Now archive — 2026-08-15

Aged entries rolled out of now.md verbatim (newest first). The head of now.md is the live state; this page is history.

Session 2026-08-15 22:15–22:2xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): main moved — owner pushed phase 7b/7c/7e + VERDICT + probe_grpo_replay_parity (21:40–22:10Z); run_work_next ARMED for the merge + seam re-verify. Discord read + inbox empty, no new reactions, GPU owner-reserved idle (0%) untouched, queue OK depth 2; arm pick, route A/B/C, GPU release still pending.

Session 2026-08-15 22:04–22:0xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): quiet hold — no change since 21:21; Discord read + inbox empty, no new reactions, GPU owner-reserved idle (0%) untouched, queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open, both items gpu-local owner-gated), run_work_next disarmed; arm pick, route A/B/C, GPU release still pending.

Session 2026-08-15 18:34–18:3xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): quiet hold — no change since the 18:30 merge-5c close; Discord read + inbox empty, no new reactions (18:30 post unreacted so far), GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), untouched; queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open, both items gpu-local owner-gated), run_work_next disarmed; all three owner decisions still pending (arm pick, route A/B/C, GPU release).

Session 2026-08-15 18:18–18:2xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): phase 5c landed on main (f32ae89, rollout + GRPO + sim, “phase-5 laptop close”, +401/−203 across 16 files incl. three of our own fontaine/scripts) and owner 👍 on our 17:45 phase-5b merge post surfaced via history; merge-main-phase5c queued (cpu, urgent — GRPO seam now decision-relevant for route B/R2-A2), queue validate OK depth 3 (18 open), run_work_next ARMED for the chained merge work session; GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), untouched; all three owner decisions still pending (arm pick, route A/B/C, GPU release).

Session 2026-08-15 18:07–18:1xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): quiet hold, no change since 17:57 — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), no launches, no training processes; Discord/inbox/history empty past our own 17:45 phase-5b merge post, all three owner decisions pending (arm pick, route A/B/C, GPU release); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open, both items owner-gated), run_work_next disarmed.

Session 2026-08-15 17:33–17:4xZ (work, exploit; 0 GPU-h): merge-main-phase5b DONE — 03c2b27 merged clean, check.py 924 green; all five eval seams re-verified CPU-only (probe parse + both _vla loads under the reworked BijouPolicy, ticket-map 15/15, panel/–report forms parse, augment-0 unaffected, parents[3] carry stands — fix still not upstream); both retrain arms full-parse green post-5b, corrected ±157.2 tables verified through new-format metadata; GPU untouched (owner-reserved), launch owner-gated.

Session 2026-08-15 13:53–14:2xZ (work; exploit; 0 GPU-h): queue item image-augment-sim2real landed end to end — --image-augment in bijou.train (v0 recipe, bitwise off-path pin, 11 oracles, check.py 865 green), pre-reg page + grid live on the Space, in-channel post; GPU owner-held and untouched; queue validate OK depth 3 (17 open), run_work_next armed (R2-amendment CPU slice remains).

Session 2026-08-15 13:50–13:5xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%, untouched since the 13:41Z handoff), no launches; Discord/inbox/history empty, retrain arm pick + GPU release both owner-pending; queue validate OK depth 4 (18 open), run_work_next confirmed armed for the CPU items (image-augment-sim2real, R2 amendment).

Session 2026-08-15 12:42–13:4xZ (work; exploit; 0 GPU-h launched — probe ride-through ~0.9 of its 3.4 total): remit discharged end to end — step2000 delta uploaded, corrected-table retrain prep landed (table artifact + base conversion + owner-gated pre-reg DRAFT), probe boundary executed (train arm banked, no-memorization read posted), report page + chart live; 3 owner messages replied+acked, GPU handed to the owner at their 13:35Z ask; queue depth 4, run_work_next armed (CPU item queued).

Session 2026-08-15 12:40–12:4xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): train-arm ride check — ~seed 1046/1099 green (4 procs, GPU 38%, projection 2.5/4.0 GPU-h), babysit exit 0; owner 👍 on the 9/100-anchor correction recorded as steering (primary anchor for the ledger + report page); queue validate OK depth 3, run_work_next confirmed armed — the chained session owns the ~13:5xZ boundary.

Session 2026-08-15 08:58–12:0xZ (work; exploit; ~1.8 GPU-h in-session — probe unseen arm + train256 eval; stage-C accrued ~2.7 to its own gate before the owner kill): owner-steering morning — kill+probe order executed same-hour (28/100 unseen), quantile class bug found+fixed+ re-uploaded, their-trainer retired, R2 A1 registered, fontaine-sim created, train256 report served. Train arm rides detached; run_work_next armed.

Session 2026-08-15 07:02–07:0xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): stage-B ride check — 274/400 kept green (4 procs, GPU 55%), babysit exit-3 judged as the known §8 keep-rate projection (wall self-stop enforces the ≤4 gate, no new anomaly), Discord/inbox empty, queue validate OK depth 2, run_work_next confirmed armed — the chained work session owns the 07:29:18Z wall boundary.

Session 2026-08-15 03:37–07:1xZ (work; exploit; 0 GPU-h in-session — stage-B collection rides detached on its own ≤4 gate): stage-C launch prep DONE (verbatim-class launchers + oracle-tested preflight + owner-side mixture 7fb6552) and stage-D eval prep DONE (convert+eval launcher + frozen verdict surface, band edges oracle-tested) — the whole remaining GPU ladder is launch-ready behind preflights; stage-B ridden 6 polls green with the keep-rate cliff diagnosed CPU-side (true rate 62.5% n=200, no bug, no drift; mid-ride post 04:13Z + prereg §8); wall-tick boundary instructions on the queue item; queue validate green depth 2; run_work_next armed for the 07:29Z wall.

Session 2026-08-15 03:27–03:3xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h in-session — stage-B collection rides detached, counted at its boundary): owner 👍 on the 01:40Z prereg-finalization post surfaced at the history poll (explicit go, window collapsed) → grasp-SFT stage-B demo collection LAUNCHED 03:29:18Z (unit fontaine-grasp-sft-stageb, target 400 kept, gate ≥300 / ≤4 GPU-h, resume-capable); first poll green (seed 1000 KEPT ~40 s in, GPU 50%/909 MiB); babysit entry + queue boundary record + in-channel launch post; queue validate OK depth 2; run_work_next armed for the ride + grasp-sft-stage-c-launch-prep.

Session 2026-08-15 01:48–03:2xZ (work; exploit; ~0.6 GPU-h — two rendered stage-A gate reads + diagnostic/smoke episodes): grasp-SFT stage A taken from finalized to CLOSED through a full fail→diagnose→amend→pass cycle (gate FAIL 11/20 on held 1020–1039; four mechanisms measured + fixed 77776fd; A1 registered with a one-amendment cap; fresh held 1040–1059 PASS 15/20); stage-B LeRobot collector landed (5b360fa, oracles + GL smoke) — collection is launch-ready at the next boundary; wrist-screen results page published (fb1e672); three in-channel boundary posts + minutely polling through the A1 window; queue depth 2 maintained (collector closed, stage-C launch-prep queued).

Session 2026-08-15 01:44–01:4xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h): no-op verification — GPU idle confirmed, Discord/inbox empty (no objection to the 01:43Z grasp-SFT finalization yet), queue validate OK depth 2, run_work_next confirmed armed for the stage-A gate-read work session.

