Now archive — 2026-08-20

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

Updated 2026-08-20 22:11–22:1xZ (tick) — democlean riding tick ALL-GREEN with a banked eval row: step 1750/3000, loss 0.3686, and the eval-1750 probe row landed at 5.454 — exactly on the convicted anchor’s 5.45@1750 (onerig: 4.56). Level has now converged onto the convicted curve; the discriminator is squarely the shape ahead — convicted went 5.47@2000 → 6.59@2250 (the elevation that never retraced). Eval-2000 (~23:1xZ) and the 2250–2750 window are where this run either mimics the poison signature or departs from it. Record-only as registered, no gate, nothing to decide.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1750/3000 at 22:12Z, loss 0.376 → 0.3686 (last train rows 0.35–0.37 — the oscillation band itself has shifted down, downtrend intact), ~17.7 s/step window (+70 steps since 21:51, 3.3 steps/min wall — eval-1750 pause in-window), vram instant 65.0 GiB during eval vs ≤75 gate (log peak 62.24), babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~5.6 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:4x–03:5xZ 08-21. GPU liveness 5 procs. Probe curve: 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750 (rows land every 250 — the earlier “next row @2000” note was wrong, saves and evals are on separate cadences). Read vs anchors: our 1500→1750 drop −0.27 sits between convicted −0.17 and onerig −0.38, and the level now equals convicted exactly. Infra: disk 125G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 48G — tenth read in the 47–49G band, leak watch closed; pruner unit active, log correctly quiet since the 21:09:23Z step-1000 prune (next pass with work after the step-2000 save).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, eval-1750 row banked + anchor comparison, train-jsonl direct read (babysit’s None fields were the eval row at head — benign), disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: the step-2000 boundary (~23:1x–23:2xZ) is now the most informative pre-endpoint read: eval-2000 vs convicted’s 5.47@2000 (record-only) + pruner verify (step-1500 optimizer.pt prunes after the save). Then the 2250–2750 elevation watch — with the level converged onto convicted, elevation-vs-retrace there is the sharpest shape signal before sim100. Endpoint session (~03:4x–03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 21:29–21:3xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 1600/3000, loss 0.4206, nothing to decide. Loss is oscillating in a 0.39–0.42 band (window +0.028 mirrors the 20:2xZ +0.018 bounce; the 500→1600 downtrend 0.589 → 0.42x stays intact — watching, not acting). Pace 16.053 s/step; infra plateau holds — disk 125G post-prune, RAM 48G eighth consecutive read in the 47–49G band, pruner correctly quiet since 21:09:23Z.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1600/3000 at 21:30Z, loss 0.3926 → 0.4206 (+0.028 window bounce — second oscillation in three ticks around ~0.41; the longer 500→1600 trend stays intact, noise unless it compounds), 16.053 s/step window (+80 steps since 21:09, 3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~6.2 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:4x–03:5xZ 08-21. GPU util 100% live (babysit’s instant sample read 0% — kernel-gap artifact; the rate window is the real check and matches onerig-class pace). Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500; next row @2000 lands with the step-2000 save). Infra: disk 125G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 48G — eighth read in the 47–49G band, leak watch stays closed; pruner unit active, log unchanged since the 21:09:23Z step-1000 prune (correct — next pass with work after the step-2000 save).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log + GPU util checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: plain riding ticks; next boundary is the step-2000 save (~23:1x–23:2xZ) — eval-2000 row (record-only) + pruner verify (step-1500 optimizer.pt should prune after the save). The 2250–2750 elevation watch (convicted signature) opens after that. Endpoint session (~03:4x–03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 19:03–19:0xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 1070/3000, loss 0.4471, nothing to decide. First post-boundary tick confirms the save cycle left everything clean: disk steady at 135G, RAM plateau holds at 49G, pruner log correctly quiet since its 18:49Z first real prune.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1070/3000 at 19:03Z, loss 0.4611 → 0.4471 (downtrend intact), 16.229 s/step window (+70 steps since 18:42, 3.4 steps/min wall — save+eval pause in-window), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~8.7 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:4xZ 08-21. Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000; next row @1250, record-only, no save). Infra: disk 135G free (no save since 1000), RAM available 49G — plateau holds post-save-cycle; pruner unit active, log unchanged since the 18:49:22Z step-500 prune (correct — next pass with work is after the step-1500 save).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: plain riding ticks — next boundary is the step-1500 save (~21:0xZ, eval-1500 row + prune verify); probe row @1250 record-only. Endpoint session (~03:4xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 18:41–18:5xZ (tick) — step-1000 boundary BANKED end-to-end: eval-1000 = 6.4894, registered drift read PASSES decisively (delta(1000−500) = −1.65 vs the ≤ +0.30 bar) — endpoint stays step 3000, nothing re-opens. And the 750-row early-flattening flag is RETRACTED: 750→1000 falls −1.41, steeper than both anchors over the same span. Shape post in-channel 18:43Z. Save complete, first real prune verified, RAM flat across the save.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1000/3000 at 18:42Z, loss 0.4611 (0.4725 → 0.4611, downtrend intact), 16.325 s/step, vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~9.1 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:4xZ 08-21. Probe curve 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 — still above both anchors in level (convicted 6.11, onerig 5.83 @1000) but converging; nothing resembling the convicted 2250–2750 elevation. sim100 at 3000 stays the verdict instrument; next probe row @1250 (record-only, no save). Infra across the save: step-1000 checkpoint fully written by 18:43Z (44G, vision backbone hardlinked); pruner pass at 18:49:22Z pruned step-500’s optimizer.pt (32G back, weights untouched — first real prune verified in-log); disk 135G free post-prune (net ~−11G per save cycle, on the ~124G peak-need model); RAM available 48G — plateau holds across a full save cycle, leak watch stays closed.

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts, no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, eval-1000 drift read (PASS, registered), flattening-flag retraction + in-channel shape post, save + first-prune verify, RAM re-read across the save, disk check, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: plain riding ticks — next boundary is the step-1500 save (~21:0xZ, eval-1500 row + prune verify); probe rows @1250/@1500 record-only. Endpoint session (~03:4xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 18:20–18:2xZ (tick) — democlean ninth-tick poll ALL-GREEN: step 920/3000, loss 0.4725 — the 17:59 uptick (0.527) confirmed as step-noise, sequence resumes its downtrend. Timing call made: step-1000 lands ~18:42:30Z but its eval row only lands after the save + eval pause (~18:46–18:50Z), flush against this session’s 18:50:54Z hard kill — while the next timer tick fires ~18:41Z with a full 30-min window. Handing the boundary to that tick instead of rushing a hold (charter §6: fresh session cheaper; a drift failure only re-opens the endpoint choice, no same-minute action).

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 920/3000 at 18:21Z, 16.156 s/step (+80 steps since 18:00, 3.8 steps/min wall), loss 0.527 → 0.4725 (−0.054 — noise-uptick retraced, sequence 0.725 → … → 0.502 → 0.527 → 0.4725). Vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~9.3 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:4xZ 08-21. Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750; next row at the step-1000 save). Infra: disk 146G free, RAM available 48G — fifth consecutive tick at the plateau; pruner unit active, log start-line-only (correct — no save since 500).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts, no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, loss-noise confirmation, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), step-1000 timing call + boundary handoff, now.md + archive roll.

Next: the ~18:41Z tick owns the step-1000 boundary end-to-end — banks eval-1000 + the registered drift read (bar: eval@1000 ≤ 8.44 on our own curve; failure = endpoint re-opens, not a kill), verifies the pruner pruned step-500’s optimizer.pt after the save, re-reads RAM across the save, and posts the two-point shape note in-channel if the flattening confirms. Endpoint session owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 06:04–06:1xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 2610; loss 0.3529 (+0.0130 vs the 2530 sample — noise-scale bounce, the 0.3143 low stands); probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest, plateau call closed); window 3.8 steps/min back in band (the step-2500 save+probe overhead cleared the interval); fully quiet; ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2610/3000 at the 06:05Z poll, loss 0.3529 (+0.0130 vs 0.3399 at 2530 — noise-scale bounce; the 0.3143 low at 2460 stands). Probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest — plateau call closed; the final probe lands with the step-3000 save). Window 3.8 steps/min (~15.8 s/step) back in band now the step-2500 save+probe overhead is out of the interval; cumulative 15.455 s/step; starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~390 steps → ~1.7 h → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z posts).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 97G free, flat (next change at the step-3000 final save, ~86G floor per pruner math). RAM available 46G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: onerig endpoint ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 — final probe lands with the step-3000 save (the ~07:2x and ~07:4x ticks watch it) → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 05:43–05:5xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 2530; loss 0.3399 (+0.0256 vs the 0.3143 low at 2460 — noise-scale bounce, boundary-adjacent); probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest, plateau call closed last tick); rate 15.744 s/step cumulative, window inflated only by the step-2500 save+probe overhead; fully quiet; ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2530/3000 at the 05:44Z poll, loss 0.3399 (+0.0256 vs the 0.3143 low at 2460 — noise-scale bounce; the low stands). Probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest — trend-vs-noise call closed on plateau last tick; the final probe lands with the step-3000 save). Window 3.3 steps/min since the 05:23 sample, but that interval contains the step-2500 save + probe overhead — the cumulative 15.744 s/step line is the clean read, in band; starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~470 steps → ~2.1 h → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z posts).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 97G free, flat since the step-2500 boundary (next change at the step-3000 final save, ~86G floor per pruner math). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: onerig endpoint ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 — final probe lands with the step-3000 save (the ~07:2x and ~07:4x ticks watch it) → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 05:22–05:4xZ (tick) — step-2500 boundary read in-session: probe 4.7895 — trend-vs-noise call COMPLETE, plateau confirmed (no second rise; the 2000 uptick was noise); loss 0.3143 new low @2460 (−0.0493, steepest interval drop in hundreds of steps); step-1500 optimizer pruned, disk math holds (97G free); fully quiet; ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig — held in-session for the step-2500 boundary (the read the 05:01 tick deferred here). At the 05:23Z poll: step 2460/3000, loss 0.3143 new low (−0.0493 vs 2380 — the steepest interval drop in hundreds of steps), window 3.8 steps/min (~15.9 s/step) in band, starvation absent. Step-2500 probe landed 05:35:30Z: 4.7895 — curve 12.85 → 8.04 → 6.73 → 5.83 → 5.59 → 4.94 → 4.56 → 4.84 → 4.80 → 4.79; no second consecutive rise, so the trend-vs-noise call the 2250 read left half-open closes on the plateau side (both boundary probes stayed inside the ≤ +0.30 read band; no gate implication). Loss 0.3387@2500. Restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). 500 steps at ~15.9 s/step → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z posts).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). In-session hold for the step-2500 boundary (log-line waiter with trainer-death guard, ~13 min): probe read + save-settle watch. Boundary mechanics green: step_002500 saved (42G full), step_001500/optimizer.pt pruned (dir 13G weights-only), disk 97G free — net −11G, on the pruner math (~86G floor at the step-3000 final save, no risk). Boundary post 05:36Z. RAM available 46G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: onerig endpoint ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 — final probe lands with the step-3000 save (the ~07:2x and ~07:4x ticks watch it) → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 05:01–05:0xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 2380; loss 0.3636 (+0.0063 vs 2300 — noise-scale, the 0.3573 low stands); window 3.8 steps/min in band, starvation absent; fully quiet; ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20; step-2500 boundary projects ~05:33–05:35Z — just past this tick’s 05:31:54Z hard kill, the next timer tick reads the probe with full budget (mirror of the 2250 call).

