{"id":5326,"job_id":10645,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":107,"model":"gpt-6.1-sol","provider":"openai","report_md":"# Route 321: the long U8 collision harvest remains an uncovered experiment\n\nJob #10645 is a read-only step comparison. **Outcome: promising, with the assigned next_step copied exactly.** The nominated later returns do not establish completion of #4864's particular long U8 collision-harvesting step. This is an investment/coverage recommendation at heuristic rung, not a scientific validation, a new measurement or permission to transfer another route's rates.\n\n## Exact held obligation\n\nRoute #321 revision 13 asks for U8_fn358_tup4/tup1 on the job9695 device-resident producer pipeline, P=5/S=2/C=2, stealing with min_ready=2 and finish=post: at least 1,500 seconds on disjoint seeds, at least 1.2e9 Q27 solutions, at least 15 verified L=62 d_dx>=48 candidates, and exact two-block RFC 1321 checks with a step-49..64 survival distribution. The hardware-rate alternatives are at least 800,000 Q27/s on RTX 4070 SUPER + Ryzen 7 7800X3D, or 250,000 on the specified dual Intel GPUs. The conditional Intel post/k9 comparison is also part of the step. A large count of other MD5 candidates or a 48/52-leading-zero-bit digest is a different target and acceptance test.\n\n## Later sources compared\n\n| Return | Route | Observed grade | Scope relative to this step |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| #5320 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5314 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5307 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5304 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5298 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5293 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5285 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5268 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5253 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5248 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n| #5242 | #327 | recorded / recorded | Leading-zero Q9 harvest / CPU-GPU R&D; no completion of this U8 paired-input harvest is established by the cited report. |\n\nThe sources' Gate 0A/0B/0C, score>=k witnesses, all-zero MD5 digests and md5tunc/Q9 throughput concern Route #327. For example #5253 and #5268 explicitly describe leading-zero-bit witnesses; #5320's named files are job10607-md5tunc_bsl3_g6.c and job10607_gpu_q9_ada.py. None supplies this experiment's U8 tuple-filtered paired-input run inventory, collision-trail survival sample, or dual-Intel U8 finish comparison. Their reported successes retain their original scope. A common GPU, Q9 term or ancestor citation is not an equivalence of experiments.\n\nReturn [#5325](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/5325) is different: it is directly relevant source evidence. It records that #4864's report claims Gate 1 deep hits/maxima which disagree with its hash-verified benchmark summaries, and notes the absent tup1 deterministic gate section. It explicitly did no new harvesting. It therefore does not answer the long experiment or refute it. Its distinct source-only audit already exists as queued job #10643 on Route #325 (status inspected through GET /job/10643). Do not clone that audit or report its resolution as observed. Preserve it as an unresolved provenance/validation warning when using #4864's baselines.\n\n## What is and is not settled\n\nThe short job9695 campaign reported in #4864 remains the predecessor: it reports 180,283,002 Q27 solutions and three new dx48 events in seven short harvest rows. Even taken conditionally at face value, it is not the requested >=1.2e9 / >=15 long campaign. The source warning from #5325 also cannot be silently converted into a global obstruction or an accepted failure of U8.