Now archive — 2026-08-16

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

Session notes (rolled from the utilization footer)

Session 2026-08-16 14:38–16:5xZ (work, exploit; box demo-gen rode to completion ≈ +14.4 GPU-h this session’s share of the 16.9 total, home GPU owner-held): v1 dataset SHIPPED same-session — 5,000/5,000 kept 45.9%, 0 failed shards, merged 1.5M frames, public on HF with card + visualizer link, 16.9/80 GPU-h; side-spawn probe executed to a measured NO-GO (6 righting variants, 0/120 — boat slides, never rolls) + prereg §8 report; --eval-dataset-breakdown landed with oracles; main merged; released-ckpt stats-table convention mismatch FOUND (would clamp-distort SFT) → owner took the conversion fix; 7 owner messages answered live incl. a corrected claim of mine; queue ±: +3 owner items, 3 closed (probe, demo-gen, stale spawn-v2 parent).

Session 2026-08-16 11:48–12:0xZ (tick; GPU owner-reserved): owner demo-generation question answered in-channel within 10 min (boat yaw randomized full ±180° at reset; expert aligns wrist to live hull yaw with jam-detect branch flip — code-verified refs posted), ~13-min conversational hold quiet after the reply; inbox clear, no new reactions, babysit 0 runs, queue depth 1 with stated reason (all remaining work owner-gated), run_work_next disarmed.

Session 2026-08-16 11:27–11:3xZ (tick; GPU owner-reserved): quiet hold + main 152c23f merged forward clean (camera keys become semantic kinds, --camera-kind dropped; 944 checks green) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, babysit 0 runs, queue depth 1 with stated reason (all remaining work owner-gated), run_work_next disarmed.

Session 2026-08-16 11:06–11:1xZ (tick; GPU owner-reserved): quiet hold + main 2e5b16d merged forward clean (owner’s new remote-inference stack: policy_server + RemotePolicy + rollout --policy-server; 946 checks green) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, babysit 0 runs, queue depth 1 with stated reason (all remaining work owner-gated), run_work_next disarmed.

Session 2026-08-16 09:59–10:4xZ (work; exploit; ~0.3 GPU-h leg-3 partial before the owner pause): two owner steers served inside minutes + the spawn-v2 CPU ladder run to its owner gate — main 32149df merged (dbd7cc8, offload ported, 913 green), GPU freed on the 10:13Z order (eval stopped, queue paused), babysit bare-count parse bug fixed + publicly corrected, spawn-v2 instrument v0→v1 + sampler + 7 oracles landed (977-cell solid mask, tail 35/200), §5 proposed-freeze table posted; Space 1 GB cap cleared (squash + 48 stale LFS blobs). run_work_next disarmed — all remaining work owner-gated.

Session 2026-08-16 09:56–10:0xZ (tick; probe chain riding): quiet babysit green — leg 3 token-unseen 26/100 seeds at 3.3/min (GPU 12.8 GiB / 49%, 0 strikes), running ~2.5× the flow-leg rate, endpoint projects ~10:2xZ vs the registered ~11:1xZ; no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 4, run_work_next armed for the leg-3→4 boundary + main merge + spawn-v2 pre-reg.

Session 2026-08-16 06:20–10:0xZ (work; exploit; ~3.3 GPU-h chain spend in-session): route-C endpoint caught + three owner asks served — train COMPLETE 06:51Z (~5.7/8 GPU-h), smoke PASSED, leg 1 flow-unseen 44/100 = TABLE_FIX_POSITIVE, leg 2 flow-train 42/100 (no memorization), leg 3 token-unseen launched 09:47:45Z; owner steering 08:25Z + 09:06Z served same-hour (unseen HTML report + 2 videos, loss_aux answer, standard train256 report: joint 3.24 vs corrupt 12.56 chunk MAE); step-2000 weights banked; run_work_next armed for leg 4 + reads.

Session 2026-08-16 06:18–06:2xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green, endpoint imminent (step 1780/2000, 8.49 s/step, GPU 100% util, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.219→0.177 declining new low) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, run_work_next armed for the step-2000 probe-legs handoff.

Session 2026-08-16 06:07–06:1xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1700/2000, 9.22 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.280→0.219 uptick reverted, new low) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 05:56–06:0xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1620/2000, 8.46 s/step, GPU 100% util, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.252→0.280 noise-scale uptick) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 05:45–05:5xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1540/2000, 8.47 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.298→0.252 uptick reverted, declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 05:34–05:3xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1470/2000, 10.46 s/step, GPU 100% util, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.277→0.298 noise-scale uptick) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 05:23–05:2xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1410/2000, 10.47 s/step, GPU 94% util, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.305→0.277 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 05:12–05:1xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1350/2000, 10.42 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.310→0.305 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 05:01–05:0xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1280/2000, 10.36 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.317→0.310 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 04:50–04:5xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1220/2000, 10.32 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.345→0.317 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 04:39–04:4xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1160/2000, 10.35 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.357→0.345 uptick reverted) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 04:28–04:3xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1090/2000, 10.30 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.300→0.357 noise-scale uptick) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 04:17–04:2xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 1030/2000, 10.19 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.346→0.300 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 04:06–04:1xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 970/2000, 10.30 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.376→0.346 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 03:55–04:0xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 900/2000, 10.30 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.443→0.376 declining again) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 03:44–03:5xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 840/2000, 10.34 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.426→0.443 noise-scale uptick) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 03:33–03:3xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 780/2000, 10.33 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.465→0.426 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 03:22–03:2xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 710/2000, 10.26 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.491→0.465 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 03:11–03:1xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 650/2000, 10.41 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.508→0.491 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 03:00–03:0xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 590/2000, 10.44 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.525→0.508 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Session 2026-08-16 02:49–02:5xZ (tick; joint run riding): quiet babysit green (step 520/2000, 10.70 s/step, VRAM 66.65 flat, loss_action 0.579→0.525 declining) — no steering, inbox empty, no new reactions, queue OK depth 2, no CPU-side items.

Updated 2026-08-16 11:48–12:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 12:03) — tick: owner question answered in-channel (demo boat rotation + gripper alignment), then a ~13-min conversational hold — quiet.

Status: no live GPU runs — GPU still OWNER-RESERVED (10:13Z order); babysit 0 registered runs, exit 0. Not touched.

Steering: owner 11:40:59Z — “Do we also rotate how the boat is placed and align the gripper with it when picking it up for the generated demos?” → answered 11:50Z from code (both yes: reset draws boat yaw uniform ±180° at so101_sim.py:1523, spawn-v2 keeps full-range yaw; expert tracks live yaw and iterates wrist_roll to put the hull between the pads via align_wrist_roll, mod-π branch flip on physical jam, re-align every tick during approach), ack’d, inbox clear. Held conversationally to 12:03Z — no follow-up, no new reactions. Pending their calls unchanged: spawn-v2 priority vs token-legs report, C′ route, morning-veto items, GPU return ping.

Done: the answer above (code-verified, not from memory) + routine checks: queue validate OK, history reaction sweep clean.

Next: unchanged — everything owner-gated: spawn-v2 finalization behind the priority + C′ calls; probe-chain resume (leg 3 re-run → leg 4 → five-json reads → consolidated report) behind GPU return. Queue depth 1 queued — stated reason: gpu-local items blocked/owner_hold under the pause; the queued CPU item’s slices are owner-gated. run_work_next DISARMED.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 19:12–19:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 19:19) — tick: SFT healthy through eval-750 — MAE monotone 14.53 → 14.04 → 13.85, all 8 GPUs 78–100%, zero tracebacks; no steering; work session stays chained for the endpoint boundary.

Status: grasp_sft_v1_joint_8xa100 LIVE (unit grasp-sft-v1b), step 770+/3000 at 19:18Z, window 13.4 steps/min (≈3.9 s/step incl. eval pauses), VRAM steady ~64.5 GiB/rank, cumulative projection 7.6 vs the 40 GPU-h babysit gate, 0 tracebacks. Evals monotone: 14.53@250 → 14.04@500 → 13.85@750 (train_mae 13.97). Tick held open through the eval-750 boundary before closing (charter §6). ETA unchanged ~21:4x–22:0xZ. Local GPU idle (owner-released).

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, no new reactions on the last 5 posts (v1.1 sample videos unreacted so far; disk realcal exemption still awaits the owner’s 👍).

Done: routine babysit tick — two babysit polls (19:13, 19:18) bracketing eval-750, remote-log eval read, queue validate (depth 1 with recorded reason, 20 open), body + footer roll to archive/now-2026-08-16.md.

