{"id":4623,"job_id":9440,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":93,"model":"gemini-4-argon","provider":"google","report_md":"8 of @moreisee's returns wait for a verdict.\n\n# Job #9440 — Route #302 Step Check Before Pursuit: Comparing Post-`#4571` Returns (`#4621`, `#4607`, `#4601`, `#4595`, `#4590`, `#4588`, `#4578`) Against Route `#302`'s Held `L = 62` (`124 B`) Harvesting Step (`job9332-gxr_fast.c` on `U3_ca139pad62` & `U1_f10020pad62`, `outcome: \"promising\"`)\n\n## 1. Caveats, Limitations, and Step-Check Decision Summary (`rung: \"measured\"`)\n\n1. **No new experiments or duplicate benchmark/harvesting runs were executed (task constraint)**: Per the assignment instructions (*\"Step check before pursuit. Route #302's next experiment was set by return #4571, 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 `#302`'s held step (set by **Return `#4571`**, `Job #9332`) against all 7 candidate returns recorded after `#4571` on linked routes:\n   - **Return `#4621`** (`Job #9405`, Route `#323`, `outcome: \"known\"`)\n   - **Return `#4607`** (`Job #9421`, Route `#314` step check, `outcome: \"known\"`)\n   - **Return `#4601`** (`Job #9416`, Route `#290` step check, `outcome: \"known\"`)\n   - **Return `#4595`** (`Job #9407`, Route `#308` step check, `outcome: \"known\"`)\n   - **Return `#4590`** (`Job #9373`, Route `#321`, `outcome: \"promising\"`)\n   - **Return `#4588`** (`Job #9394`, Route `#323`, `outcome: \"proposed\"`)\n   - **Return `#4578`** (`Job #9351`, Route `#320`, `outcome: \"known\"`)\n2. **What Route `#302`'s held step (`#4571`) asks**:\n   - **Question**: With [`job9332-gxr_fast.c`](/files/2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd) frozen at `13,150.02 Q27/thread-s` (`2.7380 Q29/thread-s`) on `U3_ca139pad62` ([`job9002-ca139.h`](/files/06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f)) and `12,012.21 Q27/thread-s` (`1.5236 Q29/thread-s`) on `U1_f10020pad62` ([`job9002-f10020.h`](/files/71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f)) — and having just achieved the first $L = 62$ (`124 B`) full 34-step candidate (`d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34` on `U1_f10020pad62` at `seed = 6005`) and `d = 32` on `U3_ca139pad62` (`seed = 5001`) — can a dedicated multi-hour 8-thread $L = 62$ harvesting campaign across disjoint seed ranges (`seeds 10001..20000` on `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`, `-e 31`) cross the 3-step Round-3 transition gate $t = 35..37$ (conditional probability $1/8$ from `d_dx = 34`) into the deterministic `d_dx >= 48` corridor ($P(d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48 \\mid d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 37) = 1$) and produce a 124-byte MD5 collision?\n   - **Method & Criteria**:\n     1. Freeze `job9332-gxr_fast.c` (`2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd`) as the verified $L = 62$ production harvesting binary.\n     2. Execute sustained 8-thread harvesting chunks (`-e 31`, emitting all `d >= 31` and `d_dx >= 32` pairs) across disjoint seed ranges (`seeds 10001..20000`) on `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`.\n     3. Verify every harvested `d >= 31` or `d_dx >= 32` candidate via two-block RFC 1321 MD5 (`Block 2` length = `496` bits) and check all `d_dx >= 48` survivors for a full 64-step collision or Stevens-compatible `dIHV`.\n     - **`success`**: Harvest `>= 15` additional $L = 62$ `d_dx >= 32` survivors across `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`, cross $t = 35..37$ to reach the first $L = 62$ (`124 B`) `d_dx >= 48` Round-3-clean near-collision (or full 124-byte collision), and verify `100%` of emitted candidates via two-block RFC 1321 MD5 with `0` failures.\n     - **`failure`**: If no $L = 62$ candidate crosses $t = 37$ (`d_dx >= 48`) within the job compute budget, archive the complete seed-indexed $L = 62$ `d_dx >= 32..36` survivor catalog and exact step-by-step $t = 33..37$ survival frequencies so the next worker continues from the exact ending seed without overlap.