Now archive — 2026-08-21

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

Updated 2026-08-21 00:17–00:3xZ (tick) — eval-2250 BANKED 4.8687: the elevation-vs-retrace read comes back NO ELEVATION. Convicted rose to 6.59 at this boundary (the poison signature’s onset); democlean instead FELL 4.9305 → 4.8687, sitting just above onerig’s 4.80. At the sharpest pre-sim100 boundary, clean-alone does NOT reproduce the poison signature — 2500/2750 rows confirm (convicted 6.83@2500, 6.32@2750). Record-only per pre-reg, matching the 1750/2000-row precedent; sim100 at 3000 stays the verdict instrument. Row banked via in-session hold (step 2250 landed 00:29Z, inside this tick’s budget).

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2210/3000 at 00:18Z, loss 0.337 → 0.3204 (−0.0166, descent continues; 16.429 s/step, 3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~3.6 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 → 4.8687@2250 (banked in-session 00:29Z; vs convicted 6.59, onerig 4.80). Infra: disk 114G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 47G — sixteenth 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, in-session hold through the step-2250 eval boundary + row banked, disk + RAM + pruner-log + pruner-unit checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll (23:35 aged out).

Next: step-2500 save + eval-2500 ~01:3x–01:4xZ (prune verify: step-2000 optimizer.pt; retrace-confirm row, convicted 6.83@2500); eval-2750 ~02:5xZ (convicted 6.32). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-21 00:38–00:4xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 2280/3000, loss 0.3188, nothing to decide. Descent continues post-2250-boundary (−0.0016 this window); the banked 4.8687@2250 no-elevation read stands. Next boundary is the step-2500 save + eval-2500 ~01:4xZ — past this tick’s hard kill, the next tick owns it (retrace-confirm row, convicted 6.83@2500, plus prune verify: step-2000 optimizer.pt).

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2280/3000 at 00:39Z, loss 0.3204 → 0.3188 (−0.0016; 16.455 s/step, 3.3 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~3.3 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 → 4.8687@2250 (falling, vs convicted 6.59@2250 — no poison-signature elevation; next row @2500 ~01:4xZ). Infra: disk 114G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 46G — seventeenth read, at the lower edge of the 46–49G band (was 47–48G; watching the trend, escalation bar stays <20G); 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 (23:56 aged out).

Next: step-2500 save + eval-2500 ~01:3x–01:4xZ (next tick: retrace-confirm row, convicted 6.83@2500; prune verify — pruner should delete step-2000 optimizer.pt on its post-save pass); eval-2750 ~02:5xZ (convicted 6.32). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-21 01:00–01:1xZ (tick) — democlean plain riding tick ALL-GREEN: step 2350/3000, loss 0.3056, nothing to decide. Descent steepened this window (−0.0132) and the rate window is the cleanest yet (16.152 s/step, no save pause in-window). The banked 4.8687@2250 no-elevation read stands. Next boundary is the step-2500 save + eval-2500 ~01:4xZ — lands just past this tick’s hard kill (01:29Z), the next tick owns it (retrace-confirm row, convicted 6.83@2500, plus prune verify: step-2000 optimizer.pt).

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2350/3000 at 01:00Z, loss 0.3188 → 0.3056 (−0.0132; 16.152 s/step, 3.3 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~2.9 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 → 4.8687@2250 (falling, vs convicted 6.59@2250 — no poison-signature elevation; next row @2500 ~01:4xZ). Infra: disk 114G free (post-prune steady state), RAM available 46G — eighteenth read, flat vs last tick at the lower edge of the 46–49G band (no leak trend; escalation bar stays <20G); 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 (00:17 aged out to the new 08-21 archive page).

Next: step-2500 save + eval-2500 ~01:3x–01:4xZ (next tick: retrace-confirm row, convicted 6.83@2500; prune verify — pruner should delete step-2000 optimizer.pt on its post-save pass); eval-2750 ~02:5xZ (convicted 6.32). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).* Updated 2026-08-21 01:21–01:4xZ (tick) — eval-2500 BANKED 4.809 via in-session hold: retrace-CONFIRMED — no poison signature. Convicted PEAKED here (6.59@2250 → 6.83@2500, the elevation apex); democlean kept FALLING (4.8687 → 4.809) and has now converged to onerig level (4.79@2500). Clean-alone does not reproduce the convicted elevation anywhere in its 2250–2500 core. Record-only per pre-reg; sim100 at 3000 stays the verdict instrument.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2500/3000 at 01:39Z, loss 0.327 at the boundary row (babysit read at 01:21Z: 2430/3000, 0.3056 → 0.3081, +0.0025 bounce inside the oscillation band; 17.058 s/step window), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~2.3 h from 2500 → 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 → 4.8687@2250 → 4.809@2500 (vs convicted 6.83, onerig 4.79; next row @2750 ~02:5xZ, convicted 6.32). Step-2500 save mid-write at session end (optimizer temp at 20G/32G) — write-complete + pruner pass land ~01:5xZ. Infra: disk 106G free mid-save (trough ~70G expected, +32G back at the step-2000 prune), RAM available 47G at 01:21 (nineteenth read, in-band; 45G mid-save, same class as prior save dips), pruner unit active, log correctly quiet since the 23:29:23Z step-1500 prune.

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty both polls (01:21Z and the 01:40Z boundary poll), history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 18:43Z shape post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll, in-session hold through the step-2500 boundary + eval row banked, disk + RAM + pruner-log + pruner-unit checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll (00:38 aged out).

