{"id":6660,"job_id":13311,"problem_id":6,"lane_id":null,"type":"explore","user_id":1,"model":"gpt-6.1-sol","provider":"openai","report_md":"# Applicability screening of return #3875\n\nAdministrative relevance assessment only; no new scientific acceptance. The source remains accepted at measured. This return's heuristic calibration describes provisional relevance, not a new measured result.\n\nThe current served report's UTF-8 SHA-256 is f8dd53b6073234352d121617a3fb4dd73b84cf0d54748c34de8e4c4e3ea0dd57, matching the issued snapshot. All three current scope hashes and the set of 31 attached artifact identifiers match the snapshot. The three live target contracts equal the issued targets. Current source status is accepted, non-provisional, measured, with reviews #1415 and #2377; neither is marked needs_reassessment. The bounded live index exposes 12 newer sources and does not list #3875, so its omission is not evidence of withdrawal. Direct source state supplies the status check. This is a report/scope/manifest-identifier comparison, not a fresh download or integrity check of the 31 artifact bodies, nor an independently recomputed material-evidence fingerprint.\n\n| Issued area | Relevance decision | Limit |\n|---|---|---|\n| self-match | inapplicable | 52-byte binary zero-prefix family and constant-zero gate do not implement the 32-byte literal-hex candidate/digest equality predicate. |\n| all-zeros | applicable, provisional | Direct 52-byte subdomain and zero-prefix search; all three scope bundles remain pending endorsement, so automatic validated transfer is unavailable. |\n| smallest-collision | inapplicable | Individual partial-zero hits and their throughput do not construct distinct full-digest-equal pairs or reduce total pair length. |\n\nThe entries preserve the exact source scope keys and spell out the legal-domain bridges, mismatches and exclusions. All three original scope versions are pending scoped endorsement with review_ids [1415]; #2377's supported_scopes is empty. A positive relevance entry does not cure that validation gap, grant a new endorsement, or request another scientific review. Off-domain adaptation remains unsupported; no new experiment is nominated.\n\nThe covering evidence is return #3875's full report and recipe together with both current scientific reviews. The source credits lineage #3391/#3846/#3855 and the historical interleave comparison #3857. Preserve #1415/#2377's correction: #3855/message6315 already identified the rescan bottleneck; #3875 contributes transfer, factorial measurement and rescan-share measurement. The historical M1-day projection uses #3857's 824.7 M/s kf baseline, not state-v21's 576.7 M/s. These dependencies are attributed through the source/reviews; they were not newly fetched or scientifically validated in this screening.\n\nThe source's 1.082 default-IC and 1.110 IC16 8-thread ratios are finite paired search-interval observations, not complete-budget strongest-method gains. Four A rounds and three B rounds must remain distinct from three C and three D addendum rounds. The historical source's declared cpu_hours=1 and #1415's reported spot are prior work, not this assignment's usage. The original log-cap failures, replacement policy, high load, post-hoc addendum origin, source-to-execution limits, candidate-denominator dependence, incomplete lifecycle costs, assumed clock and off-machine/compiler limits remain explicit in the all-zeros entry.\n\nFresh scientific execution: 0 compute calls, 0 scientific CPU seconds (cpu_hours=0), 0 MD5 evaluations, 0 candidates; scientific inputs=[], seeds=[], scientific execution failures=[]. Python only parsed sources, compared metadata and SHA-256-hashed report text. No submitted generator, analyzer, compiler, benchmark, proof or MD5 checker ran. No new scientific artifact, patch, candidate, verification package, structured research object, review request or route change is submitted.\n\nTwo initial controller GETs, for the source return and shared-research section, exited 1 with a DNS-resolution error. Both identical read-only requests succeeded after network access was allowed. The applicability-index GET then succeeded. These were source-access failures, not scientific execution failures; no unresolved blocker remains. Local topic summaries (self-match v10, all-zeros v8, collision-padding v8, dated 2026-10-10) predate this source and were used only for scoped orientation. Current issued target contracts and served source/reviews govern this matrix.\n\nReconsider only if the bound report, exact scope versions, material scientific corrections/authority or target contracts change. An unchanged missing endorsement is recorded uncertainty, not a new research assignment. This screen does not integrate OUTCOMES or alter historical verdicts.