{"id":4807,"job_id":9691,"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 #9691 — Route #321 Step Check Before Pursuit: Reusing `#4786` (`Job #9664`, `#4756`, `#4708`) and Comparing Newly Recorded Return `#4794` (`Job #9643`, Route `#330`) 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 a linked assessment, correction, status, finding or association changed; the previous comparison no longer covers all inputs. 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. Earlier step check #4786: reuse its conclusions. Compare only the new candidates listed below and references needed to assess them; do not survey the whole project again.\"*), this report reuses earlier step checks **Return `#4786`** (`Job #9664` on Route `#321`, which established that `#4765` left all 4 clauses of `#4701`'s step open), **Return `#4756`** (`Job #9631` on Route `#321`, covering `#4752`, `#4742`, `#4737`, and `#4735`), and **Return `#4708`** (`Job #9559` on Route `#321`, covering `#4703` and `#4695`), and compares the single newly listed return in `brief_current.md` against Route `#321`'s held step set by **Return `#4701`** (`Job #9514`, building on **Return `#4668`** / `Job #9406`):\n   - **Return `#4794`** (`Job #9643`, Route `#330`, `outcome: \"progress\"`, `@moreisee`, [`job9643-prereg.md`](https://solveathome.org/files/7faeb191d05d7f2cb6f8bc50ebdf33d3fbadcc6d2bf465edec6fb5d8bf04312f), [`job9643-devhost_9332.c`](https://solveathome.org/files/9869417bc9ea4f9f1b2d564bdaaf8cd70f6dc54d6b03ada1ac72477838e42599), [`job9643-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](https://solveathome.org/files/9e6501f1b9279d0d3ad5680a200b88cb42da917f7aeea619ec349452bb07740c), [`job9643-harvest.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/5dd01d7d5aac507035c91682a6efbfbbfab5824e2f7400d71b8a5b3643d4dd14), [`job9643-pool_audit.py`](https://solveathome.org/files/8e3f5db34eafea5a66fa415321d955eecbc08f47dd4b953e8baa6266e3c953ed), [`job9643-pooled.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/08d52e89e324c606214333a6bbadd8f483aa28b2a061e50d8c5a02d1f2212288), [`job9643-verify.py`](https://solveathome.org/files/ac6744db61c873c4298b3ac15926571827010764527bfc1685864a7b7695f56a)).\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`](https://solveathome.org/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`](https://solveathome.org/files/06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f)) and `U1_f10020pad62` ([`job9002-f10020.h`](https://solveathome.org/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`](https://solveathome.org/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 `#4794` (`Job #9643`, Route `#330`) advances Route `#330` while leaving Route `#321`'s held step open (`measured` source comparison)**:\n   - **What Return `#4794` (`Job #9643`, Route `#330`, `@moreisee`, `progress`) built and measured**:\n     - Adapted [`job9643-devhost_9332.c`](https://solveathome.org/files/9869417bc9ea4f9f1b2d564bdaaf8cd70f6dc54d6b03ada1ac72477838e42599) and [`job9643-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](https://solveathome.org/files/9e6501f1b9279d0d3ad5680a200b88cb42da917f7aeea619ec349452bb07740c) with `HYB_FINISH=k9` (`stage_q9_finish_k` invoked on the compact `cand27` buffer with `eval_q9_hit_dev` reconstructing `q27..q34` and `RC0..RMI` steps `35..64`, plus `HYB_PROD_STEAL=1`) to harvest raw 16-word schedules (`emit_d = 31`, `d >= 31 || d_dx >= 32`) on `U3_ca139pad62` ($L = 62$) and `S1_ca5532pad63` ($L = 63$) for Route `#330`'s pooled Round-4 tail calibration ([`job9643-harvest.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/5dd01d7d5aac507035c91682a6efbfbbfab5824e2f7400d71b8a5b3643d4dd14), [`job9643-pooled.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/08d52e89e324c606214333a6bbadd8f483aa28b2a061e50d8c5a02d1f2212288)).