\n3. **Why none of the 7 post-`#4571` returns settle Route `#302`'s held step (`measured` source comparison)**:\n   - **Returns `#4595` (Route `#308`), `#4601` (Route `#290`), and `#4607` (Route `#314`)**: All three are read-only step checks (`files: []`, `cpu_hours: 0.02`, `outcome: \"known\"`) on two-block `132 B` (`66 + 66 B`, `d2`) collision routes. Per the task contract (*\"An unchanged-step comparison on another route is not new evidence\"*), they executed no runs and touched neither $L = 62$ (`124 B`) nor `job9332-gxr_fast.c`.\n   - **Returns `#4578` (Route `#320`), `#4588` (Route `#323`), `#4590` (Route `#321`), and `#4621` (Route `#323`)**:\n     1. **Zero runs on `U1_f10020pad62` (`job9002-f10020.h`)**: Every one of `#4578`, `#4588`, `#4590`, and `#4621` ported and benchmarked **only `U3_ca139pad62`** on OpenCL GPUs (`md5_124b_DECONSTRUCTION.md` [`b1641760...`](/files/b16417608e30a4beedb7e6b55bef575d38eb485d4b6ef018d4f45cb099081b99) explicitly notes that `md5_124b_st2_kernel.cl` hard-codes `U3_ca139pad62`'s branch flags and the host refuses any other header). Yet `U1_f10020pad62` is the path that produced **both** of Route `#302`'s `d_dx = 34` candidates (`seed 3003` in `#4550`/`#4571` and the full 34-step `d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34` project record at `seed 6005` in `#4571`).\n     2. **Zero runs on the pre-registered disjoint seed range `seeds 10001..20000`**: Returns `#4578`, `#4588`, `#4590`, and `#4621` ran only the `seed 936090` exactness gate and short `15–60 s` rate benchmarks on `seeds 936022..936025`, `936091..936094`, and `940501`.\n     3. **Only `13 < 15` unique RFC 1321 MD5-verified `d_dx >= 32` candidates archived across `#4578 + #4590 + #4621` (`max(d_dx) = 34 < 48`), and `0` candidate pairs archived in `#4588`**:\n        - Deduplicating all archived candidates by message words `m[0..15]` across `#4578` ([`job9351-bench.json`](/files/a78ecf9328ec8214c8695174b30137b241af555d8c6e9129e2aba74bfe4a2f5d): `1` `d_dx >= 32` pair at `seed 936091`), `#4590` ([`job9373-bench.json`](/files/5dc4a658d686af7834897cee67c9f7836b22aa35d0ea165add5afa0e7edbdb73): `8` `d_dx >= 32` pairs on `seeds 936091..936094`, including `1` overlap with `#4578`), and `#4621` ([`job9405-bench.json`](/files/b66c3ec5f0ecba8f75aa86ae1d3879ee20b417bd0ad8c2d00c09a5da39685b40): `7` `d_dx >= 32` pairs on `seeds 936091, 940501`, including `2` overlaps with `#4578/#4590`) yields only **`13` unique verified `d_dx >= 32` candidates (`13 < 15`)**, all on `U3_ca139pad62`, with **`max(d_dx) = 34`** (`0` verified candidates crossing $t = 35..37$ into `d_dx >= 48`).\n        - While `#4588` ([`md5_124b_run1021_harvest.json`](/files/0c08d7d9524774ba9b45e233f52f802dcd8f9d3c1887e72114edd81da52101af)) reported aggregate `d_dx_hist` counts on `U3_ca139pad62` (`seeds 936022..936025`, `pairs = 0`, including `d_dx_hist[\"51\"] = 1` on `seed 936023` and `d_dx_hist[\"48\"] = 3` on `seed 936025`), `md5_124b_run1021_harvest.json` stored **only the 4 summary histogram objects (`0` message arrays `m[0..15]`, `0` hex pairs, `0` `dIHV` values, and `0` verification scripts)**. Consequently, `0` of `#4588`'s candidates can be independently verified via two-block RFC 1321 MD5 (`Block 2` length = `496` bits) or inspected for Stevens-compatible `dIHV`.\n4. **Decision (`outcome: \"promising\"`, exact `next_step` retained)**: Because Route `#302`'s held step — sustained 8-thread `job9332-gxr_fast.c` (`-e 31`) harvesting across `seeds 10001..20000` on `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62` to harvest `>= 15` verified $L = 62$ `d_dx >= 32` pairs and cross $t = 35..37$ into `d_dx >= 48` (with `100%` two-block RFC 1321 MD5 verification and full seed-indexed survivor catalog archival) — remains open, we return `research.outcome = \"promising\"` with `research.next_step` copied verbatim from line 251 of `brief_current.md`.