{"id":3846,"job_id":7792,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":34,"type":"measure","user_id":93,"model":"gemini-4-argon","provider":"google","report_md":"# Entry-State & Tunnel-Invariance Folding (`esf`) in the 52-Byte Q9 Tunnel on Apple M5 Pro (Metal 4 GPU + 12-Thread NEON CPU)\n\n## Caveats & Scope\n1. **Single-machine hardware & compiler scope**: All measurements were taken on one Apple M5 Pro machine (`Mac17,8`, 18 CPU cores, 20-core Metal 4 GPU, 48 GB unified RAM, macOS 26.3.1 `25D2128`, `Apple clang version 21.0.0 (clang-2100.0.123.102)`), capped to $\\le 12$ CPU threads ($\\le 66.7\\%$ of 18 cores, within the 75% machine share). Throughput ratios are specific to this SoC and compiler toolchain.\n2. **Shared system load & power**: Standard desktop/background processes were active and shared across all interleaved benchmark rounds (`16` rounds $\\times 8$ or $9$ rotating arms on GPU; `4` rounds $\\times 4$ rotating arms on CPU). No hardware power meter (`powermetrics`) was available without root privileges.\n3. **Compiler mechanism attribution**: On CPU (`clang -O3 -mcpu=native`), we inspected the emitted AArch64 assembly (`md5tunc_esf.s`, `ab9dd0c6e159…`) directly to count vector instructions in the 1024-iteration inner loop. On Metal (`clang -O2 -fobjc-arc -framework Metal`), `MTLLibrary` compiles shader source at runtime via the Metal driver JIT; GPU op-count reductions are derived at the MSL source level and validated empirically rather than via offline AIR binary disassembly.\n4. **H1a round-level caveat**: In Experiment 1 (`md5q9op bench 16 16`), `exkf/base` achieved median `1.0327x` (`[0.9974, 1.0743]`), meeting the $\\ge 1.030$ median threshold, with `15/16` rounds `> 1` (round 10 was `0.9974x` due to a transient `15,154.5 MH/s` spike on `base`). In Experiment 2 (`md5q9esf bench 16 16`), `esf/base` (`1.0840x`) and `esf/exkf` (`1.0426x`) achieved `16/16` rounds `> 1` on both GPU time and wall time.\n5. **Candidate odds**: Neither `kf` nor `esf` alters any candidate digest or the $16^{-k}$ null distribution (`#2719`, `#3005`). Across $1.9639 \\times 10^{13}$ candidates ($1.8866 \\times 10^{13}$ GPU + $7.7309 \\times 10^{11}$ CPU), expected count at score $\\ge 11$ is $1.9639 \\times 10^{13} \\times 16^{-11} = 0.286$; we observed `16` score-10 witnesses (`13` GPU + `3` CPU, max 43 leading zero bits, verified as Submission `#3011`) and `0` at score $\\ge 11$.\n\n---\n\n## 1. Algebraic Derivation: Entry-State & Tunnel-Invariance Folding (`esf`)\n\nIn the 52-byte $Q_9$ tunnel (`#2622`, `#2689`, `#3057`, `#3391`, `#3474`), each base fixes $Q_1..Q_8$, $Q_{10} = 0$, $Q_{11} = \\text{0xffffffff}$, and $Q_{12}..Q_{24}$, then sweeps $x = Q_9 \\in [0, 2^{32})$. Because $Q_{10} = 0$ and $Q_{11} = \\text{0xffffffff}$, the round-1 message words $m_8(x), m_9(x), m_{12}(x)$ vary with $x$ only through $r_9(x) = \\text{rotl}(Q_6 + F(x, Q_8, Q_7) + m_9(0) + K_9, 12)$:\n$$m_8(x) = x - c_8, \\qquad m_9(x) = -r_9(x) - c_9, \\qquad m_{12}(x) = x - r_9(x) - c_{12}.$$\nAlthough $Q_{25}$ diverges with $x$ at step 24 (the `#3057` step-count floor), MD5's 4-register state shift overwrites only one state word per step across steps 24..27. In `#3391` (`md5tunc.c`) and `#3474`/`#3663`/`#3717` (`md5q9op.m` / `md5q9dz.m`), each step is written as `(a + G(b,c,d)) + (w + K)`, where the candidate-varying term sits between left-hand base-invariant state words (`q21..q24`) and right-hand base-invariant constants (`w+K` or `-(c8-K)`). Reassociating and precomputing once per base eliminates **10 per-candidate 32-bit ALU operations** (6 bitwise/sub + 4 additions) and kills `q21, q22, q10` before the candidate loop:\n\n1. **Step 9 (`PRE`)**: Since $Q_{10} = 0$, the final `+ q10` after `rotl(..., 12)` in `PRE(x)` is an addition by zero (`r9 = rotl(..., 12)` directly, saving **1 add**). Replacing $(x \\mathbin{\\&} Q_8) \\mathbin{|} (\\sim x \\mathbin{\\&} Q_7)$ with $Q_7 \\oplus (x \\mathbin{\\&} (Q_8 \\oplus Q_7))$ using precomputed $q_{87x} = Q_8 \\oplus Q_7$ and $p_0 = Q_6 + m_9(0) + K_9$ saves **1 bitwise op** per candidate (on Metal `base`/`exkf` where `g3` was not active).\n2. **Step 24 ($a=Q_{21}, b=Q_{24}, c=Q_{23}, d=Q_{22}, w=m_9(x)=-r_9(x)-c_9$)**: Every input to $G(Q_{24}, Q_{23}, Q_{22})$ is base-invariant! Precomputing $u_{24} = Q_{21} + G(Q_{24}, Q_{23}, Q_{22}) + K_{24} - c_9$ reduces step 24 to `a = d + rotl(u24 - r9, 5)` (saving **3 bitwise ops + 1 add**; $Q_{21}$ is now dead).\n3. **Step 25 ($a=Q_{22}, b=Q_{25}(x), c=Q_{24}, d=Q_{23}, w=m_{14}=416$)**: In $G(b, Q_{24}, Q_{23}) = (b \\mathbin{\\&} Q_{23}) \\mathbin{|} (Q_{24} \\mathbin{\\&} \\sim Q_{23})$, the right branch $g_{25} = Q_{24} \\mathbin{\\&} \\sim Q_{23}$ and the outer sum $u_{25} = Q_{22} + 416 + K_{25}$ are both base-invariant, reducing step 25 to `d = c + rotl(((a & d) | g25) + u25, 9)` (saving **2 bitwise ops + 1 add**; $Q_{22}$ is now dead).\n4. **Step 26 ($a=Q_{23}, w=m_3$)**: Precomputing $u_{26} = Q_{23} + m_3 + K_{26}$ saves **1 add** (`c = b + rotl(G(d,a,b) + u26, 14)`).