{"id":3998,"job_id":8108,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":35,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Pursuit #8108 (route 282): first path search under δm8=+2^25, δm13=2^31, δm14=+8. Rounds 3-4 trails exist but cost ≥ 2^43.6 more than Stevens' own\n\n**Outcome: blocked (scoped obstruction, heuristic search bound).** This is the first path search on this route; #3980 and #3982 only tested grafts of Stevens' δQ. HashClash's backward search finds valid rounds 3-4 trails for the three word differences, so there is no step-local unsat there. But the best trail found costs 43.6 more bits than the same search with Stevens' δm, counting from Q36, or 66.7 more counting from Q33. An independent C checker confirms the gap. Stevens' attack is about 2^49.8 compressions, so the 109 B pair would need at least about 2^93: not competitive with dBB (138 B). No Q29 witness was attempted.\n\n## Prior answers and what is new\n\n| Source | Claim | This return |\n|---|---|---|\n| #3559 | La=54, Lb=55 forces δm14=+8 (with δm8, δm13 as in Stevens' pair) | used; the Lb=55 family is scanned below |\n| #3980 / #3982 | Stevens' δQ cannot be grafted (step 14), nor its +2^20 fix (step 15) | unchanged; this return searches new δQ instead |\n| new | rounds 3-4 trail existence and cost under the three δm; length-family scan | below |\n\n## Method (preregistered: job8108-prereg.md)\n\nHashClash 892f02e `md5_diffpathbackward -n -t 63 --trange 31` starts from an empty path: δQ61..64=0, single block, δIHV=0. It searches back to t=32, keeping the N cheapest paths per step (autobalance). Arms: T `--diffm8 26 --diffm13 32 --diffm14 4`; Tm with δm8=-2^25; C without δm14, i.e. Stevens' δm. Costs come from `job8108-pathscore.cpp`: bitconditions on Q_q..Q64 plus -log2 of HashClash's rotation probability for steps q-1..63, minimised over the kept paths.\n\n## Results\n\n| arm (N) | cost from Q33 | from Q36 | from Q45 |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| C, Stevens δm (50k) | 33.9 | 25.9 | 15.0 |\n| T, 109 B (2k / 50k / 500k) | 107.2 / 100.6 / 101.6 | 70.3 / 69.5 / 70.1 | 21.0 |\n| Tm, δm8=-2^25 (50k) | 102.2 | 69.5 | 21.0 |\n\nWidening the beam 250x changes T by <1 bit after 50k, so the search has converged.\n\nThe best T trail cancels δm14 at step 50 with δQ47=-8 (bit 3). The low-weight difference then spreads through round 3 (H passes every bit), adding about 70 conditions over Q33..Q46.\n\n**Independent check (`job8108-md5tail.c`, plain MD5 steps, no HashClash code).** The checker draws Q_{s-3..s} satisfying the best path's rows and random m with m'=m+δm. It runs steps s..63 on both messages and counts δQ61..64=0 by any trail.\n- s=44: C 2^-12.0 (2438/1e7), T 2^-18.0 (37/1e7). Gap 6.0, predicted 6.0.\n- s=41: C 2^-12.0 (48,976/2e8, 4 seeds), T 2^-26.1 (240/2^34). Gap 14.1, predicted 14.3.\n\nHashClash's absolute costs overstate both arms by 3 to 6 bits, because it charges MSB-difference signs. The gaps agree with the prediction.\n\n**Length family (`job8108-scan_la.sh`, N=2k).** Lb=55 keeps δm13=2^31 and lets B's byte 35 carry δm8=+2^25 for any La. The pair then totals 55+La bytes with δm14=8(55-La).\n- Best is La=47 (102 B, δm14=2^6): 62.5 from Q33 and 47.2 from Q36 (N=50k: same). Empirically 2^-18.9 at s=44 (828/4e8) and 2^-22.1 at s=41 (224/1e9), gaps 6.9 and 10.1 over C.\n- Every other La costs ≥105 from Q33. That includes La=23 (78 B, δm14=2^8): its difference rotates to the MSB at step 35 but still pays at step 50. La=4 found no path at N=2k.\n\n**Why every member pays.** δm14 is read in rounds 3-4 at steps 35 (s=23) and 50 (s=15). A difference 2^b becomes an MSB difference only for b=8 at step 35 and b=16 at step 50. 2^16 would need ΔL=8192 bytes, so a padded single block (ΔL≤55) always needs a low-weight cancellation in round 4.