solve_combined_rate(CombinedRateProblem) -> int | Refusal over effective_rate = rate_a +/- rate_b.
effective_rate query returns the net (even <=0); quantity/time queries need a positive net rate
(non_positive_net_rate) and exact division (non_integer_solution). Pure integer arithmetic, no
float/Fraction (CMB v1 crosses no units). Off-serving. Graded by a new run_solver lane in
evals/combined_rate_oracle against the committed gold.
Adversarial 5-lens(+adjudicator) verification returned fix_first; both real hazards fixed:
- wrong=0 breach: negative known-slot inputs (time<0/quantity<0) bypassed the eff<=0 guard and
produced negative answers. FIXED UPSTREAM in model.py __post_init__ — rate_a/rate_b and the known
time/quantity are now positive ints, so the illegal state is unrepresentable and the solver can
never receive a negative-yielding path. Added model + gold (cmb-07d eff<0/time) + lane coverage.
- doc overclaim: the solver lane does NOT grade 'two independent paths' (both solver and the
oracle's _canonical_outcome delegate to model.effective_rate). Corrected both docstrings to name
the true anchor (committed gold + inline-computed literal tests) and added a difference-mode
inline-computed test.
R3-vac came back SOLID (separate PR). gold 18/18 (6/5/7); solver lane 6/0 + 5/0; 36 CMB tests;
router-hygiene + serving unchanged.
The 2026-06-08 practice-attempts/servability-blade session note under-referenced the substrate
that already ships the serving half of its design. Doctrine ('wrong=0 = no false presentation of
epistemic status') stands; the build plan must reuse existing organs, not fork parallel ones.
Adds a binding Amendment + reframes sequencing:
- ServabilityDecision/ServabilityBlade => advance ADR-0206 core/response_governance/ (ReachPolicy /
govern_response / shape_surface, ReachLevel STRICT<APPROXIMATE<EXTRAPOLATE<CREATIVE, gated STRICT,
already disclosing [approximate]) — NOT a new object.
- the epistemic_state Literal => reuse core.epistemic_state.EpistemicState (ratified taxonomy), not
a smaller renamed enum.
- ProblemAttemptSession => extend core/comprehension_attempt/, don't fork.
- first activation = produce reserved VERIFIED via canonical comparison (scoping doc already exists),
consume through govern_response/shape_surface, prove on the yardstick, one state at a time.
Preserves the research trail (amendment, not rewrite). Docs only.
Closes the sibling vacuity CMB-a surfaced: R3's evals/rate_oracle solver_refuses branch
accepted any fixture labelled non_integer_solution without checking the arithmetic, and the
solved branch never recomputed the gold. A curator could certify an arithmetically-impossible
refusal or a wrong gold (with a self-consistent answer key) as valid — the 'obligation that
can't meaningfully fail = decoration' case CLAUDE.md forbids.
Adds _canonical_outcome (independent reimplementation of the single-rate algebra WITH R3.2
conversion — NOT a call to generate.rate_comprehension.solver, which would be circular). The
validator now cross-checks every solved gold (== computed) and every solver_refuses reason
(genuine) against it, with dedicated meaningful-fail tests anchored on hand-written literals.
Also removes the dead determinism self-comparison.
R3 gold stays 13/13 valid (7/2/4); reader 9/0/4 unchanged; 26 oracle/reader tests pass.
Off-serving; serving + other organs untouched.
Records the wrong=0 refinement reached in discussion: wrong=0 is not a binary
answer/refuse gate but 'no false presentation of epistemic status'. Practice/
contemplation may explore typed, isolated candidate guesses; served output needs
a servability blade with more modes than verified|refuse. Proposes
ProblemAttemptSession (PRA) and ServabilityDecision (SRV), sequenced PRA -> REL ->
SRV, and traces the idea to the R1/R2/R3/CMB reader trajectory. Session doc, not
an ADR yet.
First rung of the combined-rate ladder, off-serving (imports no generate.derivation /
core.reliability_gate). Claims exactly: the combined-rate setup ruler is defined and
gold-valid. No reader/solver/wiring yet — no capability claim.
- generate/combined_rate_comprehension/: local RateUnit (decoupled from R3), CombinedRateProblem
(two-explicit-rates + per-query-slot guard; effective_rate = rate_a +/- rate_b; non-positive net
left to the solver, not the model).
