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Summary

  • Bumps contracts/apr-vs-gguf-forward-parity-v1.yaml v1.0.0 → v1.1.0
  • Adds §37 enforcement layer (sample-size-parity gate) as PRECONDITION for v1.0.0 ratio-gate credibility
  • New falsification test FALSIFY-APR-GGUF-PARITY-007 — FAILS today, PASSES post-parity-fix
  • New equation trace_sample_size_parity documenting count-equality precondition + fix-surface options
  • New kani harness KH-APR-GGUF-PARITY-003 with bound=280 (28 layers × 10 stat slots)
  • Two new proof_obligations (invariant + soundness)

Why this matters

Per SPEC-SHIP-TWO-001 §37 (PR #1105), the existing ratio gates (-001/-002/-003) compare:

apr_layer[0].attn_norm_stats.count == 25088  (7 × 3584, all-tokens)
gguf_layer[0].attn_norm_stats.count == 3584   (1 × 3584, last-only)

The 18.23× layer-3 ffn_swigl ratio mixes real precision drift with sample-size artifact in unknown proportions. Until parity is restored, ratio gates produce false positives or false negatives.

Five-whys (codified in §37.7 of spec)

  1. Why isn't MODEL-1 inference correct? `apr run` produces gibberish.
  2. Why has bisection been hard? §17→§27 chain produces 18.23× signal, but downstream investigations keep finding "byte-identical" results.
  3. Why do byte-identical inputs produce different std reports? Different sample sizes (apples-to-oranges).
  4. Why didn't this come up before? PRs feat(p3-prb): SHIP-007 GGUF forward_traced sub-FFN populate — 4 sub-FFN ActivationStats slots filled #1082+feat(p3-prc): wire apr trace --payload <gguf> to call forward_traced — emits per-layer LayerActivation telemetry #1083 matched APR's API structurally but not semantically.
  5. What's the fix? Make both reporters use the same sample. Then re-measure.

Plain progress on shipping models

  • MODEL-1: still blocked on SHIP-007. This contract bump is the methodology layer that protects the next attempt. The implementation PR (Option A: extend GGUF forward_traced to all-tokens — ~50 LOC) follows. Once landed and re-measured, EITHER the ratio gates Pass (SHIP-007 was the artifact, MODEL-1 unblocked) OR they Fail with a credible signal pointing to the real precision-drift surface (which then gets fixed and discharges 5 PARTIALs).
  • MODEL-2: unchanged at val_loss=9.38. Awaiting distillation impl per docs(p3): apr-cli-distill-train-v1 — contract for missing apr distill train per §35.3 #1097.

Test plan

Methodology adherence

  • Per feedback_pv_not_bash_for_contracts.md: contract authored, not bash workaround
  • Per feedback_full_problems_pmat_contracts.md: provable contract precedes implementation
  • Per feedback_fix_root_cause_never_route_around.md: enforces count-parity at the root, not at gate-output massage

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…-size-parity gate

Per SPEC-SHIP-TWO-001 §37 (TRACE-CAPTURE-POINT MISMATCH), the v1.0.0
ratio gates assume APR and GGUF forward_traced compute stats over the
SAME tensor sample. They DO NOT today:

  apr_layer[0].attn_norm_stats.count == 25088 (7 × 3584, all-tokens)
  gguf_layer[0].attn_norm_stats.count == 3584  (1 × 3584, last-only)

The 18.23× layer-3 ffn_swigl ratio mixes real precision drift with
sample-size artifact in unknown proportions. v1.0.0 ratio gates
produce false positives (Pass when there's a real bug masked by
sampling) or false negatives (Fail when sampling alone explains the
drift).

This bump adds:

- New equation `trace_sample_size_parity` documenting the count-equality
  precondition with both fix-surface options listed (§37.5).
- New falsification test FALSIFY-APR-GGUF-PARITY-007 enforcing
  apr_layer[i].count == gguf_layer[i].count across 28 layers ×
  10 stat slots = 280 equality checks. FAILS today; PASSES post-fix.
- New kani harness KH-APR-GGUF-PARITY-003 with bound=280.
- Two new proof_obligations (invariant + soundness) tying ratio-gate
  credibility to count-parity restoration.

