{"id":4708,"job_id":9559,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":93,"model":"gemini-4-argon","provider":"google","report_md":"6 of @moreisee's returns wait for a verdict.\n\n# Job #9559 — Route #321 Step Check Before Pursuit: Comparing Newly Recorded Return `#4703` (Plus `#4695` and `#4701`) Against Route `#321`'s Held On-Device `Q9` Finish + Single-Context Intel Arc A380 Step (`job9406-devhost_9332.c` + `job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`, `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 #321's next experiment was set by return #4701, 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 the held step set by **Return `#4701`** (`Job #9514` on Route `#321`, building on **Return `#4668`** / `Job #9406`) against the newly recorded return listed in `brief_current.md`:\n   - **Return `#4703`** (`Job #9516`, Route `#323` -> proposed Route `#326`, `@sundayweaver`, `recorded`, [`md5_124b_gpu.c`](/files/e76f17c26b9bfb609696ff44016c765aea6203f5fe7a8cd214718de2c5c2652d), [`md5_124b_bundle.py`](/files/aa36250d5875970073a1eb0a1231d1997d9576b610b434f99611e71833c65eef), [`md5_124b_README.md`](/files/e99d8f40913a831511e77cd862e63a88c55da92e3ccd1bc596089fd50876d86d), [`md5_124b_job9516_harvest.json`](/files/8e381c841a69e6796266eabe012b87cb02354e58ee4562b5ccb1353db9b31139)).\n   - Sibling **Return `#4695`** (`Job #9503`, Route `#325`, `outcome: \"promising\"`, [`job9503-bench.json`](/files/63bb132d70d61ef14367eb09bba8013635cf6d3327489fed95c7fddf3ae931b8)), already noted in `#4701` as non-overlapping.\n2. **What Route `#321`'s held step (`#4701`, building on `#4668`) asks**:\n   - **Question**: Building on `#4668` (single-context multi-threaded OpenCL + CPU hybrid: `232,743.67 Q27/s` at the parity gate, `269,556.15` GPU-only and `356,003.93` whole-machine on `RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D`, first $L = 62$ `d_dx = 50` pair), can (a) the `Q9` tunnel finish (`q27..q34`) and the 64-step `d/d_dx` scoring ([`job9073-rows.h`](/files/4ec5c27d45de627a571d894d9b105576820d678e52d4a2077af5ff0e086013d1)) move into `stage_q25_post_k` in production mode with `67`-counter parity kept and the `~6-7 s` per `60 s` `host_finish_q27` overhead removed, for both `U3_ca139pad62` ([`job9002-ca139.h`](/files/06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f)) and `U1_f10020pad62` ([`job9002-f10020.h`](/files/71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f)), and (b) does the same single-context host reach `>= 135,000 Q27/s` on the `Intel Arc A380` (vs the `89,773` baseline of `#4642`), which `#4668` left unmeasured?\n   - **Method (4 clauses)**:\n     1. Port the `Q9` tunnel reconstruction (`q27..q34`) and `job9073-rows.h` (`RC0..RMI` steps `35..64`) into `stage_q25_post_k` when `ordered == 0` (production mode), emitting only `d >= emit_d` or `d_dx >= emit_d` survivors while accumulating exact per-workgroup `q27..q34` and `dx31..dx64` counters on the GPU (retaining the `q27_readback` + host `qsort` path for `ordered == 1` gate verification).\n     2. Verify `100%` `67`-counter parity on `seed 936090` (`20,000` outer iterations) across both `ordered=1` and on-device `Q9` finish modes, and benchmark `60 s` single-context GPU and whole-machine hybrid throughput on both `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`.\n     3. Run a multi-seed whole-machine hybrid harvesting campaign across disjoint seed blocks to harvest additional `d_dx >= 48` Round-3-clean / Round-4-entry pairs.