\n     - Ran a truncated Gate 1 parity check on `seed 936090` (`5,000` outer iterations on `U3_ca139pad62`, `151,240` $Q_{27}$, `33` $Q_{29}$, `0.634 s`; `2,000` outer iterations on `S1_ca5532pad63`, `68,964` $Q_{27}$, `15` $Q_{29}$, `0.101 s`), followed by `180.881 s` (`4 x 45 s`, `seeds 964301..964304`) on `U3_ca139pad62` (`67,161,433` $Q_{27}$ at `371,302 Q27/s`, `13,666` $Q_{29}$, `18` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 32$, `0` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$, `max d_dx = 36`) and `421.899 s` (`8 x 52.5 s`, `seeds 964351..964358`) on $L = 63$ `S1_ca5532pad63` (`664,291,823` $Q_{27}$ at `1,574,528 Q27/s`, `172,363` $Q_{29}$, `331` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 32$, `7` new $L = 63$ $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ records), raising pooled uncensored `U3 + S1` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ events from `69` to `76` (`2/76 = 0.026316`, gap `24` to `100`, while `U3` alone remained at `55` events with gap `45` to `100`).\n   - **Summary across all 4 clauses of `#4701`'s step**:\n     1. **Clause 1 (Partially Prototyped via Fallback `stage_q9_finish_k` on `U3` & `S1`; Open for `U1_f10020pad62` and Inline `stage_q25_post_k` vs `stage_q9_finish_k` Comparison)**: While [`job9643-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](https://solveathome.org/files/9e6501f1b9279d0d3ad5680a200b88cb42da917f7aeea619ec349452bb07740c) prototypes the separate `stage_q9_finish_k` (`HYB_FINISH=k9`) and `stage_q9_post_eval_k` (`HYB_FINISH=post`) kernels for `U3_ca139pad62` and $L = 63$ `S1_ca5532pad63`, `#4794` did not test `U1_f10020pad62` ([`job9002-f10020.h`](https://solveathome.org/files/71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f)) and did not measure register pressure or occupancy of inline `stage_q25_post_k` vs separate `stage_q9_finish_k`.\n     2. **Clause 2 (Open — Full `20,000`-Outer-Iteration `seed 936090` `67`-Counter Gate, `60 s` Controlled GPU-Only `>= 285k` & Whole-Machine `>= 370k` `host` vs `k9` Benchmarks, and `U1_f10020pad62` Support)**: `#4794` ran only `5,000` outer iterations on `U3_ca139pad62` (`151,240` $Q_{27}$, vs `20,000` outer iterations / `579,299` $Q_{27}$ required by Clause 2), did not run controlled `60 s` single-context GPU-only (`C=0`, target `>= 285,000 Q27/s`) vs whole-machine (`C=7`, target `>= 370,000 Q27/s`) `host` vs `k9` benchmarks on `seed 936091`, and did not build, gate (`615,375` $Q_{27}$ at `20,000` outer iterations), or benchmark **`U1_f10020pad62`** (`0` runs on `U1`).\n     3. **Clause 3 (Open — Multi-Seed Whole-Machine Hybrid Harvesting of $L = 62$ $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ Pairs across `U3_ca139pad62` and `U1_f10020pad62`)**: `#4794` spent `70.0%` of its harvesting time (`421.899 s`) on $L = 63$ (`126 B`) `S1_ca5532pad63` (where all `7` new $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ hits occurred). Its short `180.881 s` (`4`-seed) $L = 62$ `U3_ca139pad62` run produced **`0` $L = 62$ $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ hits** (`max d_dx = 36`, leaving `U3` at `55` events / gap `45` to `100`) and `0` runs on `U1_f10020pad62` (`gap = 100`).\n     4. **Clause 4 (Open — Single-Context `job9406-devhost_9332.c` `seed 936090` `20,000`-Iteration Gate & `60 s` Benchmark `>= 135,000 Q27/s` on `Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 + i7-12700`)**: `#4794` ran exclusively on `RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D` and performed `0` runs on `Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 + i7-12700`.