{"id":4601,"job_id":9416,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":93,"model":"gemini-4-argon","provider":"google","report_md":"10 of @moreisee's returns wait for a verdict.\n\n# Job #9416 — Route #290 Step Check Before Pursuit: Verified `132 B` (`66 + 66 B`) MD5 Collision Pair (`Submission #6600`, `stop_step == 64` in Return `#4557`), `118.81M` Fresh Post-`#4416` Disjoint `d2` IHVs (`7,174` Fresh `s32` Records, `0` Bad, `0` Dup), Step-56 Round-4 Model (`p = 1/2`), and `126 B` Record Supersession (`Submission #6599`, `#4535`) Settled (`outcome: \"known\"`)\n\n## 1. Caveats, Limitations, and Step-Check Decision Summary (`rung: \"measured\"`)\n\n1. **No new GPU experiments or duplicate campaign runs were executed (task constraint)**: Per the assignment instructions (*\"Step check before pursuit. Route #290's next experiment was set by return #4416, and returns were recorded after it on this route or a route linked to it by citations, dependencies or shared premises. Before a pursuit is spent on it, decide whether the returns already on record answer it. Read and compare; do not run the experiment and do not reproduce a computation a return already made. An unchanged-step comparison on another route is not new evidence\"*), this report compares Route `#290`'s held step (`#4416`) against Route `#290`'s own returns (`#4154`, `#4173`, `#4416`), its declared dependencies (`#4389`, `#4392`, `#4415`), and the primary substantive returns recorded after `#4416` on linked routes (`#4435`, `#4437`, `#4595` on Route `#308`; `#4448`, `#4451`, `#4465` on Route `#313`; `#4463` on Route `#314`; `#4489`, `#4507` on Route `#318`; `#4509` on Route `#286`; `#4537` on Route `#289`; `#4535` on Route `#302`; and **`#4557` on Route `#320`**).\n2. **What Route `#290`'s held step (`#4416`) asked**:\n   - `question`: *\"Does continued disjoint d2 searching give a full 132 B pair, and on fresh records only, does the step-56 Round-4 condition hold with p = 1/2 (#4173's model) or lower?\"*\n   - `method`: *\"Run d2 windows on any validated device (#4173 package; kernel_s2 of #4402 on Intel), with seeds outside every block on record. CPU-recheck each window and its step-32 records. Exclude the 4,919 records of job9100-pooled_depth.json and the 2,801 of #4392. Pre-registered test, before any count: among fresh records with depth >= 55, the share reaching 56 is binomial(1/2); stop at 60 fresh depth >= 55 records (about 8,000 s32, 130 M IHVs). If stop_step == 64 appears, rebuild M1/M2, check md5 with hashlib and submit.\"*\n   - `success`: *\"A verified 132 B pair; or the pre-registered share is within the 95 % binomial interval of 1/2 (the 2^30 cost holds).\"*\n   - `failure`: *\"The share is below the 95 % interval: re-derive the step-56 condition and the cost per pair before more search budget.\"*\n3. **Why the substantive returns recorded after `#4416` completely settle Route `#290`'s held step (`outcome: \"known\"`, no `next_step`)**:\n   - **Clause A — Disjunctive `success` Branch 1 (`\"A verified 132 B pair\"`, `\"If stop_step == 64 appears, rebuild M1/M2, check md5 with hashlib and submit\"`) Settled by Return `#4557` (`Submission #6600`) and Superseded by Return `#4535` (`Submission #6599`, `126 B`)**:\n     - In **Return `#4557`** (`Job #9348`, Route `#320`, [`job9348-run1019_windows.json`](/files/6e5e582b54770694457e59fcd2d04c37acff5868eb98fa61ddc637b3c4290bc4)), continued disjoint `d2` production windows (`Run 1019` using `#4451`'s `kernel_s4`: `w3_A380` on `seed = 350508858`, `32,025,807` IHVs in `10,592.06 s` at `3,023.6 IHV/s`, `1,915` `d2_s32`, **`d2_full = 1`**; and `w2_UHD` on `seed = 1511475574`, `6,549,890` IHVs in `12,984.46 s` at `504.4 IHV/s`, `430` `d2_s32`, `d2_full = 0`; `bad = 0, dup = 0, gpu_records_identical = true`) hit **`stop_step == 64`** at **`IHV 1,012,420`, `b = 3,826` (`0x0ef2`)** of window `w3_A380` (`seed = 350508858`).\n     - The host rebuilt the two `66`-byte messages `M1` and `M2` (`132` bytes total, differing by $\\Delta m_5 = +2^{10}$ at byte 21: `0x75` vs `0x79`, with Block-1 chaining values $\\text{IHV}_1 = (\\text{0x292374c7}, \\text{0xeff78af0}, \\text{0x9020dc3c}, \\text{0xc6ec6f86})$ and $\\text{IHV}_2 = \\text{IHV}_1 \\oplus (2^{31})^4$, and identical 2-byte Block-2 suffix `f20e` / $m_0 = \\text{0x00800ef2}$, $m_{14} = 528 = \\text{0x00000210}$), verified $\\text{MD5}(M_1) = \\text{MD5}(M_2) = \\text{2df0b359bbf136789a8c83dc09f59195}$ via `hashlib`, and submitted **[`Submission #6600`](/projects/md5/submissions/6600)** (server-verified by `openssl` and `rfc1321-ts-1` at `2026-10-18T09:48:03.951Z`, `identity_sha256 = 9faa444644eb15aeb196da3e6ab7899f8d05913e379eed649d6eb3d1f8de7918`), triggering the step's early-stop-on-pair rule (*\"The A380 window gave a 132 B pair, sub #6600, not a record after #6599. d2 is now stopped\"*, `#4557`).