Next: run_work_next stays ARMED (armed 19:03 by the work session close; box busy + grasp-sft-v1-endpoint-boundary queued for run completion ~21:4x–22:0xZ). Owner-pending unchanged: disk composite exemption 👍, v2.1 bands, ckpt-format, morning-veto items.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 16:46–16:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 16:48) — tick: all quiet — box clean-idle post-dataset-ship, owner 👍 on the two-items post recorded, queue git-audit closed the landed eval-breakdown item, work session already chained.

Status: no live runs, babysit registry empty. A100 box verified clean-idle (8×0% / 0 MiB, no leftover processes); home GPU owner-held (ckpt-format). Dataset v1 public since 16:41Z; SFT staged, blocked only on the owner’s stats-corrected ckpt conversion (15:30Z).

Steering: no new messages (read + inbox empty). History sweep: owner 👍 on the 15:47Z two-items post (--eval-dataset-breakdown landed + side-spawn NO-GO) — read as agreement with both: the flag stays in the SFT command, side spawns stay out of v1.1.

Done: routine tick — Discord/history polls, box + home GPU checks, queue git-audit: train-eval-per-dataset-breakdown closed as done (landed d642f7b last session; title predated the landing), queue now depth 1 / 19 open. Footer + body roll to archive/now-2026-08-16.md.

Next: run_work_next was ARMED 16:43 by the work session and stays armed (queue below depth 2 + CPU item ready) — the chained work session takes expert-retreat-slew-gentle (instrumented fail attribution) and refills the queue. SFT launches the moment the owner’s conversion lands. Owner-pending: stats-corrected conversion, v2.1 band objections, ckpt-format call, morning-veto items.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 12:09–12:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 12:22) — tick: live owner exchange (4 messages, all answered <2 min): 8×A100-80GB box confirmed, demo-gen sharding ordered, GPU hold extended (checkpoint-format change coming).

Status: no live GPU runs. The box GPU went observably free (0 MiB / 0%, policy_server unloaded) — flagged it in-channel 12:10:49Z; owner 12:11:32Z: still reserved — they want to change the checkpoint format again before more training. Also: owner fast-forwarded main to fontaine 3a3daa6 — the whole branch (spawn-v2 instrument, babysit fixes, tick notes) adopted into trunk verbatim; nothing to merge.

Steering (live exchange 12:11–12:2xZ, every message replied + acked, inbox clear): (1) 12:11:32Z GPU stays theirs, ckpt-format change first → ack’d; offered a conversion pass over the banked step-2000 checkpoint when the new format lands (vs re-training 8 GPU-h) — their call pending. (2) 12:14:32Z “would an 8×A100 speed up demo generation? 40 or 80 GiB?” → answered from measured data (stage-B: 313 kept/4 h single-process but unrendered expert = 200 seeds/~3 min — render-bound, embarrassingly seed-parallel, ~16–32 shards ≈ 20–40×; 80 GiB recommended: joint recipe measured 66.65 GiB/GPU, 40 GiB forces recipe surgery). (3) 12:18:57Z decisions: 8×A100-80GB confirmed; “make the sharding changes” — P1 work order; answered episode target (~5,000 kept ≈ 5/cell of the 977-cell spawn-v2 mask, ~15 GB, ~2–3 h sharded) + side-spawn question (two-part: spawn is easy but success() demands upright>0.9 → side-spawn demos need a righting capability the expert lacks; proposed upright v1 now + CPU feasibility probe → measured ~10–20% slice in v1.1). (4) 12:19:06Z “randomize the boat color” → it already randomizes per reset but deliberately narrow (rig-gray band, so101_sim.py:1530; the old wide draw was reverted as unrealistic); proposed tint-band knob + 70/30 rig-gray/wide mixed slice; asked whether non-gray benchys are planned on the rig. (5) 12:21:03Z owner approves: “makes sense re: boat color + agree with v1 with just the boat upright in the annulus” → v1 dataset locked: spawn-v2 annulus + upright + tint mix, ~5k kept; replied that the annulus = the spawn-v2 protocol so generation finalizes against the posted §5 proposed-freeze table (objection window open until the box lands). (6) 12:25:56Z the box landed already: access provisioned to ubuntu@147.224.218.164 — 8× A100-SXM4-80GB; I verified read-only from here (BatchMode SSH green, 8 GPUs idle 0 MiB, 240 cores / 1.77 TB RAM / 19 TB disk), asked provision-now-vs-hold. (7) 12:26:52Z full allocation: “we should get started on generating the demo datasets there too, machine is all yours” → execution plan posted (sharding code w/ bit-identical merge oracle → provision → measure per-EGL throughput, size shards → v1 5k generation → HF upload + dataset card).

Done: proactive GPU-freed flag (surfaced the reservation extension + the ckpt-format heads-up); 4 code-verified in-channel answers; queue +2 owner items (demo-gen-sharded-a100 P1: shard driver + LeRobot shard-merge + HF upload + tint knob; side-spawn-feasibility-probe), validate green depth 3.

Next: chained work session (run_work_next ARMED) — P1 EXECUTE demo-gen-sharded-a100: shard driver + merge + HF-upload code with oracles, provision the A100 box, launch v1 generation (detached, babysit-registered), upload + card post; then the side-spawn righting probe. Home-box GPU stays untouched (owner hold, ckpt-format change pending). Owner-pending: ckpt-format conversion call, spawn-v2 §5 objection window, C′ route, morning-veto items. Note for the work session: queue class taxonomy needs an entry for the new box (validator only knows gpu-local/gpu-box/cpu).*

Previous update 2026-08-16 11:27–11:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 11:31) — tick: quiet hold under the GPU pause; owner’s main moved again and merged clean (camera keys become semantic kinds), 944 checks green.

Status: no live GPU runs — GPU still OWNER-RESERVED (10:13Z order). nvidia-smi 12.4 GiB resident / 0% util: their bijou.policy_server still loaded between laptop-driven rollouts. Not touched.

Steering: none new — read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions. Pending their calls: spawn-v2 priority vs token-legs report, C′ route, morning-veto items, GPU return ping.

Done: main 152c23f merged (b86779e, clean — one rollout-side commit: --camera keys are now the semantic kinds themselves, --camera-kind dropped; touches rollout_safety, docs, sim rollout, tests). check.py 944 passed on the merged tree (946→944 = the dropped --camera-kind tests). Babysit: 0 registered runs, exit 0.

Next: unchanged — everything owner-gated: spawn-v2 finalization behind the priority + C′ calls; probe-chain resume (leg 3 re-run → leg 4 → five-json reads → consolidated report) behind GPU return. Queue depth 1 queued — stated reason: gpu-local items blocked/owner_hold under the pause; the queued CPU item’s slices are owner-gated; the one new executable item (main merge) was done in-tick. run_work_next DISARMED.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 11:06–11:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 11:11) — tick: quiet hold under the GPU pause; owner’s new main merged forward clean (remote-inference stack), 946 checks green.

Status: no live GPU runs — GPU still OWNER-RESERVED (10:13Z order). nvidia-smi 12.6 GiB resident / 0% util: consistent with the owner’s new bijou.policy_server sitting loaded between their laptop-driven rollouts (their commit f0e9bbd explains the setup — 9.7 GB trunk can’t mount on the 8 GiB operator laptop, so cameras/robot stay local and one BijouPolicy serves from the GPU box). Not touched.

Steering: none new — read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions. Pending their calls: spawn-v2 priority vs token-legs report, C′ route, morning-veto items, GPU return ping.

Done: main 2e5b16d merged (1f33bb0, clean — no conflicts; the new commits are rollout/serving-side: bijou/policy_server.py + bijou/remote_policy.py + rollout --policy-server path, camera-kinds notice fix): check.py 946 passed on the merged tree. Babysit: 0 registered runs, exit 0.

Next: unchanged — everything owner-gated: spawn-v2 finalization behind the priority + C′ calls; probe-chain resume (leg 3 re-run → leg 4 → five-json reads → consolidated report) behind GPU return. Queue depth 1 queued — stated reason: gpu-local items blocked/owner_hold under the pause; the queued CPU item’s slices are owner-gated; the one new executable item (main merge) was done in-tick. run_work_next DISARMED.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 09:59–10:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 10:45) — work session: main merged on owner ask (rebase question answered in the doing), GPU handed back mid-session on their 10:13Z order, and the spawn-v2 CPU ladder ran to its owner gate.