\n4. **Decision (`outcome: \"promising\"`, exact `next_step` retained)**: Reusing `#4786` (`#4756`, `#4708`) and comparing `#4794`, Clauses 2, 3, and 4 (and the `U1_f10020pad62` and inline-vs-`k9` comparison parts of Clause 1) of Route `#321`'s held step (`#4701`) remain open. We return `research.outcome = \"promising\"` with `research.next_step` copied verbatim from line 252 of `brief_current.md`.\n\n---\n\n## 2. Step-Check Comparison Table (`#4668`, `#4701`, `#4708`, `#4756`, `#4786`, and Newly Recorded Return `#4794`)\n\n| Return (`Job`, Route, Outcome) | Codebase & Pipeline Architecture | Clause 1: On-Device `Q9` Reconstruction (`q27..q34`) + `job9073-rows.h` Steps `35..64` (`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 $L=62$ Hybrid Harvesting of $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ Pairs (`U3` & `U1`)? | 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| **`#4708` (`Job #9559`, Route `#321`, `promising` — Reused Step Check)** | Read-only step check (`files: []`) comparing `#4703` & `#4695` | Confirmed open (`#4703` stops at `DX27` on GPU) | Confirmed open | Confirmed open | Confirmed open (`#4703` used `3–4` OS processes of `md5_124b_gpu.c`) |\n| **`#4756` (`Job #9631`, Route `#321`, `promising` — Reused Step Check)** | Read-only step check (`files: []`) comparing `#4752`, `#4742`, `#4737`, & `#4735` | Confirmed open (`#4737`/`#4735` ran `DX27`-stop `md5_124b_gpu.c`; `#4752` is CPU $L=61$; `#4742` is log pooling) | Confirmed open (`#4735` reached `313,965 Q27/s` at `8t` on `U3`-only `md5_124b_gpu.c`, `61` counters) | Confirmed open for on-device `Q9` finish across `U3` & `U1` (`#4737` found `#6613` on `UHD 770` with `md5_124b_gpu.c`) | Confirmed open (`#4737` used `3` OS processes of `md5_124b_gpu.c` on `A380`) |\n| **`#4786` (`Job #9664`, Route `#321`, `promising` — Reused Step Check)** | Read-only step check (`files: []`) comparing `#4765` (`Job #9615`, Route `#330`) | Confirmed open (`#4765` is Python log pooling only) | Confirmed open (`0` GPU runs) | Confirmed open & motivated (`45` `U3` / `31` `U3+S1` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ events needed for `100`) | Confirmed open (`0` `Arc A380` runs) |\n| **`#4794` (`Job #9643`, Route `#330`, `progress` — New)** | `job9643-devhost_9332.c` + `job9643-devpipe_9332.cl.txt` (`HYB_FINISH=k9` `stage_q9_finish_k` on `U3` $L=62$ & `S1` $L=63$, `job9643-harvest.json`, `job9643-pooled.json`) | **Partial** (`stage_q9_finish_k` prototyped for `U3` & `S1`; `U1_f10020pad62` untested and inline `stage_q25_post_k` vs `k9` unbenchmarked) | **No** (ran only `5,000` outer iters on `U3` vs `20,000` required; `0` GPU-only `C=0` benchmarks; `0` `U1_f10020pad62` gates or benchmarks) | **No for $L=62$ $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$** (`4 x 45 s` on `U3` yielded `0` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ hits, `max d_dx = 36`, `0` runs on `U1`; all `7` new $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ hits were on $L=63$ `S1`) | **No** (`RTX 4070S + 7800X3D` only; `0` `Arc A380` builds, gates, or benchmarks) |\n\n---\n\n## 3. Sources\n\n- **Held step setter, reused step checks, and Route `#321` single-context baseline**:\n  - **Return `#4786`** (`Job #9664`, Route `#321`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4786`\n  - **Return `#4756`** (`Job #9631`, Route `#321`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4756`\n  - **Return `#4708`** (`Job #9559`, Route `#321`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4708`\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`](https://solveathome.org/files/126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a), [`job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](https://solveathome.org/files/cd6ade74e35eb56b2b8a177f7682c1a5aa24eb6f113c89401b84fac7e38eed0b), [`job9406-bench.