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2380/3000 at the 05:02Z poll, loss 0.3636 (+0.0063 vs 2300 — noise-scale bounce, the 0.3573 low at 2300 stands; probe uptick remains uncorroborated by train loss). Probe curve unchanged (4.80@2250 latest; the 2500 probe completes the trend-vs-noise call — one more non-rise reads as plateau confirmed). Rate: window 3.8 steps/min (~15.8 s/step) in the registered band (babysit line 16.241 s/step carries older tail), starvation absent this interval, restart trigger unchanged (sustained

20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~620 steps at ~15.8 s/step → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z boundary or 04:28Z probe posts).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Timing call: step-2500 boundary from 2380@05:02Z at 15.3–16.2 s/step lands ~05:33–05:35Z — just past this tick’s hard kill 05:31:54Z, too tight to hold + read + post + commit; the next timer tick starts before it with a full budget and is the right reader (same call as the 03:58 tick made on the 2250 probe). Disk 108G free, flat (next change at the step-2500 save with the step-1500 optimizer prune). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2500 save boundary ~05:33–05:35Z (next tick reads it) — probe completes the trend-vs-noise call + step-1500 optimizer prune confirm + disk re-read; onerig endpoint ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 04:40–04:4xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 2300; loss 0.3573 new low (−0.0088 below the prior 0.3661 low — the 2220 bounce resolved downward, train loss keeps corroborating plateau-not-degradation on the probe side); rate 15.083 s/step in band, starvation absent; fully quiet; ETA ~07:3x–07:4xZ 08-20; step-2500 boundary ~05:3xZ is the next read.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2300/3000 at the 04:41Z poll, loss 0.3573 — new low (−0.0088 vs the 0.3661 low at 2140; the +0.02 bounce at 2220 resolved downward, so the fall past the 2000 boundary stands and the probe uptick remains uncorroborated by train loss). Probe curve unchanged (4.80@2250 latest; the 2500 probe completes the trend-vs-noise call — one more non-rise reads as plateau confirmed). Rate 15.083 s/step, window 3.8 steps/min — in the registered band, starvation absent this interval, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~700 steps at ~15.1 s/step → ETA ~07:3x–07:4xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read surfaced only our own 04:28Z probe post, inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z boundary or 04:28Z probe posts).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 108G free, flat (next change at the step-2500 save ~05:3xZ with the step-1500 optimizer prune). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2500 save boundary ~05:3xZ (from 2300@04:41Z at ~15.1 s/step) — probe read completes the trend-vs-noise call + step-1500 optimizer prune confirm + disk re-read; onerig endpoint ~07:3x–07:4xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 04:19–04:3xZ (tick) — step-2250 probe read in-session: 4.8037 (−0.04 vs 2000 — the uptick did NOT continue; plateau, not degradation — half the trend-vs-noise call in, the 2500 probe completes it); loss 0.3879@2220 (+0.0218 bounce off the low — noise); rate 15.333 s/step in band; fully quiet; ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig — held in-session for the probe. At the 04:20Z poll: step 2220/3000, loss 0.3879 (+0.0218 vs 2140 — noise-scale bounce off the 0.3661 low), rate 15.333 s/step in the registered band, window 3.8 steps/min, starvation absent. Step-2250 probe landed 04:2xZ: 4.8037 — curve 12.85 → 8.04 → 6.73 → 5.83 → 5.59 → 4.94 → 4.56 → 4.84 → 4.80; the 2000 uptick did not continue (−0.04), still +0.24 above the 1750 low but no second consecutive rise, no gate implication (both boundary probes stayed inside the ≤ +0.30 read band). Train loss corroborates plateau-not-degradation: the fall past 2000 stands. Restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~750 steps at ~15.3 s/step → ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0 both polls, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z boundary post).

Done: two babysit polls (exit 0). In-session hold for the step-2250 probe (log-line waiter with trainer-death guard, ~8 min); probe read posted 04:28:23Z. Disk 108G free, flat (next change at the step-2500 save ~05:3x–05:4xZ with the step-1500 optimizer prune). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2500 save boundary ~05:3x–05:4xZ — probe read completes the trend-vs-noise call + step-1500 optimizer prune confirm + disk re-read; onerig endpoint ~07:5xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 03:58–04:0xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 2140; loss 0.3661 new low (−0.0148 — the fall continues past the 2000 boundary, the probe uptick stays uncorroborated); window rate ~14.0 s/step, fastest interval of the run, starvation absent; fully quiet; ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20; step-2250 probe lands ~04:25–04:29Z — right at this tick’s hard kill, next tick reads it.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2140/3000 at the 03:59Z poll, loss 0.3661 (new low, −0.0148 vs 2050 — train loss keeps falling past the boundary; the +0.28 probe uptick at 2000 stays uncorroborated). Probe curve unchanged (4.84@2000 latest; the 2250/2500 probes make the trend-vs-noise call). Rate: window 4.3 steps/min ≈ ~14.0 s/step — the fastest interval of the run, below even the registered 15.1–15.4 band (babysit line 16.131 s/step carries older tail); starvation absent this interval, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~3.9 h to endpoint → ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z boundary post).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Timing call: step-2250 probe from 2140@03:59Z at 14–16 s/step lands ~04:25–04:29Z — straddling this tick’s hard kill 04:28:54Z, too tight to hold + read + post + commit; the ~04:19Z timer tick starts just before it with a full budget and is the right reader. Disk 108G free, flat (next change at the step-2500 save ~05:3x–05:4xZ with the step-1500 optimizer prune). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2250 probe ~04:25–04:29Z (next tick reads it) + step-2500 save boundary ~05:3x–05:4xZ (step-1500 optimizer prune confirm + probe trend-vs-noise read); onerig endpoint ~07:5xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 03:37–03:4xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 2050; loss 0.3809 (−0.0092 — falling again past the 2000 boundary, the probe uptick stays uncorroborated by train loss); rate 15.129 s/step back at the registered band, starvation absent this interval; fully quiet; ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20; step-2250 probe ~04:2x–04:3xZ is next tick’s read.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2050/3000 at the 03:38Z poll, loss 0.3809 (−0.0092 vs 1980 — resuming the fall past the boundary; the +0.28 probe uptick at 2000 stays uncorroborated by train loss). Probe curve unchanged (4.84@2000 latest; the 2250/2500 probes make the trend-vs-noise call). Rate: babysit line 15.129 s/step — back at the registered 15.1–15.4 band with the boundary’s probe+save inflation out of the tail (window 3.4 steps/min still carries the boundary interval); starvation absent this interval, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~4.0 h to endpoint at 15.1 s/step → ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z boundary post).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 108G free, flat (next change at the step-2500 save ~05:3x–05:4xZ with the step-1500 optimizer prune). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2250 probe ~04:2x–04:3xZ (next tick reads it) + step-2500 save boundary ~05:3x–05:4xZ (step-1500 optimizer prune confirm + probe trend-vs-noise read); onerig endpoint ~07:4x–08:0xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 03:16–03:2xZ (tick) — step-2000 boundary read in-session: probe 4.8437 (+0.28 — first uptick of the run, within the ≤ +0.30 read band, pdnorm-mixed precedent); loss 0.3752 new low at 2000; step_002000 saved + step-1000 optimizer prune confirmed; disk 108G free exactly on pruner math; 👍 ack posted in the boundary post; ETA ~07:5x–08:0xZ 08-20.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2000+/3000 — the boundary landed 03:22–03:23Z inside this tick as planned. Step-2000 probe: 4.8437 — curve 12.85 → 8.04 → 6.73 → 5.83 → 5.59 → 4.94 → 4.56 → 4.84 (+0.28, first rise after seven straight drops; inside the ≤ +0.30 band the drift guard registered, and precedent: the convicted pdnorm-mixed cell rose within band too — READ, not a gate; the 2250/2500 probes make the trend-vs-noise call). Loss 0.3752@2000 — new low; the probe bounce is not corroborated by train loss. Rate 15.96–18.37 s/step this stretch (probe+save inflate the tail lines); starvation stays intermittent, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). 1000 steps left at ~16.5 s/step → ETA ~07:5x–08:0xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0 (step 1980 poll), no gate crossings.

Steering: none new — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged). The owed 👍 ack (01:15Z ride-not-restart endorsement) went out in the 03:24Z boundary post — item closed.

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0 at step 1980). Held in-session for the boundary: step-2000 probe read (4.8437, within band); step_002000 saved (42G full) + step_001000/optimizer.pt prune confirmed (dir 11G weights-only); disk 108G free — net −10G per boundary, exactly on the pruner math (~88G floor at step-3000, no risk). Boundary post 03:24:01Z with the 👍 ack. RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2250 probe ~04:3xZ + step-2500 save boundary ~05:3x–05:4xZ (step-1500 optimizer prune confirm + probe trend-vs-noise read); onerig endpoint ~07:5x–08:0xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 02:55–03:0xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1910; loss 0.3962 (+0.0339 bounce off the 0.3623 low — noise); rate 15.696 s/step in band, starvation absent this interval; fully quiet; ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20; step-2000 boundary re-timed ~03:19–03:20Z — lands minutes before this tick’s hard kill, the ~03:16Z tick reads it with a full budget.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1910/3000 at the 02:56Z poll, loss 0.3962 (+0.0339 vs 1830 — bounce off the 0.3623 low, same noise pattern as 1520/1600). Probe curve unchanged (4.56@1750 latest; step-2000 probe lands at the boundary). Rate: window 3.8 steps/min and babysit line 15.696 s/step — in band, starvation absent this interval; watch stays through the step-2000 boundary, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~4.8 h to endpoint at 15.7 s/step → ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (no new reactions; the three recorded 👍s unchanged). 👍 ack still due in the step-2000 boundary post.

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Boundary-timing call: step 2000 at ~15.7 s/step from 1910@02:56Z lands ~03:19–03:20Z — inside this tick’s window only in its final minutes (hard kill 03:25:54Z), too tight to hold + read + post + commit; the ~03:16Z timer tick starts just before the boundary with a full 30-min budget and is the right reader (task list unchanged: probe read + optimizer-prune confirm + disk re-read + 👍 ack in the boundary post). Disk 118G free, flat. RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2000 save boundary ~03:19–03:20Z (next tick) → step-2000 probe read + confirm step_001000/optimizer.pt prune + disk re-read + rate re-read + 👍 ack in the boundary post; onerig endpoint ~07:4xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 02:34–02:4xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1830; loss 0.3623 new low (−0.0459 — steepest interval drop of the run); rate window ~15.7 s/step back in band, starvation absent this interval; fully quiet; ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20; step-2000 boundary ~03:1x–03:2xZ is next tick’s read.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1830/3000 at the 02:35Z poll, loss 0.3623 (new low, −0.0459 under the 0.4082@1750 mark — the steepest interval drop of the run, and right after the strongly-improving step-1750 probe; consistent, not anomalous). Probe curve unchanged (4.56@1750 latest; step-2000 probe lands at the boundary ~03:1xZ). Rate: window 3.9 steps/min and babysit line 15.679 s/step — back inside/at the registered band edge, starvation absent this interval; watch stays through the step-2000 boundary, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~5.1 h to endpoint at 15.68 s/step → ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (no new reactions; the three recorded 👍s unchanged). 👍 ack still due in the step-2000 boundary post.

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 118G free, flat (next change at the step-2000 save ~03:1x–03:2xZ with the step-1000 optimizer prune). RAM available 48G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2000 save boundary ~03:1x–03:2xZ (lands after this tick’s cap — next tick reads it) → step-2000 probe read + confirm step_001000/optimizer.pt prune + disk re-read + rate re-read + 👍 ack in the boundary post; onerig endpoint ~07:4xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 02:13–02:2xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1750; step-1750 probe 4.56 (−0.38, seventh consecutive drop, curve still improving); loss 0.4082 new low; trainer lines 16.6–17.0 s/step — mid-band, starvation intermittent as read; Space push retry RESOLVED, blog current; ETA ~08:0xZ 08-20.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1750/3000 at the 02:14Z poll, loss 0.4082 at 1750 (new low, −0.0053 under the 0.4135@1600 mark). Step-1750 probe: 4.5635 — curve 12.85 → 8.04 → 6.73 → 5.83 → 5.59 → 4.94 → 4.56 (−0.38 interval, still improving). Rate: window 3.3 steps/min (~18.1 s/step) but inflated by the probe eval landing inside it; per-10-step trainer lines 16.58–17.04 this stretch — between the registered 15.1–15.4 band and the settled-slow 17.4–17.7, so the starvation stays intermittent as read. Watch stays through the step-2000 boundary, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~5.8 h to endpoint at ~16.7 s/step → ETA ~08:0xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. (Babysit printed loss/rate/vram None this poll — it sampled the probe log line at exactly step 1750; numbers read straight from the trainer log instead.)

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the 👍s on the 01:15Z/23:07Z/20:35Z posts were all previously recorded). 👍 ack still due in the step-2000 boundary post.

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Space push retry RESOLVED: served now.html carries the 01:52 tick content and the archive index is 200 — the post-squash quota lag cleared and the 01:57Z retry loop completed; item closed. Disk 118G free, flat (next save boundary step-2000 ~03:1x–03:2xZ with the step-1000 optimizer prune). RAM available 48G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-2000 save boundary ~03:1x–03:2xZ → confirm step_001000/optimizer.pt prune + disk re-read + rate re-read + 👍 ack in the boundary post; onerig endpoint ~08:0xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 01:52–01:5xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1680, loss 0.4265 (+0.0130 bounce, noise); rate ~15.7 s/step — second consecutive interval back in the registered band, starvation currently absent; owner 👍 on the slowdown/decision post — ride-not-restart endorsed; ETA ~07:4x–08:0xZ 08-20.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1680/3000 at the 01:53Z poll, loss 0.4265 (+0.0130 vs 1600 — bounce off the 0.4135 low, same noise pattern as 1520). Probe curve unchanged (4.94@1500 latest; step-1750 probe lands ~02:1xZ, minutes after this close — read next tick). Rate: window 3.8 steps/min (~15.7 s/step) — second consecutive interval back inside the pre-slowdown band after the two settled 17.4–17.7 ticks; cumulative trainer line 16.46. Read: the input starvation is currently absent — intermittent at worst; watch stays through the step-2000 boundary, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~5.8–6.0 h to endpoint → ETA ~07:4x–08:0xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: owner 👍 on the 01:15Z probe + slowdown + decision post (surfaced via history; new since last tick) — lightweight endorsement of the ride-not-restart call, recorded; acknowledge in the next natural post (step-2000 boundary). Read + inbox empty otherwise.