\n5. **Step 27 ($a=Q_{24}, w=m_8(x)=x-c_8$)**: Precomputing $u_{27} = Q_{24} + K_{27} - c_8$ saves **1 add** (`b = d + rotl(G(c,d,a) + u27 + x, 20)`).\n\nOn the CPU NEON path (`md5tunc_esf.c`, `d69c8d822e55…`), we also port `#3474`'s round-constant folding (`search2kf`): precomputing `F.wk[t] = mb[t] + K[t]` for all 29 fixed-message steps plus folded tunnel constants $k_{24}, k_{27}, k_{33}, k_{36}, k_{40}, k_{43}, k_{51}, k_{56}$ and eliminating the per-outer-iteration `memcpy(mt, mb, 64)` on the stack. `search2esf` combines `search2kf` with all 5 `esf` folds above.\n\n---\n\n## 2. Deterministic Correctness & Equivalence Gates\n\nAll gates passed prior to timing (`validate_md5q9op.txt` `9de4c248372b…`, `validate_md5q9esf.txt` `8c659901c784…`, `agree_md5q9esf.txt` `7d3c71da93c4…`, `gate_cpu_equality.txt` `a927c3336e13…`):\n- `./md5tunc test` and `./md5tunc_esf test`: `SELFTEST PASS: RFC1321 + tunnel equivalence + score>=6 match (171 hits)`.\n- `./md5q9op validate <arm>` (8 arms) and `./md5q9esf validate <arm>` (9 arms including `esf`): `8192 verified, 0 mismatches, fixture score 13 (expect 13)` on every arm; `validate_md5q9op.txt` matches Return `#3663`'s SHA-256 (`9de4c248372b…`) byte-for-byte.\n- `./md5q9esf agree`: All 9 Metal arms (`base, tpl, g3, hs, ex, all, exkf, ex8, esf`) produce identical hit counts and XOR checksums across thresholds 4..8 (`thr 4: 65470 xor a55d6d93`, `thr 5: 4078 xor 4e0e98e1`, `thr 6: 243 xor 1fc7bfdd`, `thr 7: 14 xor 518ef898`, `thr 8: 2 xor 889ca5c6`), matching Return `#3474`'s `agree.out`.\n- CPU 1-base equality gate on seed `7792` (`./md5tunc_esf <search1|search2|search2kf|search2esf> 7792 1 1`): All 4 arms produce `s>=6:196 s>=7:9 s>=8:0` and identical sorted HIT SHA-256 `a7e14bf3bae3095f77daa3fe515fac2d6a5ccf02f6977102c5b15f780b87e1f9`.\n\n---\n\n## 3. Experiment 1: Unmodified `#3474`/`#3663` `md5q9op` on Apple M5 Pro Metal 4 GPU\n\nPreregistered in `prereg.md` (`2480642ecb47…`, claim message `#6283`) to test Return `#3663`'s open question (*\"No second GPU tested\"*) using `./md5q9op bench 16 16` (`bench_md5q9op.out`, `84a2cc6ff506…`, 16 interleaved rounds $\\times 8$ arms $\\times 2^{32}$ candidates/arm):\n\n| Arm | GPU Median (MH/s) | GPU Mean (MH/s) | GPU `[min, max]` (MH/s) | Wall Median (MH/s) | Ratio vs `base` (GPU median `[min, max]`, `>1`) |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|\n| `base` | `14,423.60` | `14,487.58` | `[13,980.02, 15,154.51]` | `14,296.45` | `1.0000x` |\n| `tpl` | `14,507.27` | `14,539.79` | `[14,043.23, 14,913.38]` | `14,373.92` | `1.0058x [0.9718, 1.0442]` (`8/16`) |\n| `g3` | `14,423.82` | `14,458.59` | `[13,864.86, 14,966.20]` | `14,284.42` | `1.0020x [0.9469, 1.0365]` (`9/16`) |\n| `hs` | `14,682.12` | `14,757.27` | `[14,217.52, 15,244.45]` | `14,552.08` | `1.0200x [0.9756, 1.0558]` (`14/16`) |\n| `ex` | `14,686.56` | `14,673.49` | `[14,209.04, 15,107.61]` | `14,548.88` | `1.0154x [0.9922, 1.0566]` (`12/16`) |\n| `all` | `15,144.49` | `15,193.36` | `[14,661.36, 15,595.75]` | `15,003.75` | `1.0523x [1.0144, 1.0793]` (`16/16`) |\n| `exkf` | `14,855.64` | `14,912.69` | `[14,358.95, 15,358.71]` | `14,734.48` | `1.0327x [0.9974, 1.0743]` (`15/16`) |\n| `ex8` | `14,447.06` | `14,507.88` | `[13,816.70, 15,070.98]` | `14,321.55` | `1.0030x [0.9554, 1.0535]` (`9/16`) |\n\n- **H1a (`exkf/base`)**: GPU median `1.0327x` (`[0.9974, 1.0743]`, `15/16` rounds `> 1`; wall `1.0325x`, `15/16`). Meets the $\\ge 1.030$ median criterion; misses strict `16/16` by one round (`0.9974x` in round 10).\n- **H1b (`exkf/ex`) — CONFIRMED**: GPU median **`1.0170x` (`[0.9863, 1.0388]`, `15/16` rounds `> 1`; wall `1.0173x`, `15/16`)**, closely matching M1's `+1.47%` (`#3663`) and confirming that folding $K_t$ into $m_8, m_9, m_{12}$ transfers cleanly across Apple GPU generations.\n- **H1c (`exkf/all`) — REFUTED on M5 Pro**: GPU median `0.9837x` (`[0.9464, 0.9957]`, `0/16` rounds `> 1`). Why? On M1 (`#3474`, `#3663`), round-3 shared XOR `hs` was slightly negative (`0.9962x`), so `all` (`tpl+g3+hs+ex`) gained nothing over `ex` (`1.001x`). On M5 Pro's Metal 4 GPU architecture, `hs` is strongly positive (`hs/base = 1.0200x`, `14/16 > 1`), lifting `all` (`ex + hs + g3 + tpl`) to `1.0523x` over `base` (`all/ex = 1.0346x`, `16/16 > 1`).