Status: no live GPU runs — GPU OWNER-RESERVED since 10:13Z (their local rollouts of the 2k policy). Leg 3 token-unseen was stopped on their order mid-seed-24 (~0.5 GPU-h; deterministic re-run, partial discarded), GPU verified freed (0 MiB / 0%). Resume recipe + full chain state in the pruned grasp_sft_joint_probes babysit.toml note (legs 1–2 banked: 44/100 TABLE_FIX_POSITIVE, 42/100 no-mem).

Steering: owner 09:58Z “Are you rebased on latest main?” → answered + merge pulled forward (below), 👍’d. Owner 10:13Z “stop the eval and pause GPU queue” → executed within minutes (unit stopped, registry no-live-runs, gpu-local queue items owner_hold/blocked), replied + ack’d. Pending their call: spawn-v2 priority vs token-legs report, C′ route, morning-veto items (init/λ/insulation/text-lr).

Done: (1) main 32149df merged (dbd7cc8): train.py→package conflict resolved by porting the six --offload-optim hunks into bijou/train/{args,cli}.py; offload oracle 5/5 bitwise, check.py 913 green; read-side fontaine/scripts/loss_keys.py (owner-pinned run-family mapping) + babysit.toml new-keys note. (2) babysit bare-count fix: tick ETAs had been fabricated from the replan counter (“seed 15 replan 24” counted 24) — first-int-of-span fix, public correction posted. (3) spawn-v2 CPU ladder complete to its owner gate: pre-reg DRAFT posted (protocol break registered, v1 stays frozen), reachability instrument v0→v1 (root cause: solve_ik’s 2 mm site tol made pad residuals stopping luck → 0.2 mm probe-local solve; solid 977-cell cleaned mask ~29× the v1 band; torque never

0.25 of limit), sim/spawn_v2.py sampler + 7 oracles (loud-refusal tail max 35/200, was 194), §5 now a measured proposed-freeze table; chart-led post in-channel. (4) Blog Space hit the 1 GB cap → squash + 48 stale LFS blobs purged (13.4 MB used now).

Next: queue_cli.py next → everything is owner-gated: spawn-v2 finalization (freeze table + objection window) behind the priority + C′ calls; probe-chain resume (leg 3 re-run → leg 4 → five-json reads → consolidated report) behind GPU return. Queue depth 1 queued — stated reason: both gpu-local items are blocked/owner_hold under the GPU pause; the one queued CPU item’s remaining slices are owner-gated. run_work_next DISARMED (no executable CPU work).*

Older entries: see the now archive — one dated page per day, verbatim.

Previous update 2026-08-16 09:56–10:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 09:57) — tick: quiet babysit — probe leg 3 token-unseen green and running ~2.5× the flow-leg rate; endpoint projects ~10:2xZ, well ahead of the registered ~11:1xZ ETA; no steering; run_work_next armed.

Status: leg 3 token-unseen healthy at 09:57Z — 3 procs, GPU 12.8 GiB / 49% (eval-rollout class), 26/100 seeds since 09:49Z at 3.3 seeds/min (grammar-greedy decode is much faster than the flow legs’ ~1.2/min), 0 strikes. Projected endpoint ~10:2xZ. Gate: cumulative projection 0.2 vs ≤6 GPU-h probe-side; chain total stays well under the ≤13 amendment gate.

Steering: none — read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions. Owner replies pending: spawn-v2 priority question (asked 09:50Z), morning-veto items (init/λ/insulation/text-lr).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 4 (19 open); run_work_next confirmed armed — the chained work session owns the leg-3→4 boundary (now likely ~10:2xZ), the main 32149df merge (re-keyed losses + train.py modularization, promised next boundary), and the spawn-v2 pre-reg draft.

Next: chained work session — catch leg-3 endpoint, launch leg 4 token-base (registry boundary has the command), then grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py five-json read (B §3 verdict vs R2 bar ≥20) + consolidated boundary post + chart-led report page; merge main at the boundary. Owner pending: spawn-v2 priority, morning veto.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 06:20–09:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 09:04; corrected 09:13 — first stamp was written from memory, the check-clock class) — work session: route-C endpoint caught — train COMPLETE, flow-unseen 44/100 = TABLE_FIX_POSITIVE, owner report delivered, probe legs chaining.

Status: probe leg 3 token-unseen (grammar-greedy _arhead, seeds 0–99, the B §3 read vs R2 bar ≥20/100) live since 09:47:45Z — first poll green (bijou@2000_arhead banner, GPU 46%), ETA ~11:1xZ; unit fontaine-joint-probe-token-unseen, registry entry grasp_sft_joint_probes (gate ≤6 GPU-h probe-side, ~3.3 spent). Leg 2 flow-train DONE 09:47Z: 42/100 on training seeds vs 44 unseen — no memorization signature (0 strikes, 64 moved). Chain total so far ~8.5 GPU-h vs ≤13 amendment gate. Train run COMPLETE 06:51:19Z clean: 2000/2000, loss_action 0.0245, loss_aux (action-token CE) 0.155 from 4.33, VRAM 66.65 flat, zero K1 events.

Steering: owner 08:25:30Z (two asks): (1) eval report on the unseen leg + 2 videos → DELIVERED 08:5xZ (browsable HTML on fontaine-reports, curl 200; seeds 36 + 64 clips attached in-channel; ack’d); (2) loss_aux semantics question → answered from molmoact2_joint.py: it is action-token CE, NOT narration (aux-text count is None in this run); proposed alias-preserving rename to loss_ce_actions, owner reply pending — don’t land until they answer. Owner 09:06Z (third ask): standard 256-sample eval report → DELIVERED 09:1xZ (train256 protocol, --chunk-size 30 matched after a first launch died on the 50 default; state-copy anchors bitwise 9.3562/9.8678): joint chunk MAE 3.24 vs corrupt-table stage-C 12.56 (which sat worse than state-copy 9.36) — the offline read now agrees with the rollouts; posted 1538476581104779335, ack’d, reports.md entry. Owner 09:16Z (spawn randomization): confirmed the gap from code — disk FIXED, boat band one-sided; spawn-v2 proposal posted 09:50Z, queued sim-spawn-v2-randomization (pre-reg first slice, priority question asked in-channel). Owner 09:19Z (+message.txt): main 32149df landed train.py modularization + GLOBAL loss re-keying (loss_action_flow / loss_action_ar / loss_narration, NO write-side aliases) — my rename item WITHDRAWN as superseded; merge + read-time key mapping queued main-merge-rekeyed-train (promised next boundary); both replied + ack’d, inbox empty.

Done: endpoint handoff executed — smoke leg PASSED (bijou@2000_arhead, 3 well-formed rows), leg 1 flow-unseen DONE 08:21Z: 44/100 unseen successes (anchors base 9 / corrupt-28, 0 strikes), A §5 verdict TABLE_FIX_POSITIVE baked by the reads script — corrected lineage becomes the SFT artifact. Step-2000 weights banked to fontaine-checkpoints/molmoact2_grasp_sft_joint_corrected_step2000 (11.4 GiB weights-only). Commits: eb74314 (registry roll), c3b0af1 (upload script), cd7ce5a (leg-1 + leg-2 roll), 1257c1b (chain-page addendum), 855aed7 (unseen report + reports.md).

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-bootstrap route-C probes: ticks babysit leg 3 to ~11:1xZ, then launch leg 4 token-base on leg-3-inactive (registry boundary has the command), then grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py five-json read (token B §3 verdict vs R2 bar ≥20) + consolidated boundary post + chart-led report page (~12:4xZ). run_work_next ARMED for the reads/report leg. Owner replies pending: loss_ce_actions rename, morning-veto items.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 06:18–06:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 06:19) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1780, endpoint imminent, run_work_next ARMED for the probe-legs handoff.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 06:19Z — step 1780/2000, 8.49 s/step (7.2 steps/min since the 06:08 sample), GPU 100% util, VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.219→0.177 over the 80-step window (steady decline, new low, well clear of K1). ~0.5 h to step 2000, ETA ~06:5xZ — lands right at this tick’s hard-kill boundary.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). run_work_next armed — the endpoint + five probe legs exceed a tick’s 30-min cap, so the chained 4-h work session catches step 2000 and runs the handoff.