Previous update 2026-08-15 23:58–00:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 23:59) — tick: quiet hold — owner 👍’d the phase-7bce merge report.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: one new reaction — the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report now carries a 👍 (first seen 23:59; it was unreacted at the 23:48 tick). All five merge-report posts are now 👍’d — read as owner acknowledgment that the main→fontaine merge sweep is complete and accepted. No new messages, inbox empty. The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: routine tick — Discord read + history polls (reaction recorded), GPU/process check, fetch confirms main unmoved, queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open), run_work_next stays disarmed (both queued items gpu-local and owner-gated, no executable CPU-side items). No posts (a 👍 on our own report needs recording, not a reply).

Next: unchanged — ticks hold until an owner decision lands (arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch, either arm is one command against phase-7 HEAD; GPU release unblocks any launch). GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 23:47–23:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 23:48) — tick: quiet hold — no change.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 23:48; history shows no new reactions (the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report still unreacted; the four earlier merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: routine tick only — Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, fetch confirms main unmoved, queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open), run_work_next stays disarmed (both queued items gpu-local and owner-gated, no executable CPU-side items). No posts.

Previous update 2026-08-15 23:36–23:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 23:37) — tick: quiet hold — no change.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 23:37; history shows no new reactions (the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report still unreacted; the four earlier merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 23:25–23:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 23:26) — tick: quiet hold — no change.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 23:26; history shows no new reactions (the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report still unreacted; the four earlier merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 23:14–23:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 23:15) — tick: quiet hold — no change.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 23:15; history shows no new reactions (the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report still unreacted; the four earlier merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 23:03–23:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 23:04) — tick: quiet hold — no change.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 23:04; history shows no new reactions (the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report still unreacted; the four earlier merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 22:52–22:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 22:53) — tick: quiet hold — no change.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 22:53; history shows no new reactions (the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report still unreacted; the four earlier merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 22:42–22:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 22:42) — tick: quiet hold — no change.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 22:42; history shows no new reactions (the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report still unreacted; the four earlier merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 22:31–22:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 22:33) — tick: quiet hold — post-merge steady state, one orphaned generated file committed.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Main unmoved since the phase-7bce merge (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 22:31; history shows no new reactions (the 22:27 phase-7bce merge report is not yet reacted to; the four earlier merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: boot audit caught one orphaned uncommitted diff — the regenerated blog/src/queue.md (merge-main-phase7bce fold moved to Done, 183→184) from the 22:18Z work session’s build; content matches the landed queue.json, committed this tick. Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open), run_work_next confirmed disarmed (both queued items gpu-local and owner-gated, no executable CPU-side items). No posts.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command against phase-7 HEAD), GPU release unblocks any launch at all. GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 22:18–22:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 22:28) — work session: merge-main-phase7bce DONE — main fully merged, all seams re-verified green.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. 0 GPU-h this session.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 22:18. The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: merged main’s six new commits into fontaine (9e786b7, clean, 50 files +907/−608): 7b per-trunk memories, 7c BijouPrediction deleted, 7e snapflow constants→payload, phase-7 VERDICT, GRPO replay parity probe, phase-5 box-gate close (docs). Standing 6-point seam checklist all green: check.py 903; gradflow oracles EXACT 1.6948/27.8546; both retrain arms full-parse verbatim (molmoact2_flow inferred, –flow-decoder-init inherit) + both conversions validate_checkpoint green; GRPO targeted 40/40 (upstream grew it 33→40) + grpo/replay/rollout sweep 75/75; straggler grep clean (all 7b/7c/7e deletions are moves/renames, zero stale refs); parents[3] stands; augment oracles 11/11; snapflow oracle import-smoke green. Queue item merge-main-phase7bce recorded done. In-channel report 1538313275018842233.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap retrain + grpo-r2-post-sft, both gpu-local and owner-gated (arm pick + route A/B/C + GPU release — either arm is one command against phase-7 HEAD). GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) attach to the next free-GPU boundary. No executable CPU-side items remain → run_work_next stays disarmed.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 22:15–22:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 22:19) — tick: main moved — phase 7b/7c/7e + VERDICT landed; work session armed for the merge.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. Owner pushed to main 21:40–22:10Z: c75814d 7b (per-trunk memories — GemmaMemory/Molmo2Memory, static caches), 234dae9 7c (decoders return natural products, BijouPrediction deleted), a93c5d1 7e (snapflow constants → payload, SDE/phi_s reads hoisted), 4ee456d phase 7 VERDICT (“all five seam dissolutions landed, oracle-gated”), d799192 probe_grpo_replay_parity (RELEASE_BIJOU → VLA-format conversion). Our 21:15Z merge covered only 7a+7d — merge-main-phase7bce is now pending CPU-side work.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 22:16; history shows no new reactions (all five merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: pull surfaced the 5 new main commits; Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open), run_work_next ARMED — the chained work session merges 7b/7c/7e+VERDICT+parity-probe into fontaine and runs the standing seam checklist (check.py, gradflow oracles exact, both retrain arms full-parse, GRPO 33/33, straggler grep, parents[3] carry), then posts the merge report. No posts this tick. 0 GPU-h.

Next: work session executes the phase-7bce merge + re-verify; retrain launch stays owner-gated (arm pick + route A/B/C + GPU release). GPU oracle re-runs still attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 22:04–22:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 22:05) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 21:21.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 22:05; history shows no new reactions (all five merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open; both queued items — grasp-sft-bootstrap retrain and grpo-r2-post-sft — gpu-local and owner-gated), run_work_next confirmed disarmed. No posts. 0 GPU-h.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command post-phase-7), GPU release unblocks any launch at all. GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 21:54–21:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 21:54) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 21:21.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 21:54; history shows no new reactions (all five merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 21:42–21:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 21:44) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 21:21.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 21:43; history shows no new reactions (all five merge posts remain 👍’d). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 21:31–21:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 21:33) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 21:21.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 21:32; history shows no new reactions (the phase-7 merge-post 👍 was recorded last tick). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 21:21–21:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 21:22) — tick: owner 👍 on the phase-7 merge post — merge acknowledged.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: NEW — owner 👍 on the 21:15Z phase-7 merge post (1538295137140998165), surfaced at this tick’s history poll; recorded as agreement with the merge, same pattern as the 5a/5b/5c/phase-6 merge acks (all five merge posts now 👍’d). Discord read + inbox otherwise empty. The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 21:07–21:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 21:16) — work session: merge-main-phase7 DONE — phases 7a+7d merged, all seams green.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. CPU-only session.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 21:08. The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: merged origin/main a460258 (7a ObservationEncoder-ABC deletion + 7d suffix extraction) into fontaine — merge commit f90f15b; one conflict (interface.py import block: our augment-seam import kept, dead RopeParameters import dropped — 7a moved it out); check.py 902 green (pre-commit); 6-point seam verify ALL GREEN — gradflow oracles EXACT (flow 1.6948 / ar_backbone 27.8546, all partitions PASS), both retrain arms full-parse verbatim (family checkpoint-inferred molmoact2_flow, –flow-decoder-init inherit, both arm conversions load), GRPO targeted 33/33, straggler grep clean (no ObservationEncoder anywhere; StreamGeometry now lives upstream in encoders/gemma4.py), parents[3] goldens carry stands, image-augment oracles 11/11. Result posted in-channel (1538295137140998165). Queue item marked done (validate OK depth 2, 17 open). 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap (gpu-local, owner-gated). Both retrain launch commands stay green against the encoder/decoder rework; launch still gated on owner arm pick + route A/B/C + GPU release. GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 21:03–21:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 21:05) — tick: phase-7 drop on main → merge item queued, work chain armed.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. git pull surfaced origin/main 393163f → a460258: phases 7a+7d (delete the ObservationEncoder ABC + extract suffix_positions/continue_molmo2_suffix, +191/−256 across 8 bijou/modelling files; none of our files in the diff).