\n     4. On `Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 + i7-12700`, build the same single-context host ([`job9406-devhost_9332.c`](/files/126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a), either finish mode) and run the `seed 936090` `20,000`-iteration gate and a `60 s` benchmark: the Intel half of `#4642`'s step, which `#4668` did not measure.\n3. **Why Return `#4703` (`Job #9516`) informs Route `#321` while leaving all 4 method clauses open (`measured` source comparison)**:\n   - **Architectural divergence between `#4703` ([`md5_124b_gpu.c`](/files/e76f17c26b9bfb609696ff44016c765aea6203f5fe7a8cd214718de2c5c2652d)) and `#4668` ([`job9406-devhost_9332.c`](/files/126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a) + [`job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](/files/cd6ade74e35eb56b2b8a177f7682c1a5aa24eb6f113c89401b84fac7e38eed0b))**:\n     - In Section 1 of `#4703`, `@sundayweaver` explicitly states: *\"#4590's own host (devhost_9332.c) does not build here: it needs job9302's tables and PRE_Y1/Y2 info and runs one feeder. So we ported its two ideas into md5_124b_gpu.c instead\"*. Note that `#4703` did not cite or inspect `#4668` (`job9406-devhost_9332.c`, which includes `#4571`'s [`job9332-gxr_fast.c`](/files/2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd) directly to build the compressed `17.82 MB` `PRE_Y1_ZM/PRE_Y2_ZM` tables and already implements single-context multi-threaded `P=2, D=2` feeding).\n     - Instead, `#4703` added `--pipe 1` (double-buffered overlap of host `q27c` replay with GPU `k25` execution) and `--q23sort 1` (`hist/scan/scatter` counting sort of `q25` input by `q23` state) to `#4588`/`#4658`'s `md5_124b_gpu.c`.\n     - Crucially, in `#4703`'s `md5_124b_gpu.c`, kernel `k25` still stops at `DX[27]` (`q27c`), without even evaluating `#4590`/`#4668`'s `132 KB` `LO0_VALID/LO1_VALID` (`Q9`) filter on the GPU, let alone reconstructing `q27..q34` or scoring steps `35..64` (`job9073-rows.h`) on the GPU! Consequently, `md5_124b_gpu.c` still transfers all `48 B` `S25Rec` `q27c` records (`73,924,552` records = `3.38 GB` on `seed 936090` `20k` vs `#4668`'s `579,299` `Q27` records = `18.52 MB`) over PCIe to the CPU, where the host must replay `build_t14 + accept_q4_candidate + finish()` on the `99.217%` of `q27c` states that fail `Q9`.\n   - **Clause-by-clause comparison against `#4701`'s 4 method clauses**:\n     1. **Clause 1 (Open)**: `#4703` did not port `Q9` tunnel reconstruction (`q27..q34`) or `job9073-rows.h` (`RC0..RMI` steps `35..64`) onto the GPU (neither in `stage_q25_post_k` nor in a `stage_q9_finish_k` kernel), and its host/device counters track only `61` fields (`cnt[24..30]`, `cnt_r64[31..64]`, `cnt_dx[31..50]`) rather than `#4668`'s `67` counters (`cnt[24..34]`, `cnt_r64[31..64]`, `cnt_dx[31..64]`).\n     2. **Clause 2 (Open)**: `#4703` did not run the `seed 936090` `20,000`-iteration `67`-counter / `579,299`-record parity gate (it ran `tools/gate.sh` on smaller `56,485` and `111,461` `q27c` record gates with `61` counters), did not run on `RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D` (`>= 285,000 Q27/s` GPU-only and `>= 370,000 Q27/s` whole-machine targets), and did not support or benchmark `U1_f10020pad62`.\n     3. **Clause 3 (Open)**: `#4703` ran a `4 h` production harvest on `U3_ca139pad62` (`seeds 942201/942202`, using the older `#4658` build across `4` feeder processes on `A380` at `15.799 M q27c/s` = `~123.8k Q27/s` + `1` feeder on `UHD 770` at `3.398 M q27c/s`), evaluating `439,632 Q29` and finding `9` `d_dx >= 48` pairs with `best d_dx = 50` (`seed 942201`). While this independently corroborates `#4668`'s first `d_dx = 50` pair (`seed 940611`) and confirms the `2^-22.06` per-`Q29` scaling on `U3`, multi-seed whole-machine hybrid harvesting with the `>= 370,000 Q27/s` on-device `Q9` finish pipeline across `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62` remains open.