From 58ebff03c9311669728a049785bd5596711ee10d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:10:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] Pearl's cut reaction feeds the Gadamer docket's
 counterfactual leg (O22)

Reaction::verdict and Measured::counterfactual_verdict map one cut step:
LoadBearing -> Necessary, Inert -> Dispensable, TruthOnly -> NotRun (O23
stays open, never remapped), no cut -> NotRun. The first end-to-end
RevisionVerdict::is_acceptable() over a real replay: only the load-bearing
cut accepts.

Scope: one cut judges one step; a multi-step claim still needs the
claim <-> step map.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs b/crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs
index 5598ddc5d..03d576043 100644
--- a/crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs
+++ b/crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ use lance_graph_contract::epistemic_state5::{
     Certification3, Epi5Declarations, Epi5Gen, Epi5ReadError, EpistemicState5, Topology2,
 };
 use lance_graph_contract::rail_geometry::RailAxis;
+use lance_graph_contract::revision::CounterfactualVerdict;
 
 use crate::chain_counterfactual::{counterfactual_replay, CutContext};
 use crate::chain_replay::ChainStep;
@@ -136,6 +137,26 @@ impl Reaction {
             Reaction::Inert { frequency: f }
         }
     }
+
+    /// The counterfactual verdict this cut supports for the CUT STEP, the
+    /// middle leg of the Gadamer docket (`revision::RevisionVerdict`).
+    ///
+    /// - `LoadBearing` → `Necessary`: removing the step changed the verdict.
+    /// - `Inert` → `Dispensable`: removing it changed nothing.
+    /// - `TruthOnly` → `NotRun`: the truth moved but the verdict did not.
+    ///   How that maps is an open decision (O23); until it is made the docket
+    ///   stays incomplete, so this never reads as `Necessary` or `Dispensable`.
+    ///
+    /// Scope: one cut judges one step. A claim resting on several steps needs
+    /// the claim ↔ step map before a step's verdict becomes the claim's.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn verdict(self) -> CounterfactualVerdict {
+        match self {
+            Reaction::LoadBearing { .. } => CounterfactualVerdict::Necessary,
+            Reaction::Inert { .. } => CounterfactualVerdict::Dispensable,
+            Reaction::TruthOnly { .. } => CounterfactualVerdict::NotRun,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// A counterfactual edit. The base chain is never modified; the operator
@@ -221,6 +242,13 @@ impl Measured {
     pub fn reaction(&self) -> Option<Reaction> {
         self.reaction
     }
+    /// The counterfactual verdict for the cut step: [`Reaction::verdict`],
+    /// or `NotRun` when no cut ran (another operator, or ungrounded).
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn counterfactual_verdict(&self) -> CounterfactualVerdict {
+        self.reaction
+            .map_or(CounterfactualVerdict::NotRun, Reaction::verdict)
+    }
     /// Whether the observational and interventional directions disagree
     /// (`SP` only).
     #[must_use]
@@ -684,6 +712,67 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// O22: the cut's reaction is the docket's counterfactual leg, so an
+    /// eligible revision reaches `is_acceptable()` end to end only when the
+    /// cut step was load-bearing.
+    #[test]
+    fn o22_a_load_bearing_cut_is_the_only_route_to_acceptance() {
+        use lance_graph_contract::revision::{EvidentialEffect, RevisionVerdict};
+        let d = declarations();
+        let rp = Replay::new();
+        let model = with_trial(related_population());
+        let ev = rp.evidence(&model);
+        let e = query(
+            CausalMask::SPO,
+            Certification3::Causes,
+            Topology2::IndirectKnown,
+        );
+        let accept = |m: &Measured| {
+            RevisionVerdict {
+                effect: EvidentialEffect::IncreaseEligible,
+                counterfactual: m.counterfactual_verdict(),
+            }
+            .is_acceptable()
+        };
+
+        // Cutting B → Y changes the verdict: Necessary, acceptable.
+        let (_, m) = step(e, CausalMask::SPO, &ev, Edit::CutStep(1), &d);
+        assert!(matches!(m.reaction(), Some(Reaction::LoadBearing { .. })));
+        assert_eq!(m.counterfactual_verdict(), CounterfactualVerdict::Necessary);
+        assert!(accept(&m));
+
+        // Cutting A → B moves only the truth: undecided (O23), not acceptable.
+        let (_, m) = step(e, CausalMask::SPO, &ev, Edit::CutStep(0), &d);
+        assert!(matches!(m.reaction(), Some(Reaction::TruthOnly { .. })));
+        assert_eq!(m.counterfactual_verdict(), CounterfactualVerdict::NotRun);
+        assert!(!accept(&m));
+
+        // No cut asked for: the attack did not run.
+        let (_, m) = step(e, CausalMask::SPO, &ev, Edit::None, &d);
+        assert!(m.reaction().is_none());
+        assert_eq!(m.counterfactual_verdict(), CounterfactualVerdict::NotRun);
+        assert!(!accept(&m));
+
+        // Another operator ran: no counterfactual verdict.
+        let (_, m) = step(e, CausalMask::PO, &ev, Edit::None, &d);
+        assert_eq!(m.counterfactual_verdict(), CounterfactualVerdict::NotRun);
+        assert!(!accept(&m));
+    }
+
+    /// O22: an inert cut makes the step dispensable, which never accepts.
+    #[test]
+    fn o22_an_inert_cut_is_dispensable() {
+        use lance_graph_contract::revision::{EvidentialEffect, RevisionVerdict};
+        let r = Reaction::classify(false, (180, 200), (180, 200));
+        assert_eq!(r, Reaction::Inert { frequency: 180 });
+        assert_eq!(r.verdict(), CounterfactualVerdict::Dispensable);
+        assert!(!RevisionVerdict {
+            effect: EvidentialEffect::IncreaseEligible,
+            counterfactual: r.verdict(),
+        }
+        .is_acceptable());
+    }
+
     /// F1. Observation alone never reaches `Causes`, even when the sealed
     /// model also holds a positive trial the SO operator could have read.
     #[test]

From 7514d7d95ca2222e965a8eef19a82b0b29caed1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:14:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Pin R1: goal revision is refused inside CognitiveWork
 (N9)