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 21:04; history shows no new reactions. The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: queued merge-main-phase7 (cpu, seam checklist modeled on the phase-6 item: gradflow oracles exact, both arms full-parse, GRPO targeted suite, straggler grep, parents[3] carry, augment-0), queue validate OK depth 3 (18 open); armed run_work_next — the chained work session executes the merge under its 4-h budget instead of cramming it into this tick’s cap. No posts (merge post follows the merge, per the 5a–6 pattern). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session merges phases 7a+7d + re-verifies seams, then posts to Discord. Owner decisions still gate the retrain launch; GPU oracle re-runs still attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 20:52–20:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 20:54) — tick: quiet hold — nothing changed since 20:42.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 20:53; history shows no new reactions (👍s on the 5b/5c/phase-6 merge posts all previously recorded). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command post-phase-6), GPU release unblocks any launch at all. GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 20:41–20:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 20:42) — tick: quiet hold — nothing changed since 20:32.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 20:42; history shows no new reactions (👍s on the 5b/5c/phase-6 merge posts all previously recorded). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 20:30–20:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 20:32) — tick: quiet hold — nothing changed since 20:21.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 20:31; history shows no new reactions (👍s on the 5b/5c/phase-6 merge posts all previously recorded). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 20:19–20:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 20:21) — tick: quiet hold — nothing changed since 20:09.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 20:20; history shows no new reactions (👍s on the 5a/5b/5c/phase-6 merge posts all previously recorded). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 20:08–20:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 20:09) — tick: quiet hold — nothing changed since 19:58.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 20:09; history shows no new reactions (👍s on the 5b/5c/phase-6 merge posts all previously recorded). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 19:57–20:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 19:58) — tick: quiet hold — nothing changed since 19:49.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 19:58; history shows no new reactions (👍s on the 5b/5c/phase-6 merge posts all previously recorded). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 19:47–19:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 19:49) — tick: quiet hold — owner 👍 on the phase-6 merge post (19:43, id 1538272016078209066) recorded; nothing else changed.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: new reaction — 👍 on the merge-main-phase6 result post (19:43Z), owner ack of the merge; all four merge-chain posts (5a/5b/5c/6) now carry recorded 👍s. Discord read + inbox empty at 19:48. The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 19:33–19:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 19:44) — work session: merge-main-phase6 CLOSED — 393163f (old-world deletion: BijouModel + the live legacy read path) merged clean, check.py 902 green, all 7 seams verified; er_60k reference trunk converted to VLA format.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched (merge + all seam checks ran CPU-only). No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 19:34. The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: merged main phase 6 into fontaine (merge commit this session; no conflicts), check.py 902 green (925 − the 23 retired test_vla_parity tests). Seven-point seam re-verify all green: (1) our-files diff-audit = pure API migration, imports green; (2) gradflow oracles EXACT (flow 1.6948, ar_backbone 27.8546, all partitions PASS); (3) both retrain arms full-parse green verbatim (family molmoact2_flow); (4) convert_legacy smoke on the real step2000 legacy dir — rc=0, validate OK, bit-identical to the banked 5a conversion, legacy refusal LOUD (SystemExit + exact convert command); (5) GRPO seam 33/33 targeted; (6) parents[3] carry stands; (7) straggler grep clean. Bonus: er_60k/step_060000 converted → ~/checkpoints/converted/er_60k_step_060000_vla (molmo2_ar, step 60000, validate OK) so OOD-probe/sim100/rig-mixture mounts stay one-command-ready. Pre-reg §10 amendment recorded; result posted in-channel (id 1538272016078209066). 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap retrain (gpu-local, owner-gated: arm pick + route A/B/C + GPU release — either arm is one command post-phase-6); grpo-r2-post-sft behind it. GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) still attach to the next free-GPU boundary. No CPU-executable items remain → run_work_next stays disarmed.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 19:28–19:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 19:30) — tick: phase 6 landed on origin/main (393163f, “delete the old world — BijouModel, the live legacy read path”, pushed 19:07:58Z) — queued merge-main-phase6, armed run_work_next; chained work session takes the merge.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes. New upstream: phase 6, +1026/−3036 across 36 files — bijou/model.py (772 lines) and test_vla_parity.py (23 tests) deleted, loading.py 856→259 (legacy read path gone incl. read_checkpoint_info), legacy layout now solely in convert_legacy.py; three of OUR files touched upstream (sim_encoder_ood_probe.py, both parity/gradflow probes).

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 19:29; history shows no new reactions (all three phase-5 merge posts carry recorded 👍s). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: Discord + history polls, GPU/process check; scoped 393163f; queued merge-main-phase6 (7-point seam checklist: our-files diff-audit, gradflow oracles 1.6948/27.8546 exact, both arms full-parse, convert_legacy smoke, GRPO/integration re-point, parents[3] carry, straggler grep for deleted loading symbols); queue validate OK depth 3 (18 open); armed run_work_next — merge is CPU-only, GPU reserve stands. No posts (merge result will be posted by the work session, matching 5a/5b/5c pattern). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session merges phase 6 + re-verifies seams + posts the result. Owner decisions (arm, route, GPU release) still gate the retrain launch; post-merge, both arms must re-verify as one-command-ready. GPU oracle re-runs still attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 19:18–19:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 19:18) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 19:07; Discord read + inbox empty, no new reactions, GPU owner-reserved idle (0%), nothing to babysit.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 19:18; history shows no new reactions (all three phase-5 merge posts already carry recorded 👍s). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command post-5c), GPU release unblocks any launch at all. GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 19:07–19:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 19:07) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 18:55; Discord read + inbox empty, no new reactions, GPU owner-reserved idle (0%), nothing to babysit.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 19:07; history shows no new reactions (all three phase-5 merge posts already carry recorded 👍s). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 18:55–18:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 18:56) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 18:44; Discord read + inbox empty, no new reactions, GPU owner-reserved idle (0%), nothing to babysit.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 18:56; history shows no new reactions (all three phase-5 merge posts already carry recorded 👍s). The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 18:44–18:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 18:47) — tick: owner 👍 on the 18:30 merge-5c post (via history) — merge chain fully acked; otherwise quiet hold, GPU owner-reserved idle, nothing to babysit.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: one new signal, no new messages (read + inbox empty). Owner 👍 on our 18:30 merge-main-phase5c done post (surfaced via history; recorded per the reaction protocol) — read as ack of the 5c merge close. All three phase-5 merge posts (15:37, 17:45, 18:30) now carry 👍s: the whole merge chain is acknowledged. The three owner decisions remain pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: Discord read + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open; both queued items — grasp-sft-bootstrap retrain and grpo-r2-post-sft — gpu-local and owner-gated), run_work_next disarmed (no CPU-executable items). No posts (a reaction on our own result post needs no reply). 0 GPU-h.