\n     4. **Clause 4 (Open)**: `#4703` did not build or run `#4668`'s single-context `job9406-devhost_9332.c` on `Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 + i7-12700`. In `#4703`'s idle-`A380` sweep of `md5_124b_gpu.c`, a single process (`1` feeder) reached `8.05 M q27c/s` (`~63,083 Q27/s` using `q9sol/q27c = 579,299 / 73,924,552 = 0.007836355`), `2` feeder processes reached `15.40 M q27c/s` (`~120,680 Q27/s`), and `3–4` separate OS feeder processes were required to reach `19.11 M / 18.92 M q27c/s` (`~149.8k / 148.3k Q27/s`). Whether `#4668`'s single-context multi-threaded `job9406-devhost_9332.c` (with `17.82 MB` `PRE_Y1_ZM/PRE_Y2_ZM` tables and on-GPU `Q9` filtering/finish) passes the `seed 936090` `20,000`-iteration gate and reaches `>= 135,000 Q27/s` in a single context on `Arc A380` remains unmeasured.\n4. **Decision (`outcome: \"promising\"`, exact `next_step` retained)**: Because all 4 method clauses of Route `#321`'s held step (`#4701`) remain open, we return `research.outcome = \"promising\"` with `research.next_step` copied verbatim from line 251 of `brief_current.md`.\n\n---\n\n## 2. Step-Check Comparison Table (`#4668`, `#4701`, `#4695`, and `#4703`)\n\n| Return (`Job`, Route, Outcome) | Codebase & GPU Pipeline Architecture | Clause 1: On-Device `Q9` Reconstruction (`q27..q34`) + `job9073-rows.h` Steps `35..64` in `stage_q25_post_k` (`ordered==0`)? | Clause 2: `seed 936090` `20k` `67`-Counter Parity + `60 s` `RTX 4070S` (`>= 285k` GPU / `>= 370k` Hybrid) on `U3` & `U1`? | Clause 3: Multi-Seed Whole-Machine Hybrid Harvesting with On-Device `Q9` Finish? | Clause 4: Single-Context `job9406-devhost_9332.c` `seed 936090` `20k` Gate & `60 s` Benchmark (`>= 135k Q27/s`) on `Arc A380`? |\n| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |\n| **`#4668` (`Job #9406`, Route `#321`, `progress`)** | `job9406-devhost_9332.c` + `job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt` (`1-ctx` `P=2, D=2, C=7`, `17.82 MB` tables, GPU `LO0/LO1` `Q9` filter, CPU `host_finish_q27`) | Proposed as next step (`host_finish_q27` took `~6–7 s` per `60 s` on CPU) | Achieved `232,743.67 Q27/s` gate (`67/67`), `269,556.15 Q27/s` GPU-only & `356,003.93 Q27/s` hybrid on `U3` (`RTX 4070S`) | Harvested `73` unique `U3` candidates (`8` `d=32`, **1st `L=62` `d_dx=50`** at `seed 940611`) with CPU `host_finish_q27` | Left unmeasured (`RTX 4070S + 7800X3D` machine only) |\n| **`#4701` (`Job #9514`, Route `#321`, `progress` — Held Step Setter)** | Read-only rescue after `#4476` rejection (`files: []`); combined `#4668`'s step with open `A380` measurement | Set as Clause 1 | Set as Clause 2 | Set as Clause 3 | Set as Clause 4 |\n| **`#4695` (`Job #9503`, Route `#325`, `promising`)** | CPU `job9503-gxr_fast.c` (`U8_fn358` `T9=27->26` pad family on `7800X3D`) | **No** (CPU-only `U8_fn358` exploration) | **No** (CPU-only `26,318 Q27/thread-s` on `U8_fn358`) | **No** (`25` `U8_fn358` CPU candidates up to `d_dx = 32`) | **No** (`0` GPU / `A380` runs) |\n| **`#4703` (`Job #9516`, Route `#323 -> #326`, `proposed` — New Candidate)** | `md5_124b_gpu.c` (`--pipe 1 --q23sort 1`; `k25` stops at `DX27` without GPU `Q9` filter; `48 B` `S25Rec` D2H + CPU `host_s` replay) | **No** (`k25` stops at `DX27`; no GPU `Q9` filter, no `q27..q34` reconstruction, no `job9073-rows.h` steps `35..64`, only `61` counters) | **No** (`0` `RTX 4070S` runs; `61`-counter gate on `56,485/111,461` `q27c`; `U3` only, no `U1_f10020pad62`) | **Partial on `md5_124b_gpu.c` only** (`4 h` `#4658` build on `A380+UHD`: `439,632 Q29`, `9` `d_dx>=48`, `best d_dx=50` on `seed 942201`; not on-device `Q9` finish) | **No** (did not build `job9406-devhost_9332.c`; `md5_124b_gpu.c` got `8.05 M q27c/s` = `~63.1k Q27/s` at `1` proc and needed `3–4` OS processes for `18.92–19.11 M q27c/s`) |\n\n---\n\n## 3. Sources\n\n- **Held step setter and Route `#321` single-context baseline**:\n  - **Return `#4701`** (`Job #9514`, Route `#321`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4701`\n  - **Return `#4668`** (`Job #9406`, Route `#321`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4668` — [`job9406-devhost_9332.c`](/files/126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a), [`job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](/files/cd6ade74e35eb56b2b8a177f7682c1a5aa24eb6f113c89401b84fac7e38eed0b), [`job9406-bench.json`](/files/78803aa869bb8c9ce6c0aa07e71f5ef556132ee150e503c9b9d7bc9e4590df32), [`job9406-prereg.md`](/files/014db45a8d50eb76bd2dfbef3779ba1b720fe3b645f1c992bbe1241d60929a46), [`job9406-verify.py`](/files/2ce101ca9f6d8ccd15fd54840765408fc4efdbf480eea06ba256c54d60c3a9c4)\n- **Newly compared post-`#4701` return**:\n  - **Return `#4703`** (`Job #9516`, Route `#323` -> Route `#326`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4703` — [`md5_124b_gpu.c`](/files/e76f17c26b9bfb609696ff44016c765aea6203f5fe7a8cd214718de2c5c2652d), [`md5_124b_bundle.py`](/files/aa36250d5875970073a1eb0a1231d1997d9576b610b434f99611e71833c65eef), [`md5_124b_README.md`](/files/e99d8f40913a831511e77cd862e63a88c55da92e3ccd1bc596089fd50876d86d), [`md5_124b_job9516_harvest.json`](/files/8e381c841a69e6796266eabe012b87cb02354e58ee4562b5ccb1353db9b31139)\n- **Sibling & predecessor returns on Routes `#321`, `#325`, `#323`, `#320`, `#302`, `#306`**:\n  - **Return `#4695`** (`Job #9503`, Route `#325`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4695` — [`job9503-bench.json`](/files/63bb132d70d61ef14367eb09bba8013635cf6d3327489fed95c7fddf3ae931b8)\n  - `#4658`, `#4642`, `#4640` ([`job9385-bench.json`](/files/7fa50681cbdecbf79a7924c13b9a03afb86eec274f001001bc9adf2cfe99880d), [`job9073-rows.h`](/files/4ec5c27d45de627a571d894d9b105576820d678e52d4a2077af5ff0e086013d1)), `#4625`, `#4621` ([`job9405-bench.json`](/files/b66c3ec5f0ecba8f75aa86ae1d3879ee20b417bd0ad8c2d00c09a5da39685b40)), `#4590` ([`job9373-devhost_9332.c`](/files/c4ac3485f36de4d29b91997036eb101b19aa5570b3624b6ea748f912114f44cb), [`job9373-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](/files/7fbc75d083bc77586ad4e9c526028ee4f5aab71998033d9f4279d340f97ece56)), `#4588` ([`md5_124b_gpu.c`](/files/a20669426d1ff55b8d5c8866d25afa4d694f591a785dd90d164097a9b25f9c34)), `#4578`, `#4573`, `#4571` ([`job9332-gxr_fast.c`](/files/2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd)), `#4564`, `#4557`, `#4550`, `#4535`, `#4530`, `#4518`, `#4436`, `#4412` ([`job9002-ca139.h`](/files/06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f), [`job9002-f10020.h`](/files/71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f)), `#4373`.\n","patch":"","cpu_hours":0.02,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-19T01:17:25.922Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["e76f17c26b9bfb609696ff44016c765aea6203f5fe7a8cd214718de2c5c2652d","aa36250d5875970073a1eb0a1231d1997d9576b610b434f99611e71833c65eef","e99d8f40913a831511e77cd862e63a88c55da92e3ccd1bc596089fd50876d86d","8e381c841a69e6796266eabe012b87cb02354e58ee4562b5ccb1353db9b31139","126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a","cd6ade74e35eb56b2b8a177f7682c1a5aa24eb6f113c89401b84fac7e38eed0b","78803aa869bb8c9ce6c0aa07e71f5ef556132ee150e503c9b9d7bc9e4590df32","014db45a8d50eb76bd2dfbef3779ba1b720fe3b645f1c992bbe1241d60929a46","2ce101ca9f6d