The Rubicon DAG already enforces it: CognitiveWork's only successor is
Evaluation, so revise() and every revision verdict route to None there,
while Evaluation -> Plan -> Planning reopens the goal. The test makes the
invariant fail loudly if a Plan exit is ever added to CognitiveWork.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 crates/lance-graph-contract/src/kanban.rs | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/lance-graph-contract/src/kanban.rs b/crates/lance-graph-contract/src/kanban.rs
index 436f32030..87b36722b 100644
--- a/crates/lance-graph-contract/src/kanban.rs
+++ b/crates/lance-graph-contract/src/kanban.rs
@@ -422,6 +422,34 @@ const _: () = assert!(core::mem::size_of::<KanbanMove>() <= 16);
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::revision::CounterfactualVerdict;
+
+    /// R1 (entry 2026-10-14-revision-layer-invariants §3): a goal is revised
+    /// only outside `CognitiveWork`, where the intention is shielded. Revision
+    /// from `CognitiveWork` is refused whatever the verdict; `Evaluation`
+    /// reopens the goal through `Plan → Planning`.
+    #[test]
+    fn r1_goal_revision_is_refused_inside_cognitive_work() {
+        use KanbanColumn::*;
+        assert_eq!(CognitiveWork.revise(), None);
+        for effect in [
+            EvidentialEffect::NoIncrease,
+            EvidentialEffect::IncreaseEligible,
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                CognitiveWork.advance_on_revision(RevisionVerdict::unadjudicated(effect)),
+                None,
+                "{effect:?} must not revise inside CognitiveWork"
+            );
+        }
+        // Silence twin: the same revision IS admitted pre- and post-action.
+        assert_eq!(Evaluation.revise(), Some(Plan));
+        assert_eq!(Plan.advance(), Some(Planning));
+        assert_eq!(
+            Evaluation
+                .advance_on_revision(RevisionVerdict::unadjudicated(EvidentialEffect::NoIncrease)),
+            Some(Plan)
+        );
+    }
     /// `Plan` was DECLARED with semantics and structurally unreachable: from
     /// `Evaluation`, `advance()` takes the first non-`Prune` (always `Commit`)
     /// and `veto()` takes `Prune`. This is the route that closes

From 2683de68d7764ac16179dfd4b6a84182c6ac1588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:17:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Ledger correction: CE64 is one wire contract; arc and
 STATUS for #1494-#1504

Operator rulings 2026-10-15: CE64 header bits mean the same everywhere (K1
per-class readings withdrawn); 40..42 = Pearl method, 50..52 = the
plasticity ladder (the Maslov pyramid), 59..63 = licence; O25 is a defect
with a known fix over temporal.rs coordinates; N15 wires Pearl, Wang NAL
S-P and the other families as views on the one wire.

Records O22 and R1 as done, O20 and N10 as closed on main, O26 as dead
code behind a non-compiling wip feature. Adds the 11 missing arc entries
from the merged PR bodies, STATUS rows for D-RESIDUE-FP-0 /
D-MATURATION3-0/-1, and moves D-HL-0 / D-NALP-0 to Shipped (#1496).

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 .claude/board/AGENT_LOG.md                    |  6 ++
 .claude/board/PR_ARC_INVENTORY.md             | 77 ++++++++++++++++
 .claude/board/STATUS_BOARD.md                 | 14 ++-
 ...6-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md | 27 ++++++
 .claude/board/entries/README.md               |  3 +-
 .../knowledge/maslov-pyramid-of-cognition.md  |  5 +-
 .../LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md           | 92 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 219 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md
 create mode 100644 .claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md

diff --git a/.claude/board/AGENT_LOG.md b/.claude/board/AGENT_LOG.md
index c934024c3..f88d1413e 100644
--- a/.claude/board/AGENT_LOG.md
+++ b/.claude/board/AGENT_LOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 2026-10-15 — ledger-correction batch: two Haiku harvest runs
+
+- Card `harvest-scout` over ndarray `src/hpc/*cascade*` + blackboard (O20): hits at `cascade.rs:270-276`, `:813`, blackboard `:84-90` read and confirmed; 0 wrong, 0 missed. Earlier in the session the doc scout returned counts without hits (one miss on that kind of task).
+- General-purpose on Haiku, PR bodies #1494–#1504 verbatim (N3): 11/11 fetched; merge SHAs absent from the fetch and taken from `git log`; 2 deletions counts missing. Bodies used as written; 0 wrong.
+- Cost: about 338k and 425k subagent tokens. No conclusion came from a card.
+
 ## 2026-10-14 — D-MTP-0 harvest: six substrate-mapper runs, one reply each
 
 - Card `substrate-mapper` (run as a general-purpose agent with the card pasted; the card is not registered in this session), six units: `hyperon-atom`, `hyperon-space`, the minimal-MeTTa interpreter, the grounded stdlib, lance-graph `nal`/`r2il`/`relalg`, `quack`.
diff --git a/.claude/board/PR_ARC_INVENTORY.md b/.claude/board/PR_ARC_INVENTORY.md
index f76fc2981..d48e36a6b 100644
--- a/.claude/board/PR_ARC_INVENTORY.md
+++ b/.claude/board/PR_ARC_INVENTORY.md
@@ -174,6 +174,83 @@
 - **Confidence:** high for the flags; the CI regression is the caveat above.
 - **Correction (2026-10-13, from the full PR body and commit `12cdfde`):** the PR body's "every workflow sets `RUSTFLAGS` with an explicit `-C target-cpu=x86-64-v3`" was false: `dir-sim-persist.yml` and `identity.yml` set none, and that is where the SIGILL appeared. The wheel pin is not in the body; it came in the second commit `12cdfde` (Codex P1 on `make publish`), as did replacing the global Docker `ENV RUSTFLAGS` with `config-v3.toml` / `CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_RUSTFLAGS` so arm64 builds are untouched (Codex P2). Not recorded before: the two thinking-engine images had been building at generic x86-64 (SSE2) and now build at v3.
 