Previous update 2026-08-15 18:34–18:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 18:35) — tick: quiet hold — no change since the 18:30 merge-5c close; GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 18:34; history shows no reactions on the 18:30 merge-5c post yet (the 👍s on the 15:37 and 17:45 posts were recorded in prior sessions). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Previous update 2026-08-15 18:22–18:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 18:30) — work session: merge-main-phase5c DONE — f32ae89 merged clean, check.py 925 green, all six seams re-verified CPU-only; retrain launch path stays green and owner-gated.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 18:23 boot. All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (from-base vs continue-from-2k), route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: merge-main-phase5c executed (queued 18:2xZ, chained via run_work_next): f32ae89 merged no-conflict, check.py 925 green (+1 vs 5b). Seams: (1) GRPO + molmo-flow suites 33/33 (route B / R2-A2 path green); (2) upstream edits to our three fontaine/scripts diff-audited = pure API migration (--expert-dtype→--flow-decoder-dtype, read_metadata().stats, family-narrowed policy.vla), imports + CLI surfaces + CPU sim twin suite 6/6 green, full GPU oracle runs deferred to the next free-GPU boundary; (3) gradflow oracles exact (flow 1.6948, ar_backbone 27.8546); (4) both retrain arms full-parse green, frozen §3 verbatim (family molmoact2_flow); (5) parents[2] fix still not upstream, our parents[3] carry survived; (6) rollout rig path rename-only, --offload-ple now gemma_ar-only. Pre-reg §9 amendment added. Merge-done post in-channel 18:30. 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap (owner-gated: arm pick + route + GPU release unblock the launch, one command on go). GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) attach to the next free-GPU boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 18:18–18:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 18:20) — tick: phase 5c landed on main (f32ae89, “rollout + GRPO + sim on the VLA traits — phase-5 laptop close”) + owner 👍 on our 17:45 phase-5b merge post; merge-main-phase5c queued, run_work_next armed.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: two signals, no new messages (read + inbox empty). (1) Owner 👍 on our 17:45 phase-5b merge-done post (surfaced via history; recorded per the reaction protocol) — read as ack of the merge + the standing-by framing. (2) f32ae89 pushed to main: phase 5c, +401/−203 across 16 files (bijou/rollout.py, gemma4/loading.py, sim/rollout_sim{,_parallel}.py, convmap.py, GRPO

molmo-flow-integration test suites, probe_molmoact2_anchor_read, and three of our own fontaine/scripts touched upstream: convmap_tripwires, er60k_events_report, sim_parallel_oracle) — “laptop close” reads as the final phase-5 drop. All three owner decisions still pending: arm pick, route A/B/C, GPU release.

Done: Discord read + history polls, GPU/process check, merge-main-phase5c queued (cpu, urgent — GRPO seam is now decision-relevant for route B/R2-A2; upstream edits to our own scripts need a diff-audit), queue validate OK depth 3 (18 open), run_work_next ARMED — chained work session executes the merge. No posts (merge-done post comes from the work session). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session merges 5c, re-runs check.py, re-verifies GRPO/sim/probe seams + both retrain arms full-parse, posts the result. Owner decisions (arm, route, GPU release) still unblock the retrain launch.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 18:07–18:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 18:08) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 17:57; GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 18:08; history shows nothing past our own 17:45 phase-5b merge post (last owner activity remains the recorded 👍 on the 15:37 merge post). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Done: Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open, both queued items owner-gated), run_work_next confirmed disarmed (no CPU-executable items to chain into). No posts (nothing owner-facing changed). 0 GPU-h.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command post-5b), GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 17:57–18:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 17:57) — tick: quiet hold — no change since 17:46; GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 17:57; history shows nothing past our own 17:45 phase-5b merge post (last owner activity remains the recorded 👍 on the 15:37 merge post). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command post-5b), GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 17:46–17:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 17:47) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 17:47; history shows nothing past our own 17:45 phase-5b merge post (last owner activity remains the recorded 👍 on the 15:37 merge post). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command post-5b), GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 17:33–17:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 17:44) — work session: merge-main-phase5b DONE — phase 5b (bijou.eval VLA traits) merged, check.py 924 green, all five eval seams re-verified. GPU still owner-reserved and idle.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched (all seam checks ran CPU-only, CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=""). No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 17:33. All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Done: merge-main-phase5b — 03c2b27 merged clean (no conflicts), check.py 924 green. Eval seams re-verified: (1) probe command parses + both _vla conversions load through the reworked BijouPolicy (CPU; chunk 30, checkpoint-table stats fallback intact); legacy dirs refuse loudly with the convert_legacy pointer — any re-probe of the corrupt-table floor comparator must use step2000_vla; (2) ticket-map oracles 15/15, --noise-ticket-map parses; (3) panel forms parse (ticket-bank-64, ticket-map, --report) — upstream’s “--checkpoint CLI surface unchanged” promise holds; (4) augment-0 path unaffected by construction (5b touches only bijou/eval/ + tests), image-augment oracles 11/11 re-run green; (5) parents[2] fix still NOT upstream — our parents[3] carry survived the merge. Both retrain arms full-parse green post-5b (family molmoact2_flow, --flow-decoder-init inherit, frozen §3 params exact); corrected wrist_roll ±157.2 verified baked in both corrected artifacts via the new-format metadata; step2000_vla preserves the corrupt [35.5, 94.4] bit-identically (the floor comparator, by design). Queue item done (depth 2, 17 open). 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue next → grasp-sft-bootstrap remnant + retrain launch, both owner-gated (arm pick + route A/B/C + GPU release); either retrain arm is one command post-5b. No dated boundaries.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 17:28–17:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 17:30) — tick: phase 5b landed on main → merge item queued, work session chained. GPU still owner-reserved and idle.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 17:29; history shows nothing past our own 17:03 phase-5a merge post. All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Done: spotted phase 5b on origin/main (03c2b27, “bijou.eval on the VLA traits + the new checkpoint format”, +598/−325 across 10 files — eval/policies.py 584-line rework + eval/cli.py + 6 eval test suites). Queued merge-main-phase5b (CPU, mirrors the 5a item; adds eval-seam checks: step2000-probe command, ticket-map provenance, panel --report path, plus re-confirming both retrain arms parse) and armed run_work_next — the chained work session executes the merge. Queue validate OK depth 3 (18 open). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session runs merge-main-phase5b. Owner decisions still gate everything GPU: arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch, GPU release unblocks any launch.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 17:17–17:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 17:18) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 17:18; history shows nothing past our own 17:03 phase-5a merge post (last owner activity remains the recorded 👍 on the 15:37 merge post). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command post-merge), GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 17:07–17:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 17:07) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 17:08; history shows nothing past our own 17:03 phase-5a merge post (last owner activity remains the recorded 👍 on the 15:37 merge post). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is one command post-merge), GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 16:50–17:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 17:03) — work session: merge-main-phase5a executed — phase 5a merged, two launch-path breaks found + fixed, both retrain arms re-verified launch-ready.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched all session (CPU-only work).

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at boot (16:50); the three owner decisions stay pending (arm pick, route A/B/C, GPU release).

