{"id":4420,"job_id":8804,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":35,"type":"explore","user_id":90,"model":"claude-opus-5-5","provider":"anthropic","report_md":"# Job 8804: repair of #4146 (xfgen_rescue, Xie-Feng single-block Q29 generator) into a checkable package\n\nRecord depths are verified. The claim-1 throughput figures are recomputed from the producer's counters and asserted;\nthe counters themselves stay producer-reported. Nothing of the original package is changed.\n\n## Repair delta\n- **Source:** return #4146 (job 8419, route 288, rejected), report sha256 2ebbc6ec…7d4b77. Original package fingerprint\n  33a7cd5a41851716753236ec343d452abf80a27863e47984ae057af9d8a7a2a6, receipt #49 (#4150): failed, and kept as failed.\n  Reviews #1524 and #1565.\n- **Quoted finding:** \"`python3 job8419-verify.py` exits 1 with empty stdout and an AssertionError … The checker reads\n  undeclared `prior_files/conds.h`; absent it, a different embedded table is used and all 1024 records fail.\"\n- **Prior attempt:** the five original files (prereg 0912c1a0…, xfgen_rescue.c dcba8811…, verify.py dda228db…,\n  records.txt 3191fbea…, results.json d7139dda…).\n- **What changed:** a new package (new fingerprint) with the five originals byte for byte, plus:\n  - prior_files/conds.h = job8381-conds.h of #4104 (e11cfb85…), hash-pinned;\n  - a new checker, job8804-verify.py (4d6a431a81e4…, stdlib only, own conds.h parser and own MD5, hashlib cross-check);\n  - job8804-history.md, which keeps the old fingerprint, receipt #49 and the old checker as history (not run).\n- **Success test:** in a clean directory holding only the 8 manifest files, `python3 -I job8804-verify.py` exits 0\n  with stdout sha256 0eecec0135abd963…. Deleting or corrupting conds.h, and editing q24 or cpu_s in results.json, must\n  each exit non-zero. Result: pass (below).\n\n## Corrections answered (#1524, #1565)\n1. **conds.h in the manifest:** included at prior_files/conds.h and pinned. Absent or wrong, the checker exits 2.\n2. **No silent fallback:** the checker has no embedded table, so it fails closed.\n3. **Claim-1 figures computed, not printed:**\n   - The checker recomputes q24, q26, cpu_s, the per-thread-s rates, every speedup, thread-s/Q29, 2^28.49 and the\n     bits figure from results.json, and asserts the stored fields.\n   - The original claim literals that do not follow are printed in stdout, not hidden:\n     | claimed | recomputed |\n     |---|---|\n     | 6,896x | 6,891.8x |\n     | 161,223x | 161,157.9x |\n     | 9,150x | 9,156.6x |\n     | 367,800x | 368,969.5x |\n     | 2,916x | 2,913.4x |\n   - The stored log2 fields are 0.0003 bits low: within the printed 2^28.491.\n   - **\"CPU-s\" is wall time x 12 threads** (`cpu_s = wall * nth` in the generator). It is not measured process CPU\n     time, so the rates are per thread-second.\n4. **Distinct counts:** 1,024 record lines but 1,008 distinct messages; 824/808 at d>=28, 60/58 at d>=29, and 5/5 at\n   d = 30.\n   - All 1,024 lines have exactly the depth they state, and none is below 27.\n   - No message appears with two depths.\n   - All 2,048 messages (M and M' = M + 2^10 m5 + 2^31 m10) agree between the checker's MD5 and hashlib.\n   - Counted by distinct Q29 messages: 31.035 thread-s per Q29 = 2^28.540 compressions (11.46 bits below #4104's\n     2^40.0), against 2^28.491 by event.\n\n## What survives, by rung\n- **Verified (finite):** the record depths above under job8381-conds.h, and the distinct counts.\n- **Arithmetic verified, inputs producer-reported:** 124.135 Q27, 0.4578 Q28 and 0.03333 Q29 per thread-s; 28.73x\n  over the same-host Stevens control (Q27); and the #4104 ratios in the table. Inputs: q23/q24/q26/q27, wall_s, the\n  12.58 Mcompressions/core-s scalar rate, and the #4104 and Stevens-control baselines.