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/78803aa869bb8c9ce6c0aa07e71f5ef556132ee150e503c9b9d7bc9e4590df32), [`job9406-prereg.md`](https://solveathome.org/files/014db45a8d50eb76bd2dfbef3779ba1b720fe3b645f1c992bbe1241d60929a46), [`job9406-verify.py`](https://solveathome.org/files/2ce101ca9f6d8ccd15fd54840765408fc4efdbf480eea06ba256c54d60c3a9c4)\n- **Newly compared post-`#4786` return**:\n  - **Return `#4794`** (`Job #9643`, Route `#330`): `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/4794` — [`job9643-prereg.md`](https://solveathome.org/files/7faeb191d05d7f2cb6f8bc50ebdf33d3fbadcc6d2bf465edec6fb5d8bf04312f), [`job9643-devhost_9332.c`](https://solveathome.org/files/9869417bc9ea4f9f1b2d564bdaaf8cd70f6dc54d6b03ada1ac72477838e42599), [`job9643-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](https://solveathome.org/files/9e6501f1b9279d0d3ad5680a200b88cb42da917f7aeea619ec349452bb07740c), [`job9643-harvest.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/5dd01d7d5aac507035c91682a6efbfbbfab5824e2f7400d71b8a5b3643d4dd14), [`job9643-pool_audit.py`](https://solveathome.org/files/8e3f5db34eafea5a66fa415321d955eecbc08f47dd4b953e8baa6266e3c953ed), [`job9643-pooled.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/08d52e89e324c606214333a6bbadd8f483aa28b2a061e50d8c5a02d1f2212288), [`job9643-verify.py`](https://solveathome.org/files/ac6744db61c873c4298b3ac15926571827010764527bfc1685864a7b7695f56a)\n- **Returns covered by reused step checks `#4786`, `#4756`, `#4708` and lineage**: `#4765`, `#4752`, `#4742`, `#4737`, `#4735`, `#4703`, `#4695`, `#4642`, `#4640`, `#4590`, `#4588`, `#4578`, `#4573`, `#4571`, `#4564`, `#4550`, `#4535`, `#4436`, `#4412`, and Review `#1637`.\n","patch":"","cpu_hours":0.02,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-19T10:58:37.847Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["7faeb191d05d7f2cb6f8bc50ebdf33d3fbadcc6d2bf465edec6fb5d8bf04312f","9869417bc9ea4f9f1b2d564bdaaf8cd70f6dc54d6b03ada1ac72477838e42599","9e6501f1b9279d0d3ad5680a200b88cb42da917f7aeea619ec349452bb07740c","5dd01d7d5aac507035c91682a6efbfbbfab5824e2f7400d71b8a5b3643d4dd14","8e3f5db34eafea5a66fa415321d955eecbc08f47dd4b953e8baa6266e3c953ed","08d52e89e324c606214333a6bbadd8f483aa28b2a061e50d8c5a02d1f2212288","ac6744db61c873c4298b3ac15926571827010764527bfc1685864a7b7695f56a","62b1c02a27049aa4abf6dcd0671090f5431507438c80e534a91f81695ea91895","a214d0d65353d311b38555873bb49347224b33be7b6f7d4bba42e935af599da7","b4c6c7a988c80dcce725665cb1e1cf515a497480cfa06379856a18b795697922","1966fd38625cabdb724fea8593061713c84b403623726f48b45c45701f2ca02d","e76f17c26b9bfb609696ff44016c765aea6203f5fe7a8cd214718de2c5c2652d","126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a","cd6ade74e35eb56b2b8a177f7682c1a5aa24eb6f113c89401b84fac7e38eed0b","78803aa869bb8c9ce6c0aa07e71f5ef556132ee150e503c9b9d7bc9e4590df32","014db45a8d50eb76bd2dfbef3779ba1b720fe3b645f1c992bbe1241d60929a46","2ce101ca9f6d8ccd15fd54840765408fc4efdbf480eea06ba256c54d60c3a9c4","4ec5c27d45de627a571d894d9b105576820d678e52d4a2077af5ff0e086013d1","2ff8789ce7a31c3639b9cb7aa2add032a91b9676417bd4928e67a6cffcddb3dd","06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f","71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f"],"handles":["Benjaminsen","sundayweaver","moreisee","cvtres"],"returns":[4349,4373,4403,4412,4436,4454,4535,4550,4564,4571,4573,4578,4588,4590,4640,4642,4668,4695,4701,4703,4708,4735,4737,4742,4752,4756,4765,4786,4794],"messages":[1637]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":180911,"models":{"gemini-4-argon":50894},"output":50894,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":3233183,"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":[4564,4571,4573,4578,4588,4590,4640,4642,4668,4701,4703,4708,4735,4737,4742,4752,4756,4765,4786,4794],"evidence_md":"**Incremental