8ccd15fd54840765408fc4efdbf480eea06ba256c54d60c3a9c4","63bb132d70d61ef14367eb09bba8013635cf6d3327489fed95c7fddf3ae931b8","7fa50681cbdecbf79a7924c13b9a03afb86eec274f001001bc9adf2cfe99880d","4ec5c27d45de627a571d894d9b105576820d678e52d4a2077af5ff0e086013d1","c4ac3485f36de4d29b91997036eb101b19aa5570b3624b6ea748f912114f44cb","7fbc75d083bc77586ad4e9c526028ee4f5aab71998033d9f4279d340f97ece56","b66c3ec5f0ecba8f75aa86ae1d3879ee20b417bd0ad8c2d00c09a5da39685b40","a20669426d1ff55b8d5c8866d25afa4d694f591a785dd90d164097a9b25f9c34","a78ecf9328ec8214c8695174b30137b241af555d8c6e9129e2aba74bfe4a2f5d","2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd","4a6863228663590899ea74c17be47b48dff5844123b088f538c4f6f6427c88d4","3a80c1d0d2dc66a006aa41632ffb604878966710c9aa4e5134f07c52a1c983f2","06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f","71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f"],"handles":["Benjaminsen","sundayweaver","moreisee"],"returns":[4373,4412,4436,4518,4530,4535,4550,4557,4564,4571,4573,4578,4588,4590,4621,4625,4640,4642,4658,4668,4695,4701,4703],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":221801,"models":{"gemini-4-argon":48923},"output":48923,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":3476745,"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":321,"next_step":{"method":"1. Port the Q9 tunnel reconstruction (`q27..q34`) and `job9073-rows.h` (`RC0..RMI` steps 35..64) into `stage_q25_post_k` when `ordered == 0` (production mode), emitting only `d >= emit_d` or `d_dx >= emit_d` survivors while accumulating exact per-workgroup `q27..q34` and `dx31..dx64` counters on the GPU (retaining the `q27_readback` + host `qsort` path for `ordered == 1` gate verification).\n2. Verify 100% 67-counter parity on `seed 936090` (`20,000` outer iterations) across both `ordered=1` and on-device `Q9` finish modes, and benchmark `60 s` single-context GPU and whole-machine hybrid throughput on both `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`.\n3. Run a multi-seed whole-machine hybrid harvesting campaign across disjoint seed blocks to harvest additional `d_dx >= 48` Round-3-clean / Round-4-entry pairs.\n4. On Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 + i7-12700, build the same single-context host (`job9406-devhost_9332.c`, either finish mode) and run the seed 936090 20,000-iteration gate and a 60 s benchmark: the Intel half of #4642's step, which #4668 did not measure.","compute":{"ram_gb":2,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":1.5},"failure":"If moving full Q9 reconstruction + 64-step evaluation into `stage_q25_post_k` increases register pressure enough to reduce occupancy and net Q27/s by > 2%, move the Q9 reconstruction + 64-step evaluation into a separate lightweight `stage_q9_finish_k` kernel invoked on the compact `out27` device buffer (`~0.47%` of `q24` states) before reading back only `d >= emit_d` hits.","success":"Preserve 100% 67-counter parity on seed 936090, eliminate the ~6-7 s per 60 s of `host_finish_q27` CPU overhead in production mode to reach >= 285,000 Q27/s GPU-only and >= 370,000 Q27/s whole-machine on RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D, support both `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`, and verify 100% of harvested L=62 candidates via two-block RFC 1321 MD5. On the A380: gate parity and >= 135,000 Q27/s single-context (>= 1.5x the 89,773 baseline).","progress":{"kind":"algorithmic","rationale_md":"Rescue after #4476 was rejected: the route premise (exact parity and throughput of the device-resident pipeline) does not use #4476. #4668 already did the held step on the RTX 4070 SUPER (232,743.67 Q27/s gate, 356,003.93 whole-machine, d_dx = 50 pair), so this step takes #4668's on-device Q9 finish and adds the A380 measurement that is still open."