Next: next tick verifies save-2500 write-complete + prune of step-2000 optimizer.pt, and owns eval-2750 ~02:5xZ (convicted 6.32). Endpoint session (~03:5xZ 08-21) owns democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict through the frozen grid. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-21 02:02–02:1xZ (tick) — save-2500 write-complete VERIFIED + step-2000 optimizer.pt PRUNED on schedule; ride ALL-GREEN into the final stretch. The checkpoint landed whole (44G, optimizer.pt 33.7G written 01:40Z, all shards + metadata present) and the pruner’s 01:49:24Z pass deleted the superseded step-2000 optimizer.pt (32G back) exactly per design. Nothing to decide — eval-2750 ~02:4x–02:5xZ lands past this tick’s 02:33Z hard kill, the next tick owns it.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2580/3000 at 02:03Z, loss 0.3081 → 0.294 (−0.0141, descent steady; 17.04 s/step, 4.0 steps/min wall since the 2500 boundary), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~2.0 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 → 4.8687@2250 → 4.809@2500 (falling, converged to onerig level 4.79@2500; next row @2750 ~02:4x–02:5xZ, convicted 6.32). Infra: disk 104G free — expected new steady state (net −12G/boundary from retained weights: +44G save, −32G prune; step-3000 trough ~60G, margin holds), RAM available 47G (twentieth read, in-band 46–49G, no leak trend), pruner unit active, log clean: 01:49:24Z prune is the latest line, next work at the step-3000 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, save-2500 write-complete verify (44G, all files, optimizer.pt 33.7G @01:40Z), prune verify (step-2000 optimizer.pt deleted 01:49:24Z), disk + RAM + pruner-log + pruner-unit checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll (01:00 aged out).

Next: eval-2750 ~02:4x–02:5xZ (convicted 6.32) — next tick owns the row. Endpoint ~03:5x–04:0xZ: step-3000 save (trough ~60G, then +32G back at the step-2500 optimizer prune) → democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict through the frozen grid (≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-21 02:23–02:3xZ (tick) — plain riding tick, ALL-GREEN into the last ~350 steps. Eval-2750 projects ~02:52Z+ — past this tick’s commit-safe window, so no hold-to-the-wire: the row is record-only per pre-reg (sim100 at 3000 is the verdict instrument), nothing to decide on it in-window, and charter §6 says prefer exiting on stable stretches. Next tick banks it.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2650/3000 at 02:24Z, loss 0.294 → 0.287 (−0.0070, descent steady; 16.552 s/step, 3.3 steps/min wall window), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~1.6 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 → 4.8687@2250 → 4.809@2500 (converged to onerig 4.79@2500; next row @2750 ~02:5xZ, convicted 6.32). Infra: disk 104G free (expected steady state, net −12G/boundary retained weights; step-3000 trough ~60G, margin holds), RAM available 46G (twenty-first read, in-band 46–49G lower edge, no leak trend), pruner unit active, log clean: 01:49:24Z step-2000 prune is the latest line, next work at the step-3000 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), eval-2750 hold/exit judgment call (exit — row lands at the hard kill), now.md + archive roll (01:21 aged out).

Next: eval-2750 ~02:5xZ (convicted 6.32) — next tick banks the row. Endpoint ~03:5x–04:0xZ: step-3000 save (trough ~60G, then +32G back at the step-2500 optimizer prune) → democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict through the frozen grid (≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19). run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).* Updated 2026-08-21 02:44–02:5xZ (tick) — eval-2750 BANKED 4.6445 via in-session hold: the convicted-elevation contrast is now complete across the whole 2250–2750 core. Convicted held elevated through all three rows (6.59 → 6.83 → 6.32); democlean FELL through all three (4.8687 → 4.809 → 4.6445), now below onerig’s 2500 level and closing on onerig’s 4.50@2750. Clean-alone reproduces nothing of the poison signature anywhere in its core. Record-only per pre-reg; sim100 at 3000 stays the verdict instrument.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2750/3000 at 02:50Z, boundary-row loss 0.2817 (babysit read at 02:45Z: 2730/3000, 0.287 → 0.283, −0.0040; 16.13 s/step, 3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~1.1 h from 2750 → 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 → 4.8687@2250 → 4.809@2500 → 4.6445@2750 (banked in-session 02:50:35Z; vs convicted 6.32, onerig 4.50 — last probe row before the endpoint). Infra: disk 104G free (steady state; step-3000 trough ~60G, margin holds), RAM available 47G (twenty-second read, in-band 46–49G, no leak trend), pruner unit active, log clean: 01:49:24Z step-2000 prune is the latest line, next work at the step-3000 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, in-session hold through the step-2750 eval boundary + row banked, disk + RAM + pruner-log + pruner-unit checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll (02:02 aged out).

Next: endpoint ~03:5x–04:0xZ — step-3000 save (trough ~60G, then +32G back at the step-2500 optimizer prune) → democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict through the frozen grid (≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19); next session owns it. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Updated 2026-08-21 03:05–03:1xZ (tick) — plain riding tick, ALL-GREEN into the last ~200 steps. Nothing lands in-window before this tick’s 03:36Z hard kill — the probe curve is complete through 2750, and the endpoint (~04:0xZ) with its step-3000 save → democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict belongs to the next session. Exit clean per charter §6.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2800/3000 at 03:06Z, loss 0.283 → 0.2999 (+0.0169 — single-window bounce, in-band for this run’s boundary-row wiggles; the probe curve is the signal and it fell to 4.6445@2750), 16.415 s/step (3.3 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~0.9 h to 3000 → endpoint ~04:0xZ 08-21. Probe curve complete through 2750: 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750 → 4.9305@2000 → 4.8687@2250 → 4.809@2500 → 4.6445@2750 (vs convicted 6.32, onerig 4.50). Infra: disk 104G free (steady state; step-3000 trough ~60G, margin holds), RAM available 47G (twenty-third read, in-band 46–49G, no leak trend), pruner unit active, log clean: 01:49:24Z step-2000 prune is the latest line, next work at the step-3000 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, loss-bounce anomaly scan (in-band), disk + RAM + pruner-log + pruner-unit checks, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), now.md + archive roll (02:23 aged out).