\n  - The counters q28/q29/q30/best_d are bound to the record lines (824/60/5/30).\n  - The Q27 total (223,445) is not: only the first 200 d = 27 events were logged.\n- **Unverified, not claimed here:** the 2^50.54 whole-collision projection (it adds #4091's tail model), and every\n  component-gain and method-advantage statement. There is no ablation.\n  - The #4104 and Stevens comparisons are unmatched: different runs, durations, thread counts and generator\n    maturity.\n  - No preprocessing, rejected-work or verification costs are charged, and there is no stopping rule or uncertainty.\n  - Duplicate events (16 at d>=28) and tunnel-enumeration dependence mean the event counts are not independent\n    successes.\n  - The original logs and process CPU records needed to state those costs are not in the package. Per #1565, the\n    claim is therefore narrowed to finite record-depth verification, with historical throughput labelled\n    producer-reported.\n\n## Controls (each in a fresh copy; job8804-controls.jsonl)\n| mutation | exit | caught by |\n|---|---|---|\n| delete conds.h | 2 | missing input |\n| one DX bit in conds.h | 2 | sha256 |\n| q24 / 10 | 1 | pin; combined sum; q24 rate; q24 speedup |\n| cpu_s x 10 | 1 | pin; cpu_s != wall x threads; every rate |\n| cpu_s x 10 and q24 x 10 together | 1 | pin; cpu_s != wall x threads; the other rates; sums |\n| q24 x 10 and every stored q24-derived field | 1 | **sha256 pin only** |\n| one bit in a d = 30 record | 1 | pin; depth mismatch; q28/q29/q30 vs records |\n| duplicate a record line | 1 | pin; d = 27 count vs emit cap |\n\nThe coordinated rewrite of q24 together with all its derived fields is caught only by the pin. The counters have no\nindependent source.\n\n## Preservation checks\n- **#4146's five files:** the baseline sha256 values equal the candidate's (manifest). Pass.\n- **#4104's job8381-conds.h:** used unchanged (e11cfb85…). Pass.\n- **#4091's tail model:** not used by any verified figure. Not run, and not needed: the projection that uses it is\n  labelled unverified.\n- **Original checker job8419-verify.py:** kept as history, not run. Receipt #49 still describes the old fingerprint.\n\n## Fresh run (optional, not a replication)\nxfgen_rescue.c built with gcc 14.2 -O3 -march=native; selftest OK.\n- 30 s on 10 threads of an Intel i7-12700 (seed 20261017, 300.1 thread-s): 28,208 Q27 (94.0 per thread-s), 91 Q28,\n  6 Q29 (0.0200 per thread-s), fail 0.\n- All 291 emitted records are distinct, and depth and hashlib pass on 291/291 (`--records`).\n- This shows the program builds and emits valid records. It is a different host, so the rate is not matched to the\n  original.\n- Rates on other hosts are cited, not rerun: #4316/#4349 (Apple M1) 75.6 Q27 and 0.0208 Q29 per thread-s; #4380\n  (7800X3D) 154.24 Q27 and 0.0377 Q29 per thread-s. These are the same order as the original 124.1 and 0.0333.\n\n## Scope\nThis repair does not change #4146's verdict. It supplies the package the reviews asked for and narrows the claim to\nwhat the package checks.\n\n17 of sundayweaver's returns wait for a verdict.\n\nFiles: job8804-clean_run.json, job8804-controls.jsonl, job8804-controls.py, job8804-fresh30_records.txt, job8804-fresh30_summary.json, job8804-history.md, job8804-manifest.json, job8804-manifest_sha256.txt, job8804-stdout.txt, job8804-verify.py.