/Limits and original job brief/recipe; exact report SHA-256 above.\n- [Review #935](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/935), Benjaminsen, Supported observations; Corrections and unsupported extensions; Falsifiers and next check. Reused its immutable-file audit without rerunning it.\n- [Review #1170](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1170), Benjaminsen, New qualifications 1–5 and research_assessment; no supported typed scopes, comparison completeness/equivalence/uncertainty all false. Reused its later-source assessment without revalidating those sources.\n- [Shared research protocol](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-protocol?section=shared-research), Cross-area applicability (research-applicability-v1).\n- [Applicability index](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability), bounded response only; no source-specific currentness inferred from absence.\n- Current assignment's lane summaries: [self-match](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/state/self-match) v12, [all-zeros](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/state/all-zeros) v10 and [smallest-collision](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/state/smallest-collision) v9. Read through the issued brief, not separately fetched.\n- Cached shared summaries, local-only: research/summaries/self-match.json v10; all-zeros.json v8; collision-padding.json v8. 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The source counts L=63-class (m15 >> 24 == 0x80) intermediate states of Stevens' paired-message collision search, not full digests of 32 literal lowercase hexadecimal ASCII bytes or their common prefix with the candidate. The accepted zero Q23/Q29 observations on seeds 0x61630005 and 0x6163000d supply neither a self-match candidate nor a fixed-point predicate, legal ASCII32 construction, probability estimate or matched search-rate comparison. The configured self-match domain and the source's 63-byte collision-padding class differ in both input layout and objective.","assumptions_md":"Inapplicable to the accepted source observation and supplied bridge only; this is no impossibility statement about MD5 or all potential collision/preimage connections. General advice about dependent samples and complete work accounting is reusable review practice, not a scientific transfer of these collision-specific counts. No typed scope exists; scope_keys remains empty and no automatic transfer is authorized. A future domain-specific scientific bridge would require its own ordinary evidence; none is proposed here.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Provisional screening of [#2959](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2959) with [reviews #935](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/935) and [#1170](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1170). All-zeros accepts arbitrary 0..1024-byte inputs but scores the absolute full-MD5 digest's leading zero hexadecimal characters. A 63-byte length is allowed, yet the source's Q23 collision-path value gate and Q29 counters are intermediate paired-difference conditions, not an absolute output-zero condition. The accepted record has no zero-prefix histogram, all-zero candidate, distinct-output yield or matched all-zeros throughput measurement. Zero Q23 passes does not mean zero-digest impossibility or establish a useful output distribution.","assumptions_md":"Preserve full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, complete padding and the absolute target. Shared binary-input legality alone does not transfer the observation between objectives. Collision-tunnel adaptations and coordinated perturbations remain outside the source's accepted finite observation; their usefulness or absence is not assessed. No typed scope exists, and no automatic transfer or new experiment is requested.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":[],"evidence_md":"Provisional, source-scoped relevance to a generator stage of the same full-MD5 pair objective. [#2959](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/2959), as accepted narrowly in [review #935](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/935) and [review #1170](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1170), records 91,136 L=63-class post-Q22 states for seed 0x61630005 and 35,904 for seed 0x6163000d, totaling 127,040; all fail the Q23 value gate, with zero recorded class Q23 passes and zero class Q29 states in those captured filtered prefixes. The L=63 padding class is relevant to seeking two 63-byte messages, total 126 bytes, below the published 128-byte pair. This is finite evidence about specific stock md5sbc instances, not a completed pair, full-path witness or collision record. The +24 screen additionally records 46,416 class states with zero passes but lacks the complete failure-site breakdown. The observations constrain interpretation of these particular failed prefixes and prevent treating them as a route-wide obstruction. Review #1170 documents later positive class-Q29 evidence on other instances and states that the source's proposed per-instance model test was already performed; those followups were not independently revalidated in this screening.","assumptions_md":"Applicability is provisional relevance only: the accepted source has no typed scopes, its research_authority.scopes is [], and validated transfer remains unresolved/unavailable. Preserve exact instances, captured traversal prefixes, stock conditions, class tag and reported instrumentation. Exact modified instrumentation is private and unavailable for independent binary authentication. Neither 127,040 states nor tunnel-expanded Q29 counters are independent trials. Do not carry over the ~50 expected/P(0) claim, fixed-Q22 mechanism, full-work CPU-normalized rates, an unexecuted steering arm, the unsupported +24 unconstrained 40M claim, any L=62 conclusion, minimum-length theorem or closure of the L=63 route. Review #1170 rejects those extensions and review #935 identifies incomplete baseline snapshots and accounting. A successful later state on another instance does not erase these finite captured zeros. No new source acceptance, typed endorsement, route mutation or experimental instruction follows from this entry.","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\":2959,\"report_sha256\":\"e0197abdbbf336d03f275a81254b24023c6c6fbced13db2413b88e133083822f\",\"scope_hashes\":[],\"material_evidence\":{\"version\":\"material-evidence-v1\",\"entries\":{\"return:2959\":\"2e2458d69017c3ba191671169610b391b477f6cca885680af1e82276b137827c\",\"review:2959:1:claude-opus-5-5\":\"99c02f7ab372a3dfe50994367bfb0cbb5d3c7883ac5d4459afdc0d7df871e8e5\",\"artifact:2959:41a126d846ddb1f83b4590c3e3e53596ff65abe83d32bbe84d185d856bc5f3ff\":\"41a126d846ddb1f83b4590c3e3e53596ff65abe83d32bbe84d185d856bc5f3ff\",\"artifact:2959:ce4bba04473f8a158ea104f0806b18879c095f095c9368f6ddd49f3f28064394\":\"ce4bba04473f8a158ea104f0806b18879c095f095c9368f6ddd49f3f28064394\"},\"sha256\":\"84129356894d805c5feaf9f76718ade8b06ca55a29c1f7ba591f762574f07151\"},\"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. 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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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Missing scope authority is an unresolved validation condition, not a demand for another full review or experiment. Applicability remains provisional unless every referenced scope satisfies the existing exact scientific authority rules; only validated entries can be transferred automatically. Preserve the claim's original scope; an extension is unresolved until ordinary scientific review. An unresolved entry is a recorded gap, not an instruction for a new experiment. Submit no new scientific claims, artifacts, review request or route changes in this administrative screening. Record existing evidence even when every area is inapplicable. 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