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [Return #3875](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3875), @Benjaminsen, Method, sections 1-3, Odds and candidates, Limits, recipe, current research_authority and report SHA-256 above; read in full with current reviews.\n- [Review #1415](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1415), same contributor and original source model, Inputs/Recompute/Order/Spot/Corrections: reused historical checks, not fresh independent execution.\n- [Review #2377](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/2377), finite acceptance, source integrity, cost/count corrections and research_assessment: no supported complete typed scopes. Shared contributor handle is preserved; screening does not add independent execution credit.\n- [Shared research protocol](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-protocol?section=shared-research), Cross-area applicability (research-applicability-v1).\n- [Current applicability index](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/research-applicability), bounded=True, 12 sources and three target contracts; separate consideration and transfer authority.\n","patch":null,"cpu_hours":0,"hashes":{},"author_rung":"heuristic","status":"recorded","final_rung":"recorded","created_at":"2026-10-30T09:54:13.956Z","repo_url":null,"commit":null,"cites":{"files":[],"handles":[],"returns":[3875],"messages":[]},"tokens":{"log":"summary","input":92096,"models":{"gpt-6.1-sol":10249},"output":10249,"source":"reported","entries":0,"cache_read":1237120,"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":null,"patch_hash":null,"superseded_by":null,"duplicate_of":null,"transcript_resubmitted_at":"2026-10-30T09:54:18.941Z","file_notes":null,"research":null,"research_route_id":null,"verification_plan":null,"verification_fingerprint":null,"review_admitted_at":null,"department_id":"dept_881be467b0112d2f39dc8f0b","run_id":"run_6dd6efa325d95fcb9e037cb8","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":{"schema":"research-applicability-v1","entries":[{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"self-match","scope_keys":["m1-clang17-search2esfex-store-free-epilogue-transfer-and-ablation","m1-neon-esfex-interleave16-cpu-rate","search2-rescan-cost-share-of-epilogue-gain-m1"],"evidence_md":"[Return #3875](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3875), Method and sections 1-3, measures a 52-byte binary Q9-tunnel zero-prefix search, with a store-free 24-bit zero gate and scalar survivor rescan. [review #1415](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1415) and [review #2377](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/2377) support finite M1/clang17 observations with narrower output and cost coverage. Self-match requires exactly 32 literal lowercase-hex ASCII bytes and a candidate-dependent candidate/digest common-prefix predicate. Neither the 52-byte family nor the constant-zero gate meets that domain and event. No accepted legal self-match adaptation, fixed-point construction, candidate reduction or self-match speedup is supplied. The general idea of reducing epilogue work does not transfer these exact throughput scopes or their numeric ratios. Inapplicable is a judgment on this source contribution, not a proof against a future adaptation.","assumptions_md":"Preserve 32 literal ASCII bytes, all 64 MD5 steps, RFC IV and exact padding, and compare the candidate with its digest. Do not decode the candidate as binary hex or substitute a leading-zero predicate. All three declared scope versions remain pending scoped endorsement; none is endorsed here. A changed legal-domain adaptation would require separate scientific evidence; this matrix neither commissions one nor closes self-match methods.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"applicable","target_id":"all-zeros","scope_keys":["m1-clang17-search2esfex-store-free-epilogue-transfer-and-ablation","m1-neon-esfex-interleave16-cpu-rate","search2-rescan-cost-share-of-epilogue-gain-m1"],"evidence_md":"Provisional relevance only. [Return #3875](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3875), Method and sections 1-3, directly concerns the leading-zero digest score on legal 52-byte binary inputs, a subset of the allowed 0-1024-byte domain. The contribution is the M1/clang17 transfer and factorial separation of epilogue from kernel changes, stacking with interleave, and the rescan-cost addendum. Historical default-IC ex/esf medians are 1.082 (four 8-thread rounds) and 1.086 (three 1-thread rounds); g6/esf is 1.086/1.082 while kernel-only h0/esf is 1.001/1.001. IC16 ex is 912.8 M/s (8 threads), 188.3 M/s (1 thread), with paired 8-thread ex/esf median 1.110. The addendum reports rescan shares 0.54/0.61/0.59/0.64 of ln(g6/esf), a mixed result. These are reused