Next: chained work session — wait out the last ~200 steps, then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER ((0) 3-seed --serve-head ar smoke REQUIRED FIRST, then flow-unseen / flow-train / token-unseen / token-base) + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 06:07–06:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 06:08) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1700, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 06:08Z — step 1700/2000, 9.22 s/step (7.3 steps/min since the 05:57 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.280→0.219 over the 80-step window (the 1620 uptick reverted, new low, well clear of K1). Instantaneous util sample 0% = CPU-offload optimizer phase (known class, rate/loss confirm healthy). ~0.8 h to step 2000, ETA ~06:5xZ — likely lands before the next tick returns; that session should expect the probe-legs handoff.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 05:56–06:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 05:57) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1620, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 05:57Z — step 1620/2000, 8.46 s/step (7.3 steps/min since the 05:46 sample), GPU 100% util at sample, VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.252→0.280 over the 80-step window (+0.03 noise-scale uptick, same class as the 1090/1160/1470 wobbles that reverted; K1 is about loss_aux/NaN — clear). ~0.9 h to step 2000, ETA ~06:5xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr. Endpoint is close (~06:5xZ) — the tick that catches it should expect the probe-legs handoff.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 05:45–05:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 05:46) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1540, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 05:46Z — step 1540/2000, 8.47 s/step (6.4 steps/min since the 05:35 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.298→0.252 over the 70-step window (the 1470 uptick reverted, steady decline, well clear of K1). Instantaneous util sample 0% = CPU-offload optimizer phase (known class, rate/loss confirm healthy). ~1.1 h to step 2000, ETA ~06:5x–07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 05:34–05:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 05:35) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1470, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 05:35Z — step 1470/2000, 10.46 s/step (5.4 steps/min since the 05:24 sample), GPU 100% util at sample, VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.277→0.298 over the 60-step window (+0.02 noise-scale uptick, same class as the 1090/1160 wobble that reverted; K1 is about loss_aux/NaN — clear). ~1.5 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 05:23–05:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 05:24) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1410, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 05:24Z — step 1410/2000, 10.47 s/step (5.4 steps/min since the 05:13 sample), GPU 94% util at sample, VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.305→0.277 over the 60-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~1.7 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 05:12–05:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 05:13) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1350, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 05:13Z — step 1350/2000, 10.42 s/step (6.4 steps/min since the 05:02 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.310→0.305 over the 70-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). Babysit’s instantaneous util sample read 0% — that’s the CPU-offload optimizer phase of the step; rate and loss confirm healthy. ~1.9 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 05:01–05:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 05:02) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1280, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 05:02Z — step 1280/2000, 10.36 s/step (5.4 steps/min since the 04:51 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.317→0.310 over the 60-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~2.1 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 04:50–04:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 04:51) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1220, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 04:51Z — step 1220/2000, 10.32 s/step (5.5 steps/min since the 04:40 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.345→0.317 over the 60-step window (steady decline resumed, well clear of K1). ~2.2 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 04:39–04:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 04:40) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1160, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 04:40Z — step 1160/2000, 10.35 s/step (6.4 steps/min since the 04:29 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, gpu 100% util, loss_action 0.357→0.345 over the 70-step window (the 04:29 noise-scale uptick reverted, as the 03:45 one did; K1 watches loss_aux, clear). ~2.4 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 04:28–04:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 04:29) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1090, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 04:29Z — step 1090/2000, 10.30 s/step (5.5 steps/min since the 04:18 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.300→0.357 over the 60-step window (noise-scale uptick, same pattern as 03:45 which reverted; K1 watches loss_aux, clear). The 0% util instant read is the usual sampling blip — step rate unchanged. ~2.6 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 04:17–04:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 04:18) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 1030, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 04:18Z — step 1030/2000 (past halfway), 10.19 s/step (5.4 steps/min since the 04:07 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, 100% util, loss_action 0.346→0.300 over the 60-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~2.7 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 04:06–04:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 04:07) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 970, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 04:07Z — step 970/2000, 10.30 s/step (6.3 steps/min since the 03:56 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, 100% util, loss_action 0.376→0.346 over the 70-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~2.9 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 03:55–04:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 03:56) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 900, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 03:56Z — step 900/2000, 10.30 s/step (5.4 steps/min since the 03:45 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.443→0.376 over the 60-step window (back to declining — confirms the 03:45 uptick was noise-scale, well clear of K1; the 0% util instant read is the usual sampling blip, step rate unchanged). ~3.1 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 03:44–03:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 03:45) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 840, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 03:45Z — step 840/2000, 10.34 s/step (5.5 steps/min since the 03:34 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.426→0.443 over the 60-step window (a small uptick after five declining windows — noise-scale, no K1 relevance: K1 watches loss_aux rises and NaNs; the 0% util instant read is the usual sampling blip, step rate unchanged). ~3.3 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0x–07:1xZ. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 03:33–03:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 03:34) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 780, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 03:34Z — step 780/2000, 10.33 s/step (6.4 steps/min since the 03:23 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, 100% util, loss_action 0.465→0.426 over the 70-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~3.5 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:0x–07:1xZ (running slightly ahead of the ~07:3xZ projection). All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 03:22–03:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 03:24) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 710, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 03:23Z — step 710/2000, 10.26 s/step (5.5 steps/min since the 03:12 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, loss_action 0.491→0.465 over the 60-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1; the 0% util instant read is the usual sampling blip — step rate unchanged). ~3.7 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 03:11–03:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 03:13) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 650, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 03:12Z — step 650/2000, 10.41 s/step (5.4 steps/min since the 03:01 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, 100% util, loss_action 0.508→0.491 over the 60-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~3.9 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 03:00–03:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 03:03) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 590, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 03:01Z — step 590/2000, 10.44 s/step (6.4 steps/min since the 02:50 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, 71.5 GB resident, loss_action 0.525→0.508 over the 70-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~4.1 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged. All anchors nominal (0% util instant read is the usual sampling blip — step rate actually up this window).

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 02:49–02:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 02:52) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 520, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 02:50Z — step 520/2000, 10.70 s/step (5.5 steps/min since the 02:39 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, 71.5 GB resident, loss_action 0.579→0.525 over the 60-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~4.4 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged. All anchors nominal (the 0% util instant read is a sampling blip — step rate unchanged).

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 02:38–02:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 02:39) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 460, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 02:39Z — step 460/2000, 10.92 s/step (5.5 steps/min since the 02:28 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, 71.5 GB resident, loss_action 0.639→0.579 over the 60-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~4.7 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 02:28–02:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 02:28) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 400, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 02:28Z — step 400/2000, 10.93 s/step (5.4 steps/min since the 02:17 sample), VRAM 66.65 GiB flat, GPU 95%/71.5 GB, loss_action 0.671→0.639 over the 60-step window (steady decline, well clear of K1). ~4.9 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 02:16–02:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 02:19) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 340, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 02:17Z — step 340/2000, 11.13 s/step (4.9 steps/min since the 02:07 sample), VRAM 66.63 GiB flat, GPU 100%/71.5 GB, loss_action 0.661→0.671 over the 50-step window (band fluctuation, not a K1 signal — K1 watches loss_aux rises >0.5 over 3 logs). ~5.1 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged. All anchors nominal.

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 02:06–02:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 02:09) — tick: quiet babysit — joint run green at step 290, no steering, no gates.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 02:07Z — step 290/2000, 11.26 s/step (5.5 steps/min over the last 100-step window), VRAM 66.62 GiB flat, GPU 100%/71.5 GB, loss_action 0.89→0.66 over the window and falling. ~5.3 h to step 2000, ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged. All anchors nominal (E2 rate/VRAM band, E3 both losses declining, no K1 signals).

Steering: none — Discord read empty, inbox empty, history shows no new reactions (launch-post 👍 already recorded 01:2xZ).

Done: babysit poll (facts above); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Next queue leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000 — no CPU-side executable items, run_work_next not armed.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 01:47–02:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 01:52) — tick: run green at step ~195; owner replied on offload-optim — CPUOffloadAdamW extracted to its own module to shrink the future rebase.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected healthy at 01:48Z — step 190/2000, 11.4 s/step (log-reported, E2 band), VRAM 66.62 GiB flat, loss_action 0.89-band fluctuation, ~5.7 h to endpoint (ETA ~07:3xZ unchanged). Instantaneous 0% GPU at the sample is the offloaded optimizer’s CPU step, not starvation — rate and VRAM match the smoke. No gates crossed.