Next: endpoint ~04:0xZ — step-3000 save (trough ~60G, then +32G back at the step-2500 optimizer prune) → democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict through the frozen grid (≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19); next session owns the whole sequence. run_work_next NOT armed — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).* Updated 2026-08-21 03:26–03:4xZ (tick) — final riding tick before the endpoint: ALL-GREEN at step 2880/3000, ~0.5 h to go. Step 3000 projects ~03:59Z — ~2 min past this tick’s 03:56:54Z hard kill, and the 44G save write plus endpoint-close plus sim100 all follow it, so nothing is decidable in-window: exit clean per charter §6, the next session owns the whole endpoint sequence.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean step 2880/3000 at 03:27Z, loss 0.2999 → 0.2968 (−0.0031 — the 03:05 bounce retraced), 16.171 s/step (3.8 steps/min wall), vram 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0, no gate crossings, ~0.5 h to 3000 → endpoint ~03:59–04:0xZ 08-21. Probe curve complete through 2750: 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750 → 4.9305@2000 → 4.8687@2250 → 4.809@2500 → 4.6445@2750 (vs convicted 6.32, onerig 4.50). Infra: disk 104G free (steady state; step-3000 trough ~60G, margin holds), RAM available 46G (twenty-fourth read, in-band 46–49G lower edge, no leak trend), pruner unit active, log clean: 01:49:24Z step-2000 prune is the latest line, next work at the step-3000 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), endpoint hold/exit judgment call (exit — step 3000 lands past the hard kill and the save+verdict sequence needs a fresh session’s budget anyway), now.md + archive roll (02:44 aged out).

Next: endpoint ~03:59–04:0xZ — step-3000 save (trough ~60G, then +32G back at the step-2500 optimizer prune) → democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict through the frozen grid (≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19); next session owns the whole sequence and should expect to arm run_work_next for the post-processing. run_work_next NOT armed this tick — both queued items endpoint/verdict-gated, no workable CPU item (charter §3 checked, not skipped).*

Previous update 2026-08-21 23:54–23:5xZ (tick) — routine poll, all green: battery at seed 20/100, window pace ~0.9 seed/min (faster than the startup-inclusive estimate), gate projection 0.5 vs 3.5 GPU-h. Discord quiet; run_work_next already armed (23:50Z) for the chained squint-twin-screen-prereg work session.

Status: fontaine-gripfix-endpoint-battery LIVE — babysit exit 0 at 23:55Z: 3 procs, gpu0 12.7 GiB / 28%, seed 20/100, window rate ~0.9 seed/min (15 → 20 since 23:49Z), gate projection 0.5 vs 3.5 GPU-h. At the window pace leg 1 ends ~01:3xZ 08-22 (vs ~02:1xZ on the startup-inclusive estimate), then leg 2 k4l2 (~30 min) + CPU tail → frozen-grid verdict ~02:3x–02:5xZ.

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history all own posts, no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll (green, judged healthy), Discord read + history, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), run_work_next confirmed armed (23:50Z, untouched).

Next: chained work session babysits the battery and works squint-twin-screen-prereg (CPU). Boundaries unchanged: leg 1 → leg 2 handoff ~01:3x–02:1xZ 08-22; battery end + CPU tail (paired reads vs democlean 8/100 THE read / onerig 28 / control 11, panel guard, truthfit rewear, frozen-grid verdict ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19) ~02:3x–02:5xZ.*

Previous update 2026-08-21 23:36–23:5xZ (work) — VLA eval-design doc v0 LANDED (ede8702f): the probe-decoupling rule generalized into the bench’s instrument architecture — verdict / guard / non-instrument, one pre-registered role per instrument. Battery rode green throughout (seed 15/100 at the 23:49Z poll); queue refilled with the doc’s own Squint-pre-reg slot.

Status: fontaine-gripfix-endpoint-battery LIVE — babysit exit 0 at 23:49Z: 3 procs, gpu0 12.7 GiB / 30%, seed 15/100 at ~0.6 seed/min (democlean-pace-consistent), gate projection 0.4 vs 3.5 GPU-h. Leg 1 ETA ~02:1xZ 08-22, then leg 2 k4l2 (~30 min) + CPU tail → frozen-grid verdict ~02:5xZ.

Steering: none — inbox empty at all three polls (23:37 / 23:41 / 23:49Z), history all own posts, no reactions.

Done (this session): vla-eval-design-doc queue item CLOSED (ede8702f) — the VLA eval design, v0: every instrument gets exactly one pre-registered role. Verdict (rollouts only): sim100 with paired per-seed McNemar + frozen grids today; Squint-class twin rollouts as the relative screen (own pre-reg + sim-adaptation arm gated); rig protocol sketch with the banked constants (blinded same-session rotation, ≥50 trials/cell in the 20–80% band, KS-on-CDFs + continuous progress, exteroceptive label audits vs the 32–48% telemetry-FP class, replay-retention rider). Guard (hygiene only, anchored thresholds): k4l2 panel wear read, in-train probe divergence alarm, truthfit-rewear seam bound — silence proves nothing. Non-instrument: the six-entry never-gates-a-verdict list, each with its banked convicting exhibit. Chart reuse; no new experiments. ideas.md #16 hook line; queue refill squint-twin-screen-prereg (v0 slot 2), validate green depth 2; check.py 1111 green ×2 (standalone + pre-commit).

Next: queue_cli.py next → gripfix-endpoint-close (verdict-gated on the battery). Boundaries: leg 1 → leg 2 handoff ~02:1xZ 08-22; battery end + CPU tail (paired reads vs democlean 8/100 THE read / onerig 28 / control 11, panel guard, truthfit rewear, frozen-grid verdict ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19) ~02:5xZ. run_work_next armed — the chained session babysits and works squint-twin-screen-prereg (CPU) until the battery boundary.*

Previous update 2026-08-21 23:34–23:4xZ (tick) — first tick poll on the gripfix endpoint battery: all green. Leg 1 sim100 at seed ~6/100, ~105 s/seed incl. startup → ETA ~02:2xZ 08-22 (democlean pace), gate projection 0.2 vs 3.5 GPU-h. Discord quiet; run_work_next armed for vla-eval-design-doc to ride the window.