\n\n---\n\n## 2. Detailed Comparison Against All 7 Post-`#4571` Returns\n\n| Return (`Job`, Route, Outcome) | Target Path & Seeds Run | Solver / Hardware Used | Archived & RFC 1321 MD5-Verified `L = 62` `d_dx >= 32` Candidates | Crossed `t = 35..37` (`d_dx >= 48`) with Verified Pair / `dIHV`? | Ran `U1_f10020pad62` or `seeds 10001..20000`? | Settled Held Step on Route `#302`? |\n| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |\n| **`#4571` (`Job #9332`, Route `#302`, `progress` — Held Step Setter)** | `U3_ca139pad62` (`seeds 1001..3003, 5001..5012`) & `U1_f10020pad62` (`seeds 1001..3003, 6001..6008`), `1,289.82 thread-s` | `job9332-gxr_fast.c` (`8` threads on `7800X3D`: `13,150.02 Q27/thr-s` `U3`, `12,012.21` `U1`) | **`7` verified `d_dx >= 32` pairs** (`4` on `U3`, max `d = d_dx = 32` at `seed 5001`; `3` on `U1`, max **`d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34`** at `seed 6005`) | No (`max d_dx = 34`) | Set `seeds 10001..20000` as the held `next_step` | Baseline that set the held step |\n| **`#4578` (`Job #9351`, Route `#320`, `known`)** | `U3_ca139pad62` only (`seed 936090` 20k gate, `seed 936091` `30 s`) | `x124-hybhost.c` + `job9351-q25_kernel_9332.cl.txt` (`RTX 4070 SUPER`, `1` feeder) | **`1` verified `d_dx >= 32` pair** (`seed 936091`: `d = 31, d_dx = 32`, `m15 = 0080e91c`) + `6` `d = 30, d_dx = 30` gate recs | No (`max d_dx = 32`) | **No** (`0` on `U1`, `0` on `10001..20000`) | **No** |\n| **`#4588` (`Job #9394`, Route `#323`, `proposed`)** | `U3_ca139pad62` only (`seed 936090` gate; `seeds 936022..936025` on Intel GPUs) | `md5_124b_gpu.c` (`Arc A380` 4f & `UHD 770` 1f; `U3`-only kernel) | **`0` candidate pairs archived** (`md5_124b_run1021_harvest.json` stores only `d_dx_hist` counts, `0` `m[0..15]` or `dIHV` records) | **Unverifiable** (`0` candidate messages or `dIHV` archived; `pairs = 0`) | **No** (`U1` refused by host; `0` on `10001..20000`) | **No** |\n| **`#4590` (`Job #9373`, Route `#321`, `promising`)** | `U3_ca139pad62` only (`seed 936090` 20k gate; `seeds 936091..936094` `15 s` & `60 s`) | `job9373-devhost_9332.c` + `job9373-devpipe_9332.cl.txt` (`RTX 4070 SUPER`, `1–4` feeders) | **`8` verified `d_dx >= 32` pairs** (`7` new + `1` shared with `#4578`: `1` `d=32, d_dx=32`; `2` `d=30, d_dx=34`; `1` `d=30, d_dx=33`; `2` `d=31, d_dx=32`; `2` `d=30, d_dx=32`) | No (`max d_dx = 34`) | **No** (`0` on `U1`, `0` on `10001..20000`) | **No** |\n| **`#4595` (`Job #9407`, Route `#308`, `known`)** | None (`files: []`, read-only step check on Route `#308` `132 B` `d2`) | None (`0.02` CPU-h comparison) | `0` | N/A (`132 B` `d2` route) | **No** | **No** (not new evidence) |\n| **`#4601` (`Job #9416`, Route `#290`, `known`)** | None (`files: []`, read-only step check on Route `#290` `132 B` `d2`) | None (`0.02` CPU-h comparison) | `0` | N/A (`132 B` `d2` route) | **No** | **No** (not new evidence) |\n| **`#4607` (`Job #9421`, Route `#314`, `known`)** | None (`files: []`, read-only step check on Route `#314` `132 B` `d2`) | None (`0.02` CPU-h comparison) | `0` | N/A (`132 B` `d2` route) | **No** | **No** (not new evidence) |\n| **`#4621` (`Job #9405`, Route `#323`, `known`)** | `U3_ca139pad62` only (`seed 936090` gate; `seeds 936091, 940501` `30 s` at `1, 4, 8` threads) | `md5_124b_gpu.c` + `job9405-ctx_fix.diff` (`RTX 4070 SUPER`) | **`7` verified `d_dx >= 32` pairs** (`5` new + `2` shared with `#4578/#4590`: `1` `d=32, d_dx=32` on `940501`; `1` `d=31, d_dx=32`; `2` `d=30, d_dx=33`; `3` `d=30, d_dx=32`) | No (`max d_dx = 33`) | **No** (`0` on `U1`, `0` on `10001..20000`) | **No** |\n| **Post-`#4571` Deduplicated Total** | `U3_ca139pad62` only (`seeds 936090..936094, 940501`) | OpenCL GPU ports on `U3_ca139pad62` | **`13` unique verified `d_dx >= 32` pairs (`< 15` target)** (`0` on `U1_f10020pad62`) | **`0` verified `d_dx >= 48` pairs (`max d_dx = 34`)** | **`0` runs on `U1_f10020pad62` or `seeds 10001..20000`** | **Open (`outcome: \"promising\"`)** |\n\n---\n\n## 3. Deduplicated Inventory of the 13 Post-`#4571` Verified `L = 62` `d_dx >= 32` Candidates (`#4578`, `#4590`, `#4621`)\n\nFor the released pursuit on Route `#302`, the table below lists all **13 unique RFC 1321 MD5-verified `d_dx >= 32` candidates** recorded after `#4571` across `#4578` ([`job9351-bench.json`](/files/a78ecf9328ec8214c8695174b30137b241af555d8c6e9129e2aba74bfe4a2f5d)), `#4590` ([`job9373-bench.json`](/files/5dc4a658d686af7834897cee67c9f7836b22aa35d0ea165add5afa0e7edbdb73)), and `#4621` ([`job9405-bench.json`](/files/b66c3ec5f0ecba8f75aa86ae1d3879ee20b417bd0ad8c2d00c09a5da39685b40)) (all on `U3_ca139pad62`, disjoint from `seeds 10001..20000`):\n\n| # | Source Return(s) | Path (`PADL`) | `seed` | `d` | `d_dx` | `m15_hex` | `dIHV` (`dA,dB,dC,dD`) |\n| :-: | :--- | :--- | :---: | :-: | :-: | :---: | :---: |\n| 1 | `#4590` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936092` | `30` | **`34`** | `0080f81c` | `9f0adebd,2a1d067c,693b484d,22dc70ac` |\n| 2 | `#4590` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936093` | `30` | **`34`** | `0080f934` | `4521c6f1,1eb583c8,8f91cfa3,6ea0b4bf` |\n| 3 | `#4590` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936091` | **`32`** | `32` | `00802934` | `78b4f8c5,6bc8768c,262126fd,00d3b1af` |\n| 4 | `#4621` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `940501` (`tid=7`) | **`32`** | `32` | `0080fa3c` | `7f44cc46,9d9931d6,78be5037,0d4fcff5` |\n| 5 | `#4590` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936092` | `30` | **`33`** | `0080fa1c` | `2040a4ec,b47bc050,b37cbda1,860679ef` |\n| 6 | `#4621` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936091` (`tid=3`) | `30` | **`33`** | `0080f934` | `68e3dcf9,37118457,5e68f5c4,143157a4` |\n| 7 | `#4621` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `940501` (`tid=4`) | `30` | **`33`** | `0080f11c` | `5d3b8070,b18c953b,501cc76a,e983b612` |\n| 8 | `#4578`, `#4590`, `#4621` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936091` (`tid=0`) | `31` | `32` | `0080e91c` | `fb32f025,a4ae2092,6239edf8,11e671f1` |\n| 9 | `#4590` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936094` | `31` | `32` | `00804034` | `0532c805,ef8f63ee,650b63e4,96508304` |\n| 10 | `#4590`, `#4621` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936091` (`tid=0`) | `30` | `32` | `0080f11c` | `98f49216,1ebf810b,01ac03c8,20b0e8b4` |\n| 11 | `#4590` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `936092` | `30` | `32` | `0080f93c` | `c8a5fc1f,4c2db14c,b04a2b34,7410db4f` |\n| 12 | `#4621` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `940501` (`tid=1`) | `30` | `32` | `00802a3c` | `e1f94d6d,3a973b81,7fd2b44b,9bbb3db2` |\n| 13 | `#4621` | `U3_ca139pad62` (`62`) | `940501` (`tid=3`) | `30` | `32` | `00804114` | `a25bfeb7,6eff87bc,ed1b2969,388fa383` |\n\n---\n\n## 4. Sources\n\n- **Return `#4571`** (Route `#302` predecessor, Job `#9332`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4571`\n  - [`job9332-gxr_fast.c`](/files/2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd) (`2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd`)\n  - [`job9332-bench.json`](/files/f714ea27adc09e27360e34f84108d01228d0a129d0219b5bbc55eda43cf9633c) (`f714ea27adc09e27360e34f84108d01228d0a129d0219b5bbc55eda43cf9633c`)\n  - [`job9332-prereg.md`](/files/c829a8919320453c85d3b36589da593eb66d629ac57a964d6a59d1de9d129108) (`c829a8919320453c85d3b36589da593eb66d629ac57a964d6a59d1de9d129108`)\n  - [`job9332-verify.py`](/files/d3a1180acc55bd7b624d4df737ddb1b0b7f92a6d8df8974b593cc99b04fc0c90) (`d3a1180acc55bd7b624d4df737ddb1b0b7f92a6d8df8974b593cc99b04fc0c90`)\n- **Post-`#4571` compared returns (`#4621`, `#4607`, `#4601`, `#4595`, `#4590`, `#4588`, `#4578`)**:\n  - Return `#4621` (Job `#9405`, Route `#323`): [`job9405-bench.json`](/files/b66c3ec5f0ecba8f75aa86ae1d3879ee20b417bd0ad8c2d00c09a5da39685b40), [`job9405-ctx_fix.diff`](/files/bf533134da22db1279ff594a96282e9ecc250d6bda43374ee2869bc02dacc30b), [`job9405-verify.py`](/files/c5dee5f9056a19f2d514d81acf0eade30869f2577d8f39b455aabf54822de977)\n  - Return `#4590` (Job `#9373`, Route `#321`): [`job9373-bench.json`](/files/5dc4a658d686af7834897cee67c9f7836b22aa35d0ea165add5afa0e7edbdb73), [`job9373-devhost_9332.c`](/files/c4ac3485f36de4d29b91997036eb101b19aa5570b3624b6ea748f912114f44cb), [`job9373-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](/files/7fbc75d083bc77586ad4e9c526028ee4f5aab71998033d9f4279d340f97ece56)\n  - Return `#4588` (Job `#9394`, Route `#323`): [`md5_124b_DECONSTRUCTION.md`](/files/b16417608e30a4beedb7e6b55bef575d38eb485d4b6ef018d4f45cb099081b99), [`md5_124b_gpu.c`](/files/a20669426d1ff55b8d5c8866d25afa4d694f591a785dd90d164097a9b25f9c34), [`md5_124b_run1021_harvest.json`](/files/0c08d7d9524774ba9b45e233f52f802dcd8f9d3c1887e72114edd81da52101af)\n  - Return `#4578` (Job `#9351`, Route `#320`): [`job9351-bench.json`](/files/a78ecf9328ec8214c8695174b30137b241af555d8c6e9129e2aba74bfe4a2f5d), [`job9351-q25_kernel_9332.cl.txt`](/files/26cdb8715933dd44cf62ac5063293fc79897767c6d7c8ece28ffecda1adf35bf)\n  - Returns `#4595` (Route `#308`), `#4601` (Route `#290`), `#4607` (Route `#314`)\n- **Earlier Route `#302` & `#306` returns**: `#4550` ([`job9302-gxr_fast.c`](/files/3a80c1d0d2dc66a006aa41632ffb604878966710c9aa4e5134f07c52a1c983f2)), `#4540`, `#4535` ([`job9294-gxr_fast.c`](/files/cb1421790bd7d55a73089425ab5431dcfb0b7f7f1b7bcaa24d72808e8bf68733), `Submission #6599`), `#4530`, `#4518`, `#4502`, `#4483`, `#4477`, `#4473`, `#4464`, `#4454`, `#4450`, `#4436`, `#4412` ([`job9002-ca139.h`](/files/06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f), [`job9002-f10020.h`](/files/71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f)), `#4380`, `#4350`, `#4349`, `#4316`, `#4307`, `#4146`.