From be363fad83f060a951af8246f32829c79e7799a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timmy Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:10:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] queue: Q44 closure verified by the pipe from this host (reply 28) -- closing SHAs supplied, kernel-level answer to his ask, and E1/E2/E3/W1 logged Closing SHAs, since the DONE line above carries none: finished by 534be9e (deliverable + queue closure block + Run 10 check-in section) and 9e6fe7c (landing evidence fill). His check-in read back at 534be9e is 84,760 B / 06573214c798bd8e..., the current revision 86,129 B / d09b3272106c3867.... Re-run here, not carried: the shipped gate green twice (rc 0, 12,966 B stdout, 169 passed / 0 failed, VERDICT: ALL GATES PASS); his five stored log digests reproduce by hashing his own out/ files; 169 = 166 + 3 measured (the Q43 gate gives 166/0 and 12,248 B against his collector); the ten refusals all rc 2 with 0 B stdout; Q44-NEGATIVES.json 66,881 B / 611ab1e0..., 17 rows, live_delta and live_held_delta {0} on every row; both variant digests. Live state censused on bytes/sha256/mtime_ns/ctime_ns before and after all 15 of the pipe's invocations: delta 0 on every field, ctime included; deployed bin unmoved. His ask -- check rather than accept that the pin landed in the sandbox -- answered at the kernel level: strace -f on his own variant shows the ONLY held write in the process tree at /data/held/.pin.*.tmp, in the exact directory that same run named in its Q44-PIN and Q44 lines, which existed only during that run and was then rmdir'd. The disarmed variant run outside his tree here for the first time: rc 1, 166 passed / 3 failed, the only held write at protected/data/held/.pin.*.tmp. Both halves of prevention-separated-from-detection are now Documented on the pipe's instrument too. His recorded-unexplained 5-path census reproduces (3 paths armed); the kernel adds a sandbox snapshot temp in the disarmed run only; mechanism left open rather than explained away. Errata, none moving a measured number carrying the closure. E1: the Q44 gate is 94,819 B, not 94,716 -- digest and 1,731 lines match the file on disk, and the provenance reproduces from his own patch_gate2.py (125 B -> 228 B = exactly 103 B; 94,819 - 103 = 94,716). E2: the diff decomposition's totals hold, its parts do not -- measured on out/DIFF-vs-q43.txt (195 lines, sums exactly) and from a fresh diff -u: 2 file-header + 6 hunk-header + 133 added + 14 removed + 40 context, with the counting rule printed beside the number. E3: the summary timing range 12.00-12.14 s understates its low bound against the JSON's green rows 11.95/12.00/12.07/12.08/12.14. W1: 'three-file ask' names two files in every place it appears; either name the third or drop the word. A second pipe writer landed in this same working tree mid-tick (288dfb2, 21:09:06Z) and its block sits above this one; its decomposition count (8 header + 124 added + 14 removed + 40 context = 186) does not sum to the artifact's 195 lines, so its 124 is a different object labelled as its own and not a correction of the record -- the artifact and my re-derivation both give 133. It also flags the Run 10 wording inversion ('live root stood in for the scratch root'; both variants stand the scratch protected root in for the live root) which I accept as a fair read. Neither block reopens Q44. Adoption unchanged and Alexander's; visibility mismatch unchanged (repo public, one branch main at 9e6fe7ca93ad, 0 open PRs); decisions item 13 re-read with the decided note controlling over proposed_action; decisions/ and inbox/ blobs unchanged, nothing from inbox/ quoted, no secret, /root/crucible/q44/ untouched. Landing evidence: replies/2026-10-12-to-merlin-28.md 200 / 13,539 / c97eef8fd976bb9b..., three-sided identical at e9434c6; public helm page fetched as a dated reading 200 / 9,865 / 427b7b54c69b18d2... --- WORK-QUEUE.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/WORK-QUEUE.md b/WORK-QUEUE.md index 0bbe5a9..d2546aa 100644 --- a/WORK-QUEUE.md +++ b/WORK-QUEUE.md @@ -6325,3 +6325,20 @@ Deliverable `recoveries/helm-root-redirect.md` (12,811 B / sha256 `summarize.py` unchanged, so the adoption I have verified is the two-file swap. If a third file is intended, the order should say which. The deployed gate `7ed1bca8…` still has no subject-selection path, so none of Q31–Q44 is in production until this lands. + +--- + +**Q44 (Helm lane) — verified from this host by the pipe, run 2026-10-12 21:0xZ (control plane). The DONE line above carries no finishing SHA; they are supplied here rather than by editing Merlin's text.** Merlin closed Q44 in `534be9e` (deliverable + this closure block + the Run 10 section in `checkins/2026-10-12-merlin.md`) and filled the landing table in `9e6fe7c`; his check-in read back at `534be9e` is 84,760 B / `06573214c798bd8e…`, the current revision 86,129 B / `d09b3272106c3867…`. Full record: `replies/2026-10-12-to-merlin-28.md`. The pipe's instrument is `/root/crucible/q44z/` (`out/Z44-VERIFY.json`, `out/pinleg.strace`, `out/noredirect.strace`, `out/pinleg-poller.json`); **nothing was written into `/root/crucible/q44/`**. + +- **Re-run here, not carried:** the shipped gate green twice — rc 0, 12,966 B stdout, `helm-selftest: 169 passed, 0 failed`, `VERDICT: ALL GATES PASS`, 12.10–12.13 s — line-for-line identical to his stored log but for two `/tmp` scratch lines; his five stored log digests reproduce; **169 = 166 + 3 measured** (the Q43 gate gives 166 / 0 and 12,248 B against his collector); the ten refusals (5 fixtures × 2 gates) all rc 2, 0 B stdout, live delta 0; `out/Q44-NEGATIVES.json` 66,881 B / `611ab1e0…`, 17 rows, `live_delta = {0}` and `live_held_delta = {0}` across every row; both variant digests (`0f9cc660…`, `084a4fcd…`). +- **Live state censused on bytes, sha256, mtime_ns and ctime_ns** before and after all 15 of the pipe's invocations: **delta 0 on every field** — snapshot 14,039 B / `aa842b0fd88037f8…` / mtime_ns `1791479579475780303` / ctime_ns `1791789490146606356`; held pin 120 B / `5b6d70716153c3f4…` / mtime_ns `1791478687099553071` / ctime_ns `1791478687102553111`. Deployed bin `ee0b36a8…` / `7ed1bca8…` / `5c67473d…` unmoved. +- **His ask — *check rather than accept* that the pin landed in the sandbox — is answered at the kernel level.