- evals/combined_rate_oracle/: span-free signature (sum commutative / difference ordered) + a
NON-VACUOUS validator. 17 gold fixtures: 6 solved (full combine_mode x query grid), 4
solver_refuses, 7 reader_refuses (the complete refusal taxonomy + the 2x2 domain-entry grid).
Adversarial 5-lens verification returned fix_first; the validator now cross-checks every solved
gold and solver_refuses reason against the canonical arithmetic (_canonical_outcome) so a
mislabelled / arithmetically-impossible fixture is rejected (meaningful-fail per CLAUDE.md), with
dedicated tests. Added eff<0 and eff=0/time coverage fixtures; removed a dead determinism guard.
gold 17/17 valid; 25 oracle tests; R1/R2/R3 + router-hygiene + serving all unchanged.
Doc: docs/analysis/cmb-a-combined-rate-ruler-2026-06-08.md
Consolidation/true-up after #646-#648. Records the off-serving comprehension
system as one ledger: R1 relational arithmetic, R2 finite-integer constraints,
R3 explicit single-rate + exact minute/hour conversion, the router/contemplation/
proposal loop, the proposal-review reporter, idle_tick read-only visibility, and
the standing router-organ-hygiene invariant. Pins the whole-system lane state
(answer_wrong==0 everywhere) and the off-serving import-disjointness guarantee.
Also fixes a documentation-integrity defect the R2 batch introduced: the R2 ADR
took number 0211, which collided with ADR-0211 (Conformal Falsification Bench,
2026-06-06 — earlier, test-pinned, depended on by ADR-0216). The conformal ADR
keeps 0211; the R2 ADR is renumbered to the next free number 0217. Ratified
decision content unchanged; only the identifier and references move.
Option A (text-faithful): RateProblem gains time_unit (the duration's ORIGINAL unit; time stays int; defaults to the rate denominator). The SOLVER converts via convert_time -> exact Fraction -> int-or-refuse(non_integer); Fraction never leaves the solver, no floats. The reader accepts a convertible (minute<->hour) duration mismatch (keeps original time_unit); a non-convertible one still refuses rate_unit_mismatch. Signature includes time_unit ('30 minutes' != '30 hours').
Gold: r3-09 flips reader_refuses -> SOLVED (60 mph for 30 min = 30 mile, exact 1/2 hour; distractor 1800 rejected); new r3-13 non-convertible (3 gallons) stays rate_unit_mismatch. R3 gold 13/13; reader 9/0/0 -> answers 7/0/6 (setup_correct 8->9). Failure-family: rate_unit_mismatch now non-convertible-only -> still unsupported_rate_duration proposal surface; router-hygiene invariant stays green; R1 7/0/3, R2 10/0/0 unchanged. 119-test smoke green incl. invariants. Off-serving, no float path.
generate/rate_comprehension/conversion.py: convert_time(value, from_unit, to_unit) -> Fraction for known time units (minute<->hour), exact rational (fractions.Fraction), NO floats. is_convertible gates it. 30 minute -> Fraction(1,2) hour; non-time/non-convertible (minute<->mile, dollar<->hour) raises ConversionError so the caller still refuses rate_unit_mismatch. Tiny: only minute<->hour in v1 (length/currency/compound deferred). 6 tests incl. never-a-float guard.
No organ may claim a substantive boundary on text outside its domain — on every OTHER organ's gold, a refusal must map to the non-substantive input_shape family (not-my-domain), never a substantive boundary/growth surface. This is what lets one organ suppress another's legitimate proposal via boundary-first (caught at N6, R3e, R3.1). MUST-PASS gate before any new organ joins route_setup. Currently green for R1/R2/R3. + standing-rule doc.
classify_r3 normalizes the rate reader into a ComprehensionAttempt; route_setup now tries R1/R2/R3 (same exactly-one-setup_correct rule); the pass manager solves+verifies a routed r3_rate setup (solve_rate + reused answer-choice verifier); unsupported_temporal_state dropped from the unsupported-family set so temporal_state -> REFUSED_KNOWN_BOUNDARY. Organ gains r3_rate.
Terminal matrix (verified): 6 solved->SOLVED_VERIFIED; rate_unit_mismatch+combined_rates->PROPOSAL_EMITTED(unsupported_rate_duration); non_integer/missing_time/temporal->REFUSED_KNOWN_BOUNDARY; exactly 2 proposals (the rate-like gaps only).