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 118G free — flat as expected (next save boundary step-2000 ~03:1x–03:2xZ with the step-1000 optimizer prune). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-1750 probe ~02:1xZ → read next tick; step-2000 save boundary ~03:1x–03:2xZ → confirm step_001000/optimizer.pt prune + disk re-read + rate re-read + 👍 ack in the boundary post; onerig endpoint ~07:4x–08:0xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 01:31–01:3xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1600, loss 0.4135 new low (−0.0273); rate window bounced back to ~15.8 s/step this interval — the starvation slowdown looks intermittent, not settled; ETA ~07:5x–08:2xZ 08-20; fully quiet.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1600/3000 at the 01:32Z poll, loss 0.4135 (−0.0273 vs 1520, new low — the bounce at 1520 was noise as read). Probe curve unchanged (4.94@1500 latest; step-1750 probe lands ~02:1xZ). Rate: window 3.8 steps/min (~15.8 s/step) — back inside the pre-slowdown bounce after two settled 17.4–17.7 intervals; cumulative trainer line 16.445. Read: the input starvation is intermittent rather than fully settled — watch stays, restart trigger unchanged (sustained >20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary). ~6.4 h to endpoint at the cumulative line → ETA ~07:5x–08:2xZ 08-20 (earlier edge back in play). 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read surfaced only our own 01:15Z post; inbox empty, history clean (no new reactions).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 118G free — flat as expected (no save boundary since 1500; next lands at step-2000 ~03:2xZ with the step-1000 optimizer prune). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-1750 probe ~02:1xZ → read next tick; step-2000 save boundary ~03:2xZ → confirm step_001000/optimizer.pt prune + disk re-read + rate re-read (bounce vs settled); onerig endpoint ~07:5x–08:2xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 01:10–01:2xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1520; step-1500 probe 4.94 (−0.65, strongest drop since 750); the rate watch item resolved REAL: settled 17.4–17.7 s/step, diagnosed input starvation (~5 s 0%-util stall per step) — no gate risk (~14.0 projected vs 17 GPU-h), riding; ETA ~08:2x–08:3xZ 08-20; posted.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1520/3000 at the 01:11Z poll, loss 0.4408 (+0.0090 vs 1450 — first bounce after the steep drop, noise). Step-1500 probe: 4.94 — curve 12.85 → 8.04 → 6.73 → 5.83 → 5.59 → 4.94, −0.65 the strongest interval since 750. Rate: two consecutive slow windows + per-10-step trainer lines (17.44@1490, 17.53@1530 — either side of the save) confirm a real settled slowdown vs the 15.1–15.4 registered band. Diagnosed in-session: dmon 25 s trace shows ~12 s busy / ~5 s at 0% util every step cycle = input starvation; disk exonerated (2.5% util, iowait ~0), no co-tenant GPU process (no policy-server), no throttle flags (41 C); workers 1-running/7-sleeping → per-worker batch-production latency is the bound. ETA ~08:2x–08:3xZ 08-20; projected total ~14.0 GPU-h vs the 17 gate — comfortable. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (no new reactions).

Done: babysit poll (exit 0). Step-500 optimizer prune CONFIRMED (dir 13G weights-only; 1000/1500 each carry 32G optimizer.pt). Disk 118G free — matches pruner math exactly (129 − 42 save + 32 prune); net −10G per boundary → ~88G floor at the step-3000 save, no risk. RAM available 48G, flat. Slowdown diagnosis (dmon trace + iostat + worker states) and the ride-only decision: NO mid-run restart — a resume buys ~0.9 GPU-h but costs the isolation cell’s data-order comparability, with gates clear. Discord post out (probe + slowdown + decision). Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items.

Next: rate re-read every tick — restart trigger: sustained >20 s/step or projection nearing 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary (step-2000 ~03:2xZ: step-1000 optimizer prune + disk re-read + step-1750/2000 probes); onerig endpoint ~08:2x–08:3xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 00:49–00:5xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1450, loss 0.4318 new low (steepest interval drop in hours); window ~17.7 s/step this interval — high edge of the bounce, watch item; step-1500 save + probe land ~01:0xZ — read next tick; fully quiet.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1450/3000 at the 00:50Z poll, loss 0.4318 (−0.0345 vs 1380, new low — the steepest interval drop since the early curve). Probe curve unchanged (5.59@1250 latest; the step-1500 save + probe land ~50 steps ≈ 15 min out → ~01:0xZ, just after this close). Window 3.4 steps/min (~17.7 s/step) vs trainer-line 16.294 — both a touch slower this interval, high edge of the established bounce (14.0–15.9 recent); one interval is noise, two consecutive would be a real slowdown — watch next tick. ~7.0 h to endpoint at the trainer line → ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20 (drifting slightly later, still noise-level). 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (no new reactions).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 129G free — flat, consistent with the step-1500 save not yet landed at the poll. RAM available 47G, flat eighth tick running. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-1500 save + probe ~01:0xZ → next tick confirms step_000500/optimizer.pt pruned (standing watch item) + disk re-read against the pruner projection, reads the step-1500 probe, and re-reads the rate (bounce vs slowdown); onerig endpoint ~07:5xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 00:29–00:3xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1380, loss 0.4663 new low; window and trainer line agree ~15.9 s/step; step-1500 save + probe land ~01:0xZ — read next tick; fully quiet.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1380/3000 at the 00:29Z poll, loss 0.4663 (−0.0093 vs 1300, new low, falling). Probe curve unchanged (5.59@1250 latest; the step-1500 probe and save land together ~01:0xZ — 120 steps out). Window 3.8 steps/min (~15.8 s/step) and trainer-line 15.934 agree on a clean interval — a touch above the smoke band, within the established bounce; ~7.2 h to endpoint → ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (no new reactions).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 129G free — flat as expected (step-1500 save now ~120 steps ≈ 32 min out → lands ~01:0xZ, before next tick). RAM available 47G, flat seventh tick running. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-1500 save ~01:0xZ → next tick confirms step_000500/optimizer.pt pruned (standing watch item) + disk re-read against the pruner projection, and reads the step-1500 probe; onerig endpoint ~07:4xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 00:07–00:1xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 1300, loss 0.4756 new low; probe read landed: 5.59@1250, curve still improving; fully quiet.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 1300/3000 at the 00:08Z poll, loss 0.4756 (−0.0095 vs 1220, new low, falling). Step-1250 probe (last tick’s pending read): 5.59 — curve 12.85 → 8.04 → 6.73 → 5.83 → 5.59, still improving, −0.24 on the interval; the drift guard passed at 1000 and the trajectory keeps confirming it. Window 3.8 steps/min (~15.9 s/step) vs trainer-line 14.926 cumulative — window slower this interval, the mirror of last tick’s bounce; ~7.0–7.5 h to endpoint → ETA ~07:1x–07:4xZ 08-20 (holding). 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (no new reactions).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 129G free — flat as expected (step-1500 save pending, now ~200 steps ≈ 50 min out → lands ~00:5xZ, before next tick). RAM available 47G, flat sixth tick running. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: step-1500 save ~00:5xZ → next tick confirms step_000500/optimizer.pt pruned (standing watch item) + disk re-read against the pruner projection, and reads the step-1500 probe; onerig endpoint ~07:1x–07:4xZ 08-20 → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Session notes (rolled from the utilization footer)

Session 2026-08-20 07:30–11:0xZ (work session; exploit; onerig cell ~17.0 GPU-h total vs gate 17 — train ~13.4 + battery ~2.8 + idle-gap incident ~0.8): onerig-endpoint-close primary verdict: sim100 28/100 MIX-EXONERATED (control 11, convicted cells 1; paired +17 CI95 [8, 26] p = 0.0009 vs control, +27 CI95 [19, 36] p = 1.5e-8 vs convicted); battery armed pre-endpoint (no idle gap by design — then a ~48-min gap anyway: my watch-loop cmdline matched the run pgrep, the 08-19 deadlock class reproduced, registry note sharpened); ckpt bank firing (weights-only); queue refilled with the demos+clean poison-pinning draft; leg-2 CPU tail chained via run_work_next — queue green depth 3 (16 open).

Session 2026-08-20 06:26–06:3xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~12.7 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2690/3000 at the 06:26Z poll, loss 0.3552 (+0.0023 vs 2610 — noise-flat, the 0.3143 low stands); probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest, plateau call closed; final probe lands with the step-3000 save); window 3.8 steps/min and babysit line 15.828 s/step both in band, starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged (moot near the endpoint); ~310 steps → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions — 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z posts unreacted); disk 97G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 06:04–06:1xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~12.3 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2610/3000 at the 06:05Z poll, loss 0.3529 (+0.0130 vs 2530 — noise-scale bounce, the 0.3143 low stands); probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest, plateau call closed); window 3.8 steps/min back in band (the step-2500 save+probe overhead cleared the interval), cumulative 15.455 s/step, starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions — 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z posts unreacted); disk 97G free flat; RAM flat (available 46G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 05:43–05:5xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~12.0 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2530/3000 at the 05:44Z poll, loss 0.3399 (+0.0256 vs the 0.3143 low at 2460 — noise-scale bounce, the low stands); probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest, plateau call closed last tick); cumulative 15.744 s/step in band (the 3.3 steps/min window carries the step-2500 save+probe overhead), starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions — 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z posts unreacted); disk 97G free flat since the boundary; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 05:22–05:4xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~11.7 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2460/3000 at the 05:23Z poll, loss 0.3143 new low (−0.0493 vs 2380, steepest interval drop in hundreds of steps); held in-session for the step-2500 boundary (log waiter + death guard, ~13 min): probe 4.7895@2500 landed 05:35:30Z — trend-vs-noise call COMPLETE, plateau confirmed (no second rise, the 2000 uptick was noise, both boundary probes inside the ≤ +0.30 band); loss 0.3387@2500; step_002500 saved 42G full, step_001500 pruned to 13G weights-only, disk 97G free on pruner math (~86G floor at step-3000); window 3.8 steps/min in band, starvation absent; ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20; boundary post 05:36Z; Discord otherwise fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); RAM flat (available 46G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 05:01–05:0xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~11.1 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2380/3000, loss 0.3636 (+0.0063 vs 2300 — noise-scale, the 0.3573 low stands, probe uptick stays uncorroborated by train loss); window 3.8 steps/min (~15.8 s/step) in band (babysit line 16.241 carries older tail), starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; timing call: step-2500 boundary lands ~05:33–05:35Z, just past this tick’s 05:31:54Z hard kill — next tick reads the probe with full budget (mirror of the 03:58 tick’s 2250 call); Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions — 03:24Z boundary + 04:28Z probe posts unreacted); disk 108G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 04:40–04:4xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~10.7 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2300/3000, loss 0.3573 new low (−0.0088 below the prior 0.3661 low — the 2220 bounce resolved downward, the fall past 2000 stands, the probe uptick stays uncorroborated by train loss); rate 15.083 s/step in band (window 3.8 steps/min), starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:3x–07:4xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; step-2500 boundary ~05:3xZ next — probe read completes the trend-vs-noise call + step-1500 optimizer prune confirm; Discord fully quiet (read surfaced only our own probe post, inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 108G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 04:19–04:3xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~10.3 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 ×2 — held in-session for the step-2250 probe: 4.8037 (−0.04 vs 2000 — the uptick did NOT continue; plateau, not degradation; the 2500 probe completes the trend-vs-noise call); step 2220→2250, loss 0.3879@2220 (+0.0218 noise bounce off the 0.3661 low, the fall past 2000 stands); rate 15.333 s/step in band, starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; probe-read post 04:28Z; step-2500 boundary ~05:3x–05:4xZ (step-1500 optimizer prune confirm + probe call); Discord otherwise fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions — 03:24Z boundary post unreacted so far); disk 108G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 03:58–04:0xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~9.8 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2140/3000, loss 0.3661 new low (−0.0148 — the fall continues past the 2000 boundary, the probe uptick stays uncorroborated by train loss); window rate ~14.0 s/step (4.3 steps/min), fastest interval of the run, starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; step-2250 probe ~04:25–04:29Z straddles this tick’s hard kill — next tick reads it; step-2500 boundary ~05:3x–05:4xZ; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions — 03:24Z boundary post unreacted so far); disk 108G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 03:37–03:4xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~9.4 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2050/3000, loss 0.3809 (−0.0092 — falling again past the 2000 boundary, the probe uptick stays uncorroborated by train loss); rate 15.129 s/step back at the registered band with the boundary inflation out of the tail, starvation absent this interval, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; step-2250 probe ~04:2x–04:3xZ next tick + step-2500 boundary ~05:3x–05:4xZ; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions — 03:24Z boundary post unreacted so far); disk 108G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 02:55–03:0xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~8.6 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 1910/3000, loss 0.3962 (+0.0339 bounce off the 0.3623 low — noise); rate 15.696 s/step in band, starvation absent this interval, watch stays through step-2000, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; step-2000 boundary re-timed ~03:19–03:20Z — lands minutes before this tick’s hard kill, next tick (~03:16Z start) reads it with a full budget (probe + optimizer-prune confirm + disk re-read + 👍 ack in the boundary post); Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 118G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 02:34–02:4xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~8.2 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): **babysit exit 0 — step 1830/3000, loss 0.3623 new low (−0.0459 — steepest interval drop of the run, right after the strongly-improving 1750 probe, consistent); rate window ~15.7 s/step back in band, starvation absent this interval, watch stays through step-2000, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; step-2000 boundary ~03:1x–03:2xZ lands after this tick’s cap — next tick reads it (step-2000 probe + step-1000 optimizer prune confirm + disk re-read