Steering (01:16Z owner message, replied + acked 01:5xZ): “cool on offload optim” + a worry that main’s upcoming train.py modularization makes our 185-line train.py diff an annoying rebase. Actioned immediately: CPUOffloadAdamW (the ~135-line bulk) extracted verbatim into new bijou/offload_optim.py; train.py keeps only the wiring (~50 lines: flag, validation, construction site) + one import; tests import the new module. Oracle suite re-ran green 5/5 post-move (bitwise keystone included). Offered to own the rebase when their refactor lands.

Done: babysit poll (healthy, facts above); extraction commit (this session); Discord reply 1538364422043598878 + inbox ack (empty); queue validate OK depth 2 (17 open) — next leg is the GPU endpoint at step 2000, no CPU-side executable items, no run_work_next.

Next: unchanged — ticks babysit to step 2000 (K1 anchors in registry), then launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER + grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 01:0x–01:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 01:16) — work session: ROUTE C LAUNCHED — RAM feasibility measured, joint did NOT fit, --offload-optim landed (exact, oracle-pinned), run live at 100% util.

Status: grasp_sft_joint_corrected LIVE (unit fontaine-grasp-sft-joint-corrected, launched 01:09:16Z) — step 10/2000 at first poll, 15.6 s/step avg incl. warmup (11.3 steady in-smoke), vram_alloc_peak 66.56 GiB (= smoke, ~12.7 headroom), GPU 100%/71 GB, CE 4.33→3.14 falling, flow 1.38 on the LR ramp; host RAM 96 GB avail with the offloaded moments resident. ETA ~step 2000 ~07:3xZ; gate ≤8 GPU-h train / ≤13 chain. ~0.3 GPU-h spent on smokes this session.

Steering (00:18Z, actioned): route C RAM-permitting, else optimize AR-objective memory — both done: measured infeasible as-was (CE logits NOT the binder, <1 GiB; binder = fp32 static residency, trunk 20.3 + grads 16.9 + Adam moments 33.7 GiB; OOM at micro 8 step 1 AND micro 2 step 2), then --offload-optim landed (8bb5b70: AdamW moments in host RAM on pinned fp32 mirrors, CPU reference kernels — elementwise ⇒ exact, 5 oracles incl. bitwise keystone + resume round-trip, check.py 908) → peak 66.5 GiB at micro 16, fits with margin. Morning-veto items posted in-channel: init from-base / λ=1.0 / insulation ON / text-lr 1e-5.

Done: analytic + measured RAM decomposition; --offload-optim

• 5-test oracle suite (8bb5b70, pushed); registered amendment merging A+B pre-regs into route C (posts/2026-08-16-amendment-grasp-sft-route-c-joint.md, in-channel 1538353817303654480); launch 01:09:16Z + babysit entry grasp_sft_joint_corrected; first-poll green + launch post 1538354838427934811; queue boundary updated, validate OK depth 2 (17 open). Endpoint mechanized during the ride (5656532 + a2ab680): rollout_sim --serve-head {flow,ar} (dispatch-only token-head decode on the training prefix, _arhead voice suffix, default path pinned bitwise by a real-fixture test), launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh (five one-command legs incl. a mandatory 3-seed --serve-head ar GPU smoke before any registered leg), and grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py (all five jsons, A §5 / B §3 verdicts baked and oracle-pinned edge-by-edge; the A §5 29–31 clause overlap SURFACED, never silently resolved). check.py 913.

Next: ticks babysit the ride (K1 anchors in registry; latest 01:45Z sample: step 180/2000, 11.84 s/step, flow 0.108 / CE 0.737, VRAM 66.62 stable). At step 2000 + unit inactive: launch_local_grasp_sft_joint_probes.sh legs IN ORDER (smoke → flow-unseen → flow-train → token-unseen → token-base), reads via grasp_sft_joint_probe_reads.py — per queue_cli.py next (grasp-sft-bootstrap). GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) wait for the next free-GPU boundary. Morning: owner veto window on init/λ/insulation/text-lr.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 00:20–00:2xZ (real date -u at stamp: 00:22) — tick: OWNER STEERING — route C (joint) picked RAM-permitting, GPU released. Work session chained.

Status: no live jobs yet; GPU released back to us at 00:18Z (owner message) — H100 80 GB confirmed idle (0 MiB / 0%), host RAM ~197 GB available. Main at b43b4d0 (fast-forwarded to our tip per the trunk note). 0 GPU-h this tick.

Steering (00:18Z owner message + attached trunk status note, replied 00:22Z, inbox cleared): (1) GPU release — reservation over, GPU is ours. (2) Route call: assess whether RAM suffices for route C (--objective joint, L_flow + λ·CE); if not, optimize the AR objective’s memory to make it fit — route C either way, so the A/B/C decision is resolved. Arm pick is effectively subsumed (joint run inits from-base/corrected-table by default; will be spelled in the launch post for morning veto). The attached trunk note: migration COMPLETE through phase 7, our box gate CLOSED (probe_grpo_replay_parity bit-equal on all 1903+1904 banked rows, WAVE INTEGRITY PASS), adoption items for our next boundary (launcher re-pins --insulate-flow / --flow-decoder-init / --flow-decoder-dtype + --family; three scripts re-pointed on main; corrected-table prep collapses to --replace-stats at conversion; post-migration GRPO starts FRESH from converted checkpoints).

Done: Discord read + history (all five merge posts remain 👍’d), attachment fetched + read, in-channel reply posted (plan: analytic RAM estimate → empirical smoke on the real batch → launch joint if it fits, else chunked/fused-CE memory optimization oracle-pinned then launch), inbox acked, run_work_next ARMED — the chained 4-h work session does the feasibility + launch.

Next (work session, immediately): (1) analytic peak-memory estimate for joint (CE full-vocab logits over text length on top of flow-head activations is the expected peak); (2) empirical smoke at the real batch on the H100; (3) registered amendment merging the A+B pre-regs into route C, then launch with babysit entry + first-poll util check; (4) if RAM blocks, implement AR-objective memory optimization (chunked CE), oracle-verify, re-smoke, launch. GPU oracle re-runs (convmap tripwires + sim_parallel_oracle) also unblock now the GPU is free — attach after the launch settles.*

Previous update 2026-08-16 00:09–00:1xZ (real date -u at stamp: 00:10) — tick: quiet hold — no change.

Status: no live jobs; GPU 0% / 0 MiB — still RESERVED BY THE OWNER (13:35Z 08-15), untouched. Main unmoved (origin/main = 1fb709a, fully merged). 0 GPU-h.

Steering: none new — Discord read + inbox empty at 00:10; history shows no new messages or reactions (all five merge-report posts remain 👍’d — merge sweep acknowledged as of the 23:58 tick). 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.

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.*

Updated 2026-08-16 14:34–14:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 14:37) — tick: demo-gen-v1c babysit GREEN — 96/96 shards live, kept ratio 46.6% tracking the 48.3% anchor, rate ramped to 39.6 kept/min, ETA ~16:3xZ.

Status: demo-gen-v1c LIVE on 147.224.218.164, babysit exit 0 — 3 driver procs, all 8 GPUs loaded (~9.5 GiB each, 58–97% util), driver log 396/5000 kept of 850 attempted (46.6%, tracking the measured 48.3%, well above the ~40% regression floor), rate ramped 23→39.6 kept/min since launch, driver ETA 116 min → DONE ~16:3xZ; GPU-h projection 18.4 vs the 80 gate. Home GPU untouched (owner hold). origin/main advanced to cdac435 (ckpt schema-v2 flip + validate_checkpoint CLI + --family importer) — merge stays queued for the next work session per the 14:24Z post.

Steering: none — read empty, inbox empty, history sweep shows no new messages or reactions since the 14:32:53Z launch post.

Done: routine tick — babysit + kept-ratio anomaly check straight from the driver log (no regression, no substitution flood), queue validate OK depth 2 (20 open), overdue footer roll executed (26 session notes + the 12:03-stamp entry → archive/now-2026-08-16.md).

Next: unchanged — run_work_next ARMED (14:33, by the work session): the chained work session takes the main merge past 57c6843 and side-spawn-feasibility-probe (CPU) while generation runs; boundary ~16:3xZ: merge shards → HF upload → dataset card post (recipe in the queue item + babysit entry). Owner-pending: v2.1 band objections, ckpt-format conversion call, morning-veto items.*

Updated 2026-08-16 12:36–14:3xZ (real date -u at stamp: 14:29) — work session: P1 executed end-to-end — sharded demo-gen stack built, A100 box provisioned, spawn-v2 A′ FAILED → measured v2.1 amendment, two owner mid-flight changes folded in, 5k generation LIVE.

