{"id":4104,"job_id":8381,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":35,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Own Q29 generator on the Xie–Feng single-block path: 2^40 compressions per Q29 pair; the same code is 2^15.9 behind Stevens on his path, so the route stays undecided (job 8381)\n\nExplore, route 288, first look. No candidate. Prereg `job8381-prereg.md` (sha256 7a90b750…) was hashed in claim msg 6770 before any generator run. Machine: Apple M1 Mac mini (4P+4E), Apple clang 17, 8 threads. Total about 5.0 CPU-h.\n\n## Question\n\nRoute 288 asks how many Q29-conforming pairs per CPU-second an own generator produces on the Xie–Feng path (Δm5 = +2^10, Δm10 = 2^31; conditions from #4091's `job8372-xf2010_path.txt`). Combined with #4091's conditioned tail (2^-22.05), does a fresh 128 B pair cost ≤ 270 CPU-h (success) or > 2,690 CPU-h (stop)?\n\n## What was built (`xfgen.c`, checked by `verify.py`)\n\n**Construction.** The generator works in five stages:\n1. It chooses Q9..Q16 by conditions.\n2. It chooses Q17..Q21 by conditions. Each choice fixes one message word: m1, m6, m11, m0, m5. Then m11 gives Q8, m0 gives Q1 and m1 gives Q2.\n3. It tries Q22 values until Q23 (fixed m15) holds. Then m10 gives Q7.\n4. It sets Q5 to all ones and loops over Q4. m5 gives Q6, m6 gives Q3, and m4 gives Q24.\n5. It enumerates the Q9 tunnel (23 bits on this path), which leaves Q1..Q24 unchanged. It tests Q25..Q29 for each tunnel value.\n\n**Checks.**\n- Every counted row is computed on both members (m′ = m + ΔM).\n- Every record at Q26 or deeper is recomputed from its message.\n- `verify.py` has its own RFC 1321 code (self-tested against hashlib on 200 messages). It rechecked all 120,210 main records and all 165 control records: 0 failures.\n\n**Path note.** The real 2010 pair meets every printed condition of rows 1..29 except Q9 bit 30 ('!' with Q8). That condition is therefore not necessary. It was kept, at a cost of 1 bit.\n\n## Results (rung: measured; `job8381-results.json`)\n\n**Main run** (Xie–Feng path, 1,800 s wall, 13,269 CPU-s):\n\n| Stage | Count | log2 rate |\n|---|---|---|\n| Q23 per Q22 try | 44,566 | −25.05 |\n| Q24 per Q4 try | 295,946 | −18.26 |\n| Q25 per tunnel value | 3.02e8 of 2.48e12 | −13.00 |\n| Q26 given Q25 | 120,210 | −11.30 |\n| Q27 given Q26 | 240 | −8.97 |\n| Q28, Q29 | 0, 0 | – |\n\n- Cost: **0.110 CPU-s per Q26 pair** and 55.3 CPU-s per Q27 pair.\n- Projection: the measured Q27 rate times the path's own Q28 (2^-8.08) and Q29 (2^-4) probabilities gives **2.4e5 CPU-s per Q29 pair** (95% 2.1e5–2.7e5).\n  - That is 2^40.0 compressions at the bench's 4.58e6 compressions per CPU-s.\n  - It is **2.9e8 CPU-h per fresh 128 B pair**, 16.4 bits over the 2^23.6 break-even.\n  - **Preregistered decision for this generator: stop.**\n- Survival from Q30 on is **untested**: no Q29 pair was produced, and none of the records reached the checkpoint.\n\n**Control** (same source, `-DSTEVENS`: Stevens' path and Δm8 = +2^25, Δm13 = 2^31; 600 s, 4,362 CPU-s):\n- Rows: Q26|Q25 2^-7.89, Q27|Q26 2^-9.09, Q28|Q27 2^-6.80 (107), Q29|Q28 2^-4.42.\n- Output: 5 verified Q29 pairs (95% 1.6–11.7), which is **872 CPU-s = 2^31.9 compressions per Q29 pair**.\n- Stevens' own generator needs 2^15.96 (#2619). **This generator is about 2^15.9 behind the state of the art**, so the stop above prices this generator, not the route.\n\n**Same-generator comparison** (post hoc, not preregistered):\n- Per Q26 the XF path costs 2^7.36 more (0.110 vs 0.00067 CPU-s), and per Q27 2^7.24 more.\n- Per Q29 it costs 2^8.10 more. The XF Q28/Q29 factors here come from the path.\n- Against the 2^10.85 cheaper tail, the XF route is **2^2.75 cheaper per collision than Stevens' with the same generator**. The published totals give the same gap: Xie–Feng 2^47 vs Stevens 2^49.8.\n- Scaling Stevens' ~2.9 CPU-years (#2619) by 2^-2.75 gives **≈3,800 CPU-h, above dBB d3's ≈2,690 CPU-h** (heur.). This assumes a Stevens-class generator keeps the same relative cost on both paths.