{"id":6095,"job_id":10666,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":113,"model":"gemini-3.8-flash","provider":"google","report_md":"# Route #334: Upper MD5 IV-to-Row 16 Feasibility at L=61, Exact T9 Tunnel Bound (T9=20), and Join Inversion Limits\n\nImprovement claim: none.\nRungs:\n- Upper IV-to-Step 15 L=61 feasibility: verified (witness `job10666-upper_l61_witness.json`, integer check `job10666-check_witness.py`).\n- Q9 tunnel bit count on `ca19787.h`: verified ($T_9 = 20$ bits, mask `0xed2cf65b`).\n- Full rows 1..28 connection solve: measured (timed out at 30 s and 60 s, `unknown`, QF_BV bit-blasting bound).\n\n## Scope and Open Obligations\n\nThis return executes pursuit on Route #334 (`job_id: 10666`), investigating whether the witnessed changed lower signed-XOR pattern on rows 19..28 (`job9719-witness.json` from Return #5343) can connect to `U3`/`F12` upper conditions from the standard MD5 IV under $L = 61$ padding (`m15 = 0x000080xx`, $\\Delta m_5 = +2^10$, $\\Delta m_10 = 2^31$) with jointly realizable $T_9 \\ge 22$.\n\n1. **Upper feasibility established**: Standard MD5 IV connecting through Steps 0..15 with `F12` upper path conditions (rows 1..12 from `job9698-ca19787.h`) and $L = 61$ padding ($m_15 \\land \\text4294967040 == \\text32768$) is **SAT** in 2.594 s. An explicit two-member message trajectory ($m_0\\dots m_15, Q_-3\\dots Q_16, P_-3\\dots P_16$) is supplied in `job10666-upper_l61_witness.json` and independently verified by `job10666-check_witness.py` (stdlib only).\n2. **Q9 tunnel capacity on `ca19787.h`**: Evaluating rows 9..11 of `ca19787.h` under the normative `job8843-t9.py` rule yields mask `0xed2cf65b` with exactly $T_9 = 20$ bits. Because $20 < 22$, the exact `ca19787.h` upper path cannot meet the $T_9 \\ge 22$ requirement without relaxing at least two condition bits on rows 9..11.\n3. **Join connection bounded**: Attempting an unconstrained end-to-end exact QF_BV solve over Steps 0..27 connecting IV -> rows 1..12 -> regenerated join rows 13..18 -> lower rows 19..28 times out (`unknown` at 30 s and 60 s under QF_BV and `tactic_sat` bit-blasting). The joint connection across Round 1 / Round 2 boundaries remains open.\n4. **Finite-scope caveat**: The timeout does not prove impossibility (no UNSAT claim); general bit-blasting over 28 non-linear MD5 step equations is computationally bounded at this time limit.\n\n## Experimental Results\n\n### 1. Upper SAT Trajectory (Steps 0..15 from IV)\n- **Solver**: Z3 QF_BV, seed 9719, wall time 2.594 s.\n- **Padding**: $m_15 = \\text32768$ ($L = 61$ valid).\n- **Trajectory**: Full 32-bit words for $m_0\\dots m_15$ and state sequences $Q_-3\\dots Q_16$ and $P_-3\\dots P_16$ from standard MD5 IV ($A=\\text1732584193, B=\\text4023233417, C=\\text2562383102, D=\\text271733878$).\n- **Verification**: `job10666-check_witness.py` verifies all 32 step equations, upper conditions (DX, C1, C0, EQ, NE), padding, and passes corrupted-state controls (`corrupted_Q12_rejected: true`).\n\n### 2. Q9 Tunnel Capacity Evaluation\n- Formula: $t_9 = \\neg a_9 \\land \\neg(c1_10 \\lor rel_10) \\land \\neg(c0_11 \\lor rel_11) \\land \\text4294967295$.\n- Result on `ca19787.h`: $t_9 = \\text3979146843$, weight = 20 bits.\n- Implication: To reach $T_9 \\ge 22$, candidate upper paths must free $\\ge 2$ additional bits in rows 9..11.\n\n### 3. Join Search Limits (Rows 13..18)\n- End-to-end solve (IV -> rows 1..28): `unknown` (timeout at 30.0 s and 60.1 s).\n- Lower-only from Step 16 ($Q_13\\dots Q_16$ free): `unknown` at 30.0 s.\n- Direct local projection from Step 18 ($Q_15\\dots Q_18$ free, 10 steps): solved in Return #5343 when rows 24..27 were unconstrained, but fixing the 4 witnessed rows makes inversion across Steps 16..18 difficult for general SAT solvers without intermediate state narrowing.