• 👍 ack in the boundary post); Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 118G free flat; RAM flat (available 48G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items)** — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 02:13–02:2xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~7.9 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 1750/3000; step-1750 probe 4.56 (−0.38, seventh consecutive drop, curve still improving); loss 0.4082 new low; trainer lines 16.6–17.0 s/step — mid-band, starvation intermittent, watch stays through step-2000, restart trigger unchanged; ETA ~08:0xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; Space push retry RESOLVED (served content current, archive 200 — post-squash quota lag cleared); step-2000 boundary ~03:1x–03:2xZ (step-1000 optimizer prune + disk re-read + 👍 ack in the boundary post) next; read + inbox empty, no new reactions; disk 118G free flat; RAM flat (available 48G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 01:52–01:5xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~7.5 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 1680/3000, loss 0.4265 (+0.0130 bounce off the 0.4135 low, noise); rate window ~15.7 s/step — second consecutive interval back in the registered band, starvation currently absent, watch stays through step-2000; cumulative 16.46, ETA ~07:4x–08:0xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; owner 👍 on the 01:15Z slowdown/decision post (ride-not-restart endorsed — recorded, ack at the step-2000 boundary post); step-1750 probe ~02:1xZ + step-2000 boundary ~03:1x–03:2xZ (step-1000 optimizer prune + disk re-read) next; read + inbox empty otherwise; disk 118G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 01:31–01:3xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~7.2 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 1600/3000, loss 0.4135 new low (−0.0273 interval); rate window bounced back to ~15.8 s/step vs the settled 17.4–17.7 of the last two ticks — starvation slowdown reads intermittent, watch stays, restart trigger unchanged; cumulative trainer line 16.445, ETA ~07:5x–08:2xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; step-1750 probe ~02:1xZ + step-2000 boundary ~03:2xZ (step-1000 optimizer prune + disk re-read) next; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 118G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 01:10–01:2xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~6.9 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 1520/3000; step-1500 probe read 4.94 (−0.65, strongest interval since 750); rate watch RESOLVED as real: settled 17.4–17.7 s/step vs the 15.1–15.4 band, diagnosed input starvation (~5 s 0%-util stall per step cycle; disk/thermal/co-tenant all exonerated), decision ride-not-restart (~14.0 GPU-h projected vs 17 gate, isolation-cell comparability preserved), ETA ~08:2x–08:3xZ 08-20; step-500 optimizer prune confirmed (13G weights-only), disk 118G free matches pruner math (~88G floor at 3000); RAM flat (available 48G); Discord post out (probe + slowdown + decision), inbound fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 00:49–00:5xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~6.5 GPU-h elapsed of ~13 expected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 1450/3000, loss 0.4318 new low (−0.0345 interval, steepest drop in hours); window 3.4 steps/min (~17.7 s/step) vs trainer-line 16.294 — both slower this interval, high edge of the bounce (watch: two consecutive slow intervals = real slowdown), ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; step-1500 save + probe land ~01:0xZ — optimizer-prune confirm + disk re-read + probe read + rate re-read next tick; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 129G free flat (save not yet landed at the poll); RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 00:29–00:3xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~6.1 GPU-h elapsed of ~13 expected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 1380/3000, loss 0.4663 new low (−0.0093 interval); window 3.8 steps/min (~15.8 s/step) and trainer-line 15.934 agree on a clean interval — within bounce, ETA ~07:4xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; step-1500 save + probe land ~01:0xZ — optimizer-prune confirm + disk re-read + probe read next tick; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 129G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 00:07–00:1xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~5.8 GPU-h elapsed of ~13 expected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 1300/3000, loss 0.4756 new low (−0.0095 interval); step-1250 probe read landed: 5.59 (curve 12.85→8.04→6.73→5.83→5.59, still improving); window 3.8 steps/min (~15.9 s/step) vs trainer-line 14.926 cumulative — mirror of last tick’s bounce, ETA ~07:1x–07:4xZ 08-20; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 129G free flat (step-1500 save ~00:5xZ carries the optimizer-prune watch item to next tick); RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open). Previous update 2026-08-20 12:10–13:1xZ (work session) — demos+clean poison-pinning pre-reg POSTED (the onerig follow-up frozen: does the 0.7% clean set ALONE reproduce the 1/100 collapse, or was it the three-way composition?) — and the grpo-r2 first train row landed IN-GATE: mixed_groups_frac 0.50 vs the <0.20 abort bar, no abort, pace on anchor.

Status: grpo-r2 live on the H100, step 1/10 at 13:09Z — first train row caught in-session: mixed_groups_frac 0.50 (in-loop abort bar <0.20, predicted ~0.44 — PASS); pace 3,420 s/step ≈ 0.95 GPU-h/step on the ~0.98 anchor → endpoint ~21:3x–22:0xZ; vram_gib 72.09 vs the ≤75 gate (inside, watch at every poll); wave-0: 6/64 successes, groups 8/8 kept, approx_kl 0.0041, knockaway_frac 0.3281 banked as the violence-wire baseline, strikes 0, step_skipped false. Babysit 12:56 exit 0 (3 procs, util 100%, no gate crossings). Lane ~19.6/20 vs the A4 gate — zero slack.

Steering: none — inbox empty at boot and every poll (12:10/ 12:56Z); the owner 👍 on the 11:26Z policy-server reply stays the last owner signal.

Done: prereg-draft-demos-plus-clean EXECUTED (this commit): pre-reg posted (demos + clean only) — cell frozen demos + so101_pick_place_clean ×4 ONLY (clean share 0.70% vs 0.65 inside the convicted mix, dose held; the cell IS “full mix minus v2” — the onerig pre-reg’s two named follow-ups coincide, one run answers both); grid ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 anchored to onerig 28/100 + control 11/100 + convicted 1/100; three mechanism candidates named (clean content off-manifold / degenerate tiny-dataset pdnorm row from 3,399 frames / composition-only) with the boot stats-row autopsy as a free record-only read; paired reads vs onerig AND control AND convicted; guards carried (drift ≤+0.30, panel +0.05 vs disc-1000 npz, worn-row + stand-ins pins, truthfit rewear + ladder restamp); gate 17 GPU-h, seed 0, 3000 steps. Launcher staged launch_local_grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_democlean_h100.sh, full-parse green (molmoact2_joint, pdnorm True, prune True, seed 0, both datasets resolved). Launch DELEGATED to the post-R2 window — no GO ask. check.py 1100 green. Queue rolled: draft done, refill demos-plus-clean-exec (gpu-local, window-blocked, delegated). Posts 1539972404330106900 (pre-reg) + 1539985055680831589 (gate read).

Next: babysit owns the loop (~30-min checkpoints via ticks; vram watch 72.09/75). Step-10 endpoint ~21:3x–22:0xZ → ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt (refuses while grpo-r2 is alive), then queue_cli.py next → demos-plus-clean-exec fires in the freed window (fit smoke → unit fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean; RECORD the boot stats rows). Queue depth 1 with stated reason — refill decision at the R2 boundary. CPU queue empty → run_work_next not re-armed (ticks babysit on timer).*

Previous update 2026-08-20 11:35–12:0xZ (work session) — onerig leg-2 CPU tail CLOSED (panel guard PASS 28.81 vs 58.14; truth-fit 27.26 — the 28/100 grasper and the 1/100 convict sit ~0.2 apart on the panel: grasping lives in sim100, not panel MAE) — and the GRPO R2 parity verdict came back PASS with PERFECT parity, so the frozen A3.4 relaunch fired mechanically 11:59:20Z.

Status: grpo-r2 live on the H100 (launched 11:59:20Z on the registered PASS branch, unit grpo-r2, A3.4 frozen argv verbatim: base step_002000_v2, 8×8 T=1.0, surface B, lr 1e-6, kl_beta 1.0, kl_stop 0.06, seed-base 2000, wave0 knockaway re-base, mixed-abort 0.20): step 0/10, wave-0 rollouts collecting; first poll 12:02Z util 100%, 28.8 GiB VRAM, RAM 162G available. Pace anchor ~0.98 GPU-h/step → endpoint ~22:0xZ; gates ≤15 GPU-h / ≤75 GiB; lane ~19.6/20 vs the A4 gate — zero slack. Wave-0 mixed_groups_frac (in-loop abort <0.20, predicted ~0.44) reads off the first train row at the next babysit checkpoint.

Steering: none — inbox empty at boot and every poll (11:35/ 11:55Z); the owner 👍 on the 11:26Z policy-server reply stays the last owner signal.

Done: onerig-endpoint-close FULLY CLOSED (commit 9ff74ee): panel guard PASS (28.81 vs disc-1000 raw 58.14, Δ −29.34 CI95 [−30.03, −29.38], n=15,056; wrist_roll −46.9 / wrist_flex −5.0 mechanism receipts; oracle re-run green); truthfit rewear native 28.81 → truth-fit 27.26 (seam +1.55; ladder 27.26 ≈ convicted 27.44 ≈ disc 27.40 ≈ released 27.14, all at/above the 25.15 null); ladder restamped for the onerig cell (chart grew –label/–title, pdnorm defaults byte-stable, oracle +1); onerigendpoint report preset → flow_unseen100.html (anchors 9/11/1/44, paired + ladder + seam embeds, 4-clip gallery); 6 artifacts + gallery on fontaine-reports all curl-200; reports.md section. Parity item closed: verdict PASS ~11:58Z (both paths 2/20, same seeds 207/214, interacted 20/20 both; Δ 0 / 0.0), relaunch fired + babysit registry rolled parity→loop. Posts 1539966194436673556 (tail close) + 1539967344539996224 (PASS + launch). check.py green ×2.

Next: babysit owns the loop (~30-min checkpoints via ticks; first train row = the mixed_groups_frac read). Step-10 endpoint ~22:0xZ → ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt (refuses while grpo-r2 is alive). queue_cli.py next → prereg-draft-demos-plus-clean (CPU, any work window; GPU launch only after this lane’s window closes). Queue depth 1 open with stated reason — refill decision at the R2 boundary. run_work_next armed.*

Previous update 2026-08-20 07:30–11:0xZ (work session) — ONERIG VERDICT: sim100 28/100 — MIX-EXONERATED through the frozen grid. The two-dataset mix (demos + v2 ×4, clean dropped) beats its demos-only control +17 (CI95 [8, 26], McNemar p = 0.0009) and the convicted three-way cell +27 (CI95 [19, 36], p = 1.5e-8). One recipe delta — dropping 13.6k clean frames, 0.65% of the corpus — turned 1/100 into 28/100. Rig data at ~6% share HELPS grasping once clean is out.

Status: battery leg 2 (k4l2 panel npz) live on the H100 (started ~10:51Z, ~0.5 GPU-h, unit fontaine-onerig-endpoint-battery); checkpoint bank upload live (unit fontaine-onerig-ckpt-bank, weights-only ~12 GiB → fontaine-checkpoints/ grasp_sft_v2_joint_pdnorm_onerig_step3000). Train COMPLETE 3000/3000 (~13.4 GPU-h, loss 0.3299, vram 62.21/71, zero crossings); final probe 4.5266@3000 held the run low — the curve ended improving, the opposite shape of the convicted cell. Honest cell total ~17.0 vs the 17 gate: a ~48-min idle gap (my own watch-loop cmdline matched the run pgrep and deadlocked the battery wait — the 08-19 class incident reproduced, note sharpened in the registry) ate the margin; no extra legs.

Steering: none — inbox empty all session (reads 07:30/08:38/ 09:11/09:40/10:09Z); the three recorded 👍s unchanged.

Done: onerig-endpoint-close primary verdict banked (battery script staged + armed pre-endpoint 028c94c; registry rolled train→battery 5e73979; verdict + paired reads + queue/now/blog this commit). Posts: train-complete 08:38Z, mid-leg signal 09:11Z (7/25 early-terms), VERDICT 10:51Z (id 1539950050740801616). Paired jsons banked (analysis__sim100_paired_onerig3000_vs_{disc1000,pdnorm3000} .json). Queue: verdict noted on onerig-endpoint-close (leg-2 CPU tail remains), refill prereg-draft-demos-plus-clean queued (the poison-pinning cell) — validate green, depth 3.