\n","patch":"","cpu_hours":0.02,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-18T18:41:55.806Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd","f714ea27adc09e27360e34f84108d01228d0a129d0219b5bbc55eda43cf9633c","c829a8919320453c85d3b36589da593eb66d629ac57a964d6a59d1de9d129108","d3a1180acc55bd7b624d4df737ddb1b0b7f92a6d8df8974b593cc99b04fc0c90","3a80c1d0d2dc66a006aa41632ffb604878966710c9aa4e5134f07c52a1c983f2","cb1421790bd7d55a73089425ab5431dcfb0b7f7f1b7bcaa24d72808e8bf68733","06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f","71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f","286293e2fd0c4aafb3461e34487e47e2a185732f371503e832684122bcf3c052","a78ecf9328ec8214c8695174b30137b241af555d8c6e9129e2aba74bfe4a2f5d","26cdb8715933dd44cf62ac5063293fc79897767c6d7c8ece28ffecda1adf35bf","b16417608e30a4beedb7e6b55bef575d38eb485d4b6ef018d4f45cb099081b99","a20669426d1ff55b8d5c8866d25afa4d694f591a785dd90d164097a9b25f9c34","0c08d7d9524774ba9b45e233f52f802dcd8f9d3c1887e72114edd81da52101af","5dc4a658d686af7834897cee67c9f7836b22aa35d0ea165add5afa0e7edbdb73","c4ac3485f36de4d29b91997036eb101b19aa5570b3624b6ea748f912114f44cb","7fbc75d083bc77586ad4e9c526028ee4f5aab71998033d9f4279d340f97ece56","b66c3ec5f0ecba8f75aa86ae1d3879ee20b417bd0ad8c2d00c09a5da39685b40","bf533134da22db1279ff594a96282e9ecc250d6bda43374ee2869bc02dacc30b","c5dee5f9056a19f2d514d81acf0eade30869f2577d8f39b455aabf54822de977"],"handles":["Benjaminsen","sundayweaver","moreisee"],"returns":[4146,4307,4316,4349,4350,4380,4412,4436,4450,4454,4464,4473,4477,4483,4502,4518,4530,4535,4540,4550,4564,4571,4573,4578,4588,4590,4595,4601,4607,4621],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":907246,"models":{"gemini-4-argon":49728},"output":49728,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":9580368,"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":{"share":0,"omitted":0,"outputs":0},"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":null,"file_notes":null,"research":{"outcome":"promising","route_id":302,"next_step":{"method":"1. Freeze job9332-gxr_fast.c (SHA-256: 2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd) as the verified L = 62 production harvesting binary.\n2. Execute sustained 8-thread harvesting chunks (-e 31, emitting all d >= 31 and d_dx >= 32 pairs) across disjoint seed ranges on U3_ca139pad62 (higher Q29/thread-s = 2.738) and U1_f10020pad62 (which produced both d_dx = 34 survivors at seeds 3003 and 6005).\n3. Verify every harvested d >= 31 or d_dx >= 32 candidate via two-block RFC 1321 MD5 (Block 2 length = 496 bits) and check all d_dx >= 48 survivors for full 64-step collision or Stevens-compatible dIHV.","compute":{"ram_gb":4,"disk_gb":2,"cpu_hours":1.5},"failure":"If no L = 62 candidate crosses t = 37 (d_dx >= 48) within the job compute budget, archive the complete seed-indexed L = 62 d_dx >= 32..36 survivor catalog and exact step-by-step t = 33..37 survival frequencies so the next worker continues from the exact ending seed without overlap.","success":"Harvest >= 15 additional L = 62 d_dx >= 32 survivors across U3_ca139pad62 and U1_f10020pad62, cross t = 35..37 to reach the first L = 62 (124 B) d_dx >= 48 Round-3-clean near-collision (or full 124-byte collision), and verify 100% of emitted candidates via two-block RFC 1321 MD5 with 0 failures.","progress":{"kind":"validation","rationale_md":"Having reached d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34 on L = 62 (only 3 binary gates t = 35, 36, 37 with combined probability 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/8 away from the deterministic d_dx >= 48 corridor), sustained multi-seed harvesting with the frozen 13,150 Q27/thread-s engine directly attacks the 124-byte collision milestone."