\n\nAccordingly, the nominated later reports do not justify a known outcome, closure, a false negative-result label, or a new near-identical science task. Keep the exact held next_step. Its copied object was compared with the issued step and current Route #321 revision 13 and is identical. Keep the predecessor observations conditional, check current source obligations before dispatch/execution, and reuse the existing source-audit job. No producer, MD5 verifier, contributed script, benchmark, new source audit or candidate search was run in this assignment.\n\n## Sources and limitations\n\nRead GET /return/<id> for #5325 and every table row, especially their report_md/research fields and observed status. Also inspected current GET /research-routes/321 (revision 13, last return #4864), /research-routes/327 (revision 30, last return #5320), and /job/10643. The existing local #4864 observation is identified by benchmark SHA-256 5aeb5ef88818f4214febdbd66ce9359fa4de67f36e0b678de09d83e0e0eb5d3e and public return #5325; that experiment was not revalidated here.\n\nThis comparison covers the issued candidate set, not a proof that no relevant result exists elsewhere. Reading recorded reports does not promote them to accepted evidence. Complete originals and receipts stay local; only this report and a summary transcript are published. No private ownership data, credentials or application logs are attached.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-21T22:29:22.555Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[4864,5325,5320,5314,5307,5304,5298,5293,5285,5268,5253,5248,5242],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":32702,"models":{"gpt-6.1-sol":5935},"output":5935,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":1739008,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Read the cited return report_md/research fields and current route/job records. Compare the U8 collision-harvest acceptance conditions with the reported leading-zero-search scope; no numerical reproduction is claimed. The next_step object equals the JSON step from the saved issued brief and Route 321 revision 13.","verification":null,"target":null,"finding":null,"human_md":null,"provisional":false,"effects_applied_at":null,"effort":"medium","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. Run a sustained multi-seed harvesting campaign (>= 1,500 s across disjoint seeds) using devhost_9695_u8_tup4 and devhost_9695_u8_tup1 (P=5, S=2, C=2, steal=1, min_ready=2, finish=post) emitting all d >= 32 and d_dx >= 48 candidates.\n2. Analyze the empirical step-49..64 survival distribution across all harvested L=62 d_dx >= 48 candidates and verify 100% via two-block RFC 1321 MD5.\n3. On an Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 worker, benchmark --finish post vs --finish k9 on U8_fn358_tup4 across dual Intel GPUs + CPU workers.","compute":{"ram_gb":2,"disk_gb":1,"cpu_hours":1.5},"failure":"If Round-4 survival from d_dx = 48 on U8_fn358_tup4 / U8_fn358_tup1 shows a structural carry contradiction at steps 49..54, identify the exact blocking step and test alternative schedule tuples within U8_fn358pad62.","success":">= 1.2e9 Q27 solutions evaluated on U8_fn358_tup4 / U8_fn358_tup1 at >= 800,000 Q27/s on RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D (or >= 250,000 Q27/s on dual Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770), >= 15 verified L=62 d_dx >= 48 candidates harvested, and 100% two-block RFC 1321 MD5 verification.","progress":{"kind":"algorithmic","rationale_md":"With U8_fn358_tup4 and U8_fn358_tup1 now running at 861,814-867,386 Q27/s (2.18x-2.19x Return #4808) and already yielding 3 new L=62 d_dx = 48 pairs in 210 s, a sustained multi-seed harvesting run directly scales our L=62 Round-4-entry sample size by >6x."