Next: leg 2 lands ~11:2xZ → chained session takes the CPU tail (panel guard vs disc-1000 npz, truthfit rewear, ladder restamp, onerig HTML report, bank verify) + the demos+clean pre-reg draft; run_work_next armed. Then queue_cli.py next → grpo-r2-parity-read-and-relaunch owns the first free GPU window (./launch_grpo_r2.sh parity, A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Previous update 2026-08-20 06:26–06:3xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 2690; loss 0.3552 (+0.0023 vs 2610 — noise-flat, the 0.3143 low stands); probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest, plateau call closed; the final probe lands with the step-3000 save); window 3.8 steps/min in band; fully quiet; ~310 steps left → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2690/3000 at the 06:26Z poll, loss 0.3552 (+0.0023 vs 0.3529 at 2610 — noise-flat; the 0.3143 low at 2460 stands). Probe curve unchanged (4.79@2500 latest — plateau call closed; the final probe lands with the step-3000 save). Window 3.8 steps/min, babysit line 15.828 s/step — both in band; starvation absent, restart trigger unchanged (sustained

20 s/step or projection near 17 GPU-h, action only at a save boundary — moot this close to the endpoint). ~310 steps at ~15.8 s/step → ~1.4 h → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction yet on the 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z posts).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 97G free, flat (next change at the step-3000 final save, ~86G floor per pruner math). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: onerig endpoint ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 — final probe lands with the step-3000 save (the ~07:2x and ~07:4x ticks watch it) → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 07:07–07:1xZ (tick) — onerig healthy at step 2850; loss 0.3338 (−0.0098 vs 2770 — falling again, the 0.3143 low stands); probe curve unchanged (4.50@2750 new-low latest; the final probe lands with the step-3000 save); window 3.8 steps/min in band; fully quiet; ~150 steps → ~0.7 h → ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20 — the endpoint lands after this tick’s cap, the next tick catches the battery.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2850/3000 at the 07:08Z poll, loss 0.3338 (−0.0098 vs 0.3436 at 2770 — falling again; the 0.3143 low at 2460 stands). Probe curve unchanged (4.50@2750 latest — the new run low; the final probe lands with the step-3000 save and is the read to beat). Window 3.8 steps/min, cumulative 15.734 s/step — in band; starvation absent, restart trigger moot this close to the endpoint. ~150 steps → ~0.7 h → ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20; the endpoint lands just past this tick’s 07:38Z cap, so the ~07:2x–07:4x tick takes the final probe + step-3000 save and opens the endpoint battery (chaining a work session — the sim100 battery exceeds a tick cap). 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read surfaced only our own 06:47Z probe-low post (cursor advance), inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction on the 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z / 06:47Z posts).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Disk 97G free, flat (next change at the step-3000 final save, ~86G floor per pruner math). RAM available 46G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain this tick: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: onerig endpoint ~07:5xZ 08-20 — final probe + step-3000 save (the next tick catches it; the 4.50@2750 low makes the final read the one to beat) → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Updated 2026-08-20 06:46–06:5xZ (tick) — onerig step-2750 probe: 4.50 — NEW RUN LOW (below the 4.56@1750 low); the plateau call gets amended: the 2000–2500 stretch was a shoulder, the curve is improving again into the endpoint; loss 0.3436 (−0.0116, corroborating); window 3.8 steps/min in band; fully quiet; ~230 steps → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_onerig step 2770/3000 at the 06:47Z poll. Probe 4.50@2750 — new run low: curve 12.85 → 8.04 → 6.73 → 5.83 → 5.59 → 4.94 → 4.56 → 4.84 → 4.80 → 4.79 → 4.50 (−0.29, strongest drop since 1500, undercuts the 4.56@1750 low). The plateau call closed at 2500 amends to: the 2000–2500 stretch was a shoulder, not the ceiling — the run is still buying probe improvement at the end. Loss 0.3436 (−0.0116 vs 2690; the 0.3143 low at 2460 stands). Window 3.8 steps/min, 15.92 s/step — in band; starvation absent, restart trigger moot this close to the endpoint. ~230 steps → ~1.0 h → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20. 62.21/71 GiB, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings.

Steering: none — read + inbox empty, history clean (the three recorded 👍s unchanged; no reaction on the 03:24Z / 04:28Z / 05:36Z posts).

Done: babysit poll (healthy, exit 0). Probe-low post to Discord 06:47Z. Disk 97G free, flat (next change at the step-3000 final save, ~86G floor per pruner math). RAM available 47G, flat. Queue validate green (depth 2, 15 open). No work-session chain: both queued items GPU-gated post-onerig, no CPU items, depth at threshold.

Next: onerig endpoint ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 — final probe lands with the step-3000 save (the ~07:2x and ~07:4x ticks watch it; the 4.50@2750 low makes the final read the one to beat) → onerig-endpoint-close (frozen-grid sim100 ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19 bands, anchors demosonly 11 and both convicted cells 1), then the R2 parity read + relaunch in the freed window (A5 gate, no GO ask); at the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Session 2026-08-20 07:07–07:1xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~13.3 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2850/3000 at the 07:08Z poll, loss 0.3338 (−0.0098 vs 2770 — falling again, the 0.3143 low stands); probe curve unchanged (4.50@2750 new-low latest, final probe lands with the step-3000 save); window 3.8 steps/min / cumulative 15.734 s/step in band, starvation absent; ~150 steps → ~0.7 h → ETA ~07:5xZ 08-20 — endpoint lands past this tick’s cap, the next tick takes the final probe + endpoint battery; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; Discord fully quiet (read surfaced only our own 06:47Z post, inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 97G free flat; RAM flat (available 46G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 06:46–06:5xZ (tick; onerig riding, ~13.0 GPU-h elapsed of ~14 projected / gate 17): babysit exit 0 — step 2770/3000 at the 06:47Z poll; probe 4.50@2750 NEW RUN LOW (−0.29, strongest drop since 1500, below the 4.56@1750 low — the 2000–2500 plateau amends to a shoulder, curve improving into the endpoint); loss 0.3436 (−0.0116, corroborating; the 0.3143 low stands); window 3.8 steps/min / 15.92 s/step in band, starvation absent; ~230 steps → ETA ~07:4x–07:5xZ 08-20 → endpoint battery; 62.21 GiB, no gate crossings; probe-low post 06:47Z; Discord otherwise fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); disk 97G free flat; RAM flat (available 47G); no chain (both queued items GPU-gated, no CPU items) — queue green depth 2 (15 open).

Session 2026-08-20 11:08–11:2xZ (tick; battery→parity handoff): battery COMPLETE 11:17:49Z (leg 2 panel json+html clean; native 28.81 read withheld for the rewear; unit 4h30m CPU, clean exit); ckpt bank verified on HF (6 weights-only files); parity launched 11:18:20Z — 31 s handoff, no idle gap (unit grpo-r2-parity, A5 gate, ~0.7 GPU-h → ~12:0xZ; lane ~19.6/20 if the relaunch fires); registry rolled battery→parity; post 11:19Z; owner Q 11:20Z on serving the onerig 3k ckpt — answered 11:26Z (paths + policy_server command), acked, owner 👍; disk 107G free (+10G); run_work_next armed for the CPU tail + parity verdict — queue green depth 3 (16 open).

Footer session note rolled verbatim 13:1xZ (keep-2-notes):

Session 2026-08-20 11:35–12:0xZ (work session; exploit; ~0.66 GPU-h parity read closed in-window + grpo-r2 launched ~14.9 GPU-h): onerig leg-2 CPU tail closed (guard PASS 28.81 vs 58.14 Δ −29.34; truth-fit 27.26 ≈ convicted 27.44 — the panel doesn’t separate the grasper from the convict; ladder restamped, onerigendpoint report + 6 artifacts curl-200; commit 9ff74ee); parity verdict PASS ~11:58Z (perfect: 2/20 both paths, same seeds, Δ 0/0.0) → frozen A3.4 relaunch fired 11:59:20Z (unit grpo-r2, endpoint ~22:0xZ, lane ~19.6/20 zero slack); registry parity→loop; first poll util 100%; posts ×2; queue rolled (both GPU items closed done, depth 1 + stated reason); run_work_next armed — queue green, 14 open.

Footer session note rolled verbatim 13:2xZ (keep-2-notes):

Session 2026-08-20 12:08–12:1xZ (tick; grpo-r2 riding, ~0.15 GPU-h elapsed of ~14.9 projected / lane ~19.6/20): babysit exit 0 — 9 min post-launch at the 12:08Z poll, step 0/10, wave-0 rollouts mid-collection (journal live at seed 210 replans; eval/baseline seed range — the ≥2000 pin binds train rows only, none written yet); util 100%, 27.0 GiB VRAM, unit mem 29.2G, no gate crossings; the babysit “last sample 08-19” stamp is the stale step-0 eval row in the reused loop/train.jsonl, meta.json fresh 11:59:20Z — first real train row (the mixed_groups_frac abort read) due ~12:5xZ, next sessions take it; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions); queue validate green; run_work_next already armed 12:05 (CPU item prereg-draft-demos-plus-clean pending) — queue green depth 1 (stated reason, 14 open).

Footer session note rolled verbatim 13:4xZ (keep-2-notes):

Session 2026-08-20 12:10–13:1xZ (work; exploit; 0 GPU-h new — grpo-r2 riding ~1.2 GPU-h in-session of ~14.9 projected, lane ~19.6/20): demos+clean poison-pinning pre-reg POSTED (cell frozen demos+clean ×4, 0.70% share; grid anchored 28/11/1; mechanism candidates named incl. the tiny-dataset pdnorm-row vector with a free stats-row autopsy; launcher staged full-parse green; launch DELEGATED to the post-R2 window; queue rolled draft→exec item; check.py 1100 green) + the R2 first train row caught in-session 13:09Z: mixed_groups_frac 0.50 PASS vs the <0.20 abort bar, 0.95 GPU-h/step on-anchor, vram 72.09/75, knockaway baseline 0.3281 banked, 6/64 wave-0 successes; babysit 12:56 exit 0; Discord quiet all session (posts ×2 out, inbox empty) — queue green depth 1 (stated reason, 14 open).

Updated 2026-08-20 11:08–11:2xZ (tick) — endpoint battery COMPLETE 11:17:49Z (leg 2 k4l2 panel json+html clean; native bijou@3000 panel MAE 28.81 — read withheld for the truthfit rewear + panel guard in the chained session); ckpt bank VERIFIED on HF; the GPU window rolled straight into the R2 parity read 11:18:20Z — a 31-second handoff, no idle gap.

Status: grpo-r2-parity live on the H100 (launched 11:18:20Z in the freed window per queue priority; unit grpo-r2-parity, ~0.7 GPU-h → verdict ~12:0xZ): seeds 200–219 greedy through BOTH serving paths — loop stack --joint-frame rig, then BijouPolicy --serve-head ar — chaining grpo_r2_parity_verdict.py. Registered A5 rule: PASS iff |ΔSuccesses| ≤ 2 AND |ΔInteractedFrac| ≤ 0.30 (the convicted mode read 0.00 vs ~0.59). On PASS the frozen A3.4 relaunch fires mechanically (~14.9 GPU-h; lane ~19.6/20 — zero slack); on FAIL the lane parks, no override. Battery unit exited clean (4h30m CPU, 54.6G mem peak); registry rolled battery→parity.

Steering: owner 11:20:27Z — “Where is the onerig 3k checkpoint? How can I run the policy server with it?” Replied in-channel 11:26:34Z (local ~/checkpoints/finetune/grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_ pdnorm_onerig/step_003000, HF bank folder, and the bijou.policy_server --port 8144 command incl. the bfloat16 flag + the note that the parity read leaves headroom to serve alongside) — acked, inbox clear; owner 👍 on the reply by 11:34Z (acknowledgement). Signal: the owner intends to rig-serve the onerig 3k ckpt — consistent with it being the first grasping mixed checkpoint. Held conversational ~7 min after the reply, no follow-up.

Done: babysit poll exit 0 (leg 2 healthy mid-scoring at 11:08; watched in-session to the 11:17:49Z boundary — the babysit bare-count 99 was leg-1 residue, the journal was the real progress read). Ckpt bank verify closed: 6 weights-only files live under grasp_sft_v2_joint_pdnorm_onerig_step3000 (DONE 10:52:39Z). Parity launch + registry roll + Discord post 11:19Z. Disk 107G free (+10G, pruner). Queue validate green depth 3 (16 open). run_work_next stays armed — the chained work session takes the leg-2 CPU tail (panel guard vs disc-1000 npz, truthfit rewear, ladder restamp, onerig HTML report) + the demos+clean pre-reg draft, and catches the parity verdict ~12:0xZ.

Next: parity verdict ~12:0xZ → on PASS ./launch_grpo_r2.sh launch fires mechanically (no GO ask) + babysit entry + announce; on FAIL park the lane + postmortem post. At the R2 endpoint the boundary is ./launch_grpo_r2.sh boundary outputs/sim/grpo_r2/loop/step_0010.pt.*

Session 2026-08-20 13:18–13:2xZ (tick; grpo-r2 riding, ~1.3 GPU-h elapsed of ~14.9 projected / lane ~19.6/20): babysit exit 0 — step 1/10 at the 13:18Z poll, 3 procs, util 100%, vram 72.09/75 GiB, loss 0.1647, 3,420 s/step ≈ 0.95 GPU-h/step on-anchor → step-10 endpoint ~21:3x–22:0xZ (~8.5 h out); step-2 row due ~14:0xZ, next tick takes it; anomaly scan clean (step-1 row: mixed_groups_frac 0.50, approx_kl 0.0041, step_skipped false; train rows carry no seed fields — the ≥2000 pin reads off the journal, nothing to flag); Discord quiet (read surfaced only our own 13:10Z gate post, inbox empty, no new reactions); queue validate green depth 1 (stated reason, 14 open); GPU item window-blocked + CPU queue empty → run_work_next not re-armed — timer babysits.