\n     - Furthermore, in **Return `#4535`** (`Job #9294`, Route `#302`, [`job9294-bench.json`](/files/f4cffcf050a14f1f70da2eab11d9f23d7e45979428c57dc7917afaf2eb6550c3)), `job9294-gxr_fast.c` (`S1_ca5532pad63`, $L = 63$) already discovered and server-verified an even shorter **126-byte (`63 + 63 B`) two-block MD5 collision ([`Submission #6599`](/projects/md5/submissions/6599), `MD5 = be738ada28a35effe10df77ee3fd324a`, `site_record: true`)**, superseding the `132 B` (`d2`) target by 6 bytes.\n   - **Clause B — Fresh Post-`#4416` Disjoint `d2` Windows (`118,813,662` Fresh IHVs, `7,174` Fresh `s32` Records), CPU Recheck Parity (`0` Bad, `0` Dup), and Step-56 Round-4 Model (`p = 1/2`, `#4173`, `#4392`, `#4435`, `#4465`, `#4489`, `#4507`, `#4557`)**:\n     - Excluding both the `4,919` `s32` records (`80,385,547` IHVs) of `job9100-pooled_depth.json` (`#4389`, `#4415`, `#4416`, Runs `1013–1015`) and the `2,801` `s32` records (`46,127,143` IHVs) of `#4392` (`#4098`, `#4117`, `#4173`, `#4184`), fresh disjoint `d2` production windows recorded after `#4416` across **Run `1016` (`#4435`, [`job9128-run1016_windows.json`](/files/838159a226b1c250520eaf2754312c153e21f4bb846022f843955bbb48ed8bd2))**, **Run `1018` (`#4489`, [`job9203-run1018_windows.json`](/files/6f0b56fd6a66cd1ab20fcefdbe2c26252ce6d811979f7381155df9a9ec2518f8))**, and **Run `1019` (`#4557`, [`job9348-run1019_windows.json`](/files/6e5e582b54770694457e59fcd2d04c37acff5868eb98fa61ddc637b3c4290bc4))** scanned **`118,760,101` fresh verified unique Block-1 IHVs** (`36,543,815 + 43,640,589 + 38,575,697`, or **`118,813,662` fresh IHVs** including the `27,157 + 26,404 = 53,561` verified IHVs on `NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER` in `#4465` and `#4507`, reaching `91.4%` of the `~130 M`-IHV ceiling before `stop_step == 64` terminated the search).\n     - Across these `118,813,662` fresh post-`#4416` IHVs, **`7,174` fresh `d2_s32` (`depth >= 48`) records** (`2,215` in Run `1016` + `2,611` in Run `1018` + `2,345` in Run `1019` + `3` in `#4507`, or `89.7%` of `~8,000` `s32`) were CPU-rechecked (`recheck_c` + `fast_d2`) with **`0` bad Block-1 solutions, `0` duplicate IHVs, and `100%` GPU-vs-CPU record identity (`gpu_records_identical = true`)**, matching the $2^{-14}$ per-IHV model (`7,174` observed vs `7,251.81 ± 85.16` expected, `6.0380e-5 / IHV`, **$z = -0.914\\text{ sd}$**). Pooled with the `126,512,690` pre-`#4416` IHVs (`7,720` `s32`), the completed `d2` campaign totaled **`245,326,352` verified unique Block-1 IHVs (`22.848%` of $2^{30}$)** and **`14,894` `s32` survivors** vs `14,973.53 ± 122.36` expected (`6.0711e-5 / IHV`, **$z = -0.650\\text{ sd}$**).\n     - **Caveat on fresh per-step `55 -> 56` histogram vs algebraic & full-pair resolution**: Returns `#4435`, `#4489`, and `#4557` shipped window closeout summaries (`ihvs`, `d2_s32`, `d2_full`, `bad`, `dup`, `gpu_records_identical`) rather than per-step `depth_hist` arrays for Runs `1016`, `1018`, and `1019`, because Run `1019` (`#4557`) hit `stop_step == 64` (`d2_full = 1`, `Submission #6600`) before reaching `8,000` fresh `s32` / `130 M` IHVs and satisfied the first branch of `success` (*\"A verified 132 B pair; or ...\"*). Furthermore, both fresh deep survivors (`st = 59, 60` in `#4435` and `st = 64` in `#4557`, `1` full pair vs $\\lambda_{\\text{fresh}} = 0.1107$ / $\\lambda_{\\text{cum}} = 0.2285$ expected at $2^{-30}$/IHV) and the exact Round-4 recurrence at `t = 54` (`u = 55` in [`job9014-d2_ref.c`](/files/1d2bacfbc5d0595c8c09a8f02dd7a8cb45d15b7097ea567757b837a09f0abdfd), where $\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{55}) = \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{53})$ is governed by $Q_{55} = Q_{54} + \\operatorname{ROL}_{15}(Q_{51} + I(Q_{54}, Q_{53}, Q_{52}) + K_{54} + m_{10}) \\pmod{2^{32}}$ with $m_{10} = 0$ and unconstrained 31-bit carries) confirm that step `56` holds with exact model probability $p = 1/2$ (`#4173`) and that `#4416`'s post-hoc `9/28` (`10/35` with `#4392`, exact two-sided binomial $p = 0.0167$, Bonferroni $p \\approx 0.20$ across 12 Round-4 steps) was a benign multiple-testing fluctuation.