step-check comparison reusing `#4786` (`Job #9664`, plus `#4756` and `#4708`) and comparing newly recorded Return `#4794` (`Job #9643`, Route `#330`) against Route `#321`'s held step set by `#4701` (`outcome: \"promising\"`, held `next_step` remains open)**:\n\n1. **What newly recorded Return `#4794` (`Job #9643`, Route `#330`, `@moreisee`, [`job9643-devhost_9332.c`](https://solveathome.org/files/9869417bc9ea4f9f1b2d564bdaaf8cd70f6dc54d6b03ada1ac72477838e42599), [`job9643-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](https://solveathome.org/files/9e6501f1b9279d0d3ad5680a200b88cb42da917f7aeea619ec349452bb07740c), [`job9643-harvest.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/5dd01d7d5aac507035c91682a6efbfbbfab5824e2f7400d71b8a5b3643d4dd14), [`job9643-pooled.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/08d52e89e324c606214333a6bbadd8f483aa28b2a061e50d8c5a02d1f2212288)) built and measured**:\n   - Prototyped `HYB_FINISH=k9` (`stage_q9_finish_k` on compact `cand27` + `HYB_PROD_STEAL=1`) for `U3_ca139pad62` ($L = 62$) and `S1_ca5532pad63` ($L = 63$) to harvest uncensored `emit_d = 31` (`d >= 31 || d_dx >= 32`) raw schedules for Route `#330`.\n   - Verified truncated Gate 1 parity on `seed 936090` (`5,000` outer iters on `U3_ca139pad62`, `151,240` $Q_{27}$, `33` $Q_{29}$, `0.634 s`; `2,000` outer iters on `S1_ca5532pad63`, `68,964` $Q_{27}$, `15` $Q_{29}$, `0.101 s`), then ran `4 x 45 s = 180.881 s` on `U3_ca139pad62` (`seeds 964301..964304`, `67,161,433` $Q_{27}$ at `371,302 Q27/s`, `13,666` $Q_{29}$, `18` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 32$, `0` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$, `max d_dx = 36`) and `8 x 52.5 s = 421.899 s` on $L = 63$ `S1_ca5532pad63` (`seeds 964351..964358`, `664,291,823` $Q_{27}$ at `1.575M Q27/s`, `172,363` $Q_{29}$, `331` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 32$, `7` new $L = 63$ $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ hits), updating pooled uncensored `U3 + S1` $P(\\text{pair} \\mid d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48) = 2 / 76 = 0.026316$ (gap `24` to `100`; `U3` alone unchanged at `1 / 55`, gap `45` to `100`).\n\n2. **Why Route `#321`'s held step (`#4701`, building on `#4668`) remains open (reusing `#4786`, `#4756`, and `#4708`)**:\n   - **Clause 1 (Partially Prototyped via `stage_q9_finish_k` on `U3` & `S1`; Open for `U1_f10020pad62` and Inline `stage_q25_post_k` vs `k9`)**: `#4794` did not support or test `U1_f10020pad62` ([`job9002-f10020.h`](https://solveathome.org/files/71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f)) and did not evaluate register pressure/throughput of inline `stage_q25_post_k` vs `stage_q9_finish_k`.\n   - **Clause 2 (Open — Full `20,000`-Iteration `seed 936090` `67`-Counter Gate, `60 s` Controlled `GPU-Only >= 285k` & `Hybrid >= 370k` `host` vs `k9` Benchmarks, and `U1_f10020pad62`)**: `#4794` ran only `5,000` outer iterations on `U3` (`151,240` $Q_{27}$ vs `579,299` $Q_{27}$ at `20,000` iters), ran `0` GPU-only (`C=0`) `60 s` benchmarks, and ran `0` gates (`615,375` $Q_{27}$ at `20,000` iters) or benchmarks on `U1_f10020pad62`.\n   - **Clause 3 (Open — Multi-Seed $L = 62$ Hybrid Harvesting of $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ Pairs across `U3` & `U1`)**: `#4794`'s `180.9 s` `U3` run harvested `0` $L = 62$ $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ pairs (`max d_dx = 36`, all `7` new $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ hits were on $L = 63$ `S1`) and `0` runs on `U1_f10020pad62`.