Session 2026-08-20 13:38–13:4xZ (tick; grpo-r2 riding, ~1.7 GPU-h elapsed of ~14.9 projected / lane ~19.6/20): babysit exit 0 — step 1/10 at the 13:39Z poll, mid-rollout of step 2 (row due ~14:0xZ as predicted: step 1 landed 13:09Z + 3,420 s/step; +0 steps since last sample is on-schedule, not a stall); 3 procs, gpu0 62.9 GiB / 59% util snapshot (env-stepping phase of the rollout collector — rate on-anchor at 0.95 GPU-h/step rules out starvation), vram peak 72.09/75 GiB, loss 0.1647 unchanged (same row), no gate crossings, strikes 0; anomaly scan clean; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions; history shows only our own posts, 👍 on 11:26Z unchanged); queue validate green depth 1 (stated reason, 14 open); GPU item window-blocked + CPU queue empty → run_work_next not re-armed — timer babysits; step-2 row is the next tick’s read.

Session 2026-08-20 13:59–14:1xZ (tick; R2 lane spend closed at ~6.6 GPU-h of the 20 lane gate): babysit exit 1 — grpo-r2 DEAD: CUDA OOM 13:59:42Z in the step-2 backward (+1.47 GiB wanted at 78.26 in use; step-1 peak 72.09/75 — the vram gate crossed in-flight, allocator-caught), no checkpoint (save_every=5, died at step 2), retry ≈21.5 > the A4 ≤20 gate → lane CLOSED per the registered zero-slack rule, no step-10 read; freed window claimed 14:02:01Z by the delegated demos+clean fit smoke (2.5-min handoff, GPU verified empty first); registry rolled grpo_r2 → democlean_smoke with the death post-mortem + R3 expandable-segments lead; Discord death+ relaunch post 1539998329893556224, inbox empty, no new reactions; queue validate green depth 1 (stated reason, 14 open); run_work_next ARMED — the chained work session verifies the smoke, launches the real 3000-step cell, writes the ledger row + refills the queue.

Session 2026-08-20 14:10–14:3xZ (work session; exploit — demos+clean cell, ~0.45 GPU-h this session: smoke ~0.2 + real-run first 15 min; the 3000-step train rides on the registry at ~13 projected): smoke green → real launch 14:15:41Z (2.5-min GPU handoff), first poll all-green (100% util, 15.16 s/step on-anchor, vram 62.19/75, babysit exit 0); stats-row autopsy banked (mechanism (b) fingerprint absent — no degenerate clean channel, worst ×2.84 ch0); R2 §10 ledger row; disk risk cleared (pruned closed-cell optimizer.pt ×2 → 84G→189G free); queue depth 2 green (endpoint-close + mechanism-(a) CPU probe); run_work_next armed — ticks babysit the ride; first probe row ~15:2xZ.

Updated 2026-08-20 13:59–14:1xZ (tick) — grpo-r2 DIED 13:59:42Z — CUDA OOM in the step-2 backward — and the R2 lane CLOSED at the gate per the registered zero-slack rule; the freed window went straight to the delegated demos+clean cell (fit smoke live 14:02:01Z, a 2.5-minute handoff).

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean-smoke live on the H100 (launched 14:02:01Z, STEPS=20 SMOKE=1, save-dir /tmp; GPU verified empty first — no policy-server). On smoke green the chained work session fires the REAL 3000-step unit (gate 17 GPU-h, seed 0, pre-reg posted 12:20Z) and RECORDS the boot recompute-stats rows (mechanism candidate (b): the 3,399-frame clean pdnorm row).

Steering: none — inbox empty at boot, no new reactions; the owner 👍 on the 11:26Z policy-server reply stays the last owner signal.

Done: R2 death diagnosed + lane closed (this tick): babysit exit 1 (gpu0 0 MiB, unit gone) → journal shows torch.OutOfMemoryError 13:59:42Z in accumulate_grpo_grads loss.backward() — step-2 backward tried +1.47 GiB at 78.26 GiB in use (step-1 peak 72.09 vs the ≤75 gate: the OOM IS the vram-gate crossing, allocator-caught). save_every=5, died at step 2 → NO checkpoint, resume impossible; retry arithmetic ~4.7 spent + ~1.9 burned + ~14.9 fresh ≈ 21.5 > the A4 ≤20 gate → registered rule applied verbatim, lane closed, no step-10 read. Banked: parity PASS (perfect), wave-0 mixed_groups_frac 0.50 vs <0.20 (knockaway re-base works), step-1 row healthy. R3 lead recorded in the registry: grpo_loop.py lacks expandable_segments and episode-length variance swings backward memory ~6 GiB at a 72 GiB baseline. Registry rolled grpo_r2 → democlean_smoke; run_work_next armed. Death+relaunch post 1539998329893556224.

Next: chained work session — verify smoke rc 0 + vram peak, then launch unit fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean (3000 steps, ~13.5 GPU-h class, anchors: convicted-cell probe curve + onerig 28/100 / control 11/100 / convicted 1/100 grid ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19), register it + announce; R2 lane post-mortem ledger row + queue refill (depth 1 → ≥2: the R2-boundary refill decision is now the work session’s); demos-plus-clean-exec queue item rolls in-progress.*

Session 2026-08-20 14:40–14:5xZ (tick; democlean riding, ~0.3 GPU-h elapsed of ~13.5 projected vs the 17 gate): babysit exit 0 — step 70/3000 at the 14:41Z poll, 16.30 s/step on the ~16 onerig-class anchor (+40 steps since the 14:30Z sample, 3.9 steps/min — rate on-anchor rules out starvation; the CLI’s 0%-util snapshot was a between-kernel moment, nvidia-smi read 100% seconds later), loss 2.88 → 1.35 falling, vram 62.19/75, 5 procs, RAM 91G avail, disk 188G free, no gate crossings; endpoint holds ~03:0x–03:3xZ 08-21, first eval-250 probe row lands ~15:05Z (next tick’s read vs the convicted 12.91/8.24/… and onerig 12.85/8.04/… curve shapes); Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no new reactions, history shows only our own posts); queue validate green depth 2 (14 open); run_work_next already armed 14:35 — the chained work session takes clean-content-manifold-probe (CPU, mechanism-(a) input, best done before the endpoint); older footer notes rolled to the archive.

Updated 2026-08-20 14:10–14:3xZ (work session) — demos+clean poison-pinning cell REAL RUN LIVE (launched 14:15:41Z on smoke green) — and the mechanism-(b) stats-row autopsy is banked: NO degenerate clean channel, (b) weakened before the run even reads.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean live on the H100 (3000 steps, seed 0, demos + clean ×4 at 0.69% share, gate 17 GPU-h): step 30 at 14:30Z, 15.16 s/step on the ~16 onerig-class anchor → endpoint ~03:0x–03:3xZ 08-21; vram peak 62.19 vs the ≤75 gate; util 100%, no starvation (RAM 195G avail, disk 189G free); babysit exit 0 at 14:3xZ, registry entry democlean (jsonl path corrected to the save-dir). First eval-250 probe row is the next tick’s read — watch it against the convicted curve’s shape (12.91/8.24/6.65/…, elevation 2250–2750) vs onerig’s (12.85/8.04/6.73/…, ended improving).

Steering: none — inbox empty at boot and every poll; the only new channel message was our own 14:03Z death+relaunch post.

Done (this session): (1) smoke VERIFIED green (rc 0, 20/20 steps, vram 62.19, loss 4.97→3.59) → real unit launched 14:15:41Z, 2.5-min handoff, announce posted 1540002218386915448. (2) Stats-row autopsy banked (registered record-only read, from the convicted endpoint’s per_dataset_stats — the rows live during the 1/100 collapse): clean action scales (q99−q01) 36.9/133.7/120.9/ 100.3/179.4/28.1 vs demos 105.0/169.1/162.6/83.3/314.4/41.7 — worst ratio ch0 0.35× (×2.84 amplification), every channel ≥28, nothing near-constant → mechanism (b)’s tiny-scale fingerprint ABSENT; (a) content / (c) composition carry the live weight. (3) R2 lane ledger row written: §10 close-out on the R2 pre-reg post (~6.6 GPU-h, no primary read; banked parity PASS + wave-0 calibration + R3 expandable-segments lead). (4) Disk-full risk cleared: 84G free vs ~128G checkpoint footprint → pruned the CLOSED onerig cell’s step_002500/step_003000 optimizer.pt (weights banked on HF, verified) + smoke tmp → 189G free. (5) Queue rolled: demos-plus-clean-exec + grpo-r2-post-sft closed; democlean-endpoint-close (gpu-local, endpoint-gated) + clean-content-manifold-probe (CPU, mechanism-(a) input) queued — depth 2, validate green.

Next: queue_cli.py next → clean-content-manifold-probe (CPU, any GPU-busy window — best consumed before the endpoint so the mechanism adjudication input is ready). Dated boundaries: step-1000 drift read (≤ +0.30) ~18:3xZ 08-20 in-ride; step-3000 endpoint ~03:0x–03:3xZ 08-21 → democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict through the frozen grid). run_work_next armed (CPU queue non-empty, GPU busy).*

Updated 2026-08-20 14:43–15:0xZ (work session) — clean-content manifold probe BANKED (CPU, spec frozen pre-compute): the 7 clean episodes are NOT generically off-manifold — the real anomaly is gripper amplitude compression (open ≈ 30 vs the 40+ convention), and the episodes are annotated-complete pick-and-place.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean live on the H100: step 80/3000 at 14:43Z, 15.25 s/step on the ~16 onerig-class anchor → endpoint ~03:0x–03:3xZ 08-21; vram 62.19 vs the ≤75 gate, util 100%, loss 2.88→1.25, babysit exit 0. First eval-250 probe row lands ~15:05Z (next tick’s read vs the convicted 2250–2750-elevation shape vs onerig’s ended-improving shape).

Steering: none — inbox empty at boot and every poll; channel quiet all session.

Done (this session, queue item clean-content-manifold-probe closed end-to-end): (1) spec frozen in-channel 14:46Z (1540009095803703316) BEFORE compute — KS vs the demos↔v2 reference-pair framing, OVL, pacing, gripper hysteresis. (2) fontaine/scripts/clean_content_manifold_probe.py over full raw parquet (1.94M/32.7k/3.4k frames), 11 oracle tests green, json in reports/. (3) Measured: only ch0 shoulder pan exceeds the reference both ways (0.295/0.228 vs 0.161, modest — the SAME channel as the residual ×2.84 (b)-amplification); clean’s velocity profile is v2-like (Δ-KS ≤ 0.109 everywhere); gripper find: demos are strictly bang-bang {0, 41.69}, clean’s open plateau q99 30.6 / max 32.3 vs v2 40.2 — amplitude compressed ~25–27%; annotation cross-check (post-hoc, labeled): all 7 eps annotated complete pick-and-place, own-range hysteresis cycles normally (1.71/ep) → ‘zero pooled-range cycles’ was real but threshold-relative; correction posted same session (1540011239974113311). (4) Results section + 2 dark-mode charts + table appended to the pre-reg post, Space pushed + curl-verified; results post 1540010444981411900. (5) Queue rolled: probe → done; clean-gripper-followup-decision (verdict-contingent) queued — depth 2, validate green.

Next: queue_cli.py next → democlean-endpoint-close (endpoint-gated ~03:0x–03:3xZ 08-21: sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid; the manifold-probe json + (b) autopsy are the adjudication inputs, both banked). Dated boundaries: step-1000 drift read (≤ +0.30) ~18:5xZ 08-20 (tick rides it); step-3000 endpoint ~03:0x–03:3xZ 08-21. run_work_next NOT re-armed: both queued items are verdict/endpoint-gated — no workable CPU item before the endpoint.*

Updated 2026-08-20 15:32–15:4xZ (tick) — democlean second-tick poll ALL-GREEN, and the first eval-250 probe row is in: 11.82@250 — slightly BELOW both anchors (convicted 12.91, onerig 12.85). Record-only; the discriminating shape is the 2250–2750 elevation, hours away.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 270/3000 at 15:33Z, 14.84 s/step (faster than the ~16 anchor; +80 steps since 15:12, 3.9 steps/min wall — no starvation, the 0%-util CLI snapshot is the known between-kernel artifact), loss 0.85 → 0.725, vram 62.24 vs ≤75, RAM 91G avail, disk 185G free, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. Revised projections at this pace: step-1000 drift read ~18:3xZ 08-20 (≤ +0.30 bar, tick rides it), endpoint ~02:5x–03:3xZ 08-21.

Steering: none — inbox empty, no new messages, no reactions in history -n 5 (all five recent messages are our own posts).

Done (this tick): babysit poll + starvation check (util/rate/free-g/df), eval-250 row banked as the registered record-only read, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open).