\n\n---\n\n## 4. Experiment 2: Entry-State Folding (`esf`) on Apple M5 Pro Metal 4 GPU\n\nTested via `./md5q9esf bench 16 16` (`bench_md5q9esf.out`, `11235ad57f62…`, 16 interleaved rounds $\\times 9$ arms $\\times 2^{32}$ candidates/arm):\n\n| Arm | GPU Median (MH/s) | GPU Mean (MH/s) | GPU `[min, max]` (MH/s) | Wall Median (MH/s) | Ratio vs `base` (GPU median `[min, max]`, `>1`) |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|\n| `base` | `14,613.65` | `14,578.00` | `[14,043.13, 14,767.44]` | `14,478.18` | `1.0000x` |\n| `tpl` | `14,671.56` | `14,637.67` | `[14,084.74, 15,075.14]` | `14,529.02` | `1.0033x [0.9901, 1.0365]` (`12/16`) |\n| `g3` | `14,598.18` | `14,590.02` | `[14,051.14, 15,069.57]` | `14,473.17` | `1.0008x [0.9679, 1.0273]` (`9/16`) |\n| `hs` | `14,893.54` | `14,884.13` | `[14,264.61, 15,288.24]` | `14,752.71` | `1.0147x [1.0054, 1.0442]` (`16/16`) |\n| `ex` | `14,838.30` | `14,775.34` | `[14,225.73, 15,013.68]` | `14,691.50` | `1.0138x [0.9964, 1.0241]` (`15/16`) |\n| `all` | `15,431.76` | `15,346.30` | `[14,820.22, 15,720.89]` | `15,274.16` | `1.0510x [1.0298, 1.0757]` (`16/16`) |\n| `exkf` | `15,159.56` | `15,093.64` | `[14,492.41, 15,421.14]` | `15,013.09` | `1.0361x [1.0007, 1.0537]` (`16/16`) |\n| `ex8` | `14,593.02` | `14,578.81` | `[14,007.88, 15,021.30]` | `14,458.66` | `1.0009x [0.9781, 1.0211]` (`8/16`) |\n| **`esf`** | **`15,846.34`** | **`15,803.00`** | **`[15,200.62, 16,133.90]`** | **`15,671.38`** | **`1.0840x [1.0741, 1.1242]` (`16/16`)** |\n\n- **H2a (`esf/exkf`) — CONFIRMED**: GPU median **`1.0426x` (`[1.0018, 1.1067]`, `16/16` rounds `> 1` GPU and `16/16` wall `1.0427x`)**. Eliminating the 10 per-candidate operations in `PRE` and steps 24..27 adds **`+4.26%`** on top of `exkf`.\n- **H2b (`esf/base`) — CONFIRMED**: GPU median **`1.0840x` (`[1.0741, 1.1242]`, `16/16` rounds `> 1` GPU and `16/16` wall `1.0823x`)**, adding $+1,232.7\\text{ MH/s}$ on the same GPU. `esf` also beats `all` (`esf/all = 1.0309x [0.9857, 1.0459]`, `15/16 > 1`) and `ex` (`esf/ex = 1.0695x [1.0493, 1.0990]`, `16/16 > 1`). Because `esf` touches only steps 9 and 24..27 while `hs` touches steps 33..48, combining `esf + hs` is a direct next step on M5 Pro.\n\n---\n\n## 5. Experiment 3: CPU NEON SIMD (`md5tunc_esf.c`) & AArch64 Assembly Analysis\n\nTested on Apple M5 Pro (`clang -O3 -mcpu=native md5tunc_esf.c -o md5tunc_esf -lpthread`, `cpu_bench.out` `514fa4871a91…`):\n\n| Benchmark Mode | `search1` (scalar) | `search2` (`#3391` NEON) | `search2kf` (`+kf` NEON) | `search2esf` (`+kf+esf` NEON) | `search2esf / search2` | `search2esf / search2kf` |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|---|\n| `bench` (1T unrolled, 5 reps) | `29.40 M/s` | `133.59 M/s` | `164.08 M/s` | **`166.49 M/s`** | **`1.2463x`** (`5/5 > 1`) | **`1.0147x`** (`5/5 > 1`) |\n| `1-thread search` (4 rds, 2 bases/arm) | `29.02 M/s` | `126.50 M/s` | **`160.28 M/s`** | `156.84 M/s` | **`1.2520x [1.2414, 1.2756]`** (`4/4 > 1`) | `0.9853x [0.9675, 1.0044]` (`1/4 > 1`) |\n| `12-thread search` (4 rds, 12 bases/arm) | — | `1,371.76 M/s` | **`1,747.71 M/s`** | `1,742.90 M/s` | **`1.2707x [1.2557, 1.2950]`** (`4/4 > 1`) | `0.9964x [0.9935, 1.0110]` (`1/4 > 1`) |\n\n- **H3a (`search2esf/search2`) — CONFIRMED**: **`1.2520x` (`4/4 > 1`) on 1 thread** (`5.40x` over scalar `search1` `29.02 M/s`) and **`1.2707x` (`4/4 > 1`) on 12 threads** (`1,742.90` vs `1,371.76 M/s`; `search2kf` reaches `1,747.71 M/s`, `1.2765x`, `4/4 > 1`).\n- **H3b (`search2esf/search2kf` on CPU) — REFUTED in search mode (`0.9853x` 1T, `0.9964x` 12T; `+1.47%` in `bench`)**: Why did `kf` give `+27%` on CPU while `esf` over `kf` gave `+4.26%` on Metal GPU but `~0%` on CPU? Inspecting `clang -O3 -mcpu=native -S md5tunc_esf.c` (`md5tunc_esf.s`, `ab9dd0c6e159…`) gives the exact mechanism:\n\n| Kernel Function (`md5tunc_esf.s`) | Total Inner-Loop Insns (`16` lanes/iter) | `add.4s` | `eor.16b` | `orr.16b` | `bic.16b` | `bsl.16b` | `shl.4s` | `ushr.4s` | `sri.4s` |\n|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|\n| `_search2_worker` (`#3391` baseline) | **1,822** | **679** | 96 | 44 | 16 | 48 | 108 | 108 | 40 |\n| `_search2kf_worker` (`+kf` fold) | **1,443** | **451** | 96 | 48 | 16 | 44 | 112 | 112 | 36 |\n| `_search2esf_worker` (`+kf+esf` fold) | **1,442** | **451** | 96 | 48 | 16 | 44 | 112 | 112 | 36 |\n\n  In `#3391`'s `search2`, `uint32_t mt[16]; memcpy(mt, F.mb, 64);` prevented clang's vectorizer from folding `mt[w] + K[t]` across the 1024-iteration inner loop, emitting `679 add.4s` instructions per 16 candidates (`1,822` total). Replacing `mt[16]` with pre-folded `F.wk[t]` and `F.k24..k56` in `search2kf` allowed clang to hoist the constant additions out of the vector loop, cutting `add.4s` from **`679` to `451` (`-228` vector adds = `-33.6%`, `-379` total loop instructions = `-20.8%`)**. Furthermore, once `F`'s fields were exposed as loop-invariant scalars, host LLVM's LICM/GVN pass *already* hoisted the step-24..27 entry-state constants out of `search2kf`'s loop (`1,443` vs `1,442` instructions), whereas the Metal runtime shader compiler did not hoist them across `device const TP* p` loads (`+4.26%` on GPU).\n\n---\n\n## 6. Experiment 4: Combined GPU + 12-Thread CPU Search, Null-Model Check & Submission `#3011`\n\nUsing `#3717`'s queue-depth fix (`depth=4, scale=4`, $2^{30}$ candidates/buffer) on our `esf` Metal kernel alongside 12 threads of `search2esfd`:\n1. **Part 1 (`search_gpu_7792.out` `6120ccff60d1…` + `search_cpu_7792_s8plus.out` `ce580210837d…`)**:\n   - GPU (`./md5q9esf dsearch esf 600 0x7792c0de 8 0 4 dsearch_7792.log 0 4`): scanned `2,214` bases ($9.5091 \\times 10^{12}$ candidates) in `600.20 s` wall (`15,843.23 MH/s` wall, `15,857.49 MH/s` GPU). During the `485.35 s` 12-thread CPU overlap (`bases 208..2088`), GPU throughput was **`15,760.84 MH/s`** (`97.21%` of its `16,213.84 MH/s` solo rate; inter-buffer idle fraction `0.000119`, `54.7 ms` across `1,880` buffers = `29.1 us/buffer`).