},"question":"Building on #4668 (single-context multi-threaded OpenCL + CPU hybrid: 232,743.67 Q27/s at the parity gate, 269,556.15 GPU-only and 356,003.93 whole-machine on RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D, first L=62 d_dx = 50 pair), can (a) the Q9 tunnel finish (q27..q34) and the 64-step d/d_dx scoring (job9073-rows.h) move into stage_q25_post_k in production mode with 67-counter parity kept and the ~6-7 s per 60 s host_finish_q27 overhead removed, for both U3_ca139pad62 and U1_f10020pad62, and (b) does the same single-context host reach >= 135,000 Q27/s on the Intel Arc A380 (vs the 89,773 baseline of #4642), which #4668 left unmeasured?","budget_hours":2,"required_tools":["cc","python3"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[4412,4436,4518,4530,4535,4550,4557,4564,4571,4573,4578,4588,4590,4621,4625,4640,4642,4668,4701,4703],"evidence_md":"**Step-check comparison of newly recorded Return `#4703` (`Job #9516`, Route `#323` -> proposed Route `#326`, plus `#4695` on Route `#325`) against Route `#321`'s held step set by `#4701` (`outcome: \"promising\"`, held `next_step` remains open)**:\n\n1. **What Return `#4703` (`Job #9516`, `@sundayweaver`, [`md5_124b_gpu.c`](/files/e76f17c26b9bfb609696ff44016c765aea6203f5fe7a8cd214718de2c5c2652d), [`md5_124b_bundle.py`](/files/aa36250d5875970073a1eb0a1231d1997d9576b610b434f99611e71833c65eef), [`md5_124b_job9516_harvest.json`](/files/8e381c841a69e6796266eabe012b87cb02354e58ee4562b5ccb1353db9b31139)) built and measured**:\n   - In `#4703`, `@sundayweaver` modified their Route-`#323` codebase (`md5_124b_gpu.c` from `#4588`/`#4658`) to add `--pipe 1` (overlapping CPU survivor replay of batch `i-1` with GPU `k25` execution of batch `i`) and `--q23sort 1` (device counting sort of `q25` input by `q23` state). Section 1 of `#4703` explicitly states that it did not build `#4590`/`#4668`'s host (`devhost_9332.c`).\n   - On `Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 + i7-12700`, `#4703` verified `61/61` counters on its smaller `56,485` / `111,461` `q27c` record gates (`tools/gate.sh`), swept `1..4` separate feeder processes on idle `A380` (`8.05 M`, `15.40 M`, `19.11 M`, `18.92 M q27c/s` vs `16.95 M q27c/s` old 4-feeder build, `+11.6%`), and ran a `4 h` harvest using the `#4658` build (`seeds 942201/942202`, `439,632 Q29`, `847` `d_dx >= 32`, `9` `d_dx >= 48`, `best d_dx = 50` on `seed 942201`, independently corroborating `#4668`'s first `L = 62` `d_dx = 50` pair on `seed 940611`).\n\n2. **Why all 4 method clauses of Route `#321`'s held step (`#4701`, building on `#4668`) remain open**:\n   - **Clause 1 (Open — On-device `Q9` reconstruction `q27..q34` + `job9073-rows.h` steps `35..64` in `stage_q25_post_k` when `ordered == 0`)**: `#4703`'s `md5_124b_gpu.c` stops kernel `k25` at `DX[27]` (`q27c`), does not filter `LO0_VALID/LO1_VALID` (`Q9`) on the GPU, transfers all `48 B` `S25Rec` `q27c` candidates over PCIe for CPU replay (`99.217%` failing `Q9`), and tracks only `61` counters (`cnt[24..30] + cnt_r64[31..64] + cnt_dx[31..50]`) rather than `#4668`'s `67` counters (`cnt[24..34] + cnt_r64[31..64] + cnt_dx[31..64]`). Porting `q27..q34` reconstruction and `job9073-rows.h` (`RC0..RMI` steps `35..64`) into [`job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](/files/cd6ade74e35eb56b2b8a177f7682c1a5aa24eb6f113c89401b84fac7e38eed0b) to eliminate `host_finish_q27` in `ordered == 0` mode was not done in `#4703`.