\n\n## Decision\n\nStevens (ePrint 2012/040) corrects conditions up to step 25 with tunnels; later conditions are paid probabilistically. The tail surcharge multiplies the attack:\n- 109 B: ≥2^43.6 (from Q36) to 2^66.7 (from Q33) on top of ~2^49.8. The preregistered \"≥40 more\" threshold is met at both cut points.\n- 102 B: ≥2^21.\n\n## Limits\n\n- Autobalance is a greedy beam, so these are upper bounds on the minimum trail cost, not proofs.\n- A trail outside HashClash's carry limits (maxweight 32, maxsdrs 2000), or a different base δm, could be cheaper.\n- Rounds 1-2 and the connection were not searched; they can only add cost.\n\n114 of this handle's returns wait for a verdict.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":5.9,"hashes":{"job8108-md5tail.c":"9b78c3da3cf6555bc07896df426e2ae1506cf3fc464c8a7dc65bab40ba89f288","job8108-prereg.md":"137f8c38b9814b152b6817256b0e14a8f92a77bb9b7740ad283b90f371f74964","job8108-scan_la.sh":"8ce89bb40699ad3352bc0392d857cc1e1c9adb4dde78534bcc8694d4dc7a15bc","job8108-run_arms.sh":"c8a0082c879406b8cff5f61d982018cf15518ce003a47e52f45e75a371829928","job8108-scan_la.txt":"a1e81ed569b5d3f93320fe285eb8053d57537bfacb66b68cbd0fe10f1916c692","job8108-results.json":"3a8480bac55d41d47d0ed97dfc2f1d5c9b1f30fd4a85be458f00eed1e1afbc29","job8108-best_C50k.txt":"d0f14581a084a518654c4eb519e59310cbfc56e399475b74917cacabf7575761","job8108-best_T50k.txt":"35409d681ddaa8f3540b0af23de088c4de576bdd68f8de997cda5e2d88a1a0cb","job8108-pathscore.cpp":"9656f99368c43c9a8514b793ac5571b384c51e710d9d114029ba1e5a5b5c8685","job8108-make_results.py":"af822e8d5914cc8886593fec9d2194f0b4482c6d7dbad0d438a1d17b7864a89d","job8108-best_L47_50k.txt":"4ecfe9a602dd285ffcc1601f3829b046827552ffa6000d9a29a1de831a458897"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-15T14:27:42.185Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[3559,3980,3982],"messages":[6541]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":206,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":80082},"output":80082,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":10473653,"cache_write":176420,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Apple M1 (any 64-bit machine), macOS, Apple clang 17; HashClash 892f02e (github.com/cr-marcstevens/hashclash) built with Boost (program_options, iostreams, serialization, filesystem, thread). Strip the job8108- prefixes.\n1. Build HashClash's md5_diffpathbackward. Build pathscore: clang++ -O2 -std=c++17 -D_LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_UNARY_BINARY_FUNCTION -I<hashclash>/lib -I<boost>/include pathscore.cpp <hashclash lib objects: booleanfunction conditions differentialpath md5detail rng sdr timer> libboost_iostreams.a libboost_serialization.a -lz -lbz2 -o bin/pathscore. Build the checker: clang -O3 -o bin/md5tail md5tail.c -lm.\n2. Arms: BIN=bin A=50000 bash run_arms.sh (T, Tm, C, ~1 min on 8 threads; scoring takes minutes). Best paths and suffix tables: bin/pathscore <arm>/paths32_0of1.bin.gz 33 <16 dm words in hex> 1 (best_*.txt).\n3. Family: BIN=bin A=2000 TH=4 bash scan_la.sh > scan_la.txt (~15 min). La=47 at N=50000: --diffm14=7.\n4. Independent tail check: md5tail s N seed 2000000 80000000 <dm14 hex> <rows Q_{s-3}..Q_s from best_*.txt with spaces removed>. Used: s=44 and 41; seeds 1, 101-108 (T, 2^31 each), 201-204 (C), 301-304 / 401-404 (La=47).\n5. python3 -I make_results.py <workdir> results.json. HashClash's beam order depends on threads, so path costs can differ slightly between runs.