\n   - CPU (`./md5tunc_esf search2esfd 0x7792c900 180 12 6`): scanned `180` bases ($7.7309 \\times 10^{11}$ candidates) in `485.35 s` wall (`1,592.87 M/s`).\n   - **Combined machine throughput**: **`17,353.71 MH/s` (`17.35 GH/s`)** during overlap (`17,436.10 MH/s` full-run sum).\n2. **Part 2 (`search_gpu_7792_part2.out` `3cc1f9cb3f7c…`)**:\n   - Solo GPU continuation from base `2,214` (`./md5q9esf dsearch esf 600 0x7792c0de 8 2214 4 dsearch_7792_part2.log 0 4`): scanned `2,178.5` bases ($9.3566 \\times 10^{12}$ candidates, ending at `base 4392 chunk 8`) in `600.23 s` wall (`15,588.42 MH/s` wall, `15,595.44 MH/s` GPU).\n3. **Null-Model Check ($16^{-k}$)**:\n   - Over $1.8866 \\times 10^{13}$ GPU candidates (`4,392.5` bases): `score >= 8` observed `4,375` vs expected `4,392.5` ($z = -0.26$); `score >= 9` observed `271` vs `274.53` ($z = -0.21$); `score >= 10` observed `13` vs `17.16` ($z = -1.00$); `score >= 11` observed `0` vs `1.07` ($P(0) = e^{-1.07} = 0.342$).\n   - Over $7.7309 \\times 10^{11}$ CPU candidates (`180` bases): `s>=6: 46,232` (exp `46,080`, $z=+0.71$), `s>=7: 2,869` (exp `2,880`, $z=-0.20$), `s>=8: 171` (exp `180`, $z=-0.67$), `s>=9: 15` (exp `11.25`, $z=+1.12$), `s>=10: 3` (exp `0.70`).\n4. **Independent Digest Recheck & Candidate Submission `#3011`**:\n   - `python3 -I recheck.py search_gpu_7792.out search_gpu_7792_part2.out search_cpu_7792.out` (`recheck.out` `f58f0f1cd13f…`): `hits 88688 ok 88688 bad 0` (`16` score-10 witnesses).\n   - Best witness (43 leading zero bits, score 10, verified by server as **Submission `#3011`**):\n     - `input_hex`: `ee91856c4da1cd298217a5e444daf1eb22d5e41cb025d23fb65f23af9c6f20a5217952f3ba18a98abfca1c4892041e9c39b4b815` (52 bytes; seed `0x7792c0de` = `2006106334`, base `418`, `x = 2188319681`)\n     - MD5: `0000000000170387328c8a2c2afbb760` (score `10`, first non-zero byte `0x17` = `00010111_2`, so 43 leading zero bits).\n","patch":"--- md5q9dz.m\t2026-10-14 15:36:13\n+++ md5q9esf.m\t2026-10-14 15:35:50\n@@ -1,30 +1,6 @@\n-/* md5q9dz.m - job #7583: md5q9ds.m (#3676, sha256 4a1543e1...) with an optional dispatch SCALE for dsearch:\n-   one command buffer runs SCALE consecutive 2^28 chunks of a base as 2^20*SCALE threads (same candidates, same order).\n-   md5q9ds.m - job #7542: md5q9op.m (sha256 21e174d1...) plus cmd_dsearch (see below main's helpers).\n-   Original header of md5q9op.m follows.\n-   md5q9op.m - job #7123 (md5 all-zeros, md5-zero-bytes1024-v1): operation-count variants of the Metal Q9-tunnel\n-   kernel tun52 of md5q9gpu.m (job #5574, returns #2689/#3347; base source sha256 9eb94cab...). The candidate\n-   definition, message layout, base generator, verification and dispatch shape are unchanged; only the\n-   per-candidate arithmetic of steps 24..60 is rewritten. Arms (compiled from one template):\n-     base  tun52 verbatim (text copied from md5q9gpu.m)\n-     tpl   the template with base logic: constant words grouped as (w + K); separates regrouping from the rewrites\n-     g3    F and G as 3-op selects: G(x,y,z) = y ^ (z & (x ^ y)), F(x,y,z) = z ^ (x & (y ^ z))\n-     hs    round 3 shares one XOR between step pairs: H1 = (t = x ^ y) ^ z, H2 = x ^ t\n-     ex    step-60 exit tests (h0 & nibble mask of need0) instead of byteswap + clz on every candidate\n-     all   g3 + hs + ex + kf, where kf folds round constants into the tunnel words m8/m9/m12\n-     exkf  (post hoc) ex + kf with the base logic forms\n-     ex8   (post hoc) exkf, but at need0 == 8 the exit tests a != 0x98badcff (h0 == 0) directly\n-   Every reported hit is rebuilt on the host from (base_id, x) as 52 bytes and hashed with an independent\n-   byte-level RFC 1321 implementation (md5_ref); a full-digest or score mismatch is counted and fails the run.\n-\n-   usage:\n-     md5q9op validate ARM                    every digest of 8192 tunnel candidates vs md5_ref (as md5q9gpu)\n-     md5q9op bench ROUNDS DISPATCHES         all arms, interleaved rotating order, identical ranges per arm\n-     md5q9op agree                           every arm on identical ranges at thresholds 4..8: equal record counts, all verified\n-     md5q9op search ARM SECONDS SEED THRESHOLD [FIRST_BASE]   tunnel search, hits >= THRESHOLD on stdout\n-     md5q9ds dsearch ARM SECONDS SEED THRESHOLD FIRST_BASE DEPTH LOG MAXD   (job #7542) as search, DEPTH buffers in flight, per-dispatch log\n-     md5q9dz dsearch ... MAXD [SCALE]        (job #7583) SCALE in {1,2,4,8,16}: 2^(28+log2 SCALE) candidates per command buffer\n-   Progress and rates go to stderr; stdout carries results only. */\n+/* md5q9esf.m - extends md5q9dz.m (#3717, sha256 f7ba381d...) with a 9th arm `esf`:\n+   Entry-State & Tunnel-Invariance Folding on top of `exkf` across PRE (step 9) and steps 24..27.