Status: fontaine-gripfix-endpoint-battery LIVE — babysit exit 0 at 23:34Z: 3 procs, gpu0 12.7 GiB / 38% (replan-bound eval, normal for sim100), progress count 6 (bare-count = seeds done). Pace ~105 s/seed from launch 23:23:39Z — startup-inclusive, consistent with the democlean ~90 s/seed steady pace; leg 1 ends ~01:5x–02:2xZ, then leg 2 k4l2 panel (~30 min). Cumulative projection 0.2 GPU-h vs the 3.5 gate; cell honest total ~13.6 train + ~3 battery vs 17.

Steering: none — inbox empty; the one new read message was our own 23:27Z launch post (BOT), history all own posts, no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll (green, judged healthy), Discord read + history, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open, head gripfix-endpoint-close in-flight), run_work_next armed 23:34Z.

Next: chained work session executes vla-eval-design-doc (CPU, rides the battery window). Boundaries: leg 1 → leg 2 handoff ~01:5x–02:2xZ 08-22; battery end + CPU tail (paired reads vs democlean 8/100 THE read / onerig 28 / control 11, panel guard, truthfit rewear, frozen-grid verdict ≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19) ~02:5xZ.*

Previous update 2026-08-21 23:10–23:2xZ (tick) — back online after a ~14 h harness outage (usage credits exhausted 09:16Z→~22:0xZ, 13 sessions died 429 at boot); gripfix ran unattended through all of it and COMPLETED clean: 3000/3000, endpoint ~22:07Z, probe closed 4.88@3000. Endpoint state verified; gripfix-endpoint-close chained.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_pdnorm_gripfix TRAIN COMPLETE — 3000/3000, ~13.6/17 GPU-h, wandb synced 22:08Z. Probe curve closed smooth (5.06@2000 → 4.97 → 4.96 → 4.89 → 4.88@3000, no convicted-cell elevation; record-only, sim100 owns the verdict). All 6 saves verified (step_003000 full weights + optimizer; pruner kept-latest worked, unit inactive). GPU 0 MiB, no strays (babysit’s “1 proc” = the known pgrep self-match). Disk 74G free, RAM 196G avail. Battery NOT yet run.

Steering: none from the owner — inbox empty; the 13 new read messages were all harness BOT alerts (session exit 1, 09:17Z→22:08Z). Root cause from the 220818Z tick log: 429 out_of_credits (seven-day overage rejected, resetsAt 22:00Z 08-22 in the payload; credits evidently topped back up — this 23:10Z session runs). Every boundary check during the outage (step-500…3000 saves, step-1000 drift read) was missed; all were record-only/hygiene, the run never needed intervention. Outage + completion posted in-channel 23:1xZ (id 1540498974002258013).

Done (this tick): Discord read (13 alerts) + history; babysit (exit 1 = post-completion liveness trip, judged benign); endpoint verification (log tail + wandb footer, 6 save dirs, step_003000 full, pruner log, GPU/procs); babysit.toml gripfix entry PRUNED with the outage post-mortem; queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open, head gripfix-endpoint-close); run_work_next armed 23:12Z.

Next: chained work session executes gripfix-endpoint-close — sim100 battery (democlean pattern: stand-ins pin, stats-repo grasp_demos_v2/merged) + k4l2 panel + guard vs disc-1000 npz + paired reads vs democlean 8/100 (THE read) / onerig 28/100 / control 11/100; verdict through the frozen grid (≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19). GPU free; policy-server check at launch. vla-eval-design-doc stays queued behind it.*

Previous update 2026-08-21 09:12–09:1xZ (tick) — third poll on gripfix, all green: step 140/3000, loss 0.9418 falling smoothly (2.88 @30 → 2.21 @40 → 0.94 @140), 15.811 s/step on the ~16 expectation, vram 62.24 GiB vs the 75 gate, GPU 100%. Discord quiet; exited fast.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_pdnorm_gripfix LIVE and healthy — babysit exit 0 at 09:12Z: 6 procs, step 140, loss 0.9418, 15.811 s/step → ~12.6 h to 3000, endpoint ~22:0x–22:2xZ. RAM 90G available (pre-first-save plateau per the democlean anchor), disk 169G free vs ~124G peak. No boundary in this window; first save + pruner-log check at step 500 (~10:3xZ).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all own posts (latest: the 09:02Z probe-decoupling note), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll (green, judged healthy — util 100% at sample, no starvation), RAM/disk check, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), run_work_next confirmed armed (09:11Z, from the work session’s close).

Next: chained work session executes vla-eval-design-doc (CPU, rides the GPU-busy window). Boundaries unchanged: saves every 500 (pruner-log check each, first ~10:3xZ), step-1000 drift read ~13:0xZ (record-only), endpoint ~22:0x–22:2xZ → gripfix-endpoint-close.*

Previous update 2026-08-21 08:47–09:1xZ (work session) — probe-decoupling methods note LANDED (4241b717): the lineage’s two banked offline-instrument misses are now one written standing rule — rollout eval is the ONLY verdict instrument for mix/recipe cells; panels and probes are drift guards, record-only, and can never clear a cell. The consolidated chart shows why: sim100 spans 28× across the four cells while the panel column sits in 1.17 deg — below its own 1.55–1.91 estimator seam — and scores the 8/100 collapsed cell highest.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_pdnorm_gripfix LIVE and healthy — babysit 08:47Z: step 40/3000, loss 2.2099 (twin democlean anchor is record-only), 16.4 s/step, vram 62.19 GiB vs 75 gate, 6 procs, ~13.5 h to 3000 → endpoint ~22:0x–22:2xZ. RAM/disk per anchors (91G avail, 166G free). First save + pruner-log check at step 500 (~10:3xZ).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty at boot and at the 09:1x close poll, history all own posts, no reactions.

Done (this session, 4241b717): (1) posts/2026-08-21-probe-decoupling-note.md — the methods post: 4-cell table (sim100 28/11/8/1 vs panel truth-fit 27.26/27.40/28.43/27.44 vs probe 4.53/5.90@1000/4.68/6.17), why the miss is structural (demo-distribution scoring + chunk×joint dilution), what the offline instruments DO see (wear bugs at ~30 deg, divergence, seams), and the 3-clause standing rule. (2) scripts/probe_decoupling_chart.py — 3-column chart, every number read live from banked artifacts (paired jsons, truthfit-wear audits, train logs); house dark scheme. (3) Integrity fix: posts/index.md had drifted — 08-19..08-21 posts (4) backfilled. (4) Queue: probe-decoupling-note DONE, vla-eval-design-doc queued as refill (depth 2, 14 open). (5) Posted in-channel 09:0xZ; blog built, Space pushed, post + chart 200-verified. check.py 1111 green.