\n\n**Why the XF path resists modification** (`tunnel_census.py`; simple tunnel bits, upper bounds, XF vs Stevens):\n\n| Tunnel | XF bits | Stevens bits |\n|---|---|---|\n| Q4 (first changes m4 → Q24) | 31 | 32 |\n| Q9 (m9 → Q25) | 23 | 28 |\n| Q10 (m10 → Q22) | 18 | 28 |\n| Q14+Q3 (m14 → Q26) | **6** | **18** |\n\n- Conditions on Q1..Q16: 153 vs 63. Free bits in Q13..Q15: 8/6/6 vs 26/24/22. Conditions on Q23..Q29: 82 vs 60.\n- The XF differential is dense in round 1 and in Q23..Q25. It lacks the late Q14 tunnel that lets Stevens re-randomise Q26..Q29 without rebuilding Q1..Q25, so the same-generator ratio is more likely to worsen for XF than to improve.\n\n## Outcome\n\n**Inconclusive** (obstacle: attempt_failed):\n- The obligation, \"own generator rate\", now has a validated lower bound on rate: 2^40 compressions per Q29 pair.\n- A matched control shows that this generator class is 2^15.9 short of Stevens'. The prereg stop therefore does not decide route 288.\n- The heuristic matched-generator estimate (≈3,800 CPU-h) and the tunnel census both point against beating d3. Neither is a measurement of a competitive XF generator.\n- No next step is proposed. Revisit when a generator within ~2^3 of md5sbc on Stevens' path, calibrated on that path, is available to run on the XF path, or when XLF's optimised Table 4/5 conditions and modification method are available.\n\nDependencies: #4091 (path, tail model).\n\nHousekeeping: 116 of @Benjaminsen's returns wait for a verdict.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":5.04,"hashes":{"job8381-xfgen.c":"5cb7fce83e4451cb15569de62b0e2bb0dd122755b874e7a4dca4de1130f1dee8","job8381-prereg.md":"7a90b750a0a13718478d022dc70fdbbaa7f1cf201cf76fc986ae691964007129","job8381-verify.py":"9bf53191df347d0079d4fafcef24c45b3b7da526539f03afb12ffb3efddb4392","job8381-results.json":"559e69350bb3939db1809b831c576022ce66af48a7e2461b7471ef0c1d3d60eb"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-16T00:51:59.120Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4091,2619,4086],"messages":[6770]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":160,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":139396},"output":139396,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":10989742,"cache_write":218335,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Measured on an Apple M1 Mac mini (4P+4E), macOS, Apple clang 17, Python 3.9 (stdlib only). Fetch each file from <server origin>/files/<sha256>, check its sha256, and strip the `job8381-` prefix. The two path files are #4091's job8372-xf2010_path.txt and job8372-stevens_path.txt (HashClash 892f02e --pathfromcollision), saved here as xf2010_path.txt and stevens_path.txt.\n\n1. Headers: `python3 -I make_header.py xf2010_path.txt > conds.h` and `python3 -I make_header.py stevens_path.txt > conds_st.h` (make_header.py imports parse_path.py from its own directory).\n2. Build: `clang -O3 -mcpu=native -pthread -o xfgen xfgen.c`, and `clang -O3 -mcpu=native -pthread -DSTEVENS -o xfgen_st xfgen.c` for the control. Then `clang -O3 -mcpu=native -o bench bench.c`.\n3. Self-tests:\n   - `./xfgen selftest` checks MD5(''), the Xie-Feng 2010 pair's block collision and its path depth (8: the pair breaks only the printed Q9[30] '!' condition).\n   - `python3 -I verify.py selftest xf2010_path.txt xf2010_pair.txt` checks 200 random messages against hashlib and the same pair.\n4. Main run: `./xfgen run 8381 8 1800 26 > out_main.txt 2> main.rec` (published sample: job8381-q27_rec.txt; control records: job8381-ctrl_rec.txt), then `grep '\"seed\"' out_main.txt > main.json` (8 threads, 1800 s; stdout starts with the self-test line; records of depth >= 26 go to stderr; job8381-q27_rec.txt holds its 240 depth-27 records).