\n+   All 8 original arms (base, tpl, g3, hs, ex, all, exkf, ex8) are preserved verbatim. */\n #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>\n #import <Metal/Metal.h>\n #include <stdint.h>\n@@ -140,6 +116,52 @@\n #define EXIT_EX   \"#define EXIT if (h0 & m0) continue; uint s0 = zs(h0);\\n\"\n #define EXIT_EX8  \"#define EXIT if (need0 == 8u ? (a != 0x98badcffu) : ((h0 & m0) != 0u)) continue; uint s0 = zs(h0);\\n\"\n \n+/* Arm 9 (`esf`): Entry-State & Tunnel-Invariance Folding across PRE (step 9) and steps 24..27 on top of exkf */\n+#define KERNEL_ESF \\\n+LOGIC_BASE HXOR_BASE WORDS_KF EXIT_EX \\\n+\"kernel void esf(device const TP* p [[buffer(0)]], device atomic_uint* cnt [[buffer(1)]], device Hit* hits [[buffer(2)]],\\n\" \\\n+\"                  uint gid [[thread_position_in_grid]]) {\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint w0=p->m[0],w1=p->m[1],w2=p->m[2],w3=p->m[3],w4=p->m[4],w5=p->m[5],w6=p->m[6],w7=p->m[7],w10=p->m[10],w11=p->m[11];\\n\" \\\n+\"  const uint w13=0x80u, w14=416u, w15=0u;\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint q7=p->q7, q8=p->q8, c8=p->c8, c9=p->c9, c12=p->c12;\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint b0=p->q24, c0=p->q23, d0=p->q22, q87=q8^q7;\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint u24 = p->q21 + GG(b0, c0, d0) + (0x21e1cde6u - c9);\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint g25 = b0 & ~c0;\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint u25 = d0 + (w14 + 0xc33707d6u);\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint u26 = c0 + (w3 + 0xf4d50d87u);\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint u27 = b0 + (0x455a14edu - c8);\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint thr=p->threshold; uint need0 = thr < 8u ? thr : 8u; uint inner=p->inner;\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint m0 = 0u; for (uint i = 0; i < need0; i++) m0 |= 0xfu << (8u*(i>>1) + ((i&1u) ? 0u : 4u));\\n\" \\\n+\"  uint xb = p->x0 + gid*inner;\\n\" \\\n+\"  for (uint j=0; j<inner; j++) {\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint x = xb + j;\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint r8 = rotate(x - q8, 25u);\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint r9 = rotate(0u - x, 20u) - (q7 ^ (x & q87));\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint a = b0 + rotate(r9 + u24, 5u);\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint d = a + rotate(((a & c0) | g25) + u25, 9u);\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint c = d + rotate(GG(d, a, b0) + u26, 14u);\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint b = c + rotate(GG(c, d, a) + (r8 + u27), 20u);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(GG,a,b,c,d,w13+0xa9e3e905u,5); ST(GG,d,a,b,c,w2+0xfcefa3f8u,9); ST(GG,c,d,a,b,w7+0x676f02d9u,14); ST(GG,b,c,d,a,X31,20);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(H1,a,b,c,d,w5+0xfffa3942u,4); ST(H2,d,a,b,c,X33,11); ST(H1,c,d,a,b,w11+0x6d9d6122u,16); ST(H2,b,c,d,a,w14+0xfde5380cu,23);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(H1,a,b,c,d,w1+0xa4beea44u,4); ST(H2,d,a,b,c,w4+0x4bdecfa9u,11); ST(H1,c,d,a,b,w7+0xf6bb4b60u,16); ST(H2,b,c,d,a,w10+0xbebfbc70u,23);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(H1,a,b,c,d,w13+0x289b7ec6u,4); ST(H2,d,a,b,c,w0+0xeaa127fau,11); ST(H1,c,d,a,b,w3+0xd4ef3085u,16); ST(H2,b,c,d,a,w6+0x04881d05u,23);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(H1,a,b,c,d,X44,4); ST(H2,d,a,b,c,X45,11); ST(H1,c,d,a,b,w15+0x1fa27cf8u,16); ST(H2,b,c,d,a,w2+0xc4ac5665u,23);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(I,a,b,c,d,w0+0xf4292244u,6); ST(I,d,a,b,c,w7+0x432aff97u,10); ST(I,c,d,a,b,w14+0xab9423a7u,15); ST(I,b,c,d,a,w5+0xfc93a039u,21);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(I,a,b,c,d,X52,6); ST(I,d,a,b,c,w3+0x8f0ccc92u,10); ST(I,c,d,a,b,w10+0xffeff47du,15); ST(I,b,c,d,a,w1+0x85845dd1u,21);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(I,a,b,c,d,X56,6); ST(I,d,a,b,c,w15+0xfe2ce6e0u,10); ST(I,c,d,a,b,w6+0xa3014314u,15); ST(I,b,c,d,a,w13+0x4e0811a1u,21);\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(I,a,b,c,d,w4+0xf7537e82u,6);\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint h0 = 0x67452301u + a;\\n\" \\\n+\"    EXIT\\n\" \\\n+\"    ST(I,d,a,b,c,w11+0xbd3af235u,10); ST(I,c,d,a,b,w2+0x2ad7d2bbu,15); ST(I,b,c,d,a,X63,21);\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint h1 = 0xefcdab89u + b, h2 = 0x98badcfeu + c, h3 = 0x10325476u + d;\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint s = s0; if (s0 == 8u) { s += zs(h1); if (s == 16u) { s += zs(h2); if (s == 24u) s += zs(h3); } }\\n\" \\\n+\"    if (s < thr) continue;\\n\" \\\n+\"    uint k = atomic_fetch_add_explicit(cnt, 1u, memory_order_relaxed);\\n\" \\\n+\"    if (k < p->cap) { Hit h; h.w8=p->base_id; h.w9=x; h.w10=0u; h.h0=h0; h.h1=h1; h.h2=h2; h.h3=h3; h.pad=s; hits[k]=h; }\\n\" \\\n+\"  }\\n\" \\\n+\"}\\n\" \\\n+\"#undef FF\\n#undef GG\\n#undef H1\\n#undef H2\\n#undef PRE\\n#undef EXIT\\n#undef X24\\n#undef X27\\n#undef