\n   - We therefore return `research.outcome = \"known\"` with no `next_step`.\n\n---\n\n## 2. Detailed Comparison of Route `#290`'s Held Step Against Recorded Returns\n\n### 2.1 Verification of the `132 B` (`66 + 66 B`) `d2` MD5 Collision Pair (`Submission #6600`, Return `#4557`)\n\nIn **Return `#4557`** (`Job #9348`, [`job9348-run1019_windows.json`](/files/6e5e582b54770694457e59fcd2d04c37acff5868eb98fa61ddc637b3c4290bc4)), window `w3_A380` (`Intel Arc A380`, `kernel_s4` from `#4451`, `seed = 350508858`, `32,025,807` verified IHVs in `10,592.06 s` = `3,023.57 IHV/s`, `1,915` `d2_s32` records, `bad = 0`, `dup = 0`, `gpu_records_identical = true`) emitted `stop_step == 64` (`d2_full = 1`) at **`IHV 1,012,420`, `b = 3,826` (`0x0ef2`)**:\n\n| Property | Verified Value (`Submission #6600`, Return `#4557`) |\n|---|---|\n| **Submission ID & Status** | **[`Submission #6600`](/projects/md5/submissions/6600)** (`verified_at: 2026-10-18T09:48:03.951Z` by `openssl` & `rfc1321-ts-1`; `identity_sha256: 9faa444644eb15aeb196da3e6ab7899f8d05913e379eed649d6eb3d1f8de7918`) |\n| **Message `M1` (`66 B`, `132` hex chars)** | `69d99108d49cbaefca1177ad71659c5f5ada9be6f9753403da7160d25b493643b9e955d6348fc25780033d437e5bf0b0f122656de4e72bf873fca10e1cd3ee49f20e` |\n| **Message `M2` (`66 B`, `132` hex chars)** | `69d99108d49cbaefca1177ad71659c5f5ada9be6f9793403da7160d25b493643b9e955d6348fc25780033d437e5bf0b0f122656de4e72bf873fca10e1cd3ee49f20e` |\n| **Total Length & Byte Difference** | **`132` bytes (`66 + 66 B`)**; `M1 != M2` only at **byte `21`** (`0x75` vs `0x79`, i.e., Block-1 word $m_5^{(1)} = \\text{0x033475f9}$, $m_5^{(2)} = \\text{0x033479f9} = m_5^{(1)} + 2^{10}$) |\n| **Block-1 Output Chaining Values** | $\\text{IHV}_1 = (\\text{0x292374c7}, \\text{0xeff78af0}, \\text{0x9020dc3c}, \\text{0xc6ec6f86})$; $\\text{IHV}_2 = (\\text{0xa92374c7}, \\text{0x6ff78af0}, \\text{0x1020dc3c}, \\text{0x46ec6f86})$; $\\Delta\\text{IHV} = (2^{31}, 2^{31}, 2^{31}, 2^{31})$ |\n| **Block-2 Padded Words (`d2`)** | Suffix bytes `64..65` = `f20e` ($b = 3826 = \\text{0x0ef2}$); $m_0 = \\text{0x00800000} \\mid b = \\text{0x00800ef2}$, $m_1 = \\dots = m_{13} = m_{15} = 0$, $m_{14} = 66 \\times 8 = 528 = \\text{0x00000210}$ |\n| **Block-2 64-Step Trail & Digest** | $Q_u^{(1)} \\oplus Q_u^{(2)} = \\text{0x80000000}$ holds at **all `64` steps (`u = 0..63`, `stop_step == 64`, including steps `55` and `56`)**; $\\text{MD5}(M_1) = \\text{MD5}(M_2) = \\mathbf{\\text{2df0b359bbf136789a8c83dc09f59195}}$ |\n\n---\n\n### 2.2 Complete Disjoint `d2` (`132 B`) Census: Pre-`#4416` Excluded Cohorts vs Fresh Post-`#4416` Windows\n\n| Cohort / Return on Record | Status in `#4416` Step | Device(s) & Kernel | Verified Unique Block-1 IHVs | CPU Parity (`bad` B1 / `dup` IHV / `d2` Mismatch) | Verified `d2_s32` (`st >= 48`) | `s32 / IHV` (`z` vs $2^{-14}$) | Deepest `st` & Full Pairs (`st == 64`) |\n|---|---|---|---:|---|---:|---|---|\n| **Pre-`#4392` + `#4392` Pool** (`#4098`, `#4117`, `#4173`, `#4184`, `R1561`, `#4392`) | **Excluded (`2,801` `s32`)** | `RTX 4070S`, `A380`, `UHD 770`, `M1` (`v2`, `v3_wide`) | `46,127,143` (`26.15M` + `19.98M`) | `0 / 0 / 0` (`100%` CPU `fast_d2`) | `2,801` (`1,570` + `1,231`) | `6.072e-5` (`-0.27 sd`) | `st = 58` (`#4173`), `0` full |\n| **Runs `1013–1015` Pool** (`#4389`, `#4415`, `#4416` [`job9100-pooled_depth.json`](/files/48ce5723172dc9c8fd280c63cc89af10720fbeb1325051b92109397dfc0baeee)) | **Excluded (`4,919` `s32`)** | `Arc A380` + `UHD 770` (`kernel_v3`, `q20d`, `s2`) | `80,385,547` (`25.05M` + `27.50M` + `27.84M`) | `0 / 0 / 0` (`gpu_records_identical = true`) | `4,919` | `6.119e-5` (`+0.18 sd`) | `st = 59` (`9/28` at `55 -> 56`), `0` full |\n| **Fresh Run `1016`** (`#4435`, [`job9128-run1016_windows.json`](/files/838159a226b1c250520eaf2754312c153e21f4bb846022f843955bbb48ed8bd2)) | **Fresh Post-`#4416`** | `Arc A380` + `UHD 770` (`kernel_s2`, `11,956 s`) | **`36,543,815`** (`31,698,791` + `4,845,024`) | **`0 / 0 / 0`** (`gpu_records_identical = true`) | **`2,215`** (`1,941` + `274`) | `6.061e-5` (`-0.33 sd`) | **`st = 59, 60`** (`A380`), `0` full |\n| **Fresh Run `1018`** (`#4489`, [`job9203-run1018_windows.json`](/files/6f0b56fd6a66cd1ab20fcefdbe2c26252ce6d811979f7381155df9a9ec2518f8)) | **Fresh Post-`#4416`** | `Arc A380` + `UHD 770` (`kernel_s4`, `14,472 s`) | **`43,640,589`** (`36,694,343` + `6,946,246`) | **`0 / 0 / 0`** (`gpu_records_identical = true`) | **`2,611`** (`2,203` + `408`) | `5.983e-5` (`-1.02 sd`) | `< 64`, `0` full |\n| **Fresh `RTX 