Next: step-1000 drift read at the ~18:3xZ tick. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items (democlean-endpoint-close, clean-gripper-followup-decision) are endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item exists before the endpoint (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Footer note (session 15:32–15:4xZ, rolled from now.md): tick; democlean riding, ~0.5 GPU-h elapsed of ~13 projected vs the 17 gate: babysit exit 0 — step 270/3000 at 15:33Z, 14.84 s/step (+80 steps since 15:12, 3.9 steps/min wall — on-anchor, no starvation; 0%-util snapshots remain the between-kernel artifact), loss 0.85 → 0.725, vram 62.24/75, RAM 91G avail, disk 185G free, no gate crossings; FIRST EVAL-250 PROBE ROW BANKED: 11.82@250 vs convicted 12.91 / onerig 12.85 — record-only, slightly below both anchors, shape verdict waits on 2250–2750; projections revised at the faster pace: step-1000 drift read ~18:3xZ 08-20, endpoint ~02:5x–03:3xZ 08-21; Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no reactions); queue validate green depth 2 (14 open); run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item. Updated 2026-08-20 15:53–16:0xZ (tick) — democlean third-tick poll ALL-GREEN: step 350/3000, pace holding 14.94 s/step, loss 0.610, no gate crossings, channel silent. Nothing to decide this tick — the next dated read is the step-1000 drift check ~18:3xZ.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 350/3000 at 15:54Z, 14.94 s/step (+80 steps since 15:33, 3.8 steps/min wall — on the revised sub-16 pace, no starvation), loss 0.725 → 0.610, vram 62.24 vs ≤75, RAM 90G avail, disk 185G free, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. Eval-250 row unchanged (11.82@250, record-only); next probe row lands ~250 steps out (~16:3xZ). Projections hold: step-1000 drift read ~18:3xZ 08-20 (≤ +0.30 bar), endpoint ~02:5x–03:3xZ 08-21 (babysit projects ~11.0 h to step 3000 → ~02:54Z at current pace).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll (liveness, rate window, gate facts, RAM/disk), queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: step-1000 drift read at the ~18:3xZ tick; endpoint session ~03:0xZ 08-21 owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items (democlean-endpoint-close, clean-gripper-followup-decision) remain endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 16:35–16:4xZ (tick) — democlean fourth-tick poll: run ALL-GREEN and the eval-500 row is in (8.14@500, between both anchors) — but the tick caught a DISK-FULL trajectory and fixed it: the step-500 checkpoint landed at 44G (32G optimizer.pt), 6 saves = 264G vs 143G free, unpruned the step-2500 save would have crashed the run ~01:4xZ. Keep-latest-optimizer pruner unit now running; weights never touched.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 520/3000 at 16:36Z, 16.88 s/step window (+80 steps since 16:15, 3.8 steps/min wall), loss 0.604 → 0.589, vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. Eval-500 probe row banked (record-only): 8.14@500 vs convicted 8.24 / onerig 8.05 — clean-alone sits between the anchors, nothing discriminating yet (that’s the 2250–2750 elevation). Disk 143G free after the 44G step-500 save; pruner fontaine-democlean-ckpt-prune live 16:39Z (scripts/prune_superseded_optimizers.sh, 10-min loop: deletes only superseded optimizer.pt after the newer one is write-complete → peak need ~124G < 143G). RAM available 90G→48G across the save (trainer RSS high-water ~139G, /dev/shm 20G) — expected to plateau, escalate if it keeps falling toward <20G. Projections: step-1000 drift read ~18:4xZ (≤ +0.30 bar), endpoint ~03:2x–04:1xZ 08-21.

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, eval-500 row banked, disk repricing (44G/ckpt measured, no built-in retention — the 14:2xZ ‘risk cleared’ used post-prune onerig footprint, ~2× off), pruner script + systemd unit launched + log-verified, babysit.toml disk/RAM anchors rewritten, Discord post, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open).

Next: step-1000 drift read ~18:4xZ tick — also verify the pruner log shows step-500’s optimizer.pt pruned after the step-1000 save, and re-read RAM available (leak vs plateau). Endpoint session owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 16:56–17:0xZ (tick) — democlean fifth-tick poll ALL-GREEN, and both watch-items from last tick cleared: RAM plateaued (48G available, unchanged — leak ruled out) and the pruner unit is alive (correctly idle until the step-1000 save). Nothing to decide; next dated read is the step-1000 drift check ~18:4xZ.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 590/3000 at 16:57Z, 15.03 s/step (+70 steps since 16:36, 3.3 steps/min wall), loss 0.589 → 0.560, vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. RAM leak-vs-plateau read (owed from last tick): PLATEAU — available 48G unchanged tick-over-tick, trainer RSS ~139G steady at the high-water, /dev/shm 20G stable (the free shared=80G includes other shmem, not growth). Disk 146G free; pruner unit active, log = start line only, which is correct — no save since step-500, first real prune verifies after the step-1000 save. No new probe row (eval-750 lands ~17:3xZ). Projections: step-1000 drift read ~18:4xZ (≤ +0.30 bar), endpoint ~03:2x–04:1xZ 08-21 (babysit projects ~10.1 h to 3000 at current pace).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, RAM plateau read banked (leak ruled out), pruner unit + log verified, df check, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: step-1000 drift read at the ~18:4xZ tick — plus verify the pruner log shows step-500’s optimizer.pt pruned after the step-1000 save, and re-read RAM across that save. Endpoint session owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 17:17–17:2xZ (tick) — democlean sixth-tick poll ALL-GREEN: step 680/3000, pace 14.89 s/step (best window yet, 4.3 steps/min wall), loss 0.543, RAM plateau holds a second tick, pruner idle-correct. Nothing to decide; the eval-750 row lands ~17:3xZ just after this session — next tick banks it, then the step-1000 drift read ~18:3xZ.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 680/3000 at 17:18Z, 14.89 s/step (+90 steps since 16:57, 4.3 steps/min wall), loss 0.560 → 0.543, vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. RAM available 48G unchanged a second consecutive tick — plateau confirmed, watch closed unless it moves. Disk 146G free; pruner unit active, log still start-line-only (correct — no save since step-500; first real prune verifies after the step-1000 save). No new probe row; eval-750 lands ~17:3xZ, too close to this session’s hard kill to hold for a record-only row — next tick banks it. Projections: step-1000 drift read ~18:3xZ (≤ +0.30 bar), endpoint ~02:5x–03:3xZ 08-21 (babysit projects ~9.6 h to 3000 at current pace).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, RAM plateau re-confirmed, disk + pruner-log verify, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: next tick banks the eval-750 row; step-1000 drift read at the ~18:3xZ tick (+ pruner-log verify + RAM re-read across the save). Endpoint session owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 17:38–17:4xZ (tick) — democlean seventh-tick poll ALL-GREEN, and the eval-750 row is banked: 7.90@750 — the first row ABOVE both anchors (convicted 6.65, onerig 6.73), the probe curve is flattening where the anchors kept dropping. Record-only as registered; drift-guard math re-read from the pre-reg says no gate is threatened (bar is our own Δ(1000−500) ≤ +0.30 → eval@1000 ≤ 8.44, we’re at 7.90 and still falling). Step-1000 save + drift read next tick ~18:4xZ.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 760/3000 at 17:39Z, loss 0.543 → 0.502, vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. Window pace 19.11 s/step (+80 steps since 17:18) is inflated by the eval-750 pause inside the window — cumulative since launch is ~16.1 s/step, on the onerig-class anchor, no starvation. EVAL-750 ROW BANKED (record-only): 7.90@750 vs convicted 6.65 / onerig 6.73. Shape note: improvement 500→750 was −0.24 (8.14 → 7.90) vs the anchors’ −1.59 / −1.31 — clean-alone’s probe curve started below both anchors (11.82@250), matched them at 500, and is now flattening early. Not the convicted signature (that’s the 2250–2750 elevation) and not a registered read — sim100 at 3000 stays the verdict instrument. Drift-guard framing verified against the pre-reg (posts/2026-08-20-prereg-demos-plus-clean.md §drift guard): the bar is the run’s OWN Δeval(1000−500) ≤ +0.30, i.e. eval@1000 ≤ 8.44 — not distance-to-anchors; and a failure is registered as “new information, endpoint choice re-opens to best-grasping save”, not a kill. Infra: disk 146G free (no save since 500), RAM available 48G a third consecutive tick (plateau holds), pruner unit active + log correctly start-line-only. Projections: step 1000 lands ~18:39Z (save + eval-1000 + first real prune), endpoint ~03:0x–03:4xZ 08-21 at cumulative pace.

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, eval-750 row banked + shape note, pre-reg drift-guard spec re-read (bar = 8.44 on own curve), disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: the ~18:4xZ tick banks eval-1000 + the registered drift read, verifies the pruner log pruned step-500’s optimizer.pt after the step-1000 save, and re-reads RAM across the save. If the 1000 row confirms the flattening (even without a drift crossing), post the two-point shape note in-channel. Endpoint session owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 17:59–18:0xZ (tick) — democlean eighth-tick poll ALL-GREEN: step 840/3000, loss 0.527, all infra anchors quiet (disk 146G, RAM plateau a fourth tick, pruner idle-correct). Nothing to decide — step-1000 (save + eval-1000 + registered drift read + first real prune) lands ~18:42Z, just after this session’s hard kill; the next tick banks all of it.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 840/3000 at 18:00Z, 17.02 s/step window (+80 steps since 17:39, 3.8 steps/min wall), loss 0.502 → 0.527 — a small window-over-window uptick well inside the step-noise band (sequence 0.725 → 0.610 → 0.589 → 0.560 → 0.543 → 0.502 → 0.527), not a spike. Vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings. No new probe row (next is eval-1000 at the save). Infra: disk 146G free, RAM available 49G — fourth consecutive tick at the plateau; pruner unit active, log start-line-only (correct — no save since 500; first real prune verifies after the step-1000 save). Projections: step 1000 ~18:42Z, endpoint ~03:0x–04:1xZ 08-21 (babysit ~10.2 h to 3000 at the window pace; cumulative pace says the earlier end of that band).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, loss-uptick noise read, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: the ~18:4xZ tick banks eval-1000 + the registered drift read (bar: eval@1000 ≤ 8.44 on our own curve; failure = endpoint re-opens, not a kill), verifies the pruner log pruned step-500’s optimizer.pt after the save, and re-reads RAM across the save. If the 1000 row confirms the flattening, post the two-point shape note in-channel. Endpoint session owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 19:24–19:2xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 1140/3000, loss 0.4115, nothing to decide. Rate window is back clean (16.195 s/step with no pause in-window, 4.3 steps/min wall); infra steady — disk 135G, RAM 47G inside the 47–49G plateau band, pruner correctly quiet.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1140/3000 at 19:24Z, loss 0.4471 → 0.4115 (downtrend intact), 16.195 s/step window (+70 steps since 19:03, first clean no-pause window since the save), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~8.4 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5xZ 08-21. Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000; next row @1250 ~19:5xZ, record-only, no save). Infra: disk 135G free (no save since 1000), RAM available 47G — third read in the 47–49G band, no leak trend; pruner unit active, log unchanged since the 18:49:22Z step-500 prune (correct — next pass with work after the step-1500 save).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: plain riding ticks — next boundary is the step-1500 save (~21:0x–21:1xZ, eval-1500 row + prune verify); probe row @1250 record-only. Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 19:44–20:0xZ (tick) — democlean riding tick ALL-GREEN, and the record-only probe row @1250 banked in-session: 5.95@1250, the 1000→1250 drop again steeper than both anchors. Loss 0.4104 at step 1220, nothing to decide; infra plateau holds (disk 135G, RAM 47G, pruner correctly quiet).

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1220/3000 at 19:45Z, loss 0.4115 → 0.4104 (downtrend intact, flattening at window scale as expected mid-cell), 16.545 s/step window (+80 steps since 19:24, 3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~8.2 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5xZ 08-21. Probe row @1250 banked in-session (record-only, no save): eval_chunk_mae 5.9456 (train_mae 5.995, landed 19:52:32Z) — curve now 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250. The 1000→1250 drop −0.54 is again steeper than convicted −0.39 and onerig −0.24 over the same span; level still above both (5.72 / 5.59 @1250) but converging (gap to convicted +0.38→+0.23), and still nothing resembling the convicted 2250–2750 elevation signature. Infra: disk 135G free (no save since 1000), RAM available 47G — fourth read in the 47–49G band, no leak trend; pruner unit active, log unchanged since the 18:49:22Z step-500 prune (correct — next pass with work after the step-1500 save).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), in-session hold for the @1250 probe row, now.md + archive roll.

Next: plain riding ticks — next boundary is the step-1500 save (~21:0x–21:1xZ, eval-1500 row + prune verify). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 20:05–20:1xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 1300/3000, loss 0.4043, nothing to decide. Pace steady at 16.277 s/step (3.8 steps/min wall); infra plateau holds — disk 135G, RAM 47G fifth consecutive read in the 47–49G band, pruner correctly quiet.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1300/3000 at 20:06Z, loss 0.4104 → 0.4043 (downtrend intact), 16.277 s/step window (+80 steps since 19:45, 3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~7.7 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5xZ 08-21. Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250; next row @1500 lands with the step-1500 save). Infra: disk 135G free (no save since 1000), RAM available 47G — fifth read in the 47–49G band, leak watch stays closed; pruner unit active, log unchanged since the 18:49:22Z step-500 prune (correct — next pass with work after the step-1500 save).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll; blog Space 1 GB cap hit on push → recovered in-session per the recorded recipe (squash + GC of 43 stale LFS blobs / 984.8 MB, 36 live blobs kept via the sha256 keep-filter — correct attribute is LFSFileInfo.file_oid, memory updated), push succeeded first retry, now.html curl-verified.