Done: merge-main-phase5a (351c56e merge, check.py 922 green; one conflict — upstream inlined the gradflow probe’s harness, our obsolete TrainArgs.image_augment line dropped in favor of theirs). Seam findings, all fixed CPU-side: (1) --expert-init renamed --flow-decoder-init (inherit = default = same warm-AE semantics) — pre-reg §3 amended, §8 amendment section added; (2) format break: new --init-from refuses legacy bijou_config.json conversions — both migrated via convert_legacy (hard links, validate green): molmoact2_base_corrected_stats_v0_vla

molmoact2_grasp_sft_stagec_ar_step2000_vla; (3) continue-from-2k arm made REAL — fresh convert of step2000-hf with the corrected table → molmoact2_grasp_sft_stagec_ar_step2000_corrected_v1 (trained expert b778bbf2…, wrist_roll ±157.2 baked + stats_note); (4) both arms full-parse green vs the family CLI; (5) image-augment p=0 bitwise oracle 11/11 + gradflow probe loss oracle 27.8546 exact post-merge; (6) parents[2] fixture bug still on main — our parents[3] carry stands. Result post id 1538231709517090876. Queue: merge-main-phase5a → done (depth 2, 17 open). 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap (gpu-local, owner-gated). Everything owner-gated: arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch (either arm is now one command), GPU release unblocks any launch at all. run_work_next stays disarmed — no CPU-executable items remain.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 16:45–16:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 16:47) — tick: two changes after four quiet holds — owner 👍 on the merge post recorded as steering, and main phase 5a landed → work session armed for the merge.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: owner 👍 on our 15:37Z merge/seam-verification post — new since the 16:34 tick (last recorded reaction was the 🎉 on the 14:21 augment post). Read as agreement with the phase 0–4 merge + the launch-ready seam state; no action change, the three decisions (arm pick, route A/B/C, GPU release) stay pending. No messages; read + inbox empty at 16:46.

Done: caught main phase 5a (a51b172, owner-pushed 16:34Z: “bijou.train on the family CLI + the VLA checkpoint format”, +3115/−2046 across 20 files — train args, checkpoint_backbone, convert_molmoact2, new test_train_vla). That churns every pre-registered launch-path seam, so: queued merge-main-phase5a (cpu, no owner hold) with the full re-verify checklist mirroring the 15:37Z post, queue validate OK depth 3 (18 open), run_work_next ARMED — the chained work session merges + re-verifies so the retrain stays launch-ready the moment the owner decides. No posts (merge result will be the post). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session executes merge-main-phase5a (CPU-only, GPU untouched); ticks otherwise hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch, GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 16:34–16:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 16:35) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at 16:35; history shows nothing new past our own 15:47 results-page post (last owner activity remains the recorded 🎉). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch, GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 16:23–16:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 16:24) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at 16:24; history shows nothing new past our own 15:47 results-page post (last owner activity remains the recorded 🎉). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch, GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 16:13–16:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 16:14) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at 16:13; history shows nothing new past our own 15:47 results-page post (last owner activity remains the recorded 🎉). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch, GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 16:01–16:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 16:02) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at 16:02; history shows nothing new past our own 15:47 results-page post (last owner activity remains the recorded 🎉). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch, GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 15:51–15:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 15:52) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at 15:52; history shows nothing new past our own 15:47 results-page post (last owner activity remains the recorded 🎉). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Next: ticks hold until an owner decision lands — arm pick + route A/B/C unblock the retrain launch, GPU release unblocks any launch at all.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 15:42–15:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 15:52) — work session (chained): grasp-SFT chain results page FINALIZED + posted (cf826de) — the writing-ladder item closes; both remaining queued items are owner-gated.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at boot (15:42). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Done (cf826de): the chain results page’s stale forward pointers corrected — the stage-D section now records the suspension AND the R2 Amendment A2 re-base (a flow-head sim100 no longer triggers the GRPO registration; the token arm’s discrete-head unseen count does) — plus a new “Where this goes next” section carrying the three pending owner decisions with pre-reg links (--image-augment composition included). check.py 911 green ×2 (pre-edit + pre-commit); blog built + Space pushed, page + all 5 dark-mode charts curl-verified live; posted in-channel (1538212636477624320); queue item DONE, validate green depth 2 (17 open). 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap remains owner-pending (arm + route + GPU release); no CPU-executable items queued — run_work_next stays disarmed (nothing to chain into); ticks hold until an owner decision lands.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 15:40–15:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 15:41) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), nothing to babysit, no launches.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries, no training processes.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at 15:41; history shows nothing new past the recorded 🎉 (last channel activity is our own 15:37 merge post). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Done: Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 3 (18 open), run_work_next confirmed armed. No posts (nothing owner-facing changed). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session takes grasp-sft-chain-results-page (writing ladder); all launches parked until the owner picks an arm/route AND frees the GPU.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 15:24–15:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 15:37) — work session: main phase 0–4 merged into fontaine (bb0f036) + retrain-prep seams verified post-merge — retrain stays launch-ready on the owner’s go.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at boot (15:25). All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / joint), GPU release.

Done (merge commit bb0f036): the tick-flagged phase-4 seam check, executed as a full merge of main 3e4fbeb into fontaine. One conflict — owner’s interface.py → modelling/interface.py move vs our --image-augment seam — resolved on their layout (image_augment.py moved into modelling/, test imports repointed). Upstream bug found + fixed on our branch: bank_processor_goldens.py kept parents[2] after moving a level deeper, so FIXTURE_DIR pointed inside bijou/ and the 3 molmo2 processor goldens failed as missing — parents[3] restores repo-root fixtures. check.py 911 green (incl. main’s new parity + checkpoint suites). Seams verified empirically: read_checkpoint_info loads both real conversions (corrected base, step2000); convert_molmoact2 --norm-stats-from + bijou.train --objective flow/ar/joint --backbone-text-lr --init-from --expert-init all intact; convert_legacy smoke on step2000 → validate_checkpoint OK. Finding for the arm pick: convert_legacy --replace-stats expects a DatasetStats state-dict, not a molmoact2 norm_stats.json tag file — the pre-registered two-hop --norm-stats-from route stays the operative corrected-table path. Posted in-channel (1538209952374595785). Queue item annotated, validate green depth 3 (18 open). 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap retrain remains owner-pending (arm + route + GPU release); remaining CPU item: grasp-sft-chain-results-page (writing ladder). run_work_next armed.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 15:23–15:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 15:26) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), no launches; owner pushed phase 4 to main (VLA families + registry).

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows nothing new past the recorded 🎉. All three owner decisions still pending: retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base), GPU release, and the route A/B/C call (flow retrain / token arm / joint) from the 14:40Z post. Context (not steering): owner pushed 3e4fbeb to main at 15:03Z — phase 4 VLA families (six family classes in bijou/models/, one per trunk×objective, bitwise parity suite vs the old CLI) plus a large bijou/loading.py refactor (schemas/parsers moved to new bijou/sections.py, loading re-exports so import sites are claimed unchanged). The chained work session should verify our retrain-prep seams (bijou.convert_molmoact2 --norm-stats-from, the corrected-base conversion, bijou.train --init-from) still hold against post-phase-4 main before any launch, and whether fontaine needs a merge from main first.

Done: Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 3 (18 open), run_work_next confirmed armed. No posts (nothing owner-facing changed). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session takes grasp-sft-chain-results-page (writing ladder) + the phase-4 seam check above; all launches parked until the owner picks an arm/route AND frees the GPU.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 14:28–14:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 14:38) — work session: R2 Amendment A2 + token-SFT arm pre-reg DRAFT landed (da873c9) — the owed R2 CPU slice discharged; GPU untouched (owner-held).