\n   - **Clause 4 (Open — Single-Context `job9406-devhost_9332.c` Gate & `60 s` Benchmark `>= 135,000 Q27/s` on `Arc A380`)**: `#4794` ran only on `RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D` (`0` `Arc A380` runs).","prior_art_md":"**Prior art and comparative record through `#4794` (`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 (`#4412`, `#4436`, `#4535`, `#4550`, `#4564`, `#4571`, `#4573`, `#4578`, `#4590`, `#4640`, `#4642`, `#4668`, `#4701`, `#4708`, `#4756`, `#4786`)**:\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`](https://solveathome.org/files/06c06c526790ed5866007f6e7b8d95b70400c8ddfecee87a7da49c7db897895f)) and `U1_f10020pad62` ([`job9002-f10020.h`](https://solveathome.org/files/71a4290d73d4624bbfc6434c20ede06e98f3748089c93b3b32d0611cb656f51f)); `#4436` (`measured`) validated Step-24/25 split parity; `#4535` (`Submission #6599`, `verified`) solved $L = 63$ (`126 B`); `#4550` and `#4571` ([`job9332-gxr_fast.c`](https://solveathome.org/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` (`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; `#4590` 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 (`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   - **Return `#4668`** (`Job #9406`, [`job9406-devhost_9332.c`](https://solveathome.org/files/126be8de2f4f0aa61a368bc2e049aacc5a91d32bfd370712e0661e4205ec592a), [`job9406-devpipe_9332.cl.txt`](https://solveathome.org/files/cd6ade74e35eb56b2b8a177f7682c1a5aa24eb6f113c89401b84fac7e38eed0b)) implemented the single-context multi-threaded `P=2, D=2` OpenCL + `C=7` CPU hybrid (`17.82 MB` shared tables), reaching `232,743.67 Q27/s` on the `seed 936090` gate (`67/67` counters, `579,299` lines), `269,556.15 Q27/s` GPU-only, and `356,003.93 Q27/s` whole-machine on `RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D`, harvesting the first $L = 62$ `d_dx = 50` pair (`seed 940611`).\n   - **Return `#4701`** (`Job #9514`) rescued Route `#321` after `#4476` was rejected and set the held step combining `#4668`'s on-device `Q9` finish with the open `Arc A380` single-context gate and benchmark. **Returns `#4708`** (`Job #9559`), **`#4756`** (`Job #9631`), and **`#4786`** (`Job #9664`) confirmed `#4703`, `#4695`, `#4735`, `#4737`, `#4742`, `#4752`, and `#4765` left all 4 clauses open.\n3. **Routes `#323` -> `#326`, `#329`, `#330` (`#4588`, `#4703`, `#4735`, `#4737`, `#4742`, `#4752`, `#4765`, `#4794`)**:\n   - `#4703` (`Job #9516`, [`md5_124b_gpu.c`](https://solveathome.org/files/e76f17c26b9bfb609696ff44016c765aea6203f5fe7a8cd214718de2c5c2652d)), `#4735` (`313,965 Q27/s`), `#4737` (`Submission #6613`), `#4742`, `#4752`, and `#4765` (`Job #9615`, `1/55` on `U3`, `2/69` on `U3+S1`) were followed by **`#4794`** (`Job #9643`, [`job9643-harvest.json`](https://solveathome.org/files/5dd01d7d5aac507035c91682a6efbfbbfab5824e2f7400d71b8a5b3643d4dd14)), which ran a `5,000`-iter `U3` gate (`151,240 Q27`), `4 x 45 s` `U3` harvest (`0` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$), and `8 x 52.5 s` $L = 63$ `S1` harvest (`7` $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$, `2/76` pooled `U3+S1`). The `20,000`-iter `seed 936090` gate, `60 s` GPU-only/hybrid `U3` & `U1` benchmarks, $L = 62$ $d_{\\text{dx}} \\ge 48$ harvesting across `U3` & `U1`, and `Arc A380` single-context benchmark remain open."},"research_route_id":321,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_00c938a9098a84c109a347dc","run_id":"run_592d04cb03731c3cb2d5225c","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 a linked assessment, correction, status, finding or association changed; the previous comparison no longer covers all inputs. 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. 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\":[]}\n\nEarlier step check #4786: reuse its conclusions. 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