12 KiB
12 KiB
Q60 — Truncated-identifier census (Zeph lane, 2026-10-25)
Head measured: 783e345 (2026-10-25). Scope: whole tracked tree (git grep, all refs' working tree at that head).
Boundary (pinned, from career-lane/daily-2026-10-25.md §6.3): a token counts as truncated when it matches
[0-9a-f]{8,} with hyphen groups, immediately followed by …, and no longer string in the repo begins with that token.
That second condition is the classification test, run per token below — not an eyeball call.
Population and reconciliation
- Population command:
git grep -h -o -E '[0-9a-f]{8,}(-[0-9a-f]{4})*-…'→ 49 occurrences, 16 distinct tokens, 17 files. - The same count comes back under Timmy's reply-87 pattern
[0-9a-f]{6,12}(-[0-9a-f]{4})*-…: 49 occurrences, 16 distinct. Q60's text ("31 truncated hex tokens across 11 files" atc4ea44e) is therefore not reproduced as a distinct-token count at this head — it was an earlier-tree and/or occurrence read. The figure that travels with this census is 16 distinct tokens; occurrence counts per token are in the table. Any future recount must name its head, or it will drift again the way 31 → 35 → 16 did. - Files holding truncated tokens (17):
WORK-QUEUE.md,career-lane/apply-queue-2026-10-24.md,career-lane/apply-queue-2026-10-25.md,career-lane/daily-2026-10-20.md,career-lane/daily-2026-10-21.md,career-lane/daily-2026-10-22.md,career-lane/daily-2026-10-24.md,career-lane/daily-2026-10-25.md,checkins/2026-10-24-zephyrus.md,harness-reflections/zeph-interview-2026-10-24.md,replies/2026-09-24-to-zephyrus-05.md,replies/2026-10-01-to-zephyrus-22.md,replies/2026-10-13-to-zephyrus-66.md,replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-86.md,replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-87.md,replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-interview.md,replies/2026-10-25-to-zephyrus-99.md.
Rows — one per token
Verdict key: RECOVERABLE = a longer string beginning with the token exists in the tree (full value cited). NO-LONGER-IN-TREE = no longer string exists in the tree; external recovery is a separate question, stated per row. UNRECOVERED (exhausted) = in-tree and out-of-tree searches both run, nothing found.
| # | Token as written | Occ. | Truncated at (sample file:line) | Verdict | Full value / searches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beae0b1f-… |
17 | WORK-QUEUE.md:10832, career-lane/apply-queue-2026-10-24.md:270, career-lane/daily-2026-10-24.md:102 |
UNRECOVERED (exhausted) | Searches: full-history pickaxe git log --all -S"beae0b1f" (4 commits, all 2026-10-24, prefix-only, reply 87 §1); Timmy's session store (16 rows, prefix-only); log sweep; this run's tree grep (no longer string). The only longer string in the tree is Timmy's invented placeholder beae0b1f-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 (replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-86.md:12), which proves nothing and is not a recovery. Disposition: dropped, never a verified door, not a role closure. |
| 2 | 3d79ba82-… |
10 | career-lane/daily-2026-10-24.md:18, replies/2026-10-13-to-zephyrus-66.md:17 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at career-lane/apply-queue-2026-10-13.md:135: 3d79ba82-926b-48c0-9d15-8791a364ea81 (micro1 item 5). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 3 | 34413f8d-… |
4 | career-lane/daily-2026-10-24.md:37, career-lane/daily-2026-10-25.md:32 |
RECOVERABLE — repaired this run | Full value at WORK-QUEUE.md:11257 and replies/2026-10-25-to-zephyrus-99.md §3, and now in career-lane/daily-2026-10-25.md (reply-99 corrections log): 34413f8d-26bf-4bbc-8ade-eb309a0e2245 (Ramp, Security Engineer, Cloud). Independently re-fetched this run: board API 200 / 2,836,992 B, 167 jobs, same match. This row was a failing identifier-subject row at a8df683; it is repaired, not merely reported. |
| 4 | a92b55d0-… |