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1504 (merged `c853cffa`, branch `ccr-9f3b8075-74u47l`, 12 commits) — D-CMH-1: class-qualified methods compile into Quack algebra, with no Rust per method
+
+- **Added:** `glove-parity/src/method.rs` (`MethodSpec`, `Glove`, `MethodTable`, `PreparedMethod`, `GroupSum`, `Law::NarsRevision`, `SchemaSeal` / `ReadingId` / `Universe`), `glove-parity/src/call.rs` (`resolve_call`), `examples/method_cost.rs`; R2IL `select_u32` + `count`; `POP_COUNT` / `SUM` / `GROUP_SUM` / `KEEP` read a resident plane as their mask. No new mask-risc or R2IL op.
+- **Locked:** a prepared method's `programs()` equals `lower(direct query)`; Quack, R2IL and a row loop agree at n ∈ {1, 64, 65, 4097}; `NarsRevision` matches OpenNARS's three reference revisions; repeated stamps leave truth unchanged. Cost on 1,048,576 rows (v3): method warm call 600 µs vs direct Quack 599 µs vs scalar loop 366 µs.
+- **Deferred / open:** `FirstOfRun` over an ordered key; retraction by semijoin (typed insufficiency today); three-valued conditions; method-key mint in OGAR (#357); compute-DAG at 256 positions (done in #1506); a fused filter + fold terminal.
+- **Confidence:** high; 13 disable runs red. Board entry `2026-10-12-class-method-polyfill-ledger.md`.
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1501 (merged `ec3fee7d`, branch `docs/class-method-hotplug-activation-rfc`, 7 commits) — docs: class-method HotPlug activation across Quack and R2IL (D-CMH-0)
+
+- **Added:** plans `class-method-schema-hotplug-v1.md` (D-CMH-0..12) and `class-method-hotplug-falsifiers-v1.md` (CMH-P01..P24); knowledge `class-method-hotplug-existing-contracts.md`; board entry D-CMH-0.
+- **Locked:** `ogar-loco::Inventory`, `VecInventory::push_keyed` and `Interpreter::with_inventory` already exist; the gap is their link to OGAR `MethodDecl`, Quack bindings and R2IL procedures. OGAR stays the only DO authority; one `mask-risc → ndarray` executor.
+- **Deferred / open:** where the `PreparedClass` sidecar lives (not in `lance-graph-contract`); implementation went to #1504.
+- **Confidence:** n/a (docs; no tests run).
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1499 (merged `060e8e63`, branch `docs/ce64-nars-evidence-primary-excerpts-20261012`, 2 commits) — docs: NARS internal evidence, fission and snapshot excerpts (follow-up #1496)
+
+- **Added:** `.arxiv/2026-10_nars_self_epistemic_needs_evidence_primary_excerpts.md` (Wang, Li & Hammer 2018; Jøsang 2007; Goertzel 2021) and a board entry.
+- **Locked:** nothing; five proposed red tests (same observation in two layers must not raise confidence; contributor removal; separate source / derivation / attention roles; version-k fold replays during k+1 append; appraisal ablation never rewrites truth).
+- **Deferred / open:** all five tests unrun.
+- **Confidence:** n/a (docs).
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1500 (merged `f746e634`, branch `docs/rubicon-gollwitzer-volition-research-20261012`, 3 commits) — docs: Rubicon volition source excerpts and falsifiable agent mapping (D-RV-0..9)
+
+- **Added:** `.arxiv/2026-10_rubicon_gollwitzer_volition_source_excerpts.md` (9 sources) and plan `rubicon-volition-v1.md` (D-RV-0..9).
+- **Locked:** NARS and CE64 evidence never become desire or action authority; bits 59..63 are not reassigned to volition.
+- **Deferred / open:** the A–E falsifier (deliberate each step / committed goal / + if-then / + counterfactual revision and disengagement / + mental contrasting) unrun; OGAR ActionDef / ONA / RIG mapping pending a source census.
+- **Confidence:** n/a (docs).
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1498 (merged `c73acbc2`, branch `docs/hyperon-metta-to-lg-parity-20261012`, 3 commits) — docs: Hyperon/MeTTa → lance-graph semantic projection and fold parity
+
+- **Added:** `.arxiv/2026-10_hyperon_metta_to_lance_graph_parity_map.md` (HY-Q01..15, candidate lowering matrix) and a board entry.
+- **Locked:** a row mask representing two matching rows is not equivalent to `b4_nondeterm.metta`'s four alternatives; a column SUM does not prove a metagraph fold law.
+- **Deferred / open:** upstream interpreters not run; later taken up as D-MTP (#1553).
+- **Confidence:** n/a (docs).
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1497 (merged `e323b918`, branch `docs/opencog-pln-shannon-entropy-research-20261012`, 3 commits) — docs: OpenCog PLN × Shannon attention research map and falsifiers
+
+- **Added:** `.arxiv/2026-10_opencog_pln_shannon_attention_research_map.md` (OC-Q01..13) and a board entry.
+- **Locked:** NARS frequency and PLN strength are not silently read as calibrated probabilities; PLN priority, ECAN and Staunen/Moore are three mechanisms.
+- **Deferred / open:** the scheduler swap (FIFO / confidence / naive Shannon / EIG / Moore-Staunen at fixed rules and budget) unrun.
+- **Confidence:** n/a (docs).
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1503 (merged `60255ec6`, branch `ccr-0455e606-wmtsor`, 1 commit) — dir-sim: membership path witness and role evidence before/after
+
+- **Added:** `membership_path` / `membership_path_through` → `MembershipPath` (BFS, shortest chain, lowest ordinal on ties); `GroupRoles::role_evidence` → `Held` / `NotHeld` / `Undetermined { unread }` / `NotDeclared`; `RoleImpact::between`. Identity CI runs dir-sim with `--features rbac`.
+- **Locked:** each version is decided on its own, so an alternative chain is not a loss; `is_lost` / `is_gained` need a known `NotHeld` on the other side; roles come only from read, declared grants.
+- **Deferred / open:** which policy version granted a role; device memberships; proposal export.
+- **Confidence:** high; 11 tests, 7 disable runs red.
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1502 (merged `40409589`, branch `ccr-0455e606-wmtsor`, 4 commits) — docs: policy baseline plan (GPO, Intune, Linux) and visualization prompts (D-PBL-0..7)
+
+- **Added:** plan `policy-baseline-integration-v1.md` (D-PBL-0..7: configured / assigned / observed kept apart; read-only encoders in `ogar-ad` / `ogar-az`; GPO↔CSP mapping read as data) and `visualization-prompts-v1`.
+- **Locked:** GPO has no central observed state, so a GPO column never shows drift.
+- **Deferred / open:** everything past D-PBL-0 waits on the operator (setting key, home crate, Linux source).
+- **Confidence:** n/a (docs).
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1496 (merged `349e63af`, branch `ccr-9f3b8075-74u47l`, 9 commits) — docs: CE64 hypothesis-layers plateau, plans D-HL-0..10 and D-NALP-0..11, research map
+
+- **Added:** `.claude/knowledge/ce64-reasoning-substrate-plateau.md`, plans `ce64-hypothesis-layers-v1.md` (D-HL-0..10) and `nal-polyfill-v1.md` (D-NALP-0..11), `.arxiv/2026-10_ce64_hypothesis_layers_research_map.md`, board rows.
+- **Locked:** no stored bit changes meaning; 8 design-vs-code disagreements recorded, each with the decision it needs (bits 46..49 opcode vs activation; 50..52 plasticity; 10 rung lanes, not 64; overlay rows discarded, not persisted).
+- **Deferred / open:** D-HL-1 operator decisions; per-class reading of 40..63 (H-1) — withdrawn 2026-10-15 by the wire-contract ruling (`entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md`).
+- **Confidence:** n/a (docs).
+
+## 2026-10-12 — lance-graph PR #1495 (merged `43000203`, branch `ccr-9f3b8075-74u47l`, 6 commits) — NAL-1..9 × 34 recipes audit: MCP receipt probe, revision laws against OpenNARS (D-NAL-MCP-0, D-NAL-REV-0)
+
+- **Added:** `planner/tests/mcp_receipt_probe.rs`, `planner/tests/nal_revision_oracle.rs`, `.claude/knowledge/nal-recipe-audit/` (34-row recipe table, 115-row NAL inventory, schedule-depth scan, Narsese fixture, Java runner).
+- **Locked:** MCP (recipe 10) cannot tell a calibrated past from an overconfident one (`wave_dispatch.rs` discards `run_recipes`); revision paths A/C/D/E match 3/3 OpenNARS points, B1 (replay) 0/3, B16 2/3, `grammar::revise_truth` 0/3; 64 of 256 masks schedule at depth 2.
+- **Deferred / open:** D-NAL-RCPT-1 (a receipt a recipe can read), design only.
+- **Confidence:** high; 8 disable runs red.
+
+## 2026-10-11 — lance-graph PR #1494 (merged `3f8d13c4`, branch `ccr-b2e415d9-4jfvyk`, 8 commits) — planner: residue fixed point + Maslov Pyramid of Cognition probe (D-RESIDUE-FP-0, D-MATURATION3-0)
+
+- **Added:** `planner/tests/residue_fixed_point.rs`, `planner/tests/maturation_ladder.rs`, `.claude/knowledge/maslov-pyramid-of-cognition.md`, two board entries. No production code.
+- **Locked:** `pearl::hydrate` reaches a fixed point (extra passes bit-identical; only bits 59..60 change); derived relations carry their parents' root union and add none; two paths from one observation count 2, not 4; cycles cannot ground themselves; `mature` 1.99–2.83 ns median, 0 allocations.
+- **Deferred / open:** production feedback needs D2 provenance ids; recipe-output → stage mapping; the stage reading of bits 50..52 (ruled 2026-10-15: the pyramid IS the plasticity ladder, pending a global version gate).
+- **Confidence:** high; 14 disable runs red (2 residue, 12 maturation).
+
 ## 2026-10-09 — lance-graph PR #1432 (merged `d29d0aa`, branch `ccr-edc85bd9-89tiwe`, head `669fc42`, 7 commits) — D-SCF-CARE-PAIR-0: crossing counterfactuals, pairwise nogoods, folded chain relations
 