Next: queue_cli.py next → vla-eval-design-doc (CPU, rides the GPU-busy window — run_work_next armed at close). Boundaries unchanged: saves every 500 (pruner-log check each, first ~10:3xZ), step-1000 drift read ~13:0xZ (record-only), endpoint ~22:0x–22:2xZ → gripfix-endpoint-close.*

Previous update 2026-08-21 07:33–08:4xZ (work session) — GRIPFIX LAUNCHED 08:28:45Z: the gripper-carrier isolation cell is training. Amendment 1 registered pre-launch: the holdout draw keys on repo_id, so the draft’s dataset rename would have silently swapped one of the six trained poison episodes vs democlean — dataset renamed clean_gripfix_a (draw = ep 2, split episode-identical, boot line byte-matches democlean’s). Materializer + 5 hard-fail oracles green; pdnorm-row oracle banked (ch5 q99 ×1.2907 exact, ch0–4 pinned).

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_1gpu_pdnorm_gripfix LIVE — launched 08:28:45Z (units fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-gripfix + fontaine-gripfix-ckpt-prune, GPU contention-checked clear). Smoke: vram 62.19 GiB (== democlean smoke) vs ≤75 gate, 14.76 s/step at step 20 → ~16 steady expected, endpoint ~22:0x–22:2xZ 08-21 (~13.7 GPU-h vs the 17 cell gate). Disk 163G free at launch (democlean final optimizer.pt 32G pruned post-close per onerig precedent — weights local + HF-banked) vs ~124G peak need.

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty at boot and at every checkpoint, history all own posts, no reactions.

Done (this session): (1) make_clean_gripfix_dataset.py landed (ab32d5c1): ch5 action+state × frozen 41.69/32.3 = 1.2907, 5 hard-fail oracles all green (exact bitwise transform, non-ch5 bitwise-identical, 9 untouched files sha256-matched, counts equal, action ch5 max 32.3019 → 41.6924 lands the demos convention; no-op guard refuses already-remapped source — tested). (2) Amendment 1 registered pre-launch (2e7aad0d): holdout_episodes() keys on repo_id → the draft name would hold out ep 6 where democlean held out ep 2, a second treatment variable riding THE paired read; _a chosen so the draw is (2,) — clean train split {0,1,3,4,5,6}, 3026 kept frames, 0.69% share, byte-matching democlean’s logged boot line; demos split untouched, no flag/seed/read moves. (3) Launcher cloned (2 non-comment deltas vs democlean, diff-verified), frozen command + amendment posted in-channel (07:51/07:56Z). (4) Fit smoke green on the final _a config. (5) Record-only pdnorm-row oracle banked: train-split q01/q99 ch5 moves ×1.2907 exact, ch0–4 pinned to the digit. (6) Launch 08:28:45Z + babysit entry live (democlean-class anchors, twin-curve record-only, RAM plateau + disk repriced); pruner log path generalized (basename-derived). (7) Queue: clean-gripfix-exec CLOSED, gripfix-endpoint-close queued (depth 2, 14 open). Timestamp note: the amendment commit message says “08:0x–08:1xZ” — actual clock was 07:5xZ (stamped from memory; Discord ids are ground truth).

Next: queue_cli.py next → probe-decoupling-note (CPU, rides the GPU-busy window — run_work_next armed). Boundaries: step-1000 drift read ~13:0xZ (record-only), saves every 500 (pruner-log check each), endpoint ~22:0x–22:2xZ 08-21 → gripfix-endpoint-close (battery + verdict through the frozen grid, paired vs democlean 8/100 THE read).*

Previous update 2026-08-21 07:29–07:4xZ (tick) — quiet handoff tick in the gap between the democlean close and the gripfix work session: GPU free, Discord silent, run_work_next already armed 07:23Z by the closing session — state verified green, exited fast to keep the idle window short.

Status: no live runs — democlean cell CLOSED (verdict 8/100, battery exited 07:00Z). GPU idle-by-design pending clean-gripfix-exec: 0 MiB used, no bijou procs, no policy-server claim. run_work_next marker present (07:23Z) — the chained work session owns the whole launch sequence.

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all our own posts (latest: the 07:23Z endpoint-close post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): Discord poll + history (quiet), queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), GPU/marker/process state verified, git audit of clean-gripfix-exec per standing rule — make_clean_gripfix_dataset.py NOT yet in tree (item accurate: the work session writes it; battery pattern launch_democlean_endpoint_battery.sh present to clone), now.md + archive roll (03:26 aged out).

Next: chained work session (4-h budget) executes clean-gripfix-exec per the pre-reg: materializer + oracles → frozen command block in-channel → fit smoke → launch with pruner unit + babysit registry entry (H100 contention check vs the owner policy-server at launch). Then the gripfix cell rides ~13.7 h to its own step-3000 battery.*

Previous update 2026-08-21 04:02–07:xxZ (work session) — VERDICT: 8/100 — CLEAN IS THE POISON, sufficiency PROVED. Seven episodes at 0.7% share reproduce the grasp collapse with v2 absent, under clean’s own pdnorm row. And the probe curve saw nothing: democlean’s eval closed at onerig’s healthy level while grasping sat collapsed — the second banked offline-probe miss in this lineage. Next cell pre-reg drafted (gripper-carrier isolation); GPU free.

Status: no live runs — democlean battery COMPLETE (unit exited clean 07:00Z: sim100 06:33:22Z, k4l2 panel 07:00Z, ~2.9 GPU-h; cell honest total ~16.6 vs the 17 gate). GPU free since 07:00Z; next launch is clean-gripfix-exec (materializer oracles first).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty at every babysit checkpoint (04:17 / 04:43 / 05:12 / 05:40 / 06:13 / 06:37), history all own posts, no reactions.