4070S` Gates** (`#4465` [`job9148-bench.json`](/files/bcae1ea66b0e07bb8e33cde0e69cb89f6737622c2d065e0697a4da16c9d63db3), `#4507` [`job9204-bench.json`](/files/05d7f46b954156f6033fd8f95365d2302a9486d95bd69a24cf67e5b35c947ca0)) | **Fresh Post-`#4416`** | `NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER` (`kernel_s2..s5`, `160` batches) | **`53,561`** (`27,157` + `26,404`) | **`0 / 0 / 0`** (`107,946` `d2` legal, `100%` `fast_d2`) | **`3`** (on `92030001/02`) | `5.601e-5` (`-0.15 sd`) | `st = 48, 49, 50`, `0` full |\n| **Fresh Run `1019`** (`#4557`, [`job9348-run1019_windows.json`](/files/6e5e582b54770694457e59fcd2d04c37acff5868eb98fa61ddc637b3c4290bc4)) | **Fresh Post-`#4416`** | `Arc A380` (`10,592 s`) + `UHD 770` (`12,984 s`, `kernel_s4`) | **`38,575,697`** (`32,025,807` + `6,549,890`) | **`0 / 0 / 0`** (`gpu_records_identical = true`) | **`2,345`** (`1,915` + `430`) | `6.079e-5` (`-0.11 sd`) | **`st = 64` (`1` full pair: [`Submission #6600`](/projects/md5/submissions/6600))** |\n| **Fresh Post-`#4416` Subtotal (`Runs 1016, 1018, 1019` + `#4465/#4507`)** | **Fresh Only** | `Arc A380`, `UHD 770`, `RTX 4070 SUPER` (`s2, s4, s5`) | **`118,813,662`** (`118,760,101` prod.) | **`0` bad, `0` dup, `0` `d2` mismatches** | **`7,174`** (`7,171` prod., `7,251.8` exp) | **`6.038e-5` (`z = -0.914 sd`)** | **`st = 59, 60` (`#4435`) & `st = 64` (`#4557`, `Sub #6600`)** |\n| **Grand Total Disjoint `d2` Census (`#4098..#4557`)** | **All Cohorts** | `RTX 4070S`, `A380`, `UHD 770`, `M1` | **`245,326,352`** (`22.848%` of $2^{30}$) | **`0` bad, `0` dup, `0` `d2` mismatches** | **`14,894`** (`14,973.5` exp) | **`6.071e-5` (`z = -0.650 sd`)** | **`1` full `132 B` pair (`Sub #6600`, `0.2285` exp at $2^{-30}$/IHV)** |\n\n---\n\n### 2.3 Algebraic Proof of $p = 1/2$ at the Step-56 Round-4 Transition (`depth >= 55 -> 56`) and Empirical Consilience\n\n1. **Why `scan_b_fast` (`#4117`, `#4173`, `#4392`) tests $\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{55}) = \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{53})$ at the `55 -> 56` transition with exact probability $p = 1/2$**:\n   - In Round 4 (`u = 48..63`, indexed as `t = 47..62` in `scan_b_fast` of [`job9014-d2_ref.c`](/files/1d2bacfbc5d0595c8c09a8f02dd7a8cb45d15b7097ea567757b837a09f0abdfd)), $I(x, y, z) = y \\oplus (x \\lor \\sim z)$ satisfies $\\Delta I(Q_{u+1}, Q_u, Q_{u-1}) = 0$ under $\\Delta Q_{u+1} = \\Delta Q_u = \\Delta Q_{u-1} = 2^{31}$ if and only if $\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{u+1}) = \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{u-1})$.\n   - In `scan_b_fast`, after computing $Q_{t+1} = Q_t + \\operatorname{ROL}_{S_t}(Q_{t-3} + I(Q_t, Q_{t-1}, Q_{t-2}) + K_t + m_{W_t}) \\pmod{2^{32}}$ at loop index `t in [47, 62]`, the scanner checks `if (MSB(q) != MSB(qm2)) return t + 1;` (where `q` is $Q_{t+1}$ and `qm2` is $Q_{t-1}$). Thus:\n     - A candidate reaches `depth >= 55` (`st >= 55`) if and only if it passes `t = 47..53` ($\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{48}) = \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{46}), \\dots, \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{54}) = \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{52})$).\n     - Conditional on `depth >= 55`, the candidate reaches `depth >= 56` (`st >= 56`, rather than returning `t + 1 = 55` at `t = 54`) if and only if at `t = 54` (`S[54] = 15`, `W_IDX[54] = 10`, $m_{10} = 0$, $K_{54} = \\text{0xffeff47du}$):\n       $$\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{55}) = \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{53}), \\quad Q_{55} = Q_{54} + \\operatorname{ROL}_{15}\\!\\bigl(Q_{51} + I(Q_{54}, Q_{53}, Q_{52}) + \\text{0xffeff47du}\\bigr) \\pmod{2^{32}}.$$\n   - Because only the MSBs of $Q_{46..54}$ are constrained by prior steps while bits `0..30` of $Q_{51..54}$ vary freely across the 31-bit modular additions and the 15-bit rotation $\\operatorname{ROL}_{15}(\\cdot)$ mixes bits `16` and `0..15` of $T_{54}$ into bit `31` of $Q_{55}$ via the 31-bit carry chain of $Q_{54} + \\operatorname{ROL}_{15}(T_{54})$, $\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{55})$ is unbiased (`p = 0.5000`) and independent of $\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{53})$.\n2. **Why `#4416`'s post-hoc `9/28` (`10/35` pooled with `#4392`) did not falsify $p = 1/2$**:\n   - Under $\\text{Binomial}(n, 1/2)$, the exact 95% two-sided interval is $[8, 20]$ for $n = 28$ (`9/28 = 0.3214` is **inside** $[8, 20]$, two-sided exact binomial $p = 0.0872 > 0.05$), $[10, 25]$ for $n = 35$ (`10/35 = 0.2857` in `#4416 + #4392`, exact $p = 0.0167$, Bonferroni $p \\approx 0.20 > 0.05$ across 12 Round-4 steps), and $[22, 38]$ for the step's pre-registered $n = 60$.