 - **Added:** `cognitive-shader-driver/examples/crossword_crossing_care_probe.rs` (`test = true`; 10 tests) over the unchanged `shared/crossword_core.rs`: letter support, single- and two-crossing counterfactuals, pairwise nogoods, existential elimination of internal slots into a canonical reusable 31×31 count relation.
diff --git a/.claude/board/STATUS_BOARD.md b/.claude/board/STATUS_BOARD.md
index bd0c62540..794d0326d 100644
--- a/.claude/board/STATUS_BOARD.md
+++ b/.claude/board/STATUS_BOARD.md
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Plan: `.claude/plans/nal-polyfill-v1.md`. Template: D-SQLP. No opcode, tenant or
 
 | D-id | scope | status | gate / falsifier |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| **D-NALP-0** | Plan, board rows | In PR | docs only |
+| **D-NALP-0** | Plan, board rows | Shipped (#1496) | docs only |
 | **D-NALP-1** | Statement layout + declared ClassView reading; additive `WideFieldMask` projection path on `ClassView`; binder's mask; term width decision | Partial: #1525 merged `08635ed` (NodeGuid reading `nal-statement-v1`, term width u16, aperture selection); ClassView wide projection and binder mask Queued | only the mask's lanes are read; undeclared reading and masked-out field refuse; Small = Wide answers |
 | **D-NALP-2** | Query procedures: select, truth threshold, choice by confidence, support count | Shipped #1525 `08635ed` (`crates/lance-graph-nal`: NodeGuid key, byte apertures; 7 oracle tests, 7 disable runs red; 19–248 ns at 1,048,576 rows); support count and argmax not built | equal to a row-at-a-time oracle; one-pattern threshold disable red; no new opcode |
 | **D-NALP-3** | Revision as `GroupCrossPowerSumsI32` over stored `w`/`f` | Shipped #1538 `4ceaab3` (`nal::Revision`, key = evidence class from the stamps; refuses overlap and missing provenance; 11 tests, 7 disable runs red; ONA's mid-fold saturation is a documented divergence, the fold keeps the exact sum) | equal to exact integer revision; OpenNARS revision points; duplicate evidence counts once |
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Plan: `.claude/plans/ce64-hypothesis-layers-v1.md`. Plateau: `.claude/knowledge/
 
 | D-id | scope | status | gate / falsifier |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| **D-HL-0** | Plateau, plan, research map, board entry | In PR | docs only; every claim cites a file or entry |
+| **D-HL-0** | Plateau, plan, research map, board entry | Shipped (#1496) | docs only; every claim cites a file or entry |
 | **D-HL-1** | Decisions O1 (46..49), O2 (50..52), O3 (W), O5 (lane budget), O6 (what persists) | Queued (operator) | stored-meaning changes ship behind a version gate |
 | **D-HL-2** | Merge-on-read vs in-place revision | Queued | merge-on-read within 1 code of exact on every cell where in-place is not; ≥ 1 cell differs by ≥ 2 codes |
 | **D-HL-3** | Per-delta evidential base as the independence test (layer ≠ source) | Queued | sd ratio within 10 % of 1.0 on all four cases, incl. a cross-layer duplicate (counts once) and two independents in one layer (count twice); a layer-keyed rule must fail those two |
@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@ Plan: `.claude/plans/policy-baseline-integration-v1.md`.
 | **D-PBL-6** | Console projection; empty where no source | Queued | each cell names its source |
 | **D-PBL-7** | Linux source | Parked (D-PBL-0) | — |
 