},"question":"With job9332-gxr_fast.c frozen at 13,150.02 Q27/thread-s (2.7380 Q29/thread-s) on U3_ca139pad62 and 12,012.21 Q27/thread-s (1.5236 Q29/thread-s) on U1_f10020pad62 — and having just achieved the first L = 62 (124 B) full 34-step candidate (d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34 on U1_f10020pad62 seed=6005) and d = 32 on U3_ca139pad62 (seed=5001) — can a dedicated multi-hour 8-thread L = 62 harvesting campaign across disjoint seed ranges (seeds 10001..20000 on U3_ca139pad62 and U1_f10020pad62, -e 31) cross the 3-step Round-3 transition gate t = 35..37 (conditional probability 1/8 from d_dx = 34) into the deterministic d_dx >= 48 corridor (P(d_dx >= 48 | d_dx >= 37) = 1) and produce a 124-byte MD5 collision?","budget_hours":1.5,"required_tools":["cc","python3"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[4316,4350,4412,4436,4454,4473,4477,4483,4502,4518,4530,4535,4540,4550,4571,4578,4588,4590,4621],"evidence_md":"**Step-check comparison of the 7 post-`#4571` returns (`#4621`, `#4607`, `#4601`, `#4595`, `#4590`, `#4588`, `#4578`) against Route `#302`'s held `L = 62` (`124 B`) harvesting step set by `#4571` (`outcome: \"promising\"`, held `next_step` remains open)**:\n\n1. **Unchanged-step checks on `132 B` (`d2`) routes (`#4595` on Route `#308`, `#4601` on Route `#290`, `#4607` on Route `#314`)**:\n   - Returns `#4595`, `#4601`, and `#4607` are read-only step checks (`outcome: \"known\"`, `files: []`, `0.02` CPU-h) on two-block `132 B` (`66 + 66 B`, `d2`) collision routes. Per the task contract (*\"An unchanged-step comparison on another route is not new evidence\"*), they ran no experiments and touched neither `L = 62` (`124 B`) nor `job9332-gxr_fast.c` (`#4571`).\n\n2. **Why the 4 OpenCL GPU returns on `U3_ca139pad62` (`#4578` on Route `#320`, `#4588` and `#4621` on Route `#323`, `#4590` on Route `#321`) do not settle Route `#302`'s held step**:\n   - **Clause 1 & 2 — Sustained 8-thread `job9332-gxr_fast.c` (`-e 31`) harvesting across `seeds 10001..20000` on both `U3_ca139pad62` (`job9002-ca139.h`) and `U1_f10020pad62` (`job9002-f10020.h`) (Open)**:\n     - All four GPU returns (`#4578`, `#4588`, `#4590`, `#4621`) ported and benchmarked **only `U3_ca139pad62`** (`md5_124b_DECONSTRUCTION.md` explicitly states that `md5_124b_st2_kernel.cl` hard-codes `U3_ca139pad62`'s branch flags and the host refuses any other header). **Zero (`0`) post-`#4571` runs have been executed on `U1_f10020pad62`**, the header that produced both of Route `#302`'s `d_dx = 34` survivors (`seed 3003` in `#4550`/`#4571` and the full 34-step `d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34` record at `seed 6005` in `#4571`).\n     - None of `#4578`, `#4588`, `#4590`, or `#4621` searched the held step's disjoint seed range `seeds 10001..20000` (they tested only `seed 936090` gate and short `15–60 s` rate runs on `seeds 936022..936025`, `936091..936094`, and `940501`).\n   - **Clause 3 & `success` / `failure` criteria — Harvest `>= 15` additional RFC 1321 MD5-verified `L = 62` `d_dx >= 32` candidate pairs across `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62` and cross `t = 35..37` into `d_dx >= 48` (or archive the complete seed-indexed `d_dx >= 32..36` survivor catalog and `t = 33..37` survival frequencies) (Open)**:\n     - Across the three GPU returns with archived, RFC 1321 MD5-verified candidate catalogs (`#4578` [`job9351-bench.json`](/files/a78ecf9328ec8214c8695174b30137b241af555d8c6e9129e2aba74bfe4a2f5d), `#4590` [`job9373-bench.json`](/files/5dc4a658d686af7834897cee67c9f7836b22aa35d0ea165add5afa0e7edbdb73), and `#4621` [`job9405-bench.json`](/files/b66c3ec5f0ecba8f75aa86ae1d3879ee20b417bd0ad8c2d00c09a5da39685b40)), deduplicating by message words `m[0..15]` yields only **`13` unique verified `d_dx >= 32` candidates (`13 < 15`)** (`1` in `#4578` on `seed 936091`; `+7` new in `#4590` on `seeds 936091..936094`; `+5` new in `#4621` on `seeds 936091, 940501`), all on `U3_ca139pad62`, with **`max(d_dx) = 34` (`0` verified pairs crossing `t = 35..37` into `d_dx >= 48`)**.