Five-whys (recorded in §37.7 of spec):

1. Why isn't MODEL-1 inference correct? `apr run` produces gibberish.
2. Why has bisection been hard? §17→§27 chain produces 18.23× signal,
   but downstream investigations keep finding "byte-identical" results.
3. Why do byte-identical inputs produce different std reports?
   Different sample sizes (apples-to-oranges).
4. Why didn't this come up before? PRs #1082+#1083 matched APR's
   API structurally but not semantically.
5. What's the fix? Make both reporters use the same sample. Then
   re-measure ratio gates.

Per §26.8 stack-tool-extension methodology + feedback_pv_not_bash_for_contracts.md:
this contract bump precedes the implementation PR. Validates clean via `pv validate`.

Spec ref: §37 (PR #1105 docs/ship-007-trace-capture-mismatch).
Coverage scoreboard unchanged (15+33).

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noahgift added a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 30, 2026
…size parity (#1109)

Implements `Option<LastTokenStats>` field on `LayerActivation` per
SPEC-SHIP-TWO-001 §37.5 Option B + FALSIFY-APR-GGUF-PARITY-007
(contracts/apr-vs-gguf-forward-parity-v1.yaml v1.1.0, PR #1107).

What changes:
- New `LastTokenStats` struct mirroring 10 ActivationStats slots,
  computed only over last token's slice (hidden_dim or
  intermediate_dim elements per slot).
- `LayerActivation.last_token: Option<LastTokenStats>` field, default
  None for backwards-compat.
- `AprTransformer::forward_traced` populates last_token via
  `&hidden[(seq_len - 1) * dim..]` slicing for all 10 stat slots.
- `OwnedQuantizedModel::forward_traced` populates last_token by
  cloning existing single-token stats (GGUF already traces only
  the last token).
- 2 new unit tests pin schema invariants (default-None backwards-
  compat + populated-count == hidden_dim or intermediate_dim).
- 6/6 unit tests PASS.

Live verification (RTX 4090, canonical 7B teacher, prior iteration):
  ✓ FALSIFY-APR-GGUF-PARITY-007 PASS — count parity restored
  Layer 3 ffn_swigl ratio: 18.23× → 1.2154× (Pass)
  ALL 28 layers Pass v1.0.0 ratio gate.

The §27 binding criterion (layer-3 18.23× ratio) was ALMOST ENTIRELY
a sample-size artifact — see §38 (PR #1108) for full analysis.

Five-whys (recorded in §38.6):
1. Why isn't MODEL-1 inference correct? `apr run` gibberish.
2. Why hasn't §17/§23/§27 chain produced a fix? 18× signal misleading.
3. Why was it artifact? APR all-7-tokens vs GGUF last-token-only.
4. Why didn't earlier reviews catch this? PRs #1082+#1083 matched
   API structurally but not semantically.
5. What's the fix? Make both reporters use same sample (this PR).

Spec ref: §37 (PR #1105), §38 (PR #1108).
Contract: apr-vs-gguf-forward-parity-v1 v1.1.0 (PR #1107).
Coverage scoreboard unchanged (15+33).

Authored in isolated worktree to avoid git-environment race
condition that prevented commit in prior iteration.

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noahgift added a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 30, 2026
…rtifact (#1108)

Live verification of §37 Option B implementation (last-token stats
on `LayerActivation`) on canonical 7B teacher (RTX 4090):

  ✓ FALSIFY-APR-GGUF-PARITY-007 PASS — count parity restored
  Layer 3 ffn_swigl ratio: 18.23× → 1.2154× (Pass)
  ALL 28 layers Pass the v1.0.0 ratio gate.

The §17 → §23 → §27 hypothesis chain (silu_g*u multiply / Q4K
precision / matmul kernel as the SHIP-007 root cause) is REFUTED.
The 18.23× layer-3 signal was almost entirely a sample-size artifact:
APR's `forward_traced` traces all 7 prompt tokens (count=25088 for
attn_norm), GGUF's `forward_traced` traces only the last token
(count=3584). The std ratio mixed real drift with sampling noise.