\n5. Control (Stevens' path and differences): `./xfgen_st run 8382 8 600 29 > out_ctrl.txt 2> ctrl.rec`, then `grep '\"seed\"' out_ctrl.txt > ctrl.json`. The Stevens pair (message1/2.bin from Stevens' md5-1block-collision page) conforms to stevens_path.txt through row 34 under verify.py's `depth` (DM set as below).\n6. Independent re-check of every record: `python3 -I verify.py check xf2010_path.txt main.rec main_check.json` and `DM=8:2000000,13:80000000 python3 -I verify.py check stevens_path.txt ctrl.rec ctrl_check.json`.\n7. Scalar MD5 rate: `./bench 5 > bench.json`.\n8. Collect: `python3 -I make_results.py main.json main_check.json ctrl.json ctrl_check.json bench.json > results.json`.\nCounts depend on thread scheduling (timed run), so a rerun gives statistically, not bit-for-bit, equal numbers.","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":"inconclusive","obstacle":{"kind":"attempt_failed","evidence":"job8381-results.json (stage counts, projection, control, checks), job8381-main.json, job8381-ctrl.json, job8381-q27_rec.txt (240 Q27 pairs), job8381-ctrl_rec.txt, tunnel_census.py output in the report; prereg job8381-prereg.md (msg 6770).","statement":"An own Q29 generator for the Xie-Feng path (conditions by construction to Q22, Q23/Q24 searched, 23-bit Q9 tunnel) costs 2^40.0 compressions per Q29 pair (projected from measured rates to Q27), i.e. 2.9e8 CPU-h per 128 B pair, above the 2,690 CPU-h stop. The same code on Stevens' path is 2^15.9 slower than Stevens' generator, so this does not decide route 288. Its same-generator ratio puts XF at ~3,800 CPU-h (heur.), not under dBB d3.","assumptions":"Q28 and Q29 factors on the XF path are the path's own (2^-8.08, 2^-4), not measured; the conditions are #4091's pair-derived set (one printed condition is unnecessary); the matched-generator scaling assumes a Stevens-class generator keeps the same relative cost on both paths, which the tunnel census (Q14+Q3 6 vs 18 bits) suggests favours Stevens; survival from Q30 untested.","revisit_when":"A generator calibrated within ~2^3 of md5sbc on Stevens' path is run on the XF path (expected decisive: success needs <= 0.22 CPU-s per XF Q29 pair); or XLF's optimised Table 4/5 conditions with their modification method become available; or a path search moves XF conditions out of Q13..Q15/Q23..Q25 so that a Q14-type tunnel exists."},"route_id":288,"depends_on":[4091],"evidence_md":"Own C generator xfgen.c for #4091's Xie-Feng path (dm5=+2^10, dm10=2^31): Q9..Q22 chosen by conditions (m11->Q8, m10->Q7, m0/m1->Q1/Q2), Q22 searched for Q23 (fixed m15), Q5=all ones and a Q4 loop for Q24, then the 23-bit Q9 tunnel (keeps Q1..Q24) for Q25..Q29; both members computed on every counted row; independent verify.py (own MD5, hashlib self-test) rechecked all 120,210 main and 165 control records, 0 failures. Main run, M1 8 threads 1,800 s (13,269 CPU-s): Q23 per Q22 try 2^-25.05, Q24 per Q4 try 2^-18.26, Q25 per tunnel value 2^-13.00, Q26|Q25 2^-11.30, Q27|Q26 2^-8.97 (240/120,210), no Q28. 0.110 CPU-s per Q26 pair; with the path's Q28 (2^-8.08) and Q29 (2^-4) factors: 2.4e5 CPU-s (95% 2.1e5-2.7e5) = 2^40.0 compressions (bench 4.58e6/CPU-s) per Q29 pair, 2.9e8 CPU-h per 128 B pair with #4091's 2^-22.05 tail; 16.4 bits over break-even. Preregistered decision for this generator: stop. Survival from Q30 untested (0 Q29 pairs). Control (same source, -DSTEVENS, Stevens' path and dM, 4,362 CPU-s): 5 verified Q29 pairs = 2^31.9 compressions each vs Stevens' published 2^15.96 (#2619), so this generator class is ~2^15.9 behind the state of the art and the stop prices the generator, not the route. Same-generator ratio (post hoc): XF costs 2^8.10 more per Q29 pair (2^7.36 per Q26, 2^7.24 per Q27) against a 2^10.85 cheaper tail: XF 2^2.75 cheaper per collision than Stevens, matching the published totals (2^47 vs 2^49.8); scaled from Stevens' ~2.9 CPU-years that is ~3,800 CPU-h vs dBB d3's ~2,690 CPU-h (heur.). Tunnel census (simple bits, XF vs Stevens): Q4 31/32, Q9 23/28, Q10 18/28, Q14+Q3 6/18; conditions Q1..Q16 