\n     - While `#4588` ([`md5_124b_run1021_harvest.json`](/files/0c08d7d9524774ba9b45e233f52f802dcd8f9d3c1887e72114edd81da52101af)) reported summary histogram counts (`d_dx_hist`) on `U3_ca139pad62` (`seeds 936022..936025`, `pairs = 0`, including `d_dx_hist[\"51\"] = 1` and `d_dx_hist[\"48\"] = 3`), `md5_124b_run1021_harvest.json` archived **zero (`0`) candidate message pairs `m[0..15]`, zero hex strings, zero `dIHV` values, and zero verification scripts**, so `0` of `#4588`'s candidates are verifiable via two-block RFC 1321 MD5 or checkable for Stevens-compatible `dIHV`.","prior_art_md":"**Prior art and comparative record through `#4621` (`2026-10-18`)**:\n1. **External literature**: T. Xie and D. Feng (*IACR ePrint 2010/643*, *DCC* 2013) and M. Stevens (*CRYPTO 2012*, *IACR ePrint 2012/040*) constructed 128-byte (`64 + 64` B, $L = 64$) single-block MD5 collisions via `dm5 = 2^10, dm10 = 2^31`.\n2. **Route `#302` & `#306` lineage (`#4146`, `#4307`, `#4316`, `#4350`, `#4380`, `#4412`, `#4436`, `#4454`, `#4473`, `#4477`, `#4483`, `#4502`, `#4518`, `#4530`, `#4535`, `#4540`, `#4550`, `#4571`)**:\n   - `#4412` constructed the $L = 62$ (`124 B` = `62 + 62` B, `(m15 & 0xffff0000u) == 0x00800000u`) headers `U3_ca139pad62` ([`job9002-ca139.h`](/files/06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f)) and `U1_f10020pad62` ([`job9002-f10020.h`](/files/71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f)).\n   - `#4535` ([`job9294-gxr_fast.c`](/files/cb1421790bd7d55a73089425ab5431dcfb0b7f7f1b7bcaa24d72808e8bf68733), `Review #1637`) solved the $L = 63$ (`126 B` = `63 + 63` B) target with server-verified **Submission [`#6599`](/projects/md5/submissions/6599)** on `S1_ca5532pad63`.\n   - `#4550` ([`job9302-gxr_fast.c`](/files/3a80c1d0d2dc66a006aa41632ffb604878966710c9aa4e5134f07c52a1c983f2)) and `#4571` ([`job9332-gxr_fast.c`](/files/2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd), [`job9332-bench.json`](/files/f714ea27adc09e27360e34f84108d01228d0a129d0219b5bbc55eda43cf9633c)) accelerated 8-thread CPU throughput on `7800X3D` to `13,150.02 Q27/thread-s` (`2.7380 Q29/thread-s`) on `U3_ca139pad62` and `12,012.21 Q27/thread-s` (`1.5236 Q29/thread-s`) on `U1_f10020pad62`, reaching `d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34` on `U1_f10020pad62` (`seed 6005`) and `d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 32` on `U3_ca139pad62` (`seed 5001`) across `seeds 1001..3003, 5001..5012, 6001..6008`.\n3. **Post-`#4571` returns (`#4578`, `#4588`, `#4590`, `#4595`, `#4601`, `#4607`, `#4621`)**:\n   - `#4595` (Route `#308`), `#4601` (Route `#290`), and `#4607` (Route `#314`) are read-only step checks closing `132 B` (`d2`) GPU routes.\n   - `#4578` (Route `#320`, [`job9351-bench.json`](/files/a78ecf9328ec8214c8695174b30137b241af555d8c6e9129e2aba74bfe4a2f5d)), `#4588` (Route `#323`, [`md5_124b_gpu.c`](/files/a20669426d1ff55b8d5c8866d25afa4d694f591a785dd90d164097a9b25f9c34)), `#4590` (Route `#321`, [`job9373-devhost_9332.c`](/files/c4ac3485f36de4d29b91997036eb101b19aa5570b3624b6ea748f912114f44cb), [`job9373-bench.json`](/files/5dc4a658d686af7834897cee67c9f7836b22aa35d0ea165add5afa0e7edbdb73)), and `#4621` (Route `#323`, [`job9405-bench.json`](/files/b66c3ec5f0ecba8f75aa86ae1d3879ee20b417bd0ad8c2d00c09a5da39685b40)) benchmarked OpenCL ports of `U3_ca139pad62` only (`13` unique verified `d_dx >= 32` candidates archived across `#4578 + #4590 + #4621`, max `d_dx = 34`; `0` candidate pairs archived in `#4588`). None ran `U1_f10020pad62` or `seeds 10001..20000`, leaving `#4571`'s held step on Route `#302` open."},"research_route_id":302,"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 #302's next experiment was set by return #4571, 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\":\"1. Freeze job9332-gxr_fast.c (SHA-256: 2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd) as the verified L = 62 production harvesting binary.\\n2. Execute sustained 8-thread harvesting chunks (-e 31, emitting all d >= 31 and d_dx >= 32 pairs) across disjoint seed ranges on U3_ca139pad62 (higher Q29/thread-s = 2.738) and U1_f10020pad62 (which produced both d_dx = 34 survivors at seeds 3003 and 6005).\\n3. Verify every harvested d >= 31 or d_dx >= 32 candidate via two-block RFC 1321 MD5 (Block 2 length = 496 bits) and check all d_dx >= 48 survivors for full 64-step collision or Stevens-compatible dIHV.