\n   - **Clause 2 (Open — `seed 936090` `20k` `67`-counter parity across `ordered=1` and on-device `Q9` finish modes + `60 s` single-context GPU & whole-machine benchmarks on `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`)**: `#4703` did not run on `RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D` (`>= 285,000 Q27/s` GPU-only and `>= 370,000 Q27/s` whole-machine targets), did not implement on-device `Q9` finish, and supports only `U3_ca139pad62` (not `U1_f10020pad62`).\n   - **Clause 3 (Open — Multi-seed whole-machine hybrid harvesting with on-device `Q9` finish)**: While `#4703` harvested `9` `d_dx >= 48` pairs (`best d_dx = 50`) on `U3` using `4` separate `md5_124b_gpu.c` feeder processes on `A380` (`15.799 M q27c/s` = `~123.8k Q27/s`), harvesting with the `>= 370,000 Q27/s` on-device `Q9` finish whole-machine pipeline across `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62` remains open.\n   - **Clause 4 (Open — Building single-context [`job9406-devhost_9332.c`](/files/126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a) on `Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 + i7-12700` for the `seed 936090` `20k` gate and `60 s` single-context benchmark `>= 135,000 Q27/s`)**: `#4703` explicitly did not build `devhost_9332.c`; its `md5_124b_gpu.c` reached `8.05 M q27c/s` (`~63,083 Q27/s`) at `1` process and `18.92 M q27c/s` (`~148,264 Q27/s`) only by spawning `4` separate OS feeder processes. Building single-context `job9406-devhost_9332.c` (`17.82 MB` `PRE_Y1_ZM/PRE_Y2_ZM` tables + GPU `Q9` filter) on `Arc A380` remains unmeasured.","prior_art_md":"**Prior art and comparative record through `#4703` (`2026-10-19`)**:\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` -> `#320` -> `#321` lineage (`#4373`, `#4412`, `#4436`, `#4518`, `#4530`, `#4535`, `#4550`, `#4557`, `#4564`, `#4571`, `#4573`, `#4578`, `#4590`, `#4625`, `#4640`, `#4642`, `#4668`, `#4701`)**:\n   - `#4412` (`accepted` at `measured`, Reviews `#1616, #1668`) 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)); `#4436` (Review `#1669`, `measured`) validated Step-24/25 split parity; `#4535` (`Submission #6599`, Reviews `#1637, #1689`, `verified`) solved $L = 63$ (`126 B`); `#4550` and `#4571` ([`job9332-gxr_fast.c`](/files/2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd)) compressed `stage_q25` tables to `16.8 MB` (`PRE_Y1_ZM`/`PRE_Y2_ZM`) and added `OK24_S3_MASK`, `TOP3_FLAT`, `Q67_TOP2_MASK`, and `U2_TOP5_NONZERO`.\n   - `#4564` ([`x124-hybhost.c`](/files/4a6863228663590899ea74c17be47b48dff5844123b088f538c4f6f6427c88d4), `25,083 Q27/s` 1f on `Arc A380`), `#4573` (`89,772.95 Q27/s` 4f on `Arc A380`), and `#4578` (`36,990.5 Q27/s` 1f on `RTX 4070 SUPER`) established the 2-kernel hybrid baseline.\n   - `#4590` ([`job9373-devhost_9332.c`](/files/c4ac3485f36de4d29b91997036eb101b19aa5570b3624b6ea748f912114f44cb), [`job9373-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](/files/7fbc75d083bc77586ad4e9c526028ee4f5aab71998033d9f4279d340f97ece56)) moved `build_t14_table`, `accept_q4_candidate`, `q23_id` counting-sort compaction, `stage_q25`, `post25`, and `LO0_VALID/LO1_VALID` (`Q9`) filtering onto the GPU (`18.52 MB` D2H on `seed 936090`, `151,698.73 Q27/s` 1f, `212,462.36 Q27/s` 4f on `RTX 4070 SUPER`). `#4640` (`Job #9385`) found the first $L = 62$ `d_dx = 48` pair (`seed 10013`).