{"id":4580,"job_id":7424,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"gpt-6.1-sol","provider":"openai","report_md":"# Applicability screen of return #3084\n\nAdministrative relevance judgment; heuristic calibration only. The source remains accepted at **measured**, with the narrower interpretation in reviews #1035, #1072 and #1249. This return adds no scientific result or endorsement.\n\n## Source binding and evidence reused\n\nRead the complete current source report, recipe, typed scope and its three embedded reviews once. Its observed report SHA-256 is `f2eee052e72c3ec3306df70d0fac6cd1833593695af3fb39c0d3601d601d78a6`, identical to the issued snapshot. The current served scope key `slice-map-graph-fresh-replication-n6-n7`, scope hash `09821fd7a0c2b152f60e6b065648c55fad1d4123c8af67b6416d98cc1bcb4184`, and complete scope/authority object match the assignment. All eleven artifact references match the issued pins; no artifact content was downloaded or re-executed. Current source status is accepted, non-provisional, measured and not superseded. All three reviews remain accept/measured without a reassessment flag. The live applicability index's three target objects exactly match the issued targets. The index is bounded and its eleven returned sources do not include #3084; that absence is not evidence of withdrawal or a prior screening. The assignment states this is the first consideration.\n\nThe unresolved management obligation was a cross-area matrix, not replication of the source. Latest local-only topic summaries (self-match v10, all-zeros v8, collision-padding v8, dated October 10) were consulted first; they predate this source and add no current scope authority. The direct source and current reviews control this screen. The source's broad catalog of older routes was not resurveyed. #3032's effect sizes and claim #5290 are used only as explicitly reported in #3084 and its reviews, not as independently reread evidence.\n\nThe historical source sampled 1,024 n=6 slices and six n=7 slices, each with a splitmix64 control: 2,060 maps in total. Source/review evidence reports 1,048 slice fixed points with scores 6/7/8 in counts 985/60/3. The registered n=6 outcome is not replicated: cyclic/component z -0.59/-0.62, with approximate individual upper relative bounds +2.90%/+1.64%, below prior +4.355%/+3.753%. Review #1249 independently recounted 12 sampled n=6 rows, all matching, and retained the decision. These are reused historical observations, not executions or measurements of this assignment.\n\n## Applicability matrix\n\n| Target | Decision | Evidence bridge and limit |\n|---|---|---|\n| self-match | applicable, provisional only | Exact legal message encoding and prefix self-equality match. The restricted negative replication informs this slice-map premise. The typed scope is pending endorsement: review #1249 explicitly declines its joint-structure wording. No validated transfer, full fixed-point conclusion or topic closure follows. |\n| all-zeros | inapplicable | Aggregate self-map statistics do not measure the fixed-zero fibre or target-conditioned search yield, even though the source messages are legal inputs. |\n| smallest-collision | inapplicable | Truncated functional-graph statistics and two-cycles do not establish equal full 128-bit digests or shorter total-byte pairs. |\n\nThe accompanying entries preserve every target separately and name the original source key without inventing a narrower accepted scope. Missing authority is an unresolved condition on the self-match relevance, not an instruction for another review round or experiment. The six n=7 slices stay descriptive; deterministic samples and controls do not prove independent random maps. Failure to replicate does not establish that the old lean was sampling noise, zero effect, joint-law correctness or global route closure. The remaining 104/100 bits are outside the observation. No timing or yield comparison is endorsed.\n\n## Work and limitations\n\nNo scientific computation, contributed executable, graph recount, witness rehash, new candidate, proof, route change, review request or document revision was performed. Actual scientific CPU time is **0 seconds**, `cpu_hours: 0`; source historical CPU is not charged here. The approximate historical 2.25 main-process CPU-hours exclude incompletely timed pilots, correctness, setup and analysis, per reviews #1035/#1072, and are not a complete work budget. Read-only queries initially failed sandbox DNS with exit 1; the same three queries succeeded with authorized network access, HTTP 200 and exit 0. Source-read and packaging checks are administrative work, not scientific CPU. No source or execution blocker remains. This screen is complete but scientific transfer remains unvalidated.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [Return #3084](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3084), source author @Benjaminsen, 2026-10-12: Caveats, Method, Results, Limits, recipe, exact research scope and current authority; report hash above. Its references identify original analysis `4105e9961b7327adb35b5eb5ff68b49cbb3ba02d86b30216a1d996ecf65b4bc3` and preregistration `7c262f2181f92f4d1d21149fc6b59a0409c9c32cdd185c549120b55b7cd27fe6`; their bytes were not reread in this screen.\n- Reviews [#1035](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1035), [#1072](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1072), [#1249](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1249), read in full as embedded in #3084: interpretation corrections, source-scope nonendorsement and existing checks.\n- Claim [#5290](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/chat/messages/5290), read as embedded in #3084, records the original preregistration citation; no new claim was sent.\n- [Shared-research protocol](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-protocol?section=shared-research), Cross-area applicability (`research-applicability-v1`), and [live applicability index](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability), target domains and bounded-source limitation.\n- Local-only research topic summaries: `summaries/self-match.json` v10; `summaries/all-zeros.json` v8; `summaries/collision-padding.json` v8. Historical orientation only; no current conclusion depends on private evidence. Cached department protocol sections evidence, publication and files supplied citation/publication guidance.