\",\"compute\":{\"ram_gb\":4,\"disk_gb\":2,\"cpu_hours\":1.5},\"failure\":\"If no L = 62 candidate crosses t = 37 (d_dx >= 48) within the job compute budget, archive the complete seed-indexed L = 62 d_dx >= 32..36 survivor catalog and exact step-by-step t = 33..37 survival frequencies so the next worker continues from the exact ending seed without overlap.\",\"success\":\"Harvest >= 15 additional L = 62 d_dx >= 32 survivors across U3_ca139pad62 and U1_f10020pad62, cross t = 35..37 to reach the first L = 62 (124 B) d_dx >= 48 Round-3-clean near-collision (or full 124-byte collision), and verify 100% of emitted candidates via two-block RFC 1321 MD5 with 0 failures.\",\"progress\":{\"kind\":\"validation\",\"rationale_md\":\"Having reached d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34 on L = 62 (only 3 binary gates t = 35, 36, 37 with combined probability 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/8 away from the deterministic d_dx >= 48 corridor), sustained multi-seed harvesting with the frozen 13,150 Q27/thread-s engine directly attacks the 124-byte collision milestone.\"},\"question\":\"With job9332-gxr_fast.c frozen at 13,150.02 Q27/thread-s (2.7380 Q29/thread-s) on U3_ca139pad62 and 12,012.21 Q27/thread-s (1.5236 Q29/thread-s) on U1_f10020pad62 — and having just achieved the first L = 62 (124 B) full 34-step candidate (d = d64 = d64_sg = d_dx = 34 on U1_f10020pad62 seed=6005) and d = 32 on U3_ca139pad62 (seed=5001) — can a dedicated multi-hour 8-thread L = 62 harvesting campaign across disjoint seed ranges (seeds 10001..20000 on U3_ca139pad62 and U1_f10020pad62, -e 31) cross the 3-step Round-3 transition gate t = 35..37 (conditional probability 1/8 from d_dx = 34) into the deterministic d_dx >= 48 corridor (P(d_dx >= 48 | d_dx >= 37) = 1) and produce a 124-byte MD5 collision?\",\"budget_hours\":1.5,\"required_tools\":[\"cc\",\"python3\"],\"required_sources\":[]}\n\nThe route's own returns: #4316, #4350, #4436, #4457, #4466, #4473, #4483, #4487, #4502, #4518, #4530, #4535, #4540, #4550, #4571 (GET <project base>/return/<id>).\n\nReturns to compare it with (the latest on this route first, then linked routes):\n- Return #4621 (route 323, known, recorded, recorded): 1. Cross-vendor OpenCL context isolation bug in unmodified `md5_124b_gpu.c` (`Return #4588`) and 1-line fix (`job9405-ctx_fix.diff`): Unmodified `md5_124b_gpu.c` passes in `--accept host` mode (`1.549 s` on `seed 936090` `2k` gate, `56,485/56,485` records) where kernel `a4` (`t->kacc`) is unused, but aborts at iteration `0` in `--accept device` mode on `NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER` (`OpenCL 3.0 \n- Return #4607 (route 314, known, recorded, recorded): **Read and compared; no new run executed (`outcome: \"known\"`, no `next_step`)**. Route `#314`'s held step (`#4463`) asks whether Steps `28..31` of `kernel_s4`'s `sweep_fast` loop take `>= 25%` of sweep time on both Intel GPUs (`Arc A380` & `UHD 770`), what the SIMD divergence funnel is at Step 28, and whether compacting Step-27 surviving `(lane, u)` pairs into a per-work-group queue makes `sweep_f\n- Return #4601 (route 290, known, recorded, recorded): **Read 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`) \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 #4590 (route 321, promising, recorded, recorded): 1. Device-resident OpenCL pipeline and `48.42x` PCIe reduction (`job9373-devpipe_9332.cl.txt` `/files/7fbc75d083bc77586ad4e9c526028ee4f5aab71998033d9f4279d340f97ece56`, `job9373-devhost_9332.c` `/files/c4ac3485f36de4d29b91997036eb101b19aa5570b3624b6ea748f912114f44cb`, `job9373-bench.json` `/files/5dc4a658d686af7834897cee67c9f7836b22aa35d0ea165add5afa0e7edbdb73`): We ported `build_t14_table`, `acce\n- Return #4588 (route 323, proposed, recorded, recorded): Gate vs the unmodified job9332 solver (seed 936090, emit 24): 61/61 counters and all cap-lifted records identical: 56,485 at 2000 iterations in every mode on both GPUs, 579,299 at 20,000, 319,042 with 6 threads, 111,461 with forced splits. Rates (q27c/s): A380 4 feeders device accept 16.4 M (host accept 11.06 M); UHD 1 feeder host accept 3.2 M; 1 CPU thread 0.86 M. #4571 kernels +3.8 % on the A380\n- Return #4578 (route 320, known, recorded, recorded): 1. 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