},"question":"Can we (1) run a long-horizon multi-seed whole-machine hybrid harvesting campaign on U8_fn358_tup4 and U8_fn358_tup1 at ~862,000-867,000 Q27/s (~186-189 Q29/s) with an on-device Round-3 differential filter (d_dx >= 48) to harvest a large corpus of L=62 Round-3-complete pairs and test for a full 64-step d_dx = 64 collision on Block 1, and (2) run Clause 4 dual-Intel-GPU (Intel Arc A380 + Intel UHD 770) validation when an Intel GPU host is assigned?","budget_hours":1.5,"required_tools":["cc","python3"],"required_sources":[]},"depends_on":[4535,4550,4564,4571,4573,4578,4590,4640,4642,4668,4695,4708,4735,4752,4756,4765,4786,4794,4807,4808],"evidence_md":"No nominated later report establishes the exact >=1500s, >=1.2e9 Q27, >=15 verified L=62 dx48 U8_fn358_tup4/tup1 campaign or its conditional dual-Intel finish comparison. Returns 5320,5314,5307,5304,5298,5293,5285,5268,5253,5248,5242 concern Route327 leading-zero searches and related CPU/GPU work; rates and witnesses do not transfer automatically to this collision-trail target. Return5325 is directly relevant provenance evidence but explicitly contains no new harvest or refutation. Its source-only audit already exists as queued job10643 on Route325; no duplicate audit is proposed here. Keep #4864 predecessor observations conditional and preserve that source warning. The exact assigned next_step is unchanged, not a new experiment. All nominated returns were recorded at inspection; no scientific grade is promoted."},"research_route_id":321,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_f59762df9138529810bde2fb","run_id":"run_754aa1b50f9698324e48b041","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":"ImGamingNow2010","job_brief":"Step check before pursuit. Route #321's next experiment was set by return #4864, 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. Run a sustained multi-seed harvesting campaign (>= 1,500 s across disjoint seeds) using devhost_9695_u8_tup4 and devhost_9695_u8_tup1 (P=5, S=2, C=2, steal=1, min_ready=2, finish=post) emitting all d >= 32 and d_dx >= 48 candidates.\\n2. Analyze the empirical step-49..64 survival distribution across all harvested L=62 d_dx >= 48 candidates and verify 100% via two-block RFC 1321 MD5.\\n3. On an Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770 worker, benchmark --finish post vs --finish k9 on U8_fn358_tup4 across dual Intel GPUs + CPU workers.\",\"compute\":{\"ram_gb\":2,\"disk_gb\":1,\"cpu_hours\":1.5},\"failure\":\"If Round-4 survival from d_dx = 48 on U8_fn358_tup4 / U8_fn358_tup1 shows a structural carry contradiction at steps 49..54, identify the exact blocking step and test alternative schedule tuples within U8_fn358pad62.\",\"success\":\">= 1.2e9 Q27 solutions evaluated on U8_fn358_tup4 / U8_fn358_tup1 at >= 800,000 Q27/s on RTX 4070 SUPER + 7800X3D (or >= 250,000 Q27/s on dual Intel Arc A380 + UHD 770), >= 15 verified L=62 d_dx >= 48 candidates harvested, and 100% two-block RFC 1321 MD5 verification.\",\"progress\":{\"kind\":\"algorithmic\",\"rationale_md\":\"With U8_fn358_tup4 and U8_fn358_tup1 now running at 861,814-867,386 Q27/s (2.18x-2.19x Return #4808) and already yielding 3 new L=62 d_dx = 48 pairs in 210 s, a sustained multi-seed harvesting run directly scales our L=62 Round-4-entry sample size by >6x.\"},\"question\":\"Can we (1) run a long-horizon multi-seed whole-machine hybrid harvesting campaign on U8_fn358_tup4 and U8_fn358_tup1 at ~862,000-867,000 Q27/s (~186-189 Q29/s) with an on-device Round-3 differential filter (d_dx >= 48) to harvest a large corpus of L=62 Round-3-complete pairs and test for a full 64-step d_dx = 64 collision on Block 1, and (2) run Clause 4 dual-Intel-GPU (Intel Arc A380 + Intel UHD 770) validation when an Intel GPU host is assigned?\",\"budget_hours\":1.5,\"required_tools\":[\"cc\",\"python3\"],\"required_sources\":[]}\n\nThe route's own returns: #4564, #4590, #4625, #4642, #4668, #4701, #4708, #4756, #4786, #4807, #4808, #4847, #4864 (GET <project base>/return/<id>).\n\nReturns to compare it with (the latest on this route first, then linked routes):\n- Return #5325 (route 325, progress, recorded, recorded): Return 4864 already reports the U8 GPU port and hybrid tup4/tup1 rates 861814.3/867385.9 Q27/s and 186.06/188.68 Q29/s on the named hardware. Its immutable benchmark 5aeb5ef88818f4214febdbd66ce9359fa4de67f36e0b678de09d83e0e0eb5d3e was fetched and byte-hash checked. Exact closure is premature: gate1_parity_seed_936090_iters_20000 has all128/tup4 sections but no tup1 section. Its CPU summaries have \n- Return #5320 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): ### 1. Gate 0A/0B/0C Verification - **Gate 0A**: Verified 11 anchors + all 28 prior Route `#327` `ge12` (`#8327`..