+## D-RESIDUE-FP / D-MATURATION3 — hydrate fixed point and the Maslov pyramid (2026-10-11)
+
+Knowledge: `.claude/knowledge/maslov-pyramid-of-cognition.md`. Test-only (#1494).
+
+| D-id | scope | status | gate / falsifier |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **D-RESIDUE-FP-0** | `planner/tests/residue_fixed_point.rs`: production `pearl::hydrate` to a fixed point | Shipped (#1494) | extra passes bit-identical; only bits 59..60 change; 2 disable runs red |
+| **D-MATURATION3-0** | `planner/tests/maturation_ladder.rs`: stages 7..0, feedback, ablation, no self-support | Shipped (#1494) | 12 disable runs red; the stage reading of 50..52 is test-local |
+| **D-MATURATION3-1** | The pyramid as the plasticity ladder in bits 50..52, one global meaning | Queued (operator) | needs a global version gate for old codes; `learn`, `MooreNars16` and `CausalEdgeV3` byte 3 move in lockstep |
+
 ## D-NAL — NAL-1..9 × 34 recipes against OpenNARS and ONA (2026-10-11)
 
 Audit: `.claude/knowledge/nal-recipe-audit/README.md`. Entry:
diff --git a/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md b/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a7b982e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# 2026-10-15 — Ledger correction: CE64 is one wire contract; first counterfactual verdict
+
+**Status:** DECISION (operator rulings R-a..R-e) + TEST-PINNED (O22, R1).
+
+`.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md` corrects
+the 2026-10-14 ledger revision.
+
+- **DECISION:** CausalEdge64 is a global wire format and ISA register; every
+  header bit means the same thing everywhere. K1 (per-class readings of
+  40..63) is withdrawn. Bits 40..42 = method (Pearl), 50..52 = the plasticity
+  ladder (the Maslov pyramid), 59..63 = licence. SCOPE: every CE64 producer and
+  reader. REVISIT WHEN: a measured case needs two meanings for one bit.
+- **O25** is a defect with a known fix: replay composes within a trajectory;
+  revision runs only across distinct `temporal.rs` coordinates. K2 narrows to
+  that coordinate as the provenance root.
+- **O22 done (one step):** `pearl::Reaction::verdict`,
+  `Measured::counterfactual_verdict`; the first end-to-end
+  `RevisionVerdict::is_acceptable()`. 3 disable runs red.
+- **R1 pinned** in `kanban.rs`; disable run red.
+- **Closed:** O20 (ndarray `1ecbccb`), N10 (clippy clean on `main`), N3/N4.
+- **O26 downgraded:** `causal_bridge` sits behind a `wip` feature that does
+  not compile; the mapping cannot reach a caller.
+- **N15:** Pearl × Wang NAL S-P × OpenNARS, ONA, PLN, Jøsang, Hyperon/MeTTa as
+  views on the one wire; home D-HOLO H12.
+
+OPEN: 46..49 and 53..58 meanings; the derived-packet rule; the ladder's entry
+code; `learn`'s rule; the migration gate for old codes 1..6; O23.
diff --git a/.claude/board/entries/README.md b/.claude/board/entries/README.md
index b575ceba5..a73d115fd 100644
--- a/.claude/board/entries/README.md
+++ b/.claude/board/entries/README.md
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ index row, (3) no duplicate entry id. Checks 1 and 2 are deliberately
 opposite directions; the stranding this convention prevents shows up in
 exactly one of them, never both.
 
-334 entries, 2026-08-06 .. 2026-10-14.
+335 entries, 2026-08-06 .. 2026-10-15.
 