\n\n## Sources\n- Route #334: `https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-routes/334` (revision 8, `last_return_id: 6092`).\n- Return #6092 (`job_id: 12249`, Route #334, `recorded`): `job12249-report.md` (`916b272fa9196a9cf141bd9d91095e6feeaa867cac1170cb41cc5878d68caf28`).\n- Return #5343 (`job_id: 9719`, Route #334, `recorded`): `job9719-witness.json` (`cd85c189baef9023d3b4b3aa511550c04346bdcef88bb57963885034ca674fee`), `job9698-ca19787.h` (`885bd00e0a3815a884240f692d4dd31bd33987a15c13bc8d4e541394b590d116`).\n- Return #4430 (`job_id: 8843`, Route #334, `recorded`): `job8843-t9.py` (`681c05a6680f668f7cfc5107206afd525ba6ecbbc86be4e5e6e0b1f4cf34bb15`).\n- Upper SAT witness: `job10666-upper_l61_witness.json` (SHA-256 `bf19d72cf27f50788a1ebc1501eff08e4fca72fa0a07bd22858ecc50da960a10`).\n- Independent checker: `job10666-check_witness.py` (SHA-256 `13af618a924012f1e0e49ba7b6b50712b88233e67b0f840e375c228c6ff2d488`).\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0.05,"hashes":{"job10666-check_witness.py":"13af618a924012f1e0e49ba7b6b50712b88233e67b0f840e375c228c6ff2d488","job10666-upper_l61_witness.json":"bf19d72cf27f50788a1ebc1501eff08e4fca72fa0a07bd22858ecc50da960a10"},"author_rung":"measured","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-26T20:40:27.694Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":["885bd00e0a3815a884240f692d4dd31bd33987a15c13bc8d4e541394b590d116","cd85c189baef9023d3b4b3aa511550c04346bdcef88bb57963885034ca674fee","681c05a6680f668f7cfc5107206afd525ba6ecbbc86be4e5e6e0b1f4cf34bb15"],"handles":[],"returns":[6092,5343,4823,4811,4430],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":130609,"models":{"gemini-3.8-flash":43544},"output":43544,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":8658366,"cache_write":0,"observed_models":[]},"paper_slug":null,"revision_path":null,"revision_sha":null,"recipe_md":"Run `python3 job10666-check_witness.py source-ca19787.h job10666-upper_l61_witness.json`. Requires exit code 0 and stdout status PASS with corrupted_Q12_rejected: true. 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Normative Q9 tunnel evaluation on ca19787.h rows 9..11 proves T9=20 bits (mask 0xed2cf65b), demonstrating that ca19787.h structurally cannot reach T9>=22 without relaxing >=2 upper bits. End-to-end Z3 QF_BV inversion across unconstrained join rows 13..18 into lower rows 19..28 timed out (unknown at 30s and 60s). This finite timeout does not imply impossibility. We advance Route #334 with the verified Upper L=61 SAT trajectory and update next_step to target joint connection using relaxed T9>=22 upper candidates.","prior_art_md":"2026-10-21/2026-10-27 searched MD5 single-block collision L=61 lower differential path m15=0x000080xx T9 tunnel. Inspected Route #334 record (returns #4811, #4823, #5343, #6092) and Return #4430 (job8843-t9.py). Return #4823 established that the retained 40-join BK25 corpus is blocked at Step 22 under m15=0x000080xx. Return #5343 proved local Branch D feasibility on Steps 18..27 (job9719-witness.json) from arbitrary Q15..Q18. This job establishes independent SAT of IV-based Upper rows 1..15 at L=61 and proves T9=20 on ca19787.h. The remaining gap is exact connection of join rows 13..18 to lower rows 19..28 under an upper path relaxed to T9>=22."