REGRESSION CAUGHT+FIXED: R3's reader returned missing_rate (a substantive boundary) on non-rate R2 text, blocking r2-011's legitimate missing_total_count proposal via boundary-first. Fix: missing_rate only when a duration is present; else not_rate_shaped -> input_shape (not-my-domain) — same discipline as the N6 category_pair_not_found fix. r2-011 proposes again; R1/R2 unaffected. R1 7/0/3, 15-case 15/0/0, R2 10/0/0, R3 8/0/0 unchanged; off-serving; 121-test smoke green incl. invariants + idle contract suites.
docs/analysis/r3-rate-inventory-ledger: R3 v1 state (reader 8/0/0 + 4 refused -> answers 6/0/6; gold 12/12), per-fixture table, the compound-unit substrate, covered families + R3.2/R3.3 deferrals.
core/comprehension_attempt/failure_family.py: makes unsupported_rate_duration REACHABLE as a growth surface (proposal_allowed) mapping rate_unit_mismatch + combined_rates — both emitted ONLY after a rate clause is recognized, so always rate-like (anti-over-propose discipline, same as the N6 fix). missing_rate/time/quantity -> rate_underdetermined boundary; temporal_state -> unsupported_temporal_state boundary (clock detector can fire on non-rate text, NOT a safe growth surface); query_target_unrecognized/no_query -> input_shape. Owner gains 'r3'. 107-test smoke green incl. partition + contemplation + invariants; R1 7/0/3 + R2 10/0/3 unchanged; off-serving.
generate/rate_comprehension/solver.py: solve_rate computes the one unknown — quantity=rate×time (always integer), rate=quantity÷time, time=quantity÷rate (exact division or REFUSE non_integer_solution, never rounds). Confirms compound-unit composition via the R3a algebra (defensive; a RateProblem's units compose by construction). answer_unit gives the answer's unit. No floats.
Ties to the gold: solves all 6 solved fixtures to gold; refuses both solver_refuses with non_integer_solution. Meaningful-fail: 100÷3 refuses (not 33), 99÷3=33. Off-serving. 5 tests.
generate/rate_comprehension/units.py: BaseUnit + RateUnit (numerator/denominator) + the three single-rate compositions — rate_times_time (mile/hour × hour = mile; refuses mile/hour × minute), rate_from_quantity_over_time (mile ÷ hour = mile/hour), time_from_quantity_over_rate (mile ÷ mile/hour = hour; refuses dollar ÷ mile/hour). A non-composing op raises UnitError (the wrong=0 dimensional gate), never fabricates a unit.
Deliberately tiny: bare-name units, no generic dimensional universe, no semantic unit-class typing, no unit conversion, no compound-of-compound. Fresh off-serving organ (generate/rate_comprehension/). 10 tests incl. all three refusals + consistent composition.
Pins the boundary: existing idle_tick remains the only idle_tick; proposal review is read-only; NOT L10 always-on heartbeat; does not advance learning; only surfaces review obligations. Documents how IT-b works (gate, sub-pass, failure-isolation, no-did_work) and that R3 (rates/time/state) is next.
core/config.py: review_pending_proposals: bool = False (opt-in, mirrors consolidate_determinations). chat/runtime.py: IdleTickResult gains an additive optional proposal_review field; idle_tick runs a READ-ONLY sub-pass (after consolidation, gated) that surfaces core.proposal_review.idle_summary(). It does NOT set did_work / checkpoint / mutate / ratify / mount / modify readers; a reporter exception is CAPTURED (safe=False, errors=('proposal_review_failed:<type>',)), never propagated.
docs/runtime_contracts.md documents the sub-pass + field (required for runtime-surface changes). Contract tests: default-off -> proposal_review None (existing shape preserved); enabled -> summary surfaced; exception captured not propagated; read-only review never checkpoints; other passes unperturbed. 91-test smoke green incl. architectural invariants + both existing idle contract suites. Existing idle_tick remains the only idle_tick; NOT L10 always-on.
core/proposal_review/summary.py: idle_summary(root=None) -> ProposalReviewIdleSummary composes the landed scan/build_report/dry_check into one JSON-safe primitives-only value (safe, total, review_needed, malformed, by_family tuple-of-pairs, errors). Pure read — no mutation, no clock, no runtime touch. errors carries the dry-check violations (why not safe); IT-b reuses it for a captured reporter exception. 7 tests incl. read-only + deterministic + json-serializable.