Done (this session): (1) step-3000 save verified complete (44G, shards byte-matched vs step-2500) + pruner’s final pass confirmed (step-2500 optimizer reclaimed 04:09Z, +32G, unit exited “sole survivor”). (2) Endpoint battery scripted (byte-matched to onerig, launch cdbdcf8d) + ridden to completion. (3) VERDICT 8/100 ≤10 — clean convicted (posted 06:34Z): paired −20 vs onerig 28/100 (CI95 [−30, −10], McNemar p = 0.00033), −3 vs control 11/100 (CI95 [−11, +5], p = 0.61 — indistinguishable from never mixing), +7 vs convicted 1/100 (CI95 [+2, +13], p = 0.039). Mechanism: (c) composition-only REFUTED; (b) weakened; (a) standing with named carriers (gripper amplitude ≤32.3 vs the 41.69/40+ convention + modest ch0). (4) Guard chain: panel guard PASS (30.3446 native vs 58.14 raw base, Δ −27.80 CI-excl-0), truthfit rewear 28.43 vs ladder 27.40/27.14/25.15/8.37 — the panel again fails to flag the collapse. (5) Checkpoint banked weights-only to fontaine-checkpoints/grasp_sft_v2_joint_pdnorm_democlean_step3000 (verified on HF). (6) Results append + probe-curve contrast chart on the pre-reg post; unseen-100 HTML report + gallery + ladder restamp in reports/. (7) Gripper-carrier isolation pre-reg DRAFTED (posts/2026-08-21-prereg-clean-gripper-carrier.md: demos + clean_gripfix ×4, ch5 action+state × frozen 1.2907, same grid, paired-vs-8/100 is THE read); verdict-gated queue item closed on the ≤10 branch, clean-gripfix-exec + probe-decoupling-note queued (depth 2, 14 open). Incident logged (3rd of class): an npz wait-loop self-matched its own pgrep bijou.eval cmdline — ~20 min lost, no GPU idle; rule sharpened in the registry comment.

Next: queue_cli.py next → clean-gripfix-exec (materializer + oracles + smoke + launch; GPU free NOW, run_work_next armed). Then the gripfix cell rides ~13.7 h to its own step-3000 battery.*

Previous update 2026-08-21 03:47–04:0xZ (tick) — ENDPOINT REACHED: democlean completed step 3000/3000 at 03:58:45Z, final loss 0.2903, and the probe curve closed at 4.6848@3000 — the convicted 2250–2750 elevation signature is ABSENT end-to-end; the run ends at onerig’s level (4.53), not convicted’s (6.17). Held in-session through the endpoint per charter §6; step-3000 save writing at exit; run_work_next ARMED — the chained work session owns save-verify → democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 verdict.

Status: fontaine-v2-joint-pdnorm-democlean DONE training — step 3000/3000 at 03:58:45Z, final loss 0.2903 (ar 0.2727 / flow 0.0178), 16.171 s/step at close, vram peak 62.24 vs ≤75, babysit exit 0 at 03:48 (step 2960), zero gate crossings across the run, ~13.7 GPU-h vs the 17 gate. Probe curve COMPLETE: 11.82@250 → 8.14@500 → 7.90@750 → 6.49@1000 → 5.95@1250 → 5.72@1500 → 5.454@1750 → 4.9305@2000 → 4.8687@2250 → 4.809@2500 → 4.6445@2750 → 4.6848@3000 (train_mae 4.6311). The final +0.04 uptick mirrors onerig’s own endpoint uptick (4.50→4.53); vs anchors at 3000: convicted 6.17, onerig 4.53 — clean-alone reproduced NOTHING of the poison signature (record-only read; sim100 stays the verdict instrument). Step-3000 save: dir created 04:00Z, all shards + optimizer.pt (33.69G) + metadata + tokenizer present and writing, train proc alive finishing the write at exit — write-complete verify is the work session’s first job. Infra: disk 104G free pre-trough (~60G at write peak, margin holds; +32G back at the pruner’s step-2500 optimizer prune), RAM available 47G (twenty-fifth read, in-band 46–49G, no leak trend).

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 (exit 0), queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), in-session hold through step 3000 (03:58:45Z)

• eval-3000 row banked (4.6848) + save-write-start confirmed (04:00Z), run_work_next armed 03:48, now.md + archive roll (03:05 aged out).

Next (chained work session, 4-h budget): verify step-3000 save write-complete (44G, sizes stable) → confirm pruner’s step-2500 optimizer prune (+32G back) → democlean-endpoint-close → sim100 through the frozen verdict grid (≥20 / ≤10 / 11–19; stand-ins pin, --stats-repo-id grasp_demos_v2/merged, panel guard vs disc-1000 npz, paired reads vs onerig 28/100 AND control 11/100 AND convicted 1/100) → post-process per charter §4 (panel, report, blog, ledger, checkpoint upload per standing rule) → next queued pre-registered run per the verdict.*

Footer session note rolled 08:4xZ 08-21 (keep-2 rule), verbatim:

Session 2026-08-21 04:02–07:xxZ (work; exploit — democlean endpoint close, battery ~2.9 GPU-h, cell honest total ~16.6 vs the 17 gate): VERDICT 8/100 ≤10 — CLEAN CONVICTED, sufficiency proved (sim100 06:33:22Z; paired −20 vs onerig p=0.00033 / −3 vs control p=0.61 / +7 vs convicted p=0.039; probe curve DECOUPLED — closed 4.6848 at onerig’s level while grasping collapsed, second offline-probe miss banked). Guard PASS + truthfit 28.43 vs ladder; ckpt banked weights-only to HF. Gripper-carrier pre-reg drafted (ch5 ×1.2907), clean-gripfix-exec queued, GPU free 07:00Z, run_work_next armed. Discord quiet at 6 babysit checkpoints; queue green depth 2 (14 open). Incident: pgrep self-match wait-loop, ~20 min, rule sharpened.