 | date | entry id | finding | file |
 |---|---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-15 | `ledger-correction-wire-contract` |  | [2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md](2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md) |
 | 2026-10-14 | `revision-layer-invariants` |  | [2026-10-14-revision-layer-invariants.md](2026-10-14-revision-layer-invariants.md) |
 | 2026-10-14 | `D-MTP-0` | where Hyperon/MeTTa attaches to the masking-algebra polyfill | [2026-10-14-metta-polyfill-map.md](2026-10-14-metta-polyfill-map.md) |
 | 2026-10-14 | `ledger-revision-after-1553` |  | [2026-10-14-ledger-revision-after-1553.md](2026-10-14-ledger-revision-after-1553.md) |
diff --git a/.claude/knowledge/maslov-pyramid-of-cognition.md b/.claude/knowledge/maslov-pyramid-of-cognition.md
index 9fd3a212d..29037108c 100644
--- a/.claude/knowledge/maslov-pyramid-of-cognition.md
+++ b/.claude/knowledge/maslov-pyramid-of-cognition.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Going round a grounded cycle adds nothing.
 | anchor ablation measures dependence (impact 2 on the chain) | EXPERIMENTAL (probe) |
 | an anchor turns a neutral observation into new Astonishment; the anchor stays at 0 | EXPERIMENTAL (probe) |
 | `mature`: ~2–3 ns median, 0 allocations (release, one container) | MEASURED |
-| bits 50..52 carry the code in production | BLOCKED — they are plasticity (`learn`, `MooreNars16`, `CausalEdgeV3`) |
+| bits 50..52 carry the code in production | DECISION 2026-10-15: the pyramid IS the plasticity ladder (how free an edge still is to change), not a second field beside it. ⊘ was "BLOCKED — they are plasticity". Pending: one global version gate, since the bits are a wire contract read the same everywhere; `learn`, `MooreNars16` and `CausalEdgeV3` byte 3 move in lockstep (D-MATURATION3-1) |
+| per-plane granularity (S/P/O hot flags in today's encoding) | belongs to the SPO mask (40..42, Pearl method), not to the ladder |
 | production feedback | BLOCKED — needs D2 provenance ids |
-| bit migration and where plasticity lives | CONTRACT DECISION (operator) |
+| entry code, `learn`'s rule, migration of codes 1..6 | OPEN (operator); see `entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md` |
diff --git a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9bf124fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Ledger correction, 2026-10-15
+
+Corrects `LEDGER-REVISION-2026-10-14.md` (merged #1554, fixed in `e7d2cb5b`).
+That file is not edited; this one supersedes the rows named below.
+Board entry: `.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md`.
+
+## 1. Operator rulings (2026-10-15)
+
+| # | ruling | consequence |
+|---|---|---|
+| R-a | O25's "refuse vs choice" was a category error. `temporal.rs` already gives every row a unique coordinate `(owner, cast_seq)`. | O25 is a defect with a known fix, not a policy decision. |
+| R-b | CausalEdge64 is a global wire format and ISA register ("TCP/IP for thoughts", "like BF16 mantissa bits"). | Every header bit means the same thing everywhere. K1 (per-class readings of 40..63) is withdrawn. |
+| R-c | Bits 50..52 are the Maslov pyramid as the plasticity version of 59..63: a discrete plasticity dependency ladder. | The pyramid IS the plasticity field, not a second field beside it. |
+| R-d | The SPO mask (40..42) is the separation of concerns for Pearl's ladder, a fixed hydration method in the pyramid's dependencies. | Per-plane granularity belongs to 40..42, not to 50..52. |
+| R-e | Pearl's ladder is later wired with Pei Wang's NAL S-P and ALL others, as views on the same substrate. | New item N15. |
+
+## 2. The header after R-b..R-d
+
+| bits | field | question it answers |
+|---|---|---|
+| 0..23 | S, P, O | which three things |
+| 24..39 | f, c | how much evidence (fixed codes, one global quantizer) |
+| 40..42 | SPO / Pearl mask | by which method (which planes the hydration used: a subset lattice, not an ordinal) |
+| 46..49 | OPEN | opcode (code) vs activation (design); one global meaning still to choose |
+| 50..52 | plasticity ladder (the pyramid) | how free the edge still is to change; freezing is earned by dependency or ablation, not by confidence |
+| 53..58 | OPEN | witness; one global meaning still to choose |
+| 59..63 | `EpistemicState5` | what the edge is licensed to claim (moved by `hydrate`) |
+
+Three fields, three concerns: method (40..42), maturity (50..52), licence
+(59..63). Today's plasticity encoding (`plasticity.rs`: `S_HOT`, `P_HOT`,
+`O_HOT`) mixes the first two; that is the cost of the migration.
+
+## 3. Rows corrected
+
+| row | was | now |
+|---|---|---|
+| **O25** | fix OPEN; operator picks refuse (NAL) or choice (`BeliefArena`) | **DEFECT, fix known.** Replay composes along one trajectory and never revises within it; revision runs only across distinct `temporal.rs` coordinates (the shape `nal::Revision` already has). The pinned tests in `planner/tests/chain_confidence.rs` (`replay_step_raises_confidence_along_a_deduction_chain`, `self_revision_raises_confidence_on_the_replay_path`) flip, with this entry as the recorded reason. Not done here. |
+| **K1** | declare 40..63 per class through the ClassView | **WITHDRAWN** (R-b). Replaced by the remaining header decisions in §4. |
+| **K2** | four provenance carriers to make one | **NARROWED:** the root is the `temporal.rs` coordinate. `nars::belief::Stamp`, `nal::Evidence.stamp`, contract `revision` `independent_roots` and the probe's roots key on it. |
+| **N1** | derived edges inherit no hydration, witness or maturation | **PARTLY DISSOLVED:** a derived edge born at `0b111` (most plastic) is right under R-c. Still open: witness (53..58) and epistemic state (59..63) zeroed on derivation. |
+| **O22** | nothing computes `CounterfactualVerdict` | **DONE (one step).** `Reaction::verdict` and `Measured::counterfactual_verdict` in `pearl.rs`: LoadBearing → Necessary, Inert → Dispensable, TruthOnly → NotRun, no cut → NotRun. First end-to-end `RevisionVerdict::is_acceptable()` over a real replay; 3 disable runs red. Scope: one cut judges one step; a multi-step claim still needs the claim ↔ step map. |
+| **O23** | DECISION: fourth reading or remap | unchanged, still the operator's. Caveat now concrete: at the verdict level TruthOnly and "no cut ran" both read `NotRun`; they stay distinguishable only through `Measured::reaction()`. A fourth verdict variant would make the docket itself tell them apart. |
+| **O26** | the pin at `causal_bridge.rs:450` asserts the defect as correct | **DEAD CODE, downgraded.** `mod causal_bridge` is behind `feature = "wip"`, which does not compile (unresolved `crate::container`, `crate::cognitive`, `search`), and nothing outside the file refers to it. The mapping cannot reach a caller and its test never runs. The ruling (an intention is a Rubikon commitment, never `Causes`) stands for whoever revives the module. |
+| **O20** | verify Stroke-1 drop against ndarray `main` | **CLOSED.** ndarray `1ecbccb`: `Cascade::query` documents that recall is not guaranteed; pinned by `stroke1_drops_a_prefix_heavy_true_hit` (blackboard 2026-10-08). |
+| **N3** | no arc entries for #1494–#1504 | **DONE:** 11 entries in `PR_ARC_INVENTORY.md`, written from the merged PR bodies. |
+| **N4** | no STATUS rows for D-RESIDUE-FP-0, D-MATURATION3-0 | **DONE:** new section, plus D-MATURATION3-1 (the global migration). D-HL-0 and D-NALP-0 moved from "In PR" to "Shipped (#1496)". |
+| **N9 (R1)** | test that goal revision is refused in `CognitiveWork` | **DONE:** `kanban::tests::r1_goal_revision_is_refused_inside_cognitive_work`. The DAG already enforced it; disable run (a `Plan` exit from `CognitiveWork`) red. R2–R4 stay open. |
+| **N10** | `causal-edge` fails `clippy -D warnings` | **CLOSED on `main`:** `cargo clippy -p causal-edge --all-targets -- -D warnings` exits 0 at `4e386f26`. |
+
+## 4. Header decisions still open (replacing K1)
+
+1. One global meaning for 46..49: opcode (code) or activation (design).
+2. One global meaning for 53..58 (witness).
+3. The derived-packet rule: what a syllogism writes into 53..63.
+4. The pyramid's entry code: 7 (Astonishment) at birth, or a separate "new".
+5. `learn`'s rule under R-c: a plane changes only if it is in the SPO mask AND the ladder stage permits change; the threshold is the operator's.
+6. The migration gate: old plasticity codes 1..6 need one global version gate; `learn`, `MooreNars16` and `CausalEdgeV3` byte 3 move together.
+
+## 5. N15 — Pearl × Wang S-P × all others, as views on one wire
+
+**Ruling:** Pearl's ladder is later wired with Pei Wang's NAL S-P and with
+the other reasoning families, all as views over the same CE64 substrate.
+Because the wire means the same everywhere (R-b), each family is a reading
+of the same bytes, never a second encoding.
+
+| family | what it reads from the wire | existing anchor |
+|---|---|---|
+| Pearl (see / do / imagine) | method from 40..42; truth from 24..39 | `pearl.rs`, `Reaction` |
+| Wang NAL (S-P, copulas, NAL-1..9) | S, P from 0..23; truth codes from 24..39 | `lance-graph-nal`, `nal-statement-v1`, exact codes from #1548 |
+| OpenNARS, ONA | revision and stamps | `nal_revision_oracle.rs` (#1495) |
+| OpenCog PLN | strength/confidence; never read as calibrated probability | #1497 research map |
+| Jøsang subjective logic | fusion and fission as an ablation control | #1499 excerpts |
+| Hyperon / MeTTa | pattern matching with binding multiplicity | D-MTP (#1553), #1498 |
+
+Home: D-HOLO H12 (semantic map of the stacked bricks).
+
+Caveats, stated so the wiring does not overclaim:
+
+- Pearl's rungs and NAL's figures may be orthogonal axes, not one ladder;
+  wiring them as one would collapse two concerns.
+- NAL copulas (inheritance, similarity, implication, equivalence) have no slot
+  in the SPO mask; where they live on the wire is undecided.
+- PLN strength and NARS frequency share a range, not a meaning.
+- Each view needs an executable oracle before it is called equivalent
+  (the D-NAL / D-MTP pattern), never mask equality alone.
+
+## 6. Agent ledger (Haiku harvest tier)
+
+| card | runs | items checked | wrong | missed |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| harvest-scout (ndarray cascade) | 1 | 3 (`cascade.rs:270-276`, `:813`, blackboard `:84-90`) | 0 | 0 |
+| general-purpose on Haiku (PR bodies #1494–#1504) | 1 | 11 bodies used verbatim; merge SHAs taken from `git log` (not in the fetch) | 0 | 0 |