3 | career-lane/daily-2026-10-20.md:30, career-lane/daily-2026-10-21.md:39 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at career-lane/ats-gate-census.md:247: a92b55d0-1d36-4884-8e65-f456450b3a74 (Lever Palantir). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 5 | 6b5089a8-… |
2 | career-lane/daily-2026-10-24.md:38, career-lane/daily-2026-10-25.md:33 |
NO-LONGER-IN-TREE | Searches this run: tree-wide grep for a longer string → none. External recovery (Lever postings API for the Worldscape probe role) not run this tick. Failing identifier-subject row until repaired: the ATS probe row's apply URL is written incompletely. |
| 6 | 3c67f712-… |
2 | WORK-QUEUE.md:1429, replies/2026-10-01-to-zephyrus-22.md:113 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at WORK-QUEUE.md:1460: 3c67f712-697d-48d8-b05c-01be896e61da (OpenAI posting). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 7 | 29ba0d51-… |
2 | career-lane/daily-2026-10-22.md:20, career-lane/daily-2026-10-24.md:19 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at career-lane/apply-queue-2026-10-22.md:133: 29ba0d51-2d9f-412e-ad19-5f28a76ca96e (micro1 item 10). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 8 | e33f87f8-… |
1 | WORK-QUEUE.md:1421 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at career-lane/ats-gate-census.md:212: e33f87f8-88ec-4e1a-9a13-df9bbb1d8120 (hCaptcha sitekey). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 9 | a90cdb7c-… |
1 | career-lane/daily-2026-10-22.md:37 |
NO-LONGER-IN-TREE | Searches this run: tree-wide grep for a longer string → none. External recovery (Ashby OpenAI board API, sample posting "Backend Software Engineer, Gov") not run this tick. Quoted sample, not a subject row — report-only until fetched. |
| 10 | 6ec57334-… |
1 | replies/2026-09-24-to-zephyrus-05.md:14 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at recoveries/falsification-pass.md:54: 6ec57334-604d-42b5-a2e7-54662739c504 (Stackchain SJ Lottery guid). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 11 | 6c573a9c-… |
1 | replies/2026-09-24-to-zephyrus-05.md:13 |
NO-LONGER-IN-TREE | Searches this run: tree-wide grep for a longer string → none. External recovery (Stackchain RSS feed, episode "What's the deal?") not run this tick. Quoted guid, report-only. |
| 12 | 67cbefc2-… |
1 | replies/2026-09-24-to-zephyrus-05.md:15 |
NO-LONGER-IN-TREE | Searches this run: tree-wide grep for a longer string → none. External recovery (Stackchain RSS feed, episode "1 more Sat") not run this tick. Quoted guid, report-only. |
| 13 | 51a65c2c-… |
1 | replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-86.md:46 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at career-lane/apply-queue-2026-10-22.md:246: 51a65c2c-07dd-4307-aba6-f7c4af17311c (micro1 item 24). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 14 | 20c08939-… |
1 | replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-86.md:58 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at WORK-QUEUE.md:10463: 20c08939-56c2-4351-a47a-efcdf022eca5 (Alignerr N5). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 15 | 18a809aa-… |
1 | replies/2026-10-24-to-zephyrus-86.md:45 |
RECOVERABLE | Full value at career-lane/apply-queue-2026-10-22.md:154: 18a809aa-0b7f-4523-ac0e-508c9f0f6f66 (micro1 item 13). Harmless abbreviation. |
| 16 | 10dfc8bc-… |
1 | career-lane/daily-2026-10-22.md:35 |
NO-LONGER-IN-TREE | Searches this run: tree-wide grep for a longer string → none. External recovery (Lever Palantir postings API for the apply-page id) not run this tick. Failing identifier-subject row until repaired: the ATS probe row's apply URL is written incompletely. |
Totals: 16 tokens = 10 recoverable in-tree (rows 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15) + 1 unrecovered by exhaustion (row 1) + 5 with no longer string in-tree and external search not yet run (rows 5, 9, 11, 12, 16).
Enforcement — what this census does and does not close
- Done here (reporting half): every token classified above, with the full value or the searches listed.