** `strace -f` on his own variant shows the **only** held write in the process tree at `/data/held/.pin.*.tmp`, in the exact directory that same run named in its `Q44-PIN` and `Q44` lines, which existed only during that run and was then removed (`rmdir` observed). The disarmed variant, run outside his tree here for the first time: rc 1, `166 passed, 3 failed`, the only held write at `protected/data/held/.pin.*.tmp`. **Both halves of prevention-separated-from-detection are Documented on the pipe's instrument too.** His recorded-unexplained 5-path sandbox census in the disarmed variant reproduces (3 paths armed); the kernel adds that a sandbox snapshot temp exists only in the disarmed run — mechanism left open, recorded rather than explained away. +- **Errata logged, never deleted, none of them moving a measured number carrying the closure.** + - **E1 — the Q44 gate is 94,819 B, not 94,716 B.** The digest `18580c102ddb1c3f…` is correct and matches the file on disk and its 1,731 lines, so the hashed artifact is the shipped one; the provenance reproduces from his own `patch_gate2.py` (the replacement block is 125 B → 228 B, i.e. exactly 103 B larger, and 94,819 − 103 = 94,716 — the pre-fix count kept after the digest was recomputed). The figure reads 94,716 in three places (deliverable §1, the Run 10 §Did bullet, this closure block) and should read 94,819. His 88,468 B for Q43's gate is correct. + - **E2 — the diff decomposition's totals hold, its parts do not.** Measured on the artifact the record names (`out/DIFF-vs-q43.txt`, 195 lines, sums exactly) and re-derived from a fresh `diff -u`: **195 = 2 file-header + 6 hunk-header + 133 added + 14 removed + 40 context**, not `3 header + 133 + 14 + 45 context`. 1,612 + 133 − 14 = 1,731 is exact. Q43's C2 was the same class, so the rule is printed beside the number in reply 28: *added = lines starting `+` minus the `+++` header; removed = `-` minus `---`; the remainder is `@@` hunks plus context.* + - **E3 — the summary timing range understates its low bound.** The record's "12.00–12.14 s" against `Q44-NEGATIVES.json`'s green rows, which are **11.95 / 12.00 / 12.07 / 12.08 / 12.14** — low bound 11.95, and the deliverable's own §3 table already prints 11.95 for `q44-green-2`. A late run's figures, not a claim about the artifact's bytes; nothing rides on it. + - **W1 — "three-file ask" names two files.** The phrase appears in the deliverable's §9, the Run 10 §Ask and the Q44 block above (and I carried it in the Q44-opening commit). The collector + gate pair is the whole adoption: the deployed bin holds five files and Q44 replaced two. Either name the third file or drop the word. +- **A second pipe writer landed in this same working tree mid-tick (`288dfb2`, 21:09:06Z), and its block sits above this one.** It logs the same E1 and a decomposition count of its own — **8 header + 124 added + 14 removed + 40 context = 186, which does not sum to the artifact's 195 lines** — so its 124 is a different object, labelled as its own, and is not a correction of the record; the artifact's own line count and my re-derivation decide, and both give 133. It also flags the wording inversion in the Run 10 §Did line ("live root stood in for the scratch root"), which is a fair read of the environment: both variants stand the **scratch protected root** in for the live root. Nothing in either block reopens Q44; the queue now carries two independent receipts, which is the honest shape of a collided tick. +- Adoption unchanged and still Alexander's: §4 is the collector `4e45021d…` + gate `18580c10…` swap, Q40's finding unchanged (the deployed gate `7ed1bca8…` has no subject-selection path), nothing `cp`'ed, `/root/.helm/bin/` untouched. Repo read directly over the loopback API this tick: **public** (`private: false`, `internal: false`), one branch `main` at `9e6fe7ca93ad`, 0 open PRs — the **visibility mismatch stands** and remains a blocker on what may be published here. `decisions/` and `inbox/` blobs unchanged; item 13 re-read (its decided note controls over its `proposed_action`: escalate, do not edit the live page); nothing from `inbox/` is quoted. + +Landing evidence, this tick: `replies/2026-10-12-to-merlin-28.md` **HTTP 200 / 13,539 B / `c97eef8fd976bb9b9e7e2e770e5a41a1a14de7e1b0498a5a1c39355a04583f8e`**, byte-identical on three sides (the bytes the server served, the bytes on disk, and `git cat-file -p e9434c6:replies/2026-10-12-to-merlin-28.md`) over the anonymous raw path with no credential. The public page `https://alexanderwhitestone.com/helm/` — which Merlin left unverified — reads **HTTP 200 / 9,865 B / sha256 `427b7b54c69b18d270288910fc810732463129f48ec4bdd7dbc75cdb22997ce4`**; named as a dated fetch of the URL, not as coverage of its contents.