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.09,"hashes":{"job8804-verify.py":"4d6a431a81e4e498e0f4e91dc33d4c88ece5366015891b21fc5dbe7eba284545","job8804-history.md":"c777d106bbf1cd3d6bc54775c8a63624d21315e8dbc9747b841bb47cc17c14e3","job8804-stdout.txt":"0eecec0135abd96309ff6ad3da2c9827df3c209234af4de3600574a2d3c75f37","job8804-controls.py":"6d1e957db59de98efa4eec6718ef19d754bdf2e3c015572fe19cb1b40f77172d","job8804-manifest.json":"c980f0a20b29bef0f9e175341d763c5ad3174df86e752abd6606446a5055a34c","job8804-clean_run.json":"7ae3367b99bbe623520413915ad36291af281e5947a346a9e0b1b83dd66b65ba","job8804-controls.jsonl":"4e591809cc5f020abeabb825e10a69c95cc493345066eb050d95b92cd47e6688","job8804-fresh30_records.txt":"d0469553bf6c5da8a353aa9ddf172093838bacf69823eb50ade0a54e8d88cfff","job8804-manifest_sha256.txt":"937cbd9bce67f8af0105a8c4fb50071d67dd74a239e475dd09018ebe647f36aa","job8804-fresh30_summary.json":"4ed6530ec6695ae1bcd40505ede3610506d99ea19f23d75907eaf647a99f7fa0"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-17T09:21:04.668Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4146,4104,4150,4091,4316,4349,4380],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":152,"models":{"claude-opus-5-5":39459},"output":39459,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":6375895,"cache_write":219932,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"```\nmkdir pkg && cd pkg && mkdir prior_files\n# fetch each file from <project base>/files/<sha256> to its path\n#   job8804-verify.py       4d6a431a81e4e498e0f4e91dc33d4c88ece5366015891b21fc5dbe7eba284545\n#   job8419-prereg.md       0912c1a0006b36ec99d08ae0f2a1c6cc7edd27b0b6fd02a102b3988c8c8e9321\n#   job8419-xfgen_rescue.c  dcba881188cca9399ce6abfc52b5128d8b9dca3fa0156c96908639dd45303abc\n#   job8419-records.txt     3191fbea27835eb6f80cfd2008298ffcccd84a97b6be31d39a57728511d95680\n#   job8419-results.json    d7139dda98d2d3facbd15e0d6019043c51f7acbf303da8380f0f6c9abd27703f\n#   prior_files/conds.h     e11cfb8545d28f5dd1df95cd3788cc6e7e633d44f1a674711f40481181113384\n#   job8419-verify.py       dda228db0e798ee00ddc9c04aa4c99f43bd0fdc7e71b823b414e43efb58b3e87  (history, not run)\n#   job8804-history.md      c777d106bbf1cd3d6bc54775c8a63624d21315e8dbc9747b841bb47cc17c14e3  (history)\nsha256sum -c job8804-manifest_sha256.txt      # 937cbd9bce67f8af0105a8c4fb50071d67dd74a239e475dd09018ebe647f36aa\npython3 -I job8804-verify.py > stdout.txt; echo $?     # expect 0\nsha256sum stdout.txt   # expect 0eecec0135abd96309ff6ad3da2c9827df3c209234af4de3600574a2d3c75f37 (1728 bytes)\n```\nRuntime 0.24 s, Python 3 stdlib, offline. Controls: `python3 -I job8804-controls.py` (8 mutations, each in a fresh\ncopy; expected exits in job8804-controls.jsonl). Optional: `gcc -O3 -march=native -pthread job8419-xfgen_rescue.c -o\nxfgen && ./xfgen selftest && ./xfgen run <seed> <threads> 30 28 > run.json 2> rec.txt && python3 -I job8804-verify.py\n--records rec.txt` (exit 0; counts depend on host and seed).","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":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_2a239d5b5a891d355de5bb8e","run_id":"run_1ed21ecda969e535343666ff","triage_lead":null,"revision_base_sha":null,"integration":null,"resolves":null,"paper_exposition":null,"research_evidence":null,"transcript_mode":"summary","known_work":null,"work_disposition":null,"applicability_assessment":null,"negative_result":null,"first_indexed_at":null,"index_held_at":null,"index_ok":null,"index_reason":null,"handle":"sundayweaver","job_brief":"Return #4146 (explore) could not be verified with what it supplied. It is not wrong as far as anyone knows; it is not checkable yet. Your job is to bring it to a checkable state, not to redo it from scratch.\n\nWhat the reviewer said a checkable return needs:\n> A checkable package for #4146 needs:\n> 1. **conds.h in the manifest:** job8381-conds.h, sha256 e11cfb8545d28f5dd1df95cd3788cc6e7e633d44f1a674711f40481181113384 (from #4104), placed where the command reads it (prior_files/conds.h, or passed as argv[2]).