Documents the boundary: observes + reports + verifies; never advances teaching / ratifies / mounts / modifies readers / affects serving. ChatRuntime.idle_tick remains the only idle_tick (different stream, different verb). A future PR may call this reporter from idle_tick as a read-only sub-pass. L10-adjacent, NOT L10; the always-on heartbeat remains separate/unbuilt and is not claimed here.
core/proposal_review/safety.py: dry_check INDEPENDENTLY verifies (without trusting the emitter) that every artifact is inert — status==proposal_only, mounted==false, requires_review==true, content-address consistent (filename == sha256(family:problem_text_sha256)), path under the sink, no malformed (unverifiable) file — and that no serving-path module reads the sink. Any failure is a violation.
__main__.py: python -m core.proposal_review [comprehension-failures] [--json] [--root] — read-only report + dry-check; exit 0 iff safe. Mutates nothing. 8 tests, each safety assertion proven meaningful-fail; serving-unconsumed verified on the real tree.
core/proposal_review/report.py: build_report projects scan results into a deterministic summary — total pending, counts by failure_family + by status (sorted), malformed count, review-needed list (sorted by content hash). report_json (sort_keys) + report_text. Deterministic given sink contents; no clock.
Time-based oldest/newest is intentionally OMITTED: the artifacts are content-addressed with no timestamp (the emitter is clock-free for idempotence), so an honest temporal order isn't in the data — only non-deterministic filesystem mtime, which would break report determinism. 5 tests.
core/proposal_review/{model,scan}.py: scan reads teaching/proposals/comprehension_failures/*.json into typed PendingProposal records (path, content_hash, failure_family, status, mounted, requires_review, problem_text_sha256, observed_attempts); any unparseable file becomes a MalformedArtifact (never silently dropped). Pure read — never writes/moves/deletes; deterministic (sorted by path); missing sink -> empty. The sink path is computed independently of the emitter (the reporter verifies the contract, doesn't import the writer).
Read-only reporter, NOT an idle_tick (ChatRuntime.idle_tick stays the only one), NOT L10. 4 tests incl. read-only invariant + malformed flagging.
generate/contemplation/{findings,pass_manager}.py: a single bounded pass — route (N3) -> classify+enrich (N4) -> terminal -> maybe emit proposal-only (N5). No loops/daemon/L10. Seven terminals: SOLVED_VERIFIED / REFUSED_KNOWN_BOUNDARY / REFUSED_UNSUPPORTED_FAMILY / CONTRADICTION_DETECTED / PROPOSAL_EMITTED / AMBIGUOUS_ORGAN / NO_PROGRESS. R2 solved+verified end-to-end; R1 routed setup is SOLVED_VERIFIED (numeric answer stays the eval lane in v0).
Hazard found+fixed: N6 exposed that category_pair_not_found fires on ANY non-R2 text, so mapping it to a growth surface made gibberish falsely PROPOSAL_EMITTED. Reclassified it to input_shape and made missing_category_pair reserved — only the PRECISE missing_total_count/missing_weighted_total remain reachable growth surfaces. Classification is boundary-first (input_shape non-blocking), so a problem one organ recognizes as a substantive boundary never proposes against the other's broad refusal.
Acceptance proven: known correct refusal -> no proposal; unsupported gap -> proposal-only artifact (exactly the 2 missing_* gaps over the gold); answer-key contradiction -> CONTRADICTION_DETECTED; organ conflict -> AMBIGUOUS_ORGAN. 188 tests green incl. architectural invariants; R1 7/0/3 + R2 reader 10/0/0 unchanged; off-serving.
core/comprehension_attempt/proposal.py: emit_proposal writes a content-addressed teaching/proposals/comprehension_failures/<hash>.json ONLY for growth-surface families (proposal_allowed). Deliberately toothless: status always proposal_only, mounted always false, requires_review always true (enforced in __post_init__); the problem text is hashed (sha256), never stored; filename = sha256(family:text_sha) so the same failure is idempotent.
No proposal for a correct wrong=0 boundary. Serving never reads the sink (scanned: generate/stream, field/propagate, vault/store, generate/derivation, core/reliability_gate). Routes through the existing proposal-only flywheel (ADR-0055/0056/0057), never a parallel correction path. README pins the contract. 6 tests.