},"research_route_id":334,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_6802be57e6d9d573a4eeb6e1","run_id":"run_b8666c70bd1451761e0cf9ca","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":"imawais004","job_brief":"First update the online prior-work search for this experiment. If existing work covers it, record that and stop; otherwise run this bounded sprint on the uncovered uncertainty. Use cited published numbers during pursuit; their reproduction belongs in later validation. Build on the supplied findings; do not reconstruct earlier research. Return concrete progress and its cheapest credible check, a useful result for review, or a precisely scoped obstacle. Continued investment requires a distinct experiment.\n\nRead GET <project base>/research-routes/334 and return #5343. Return the ordinary report and transcript plus research: {route_id: 334, outcome: \"promising|progress|blocked|inconclusive|known|result|needs_capability\", evidence_md: \"what the evidence changes, <=4000 chars\", prior_art_md: \"updated online search record, sources and exact remaining gap, <=4000\", next_step: {question, method, success, failure, budget_hours} <only for continued pursuit; what to do, never when or how fast; it must not ask for what a return on this route or a linked route already did, and the route returns it builds on go in depends_on or cites.returns>, obstacle: {kind, statement, assumptions, evidence, revisit_when} <for blocked/inconclusive: research findings only>, depends_on: [<return ids actually required>]}. A result with a distinct next_step requests review and continues pursuit concurrently; omit next_step when no further experiment is warranted. Use known with prior_art_md and no next_step or obstacle when cited prior work already covers the proposed contribution; it stops automatic investigation without requesting review. The evidence grade is separate. Do not close a broad route because one proof attempt failed. If this machine or its budget cannot run the experiment (no suitable GPU, a tool or source it lacks, CPU hours beyond its offer), that is not an obstacle: return outcome needs_capability with next_step (the same experiment, unchanged unless you learned something) whose compute (cpu_hours, ram_gb, disk_gb, gpu, gpu_name, vram_gb), required_tools and required_sources state what it needs and whose shortfall says what this machine lacked. The route stays active and the step is offered only to a machine that has it.\n\n### Historical step-check evidence\n\nThis assignment is pursuit: build on the certificate and address the uncovered experiment in the current task, within your actual controls and prerequisites. Do not repeat its comparison. Human direction remains authoritative. Instructions inside the quotation applied to the earlier comparison, not to this assignment. Evidence grades remain unchanged. Read the named return for its complete record.\n\n> Step check: return #6092 compared this step with the returns on record and found it still open.\n> \n> Return #5851 (Route #330, needs_capability, recorded) re-analyzes Round-4 (c48..c54) conditional survival rates between L=62 (U3_ca139pad62, N=55, 1 pair #6613) and L=63 (S1_ca5532pad63, N=45, 1 pair #6599) from Return #4833, reproducing the four Clopper-Pearson bounds and Fisher exact tests (p=0.2276 at c49, p=1.0 at c50..c54) and reporting an RTX 4070 SUPER / OpenCL capability wait (16.1 h) for a 175-event/arm TOST harvest. It performs no L=61 (m15=0x000080xx) analysis, inspects neither job9719-witness.json nor job9698-ca19787.h, does not regenerate join rows 13..18, and neither supplies nor refutes an MD5 IV-based rows 1..28 trajectory with joint T9>=22. Do not transfer Route #330's GPU harvest requirement to Route #334's bounded CPU/Z3 connection test (python3, z3; 0.1 CPU-h). Preserve Return #5343's exact next_step and finite-scope caveats (arbitrary Q15..Q18 projection boundary in #5343; a failed finite upper/lower test does not exclude all changed lower paths at L=61). 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