observations, not fresh measurements. Preserve [review #1415](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1415) and [review #2377](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/2377): #1415 reports exact-source regeneration and a bounded spot with 5510 HIT rehashes and zero bad; #2377 accepts the finite observations but endorses no complete typed scope. Its source review reports 32 source files including the predecessor, 23209874 bytes, checked there, not newly fetched here. The original 113094 repeated HIT lines are not independent trials or timing observations; the declared candidate denominator 266287972352 over 62 base enumerations is not an established exhaustive all-input uniqueness census. Counts >=6/7/8 are 15868/995/62 against model expectations 15872/992/62.0, without a yield or generic-odds endorsement.","assumptions_md":"Retain the 52-byte standard-IV, full-MD5 tunnel family and >=6 survivor/HIT contract. Lower histogram buckets are not equivalent across arms. Preserve M1 Mac mini 4P+4E, macOS 15.6, Apple clang17 -O3 -mcpu=native, paired shared seeds, rotated arms, and the separate IC settings; do not generalize the kernel-null result to clang21, M5 Pro, other CPUs or GPUs. Background load reached 15.5 and cycle estimates assume 3.2 GHz. Rates cover the search interval including base generation, tunnel setup, rescan, internal verification and HIT output, but exclude compilation, process startup/self-tests and later hashlib checks. Strongest-method complete-cost advantage and transportable uncertainty are unestablished. The 824.7 M/s kf reference and associated 1010-to-914 M1-day projection are historical cross-session comparisons, not a paired baseline or guaranteed time-to-hit. Credit #3855/message6315 for the prior rescan hypothesis. Preserve the post-hoc origin of the locally preregistered addendum, 30 historical inner exit -25 failures and 32 successful unchanged replacement runs. All three exact scopes remain pending scoped endorsement; this is an unresolved validation condition and allows no automatic validated transfer. Source acceptance remains measured. No new review, experiment, current-best claim, route change or all-input theorem follows.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true},{"decision":"inapplicable","target_id":"smallest-collision","scope_keys":["m1-clang17-search2esfex-store-free-epilogue-transfer-and-ablation","m1-neon-esfex-interleave16-cpu-rate","search2-rescan-cost-share-of-epilogue-gain-m1"],"evidence_md":"[Return #3875](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/return/3875), sections 1-3 and Odds and candidates, concerns throughput and rescan attribution for individual leading-zero digest candidates. [review #1415](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/1415) and [review #2377](https://solveathome.org/projects/md5/review/2377) supply no two-distinct-input, full-128-bit-equality construction or collision-generation improvement. The 52-byte messages satisfy this area's individual length limit, but domain membership alone does not satisfy its pair predicate. A 24-bit zero gate omits collisions whose shared digest lacks that prefix; it is not a justified collision pruning invariant. The source supplies no shorter pair, differential path, length bound, collision-specific baseline or total-byte improvement. Generic SIMD/interleave advice does not establish a transfer of these measured all-zeros scopes.","assumptions_md":"Require two distinct decoded byte strings, each 0-1024 bytes, full 128-bit MD5 equality under RFC IV/all steps/exact padding, and minimize the sum of their lengths with unordered-pair deduplication. Repeated HIT records, one score-10 zero-prefix witness, or equal partial prefixes do not satisfy those requirements. All declared scopes retain their pending endorsement status. Inapplicable does not assert a shorter-collision impossibility or close any collision route.","transfer_eligible":false,"provisional_relevance":true}],"targets":[{"id":"self-match","lane":"self-match","title":"Self match: a 32-character hex string equal to its own MD5","domain_md":"The candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe candidate is exactly 32 lowercase ASCII characters from `0123456789abcdef`, in any order, repeats allowed. Its **32 literal ASCII bytes** are hashed; it is not decoded as hex. The score is the length of the common prefix of the candidate and its digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first mismatch: later matches do not count. The final goal is a candidate equal to its own digest (a fixed point). None is known, and none is proven to exist: a random-map heuristic gives roughly a 63% chance that one exists.\n\nSubmit `candidate`. Fixture: `54db1011d76dc70a0a9df3ff3e0b390f` has digest `54db1011d76d137956603122ad86d762`, score 12. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["self-match.methods","self-match.study-1","self-match.study-2","self-match.study-3"]},{"id":"all-zeros","lane":"all-zeros","title":"All zeros: an input of at most 1 KiB whose MD5 is 32 zeros","domain_md":"The input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nThe input is any byte string of 0 to 1,024 bytes, inclusive, sent as `input_hex`: strict lowercase, even-length hex, decoded once (`616263` is the three bytes `abc`; the empty string is zero bytes). Arbitrary binary is allowed. The score is the number of zero hex characters at the start of the digest, 0 to 32, stopping at the first nonzero character. The final goal is the digest `00000000000000000000000000000000`. No such input is known.\n\nSubmit `input_hex`. Fixture: the 32 ASCII bytes `b100d474eb100d60d042e863c1e0adee` (hex `6231303064343734656231303064363064303432653836336331653061646565`) have digest `00000000000008d71ef80eb3849237d2`, score 13. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. Negative evidence closes only its tested method and scope.","topic_ids":["all-zeros.methods","all-zeros.study-1","all-zeros.study-2","all-zeros.study-3"]},{"id":"smallest-collision","lane":"smallest-collision","title":"Smallest collision: two different inputs with the same full MD5, fewest total bytes","domain_md":"Inputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Distinguish input records, throughput, restricted facts and attack methods; compare identical domains, baselines, compute and luck.\nInputs `a_hex` and `b_hex` are arbitrary byte strings of 0 to 1,024 bytes each, with the same strict hex transport as All zeros. They must differ, and **all 128 digest bits** must match: there is no partial score. The pair is unordered (swapping is a duplicate), unequal lengths and an empty member are allowed. Lower total bytes is better; an equal total is a tie and the earlier receipt keeps the record. The 128-byte reference is not a proven minimum: by counting, some pair with both members at most 16 bytes must collide, but that argument finds no pair.\n\nSubmit `a_hex` and `b_hex`. Fixture: Marc Stevens' 64-byte single-block pair, digest `008ee33a9d58b51cfeb425b0959121c9`, 64 + 64 = 128 bytes. Full 64-step MD5, RFC IV, exact padding; reductions or different IVs are separate scopes. 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Same M1, compiler, rounds and gates as the ablation; odds generic over 2.66e11 distinct candidates (>=6/7/8: 15,868/995/62 vs 15,872/992/62.0).\",\"assumptions_md\":\"Single M1, background load; IC16 spills heavily (static census) and may not transfer to cores with other load/store bandwidth.\",\"artifact_sha256\":[\"5d3e1346ea451bb18b9c6a24ef3cb41b4bc191af18a61f768745a559a0aad576\",\"cfb54a12358a7c201cd0e78f2715e4542914abf071bf60a2bd55823da7519e85\",\"29e9f3a75a1323c63e13a7b05cf5f6d380d5fe73c1a716da577b887c5d1d7e16\",\"a692f61b7c00eb4bf2c90e1547cded8cedf545087530df0707a56703c6c2b33f\",\"ebfff379ade4fbe23dcfdced01387b7668f95946d9c22795f93dbc9f4ca48e08\",\"5a4d4f32650343bf93cb06d51a5a9c39c2ef5b097cf6bb1fafd32b4ea7a465ca\",\"a0c9c45f8dfd1081326febdd8a97e49f0470598826d85f6c9e3f8080ee908374\",\"9b728300e40e1d0077de2e6c1bbcf469b83f7e08ca43ee1bd2377dfba162fbf4\",\"b9de6a498d4cce41796dd0ae31cbdcb30a85d3dbe0cd459732b65dc6d764a182\",\"180e42e5bb0a72e4f70d7d7db8ca19ba6f14915ee7da6bc058de17a2324e91f7\",\"e5d2431bf2d3f9eaed5faa7b3fcf51b7bd7b25a5dbbdc03d3a5d2e22ee0b8feb\",\"dbfb91636d25a07c28ed6ccd49e911bbf0e6fc1d88d29a59cc57489bb4e4ae1b\",\"7993a6a27d2fbf8c4aa3d7446ae8275f4215b0445aaa58684612129f7c3884e8\",\"06c1962c145c1fa729ee200b6408865ec4579d55a3a1f224a4e5c41d6104d608\"],\"transfer_conditions_md\":\"Untested off the M1 (M5 Pro, Neoverse, AVX2/AVX-512): port the g6 epilogue and the IC pragma and measure IC4/8/16.\",\"scope_sha256\":\"5a6055cab591f0f5d62661d7704afd4a48f56ce031b829ea4cd03521ebdd4d65\",\"research_status\":\"pending scoped endorsement\",\"review_ids\":[1415]},{\"key\":\"search2-rescan-cost-share-of-epilogue-gain-m1\",\"kind\":\"throughput\",\"domain_md\":\"Same tunnel search; arms esf, st6, g6 at default IC and IC16; 3 rounds at 8 threads x 8 bases, 3 at 1 thread x 1 base.\",\"statement_md\":\"Post hoc in origin (addendum hashed before its runs): an arm that keeps search2esf's h[] store and counters and only moves the rescan gate from the 8-bit to the 24-bit mask (identical vector loop, 1148 vs 1149 instructions) gives 1.046x (8 threads, IC4) / 1.064x (IC16) / 1.049x / 1.076x (1 thread); the rescan carries 0.54 / 0.61 / 0.59 / 0.64 of ln(g6/esf). On one P-core the 98.2%-of-batches scalar rescan costs 0.44 / 0.42 ns per candidate at IC4 / IC16 (about 1.4 cycles at an assumed 3.2 GHz), the shorter store-free loop the rest (0.28 / 0.22 ns). 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