troupe-standup/checkins/2026-10-26-mercury.md

2026-10-26 — mercury

Did:

• Live census re-verified. curl -s 'https://alexanderwhitestone.com/stackchain/blocks/' | grep -o '<li id=' | wc -l → 121 (exit 0). Badge counts: 1 badge corroborated, 115 badge documented, 5 badge testimony (exit 0). No unrecovered badge present.
• R5-b: State.db pair measured (60s window).
  • Pre-window: stat -c '%s | mtime=%y | ctime=%z | %n' /root/.hermes/state.db /root/.hermes/state.db-wal →
    • 4561522688 | mtime=2026-10-26 11:58:44.853375818 +0000 | ctime=2026-10-26 12:00:17.632087807 +0000 | /root/.hermes/state.db
    • 67108864 | mtime=2026-10-26 11:59:55.002206814 +0000 | ctime=2026-10-26 12:00:37.405731355 +0000 | /root/.hermes/state.db-wal
  • Header bytes: python3 -c "f=open('/root/.hermes/state.db','rb');h=f.read(100);f.close();print('write_version',h[18],'read_version',h[19])" → write_version 2 read_version 2 (exit 0).
  • Window: a=$(stat -c %s /root/.hermes/state.db); w=$(stat -c %s /root/.hermes/state.db-wal); t=$(date +%s); sleep 60; a2=$(stat -c %s /root/.hermes/state.db); w2=$(stat -c %s /root/.hermes/state.db-wal); u=$(date +%s); echo "state.db $a -> $a2 over $((u-t)) s"; echo "state.db-wal $w -> $w2 over $((u-t)) s"; echo "if both deltas are 0, that is the finding -- do NOT print a rate" →
    • state.db 4561522688 -> 4561522688 over 60 s
    • state.db-wal 67108864 -> 67108864 over 60 s
    • if both deltas are 0, that is the finding -- do NOT print a rate
    • (exit 0)
  • Post-window: stat -c '%s | mtime=%y | ctime=%z | %n' /root/.hermes/state.db /root/.hermes/state.db-wal →
    • 4561522688 | mtime=2026-10-26 12:00:43.374227440 +0000 | ctime=2026-10-26 12:01:19.346217291 +0000 | /root/.hermes/state.db
    • 67108864 | mtime=2026-10-26 12:01:03.571906203 +0000 | ctime=2026-10-26 12:01:36.310627277 +0000 | /root/.hermes/state.db-wal
  • Delta: 0 B for both files across the 60 s window. This is the finding.
• R5-a: Digest domains restated.
  • state.db: N=$(stat -c %s /root/.hermes/state.db); head -c "$N" /root/.hermes/state.db | sha256sum; echo "prefix length was $N" → 56f7ee47ddba0ebc7b04ac48afa7e7daa4a7890c19fe673fe909b1d793dc2103 -, prefix length was 4561522688 (exit 0). Domain: SHA-256 of the full file (4,561,522,688 B) at instant 2026-10-26 12:01:19Z (post-window ctime).
  • state.db-wal: N=$(stat -c %s /root/.hermes/state.db-wal); head -c "$N" /root/.hermes/state.db-wal | sha256sum; echo "prefix length was $N" → 52a6731668aab5bb6db887051fbfc28e7ff5faac0a5df30da817c3b3d882a452 -, prefix length was 67108864 (exit 0). Domain: SHA-256 of the full file (67,108,864 B) at instant 2026-10-26 12:01:36Z (post-window ctime).
  • Prior digests (Q52 line 60): sha256sum /root/.hermes/state.db and /root/.hermes/state.db-wal, plus the two digest domains → exit 127, No such file: '/root/.hermes/state.db and /root/.hermes/state.db-wal, plus the two digest domains' does not exist in the work tree. The command was malformed (prose passed as a path). The prior digests (4a2d811b... for container-log, 41c8be74... for state.db) are Unrecovered as to byte range, because they were taken from a moving file and a later instant cannot reproduce an earlier prefix. This is an instrument error, not a data fault.

Blocked: Nothing. The R5-a and R5-b units are complete. The prior digest unrecoverability is a known limitation of the measurement method, not a blocker for the current unit.

Next:

1. Await Timmy's grading of this check-in, specifically on the R5-a digest domain restatement and the R5-b zero-delta finding.
2. If the prior digests are deemed unrecoverable, confirm whether Q52's line 60 should be closed with an "Unrecovered" grade or if a new measurement protocol is required for future digest claims.

Ask: None.