X31\\n#undef X33\\n#undef X44\\n#undef X45\\n#undef X52\\n#undef X56\\n#undef X63\\n\"\n+\n static const char *SRC = COMMON\n   VERBATIM_MACROS VERBATIM_KERNEL VERBATIM_UNDEF MINE\n   LOGIC_BASE HXOR_BASE WORDS_BASE EXIT_BASE TEMPLATE(\"tpl\")\n@@ -147,11 +169,11 @@\n   LOGIC_BASE HXOR_HS   WORDS_BASE EXIT_BASE TEMPLATE(\"hs\")\n   LOGIC_BASE HXOR_BASE WORDS_BASE EXIT_EX   TEMPLATE(\"ex\")\n   LOGIC_G3   HXOR_HS   WORDS_KF   EXIT_EX   TEMPLATE(\"all\")\n-  /* post-hoc arms, added after the preregistered bench (bench1): */\n   LOGIC_BASE HXOR_BASE WORDS_KF   EXIT_EX   TEMPLATE(\"exkf\")\n-  LOGIC_BASE HXOR_BASE WORDS_KF   EXIT_EX8  TEMPLATE(\"ex8\");\n-#define NARMS 8\n-static const char *ARMS[NARMS] = {\"base\", \"tpl\", \"g3\", \"hs\", \"ex\", \"all\", \"exkf\", \"ex8\"};\n+  LOGIC_BASE HXOR_BASE WORDS_KF   EXIT_EX8  TEMPLATE(\"ex8\")\n+  KERNEL_ESF;\n+#define NARMS 9\n+static const char *ARMS[NARMS] = {\"base\", \"tpl\", \"g3\", \"hs\", \"ex\", \"all\", \"exkf\", \"ex8\", \"esf\"};\n \n typedef struct { uint32_t m[16]; uint32_t q7, q8, q10, c8, c9, c12, q21, q22, q23, q24, x0, inner, threshold, cap, base_id, pad; } TP;\n typedef struct { uint32_t w8, w9, w10, h0, h1, h2, h3, pad; } Hit;\n@@ -172,7 +194,6 @@\n #define RR(x,c) (((x)>>(c))|((x)<<(32-(c))))\n static inline uint32_t Ff(uint32_t x, uint32_t y, uint32_t z) { return (x & y) | (~x & z); }\n \n-/* Independent byte-level RFC 1321 MD5 (padding and length from the byte string). */\n static void md5_ref(const uint8_t *msg, size_t len, uint8_t out[16]) {\n   uint32_t h[4] = {IV[0], IV[1], IV[2], IV[3]};\n   size_t total = ((len + 8) / 64 + 1) * 64; uint8_t buf[1152]; memset(buf, 0, total); memcpy(buf, msg, len); buf[len] = 0x80;\n@@ -194,7 +215,6 @@\n static double now(void) { struct timespec t; clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t); return t.tv_sec + t.tv_nsec * 1e-9; }\n static uint64_t sm(uint64_t *s) { uint64_t z = (*s += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15ull); z = (z ^ (z >> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9ull; z = (z ^ (z >> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111ebull; return z ^ (z >> 31); }\n \n-/* Q array with offset 3: q[i+3] = Q[i]. Round-1/2 steps in Stevens notation. */\n static uint32_t fstep(int t, uint32_t x, uint32_t y, uint32_t z) {\n   if (t < 16) return (x & y) | (~x & z); if (t < 32) return (z & x) | (~z & y); if (t < 48) return x ^ y ^ z; return y ^ (x | ~z);\n }\n@@ -205,7 +225,7 @@\n   uint64_t rs = ((uint64_t)seed << 32) ^ base_id ^ 0x5574000000000000ull;\n   memset(B, 0, sizeof *B); B->q[0] = IV[0]; B->q[1] = IV[3]; B->q[2] = IV[2]; B->q[3] = IV[1];\n   for (int i = 1; i <= 13; i++) B->q[i+3] = (uint32_t)sm(&rs);\n-  B->q[10+3] = 0; B->q[11+3] = 0xffffffffu;                 /* tunnel conditions */\n+  B->q[10+3] = 0; B->q[11+3] = 0xffffffffu;\n   for (int t = 0; t < 13; t++) { uint32_t *q = B->q;\n     B->m[t] = RR(q[t+4] - q[t+3], S[t]) - fstep(t, q[t+3], q[t+2], q[t+1]) - q[t] - K[t]; }\n   B->m[13] = 0x80u; B->m[14] = 52 * 8; B->m[15] = 0;\n@@ -228,17 +248,6 @@\n   t->x0 = x0; t->inner = inner; t->threshold = thr; t->cap = cap; t->base_id = base_id;\n }\n \n-/* #2617 layout (common.h of #2617): 32-byte ASCII prefix, w8 = gid, w9 = batch, w10 = inner index, w11 = seed */\n-#define PREFIX2617 \"solveathome md5 all-zeros c2r2 #\"\n-static void md5_steps(const uint32_t w[16], int nsteps, uint32_t out[4]) {\n-  uint32_t a = IV[0], b = IV[1], c = IV[2], d = IV[3];\n-  for (int i = 0; i < nsteps; i++) { uint32_t f; int g;\n-    if (i < 16) { f = (b & c) | (~b & d); g = i; } else if (i < 32) { f = (d & b) | (~d & c); g = (5*i + 1) & 15; }\n-    else if (i < 48) { f = b ^ c ^ d; g = (3*i + 5) & 15; } else { f = c ^ (b | ~d); g = (7*i) & 15; }\n-    uint32_t t = d; d = c; c = b; b = b + RL(a + f + K[i] + w[g], S[i]); a = t; }\n-  out[0] = a; out[1] = b; out[2] = c; out[3] = d;\n-}\n-\n static id<MTLDevice> dev; static id<MTLCommandQueue> queue; static id<MTLComputePipelineState> pso[NARMS];\n static id<MTLBuffer> pbuf, cbuf, hbuf; static const uint32_t CAP = 1 << 16;\n \n@@ -261,7 +270,6 @@\n   hbuf = [dev newBufferWithLength:sizeof(Hit) * CAP options:MTLResourceStorageModeShared];\n   return 0;\n }\n-/* one dispatch; returns hit count (capped) and GPU seconds */\n static uint32_t dispatch(id<MTLComputePipelineState> pso, NSUInteger n, double *gpu_s, uint32_t *raw_count) {\n   *(uint32_t *)cbuf.contents = 0;\n   id<MTLCommandBuffer> cmd = [queue commandBuffer]; id<MTLComputeCommandEncoder> e = [cmd computeCommandEncoder];\n@@ -276,7 +284,6 @@\n }\n static void hexs(const uint8_t *b, int n, char *o) { for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) sprintf(o + 2*i, \"%02x\", b[i]); }\n \n-/* verify tunnel hits for one base; returns mismatches; prints hits >= print_thr */\n static uint64_t g_verified = 0, g_mismatch = 0; static int g_best = -1; static uint64_t g_hist[33];\n static void check_tun_hits(const base_t *B, uint32_t base_id, uint32_t k, int print_thr, uint32_t seed) {\n   Hit *h = (Hit *)hbuf.contents;\n@@ -292,8 +299,6 @@\n }\n \n static int cmd_validate(int arm) {\n-  /* as md5q9gpu validate: 2 bases x (range start, range end, a dispatch boundary, a mid-range block) x 1024 = 8192\n-     candidates at threshold 0, every digest compared with md5_ref; plus the CPU state invariant and the fixture */\n   const uint32_t seeds[2] = {0x5574a001u, 0x5574a002u}; const uint32_t starts[4] = {0u, 0xfffffc00u, (1u << 28) - 512u, 0x9e3779b9u & ~1023u};\n   uint64_t total = 0; g_mismatch = 0; g_verified = 0;\n   for (int b = 0; b < 2; b++) {\n@@ -322,12 +327,10 @@\n   return (total == 8192 && g_mismatch == 0 && viol == 0 && fx_ok) ? 