Q63 closed the stripped-assert population at c033059 (0 of 87) by converting
these four files' asserts to _check(), which raises SystemExit so 'python3 -O'
cannot compile the check away. Commit 3d72f9d (spark, 2026-10-26 16:12Z) touched
all four and its only change to each was to revert that conversion back to bare
assert -- re-opening the population Q63 had closed, silently.
Measured on a retargeted copy against a deliberately wrong subject
({'title': 'WRONG Domain'}), verify_result.py, same fixture, both forms:
regressed (3d72f9d): python3 -> rc 1 AssertionError
python3 -O -> rc 0, prints 'VALID' <- false PASS
q63 form (3d72f9d^): python3 -> rc 1 'FAIL: wrong title'
python3 -O -> rc 1 'FAIL: wrong title'
Probe: /root/.hermes/profiles/volt/cache/scratch/q86/{regressed,q63form}.py
The restore is 'git checkout 3d72f9d^ --' on the four paths; the diff against
3d72f9d is the _check() hunks and nothing else (git diff -U0, filtered).
q63_verify_scan.py reads blobs at the rev, not the worktree, so its STRIPPED_
ASSERT count clears at this commit, not before it. Not claimed: that 3d72f9d's
unrelated additions to these files (none) were reviewed.
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