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries.

Steering: none — Discord read + inbox empty at boot (14:28) and mid-session (14:38). Retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base) and GPU release both still owner-pending; the token-SFT arm adds a THIRD owner decision: route A/B/C (flow retrain / token arm / one joint run) for the next SFT GPU-hours.

Done (commit da873c9): the owed R2 amendment slice — token-SFT arm pre-reg DRAFT posted per A1 decision 2 (bijou.train --objective ar --backbone-text-lr 1e-5, 2000×gb64 matching the probed stage-C budget, eval verbatim the step2000 probe under grammar-masked greedy, primary vs the ≥20/100 bar, ~7–8 GPU-h gate ≤9). Two verified seams recorded: (1) bijou/fast/codec.py normalizes token targets with the baked q01/q99 → corrected-table init is MANDATORY for the token head too; (2) owner main 4fd6875 (VLA checkpoint format) re-spells R2’s checkpoint receipt — convert_legacy + validate_checkpoint, stats_note provenance; our format-3 launcher/babysit readers flagged for a follow-up when bijou.train adopts it (not blocking). R2 draft §8 A2 re-bases activation on the DISCRETE head’s unseen count (stage-D flow verdict no longer activates R2). queue.json: grasp-sft-token-sft-arm added (blocked, owner_hold), R2 boundary updated, validate green depth 3 (18 open). check.py green (865). 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap retrain remains owner-pending (arm pick + GPU release); token-GRPO lane now waits on the route A/B/C call. Remaining CPU items: grasp-sft-chain-results-page (writing ladder). run_work_next armed.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 14:26–14:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 14:27) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), no launches; owner is building on main (checkpoint-format commit, no message).

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched. No babysit entries.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows nothing new past the recorded 🎉. Retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base) and GPU release both still owner-pending. Context (not steering): owner pushed 4fd6875 to main at 13:56Z — phase 3 VLA checkpoint format (bijou/checkpoint.py: VLAMetadata schema v1, write/validate checkpoint, backbone snapshot mirroring, convert_legacy). They’re actively building; the chained work session should skim it for interaction with our retrain/export tooling (e.g. the step2000-hf export path and --norm-stats-from seam).

Done: Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 3 (17 open), run_work_next confirmed armed (14:24 touch). No posts (nothing owner-facing changed). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session takes the R2 draft amendment (token-SFT-before-token-GRPO seam) and should read 4fd6875 for checkpoint-format implications; retrain launch stays parked until the owner picks an arm AND frees the GPU.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 13:53–14:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 14:22) — work session: image-augment-sim2real LANDED — --image-augment train-time sim2real photometric recipe in bijou.train, v0 params pre-registered; GPU untouched (owner-held).

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched all session. No babysit entries.

Steering: no new messages — Discord read + inbox empty at boot and mid-session; the close poll surfaced an owner 🎉 on the 14:21Z landing post (acknowledgment recorded, no ask). Retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base) and GPU release both still owner-pending.

Done (commit 09129af + close commit): queue item image-augment-sim2real DONE — bijou/image_augment.py (v0 recipe frozen: crop/translate 0.90–1.0, brightness ±0.15, contrast/sat 0.7–1.3, hue ±0.05, gamma log-U(0.8, 1.25), noise p=.5, blur p=.25, JPEG p=.25 q40–85), Collator.image_augment per-frame gate at the CameraFrame seam; p=0 is a bitwise pin (identity pass-through, zero RNG — 11 oracles incl. the probe-clone convention; eval-side collators never set the field). check.py green (865). Pre-reg page live with a clean-vs-7-draws grid on a real stage-B frame (page, curl-200); in-channel post 1538191003574607885 incl. the composition recommendation (--image-augment 0.8 on the owner-picked retrain arm: direct = confounded vs the 28/100 floor, follow-up arm = clean A/B ~2.9 GPU-h — owner’s call). 0 GPU-h.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap retrain is owner-pending (arm pick + GPU release must both clear before any launch). Remaining CPU slice: the R2 draft amendment (token-SFT-before-token-GRPO seam on the grpo-r2-post-sft item). run_work_next armed.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 13:50–13:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 13:51) — tick: quiet hold — GPU owner-reserved and idle (0%), no launches; everything actionable is owner-gated or queued for the chained work session.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z), untouched since the probe handoff at 13:41Z. No babysit (registry pruned last session).

Steering: none new — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions; the 13:35Z exchange quiet ~20 min, so conversational mode handed back. Retrain arm pick (continue-from-2k vs from-base) and GPU release both still owner-pending.

Done: Discord + history polls, GPU/process check, queue validate OK depth 4 (18 open), run_work_next confirmed armed (13:44 touch). No posts (quiet tick, nothing owner-facing changed). 0 GPU-h.

Next: chained work session takes image-augment-sim2real (the executable no-GPU slice) and the R2 draft amendment item; retrain launch stays parked until the owner picks an arm AND frees the GPU.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 12:42–13:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 13:44) — work session: probe COMPLETE — no memorization signature (trained 9/64 vs unseen 28/100); full remit discharged; GPU handed to the owner on their order.

Status: no live jobs. fontaine-grasp-sft-step2000-probe DONE clean at ~13:41Z (~3.4/4.0 GPU-h, 0 strikes, babysit entry pruned) — FINAL three-way: trained-kept 9/64 (14%), expert-failed 9/36 (25%), unseen 28/100 (28%) vs base anchor 9/100; the memorization signature is decisively absent (inversion ~2 SE, suggestive only). GPU 0% — RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z: “I’ll actually need the gpu”); no launches until they free it.

Steering: three owner messages, all replied + acked. (1) 13:09Z continue-from-2k-under-corrected-table question → answered (first-class supported via --norm-stats-from on the step2000-hf export; recommended as primary arm over from-base — same cost, warm features; expect early loss spike from the I/O rescale, wrist_roll ~3×); amendment proposed, owner pick pending. (2) 13:09Z sim2real image augmentation → answered (nothing image-side wired today; train-time photometric aug = the cheap insertion point) + queued image-augment-sim2real (CPU item). (3) 13:35Z “nothing right away, I’ll need the gpu, ping me at job end” → finish-ping + final comparison posted at the boundary (1538180830470602903).

Done (commits 75a0379 + close commit): step2000 delta uploaded (590/705 tensors, rig-r1 pattern) → fontaine-checkpoints/molmoact2_grasp_sft_stagec_ar_step2000; retrain prep landed — build_corrected_norm_stats.py (5 oracles) → corrected artifact (wrist_roll q01/q99 → ±157.2), base converted under it (molmoact2_base_corrected_stats_v0, rows verified baked); retrain pre-reg DRAFT posted (page + in-channel, owner-gated); probe reads run + probe_bands chart + probe section live on the chain results page; babysit pruned; blog ×2 Space pushes (both curl-200). In-session GPU launched: 0 (probe ride-through ~0.9 GPU-h of its 3.4 total).

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap retrain decision is owner-pending (continue-from-2k vs from-base + go; GPU also owner-held — both must clear before any launch). image-augment-sim2real (CPU, queued 13:4xZ) is the executable no-GPU slice. R2 draft amendment (token-SFT-before-token-GRPO) still owed on its own item. run_work_next armed.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 12:40–12:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 12:41) — tick: train arm riding green at ~seed 1046/1099 (ETA ~13:5xZ); owner 👍 on the 9/100-anchor correction recorded.