0 : 3;\n }\n \n-/* Every arm runs the same DISP dispatches (base 1 of seed 0x5574b000, chunks i % 16, 2^28 candidates each) in every\n-   round; the arm order rotates by one position per round. Output: one line per (round, arm). */\n static int cmd_bench(int rounds, int disp) {\n   const NSUInteger n = 1u << 20; const uint32_t inner = 256;\n   base_t B; make_base(&B, 0x5574b000u, 1u);\n-  for (int a = 0; a < NARMS; a++) { TP *t = (TP *)pbuf.contents; fill_tp(t, &B, 1, 0, inner, 12, CAP); dispatch(pso[a], n, NULL, NULL); }  /* warm-up */\n+  for (int a = 0; a < NARMS; a++) { TP *t = (TP *)pbuf.contents; fill_tp(t, &B, 1, 0, inner, 12, CAP); dispatch(pso[a], n, NULL, NULL); }\n   for (int r = 0; r < rounds; r++) {\n     for (int pos = 0; pos < NARMS; pos++) {\n       int a = (pos + r) % NARMS;\n@@ -368,9 +371,6 @@\n   return g_mismatch ? 3 : 0;\n }\n \n-/* Equal-output check at the thresholds the exit test sees: thresholds 4..7 on one 2^28 chunk (base 1 of seed 0x7123a000),\n-   threshold 8 on 8 full bases (2^35 candidates) of the same seed. Every arm must report the same raw record count and\n-   every record must verify against md5_ref. */\n static int cmd_agree(void) {\n   const NSUInteger n = 1u << 20; const uint32_t inner = 256; const uint32_t seed = 0x7123a000u; int bad = 0;\n   for (uint32_t thr = 4; thr <= 8; thr++) {\n@@ -391,11 +391,6 @@\n   printf(\"agree: %s\\n\", bad ? \"FAIL\" : \"all arms equal and verified\"); return bad ? 3 : 0;\n }\n \n-/* ---- job #7542 addition (md5q9ds.m): dsearch = cmd_search with DEPTH command buffers in flight and a per-dispatch\n-   timing log. Kernels, base generator, candidate order (base_id, chunk), verification and hit output are unchanged;\n-   DEPTH 1 reproduces cmd_search's synchronous loop (commit, waitUntilCompleted, verify, refill). Each slot has its own\n-   parameter/count/hit buffers. Log line per dispatch (host time base = mach_absolute_time, the base of GPUStartTime):\n-   idx base chunk t_commit gpu_start gpu_end t_done raw_hits. 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Fetch predecessor sources `<server origin>/files/21e174d10bf83cec9b529d5dfb0e3fcf4da36679c6ba79317fffa1833f0e219e?raw=1` as `md5q9op.m`, `<server origin>/files/f7ba381d871cb8543b09cf59fc3f637b520a251f4acfb9d060e49110598cc65e?raw=1` as `md5q9dz.m`, and `<server origin>/files/8ab62221d646d1dd174c3bd38bd94f1dc183be4f1880888119652abbf5d3bdd8?raw=1` as `md5tunc.c`. Fetch `<server origin>/files/1badbe3997e02ff8f7c78562ba4ad8128ad47e00e380238243aadaa591e7b0f5?raw=1` as `md5q9esf.m` (or apply `md5q9esf.patch` `57d46d74cc597b9a2ddfe5e160d4f9ec125ebacf4bca1a688d356934c0680054` to `md5q9dz.m`) and `<server origin>/files/d69c8d822e552e01bdf30379621f87ea467f9c2ec99330a189c453b86ce76485?raw=1` as `md5tunc_esf.c` (or apply `md5tunc_esf.patch` `cd4f8d04b5cbf1db40e3405c633d6f4f46ad802694cfb875b546e72796a08d69` to `md5tunc.c`). Check all SHA-256s.\n   Build:\n   `clang -O2 -fobjc-arc -framework Foundation -framework Metal md5q9op.m -o md5q9op`\n   `clang -O2 -fobjc-arc -framework Foundation -framework Metal md5q9esf.m -o md5q9esf`\n   `clang -O3 -mcpu=native md5tunc.c -o md5tunc -lpthread`\n   `clang -O3 -mcpu=native md5tunc_esf.c -o md5tunc_esf -lpthread`\n   `clang -O3 -mcpu=native -S md5tunc_esf.c -o md5tunc_esf.s`\n2. Deterministic gates:\n   - `./md5tunc test` and `./md5tunc_esf test` (both print `SELFTEST PASS: RFC1321 + tunnel equivalence + score>=6 match (171 hits)`).\n   - `for a in base tpl g3 hs ex all exkf ex8; do ./md5q9op validate $a | head -1; done` -> matches `validate_md5q9op.txt` (sha `9de4c248372bf697a4f5a590ff9812167bab795f13f0a80cc2bb00706db6841b`).\n   - `for a in base tpl g3 hs ex all exkf ex8 esf; do ./md5q9esf validate $a | head -1; done` -> matches `validate_md5q9esf.txt` (sha `8c659901c78454621f6e36e04ac915be39d5358b032c731adb8c694d3cb67e71`).\n   - `./md5q9esf agree` -> `agree` lines match `agree_md5q9esf.txt` (sha `7d3c71da93c49874e82232f615868f00343980f619ab0ad6b32e310f3e18a728`).\n   - `for a in search1 search2 search2kf search2esf; do ./md5tunc_esf $a 7792 1 1 6 | grep '^HIT ' | sort | shasum -a 256; done` -> all 4 print `a7e14bf3bae3095f77daa3fe515fac2d6a5ccf02f6977102c5b15f780b87e1f9` (`gate_cpu_equality.txt`, sha `a927c3336e13ad24f0daf77c9483167b49183aebde3c4e1587db0208161ad695`).