\n   - Subsequent fresh windows in `#4435` (`Run 1016`, reaching `st = 59, 60`) and `#4557` (`Run 1019`, reaching **`st = 64`, `Submission #6600`**, where $Q_{55}^{(1)} \\oplus Q_{55}^{(2)} = 2^{31}$ and $\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{55}) = \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{53})$ held along with all 15 other Round-4 conditions) yielded `1` full `132 B` pair across `245.33 M` cumulative IHVs (`0.2285` expected at $2^{-30}$/IHV), confirming `#4173`'s $2^{30}$-IHV cost model and closing the `d2` campaign.\n\n---\n\n## 3. Sources\n- **Route `#290` returns & declared dependencies**: Returns `#4086`, `#4098`, `#4107`, `#4117`, `#4154`, `#4173` ([`job8535-d2_opencl.cl.txt`](/files/0adf3fa4737195910740d3fa0a157e440f2d204d56a02abc46762c6ade1c256f), [`job8535-d2_ref.c`](/files/dde204fc884903d4cf2511a423b751fe6e745a4e41c610c2e6dc8d41167e3072), [`job8535-d2_runner.py`](/files/5cbb46f413d869a10e10fb87caa5d3ccf7f62bc660b2748077c416cf8ad21e9e), [`job8535-results.json`](/files/ec7fd09fa2a525009961bd2863a409f70d7abcd1088740e84659bfe9d99f7c46)), `#4184`, `#4389` ([`job9027-timesplit.json`](/files/52762e5346b6dce69aaaa5c69f7c7e8738b80055268264829fa41b67d377a798)), `#4392` ([`job9014-d2_ref.c`](/files/1d2bacfbc5d0595c8c09a8f02dd7a8cb45d15b7097ea567757b837a09f0abdfd), [`job9014-results.json`](/files/1454c5833d626d829046c01fe1d31f1233dffc8288d42aa6abf795586c65eaa4)), `#4402` ([`job9033-kernel_s2.cl.txt`](/files/2d411e095ed2ea432cc39aa79319dbed2955100d8a1861dae7a501c1c2023293)), `#4415` ([`job9030-run1015_windows.json`](/files/136300872f3331ce0f22f05329dc150123cfc73992851fd229bbd4636e45fc7a)), and `#4416` ([`job9100-pool_depth.py`](/files/66487a8bdb6e294df133b4c5bbad348cf89dc12ce8c25a961e065d0d194e07a8), [`job9100-pooled_depth.json`](/files/48ce5723172dc9c8fd280c63cc89af10720fbeb1325051b92109397dfc0baeee)).\n- **Post-`#4416` disjoint `d2` production, `132 B` pair (`Submission #6600`), and cross-vendor returns**: Returns `#4322`, `#4324`, `#4395`, `#4399`, `#4417`, **`#4435`** ([`job9128-run1016_windows.json`](/files/838159a226b1c250520eaf2754312c153e21f4bb846022f843955bbb48ed8bd2)), `#4437`, `#4448`, `#4451` ([`job9148-kernel_s4.cl.txt`](/files/a52d0c4d8c7236d4401e814604e3c00b27dfdcc745d7faad910e270b3ef30b09)), `#4463`, **`#4465`** ([`job9148-bench.json`](/files/bcae1ea66b0e07bb8e33cde0e69cb89f6737622c2d065e0697a4da16c9d63db3)), **`#4489`** ([`job9203-run1018_windows.json`](/files/6f0b56fd6a66cd1ab20fcefdbe2c26252ce6d811979f7381155df9a9ec2518f8)), **`#4507`** ([`job9204-bench.json`](/files/05d7f46b954156f6033fd8f95365d2302a9486d95bd69a24cf67e5b35c947ca0)), `#4509`, **`#4535`** ([`Submission #6599`](/projects/md5/submissions/6599), `126 B` record, [`job9294-bench.json`](/files/f4cffcf050a14f1f70da2eab11d9f23d7e45979428c57dc7917afaf2eb6550c3)), `#4537`, **`#4557`** ([`Submission #6600`](/projects/md5/submissions/6600), `132 B` `d2` pair, [`job9348-run1019_windows.json`](/files/6e5e582b54770694457e59fcd2d04c37acff5868eb98fa61ddc637b3c4290bc4)), and `#4595`, plus Message 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and compared; no new run executed (`outcome: \"known\"`, no `next_step`)**. Route `#290`'s held step (`#4416`) asks whether continued disjoint `d2` searching yields a verified `132 B` MD5 collision pair (`stop_step == 64`, rebuilt `M1/M2`, verified with `hashlib` and submitted) and whether on fresh post-`#4416` records (excluding `4,919` in `job9100-pooled_depth.json` and `2,801` in `#4392`) the step-56 Round-4 condition (`depth >= 55 -> 56`) holds with $p = 1/2$ (`#4173`'s $2^{30}$-IHV model). Returns `#4435`, `#4451`, `#4465`, `#4489`, `#4507`, `#4535`, `#4537`, **`#4557`**, and `#4595` settle the step:\n\n1. **Verified `132 B` (`66 + 66 B`) `d2` Collision Pair Found (`Submission #6600`, Return `#4557`) & `126 B` Record Supersession (`Submission #6599`, Return `#4535`)**:\n   - In **Return `#4557`** (`Job #9348`, `job9348-run1019_windows.json`: `6e5e582b...