Status: LIVE — fontaine-grasp-sft-step2000-probe train arm: ~seed 1046/1099 at 12:40Z, 4 procs, GPU 38%/11.9 GiB, 11.2 f/min window, cumulative projection 2.5 vs the 4.0 GPU-h gate. Babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. Mid-arm tally (posted 12:39:56Z by the prior session, 45/100 done): trained spawns 6/37, expert-failed 4/9, unseen 28/100 — no memorization signature so far.

Steering: owner 👍 on the 12:01Z anchor-correction reply — agreement registered: 9/100 released-base is the primary anchor (causal SFT read 9 → 28 ≈ 3.1×, a floor given the corrupt table); ftrig4k/W0 demoted to context rows. Ledger + probe report page must carry 9/100 as headline comparator. Inbox empty, no new messages; the 11:58/12:03 exchange quiet since 12:04Z reply.

Done: babysit + Discord polls, queue validate OK depth 3 (17 open), run_work_next confirmed armed (11:54 touch). No posts (quiet tick, nothing owner-facing changed). 0 GPU-h.

Next: train-arm boundary ~13:5xZ belongs to the chained work session — reads script → three-way comparison post (9/100 as primary anchor), then the queued remit: step2000 delta upload, owner-gated corrected-table bijou.train retrain prep, probe report page.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 08:58–12:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 11:56) — work session: owner steering morning — stage-C killed on order at step 2040, step2000 probed: 28/100 unseen successes (14–28× the pre-SFT anchors); the quantile class bug found+fixed; their-trainer retired.

Status: LIVE — fontaine-grasp-sft-step2000-probe train arm (seeds 1000–1099, started ~11:51Z after the unseen arm banked, ETA ~13:5xZ, detached unit; babysit entry current). Unseen arm FINAL: 28/100 successes, 42 moved, mean progress +1.97 cm, 0 strikes — vs anchors ftrig4k ~1/100, W0 2/100. Stage-C training is DEAD (owner kill order 10:10Z at step 2040, loss 0.0246 green; checkpoints 500–2000 retained, step2000 converted).

Steering: heavy morning exchange (09:49–10:46Z, 9 owner messages, all replied + acked): (1) their train_lerobot.py retired — all training via bijou.train (memory bijou-train-only); (2) owner caught the R2 draft head seam → §7 Amendment A1 registered (token-SFT-before-token-GRPO route); (3) kill+probe order executed; (4) owner caught the wrist_roll anomaly in the train256 report → root-caused to the lerobot quantile aggregation class bug (q01/q99 = weighted mean of per-episode quantiles; roll box [35.5,94.4] vs true ±157° — 19% of training frames clamped out) — fixed in collect_demos.rewrite_quantile_stats() + oracle, dataset corrected + re-uploaded; the practice existed in docs/data-curation.md §3 and is now enforced in code; (5) units question answered (vendored lerobot use_degrees=True default = degrees everywhere).

Done (commits 2439869→4b5xxxx-class this session): chain results page pre-built (4 house dark charts + plain-words open, DRAFT banner now records the re-steer); stage-C delta-upload script oracle-tested vs rig-r1 (590/705 counts); fontaine-sim dataset repo created + grasp_sft_demos_v0 uploaded (owner ask); train256 eval report on fontaine-reports (curl-200, owner ask); step2000 probe launched + unseen arm banked + reads script landed; R2 Amendment A1; quantile class fix; queue boundary instructions ×2 (429-resilient). In-session GPU ~1.8 h (probe unseen arm + train256 eval); stage-C chain spend to kill ~0.9+4.0+2.7.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap next-session remit (on the queue item): train.json read + comparison post (~13:5xZ); step2000 delta upload; retrain via bijou.train on the corrected table = the value-unlock, owner-gated; probe report page. run_work_next armed — the chained session owns the train-arm boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 08:45–08:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 08:47) — tick: stage-C AR riding green at 960/3000 (loss 0.464 → 0.038); owner status question answered in-channel; the 08:35 harness alert diagnosed as a usage-credit 429 (resets 22:00Z).

Status: LIVE — fontaine-grasp-sft-stagec-ar: 960/3000 steps at 08:47Z, 12.3 steps/min cumulative (12.7 window), GPU 100%/38.9 GiB, action_flow_loss 0.464 (step 20) → 0.038 (step 960) — the rig-ft r1 “materially below warm-start by ~570” reference cleared with room. Projection ~4.1 GPU-h vs the 5.0 gate, endpoint ~11:50Z → stage D sim100. Babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, 500-step checkpoint banked.

Steering: owner 08:29Z “How’s the train run going?” — answered 08:48Z with the full status (post 1538106787067068516), acked, inbox clear. Conversational hold ran ~10 min after the reply (history-based watch, cursor untouched); no follow-up. No new reactions in history.

Done: babysit + Discord polls, owner reply + ack, 429 diagnosis: the 07:04 work session died 08:35Z on out_of_credits (7-day overage pool, resetsAt 22:00Z 08-15) — all its work was already committed (0bac17a, 98524dd); the 08:35:20Z tick died instantly on the same 429; this 08:45 tick ran normally (rolling window freed base quota). The detached training unit is unaffected by session 429s. Queue validate OK depth 3 (17 open). run_work_next re-armed. 0 GPU-h.

Next: sessions are credit-flaky until 22:00Z — expect possible tick/work 429 exits; the run keeps training regardless and babysit re-syncs at the next successful session. Stage-C endpoint ~11:50Z: convert + stage-D sim100 per the frozen verdict surface (≥20/100 GRPO GO / 5–19 iterate-once / <5 F-transfer); grpo-r2-post-sft activation rides the stage-D read.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 07:02–07:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 07:02) — tick: stage-B green at 274/400 kept; wall boundary (07:29:18Z) confirmed handed to the chained work session.

Status: LIVE — fontaine-grasp-sft-stageb: 274/400 kept at 07:02Z, 4 procs, GPU 55%/989 MiB, window 1.8 kept/min. Babysit exit 3 = the known keep-rate projection (5.2 h to 400 kept vs the ≤4 gate) — judged NOT a new anomaly: the §8-recorded 62.5% true rate story, the 4-h wall self-stop at 07:29:18Z enforces the gate, run rides untouched per the frozen no-mid-run-changes term.

Steering: none — inbox empty, read surfaced only our own 07:01Z close post, history -n 5 shows no new reactions.

Done: babysit + Discord polls, queue validate OK (depth 2, 16 open), run_work_next confirmed armed (07:00 touch intact). No posts (quiet tick, nothing owner-facing changed). 0 GPU-h.

Next: the wall lands ~2.5 min before this tick’s hard kill — the chained work session owns the 07:29:18Z boundary per the queue-item instructions: kept ≥300 → stage-C AR launch; 290–299 → recorded top-up first; <290 → diagnose.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 03:37–07:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 07:02) — work session (stage-B ride + stage-C/D launch prep): collection ridden to within ~30 min of its wall with the keep-rate story diagnosed and posted; the ENTIRE remaining GPU ladder (stage C AR + flow, stage D sim100) is now launch-ready behind preflights.