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":{"share":0,"omitted":0,"outputs":0},"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":null,"file_notes":null,"research":{"outcome":"blocked","obstacle":{"kind":"scoped_obstruction","evidence":"results.json: arm costs, beam widths, 55-row family scan, md5tail counts (s=44/41: gaps 6.0/14.1 vs predicted 6.0/14.3; La=47 6.9/10.1).","statement":"With Stevens' dm8=+2^25, dm13=2^31 plus the padding-forced dm14=+8 (54+55 B), HashClash's best rounds 3-4 trail costs 43.6 bits (from Q36) to 66.7 bits (from Q33) more than with Stevens' dm alone. An independent checker confirms the gaps. This puts the single-block attack at >=2^93 vs Stevens' ~2^49.8, so it cannot compete with dBB's 138 B. The best member of the Lb=55 family (102 B, dm14=2^6) still costs >=2^21 more.","assumptions":"Greedy autobalance beam (N up to 500k; T converged after 50k); HashClash carry limits maxweight 32, maxsdrs 2000; conditions after step 25 are paid probabilistically, as in Stevens' attack; rounds 1-2 and the connection were not searched (they only add cost).","revisit_when":"A lower-bound trail search (SAT/MILP) shows a rounds 3-4 trail for some dm14=8*dL within ~10 conditions of Stevens'; a base dm other than Stevens' gives a cheaper tail; or work at ~2^70+ compressions becomes available."},"route_id":282,"depends_on":[3559],"evidence_md":"First path search on this route (#3980/#3982 only grafted Stevens' dQ). HashClash 892f02e md5_diffpathbackward from an empty path at t=63 (dQ61..64=0, single block) to t=32, autobalance N, arms T (dm8 +2^25, dm13 2^31, dm14 +8), Tm (dm8 -2^25), C (no dm14 = Stevens' dm). Cost = conditions on Q_q..Q64 + -log2 rotation probabilities (job8108-pathscore.cpp), min over kept paths. Rounds 3-4 trails exist under the three dm, so there is no step-local unsat. Best cost from Q33/Q36: C 33.9/25.9; T 100.6/69.5 at N=50k (107.2 at 2k, 101.6 at 500k: converged); Tm 102.2/69.5. The best T trail cancels dm14 at step 50 with dQ47=-8, and the low-weight difference spreads through round 3. Independent plain-C tail checker (job8108-md5tail.c; random states on the best path's Q_{s-3..s}, steps s..63, counts dQ61..64=0 by any trail): s=44 C 2^-12.0 vs T 2^-18.0 (gap 6.0, predicted 6.0); s=41 C 2^-12.0 (48,976/2e8) vs T 2^-26.1 (240/2^34), gap 14.1 vs 14.3 predicted. HashClash's absolute costs overstate both arms by 3-6 bits (MSB signs), but the gaps hold. Family scan, Lb=55 (keeps dm13=2^31, dm8 on B's byte 35), La=0..54, dm14=8(55-La), total 55+La: best La=47 (102 B, dm14=2^6) at 62.5/47.2, empirical gaps 6.9 (s=44) and 10.1 (s=41); every other La costs >=105 from Q33. La=23 (78 B, dm14=2^8) reaches the MSB at step 35 but still pays at step 50. Structural reason: dm14 is read at steps 35 (s=23) and 50 (s=15) and reaches the MSB only for 2^8 and 2^16; 2^16 is impossible for dL<=55, so every padded pair needs a low-weight cancellation in round 4. Decision: Stevens' tunnels end at step 25 and the attack costs ~2^49.8, so the tail surcharge multiplies it: 109 B >=2^43.6 (Q36) to 2^66.7 (Q33); 102 B >=2^21. Not competitive with dBB (138 B). The preregistered >=40-condition threshold is met. These are beam upper bounds on the minimum trail cost, not proofs.","prior_art_md":"Web 2026-10-15: 'MD5 single-block collision different length messages padding length field difference differential path' and 'MD5 collision shorter than 128 bytes unequal length pair'. Found Stevens-Lenstra-de Weger EC 2007 (automated path construction), Xie-Liu-Feng ePrint 2013/170 (single-block, ~2^41, conditions over the first 24 steps), Selinger's and PoC||GTFO's equal-block or prefix constructions. Nothing on single-block pairs of unequal padded length, or on trails with an m14 difference. Stevens ePrint 2012/040 (single-block pair, dm8/dm13, tunnels up to step 25, ~2^49.8) is the baseline. Project: #3559 (forced differences for all La<Lb<=55), #3980 (graft fails at step 14), #3982 (+2^20 fix fails at step 15). Exact remaining gap: a provable lower bound on rounds 3-4 trail cost for dm14=8*dL (SAT/MILP), or a non-Stevens base dm with a cheaper tail. Neither is in reach of this route's budget."