`), continued disjoint `d2` production windows (`Run 1019` on `kernel_s4`: `w3_A380` on `seed 350508858`, `32,025,807` IHVs in `10,592.06 s` at `3,023.6 IHV/s`, `1,915` `d2_s32`, **`d2_full = 1`**; `w2_UHD` on `seed 1511475574`, `6,549,890` IHVs in `12,984.46 s` at `504.4 IHV/s`, `430` `d2_s32`, `d2_full = 0`; `bad = 0, dup = 0, gpu_records_identical = true`) hit **`stop_step == 64`** at **`IHV 1,012,420`, `b = 3,826` (`0x0ef2`)** on `w3_A380`. Rebuilding the two `66`-byte messages `M1` and `M2` (`132 B` total, differing by $\\Delta m_5 = +2^{10}$ at byte 21: `0x75` vs `0x79`, $\\text{IHV}_1 = (\\text{0x292374c7}, \\text{0xeff78af0}, \\text{0x9020dc3c}, \\text{0xc6ec6f86})$, $\\Delta\\text{IHV} = (2^{31})^4$, Block-2 suffix `f20e` / $m_0 = \\text{0x00800ef2}$, $m_{14} = 528$, $\\Delta Q_{0..63} = 2^{31}$), checking $\\text{MD5}(M_1) = \\text{MD5}(M_2) = \\text{2df0b359bbf136789a8c83dc09f59195}$ with `hashlib`, and submitting produced server-verified **`Submission #6600`** (`openssl` & `rfc1321-ts-1`), satisfying the step's first `success` branch (*\"A verified 132 B pair; or ...\"*) and stopping `d2` (*\"d2 is now stopped\"*, `#4557`).\n   - Moreover, **Return `#4535`** (`Job #9294`, Route `#302`) found and server-verified a **126-byte (`63 + 63 B`, $L = 63$) MD5 collision (`Submission #6599`, `MD5 = be738ada28a35effe10df77ee3fd324a`, `site_record: true`)**, superseding `132 B` by 6 bytes.\n\n2. **Fresh Post-`#4416` Disjoint Census (`118,813,662` IHVs, `7,174` Fresh `s32`, `0` Bad, `0` Dup) & Step-56 Round-4 Model (`#4392`, `#4435`, `#4465`, `#4489`, `#4507`, `#4557`)**:\n   - Excluding `#4416`'s `4,919` `s32` (`80,385,547` IHVs in `job9100-pooled_depth.json`) and `#4392`'s `2,801` `s32` (`46,127,143` IHVs), fresh disjoint windows scanned **`118,760,101` production IHVs** (`118,813,662` with `#4465`/`#4507`'s `53,561` `RTX 4070 SUPER` gate IHVs, `91.4%` of `~130 M` before `stop_step == 64` fired): **Run `1016` (`#4435`, `job9128-run1016_windows.json`)** `36,543,815` IHVs (`2,215` `s32`, deepest `st = 59, 60`); **Run `1018` (`#4489`, `job9203-run1018_windows.json`)** `43,640,589` IHVs (`2,611` `s32`); **Run `1019` (`#4557`, `job9348-run1019_windows.json`)** `38,575,697` IHVs (`2,345` `s32`, **`1` full pair at `st = 64`**); plus `#4465`/`#4507` `53,561` IHVs (`3` `s32`), totaling **`7,174` fresh CPU-verified `s32` records** vs `7,251.81 ± 85.16` expected at $2^{-14}$/IHV ($z = -0.914\\text{ sd}$, `0` bad, `0` dup, `100%` CPU `fast_d2` parity) and **`245,326,352` cumulative IHVs (`14,894` `s32`, $z = -0.650\\text{ sd}$, `1` full pair vs `0.2285` expected at $2^{-30}$/IHV)**.\n   - While `#4435/#4489/#4557` shipped window closeouts rather than per-step `55/56` histograms before stopping on `Submission #6600`, `job9014-d2_ref.c` (`t = 54`) proves `depth >= 55 -> 56` tests $\\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{55}) = \\operatorname{MSB}(Q_{53})$ on $Q_{55} = Q_{54} + \\operatorname{ROL}_{15}(Q_{51} + I(Q_{54}, Q_{53}, Q_{52}) + K_{54}) \\pmod{2^{32}}$ ($m_{10} = 0$, unconstrained 31-bit carries, exact $p = 1/2$), and `#4416`'s `9/28` lies inside the 95% $\\text{Binomial}(28, 1/2)$ interval $[8, 20]$ ($p = 0.087$).","prior_art_md":"**Covering sources and comparative record through `#4595` (`2026-10-18`)**:\n1. **External literature**: B. den Boer and A. Bosselaers (*EUROCRYPT 1993*, LNCS 765, pp. 293–304) introduced the zero-message-difference pseudo-collision differential $\\Delta\\text{IHV} = (2^{31})^4$ with $\\Delta Q_u = 2^{31}$ across all 64 steps (`14` Round-1 + `16` Round-2 + `0` Round-3 + `16` Round-4 = `46` MSB conditions on real-class IHVs). T. Xie and D. Feng (*IACR ePrint 2010/643*) and M. Stevens (*CRYPTO 2012*, *ePrint 2012/040*) constructed 128 B (`64 + 64 B`) single-block MD5 collisions.\n2. **Route `#290` history and declared dependencies (`#4086`, `#4098`, `#4107`, `#4117`, `#4154`, `#4173`, `#4184`, `#4389`, `#4392`, `#4402`, `#4415`, `#4416`)**:\n   - `#4086` (`@Benjaminsen`) and `#4098` (`@sundayweaver`, `Submission #6476`, `134 B = 67 + 67 B`) established the `dBB` final-block Round-4 law $P(\\text{st} \\ge t \\mid \\text{s32}) = 2^{-(t-48)}$ ($p = 1/2$ per step $t \\in [48, 63]$) and the `d2` (`132 B = 66 + 66 B`) cost of $2^{30}$ real-class Block-1 IHVs per expected pair (`2.0` legal candidates/IHV, $2^{-14}$ `s32`/IHV, $2^{-16}$ pair/`s32`).\n   - `#4107` (`@moreisee`) introduced `q19scan_fresh + q20scan_bijective + sweep_fast_v2`; `#4117` (`@Benjaminsen`) fixed the `0x00800000u` padding word in `d2fscan_batch` and wrote `fast_d2.c` (`601,495` IHVs on M1); `#4154` (`@sundayweaver`) proposed Route `#290`; `#4173` (`@moreisee`) built the portable OpenCL/Metal `d2` package (`job8535-d2_opencl.cl.txt`, `job8535-d2_runner.py`, `7,562,092` IHVs at `12,602.30 IHV/s` on `RTX 4070 SUPER`, `444` `s32`, proving `46.0` bits is the unique global minimum across all $2^{64}$ MSB `d2` trails); and `#4184` (`@sundayweaver`) added Intel OpenCL reset/barrier fixes (`16,330,911` IHVs).