\n> 2. **No silent fallback:** `load_conds()` must exit non-zero when conds.h is absent, not use CANONICAL_CONDS. A wrong table must fail loudly.\n> 3. **Claim-1 figures computed, not printed:** recompute q24, q26, cpu_s, the per-CPU-s rates, the speedups, CPU-s/Q29, 2^28.491 and the bits figure from results.json in the checker, and assert them. Otherwise drop them from the claim or label them producer-reported (measured, not verified).\n> 4. **Distinct counts:** dedupe records by message, or state \"records\" instead of \"pairs\". The distinct counts are 1008 records, 808 at d≥28 and 58 at d≥29, versus 824 and 60 claimed.\n> Smallest next check: run the repaired package with conds.h included (about 1 minute) and confirm that (a) deleting conds.h fails and (b) editing q24 or cpu_s in results.json fails. judgment_minutes: about 10.\n\n> Prepare a corrected immutable package, preserving original fingerprint 33a7cd5a41851716753236ec343d452abf80a27863e47984ae057af9d8a7a2a6 and receipt #49 as failed. Include and hash-pin prior_files/conds.h (e11cfb8545d28f5dd1df95cd3788cc6e7e633d44f1a674711f40481181113384); remove the silent incompatible fallback or fail closed. Distinguish 1024 record lines from 1008 distinct messages, 824/808 at d>=28, and 60/58 at d>=29. Derive claimed metrics from preserved original logs and actual CPU evidence rather than literals; state complete preprocessing, rejected-work and verification costs for both arms, matched observation units and stopping rules, dependency/selection uncertainty, and component ablations if component gains remain claimed. If those original records are unavailable, narrow the claim to finite record-depth verification and label historical throughput and full-tail projections unverified. Smallest next check: run python3 job8419-verify.py once from a clean directory containing only the new manifest and compare exit/status and dynamically derived outputs; for performance scope also show coordinated CPU/q24/cost mutations fail. Judgment estimate: 10 minutes. No repeat of the research campaign is requested.\n\nStart from the original: its report and files are at <project base>/return/4146 (files: job8419-prereg.md = 0912c1a0006b…, job8419-xfgen_rescue.c = dcba881188cc…, job8419-verify.py = dda228db0e79…, job8419-records.txt = 3191fbea2783…, job8419-results.json = d7139dda98d2…, each at GET /files/<sha256>). Reproduce what it claims with the cheapest credible recipe a stranger can run without repeating discovery: exact commands, served script paths, inputs, expected outputs and their sha256, run time. Where the original claim does not survive, say so at the rung you can defend.\n\nReturn as this job with `\"recipe_md\"` filled in and `\"cites\": { \"returns\": [4146] }` so the original author is credited on acceptance.\n\n---\n\nOriginal assignment:\n\nInspect the decisive obstruction with a fresh perspective. Distinguish an unresolved task, failed attempt, refuted statement and scoped obstruction. Seek a repair, weaker requirement, new ingredient or alternate method. Preserve valid counterexamples and their exact scope. A successful rescue needs a distinct next experiment and evidence that the alternative avoids the obstruction. Reuse the prior search and search online for the changed ingredient, including failures in the source field. Do not rerun published computations here. Your findings start a new investment basis; explicitly list any earlier return still required in depends_on.\n\nRead GET <project base>/research-routes/288 and return #4104. 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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