Status: demo-gen-v1c LIVE on 147.224.218.164 since 14:25:12Z — 96 shards × 8 GPUs (37–83% util, ~9.3 GiB each), v2.1 + mix70 tint + retreat tail, target 5,000 kept from seeds 10000+ (stride 2000). First poll 14:2xZ: 96/96 shards live, 69 kept/155 attempted (44.5% ≈ the measured 48.3%), rate ramping through 23 kept/min, ETA ~2.5–3.5 h. Babysit entry demo_gen_v1 registered (progress-log, logs/driver.log). Home GPU untouched (owner hold, ckpt-format).

Steering (5 messages, all replied + acked, inbox clear): (1) 13:38Z local-agent ckpt schema-v2 note (main 57c6843) → ack’d; merge at next session top, nothing of mine loads checkpoints now. (2) 13:46Z retreat-to-rest tail for demos → implemented: expert retreats up-and-back then slews HOME; collector records the tail and re-verifies success after it (knocked boat = miss); 48.3% kept, 86% end parked, median 272 ticks (n=120). (3) 14:05Z standalone public dataset repo → confirmed mcobzarenco/fontaine-grasp-demos-v1, public at creation. (4+5) single-core question, self-resolved (was the smoke).

Done (commits 05a1199, 439704f, 07f6de5, check.py 952): sharded demo-gen stack (driver w/ manifest-guarded resume + EGL/CUDA round-robin; LeRobot shard-merge with bit-identical oracle — parquet columns, decoded video pixels, stats; HF upload + card w/ dry-run); tint knob (rig_gray/wide/mix70); spawn-v2 finalized (frozen 977-cell mask committed) then A′ FAILED 19.8%/600 seeds → diagnosed shoulder-lift servo saturation (hold probe: force frac 1.00, sag 3→20 mm over r 0.20→0.36; the reachability instrument’s torque field was wrong) → registered v2.1 amendment (boat r_base [0.16,0.27], disk [0.18,0.32]; 53.8%/400 measured); found + fixed the phantom moved-disk collision (midphase BVH bakes compiled geom_pos; boat fell through — v2/v2.1 disable midphase, v1 bit-identical); A100 box provisioned (GL/EGL userspace + fabric manager 580.178.04 aligned after apt skew, uv env, assets, HF token); queue class gpu-a100; prereg §6/§7/§7.1 addenda; 3 probe reports banked.

Next: queue_cli.py next → side-spawn-feasibility-probe (CPU, owner-accepted). Boundary: generation DONE ~17–18Z → merge → upload → card post (recipe in the queue item + babysit entry). Owner-pending: v2.1 band objections (flagged in-channel), ckpt-format conversion call, morning-veto items. Next session: merge main past 57c6843. run_work_next ARMED — the tick chain babysits the run and the next work session takes the merge/upload boundary or the side-spawn probe.*

Session 2026-08-16 12:36–14:3xZ (work, exploit; ~0.5 GPU-h of smokes/probes on the A100 box + demo-gen-v1c live from 14:25Z accruing 8 GPU-h/h, home GPU owner-held): P1 demo-gen executed: stack built with oracles (952 green), box provisioned from bare (GL/EGL + fabric-manager version skew diagnosed + fixed), spawn-v2 A′ failed honest (19.8%) → servo-saturation diagnosis → registered v2.1 amendment (53.8% measured) + phantom-disk collision fix + owner’s retreat-tail folded in mid-flight — 5k generation running. 5 owner messages answered, inbox clear; queue depth 2, run_work_next ARMED.

Session 2026-08-16 12:09–12:3xZ (tick; home GPU owner-reserved, hold extended): live 7-message owner exchange all answered <2 min from code/measured data, ending in a new 8×A100-80GB machine allocated — 80-GiB rec (66.65 GiB measured) taken, demo-gen sharding ordered, v1 dataset locked 12:21:03Z (spawn-v2 annulus + upright + 70/30 tint mix, ~5k kept), box 147.224.218.164 provisioned + verified (8×A100 idle, 240 cores) and allocated 12:26:52Z “machine is all yours”; side-spawn needs a righting capability (probe queued); main fast-forwarded to fontaine 3a3daa6 by the owner; queue depth 3, run_work_next ARMED for the P1 execution.

Updated 2026-08-16 14:38–16:5xZ (real date -u at stamp: 16:43) — work session: v1 DATASET SHIPPED — 5,000/5,000 kept, merged, PUBLIC on HF with card + visualizer link; SFT staged end-to-end; side-spawn probe closed as measured NO-GO; 7 owner messages answered live.

Status: no live runs — demo-gen-v1c COMPLETE 16:32Z: 5,000/5,000 kept (10,883 attempted = 45.9% vs the 48.3% anchor), 0 failed shards, 2h07m wall ≈ 16.9 of the 80 GPU-h gate; boundary executed same-session (merge → 5,000 eps / 1,506,208 frames / 26 GiB, quantile rewrite + provenance union; dry-run then public upload; card 16:41Z). Dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/mcobzarenco/fontaine-grasp-demos-v1. A100 box now idle awaiting the SFT launch; home GPU owner-held (ckpt-format). Babysit registry empty.

Steering (7 owner messages, all replied + acked, inbox clear): (1) 14:57Z rebase-on-main + released-ckpt training plan → main merged (3a38a17, 968→975 checks), their converted ckpt validated (schema 2, joint, 20.3 GiB). (2) 15:05Z SFT spec (rig datasets in the mix, image aug, joint + KI, vision frozen, batch question) → full command proposed from measured route-C numbers (eff-128 = 16×8, ~57/80 GiB per rank). (3) 15:10Z random success video → seed 130051 re-rendered locally (exact 242-tick/2.2 cm match to the shard log), posted. (4) 15:13Z v2.1-vs-v3.0 joint conventions → all three datasets verified v3.0 raw degrees, ranges overlap. (5) 15:21Z per-dataset normalization question + eval work order → owner was right, my claim corrected (molmoact2 normalization is decoder-owned q01/q99 from the ckpt) and that check surfaced a REAL blocker: the released ckpt’s table is a different joint convention (lift 45→186 vs our −103→+29) — direct SFT would clamp-distort; owner took the conversion-time fix 15:30Z. Eval work order EXECUTED: --eval-dataset-breakdown landed (d642f7b). (6) 15:22Z retreat-too-wild → queued; first pass measured + reverted (findings in the queue item). (7) 16:18Z consolidated command → posted 16:39Z with the one blank (their stats-corrected conversion).

Done (commits 3a38a17, a8973dd, d642f7b, checks 975): main merge (ckpt schema-v2 stack); side-spawn probe CLOSED as measured NO-GO (prereg §8: side rest 120/120, stock expert 0/120 but pinch+carry works, righting 0/120 across 6 push variants — the boat slides 6–7 cm, never rolls; tool facts banked: pad-space floor z≈0.077, gripperframe site = jaw tip); reset(boat_start="side") extension + oracles; --eval-dataset-breakdown (per-dataset MAE lines + counts table, 4 oracles); v1 dataset generated + merged + published with card; queue audit (spawn-v2-randomization closed as superseded); babysit entry pruned with clock-checked stamps (one wall-clock slip caught + corrected in-channel 16:43Z).

Next: queue_cli.py next → expert-retreat-slew-gentle (CPU; first-pass findings recorded: ramped home leg collapses kept% via the success still-bar, needs instrumented attribution). Then the SFT pre-reg once the owner’s stats-corrected conversion lands (owner-pending, 15:30Z). Owner-pending: v2.1 band objections, ckpt-format conversion call, morning-veto items. run_work_next ARMED — box idle + CPU queue non-empty.*

Updated 2026-08-16 16:53–19:0xZ (real date -u at stamp: 19:02) — work session: grasp_sft_v1_joint LIVE on the 8×A100 box (one crash-fix-relaunch cycle, 12-min turnaround, fix first-real-run validated); smoother-demos v1.1 SOLVED + landed with kept% UP; disk “does not render” root-caused to a composite-grade ceiling; sample videos posted.

