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Three new tickets carve up the open questions from §9 of docs/soft-hash-channel-analysis.md (#000018): #000034 — Hessian alignment under φ_linear ============================================ Computational. Measure spectrum of W^T W (the v7 reference embed_hard_to_vec frozen-seed projection matrix) vs typical training-loss Hessian eigenvalue distributions on representative checkpoints. Determines whether the linear projection has structural alignment with low-eigenvalue directions, which would let T2 adversaries amplify covert-channel steerage beyond the random-oracle baseline established in #000018 §4. Deliverable: bench/scripts/phi_alignment_probe.py + verdict (STRUCTURAL_ALIGNMENT / NO_ALIGNMENT / ANTI_ALIGNED) per representative checkpoint. Parks until a v7 reference checkpoint is available; the analysis is empirical-only and useless without representative training data. #000035 — PRG choice for φ_PRG ================================ Cryptographic. Pin a specific PRG construction for the M1 mitigation (PRG-based anchor map) proposed in #000018 §5.2. Recommended: HMAC-SHA-512(seed, digest ∥ counter) → uniform-random floats in [-1, 1]. Reasons: - Tightest dependency surface (stays in SHA family already committed via SHA-256). - NIST-approved PRF construction (SP 800-108 KDF in counter mode). - Speed parity with AES at v7 cadence; PRG cost negligible. - Provable security reduction: PRF security from SHA-512 collision-resistance, structurally stronger than SHA-256. Deliverable: arborist/v7/anchor_prg.py + tests + known-answer-test fixture + v7 § 9.10 amendment text. Lands when v7 plastic-training has a deployment target. #000036 — T3 per-window budget bound ===================================== Formal. Derive an explicit closed-form upper bound on the covert- channel capacity under threat model T3 (hyperparameter adversary) when M2 (per-checkpoint nonce) is in place. #000018 §6 lists "bounded by per-window budget" without giving the bound. Three control bandwidths combine: B1 — gradient bias (g · W · log₂ N_directions) B2 — LR selection (⌈W/K⌉ · log₂ R) B3 — batch order (Bottou-Bousquet conjecture: ≪ log₂ N!) Deliverable: docs/soft-hash-channel-t3-bound.md (§§1-8 formal derivation) + bench/scripts/t3_bound_calculator.py (operator- parametrized closed-form). Operators plug in (g, K, R, W, batch_count, gradient_norm) → read off bits/window residual; pick nonce-window length to drive residual under their target. Index updated; Next ID 000037. Cross-reference added to #000018's status line so future readers see the three follow-ups in line.
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| ID | Title | Status | Opened | Directive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #000036 | T3 per-window covert-channel budget bound | open · awaiting go/no-go (#000018 follow-up) | 2026-05-09 | — |
| #000035 | PRG choice for φ_PRG (HMAC-SHA-512 expansion) | open · awaiting go/no-go (#000018 follow-up) | 2026-05-09 | — |
| #000034 | Hessian alignment under φ_linear | open · awaiting go/no-go (#000018 follow-up) | 2026-05-09 | — |
| #000033 | Claim-pack pillar VII (combinatorics) | open · awaiting go/no-go | 2026-05-09 | — |
| #000032 | combinatorics@v1 π* (integer counting kernel) | closed · landed 2026-05-09 | 2026-05-09 | — |
| #000031 | Surface-ingest cited textbooks for claim-pack warrant promotion | open · awaiting go/no-go | 2026-05-09 | — |
| #000030 | Math π* expansion: SymPy substrate (algebra · calculus · linalg) | closed · all 7 phases + 1b landed 2026-05-09 (abe5988) |
2026-05-09 | — |
| #000029 | Claim-pack source (axiom/theorem JSON bundles) | closed · landed 2026-05-09 | 2026-05-09 | — |
| #000028 | Multi-modality witness for canonical shapes | closed · landed 2026-05-09 + follow-ups (capital ledger · sample rate) | 2026-05-08 | — |
| #000027 | Canonical projections persist to providence_cache | closed · landed 2026-05-09 | 2026-05-08 | — |
| #000026 | Real-shard workload baseline + search latency | in progress · Phase 1 + 2 + 3 landed 2026-05-09 | 2026-05-08 | — |
| #000025 | 5F battery (Function · Finetuning · Falsification · Formulate · Feedback Loop) | in progress · Phase 1a + 1b.2 + 1c + 1d landed 2026-05-09 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000024 | 5T Phase 1b + Dav1DPrometheus vocabulary alignment | closed · landed 2026-05-08 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000023 | 5S Phase 1b: Syllogism · Synthesis · Semiotics | closed · landed 2026-05-08 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000022 | Adapter LossReport (PRD I9 analogue) | closed · landed 2026-05-07 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000021 | 5S/5T/5R benchmark fixtures + harness | closed · Phase 1a + 2 landed 2026-05-08 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000020 | Capital-cost ledger (8-capital queues) | closed · landed 2026-05-07 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000019 | Specification methodology for π* and V | closed · landed 2026-05-07 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000018 | Adversarial soft-hash covert-channel analysis | closed · landed 2026-05-09 (analysis doc) | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000017 | Memory-root: lifelong learning audit chain | closed · landed 2026-05-07 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000016 | ZK Phase-2 frontier proof (concretize) | open · awaiting go/no-go | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000015 | π* domain library + cross-domain composition | closed · landed 2026-05-07 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000014 | SelfModel: schema, falsification, integration | closed · landed 2026-05-07 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000013 | Spatial-temporal substrate (Merkle-AGI v7-W) | open · awaiting go/no-go | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000012 | Selection & consensus protocol (Merkle-AGI v8) | in progress · Phase 1a + 1b (ForkScore CLI) landed 2026-05-09 | 2026-05-07 | — |
| #000011 | SOFT_PREFLIGHT_HINT model-assisted sidecar | closed · landed 2026-05-04 (zero-shot full impl) | 2026-05-04 | D1 (preserves) |
| #000010 | Meta-Cognition Preflight Guard (M0 / MCTL) | closed · landed 2026-05-03 (Phases 1–4); DAG binding shipped via #000009 | 2026-05-03 | D1, D3 |
| #000009 | Preflight run-DAG node binding (#000008+#000010) | closed · re-landed 2026-05-04 (§8 corrections: reject-path DAG, nested CTI clauses) | 2026-05-03 | D3, D4 |
| #000008 | Broad-quantifier preflight guard | closed · landed in 4f2b5a6; Phase 5 DAG binding split into #000009 |
2026-05-02 | — |
| #000007 | Query-layer hyphen folding | closed · 2026-05-02 | 2026-05-02 | — |
| #000006 | Bench-emergent findings (rolling research log) | open · rolling | 2026-05-02 | — |
| #000005 | Label ladder migration (POINTER-LINKED → …) | closed · 2026-05-02 | 2026-05-01 | D7 |
| #000004 | Directive coverage in bench summary | closed · acd1f9c |
2026-05-01 | D8 |
| #000003 | Anchor-class warrant generalization (Module H+) | closed · 2026-05-02 | 2026-05-01 | D6 |
| #000002 | Reference-Frame Polarity Contract (Module L) | closed · 2026-05-02 | 2026-05-01 | D3 |
| #000001 | Retrieval-keywords audit gap | closed · 2026-05-02 | 2026-05-01 | D4 |
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