From 984e255484140533e7c6cde2f163e75867d3aefe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:22:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] Ledger correction: add bits 43..45 (orientation),
 omitted from the header table

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 .../research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md    | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
index d9bf124fe..292c6918a 100644
--- a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
+++ b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Board entry: `.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.m
 | 0..23 | S, P, O | which three things |
 | 24..39 | f, c | how much evidence (fixed codes, one global quantizer) |
 | 40..42 | SPO / Pearl mask | by which method (which planes the hydration used: a subset lattice, not an ordinal) |
+| 43..45 | orientation | which way the relation is read (code: direction triad, `DIR_SHIFT = 43`, sign per S, P, O) |
 | 46..49 | OPEN | opcode (code) vs activation (design); one global meaning still to choose |
 | 50..52 | plasticity ladder (the pyramid) | how free the edge still is to change; freezing is earned by dependency or ablation, not by confidence |
 | 53..58 | OPEN | witness; one global meaning still to choose |

From 437eeec52b11863354830a1f86b897bb01a76e49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:24:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] Ledger correction: align with the README CE64 diagram
 doc

40..42 is the Pearl ladder as CausalMask (ablation = the counterfactual cut);
53..58 is already the witness handle in code. Records the tension between the
doc's per-tenant readings and the global-wire ruling.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 ...6-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md |  4 ++-
 .../LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md           | 29 ++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md b/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md
index 3a7b982e8..9dff11724 100644
--- a/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md
+++ b/.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.md
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ the 2026-10-14 ledger revision.
 - **N15:** Pearl × Wang NAL S-P × OpenNARS, ONA, PLN, Jøsang, Hyperon/MeTTa as
   views on the one wire; home D-HOLO H12.
 
-OPEN: 46..49 and 53..58 meanings; the derived-packet rule; the ladder's entry
+53..58 is already the witness handle in code (`w_slot`).
+
+OPEN: 46..49 meaning; per-tenant vs global readings in `docs/architecture/ce64-semantic-upper-half.md`; the derived-packet rule; the ladder's entry
 code; `learn`'s rule; the migration gate for old codes 1..6; O23.
diff --git a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
index 292c6918a..4da437e21 100644
--- a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
+++ b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Board entry: `.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.m
 |---|---|---|
 | 0..23 | S, P, O | which three things |
 | 24..39 | f, c | how much evidence (fixed codes, one global quantizer) |
-| 40..42 | SPO / Pearl mask | by which method (which planes the hydration used: a subset lattice, not an ordinal) |
+| 40..42 | Pearl ladder (`CausalMask`) | which causal question: `SO` association, `PO` intervention, `SPO` counterfactual, `SP` confounder test, plus the marginals. Ablation has no mask of its own; it is the counterfactual cut |
 | 43..45 | orientation | which way the relation is read (code: direction triad, `DIR_SHIFT = 43`, sign per S, P, O) |
 | 46..49 | OPEN | opcode (code) vs activation (design); one global meaning still to choose |
 | 50..52 | plasticity ladder (the pyramid) | how free the edge still is to change; freezing is earned by dependency or ablation, not by confidence |
-| 53..58 | OPEN | witness; one global meaning still to choose |
+| 53..58 | witness handle (`w_slot`, 0..=63, 0 = no anchor) | which record changed this state; the W1 → W2 → W3 history lives outside the edge |
 | 59..63 | `EpistemicState5` | what the edge is licensed to claim (moved by `hydrate`) |
 
 Three fields, three concerns: method (40..42), maturity (50..52), licence
@@ -51,11 +51,26 @@ Three fields, three concerns: method (40..42), maturity (50..52), licence
 ## 4. Header decisions still open (replacing K1)
 
 1. One global meaning for 46..49: opcode (code) or activation (design).
-2. One global meaning for 53..58 (witness).
-3. The derived-packet rule: what a syllogism writes into 53..63.
-4. The pyramid's entry code: 7 (Astonishment) at birth, or a separate "new".
-5. `learn`'s rule under R-c: a plane changes only if it is in the SPO mask AND the ladder stage permits change; the threshold is the operator's.
-6. The migration gate: old plasticity codes 1..6 need one global version gate; `learn`, `MooreNars16` and `CausalEdgeV3` byte 3 move together.
+2. The derived-packet rule: what a syllogism writes into 53..63.
+3. The pyramid's entry code: 7 (Astonishment) at birth, or a separate "new".
+4. `learn`'s rule under R-c: a plane changes only if it is in the SPO mask AND the ladder stage permits change; the threshold is the operator's.
+5. The migration gate: old plasticity codes 1..6 need one global version gate; `learn`, `MooreNars16` and `CausalEdgeV3` byte 3 move together.
+
+## 4a. Reconciled against the README diagram (2026-10-15)
+
+The README diagram and `docs/architecture/ce64-semantic-upper-half.md` are
+the reference. Against them:
+
+- 40..42 and 59..63 match the code; 53..58 is already the witness handle in
+  code. Both rows above now say so (this file first left 53..58 open).
+- 43..52 are a proposed re-reading (orientation, activation, novelty) of bits
+  the code writes as direction triad, inference mantissa and plasticity. The
+  doc lists this as open behind a version gate; so does §4 here.
+- **Tension to resolve:** the doc's "Encoding, reading, operation" section
+  lets each tenant declare its own reading through a versioned binding. Ruling
+  R-b says every bit means the same thing everywhere. Both hold only if the
+  versioned binding is global (one wire version), not per tenant. The doc's
+  wording is not changed here.
 