Next: the ~20:2x/~20:4x ticks ride plain; the step-1500 save (~21:0x–21:1xZ) is the next boundary — eval-1500 row (record-only)

• pruner verify (step-1000 optimizer.pt should prune after the save) + RAM re-read across the save cycle. Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).* Updated 2026-08-20 20:26–20:3xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 1370/3000, loss 0.4226, nothing to decide. Loss window bounced +0.018 (0.4043 → 0.4226) — mid-cell noise against an intact longer downtrend, watching not acting. Pace 16.185 s/step; infra plateau holds — disk 135G, RAM 48G sixth consecutive read in the 47–49G band, pruner correctly quiet.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1370/3000 at 20:27Z, loss 0.4043 → 0.4226 (+0.018 window bounce — the 500→1300 trend 0.589 → 0.40x stays intact; noise unless it compounds tick-over-tick), 16.185 s/step window (+70 steps since 20:06, 3.3 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~7.3 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5xZ 08-21. Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250; next row @1500 lands with the step-1500 save). Infra: disk 135G free (no save since 1000), RAM available 48G — sixth read in the 47–49G band, leak watch stays closed; pruner unit active, log unchanged since the 18:49:22Z step-500 prune (correct — next pass with work after the step-1500 save).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: the step-1500 save (~21:0x–21:1xZ) is the next boundary — the ~20:5x/~21:1x tick owns the eval-1500 row (record-only) + pruner verify (step-1000 optimizer.pt should prune after the save)

• RAM re-read across the save cycle + a loss re-read (confirm the +0.018 bounce didn’t compound). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 21:08–21:1xZ (tick) — democlean step-1500 boundary tick ALL-GREEN: step 1520/3000, eval-1500 row banked 5.72, pruner’s second prune verified live (32G back, disk 125G), loss bounce resolved (0.4226 → 0.3926). Nothing to decide.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1520/3000 at 21:09Z, loss 0.4226 → 0.3926 — last tick’s +0.018 bounce did NOT compound, resolved as window noise, downtrend intact. 16.307 s/step window (3.3 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~6.7 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5xZ 08-21. Probe row @1500 banked: 5.72 (curve 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500; record-only, no post). 1250→1500 drop −0.23 sits between convicted (−0.10) and onerig (−0.65); level 5.72 still above both anchors at 1500 (convicted 5.62, onerig 4.94), converging from above; no elevation signature — that watch opens at 2250–2750. Pruner verified through a full cycle: step-1500 save write-complete 21:02:33Z (44G), pruner pass 21:09:23Z pruned step-1000 optimizer.pt — caught the trough live: disk 93G free post-save → 125G post-prune, so remaining cycles trough ~81G @2000 and shallower thereafter, comfortable. RAM available 47G — seventh consecutive read in the 47–49G band, now spanning a full save cycle; leak watch stays closed.

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, eval-1500 row banked, pruner second-prune verified (log + checkpoint dir + df, trough observed), RAM re-read, loss re-read (bounce resolved), queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: plain riding ticks; next boundary is the step-2000 save (~23:2x–23:3xZ) — eval-2000 row (record-only) + pruner verify (step-1500 optimizer.pt should prune after the save). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).* Updated 2026-08-20 21:51–21:5xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 1680/3000, loss 0.376, nothing to decide. The 21:30 +0.028 bounce resolved back down (0.4206 → 0.376, −0.045) — the 0.39–0.42 oscillation band reads as window noise around an intact 500→1680 downtrend, now 0.589 → 0.376. Pace 15.839 s/step; infra plateau holds — disk 125G, RAM 47G ninth consecutive read in the 47–49G band, pruner correctly quiet since 21:09:23Z.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1680/3000 at 21:51Z, loss 0.4206 → 0.376 (−0.045 — the second bounce resolved exactly like the first; both oscillations round-tripped, downtrend intact), 15.839 s/step window (+80 steps since 21:30, 3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~5.8 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:3x–03:4xZ 08-21. GPU liveness 5 procs / 100% util. Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500; next row @2000 lands with the step-2000 save). Infra: disk 125G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 47G — ninth read in the 47–49G band, leak watch closed; pruner unit active, log unchanged since the 21:09:23Z step-1000 prune (correct — next pass with work after the step-2000 save).

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Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: plain riding ticks; next boundary is the step-2000 save (~23:1x–23:2xZ) — eval-2000 row (record-only) + pruner verify (step-1500 optimizer.pt should prune after the save). The 2250–2750 elevation watch (convicted signature) opens after that. Endpoint session (~03:3x–03:4xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close (sim100 + panel guard + paired reads + verdict grid). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 22:33–22:4xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 1830/3000, loss 0.3486, nothing to decide. Loss keeps stepping down (0.3686 → 0.3486) — the oscillation band has fully given way to a clean descent, 500→1830 now 0.589 → 0.3486. Pace 16.019 s/step; infra plateau holds. Next boundary is the one that matters: step-2000 save ~23:1x–23:2xZ, eval-2000 vs convicted’s 5.47@2000 — with the level converged exactly onto the convicted curve at 1750, the 2000 row + the 2250–2750 elevation-vs-retrace window are the sharpest pre-sim100 shape signals.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1830/3000 at 22:33Z, loss 0.3686 → 0.3486 (−0.02, clean continuation — no bounce this window), 16.019 s/step window (+80 steps since 22:12, 3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~5.2 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:4xZ 08-21. GPU liveness 5 procs / 100% util. Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750; next row @2000 lands ~23:1xZ). Infra: disk 125G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 48G — eleventh read in the 47–49G band, leak watch closed; pruner unit active, log correctly quiet since the 21:09:23Z step-1000 prune (next pass with work after the step-2000 save).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: the step-2000 boundary (~23:1x–23:2xZ) — eval-2000 vs convicted’s 5.47@2000 (record-only) + pruner verify (step-1500 optimizer.pt prunes after the save). Then the 2250–2750 elevation watch. Endpoint session (~03:4xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 22:53–23:0xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 1910/3000, loss 0.3442, nothing to decide. Third consecutive clean-descent window (0.3686 → 0.3486 → 0.3442); pace 16.352 s/step; infra plateau holds. This tick ends just before the step-2000 boundary — at the window rate step 2000 lands ~23:19Z, so the NEXT tick owns the eval-2000 read (vs convicted’s 5.47@2000, record-only) and the pruner verify (step-1500 optimizer.pt prunes after the save). With the level converged onto the convicted curve at 1750, that row + the 2250–2750 elevation-vs-retrace window are the sharpest pre-sim100 shape signals.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1910/3000 at 22:54Z, loss 0.3486 → 0.3442 (−0.0044 — descent continuing, shallower this window), 16.352 s/step window (+80 steps since 22:33, 3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~5.0 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5xZ 08-21. GPU liveness 5 procs (instant 0% util sample = known kernel-gap artifact; rate window is the real check and it holds 3.8 steps/min). Probe curve unchanged (11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750; next row @2000 ~23:19Z). Infra: disk 125G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 48G — twelfth read in the 47–49G band, leak watch closed; pruner unit active, log correctly quiet since the 21:09:23Z step-1000 prune (next pass with work after the step-2000 save).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log + pruner-unit checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: the step-2000 boundary (~23:19Z, next tick) — eval-2000 vs convicted’s 5.47@2000 (record-only) + pruner verify (step-1500 optimizer.pt prunes after the save). Then the 2250–2750 elevation watch. Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped). Held-vs-exit judgment: boundary at ~23:19Z vs hard kill 23:23Z is too tight to bank the row and commit safely — record-only read, next tick catches it cleanly.* Updated 2026-08-20 23:14–23:2xZ (tick) — step-2000 boundary tick: eval-2000 BANKED at 4.9305 — the curve breaks AWAY from convicted. At 1750 the level had converged exactly onto the convicted curve (5.454 vs 5.45); at 2000 democlean drops −0.52 to 4.93 while convicted flattened at 5.47 (+0.02) and onerig rose to 4.84 (+0.28). Level now just above onerig, well below convicted. Record-only per pre-reg (no post, same as the 1750 row) — but the 2250–2750 elevation-vs-retrace window (convicted: 6.59@2250) is now the decisive shape signal: if democlean holds low, clean-alone does NOT reproduce the poison signature. Step-2000 save verified write-complete 23:19Z (44G, optimizer.pt full 32G), and the pruner verify CLOSED in-session too: the 23:29:23Z pass pruned step-1500’s optimizer.pt (32G returned, disk 83G → 114G ≈ the ~115G prediction). The whole boundary banked this tick.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 1990/3000 at 23:15Z (crossed 2000 at ~23:18Z), loss 0.3442 → 0.3415 (−0.0027, fourth consecutive descent window), 16.314 s/step window (3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~4.6 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5xZ 08-21. Probe curve: 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750 → 4.9305@2000 (next row @2250 ~00:2xZ 08-21). Step-2000 save complete 23:19Z: 44G dir, optimizer.pt 32G, weights + metadata + tokenizer present. Infra: disk bottomed 83G free during the save exactly per the pruner math, then the 23:29:23Z pruner pass pruned step-1500’s optimizer.pt (32G) → 114G free; the 23:19:23Z pass correctly held (“still fresh <5min”) — the unit’s guard works as designed. RAM available 47G — thirteenth read in the 47–49G band.

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, eval-2000 row banked (held in-session through the boundary), step-2000 save write-verified, step-1500 optimizer prune verified (23:29:23Z pass, 32G returned), disk + RAM checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), final Discord poll clean, now.md + archive roll.

Next: eval-2250 ~00:2xZ 08-21 (the elevation-vs-retrace read, convicted 6.59@2250 — record-only but the sharpest pre-sim100 signal); next save boundary step-2500 ~01:3x–01:4xZ (prune verify: step-2000 optimizer.pt). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 23:35–23:4xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 2060/3000, loss 0.3569, nothing to decide. Loss up +0.0154 this window — a bounce inside the oscillation band, and the window spanned the step-2000 save (3.3 steps/min wall, the save pause), not a trend break. Post-boundary infra all confirmed settled: disk 114G free post-prune, RAM 47G (fourteenth in-band read), pruner correctly quiet since the 23:29:23Z prune. Next boundary is eval-2250 (~00:2xZ 08-21) — the elevation-vs-retrace read, convicted 6.59@2250 — which the next tick owns cleanly.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2060/3000 at 23:36Z, loss 0.3415 → 0.3569 (+0.0154 — bounce after four descent windows; window spans the step-2000 save pause, 16.693 s/step / 3.3 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~4.4 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5xZ 08-21. Probe curve: 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750 → 4.9305@2000 (broke away from convicted at 2000; next row @2250 ~00:2xZ). Infra: disk 114G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 47G — fourteenth read in the 47–49G band; pruner unit active, log correctly quiet since the 23:29:23Z step-1500 prune (next pass with work after the step-2500 save ~01:3x–01:4xZ).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log + pruner-unit checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll.

Next: eval-2250 ~00:2xZ 08-21 (elevation-vs-retrace read, convicted 6.59@2250 — record-only but the sharpest pre-sim100 signal; if democlean holds low, clean-alone does NOT reproduce the poison signature); step-2500 save ~01:3x–01:4xZ (prune verify: step-2000 optimizer.pt). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-20 23:56–00:0xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 2130/3000, loss 0.337, nothing to decide. The +0.0154 bounce fully retraced (−0.0199 this window) — descent resumed once the save-pause window cleared. Next boundary eval-2250 (~00:3xZ 08-21, the elevation-vs-retrace read, convicted 6.59@2250) lands just past this tick’s hard kill — the next tick owns it cleanly.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2130/3000 at 23:57Z, loss 0.3569 → 0.337 (−0.0199 — bounce retraced, descent resumed; 17.092 s/step window / 3.3 steps/min wall, still carrying the save-pause tail), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~4.1 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:5x–04:0xZ 08-21. Probe curve: 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750 → 4.9305@2000 (broke away from convicted at 2000; next row @2250 ~00:3xZ). Infra: disk 114G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 48G — fifteenth read in the 47–49G band; pruner unit active, log correctly quiet since the 23:29:23Z step-1500 prune (next work after the step-2500 save ~01:3x–01:4xZ).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, disk + RAM + pruner-log + pruner-unit checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll (23:14 aged out).

Next: eval-2250 ~00:3xZ 08-21 (elevation-vs-retrace read, convicted 6.59@2250 — record-only but the sharpest pre-sim100 signal; if democlean holds low, clean-alone does NOT reproduce the poison signature); step-2500 save ~01:3x–01:4xZ (prune verify: step-2000 optimizer.pt). Endpoint session (~03:5x–04:0xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*