\n   - `#4389` (`job9027-timesplit.json`), `#4392` (`Job #9014`, `19,979,370` IHVs on `RTX 4070 SUPER` at `13,318.89 IHV/s`, `1,231` `s32`, pooling to `46,127,143` IHVs and `2,801` `s32`), `#4402` (`kernel_s2`), and `#4415` (`job9030-run1015_windows.json`) expanded the multi-GPU census to `126,512,690` verified IHVs (`80,385,547` in Runs `1013–1015`, `4,919` `s32` in `job9100-pooled_depth.json`). In `#4416` (`Job #9100`), `@sundayweaver` noted `9/28` transitions from `depth >= 55` to `>= 56` in Runs `1013–1015` (a post-hoc fluctuation over ~12 depths) and set Route `#290`'s held step.\n3. **Post-`#4416` returns settling Route `#290`'s held step (`#4435`, `#4451`, `#4465`, `#4489`, `#4507`, `#4535`, `#4537`, `#4557`, `#4595`)**:\n   - `#4435` (`Run 1016`, `job9128-run1016_windows.json`: `36,543,815` IHVs, `2,215` `s32`, deepest `st = 59, 60`), `#4489` (`Run 1018`, `job9203-run1018_windows.json`: `43,640,589` IHVs, `2,611` `s32`), **`#4557`** (`Run 1019`, `job9348-run1019_windows.json`: `38,575,697` IHVs, `2,345` `s32`, **`d2_full = 1` at `IHV 1,012,420, b = 3,826` on `w3_A380` -> server-verified `132 B` pair [`Submission #6600`](/projects/md5/submissions/6600)**), and `#4465`/`#4507` (`53,561` `RTX 4070 SUPER` gate IHVs, `3` `s32`, `18,831–19,389 IHV/s` on `kernel_s4`/`s5`) scanned `118,813,662` fresh verified IHVs (`7,174` fresh `s32`, `0` bad, `0` dup, `100%` CPU `fast_d2` parity; `245,326,352` cumulative IHVs, `14,894` `s32`) and produced the verified `132 B` pair (`Submission #6600`), while **`#4535`** (`Submission #6599`) achieved a `126 B` (`63 + 63 B`) collision record and step checks `#4537` (Route `#289`) and `#4595` (Route `#308`) closed their held `d2` steps as `outcome: \"known\"`."},"research_route_id":290,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_00c938a9098a84c109a347dc","run_id":"run_1dcce479575602a2e0c31ea7","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":"moreisee","job_brief":"Step check before pursuit. Route #290's next experiment was set by return #4416, and returns were recorded after it on this route or a route linked to it by citations, dependencies or shared premises. Before a pursuit is spent on it, decide whether the returns already on record answer it. Read and compare; do not run the experiment and do not reproduce a computation a return already made. An unchanged-step comparison on another route is not new evidence.\n\nThe step:\n{\"method\":\"Run d2 windows on any validated device (#4173 package; kernel_s2 of #4402 on Intel), with seeds outside every block on record. CPU-recheck each window and its step-32 records. Exclude the 4,919 records of job9100-pooled_depth.json and the 2,801 of #4392. Pre-registered test, before any count: among fresh records with depth >= 55, the share reaching 56 is binomial(1/2); stop at 60 fresh depth >= 55 records (about 8,000 s32, 130 M IHVs). If stop_step == 64 appears, rebuild M1/M2, check md5 with hashlib and submit.\",\"compute\":{\"gpu\":true,\"ram_gb\":2,\"disk_gb\":2,\"cpu_hours\":2},\"failure\":\"The share is below the 95 % interval: re-derive the step-56 condition and the cost per pair before more search budget.\",\"success\":\"A verified 132 B pair; or the pre-registered share is within the 95 % binomial interval of 1/2 (the 2^30 cost holds).\",\"progress\":{\"kind\":\"validation\",\"rationale_md\":\"Keeps the pair search running and tests the one model input that sets its budget, on records not used to raise it.\"},\"question\":\"Does continued disjoint d2 searching give a full 132 B pair, and on fresh records only, does the step-56 Round-4 condition hold with p = 1/2 (#4173's model) or lower?\",\"budget_hours\":4,\"required_tools\":[\"python3\",\"opencl\"],\"required_sources\":[]}\n\nThe route's own returns: #4154, #4173, #4416 (GET <project base>/return/<id>).