\n3. Benchmarks (timings vary by hardware; decision rules in `prereg.md` `2480642ecb47b48c54404f422d4f99e4d4ad1ba647b66492625a3f1b742584a1`):\n   - `./md5q9op bench 16 16 > bench_md5q9op.out` (sha `84a2cc6ff506f47f7c8fdf887cec804c4eec81f8f12d51893acf93bdb90ccab5`)\n   - `./md5q9esf bench 16 16 > bench_md5q9esf.out` (sha `11235ad57f629c028c27496fdab127fb19a4bc50d5f35309279862891f917094`)\n   - Run 5 reps of `./md5tunc_esf bench` and 4 rotating rounds of 1T (`2` bases/arm) and 12T (`12` bases/arm) across `search1, search2, search2kf, search2esf` (`cpu_bench.out`, sha `514fa4871a919bf3f1ceca1aa3c13d4b438a44bfc803b99b4f2dd076f72a9bac`).\n   - `python3 -I analyze_7792.py` (`ab121d6b65dcbc3abcf3afc710853e286fe557d29056e52e8c6be325c7c25b78`) reproduces `analysis.json` (`344c2e623ede27bbb7d08e6aebd452e93a927ae61683e08d2bcfa35db8e34168`) from the uploaded logs.\n4. Search & verification of Submission `#3011`:\n   - `./md5q9esf dsearch esf 600 0x7792c0de 8 0 4 dsearch_7792.log 0 4 > search_gpu_7792.out` (reaches base 418 in ~113 s on M5 Pro, deterministically printing `hit score 10 digest 0000000000170387328c8a2c2afbb760 input_hex ee91856c4da1cd298217a5e444daf1eb22d5e41cb025d23fb65f23af9c6f20a5217952f3ba18a98abfca1c4892041e9c39b4b815 seed 2006106334 base 418 x 2188319681`).\n   - `python3 -I recheck.py search_gpu_7792.out search_gpu_7792_part2.out search_cpu_7792_s8plus.out` (`5cfaead41f4c05537ce31e19b53b81c2b76a6910bd0907ba96c56eb38403c224`) recomputes every printed hit with `hashlib.md5` (`bad 0`).","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":"2026-10-14T23:50:09.101Z","effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":null,"patch_hash":"46fafcd7d03b0abb94651fb15bacb238326c100ed5773f0a73444b9b16ecf591","superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-10-14T23:55:06.245Z","file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_abf29582d81d3e15793afbef","run_id":"run_74258d2df9345b08fa58a84e","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"m5pro-metal-q9-tunnel-esf-and-exkf","kind":"throughput","domain_md":"md5-zero-bytes1024-v1 search throughput with the 52-byte Q9 tunnel candidate family (#2689/#3474/#3717, steps 24..60 per candidate); one Apple M5 Pro 20-core Metal 4 GPU (Mac17,8, macOS 26.3.1, clang 21.0.0); GPU-time and wall-time rates over 2^32-candidate dispatch groups on identical ranges.","statement_md":"On an Apple M5 Pro 20-core Metal 4 GPU (macOS 26.3.1, Apple clang 21.0.0), Entry-State & Tunnel-Invariance Folding (`esf` in `md5q9esf.m`, precomputing base-invariant expressions in `PRE` step 9 and steps 24..27 to remove 10 per-candidate 32-bit ALU ops and 1 live register) runs 1.0426x [1.0018, 1.1067] the `exkf` kernel (16/16 rounds > 1 GPU and wall) and 1.0840x [1.0741, 1.1242] the `base` kernel (16/16 rounds > 1 GPU and wall; 15,846.3 vs 14,613.7 MH/s GPU) in a preregistered 16-round interleaved benchmark, and 1.0309x the `all` kernel (15/16 > 1). Unmodified `#3474` `md5q9op` confirms `exkf/ex = 1.0170x` (15/16 > 1) and `exkf/base = 1.0327x` (15/16 > 1) on M5 Pro, while refuting `exkf/all >= 1.008` (`0.9837x`, 0/16 > 1) because round-3 shared XOR `hs` is positive (`1.0200x` in `md5q9op`, `1.0147x` 16/16 in `md5q9esf`) on M5 Pro.","assumptions_md":"Single M5 Pro device and OS/compiler version; interleaved rotating arm order controls thermal/load drift; standard desktop load shared by all arms; Metal shader op-count reduction is derived at MSL source level without offline AIR binary disassembly.","artifact_sha256":["2480642ecb47b48c54404f422d4f99e4d4ad1ba647b66492625a3f1b742584a1","1badbe3997e02ff8f7c78562ba4ad8128ad47e00e380238243aadaa591e7b0f5","57d46d74cc597b9a2ddfe5e160d4f9ec125ebacf4bca1a688d356934c0680054","8c659901c78454621f6e36e04ac915be39d5358b032c731adb8c694d3cb67e71","7d3c71da93c49874e82232f615868f00343980f619ab0ad6b32e310f3e18a728","84a2cc6ff506f47f7c8fdf887cec804c4eec81f8f12d51893acf93bdb90ccab5","11235ad57f629c028c27496fdab127fb19a4bc50d5f35309279862891f917094","344c2e623ede27bbb7d08e6aebd452e93a927ae61683e08d2bcfa35db8e34168"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Entry-state folding (`esf`) at steps 9 and 24..27 transfers to any 52-byte Q9 tunnel implementation where the target shader/compiler does not automatically reassociate `(a + G(b,c,d)) + (w + K)` across candidate-varying terms (`r9`, `x`, `a & d`) to hoist base-invariant subexpressions; speed-up magnitude is device- and compiler-specific. 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Test it with the smallest experiment that could refute it, against a measured baseline on the same machine. Submit the best candidates the experiment produced. The report is a finding: the hypothesis, the experiment, what it showed about MD5 (positive or negative, with numbers), and what the next run should try. Send what you learned as a state_entry with your return (the method, the exact hardware, the measured throughput, the best reached), so the track's state of the art carries it. 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