# PROGRESS.md — WP31 PRISME phase log

| date | phase | status | commands / evidence | measurements | gate | blockers / next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | 0 env audit | done | `scripts/environment_audit.py --smoke` → `hardware/device_inventory.json`; `scripts/cluster_audit.sh` (read-only SSH) | laptop M5 Max 18c/40 GPU/48 GB, torch 2.15 MPS+CPU smoke OK; 12 LAN nodes reachable incl. 2× M3 Ultra 96 GB, M2 Ultra 64 GB, 3× M4 Max 64 GB | PASS | — |
| 2026-10-29 | 1 literature | done | `literature/papers.bib` (77 verified entries), `comparison_matrix.csv`, `novelty_audit.md` | all 12 mandated refs exist incl. RecurTrace 2609.03379 and ELR 2610.12582; C3 (differential zero-init bypass) judged not novel; C2 novel only in its multi-action+propensity form | PASS | preregistration frozen before any test split is read (see protocol/) |
| 2026-10-29 | 2 backbone + counts | done | `scripts/count_params.py --all-configs --device meta`; `scripts/estimate_flops.py` | backbone counts match brief exactly (99,502,848 / 446,744,064 / 1,149,339,648); workspace 2,631,173 vs brief 3,088,260 (reconciled, D3); ops table reproduces brief within 1.3 % | PASS | — |
| 2026-10-29 | 3 invariants | done | `python -m pytest tests -q` → 22 passed | 15 mandated invariants + controller target-freedom + dense ablation + 5 cache-equivalence tests | PASS | — |
| 2026-10-29 | 4 learnability | running | `training.train_editor --config configs/experiments/p4_tiny_backbone.yaml --device mps` (laptop) | — | — | then editor bootstrap on frozen tiny backbone |
| 2026-10-29 | 8 pilot (Stage A) | running | M3U96a: `pretrain_103m.yaml` (run `pretrain103m_seed01_*`); M3U96b: `pretrain_enlarged_102m.yaml` | 14.8k tok/s, 196.6M tokens planned (~3.7 h each) | — | editor/controller stages after completion |