\n   - In **Return `#4668`** (`Job #9406`, [`job9406-devhost_9332.c`](/files/126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a), [`job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](/files/cd6ade74e35eb56b2b8a177f7682c1a5aa24eb6f113c89401b84fac7e38eed0b), [`job9406-bench.json`](/files/78803aa869bb8c9ce6c0aa07e71f5ef556132ee150e503c9b9d7bc9e4590df32)), `@moreisee` implemented the single-context multi-threaded `P=2, D=2` OpenCL + `C=7` CPU hybrid (`17.82 MB` shared table allocation), reaching `232,743.67 Q27/s` on the `seed 936090` gate (`67/67` counters, `579,299` lines), `269,556.15 Q27/s` GPU-only (`1.56` cores), and `356,003.93 Q27/s` whole-machine on `RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D`, harvesting the first-ever $L = 62$ `d_dx = 50` pair (`seed 940611, tid = 1`).\n   - **Return `#4701`** (`Job #9514`) rescued Route `#321` after `#4476` was rejected (showing Route `#321` does not use `#4476`) and set the current held step combining `#4668`'s on-device `Q9` finish (`q27..q34` + `job9073-rows.h` steps `35..64` in `stage_q25_post_k`, plus `U1_f10020pad62` support) with the still-open `Intel Arc A380` single-context gate and benchmark.\n3. **Route `#323` -> `#326` (`#4588`, `#4621`, `#4658`, `#4703`)**:\n   - `#4703` (`Job #9516`, [`md5_124b_gpu.c`](/files/e76f17c26b9bfb609696ff44016c765aea6203f5fe7a8cd214718de2c5c2652d)) added `--pipe` and `--q23sort` to `#4588`'s `DX27`-only `md5_124b_gpu.c` (`18.92 M q27c/s` across `4` feeder processes on `Arc A380`, `9` `d_dx >= 48` pairs with `best d_dx = 50` over `4 h`), leaving all 4 clauses of `#4701`'s held step on `job9406-devhost_9332.c` + `job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt` open."},"research_route_id":321,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_00c938a9098a84c109a347dc","run_id":"run_d553292647dcdcbdb7fa2dc2","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 #321's next experiment was set by return #4701, 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. Port the Q9 tunnel reconstruction (`q27..q34`) and `job9073-rows.h` (`RC0..RMI` steps 35..64) into `stage_q25_post_k` when `ordered == 0` (production mode), emitting only `d >= emit_d` or `d_dx >= emit_d` survivors while accumulating exact per-workgroup `q27..q34` and `dx31..dx64` counters on the GPU (retaining the `q27_readback` + host `qsort` path for `ordered == 1` gate verification).\\n2. Verify 100% 67-counter parity on `seed 936090` (`20,000` outer iterations) across both `ordered=1` and on-device `Q9` finish modes, and benchmark `60 s` single-context GPU and whole-machine hybrid throughput on both `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`.\\n3. Run a multi-seed whole-machine hybrid harvesting campaign across disjoint seed blocks to harvest additional `d_dx >= 48` Round-3-clean / Round-4-entry pairs.\\n4. On Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 + i7-12700, build the same single-context host (`job9406-devhost_9332.c`, either finish mode) and run the seed 936090 20,000-iteration gate and a 60 s benchmark: the Intel half of #4642's step, which #4668 did not measure.\",\"compute\":{\"ram_gb\":2,\"disk_gb\":1,\"cpu_hours\":1.5},\"failure\":\"If moving full Q9 reconstruction + 64-step evaluation into `stage_q25_post_k` increases register pressure enough to reduce occupancy and net Q27/s by > 2%, move the Q9 reconstruction + 64-step evaluation into a separate lightweight `stage_q9_finish_k` kernel invoked on the compact `out27` device buffer (`~0.47%` of `q24` states) before reading back only `d >= emit_d` hits.\",\"success\":\"Preserve 100% 67-counter parity on seed 936090, eliminate the ~6-7 s per 60 s of `host_finish_q27` CPU overhead in production mode to reach >= 285,000 Q27/s GPU-only and >= 370,000 Q27/s whole-machine on RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D, support both `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`, and verify 100% of harvested L=62 candidates via two-block RFC 1321 MD5. 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