Footer session note rolled 08:5xZ 08-21 (keep-2 rule), verbatim:

Session 2026-08-21 07:29–07:4xZ (tick; 0 GPU-h — quiet handoff, no live runs): state-verify tick between the democlean close and the gripfix work session — GPU free (0 MiB, no bijou procs, no policy-server claim), Discord fully quiet (read empty, inbox empty, history all own posts, no reactions), queue green depth 2 (14 open), run_work_next marker confirmed armed (07:23Z). Git audit of clean-gripfix-exec: materializer not yet in tree (item accurate — work session writes it), battery pattern script present to clone. Exited fast to keep the idle window short; chained work session owns materializer + oracles + smoke + launch.

Footer session note rolled 09:1xZ 08-21 (keep-2 rule), verbatim:

Session 2026-08-21 07:33–08:4xZ (work; exploit — gripfix cell launch, ~0.1 GPU-h smokes, train riding on the 17 gate): **clean-gripfix-exec EXECUTED end-to-end: materializer + 5 oracles green, AMENDMENT 1 registered pre-launch (holdout keys on repo_id — draft name would swap trained ep 2↔6 vs democlean; _a draws (2,), split episode-identical, boot line byte-matches), frozen command + amendment posted in-channel, smoke 62.19 GiB fit, LAUNCHED 08:28:45Z (train + pruner units, contention-checked). Pdnorm-row oracle banked (ch5 ×1.2907 exact, others pinned). Democlean final optimizer.pt (32G) pruned post-close (onerig precedent) → 163G free vs ~124G peak. Queue rolled (exec closed, endpoint-close queued, depth 2); first-poll util check (88% util / 559W / 62.19 GiB, no starvation)

• run_work_next armed 08:40Z at close. Incidents (both logged): (1) two commit-message clock stamps written ahead of date -u (07:5x stamped as 08:0x) — re-anchored; (2) 4th self-match of the pgrep wait-loop class — a smoke wait-loop’s own cmdline matched its pattern, spun 42 min past the smoke’s exit and tripped the babysit driver-cgroup guard as a phantom session-child trainer; killed at first poll, no GPU idle, rule sharpened in the registry (anchor pgrep patterns outside the loop’s own cmdline; file-existence waits are the safe default). Smoke debris pruned (+44G, /tmp step-20 save).**

Footer session note rolled 09:1xZ 08-21 (keep-2 rule), verbatim:

Session 2026-08-21 08:44–08:5xZ (tick; 0 marginal GPU-h — gripfix train riding): second poll on gripfix, all green — step 30/3000, loss 2.8807, 15.437 s/step (~16 expected), vram 62.19 GiB vs 75 gate, RAM 91G avail, disk 166G free. Babysit’s instantaneous 0% util read resampled: 100%/565–571W with one inter-step dip — no starvation. Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, history all own posts, no reactions); queue green depth 2 (14 open); run_work_next armed (08:40Z) for probe-decoupling-note. Exited fast; next boundary step-500 save + pruner-log check ~10:3xZ.

Updated 2026-08-21 08:44–08:5xZ (tick) — second poll on gripfix, all green: step 30/3000, loss 3.59 → 2.88, 15.4 s/step on the ~16 expectation, vram 62.19 GiB vs the 75 gate. The babysit snapshot’s 0% util read was an inter-step dip — resampled 100%/565–571W. Discord quiet; exited fast.

Status: grasp_sft_v2_joint_pdnorm_gripfix LIVE and healthy (launched 08:28:45Z). Babysit exit 0: 6 procs, step 30, loss 2.8807, window 2.2 steps/min (log-quantization noise on a 4.5-min window, instantaneous 15.437 s/step is the real rate → ~12.7 h to 3000, endpoint ~22:0x–22:2xZ). RAM 91G available (pre-first-save plateau per the democlean anchor), disk 166G free vs ~124G peak. First save + pruner-log check at step 500 (~10:3xZ); step-1000 drift read ~13:0xZ (record-only).

Steering: none — inbox empty, read empty, history -n 5 all own posts (latest: the 08:34Z launch post), no reactions.

Done (this tick): babysit poll (green, judged healthy), starvation spot-check (3× util samples: 100/100/0% — dip, not starvation), RAM/disk check, queue validate green (depth 2, 14 open), run_work_next confirmed armed (08:40Z).

Next: chained work session executes probe-decoupling-note (CPU, rides the GPU-busy window). Boundaries unchanged: saves every 500 (pruner-log check each), step-1000 drift read ~13:0xZ, endpoint ~22:0x–22:2xZ → gripfix-endpoint-close.*

Session 2026-08-21 08:47–09:1xZ (work; exploit-adjacent methods writing, 0 marginal GPU-h — gripfix train riding): probe-decoupling-note EXECUTED: methods post + live-from-artifacts 3-column chart landed (4241b717), standing rule written (rollout-only verdicts; panels/probes are drift guards that can never clear a cell), posts/index.md drift backfilled (4 entries), queue rolled (note DONE, vla-eval-design-doc refill, depth 2). Discord post 09:0xZ; Space pushed, 200-verified. Babysit 08:47Z green (step 40/3000, 16.4 s/step, 62.19 GiB); close poll + run_work_next at end. check.py 1111 green twice (boot gate caught COM812/B905 in the new chart script — fixed).

Session 2026-08-21 09:12–09:1xZ (tick; 0 marginal GPU-h — gripfix train riding): third poll on gripfix, all green — step 140/3000, loss 0.9418 (2.88 @30 → 0.94 @140), 15.811 s/step (~16 expected), vram 62.24 GiB vs 75 gate, GPU 100% at sample, RAM 90G avail (pre-first-save plateau), disk 169G free vs ~124G peak. Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, history all own posts, no reactions); queue green depth 2 (14 open); run_work_next confirmed armed (09:11Z) for vla-eval-design-doc. Exited fast; next boundary step-500 save + pruner-log check ~10:3xZ.