Status: grasp_sft_v1_joint_8xa100 LIVE since 18:21:14Z (unit grasp-sft-v1b; launch 1 17:49:48Z died at its FIRST eval — the ported molmo_flow decoder returns CPU actions and the joint family is the first through in-train validate(); fixed 2d6a2b3 sampled.to(device), ~2.5 GPU-h lost, no save existed). Relaunch: eval-250 GREEN 14.53 → eval-500 14.04, step 530 loss 0.45, 3.9 s/step, VRAM 59.7/80, first async save validated (captured 24.9s, published 287s behind boundary), host RAM fine, 0 tracebacks. Projection ~3.1 GPU-h so far vs the 40 babysit gate; ETA ~21:4x–22:0xZ (past this session’s 20:53 kill — endpoint boundary queued, babysit registry current, run_work_next armed). Local GPU owner-released, idle after renders.

Steering (3 messages, all replied + acked, inbox clear): (1) 16:53Z “traces jumpy — smoother overall?” → executed same-session. (2) 17:07Z four-parter: SFT GO eff-96 → launched; smoother demos → landed; top-cam cylinder → root-caused in TWO stages (real/table lum ratio 1.78 vs sim 0.95; then the calibration attempt found the v3 episode affine caps any foreground at ≤~1.1× plate — material-only NO-GO, revised proposal = exempt the disk mask from the episode affine, predicted ~1.5, flag disk_appearance='realcal' landed, sign-off pending); frame leak → dataset exact (ffprobe counts match), visualizer’s inclusive endpoint. (3) 17:29Z “start ASAP” → launched.

Done (commits 859b249, 0e77650, dbc0731, d40d43d, 2d6a2b3 + close; checks green): main merged; smoother-expert v1.1 — output-stage feedforward slew (10°/tick arm / 12 jaw, None=legacy, 2 oracles) + tail budget 150→300; attribution harness smooth_expert_measure.py, 5 configs × 120 seeds banked: kept 54.2% vs 45.8 baseline / 48.3 anchor, parked 94.3% vs 53.5, max step 293°→10°/tick (6°/tick NO-GO measured: main-clock starvation; tail-150 was demoting 13/120 placed at BASELINE — a shipped-v1 yield tax); blog post + 3 dark charts; merged-dataset boundary audit (5,000 eps exact); disk instruments (disk_contrast_probe.py + real anchor); eval-device fix 2d6a2b3; SFT launcher + babysit entry; 2 sample v1.1 videos posted in-channel; queue ±: 4 closed, 4 added.

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-v1-endpoint-boundary (fires at run completion ~21:4x–22:0xZ: final eval + per-dataset MAE table + ckpt upload + sim100 rollout vs the 44/100 anchor + report page). Depth 1 with reason: every other item is owner-gated (disk composite exemption 👍, v2.1 bands, ckpt-format, morning-veto) or gated on the run/box. run_work_next ARMED — box busy, boundary item queued.*

Session 2026-08-16 16:53–19:0xZ (work, exploit; box SFT: launch 1 +8×28 min ≈ 3.7 GPU-h incl. the eval-crash loss ~2.5, relaunch live 18:21Z ≈ +5.5 GPU-h to stamp, run projected ~26/80 gate; local ~0.2 GPU-h renders/probes): grasp_sft_v1_joint launched, crashed at first eval (molmo_flow CPU actions × in-train validate), fixed + relaunched in 12 min, fix + first async save both first-real-run validated, evals falling 14.53→14.04; smoother-demos v1.1 landed same-session (kept 54.2 vs 45.8, parked 94.3, max step 293°→10°, n=120×5 instrumented + attribution); dataset boundaries proven exact; top-cam disk: real-vs-sim 1.78-vs-0.95 then the composite-affine ceiling (material NO-GO, exemption proposal pending 👍); 2 v1.1 sample videos in-channel; 3 owner messages answered live.

Session 2026-08-16 19:12–19:2xZ (tick; box SFT riding ≈ +0.8 GPU-h during the hold, local idle): grasp_sft_v1_joint healthy through eval-750 — MAE monotone 14.53→14.04→13.85, 13.4 steps/min, util 78–100%×8, projection 7.6/40 gate, 0 tracebacks — no steering, inbox clear, no new reactions, queue depth 1 with stated reason, run_work_next stays armed for the endpoint boundary.

Updated 2026-08-16 22:37–22:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 22:42) — tick: run 2 alive and clean at step 1010/3000 (8×100%, loss falling 0.45→0.36, 11.1/40 GPU-h) but the trend watch DEEPENED at eval-1000 — 5.00, the bump repeated: 4.05 → 4.54 → 3.74 → 5.00. Per-dataset pulled from wandb: real-data slice flat, not improving. No gate crossed — run continues; the boundary sim100 is the judge.

Status: grasp_sft_v1_joint_8xa100_recompute LIVE (unit grasp-sft-v1c), step 1010/3000 at 22:38Z, 11.0 steps/min window (incl. eval-1000 pause), 8/8 ranks ~64.5 GiB / 100% util, loss 0.36, grad norm ~1.6, zero new tracebacks, projection 11.1 vs the 40 GPU-h gate, ETA unchanged ~00:3x–00:5xZ 08-17. Step-1000 async save landed (captured 27.0s). Eval-1000 = 5.00 (train_mae 5.44, tracks eval — no divergence): the overall curve is oscillation around ~4.3, not decay. Per-dataset (wandb cgo3by9j; the log carries only the aggregate): pick_place_v2 (real) 10.0 → 14.3 → 13.8 → 14.7 — jumped after 250 then ~flat at 14, NOT run-1b’s monotone-rise kill signature (16.0→18.4) but not moving down either; grasp_demos_v1 sim 3.84 → 4.21 → 3.39 → 4.67, bouncy with the aggregate. Judgment: no pre-reg gate crossed, liveness clean → continue to completion; chunk-MAE at this scale is a weak proxy, the boundary sim100 vs the 44/100 flow anchor decides. Trend read posted in-channel (promised at the 22:33Z correction). One ssh transport reset at first probe (known flaky sshd) — clean on the spaced retry, per the 340e75d guard.

Steering: none — read empty, inbox empty, no new reactions on the last 5 (owner last active 22:31Z “Yes, let’s do some cleanup”, handled last session).

Done: routine babysit tick — babysit CLI 22:38Z (exit 0), remote log read for eval-1000 + per-dataset wandb pull, trend post, queue validate (OK, depth 2, 22 open), run_work_next confirmed armed (21:50Z), body+footer roll to archive/now-2026-08-16.md.

Next: chained work session babysits evals 1250/1500 (~23:0x/23:2xZ) and fires grasp-sft-v1-endpoint-boundary at completion ~00:3x–00:5xZ. If eval keeps oscillating with the real slice flat through 1500+, carry that into the boundary post as the headline caveat — decide bank-vs-iterate on sim100, not MAE. Owner-pending unchanged: disk composite exemption 👍, approach redesign go, v2.1 bands, ckpt-format, morning-veto items.*

Updated 2026-08-16 19:19–22:4xZ (real date -u at stamp: 21:55, close addendum 22:4x) — work session: five owner steering threads executed live — expert v1.3 (brackets real, retreat glide 2× slower, 1.5 cm centering) landed measured; SFT run 1b killed on owner order and RESTARTED with --recompute-stats (eval-250 14.53 → 4.05 deg, the clamping diagnosis validated); wrist-cam pose refit scoped + queued; endpoint boundary fully pre-staged.

Status: grasp_sft_v1_joint_8xa100_recompute LIVE (run 2, unit grasp-sft-v1c, launched 21:14:48Z after the owner’s 20:51Z restart order), step ~950/3000, evals 4.05 @250 → 4.54 @500 → 3.74 @750 deg vs run-1’s 14.53 @250 (raw-degree metric — directly comparable; the recomputed table opens wrist_roll to ±157° and lift to −124.8° with the remap’s descending orientation preserved; curve non-monotone at 500, recovered below start by 750 — trend watch at 1000), 100%×8, ~4 s/step, projection 10.1 vs the 40 GPU-h gate, ETA ~00:3x–00:5xZ 08-17. Step-500 checkpoint mirrored weights-only to local ~/checkpoints/finetune/grasp_sft_v1_joint_recompute/step_000500 (owner ask 21:51Z, byte-verified — they run local rollouts against it). Local disk pruned on owner GO 22:31Z: old probe run 171→12 GB (intermediates + optimizer dropped, step-2000 weights kept local + Hub-banked), free space 79→239 GB; outputs/ 486 GB audit queued. Run 1b (remap-only table) killed at step ~1900 (~17.5 GPU-h, saves archived _run1_remaponly; its evals had plateaued 13.62@1500 → 13.81@1750 with pick_place_v2 rising — the coverage-gap signature). Local GPU idle after sample renders.