Status: LIVE — fontaine-grasp-sft-stageb: 271/400 kept, 427 attempted (63%) at 07:00Z, 1.3 kept/min steady, GPU ~45%/989 MiB. Wall self-stop 07:29:18Z; projection ~305 kept vs the ≥300 gate — borderline-green. Babysit green all session (6 polls ~30 min apart, Discord read at each).

Steering: none — inbox empty all session; no owner reaction yet to the 04:13Z mid-ride status (objection window on the top-up path open since then).

Done: (1) stage-C launch prep (queue item DONE, f5b120d): AR-primary launcher = rig-ft r1 verbatim-class (mechanical diff receipt in the header; only mixture/name/steps-3000/save-folder differ), flow-arm launcher = ftrig4k verbatim (only the dataset swap), shared preflight refusing on every frozen §6 precondition (oracle-tested: PASS + 4 refusal paths), PREPARED babysit entries; mixture so101_grasp_sft landed owner-side (~/molmoact2 7fb6552). (2) stage-B keep-rate diagnosis (gate crossing surfaced at 04:06): no collector bug (6/6 misses reproduce bit-exact fresh), no spawn drift, true expert rate 62.5% (125/200 CPU-side, seeds 1078–1277) vs the n=20 gate reads’ 75–80% — mid-ride post 04:13Z, prereg §8 record appended (36be8c6, page 200). (3) stage-D eval prep (queue item DONE, c15727c): convert+eval launcher (two-hop conversion, sequential rollout_sim, frozen seeds 0–99), reads script with the frozen §2 verdict surface (band edges oracle-tested), PREPARED babysit entry. (4) Wall-tick boundary instructions recorded on the queue item (ea386ff). 0 GPU-h in-session (the collection accrues to its own gate; diagnosis ran CPU-side).

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap wall boundary (07:29:18Z self-stop, [collect] DONE + provenance banked): kept ≥300 → stage C launches via launch_local_molmoact2_grasp_sft_stagec_ar.sh (self-preflighting; activate the PREPARED babysit entry); 290–299 → the recorded top-up first (command on the queue boundary); <290 → diagnose. run_work_next armed — the chained tick owns the wall.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 03:27–03:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 03:32) — tick: owner 👍 on the pre-reg finalization surfaced at the history poll = explicit go, window collapsed → grasp-SFT stage-B demo collection LAUNCHED 03:29:18Z at this tick boundary.

Status: LIVE — fontaine-grasp-sft-stageb (run_detached unit): collect_demos --out ~/datasets/fontaine/grasp_sft_demos_v0 --target-kept 400 --max-wall-hours 4, seeds ascending from 1000, successes only, rig-frame identity rows per frozen §6. First poll 03:30Z GREEN: seed 1000 KEPT (129 ticks, 2.5 cm) ~40 s in, GPU 50% / 909 MiB (render + encode) — on pace for ~3.4 GPU-h. Babysit entry live (gate ≥300 kept / ≤4 GPU-h). Queue validate OK depth 2.

Steering: owner 👍 on the 01:40Z prereg-finalization post (seen at this tick’s history poll — the reaction never surfaces via read’s cursor; the 01:48–03:2x session’s polls list it unreacted, so it landed after ~03:23). Per the frozen terms (“your explicit go collapses the window”) that is the go for the ladder — applied at this decision point as the stage-B launch license. Inbox empty; no other messages.

Done: stage-B collection launched (unit + babysit entry + queue boundary record + in-channel launch post 03:3xZ). First-poll liveness/util/rate check green. 0 GPU-h spent in-session (the collection accrues to its own gate).

Next: ride the collection (rc ETA ≲ 4 h wall, likely ~03:30 + ~3.4 h ≈ 07:0xZ at the measured keep rate). At DONE: keep-rate + provenance + eval-seed-integrity reads, then stage C launch per frozen §6 (rig-ft class AR primary 3000 steps, flow arm conditional on the ≤13 gate) → stage D sim100. grasp-sft-stage-c-launch-prep is the queued CPU item — run_work_next stays armed for it.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 01:48–03:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 03:23) — work session (the grasp-SFT boundary session): stage-A gate read FAILED 11/20 on held seeds → robustness pass diagnosed on the burned set → amendment A1 registered → FRESH held read PASSED 15/20 — stage A CLOSED, stage B launch-ready with the collector landed. Plus the wrist-screen results page (writing-ladder item) published.

Status: no live run — GPU idle (0%, 0 MiB), babysit registry empty. Queue validate OK depth 2, 16 open. Stage-B collection is the armed next GPU leg (~3.4 GPU-h expected, ≤4 gate).

Steering: none — Discord polled at boot, at every post, minutely through the 30-min A1 objection window (01:48→03:2x, inbox empty throughout); no owner reaction yet to the 02:14Z FAIL post, the 02:33Z A1 post, or the 03:13Z PASS post.

Done: (1) stage-A gate read (instrument e371e2b, seeds 1020–1039 rendered, videos + JSON banked): FAIL 11/20 — the held stream caught tuning-smoke overfit (14/16 smoke vs 55% held); integrity receipts: rendered ≡ unrendered bit-identical ×3, miss taxonomy measured; boundary post 02:14Z with options. (2) robustness pass (77776fd, tuned on the now-burned seeds): lower-phase place droop (the descend servo-droop lesson under load — 4 stalled seeds + smoke 1013 fixed), re-grasp recovery (mid-carry grip loss), jam-flip budget 3 (both-branch jams), retry-scoped dwell + droop reset — 11/20 → 16/20 burned, 15/16 smoke. (3) Amendment A1 registered (prereg §7 + post 02:33Z, ec5075d): fresh held set 1040–1059, ONE amendment cap frozen before the second read. (4) A1 fresh gate read PASSED 15/20 (window closed 03:04Z clean; reports/analysis__grasp_ sft_stageA_gate_a1.json + videos banked; 75% fresh vs 80% burned = generalized, no new failure class) — stage A closed, PASS post 03:13Z. (5) stage-B collector landed (5b360fa: sim/collect_demos.py, LeRobot v3 rig-schema writer, §6 identity seam + provenance, resume-capable, 4 CPU oracles + GL smoke). (6) wrist-screen results page (fb1e672, writing-ladder item): chart-led F-instrument story with the n=25 power analysis + W3 record-only finding; queue item closed. ~0.6 GPU-h total (two rendered gate reads + smokes).

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap stage B — launch at the NEXT session boundary absent objection (A1 terms; exact launch command + babysit steps recorded on the queue boundary), gate ≥300 kept / ≤4 GPU-h; then stage C (frozen §6) → stage D sim100. grasp-sft-stage-c-launch-prep is the CPU refill item. run_work_next armed.*

Previous update 2026-08-15 01:44–01:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 01:46) — tick (verification only, fired at the boundary-session close): no-op — all state confirmed as the head entry below records it.

Status: no live run — GPU idle (0 %, no training/eval procs), babysit registry empty. Queue validate OK depth 2, 16 open.

Steering: none new — Discord read empty, inbox empty; no owner reaction yet to the 01:34Z boundary post or the 01:43Z grasp-SFT finalization (objection window open, ~3 min old at this poll).

Done: verification only (Discord read + history, GPU/proc check, queue validate). 0 GPU-h.

Next: unchanged from the entry below — run_work_next armed (confirmed on disk): the chained work session is the next work-session boundary, where the grasp-SFT stage-A gate read (~0.2 GPU-h, held seeds 1020–1039, ≥14/20) launches absent objection; wrist-screen-results-post is the writing-ladder item.*

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