Session 2026-08-21 23:10–23:2xZ (tick; 0 marginal GPU-h — GPU idle post-endpoint): outage discovered + gripfix endpoint verified — harness was down ~14 h (429 out_of_credits, 09:16Z→22:08Z, 13 sessions died at boot; credits reset, this tick first through). gripfix COMPLETED unattended 3000/3000 ~22:07Z (~13.6/17 GPU-h, probe 4.88@3000 record-only, all saves verified, pruner clean, GPU 0 MiB). babysit.toml pruned with post-mortem; outage + completion posted in-channel; run_work_next armed 23:12Z for gripfix-endpoint-close (queue head; battery + paired reads + frozen verdict grid). Note: ~13 h of the GPU-busy window burned with no CPU work executed — the credit exhaustion, not idling, was the cause; queue depth still 2.

Session 2026-08-21 23:34–23:4xZ (tick; 0 marginal GPU-h — battery riding): first tick poll on the gripfix endpoint battery, all green — leg 1 sim100 at seed ~6/100, ~105 s/seed incl. startup (democlean-pace-consistent), ETA ~01:5x–02:2xZ 08-22, gpu0 12.7 GiB / 38% (replan-bound, normal), gate projection 0.2 vs 3.5 GPU-h. Discord fully quiet (read = own launch post only, inbox empty, no reactions); queue green depth 2 (14 open); run_work_next armed 23:34Z for vla-eval-design-doc (CPU, rides the battery window). Next boundary: leg 1 → leg 2 handoff, then CPU tail + frozen-grid verdict ~02:5xZ.

Session 2026-08-21 23:36–23:5xZ (work; explore; 0 marginal GPU-h — CPU item riding the battery window): VLA eval-design doc v0 landed (ede8702f) — probe-decoupling rule generalized to the verdict/guard/non-instrument architecture with the rig protocol sketch (paired blinded trials, KS-on-CDFs, label audits) and the banked-exhibit non-instruments list; queue refilled with the Squint pre-reg slot (depth 2 green). Battery green at all three polls (seed 15/100 @ 23:49Z, gate 0.4/3.5 GPU-h). Discord quiet. run_work_next armed for squint-twin-screen-prereg; battery verdict ~02:5xZ.

Footer session note rolled 02:3xZ 08-22 (keep-2 rule), verbatim:

Session 2026-08-21 23:54–23:5xZ (tick; 0 marginal GPU-h — battery riding): routine green poll — seed 20/100 @ 23:55Z, ~0.9 seed/min window rate (15 → 20 since 23:49Z), gpu0 12.7 GiB / 28%, gate projection 0.5 vs 3.5 GPU-h. Discord fully quiet (read + inbox empty, no reactions); queue green depth 2 (14 open); run_work_next already armed 23:50Z for squint-twin-screen-prereg. Next boundary: leg 1 → leg 2 handoff ~01:3x–02:1xZ 08-22, frozen-grid verdict ~02:3x–02:5xZ.

Head entry rolled 06:0xZ 08-22 (keep-3 rule), verbatim:

Updated 2026-08-21 23:58–02:3xZ 08-22 (work) — triple close: (1) Squint-twin qualification pre-reg DRAFT posted (eval-design v0 slot 2) + its preflight-2 CPU receipts executed green the same session; (2) owner steer executed same-minute (tick timer 20m → 40m); (3) the gripfix battery ridden to its boundary and CLOSED — VERDICT 5/100, ≤10 band: the gripper amplitude is NOT the sole carrier.

Status: no live runs — H100 FREE (battery unit exited clean ~02:24Z; GPU 0 MiB; policy-server check applies before any launch). Battery closed at ~3.0 vs the 3.5 GPU-h gate; cell honest total ~16.6 vs 17.

Steering: one owner message (00:14Z): default tick 20m → 40m — executed same-minute (installed unit + repo copy in sync, restart verified), replied in-channel + acked. Nothing else pending.

Done (this session): (1) squint-twin-screen-prereg CLOSED (0b7057d7) — Squint-twin qualification screen pre-reg DRAFT: tier decision GO-for-qualification, three frozen gates (mechanical adapter / sim-adaptation positive control at n=100 / adapted onerig vs democlean qualification read), relative-only claims contract, ≤7 GPU-h cell gate. (2) Preflight-2 receipts EXECUTED (7316a8a6, appendix on the pre-reg): dual-camera 224 subclass green, replay tracking p50 0.0025 rad, twin shoulder_lift limit ~2.7° tighter than our deepest demo pose (finalization re-price named), train_squint smoke green. (3) gripfix-endpoint-close CLOSED — frozen-grid VERDICT 5/100 (≤10): gripper amplitude NOT the sole carrier; paired vs democlean −3 p 0.375 (no recovery; paired Δprogress −2.07 cm CI-excl-0 — the remap certifiably hurt), vs onerig −23 p 5.7e-06; guards green with gripfix 28.35 vs democlean 28.43 truthfit — the third offline-blindness exhibit; ckpt banked weights-only; results append + verdict chart on the pre-reg post. Queue refills: squint-twin-screen-exec, ch0-shift-isolation-prereg.

Next: queue_cli.py next → ch0-shift-isolation-prereg (CPU draft, the ≤10-branch follow-up: clean’s shoulder-pan channel is the standing suspect) alongside the Squint exec item’s remaining slots (conversion oracle, finalization amendment, GPU legs at a free window). No dated GPU boundary pending — the H100 is free until the next delegated launch. run_work_next armed.*

Footer session note rolled 06:0xZ 08-22 (keep-2 rule), verbatim:

Session 2026-08-21 23:58–02:3xZ 08-22 (work; exploit-led with one explore item; ~3.0 GPU-h battery legs closed in-window, attributed to the gripfix cell launched 23:23Z — no new GPU launches this session): Squint qualification pre-reg drafted + preflight-2 receipts green (CPU, rode the battery); owner tick-cadence steer executed same-minute; battery ridden to the boundary and the gripfix cell CLOSED at ~16.6 vs 17 GPU-h — verdict 5/100 ≤10 band, gripper amplitude exonerated as sole carrier, ckpt banked, ch0-shift pre-reg queued. H100 free at close; run_work_next armed for the ch0/Squint CPU items.