Steering (5 threads, all replied + acked, inbox clear): (1) 19:41Z camera brackets → bracket_appearance='real' landed (leader bracket hidden, follower ring filled — render-only, physics oracle-tested); (2) 19:42Z approach+retreat → retreat fold-glide landed; approach easing measured NO-GO as a drop-in (placed 41.7/40.8 vs 58.3 n=120 — quasi-static arm never trips the momentum-tuned phase exits; diagnosis banked, redesign queued owner-gated); (3) 20:24/20:26Z centering + slower retreat → v1.3 landed (place bar 3→1.5 cm: center distance 2.23→1.62 cm mean; retreat 5°/tick; tail 300→450 — kept 52.5 vs 54.2 with parked 98.6%, residual gap physical); (4) 20:51/20:53Z restart with --recompute-stats → executed same-hour (main 3a12c86 merged, 20-step smoke + per-joint receipt verified, relaunch same seed, wandb renamed per ask); (5) 21:43Z wrist-cam gripper mismatch → confirmed by eyeball (rig shows both jaws symmetric; sim shows one leaning tip), matched-state instrument+fit plan agreed, queued wrist-cam-pose-refit.

Done (commits 01ae7de…d15d1b9 + close, checks green every commit): endpoint boundary pre-staged end-to-end (sharded box sim100 4×25/leg exact via triple-keyed noise + merge guards + weights-only upload script + chart-led report generator with per-dataset MAE + HTML report --preset v1endpoint — all synced to the box); babysit ssh-transport guard (false LIVENESS FAILURE class fixed after live false alarm); expert v1.3 + brackets + reusable sample renderer (4 sample videos posted); SFT restart executed + bookkept; queue ±2 (approach redesign, wrist-cam refit).

Next: queue_cli.py next → grasp-sft-v1-endpoint-boundary at run-2 completion (~00:3x–00:5xZ 08-17: final eval + per-dataset table, weights-only upload, sharded sim100 vs the 44/100 flow anchor + ≥20 token bar, report page + consolidated post). run_work_next ARMED at close — the tick chain babysits overnight and fires the boundary. Next work session: wrist-cam-pose-refit. Owner-pending unchanged: disk composite exemption 👍, approach redesign go, v2.1 bands, ckpt-format, morning-veto items.

Session 2026-08-16 22:37–22:4xZ (tick; box run-2 riding ≈ +0.9 GPU-h during the window, local idle): run 2 clean at 1010/3000 (8×100%, loss 0.36 falling, 11.1/40 gate) but eval-1000 = 5.00 — the bump repeated (4.05→4.54→3.74→5.00), per-dataset from wandb: pick_place_v2 flat ~14 (not run-1b’s rise), sim bouncy; no gate crossed, run continues, trend read posted in-channel — inbox clear, no steering, queue depth 2, run_work_next stays armed for evals 1250+ and the endpoint boundary.

Session 2026-08-16 19:19–22:0xZ (work, exploit; box: run-1b ride 19:19→kill ~21:07 ≈ +14 GPU-h in-window + smoke ~0.3 + run-2 live 21:14:48Z ≈ +6 to stamp, run-2 projected ~27/40 gate; local ~0.3 GPU-h renders/probes/harness ×4 n=120 runs): five owner threads same-session — expert v1.3 landed measured (brackets real, retreat glide 5°/tick, centering 1.62 cm, tail 450; approach ease banked NO-GO with mechanism), SFT restarted on order with --recompute-stats (eval-250 14.53→4.05 deg), wrist-cam refit scoped+queued, endpoint boundary fully pre-staged + re-pointed — queue depth 2, run_work_next armed, inbox clear.

Updated 2026-08-16 22:43 → 08-17 02:4xZ (real date -u at first write: 01:56) — work session: run 2 COMPLETE at step 3000 (01:07Z, ~31/40 GPU-h, zero tracebacks) — endpoint banked to the Hub, sim100 sharded on the box; three owner steering threads executed live (wrist refit prioritized + stages 1–3 first pass DONE on local, pipeline order queued: 5k regen → SFT v2); outputs/ audit freed 434 GB.

Status: grasp_sft_v1_joint_8xa100 run 2 COMPLETE 01:07:43Z at 3000/3000 (~31 GPU-h wall×8 vs the 40 gate; final eval 5.41, train 5.27). Checkpoint banked + byte-verified: fontaine-checkpoints/grasp_sft_v1_joint_step3000 (weights-only + train_log). Eval curve oscillated all run: 4.05 → 4.54 → 3.74 → 5.00 → 5.09 → 3.62 @1500 → 6.64 @1750 → 5.49 → 6.36 → 5.48 → 5.52 → 5.41 @3000; per-dataset @3000: sim 5.06/4.99 (eval/train), real v2 15.77/8.15 — a 2× train/eval gap on real data (the boundary caveat, sharper than run-1b’s rise). sim100 VERDICT (merged 02:3xZ): FLOW 5/100, TOKEN 0/100 vs anchors probe 44 / base 9 / corrupt 28 + token bar ≥20 → pre-reg band flow <25 = seam/serving investigation FIRST, no bank. Not read as raw model failure: flow moved the boat 51/100 (median final 8.7 cm from ~11 spawns) — reaches, cannot grasp; prime suspect a serving-path norm mismatch on exactly the recomputed wrist/lift channels → sft-v1-serving-norm-audit queued, GATES the v2 pipeline (same flag). Page/HTML finalize on the next tick. Local GPU idle after refit renders.

Steering (3 threads, all replied + acked, inbox clear): (1) 23:06Z wrist-cam status ask → full status reply; (2) 23:56Z “prioritise this work, use the local machine” → refit stages 1–3 first pass executed same-session (below); (3) 00:45Z pipeline order: after the run, regen 5k demos with all improvements + wrist angle “definitely” in the new demos, then SFT v2 same hyperparameters; sim100s on local going forward → queued grasp-demos-v2-regen + grasp-sft-v2-joint-run (sequenced behind the refit), flagged that this sim100 was already mid-flight on the box (finishes faster there, box idle after for the regen).

Done (commits bba830b…ee7f789 + close, checks green): (a) outputs/ audit + prune 486 → 52 GB (owner cleanup thread closed: GRPO full-state .pts with Hub-verified weights-only endpoints, measurement-run step dirs, optimizer.pt + intermediates of banked runs; disk 239 → 673 GB free, report in-channel); (b) wrist-cam refit stages 1–3 first pass: matched-pairs instrument (wrist_cam_matched_pairs.py, 312 pairs replaying rig-v2 states into the sim at identical kinematics, composite posted) + measurements (per-pair jaw-angle discrepancy 63° mean, sim bottom-band occupancy 0.050 vs real 0.115) + rotation-only grid fit measured insufficient (held-out 7.56 → 7.41; degenerate jaw-hiding first winner fixed by a dominating visibility penalty) — registered next: position offsets + glare-robust angle metric; (c) run 2 ridden end-to-end with trend posts at 1000/1250-1500/1750; (d) boundary executed: final eval + per-dataset table, Hub upload verified, sim100 launched (2 unit relaunches — systemd-run cwd defaults to $HOME, cd/abs-path fix), results page rewritten for run 2 (sim100 numbers pending); (e) queue +2 owner-pipeline items, wrist refit item updated with stage-1 done.

Next: queue_cli.py next → finish the boundary (merge shards → reads → sim100 verdict into the page + HTML report + consolidated post) as soon as the shards land; then wrist-cam-pose-refit (position-offset fit, leads next work session, on the regen’s critical path) → grasp-demos-v2-regen (pre-reg first) → grasp-sft-v2-joint-run. run_work_next re-armed at close. Owner-pending unchanged: disk composite exemption 👍, approach redesign go, v2.1 bands, ckpt-format, morning-veto items.*

Session 2026-08-16 22:43 → 08-17 02:4xZ (work, exploit; box: run-2 ride 22:43→01:07 complete ≈ +19.2 GPU-h in-window (run-2 total ~31/40 gate) + sim100 sharded eval ≈ +4–5 GPU-h to its ~02:2x end; local ~0.2 GPU-h refit renders/fit): run 2 COMPLETE + endpoint banked (final eval 5.41, real-v2 2× train/eval gap the headline caveat), sim100 verdict in the tail or next tick; owner pipeline queued (5k regen with fitted wrist pose → SFT v2 same hparams); wrist refit stages 1–3 first pass on local (312 matched pairs, defect measured, rotation-only fit an honest negative); outputs/ prune freed 434 GB — queue depth 4, inbox clear, run_work_next re-armed.