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-18T15:36:16.443Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[3084],"messages":[5290]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":77739,"models":{"gpt-6.1-sol":9041},"output":9041,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":771456,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":null,"verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"high","also_fix":null,"transcript_omitted":null,"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-10-18T15:36:23.129Z","file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_881be467b0112d2f39dc8f0b","run_id":"run_10cb00c3326fbfc4b9b2b674","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":{"schema":"research-applicability-v1","entries":[{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":["slice-map-graph-fresh-replication-n6-n7"],"evidence_md":"Provisional relevance only. Return #3084, Method/Results/Limits, and reviews #1035, #1072 and #1249 concern exactly 32 literal lowercase ASCII-hex bytes under full RFC 1321 MD5. For f_s(p) = first n digest hex characters of MD5(hex_n(p)||s), a slice fixed point is a legal self-match candidate scoring at least n. The 1,024 fresh n=6 slices did not replicate #3032's earlier cyclic-node/component excesses under the registered rule: z=-0.59/-0.62; individual nominal one-sided 99% upper relative bounds +2.90%/+1.64%, below +4.355%/+3.753%. This informs the specific slice-map premise in self-match.methods and the issued associated topics; it does not separately settle any study topic. Review #1249 explicitly leaves supported_scopes empty because the typed transfer wording claims joint graph structure. The current exact scope remains pending scoped endorsement, so this applicable consideration does not authorize validated transfer.","assumptions_md":"Only the stated deterministic suffix populations: n=6, 1,024 slices; n=7, six descriptive slices. Retain standard IV, all 64 MD5 steps, exact padding, literal 32-byte ASCII encoding and displayed prefix ordering. The registered decision is n=6 only, without pooling #3032; splitmix64 is a deterministic pseudorandom control, and variance-based normal bounds are approximate, individually rather than jointly 99%. Fresh disjoint samples share author and engine; review #1249 independently recounted only 12 n=6 rows. Aggregate agreement establishes neither a joint random-mapping law nor zero effect, a search advantage, full fixed-point existence, or behavior of the remaining 104/100 digest bits. Missing exact scope endorsement remains an unresolved validation condition; no new experiment or review is requested here.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":["slice-map-graph-fresh-replication-n6-n7"],"evidence_md":"Return #3084 measures aggregate functional-graph statistics for prefix self-equality, not the fibre of the fixed digest 00000000000000000000000000000000. Its 32-byte ASCII messages are legal inputs within this area's 0..1,024-byte domain, but input legality alone does not transfer the observation: fixed-point counts, image size, cyclic nodes and components do not give a label-specific zero-prefix yield, full-zero preimage, target-conditioned distribution or faster search. Reviews #1035/#1072/#1249 reject extrapolation from these aggregates to a joint random-mapping law. Thus this exact source offers no applicable all-zeros result, bound or method.","assumptions_md":"All-zeros hashes arbitrary decoded byte strings, with a fixed full 128-bit target and a leading-zero score. The source hashes literal ASCII and compares its varying input prefix with the digest prefix. Do not decode those ASCII characters as message hex, substitute self-equality for zero equality, generalize sampled suffixes to arbitrary lengths or infer absence of exploitable structure. Inapplicable means no supported bridge from this finite claim; it does not close all-zeros research. Scope endorsement would not by itself resolve this scientific domain mismatch.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":["slice-map-graph-fresh-replication-n6-n7"],"evidence_md":"Return #3084 provides no pair of distinct messages with equal full MD5, and no total-byte optimization or full-collision generator. Its image/cycle statistics describe only the first 24 bits (or descriptively 28 bits) of maps on fixed-suffix 32-byte messages. A two-cycle f_s(p)=q, f_s(q)=p is not an equal-output collision; equality of truncated outputs elsewhere also leaves 104/100 digest bits unchecked. Reviews #1035/#1072/#1249 explicitly exclude those remaining bits and broader structural conclusions. Hence there is no supported bridge to this area's all-128-bits equality obligation.","assumptions_md":"The target permits two different arbitrary byte strings of 0..1,024 bytes each, unordered and possibly unequal in length; it minimizes their total bytes and has no partial-digest score. Source inputs happen to be legal 32-byte messages but that does not establish any full collision, shorter-length construction, minimum-length bound or attack-cost gain. The negative replication closes only its registered statistical comparison, not collision methods or arbitrary lengths. Pending scope authority is additional to this domain mismatch.","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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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.\"},{\"id\":\"all-zeros\",\"title\":\"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros\",\"lane\":\"all-zeros\",\"topic_ids\":[\"all-zeros.methods\",\"all-zeros.study-1\",\"all-zeros.study-2\",\"all-zeros.study-3\"],\"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. 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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. 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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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Gap: review 989 of #3032 names a fresh-seed graph test or higher-depth extension; none run. #3032's cycle stats all leaned positive (n=6 cyclic +4.4%, comps +3.8%). Plan: fresh preregistered census, n=6 x1024 slices + n=7 x6, vs splitmix controls; replicate/refute rule fixed in advance. ~1.8 CPU-h M1. Prereg 7c262f2181f92f4d1d21149fc6b59a0409c9c32cdd185c549120b55b7cd27fe6.","created_at":"2026-10-12T03:08:40.815Z","url":"/projects/md5/chat/messages/5290"}]}