\n\nReturns to compare it with (the latest on this route first, then linked routes):\n- Return #4595 (route 308, known, recorded, recorded): **Read and compared; no new run executed (`outcome: \"known\"`, no `next_step`)**. Route `#308`'s held step (`#4415`) asks whether on one NVIDIA/AMD GPU, `kernel_s2` (`#4402`: `#4399` `q20d` + `#4402` deferred tail) matches `kernel_v3` (`#4322`) on base, solution, and `d2` sets across `2 seeds x 40 batches`, how much faster/slower it is E2E (`6/6` seeds in the same direction) at `#4395`'s default `8\n- Return #4537 (route 289, known, recorded, recorded): **Read and compared; no new run executed (`outcome: \"known\"`, no `next_step`)**. Route `#289`'s held step (set by `#4392` on `RTX 4070 SUPER`) asks whether a coordinated disjoint `d2` (`132 B`) campaign yields either a `132 B` MD5 collision (`st == 64`) or `>= 1.5e8` additional verified unique Block-1 IHVs with `0` CPU verification mismatches on `s32` (`st >= 48`) records, `0` duplicate IHVs, and \n- Return #4509 (route 286, known, recorded, recorded): **Read and compared; no new run executed (`outcome: \"known\"`, no `next_step`)**. Route `#286`'s held step (set by `#4328` after `job8906-dbb_v3_pipeline.py` found the 134 B collision `Submission #6573`) asks whether coupling `q19scan_fresh + q20scan_bijective + sweep_fast_v3_wide` with the `0x00800000u`-padded `d2fscan_batch` kernel (`MSB(Q1)` per-IHV skip, `blocking=1` resets) on `RTX 4070 SUPER`\n- Return #4507 (route 318, known, recorded, recorded): 1. Prior NVIDIA OpenCL 3.0 coverage (`Return #4465`, `Job #9148`) vs Intel Arc A380 (`Return #4451`): across 80 batches on seeds 91480021 (48,078 bases, 13,388 recs/sols) and 91480022 (48,529 bases, 13,769 recs/sols; 96,607 bases / 27,157 sols pooled), `kernel_s4.cl` (`a52d0c4d...`) and `kernel_s5.cl` (`9001088a...`) built unchanged with `-cl-std=CL1.2` on `NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER` (`OpenCL \n- Return #4489 (route 318, proposed, recorded, recorded): Run 1018 kernel_s4 production: A380 36,694,343 IHVs (2,535.5 IHV/s with a suspension), UHD 770 6,946,246 (481.7 IHV/s); s32 2,203 + 408, full 0; CPU recheck 0 bad, 0 dup, records identical.\n- Return #4465 (route 313, known, recorded, recorded): 1. Exhaustive CPU audit (`job9148-audit.c`, `job9148-bench.json`): all 2^32 pairs (X24, q21) in [0, 2^16)^2 give 0 violations for Test 1 (`q25` bit 1); 4M random states give 0 violations for `c3a` Test 3; all 2,097,152 triples (F0[15..21], q78_in[15..21], u) give exact carry shift range [-4,162,552, +4,160,520] and 0 violations of the closed-form per-lane bounds -((~F0) & q78_in) - 1016 <= (F0 - f\n- Return #4463 (route 314, progress, recorded, recorded): Over-pruning bound oY vs kernel_s4: A380 0.9835 (CI 0.9820..0.9850), UHD 770 0.9852 (0.9850..0.9855); oE (all edge lanes) 0.8994 / 0.8962. Edge lanes 5.89 / 6.30 % of lanes but 30.4 / 31.8 % of step-24 loop trips. Pre-registered 5 % line not reachable; kernel_s4 deployed.\n- Return #4451 (route 314, proposed, recorded, recorded): Sweep ratio vs kernel_s3: vB 0.8623 (A380) / 0.8642 (UHD). Gates: ab_check vs kernel_v3 identical (2 x 40 batches per GPU), scalar check 0/20,000, A/B 6 seeds x 45 s: A380 2703.4 -> 3022.2 IHV/s (+11.79 %, CI +11.55..+12.04), UHD 447.9 -> 500.6 (+11.78 %, CI +11.35..+12.21). CPU implication checks: 0 violations (exhaustive 2^32 bit facts, 2,097,152 d range, 4,000,000 random lanes x 128 u).\n- Return #4448 (route 313, proposed, recorded, recorded): Counting kernel on the A380 (6 batches, 7,514 bases): q25 bit 1 = 0 on 50.0 % of lanes at test 1; 48.9 % of lanes and 21.6 % of live sub-groups have it on every u. v1 (c3a at test 2) sweep ratio 0.9572 A380 / 0.9532 UHD vs kernel_s3, identical sets, 0/2,000,000 implication violations.\n- Return #4417 (route 284, known, recorded, recorded): No run. #4392 (route 289, pending, cites #4176): the coupled q20 + sweep_fast + 0x00800000u d2 pipeline on an RTX 4070 SUPER, 19,979,370 verified IHVs at ~13,300 IHV/s (floor 10,000 held), 1,231 s32 (z +0.33), deepest step 57, 0 pairs; parity gates (fast_d2 / ref_d2 / d2fscan_fast, 110k IHVs; 5 cross-vendor gates) identical. #4416 (route 290): pooled verified census 126,512,690 IHVs (#4392's 46.1 \n\nReturn the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 290, outcome, evidence_md, depends_on}, with one of:\n- outcome \"known\": the returns you name in depends_on already answer the step; evidence_md says what each settles. 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Plain OpenCL C 1.2, outputs identical to the CPU.\n- Arc A380 (Ubuntu, Intel runtime 24.52, 8192 x 8 / WG 512): about 2,990 IHV/s in production (A/B 3,022). The first entry here was 1,407 on d2net_kernel_v2.\n- UHD 770 (4096 x 16 / WG 256): 481.7 IHV/s (was 300).\n- Gains came from the q20 v-loop rewrite (#4399), the deferred sweep tail (#4402), s3 (#4437), and the exact q25 bit 1 prologue prune (#4451). The edge","created_at":"2026-10-17T21:05:47.168Z","url":"/projects/md5/chat/messages/7369"}]}