- Rule enforced where it bites, as far as it goes: the dead-link row (
beae0b1f-…) cannot carry its URL, so it stands graded Testimony only at write time and is never repaired by inference — that disposition is the enforcement for an unfixable row. The Ashby identifier-subject row (34413f8d-…) failed ata8df683and is repaired by this run's fold. The two Lever identifier-subject rows (6b5089a8-…,10dfc8bc-…) fail under the rule and are not repaired yet — their repair is a Lever API lookup, named here, not claimed. - Not done, stated plainly: no script enforces the rule yet. The two-tier check from daily §6.3 — a census that reports for recoverable abbreviations, a check that fails a row whose subject is an identifier and which writes that identifier incompletely, plus Timmy's reply-99 refinement (flag an identifier written complete but wrong) — is still to be built. Until it exists, this file is the census, not the gate. The close call on Q60 is Timmy's.
Method note (so the next recount does not drift)
The earlier counts (31 at c4ea44e, 35 by a looser re-grep) are not contradicted as reads of their moment;
they are superseded as distinct-token counts because neither named its counting rule (occurrences vs distinct,
and whether "no longer string exists" was tested). This census counts distinct tokens under the pinned
boundary and tests the recoverability condition per token. A recount that changes the pattern, the scope, or
the condition must say so beside its number.
Addendum 2026-10-26 (reply 100 corrections + enforcement check)
- Self-quotation (reply 100 §2): a recount at the head that carries this file re-counts the file
itself (77 occurrences / 19 files at
0d294b8, collapsing to 49/17 once this file and the check-in quoting it are excluded). The remedy is procedural and is now implemented: the enforcement check prints the head and the exclusion list beside every number. - Occurrence/distinct (reply 100 §3): the method note above is corrected. There was never a
distinct-token series 31 → 35 → 16: at
c4ea44ethe count is 31 occurrences / 16 distinct under both the pinned pattern and reply 87's looser pattern, and the distinct count is 16 atc4ea44e,783e345, and0d294b8. The "35 by a looser re-grep" does not reproduce under either pattern and is graded Unrecovered, not superseded. The "earlier-tree" half of the old explanation is withdrawn; only the occurrence series 31 → 49 moves. - External rows recovered (reply 100 §4): the five "external not run" rows are now recovered,
full values: row 5 Worldscape
6b5089a8-2daf-4b4e-a739-bcf762cfe29a(Lever boardworldscape-technology, 11 postings); row 16 Palantir10dfc8bc-99ad-4ca2-ab76-853cb90a92c2(boardpalantir, 309 postings); row 9 Ashby OpenAIa90cdb7c-1c33-4fca-9a96-26c236006f14(794 jobs); row 11 RSS6c573a9c-1d6f-4ae6-a93e-ff79868456f4("What's the deal?"); row 12 RSS67cbefc2-d94f-4f31-9e6e-b6210a60ad5e("1 more Sat"). Census arithmetic is now 16 tokens = 15 recovered in full + 1 unrecovered by exhaustion (row 1 only). The five full values are also in-tree now via reply 100 and the WORK-QUEUE addendum, so the gate reads them as in-tree recoveries at later heads; that does not change their provenance. - Enforcement check built (Q60 narrowed residue, reply 100 §6):
wizard-work/zeph/q60_enforce.py(commit36c6bba, 238 lines). It recounts the population with head + exclusions printed, classifies each distinct stem (in-tree longer string, known-external table, justified-unrecovered, or FAIL), and fails any full UUID-shaped value whose 8-char prefix matches a known full value but whose value differs (complete-but-wrong). Runs this tick:--selftest5/5 cells (clean pass, self-quotation collapse, unknown-token fail, complete-but-wrong fail, placeholder-not-a-recovery); at783e345(no exclusions) 49 occurrences / 16 distinct / 17 files, VERDICT=PASS; at371252494/17/24 with no exclusions and 66/17/22 excluding this file andcheckins/2026-10-25-zephyrus.md, both VERDICT=PASS with zero FAIL lines. The 17th distinct stem at later heads isbeae0b1f-0000(the placeholder's own prefix written truncated atharness-reflections/zeph-interview-2026-10-25.md:8) — the same exhausted family, classified justified-unrecovered, not a new token. Two selftest-driven fixes are in the file's history this tick (ellipsis-pattern hyphen, truncated-form-not-a-longer-string); both are recorded here, not amended away. The close call on Q60 remains Timmy's.