153/63, Q23..Q29 82/60. The XF path lacks the late tunnel that re-randomises Q26..Q29 without rebuilding Q1..Q25. The real 2010 pair breaks one printed condition (Q9[30] '!'), so the pair-derived set is slightly over-specified.","prior_art_md":"2026-10-16 web: 'Xie Feng MD5 single-block collision message modification tunnels implementation' and 'single-block collision MD5 Xie Feng 2010 2^47 generator'. No public Xie-Feng/XLF generator or method (2010/643 withholds it; 2013/170 counts conditions from q27 on and states 2^47 for 2010, 2^41/2^42 for Tables 5/4). Stevens 2012/040: conditions to step 22 by construction plus three tunnels to step 25, 2^49.8 total; sources on his md5-1block-collision page (not used here). Project: #4091 (path, tail 2^-22.05 vs 2^-32.90), #2619 (Stevens 2^15.96 per Q29, 2.9 CPU-years), #4086 (d3). Remaining gap: the Q29 rate of a Stevens-class XF generator (Q4/Q9/Q14-style tunnels, dynamic), calibrated on Stevens' path."},"research_route_id":288,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_62911f8692f18f2c01e7d934","run_id":"run_22cfb7aaaa21cbe76174a5d1","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":{"schema":"research-evidence-v1","scopes":[{"key":"xf2010-own-generator-rate-and-matched-control","kind":"restricted_fact","domain_md":"This generator class only (construction to Q22, Q9 tunnel); all counted pairs recomputed on both members and rechecked by verify.py.","statement_md":"On an Apple M1 (8 threads, clang 17), xfgen.c produces Xie-Feng-path (job8372-xf2010_path.txt) pairs conforming through Q26 at 0.110 CPU-s each and through Q27 at 55.3 CPU-s each (P(Q27|Q26) = 2^-8.97); the same source on Stevens' path gives 0.00067 CPU-s per Q26 and 872 CPU-s per Q29 pair (2^31.9 compressions, vs Stevens' 2^15.96).","assumptions_md":"Timed runs (counts vary with scheduling); XF Q28/Q29 factors path-implied; CPU-s from getrusage of the generator process.","artifact_sha256":["7a90b750a0a13718478d022dc70fdbbaa7f1cf201cf76fc986ae691964007129","559e69350bb3939db1809b831c576022ce66af48a7e2461b7471ef0c1d3d60eb","5cb7fce83e4451cb15569de62b0e2bb0dd122755b874e7a4dca4de1130f1dee8","9bf53191df347d0079d4fafcef24c45b3b7da526539f03afb12ffb3efddb4392","8f674c0183f51ff3eeb4a1af2e26b3d8e9231658a2b7143370437bd33504a8e4"],"transfer_conditions_md":"Rates transfer to other generators only through the matched control; the projection is an upper bound on the route's pre-tail cost, not an estimate of it."}],"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":"Search online for existing attempts, results, tables and datasets before testing feasibility. Reuse the recorded search and inspect the closest sources and weakest assumption. Use published numbers with citations; do not reproduce them in a first look. Seek the smallest experiment on the uncovered step. Recommend promising only with specific evidence and a bounded next step; do not claim the route is proved. Map the assumptions of any borrowed method onto this problem.\n\nRead GET <project base>/research-routes/288 and return #4091. Return the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 288, 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. Use known with prior_art_md and no next_step or obstacle when cited prior work already covers the proposed contribution; it stops automatic investigation without requesting review. The evidence grade is separate. Do not close a broad route because one proof attempt failed. If this machine or its budget cannot run the experiment (no suitable GPU, a tool or source it lacks, CPU hours beyond its offer), that is not an obstacle: return outcome needs_capability with next_step (the same experiment, unchanged unless you learned something) whose compute (cpu_hours, ram_gb, disk_gb, gpu, gpu_name, vram_gb), required_tools and required_sources state what it needs and whose shortfall says what this machine lacked. 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