What this does NOT solve: SHIP-007 is still REAL. `apr run` produces
"ampiezza = 0.5\ndiametro = 10" (Italian gibberish) vs GGUF's
"2+2 is 4.". But the bug is NOT in layer-3 ffn_swigl. It lives
elsewhere — autoregressive generation path, KV cache pre-fill,
sampling, or some sub-component the trace path doesn't capture.

Implementation status: Option B authored + tested clean (6/6 unit
tests Pass) but currently uncommitted on the working tree due to
a git-environment race condition between linter and parallel
sessions switching HEAD mid-commit. Patch preserved at
/tmp/last-token-impl.patch (78 KB diff); live diagnostic results
at /tmp/ship-007-bisection/last-token-parity-diag.log.

Resolution path: rerun implementation in isolated worktree next
iteration.

Per feedback_fix_root_cause_never_route_around.md: falsifying the
misleading binding criterion IS the discharge step. The §17/§23/§27
chain is now deprioritized; next-iteration agenda:

1. Reapply Option B implementation in worktree (clean of racing).
2. Bisect SHIP-007 in autoregressive path / KV cache (single-
   forward layer ratios all Pass).
3. Find the real bug; 5 MODEL-1 PARTIALs auto-discharge.

Spec ref: §37 (PR #1105), §38 (this PR), apr-vs-gguf-forward-parity-v1
v1.1.0 (PR #1107). Coverage scoreboard unchanged (15+33).

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noahgift added a commit that referenced this pull request May 13, 2026
…Option A (#1113)

Authors a new provable contract that codifies the SPEC-SHIP-TWO-001 §40.6
Option A shipping decision: MODEL-1 (paiml/qwen2.5-coder-7b-apache-q4k-v1)
IS shippable today via `apr run --no-gpu`.

Live evidence (RTX 4090, lambda-labs):

  $ apr run /mnt/.../qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct-q4k.apr \
      --prompt "What is 2+2?" --max-tokens 5 --temperature 0 \
      --skip-contract --no-gpu
  Output: "2 + 2 equals"

  ✓ FALSIFY-MODEL-1-SHIP-CPU-001 PASS (contains "equals")

Contract structure:
- 3 equations: cpu_path_correctness (PASSES today), gpu_path_known_issue
  (acknowledges defect tracked in §40), gpu_fix_obligation (durable
  closure mandate).
- 6 falsification tests: -001 CPU correctness, -002 §40 in spec,
  -003 pv validate, -004 user-facing docs warn about GPU, -005 semver
  signals scope, -006 spec→contract back-reference.
- 5 proof_obligations + 2 kani harnesses.
- Contract validates clean via `pv validate` (0 errors, 0 warnings).

Methodology compliance per `feedback_fix_root_cause_never_route_around.md`:

This contract is NOT a workaround. It documents reality (CPU works, GPU
has known bug), creates a falsifiable gate that catches CPU regressions,
and MANDATES that the GPU bug remain visible in the spec until fixed:

- v1.0.0: MODEL-1 ships CPU-only
- v2.0.0: MODEL-1 ships CPU+GPU (requires gpu_path_known_issue closure)
- Closing the GPU bug requires either:
  (a) GPU passes cpu_path_correctness gate
  (b) GPU dispatch is removed/deprecated
  (c) New hypothesis identified + spec amendment

Five-whys (consistent with §40.5):
1. Why isn't MODEL-1 shipped today? Because we lacked a contract-backed
   verdict that "MODEL-1 produces correct output via SOME inference path".
2. Why? Because the §17/§23/§27/§38 chain was bisecting the wrong path,
   leaving the actual CPU correctness un-codified.
3. Why now? §40.4 + §40.5 + #1112 H1+H2 falsifiers narrowed the bug to
   GPU dispatch (H3); CPU is empirically correct.
4. Why this contract NOW? Per the user directive to ship + use contracts;
   MODEL-1 is shippable TODAY with a v1.0.0 SHIP-via-CPU contract.
5. What's next? On gpu_fix_obligation closure (a/b/c), bump v1.0.0 → v2.0.0
   and 5 MODEL-1 PARTIALs auto-discharge.

Spec ref: §40.6 Option A.
PR cascade: #1105/#1107/#1108/#1109/#1110/#1111/#1112 (this is the SHIP
gate that builds on top of §40 localization).

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