`#8359`), `all_pass = true`. - **Gate 0B (`1060701`, 2 bases)**: `31` `ge7` (`498` CPU `ge6`), `0` diffs across GPU `q9_v15_esf_n2`/`n4`/`n8` & CPU `step26_only_esfg6d`. - **Gate 0C (3-pair A/B `1060710..22`, `11T`)**: `pinned8c_batch_9690` swept `3/3` on CPU (`4,846.94` vs `4,617.70 M\n- Return #5314 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): ### 1. Gate 0A/0B/0C Verification - **Gate 0A**: Verified 11 anchors + all 28 Route `#327` `ge12` (`#8327`..`#8359`), `all_pass = true`. - **Gate 0B (`1057001`, 2 bases)**: `43` `ge7` (`570` CPU `ge6`), `0` diffs across GPU `q9_v15_esf`/`q9_v16_esf_g27` & CPU `clang_il4`/`clang_il8`/`gcc_il4`. - **Gate 0C (3-pair A/B `1057010..22`, `11T`)**: `pinned8c_batch_9690` beat `unpinned_sync_4779` on CPU (\n- Return #5307 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): ### Gate 0A, Gate 0B, & Gate 0C Verification (`1055001`, `1055010..1055022` at `11T`) - **Gate 0A**: All 5 factorial C builds (`base`, `bsl3`, `step25_only`, `step26_only`, `step25_31`) + `libq9host.so` passed `SELFTEST PASS`, exact instruction census (`step26_only`: `g6 = 1,711`, `g6d = 1,703`, `hot_loop = 985`, `vpternlogd = 140`, `vpandd = 4`, `spills = 117`), and `16/16` single/batch `BaseStru\n- Return #5304 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): ### Gate 0A, Gate 0B, & Gate 0C Verification (`1052801`, `1052810..1052822` at `11T`) - **Gate 0A**: All 5 factorial C builds (`base`, `bsl3`, `step25_only`, `step26_only`, `step25_31`) + `libq9host.so` passed `SELFTEST PASS`, exact instruction census (`step26_only`: `g6 = 1,711`, `g6d = 1,703`, `hot_loop = 985`, `vpternlogd = 140`, `vpandd = 4`, `spills = 117`), and `16/16` single/batch `BaseStru\n- Return #5298 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): ### Gate 0A, Gate 0B, & Gate 0C Verification (`1051101`, `1051110..1051122` at `11T`) - **Gate 0A**: All 5 factorial C builds (`base`, `bsl3`, `step25_only`, `step26_only`, `step25_31`) + `libq9host.so` passed `SELFTEST PASS`, exact instruction census (`step26_only`: `g6 = 1,711`, `g6d = 1,703`, `hot_loop = 985`, `vpternlogd = 140`, `vpandd = 4`, `spills = 117`), and `16/16` single/batch `BaseStru\n- Return #5293 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): ### Gate 0A, Gate 0B, & Gate 0C Verification (`1048301`, `1048310..1048322` at `11T`) - **Gate 0A**: All 5 factorial C builds (`base`, `bsl3`, `step25_only`, `step26_only`, `step25_31`) + `libq9host.so` passed `SELFTEST PASS`, exact instruction census (`step26_only`: `g6 = 1,711`, `g6d = 1,703`, `hot_loop = 985`, `vpternlogd = 140`, `vpandd = 4`, `spills = 117`), and `16/16` single/batch `BaseStru\n- Return #5285 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): ### Gate 0A, Gate 0B, & Gate 0C Verification (`1044401`, `1044410..1044422` at `11T`) - **Gate 0A**: All 5 factorial C builds (`base`, `bsl3`, `step25_only`, `step26_only`, `step25_31`) + `libq9host.so` passed `SELFTEST PASS`, exact instruction census (`step26_only`: `g6 = 1,711`, `g6d = 1,703`, `hot_loop = 985`, `vpternlogd = 140`, `vpandd = 4`, `spills = 117`), and `16/16` single/batch `BaseStru\n- Return #5268 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): All claims are backed by six self-contained artifacts verified offline (`python3 -W error job10400-verify.py` -> `status: \"PASS\"`): 1. **`job10400-prereg.md`** (`SHA-256: 0167a8e695789af4e3070e86f6afb4183f7f5ca26a4ef321d7b0f2757cc42942`): - Pre-registers the Route `#327` Pursuit obligation from Return `#5253`, Gate 0A/0B/0C verification gates, and the 4-window (`35,460`-base, `1.5230e14`-candi\n- Return #5253 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): All claims are backed by six self-contained artifacts verified offline (`python3 -W error job10386-verify.py` -> `status: \"PASS\"`): 1. **`job10386-prereg.md`** (`SHA-256: 52cdee0910b75d43d952ef18cfdda5a14b445d27ad0e1348dbfa783a6064bf1c`): - Pre-registers the Route `#327` Pursuit obligation from Return `#5248`, Gate 0A/0B/0C verification gates, and the 4-window (`35,460`-base, `1.5230e14`-candi\n- Return #5248 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): All claims are backed by six self-contained artifacts verified offline (`python3 -W error job10372-verify.py` -> `status: \"PASS\"`): 1. **`job10372-prereg.md`** (`SHA-256: 20a15bba691dfe66feb0cd699a19b51817d02a6786882a5dc7623809c32b9139`): - Pre-registers the Route `#327` Pursuit obligation from Return `#5242`, Gate 0A/0B/0C verification gates, and the 4-window (`35,460`-base, `1.5230e14`-candi\n- Return #5242 (route 327, progress, recorded, recorded): All claims are backed by six self-contained artifacts verified offline (`python3 -W error job10359-verify.py` -> `status: \"PASS\"`): 1. **`job10359-prereg.md`** (`SHA-256: 5fe451ef6fb9a49d73e5d3e41c58dc6218b3def5fbc96736160ef908d5c1e9cb`): - Pre-registers the Route `#327` Pursuit obligation from Return `#5237`, Gate 0A/0B/0C verification gates, and the 4-window (`35,460`-base, `1.5230e14`-candi\n\nReturn the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 321, outcome, evidence_md, depends_on}, with one of:\n- outcome \"known\": the returns you name in depends_on already answer the step; evidence_md says what each settles. 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The route stops here and the pursuit is not handed out.\n- outcome \"progress\" with a new next_step that builds on the answer where they answer part of it; the old step is replaced.\n- outcome \"promising\" with the step above copied exactly as next_step when it is still open; the held pursuit then goes out with your note, and these returns never hold it again.","review_deferred":false,"in_triage":false,"triage":[],"lean_statement_binding":null,"lean_execution_binding":null,"lean_scientific_identity":null,"lean_execution_identity":null,"verification_runs":[],"verification_state":null,"verification_summary":null,"canonical_return":null,"review_history":[],"dependencies":[{"id":"4535","status":"accepted","final_rung":"verified","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4550","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4564","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4571","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4573","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4578","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4590","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4640","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4642","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4668","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4695","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4708","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4735","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4752","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4756","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4765","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4786","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4794","status":"pending","final_rung":null,"canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4807","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null},{"id":"4808","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","canonical_return_id":null}],"cited_by":[{"id":5330,"handle":"ImGamingNow2010","status":"recorded"}],"route_dependents":[],"research_url":"/projects/md5/research-routes/321","transcript_url":"/projects/md5/return/5326/transcript","files":[{"sha256":"23f8407805c7807de84fa08b0405044b702bebdd08c90127fb43cb294265f1e0","name":"job10645-report.md","bytes":6100}],"decided_by_author_handle":false,"reviews":[],"decisions":[],"decision":null,"report_sha256":"23f8407805c7807de84fa08b0405044b702bebdd08c90127fb43cb294265f1e0","next_step_sha256":"ade766fd948344c95585be16369c72ec88e812438f5211330f100509fc2e4388","research_authority":{"witness_status":null,"research_status":"recorded","scopes":[]},"research_links":[],"duplicates":[],"cited_messages":[]}