},"research_route_id":282,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_62911f8692f18f2c01e7d934","run_id":"run_560fc5589ce675b158f63b82","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"r282-dm14-tail-cost-hashclash-beam","kind":"negative","negative":{"kind":"attempt_failed","evidence_md":"Preregistered: trails exist (not unsat); the >=40-condition non-competitiveness threshold is met for 109 B at both cut points.","revisit_when_md":"A lower-bound trail search (SAT/MILP) shows a rounds 3-4 trail for some dm14=8*dL within ~10 conditions of Stevens'; a base dm other than Stevens' gives a cheaper tail; or work at ~2^70+ compressions becomes available."},"domain_md":"Rounds 3-4 (t=63..32) differential trails, single block, dIHV=0; HashClash 892f02e md5_diffpathbackward autobalance up to 500k; cost = conditions + rotation -log2 (pathscore).","statement_md":"For single-block MD5 pairs with dm8=+2^25, dm13=2^31 and dm14=8(55-La) (Lb=55, La=0..54), HashClash's best rounds 3-4 trail costs at least 21 bits (from Q36; La=47, 102 B) more than Stevens' dm alone. For the 109 B template (dm14=+8) it is 43.6 bits from Q36 and 66.7 from Q33. Gaps are confirmed by an independent tail checker at s=44 and s=41.","assumptions_md":"Beam search gives upper bounds on the minimum trail cost, not proofs; carry limits maxweight 32, maxsdrs 2000.","artifact_sha256":["137f8c38b9814b152b6817256b0e14a8f92a77bb9b7740ad283b90f371f74964","3a8480bac55d41d47d0ed97dfc2f1d5c9b1f30fd4a85be458f00eed1e1afbc29","9b78c3da3cf6555bc07896df426e2ae1506cf3fc464c8a7dc65bab40ba89f288","9656f99368c43c9a8514b793ac5571b384c51e710d9d114029ba1e5a5b5c8685","a1e81ed569b5d3f93320fe285eb8053d57537bfacb66b68cbd0fe10f1916c692"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Tail-cost gaps transfer to any single-block attack with these dm that, like Stevens', corrects conditions only up to about step 25."}],"topic_ids":["smallest-collision.methods"]},"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":null,"negative_result":null,"first_indexed_at":null,"index_held_at":null,"index_ok":null,"index_reason":null,"handle":"Benjaminsen","job_brief":"First update the online prior-work search for this experiment. If existing work covers it, record that and stop; otherwise run this bounded sprint on the uncovered uncertainty. Use cited published numbers during pursuit; their reproduction belongs in later validation. Build on the supplied findings; do not reconstruct earlier research. Return concrete progress and its cheapest credible check, a useful result for review, or a precisely scoped obstacle. Continued investment requires a distinct experiment.\n\nRead GET <project base>/research-routes/282 and return #3982. Return the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 282, outcome: \"promising|progress|blocked|inconclusive|known|result|needs_capability\", evidence_md: \"what the evidence changes, <=4000 chars\", prior_art_md: \"updated online search record, sources and exact remaining gap, <=4000\", next_step: {question, method, success, failure, budget_hours} <only for continued pursuit; what to do, never when or how fast; it must not ask for what a return on this route or a linked route already did, and the route returns it builds on go in depends_on or cites.returns>, obstacle: {kind, statement, assumptions, evidence, revisit_when} <for blocked/inconclusive: research findings only>, depends_on: [<return ids actually required>]}. A result with a distinct next_step requests review and continues pursuit concurrently; omit next_step when no further experiment is warranted. 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