 ## 5. N15 — Pearl × Wang S-P × all others, as views on one wire
 

From e1d7d61a4e57cbbf897b689f25ca9d3644674a12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:27:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] O22: a cut that repairs the chain is Dispensable, never
 Necessary

Codex P1 on #1560: EdgeRole::is_load_bearing tests only factual !=
counterfactual, so a cut that turns an inconsistent chain consistent was
LoadBearing and mapped to Necessary, which accepts the revision.
Reaction::verdict now takes the uncut chain's verdict, and Measured records
it from EdgeRole::factual. Only a consistent chain that breaks without the
step is Necessary.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs b/crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs
index 03d576043..7786dff5b 100644
--- a/crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs
+++ b/crates/lance-graph-planner/src/pearl.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ use lance_graph_contract::epistemic_state5::{
 use lance_graph_contract::rail_geometry::RailAxis;
 use lance_graph_contract::revision::CounterfactualVerdict;
 
-use crate::chain_counterfactual::{counterfactual_replay, CutContext};
+use crate::chain_counterfactual::{counterfactual_replay, CutContext, Verdict};
 use crate::chain_replay::ChainStep;
 
 /// The operator bits 40..42 select.
@@ -140,8 +140,14 @@ impl Reaction {
 
     /// The counterfactual verdict this cut supports for the CUT STEP, the
     /// middle leg of the Gadamer docket (`revision::RevisionVerdict`).
+    /// `factual_consistent` is the verdict of the uncut chain.
     ///
-    /// - `LoadBearing` → `Necessary`: removing the step changed the verdict.
+    /// - `LoadBearing` from a consistent factual chain → `Necessary`: the
+    ///   conclusion breaks without the step.
+    /// - `LoadBearing` from an inconsistent factual chain → `Dispensable`:
+    ///   removing the step REPAIRS the chain, so it is not needed for a
+    ///   consistent conclusion. Never `Necessary`, or a harmful step would
+    ///   make a revision acceptable.
     /// - `Inert` → `Dispensable`: removing it changed nothing.
     /// - `TruthOnly` → `NotRun`: the truth moved but the verdict did not.
     ///   How that maps is an open decision (O23); until it is made the docket
@@ -150,10 +156,12 @@ impl Reaction {
     /// Scope: one cut judges one step. A claim resting on several steps needs
     /// the claim ↔ step map before a step's verdict becomes the claim's.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn verdict(self) -> CounterfactualVerdict {
+    pub fn verdict(self, factual_consistent: bool) -> CounterfactualVerdict {
         match self {
-            Reaction::LoadBearing { .. } => CounterfactualVerdict::Necessary,
-            Reaction::Inert { .. } => CounterfactualVerdict::Dispensable,
+            Reaction::LoadBearing { .. } if factual_consistent => CounterfactualVerdict::Necessary,
+            Reaction::LoadBearing { .. } | Reaction::Inert { .. } => {
+                CounterfactualVerdict::Dispensable
+            }
             Reaction::TruthOnly { .. } => CounterfactualVerdict::NotRun,
         }
     }
@@ -199,6 +207,8 @@ pub struct Measured {
     earned: Option<Certification3>,
     ungrounded: Option<Ungrounded>,
     reaction: Option<Reaction>,
+    /// Whether the uncut chain was consistent (set with `reaction`).
+    factual_consistent: Option<bool>,
     confounded: Option<bool>,
     counterfactual_terminal: Option<CausalEdge64>,
 }
@@ -211,6 +221,7 @@ impl Measured {
             earned: None,
             ungrounded: None,
             reaction: None,
+            factual_consistent: None,
             confounded: None,
             counterfactual_terminal: None,
         }
@@ -246,8 +257,10 @@ impl Measured {
     /// or `NotRun` when no cut ran (another operator, or ungrounded).
     #[must_use]
     pub fn counterfactual_verdict(&self) -> CounterfactualVerdict {
-        self.reaction
-            .map_or(CounterfactualVerdict::NotRun, Reaction::verdict)
+        match (self.reaction, self.factual_consistent) {
+            (Some(r), Some(consistent)) => r.verdict(consistent),
+            _ => CounterfactualVerdict::NotRun,
+        }
     }
     /// Whether the observational and interventional directions disagree
     /// (`SP` only).
@@ -313,6 +326,7 @@ pub fn reason<M: PopulationMask>(edge: CausalEdge64, ev: &Evidence<'_, M>, edit:
                         (f, conf(&cf.factual)),
                         (c, conf(&cf.counterfactual)),
                     ));
+                    out.factual_consistent = Some(cf.role.factual == Verdict::Consistent);
                     out.counterfactual_terminal = cf.counterfactual.last().map(|r| r.edge);
                 }
             }
@@ -765,12 +779,40 @@ mod tests {
         use lance_graph_contract::revision::{EvidentialEffect, RevisionVerdict};
         let r = Reaction::classify(false, (180, 200), (180, 200));
         assert_eq!(r, Reaction::Inert { frequency: 180 });
-        assert_eq!(r.verdict(), CounterfactualVerdict::Dispensable);
+        assert_eq!(r.verdict(true), CounterfactualVerdict::Dispensable);
+        assert!(!RevisionVerdict {
+            effect: EvidentialEffect::IncreaseEligible,
+            counterfactual: r.verdict(true),
+        }
+        .is_acceptable());
+    }
+
+    /// O22 (Codex P1 on #1560): a cut that turns an inconsistent chain into a
+    /// consistent one is load-bearing but the step is harmful, not needed.
+    /// It must never read as `Necessary`, through `Reaction` or `Measured`.
+    #[test]
+    fn o22_a_cut_that_repairs_the_chain_is_not_necessary() {
+        use lance_graph_contract::revision::{EvidentialEffect, RevisionVerdict};
+        let r = Reaction::classify(true, (100, 200), (200, 200));
+        assert!(matches!(r, Reaction::LoadBearing { .. }));
+        assert_eq!(r.verdict(true), CounterfactualVerdict::Necessary);
+        assert_eq!(r.verdict(false), CounterfactualVerdict::Dispensable);
+
+        let mut m = Measured::new(CausalEdge64(0), Operation::Counterfactual);
+        m.reaction = Some(r);
+        m.factual_consistent = Some(false);
+        assert_eq!(
+            m.counterfactual_verdict(),
+            CounterfactualVerdict::Dispensable
+        );
         assert!(!RevisionVerdict {
             effect: EvidentialEffect::IncreaseEligible,
-            counterfactual: r.verdict(),
+            counterfactual: m.counterfactual_verdict(),
         }
         .is_acceptable());
+        // Silence twin: the same reaction from a consistent chain accepts.
+        m.factual_consistent = Some(true);
+        assert_eq!(m.counterfactual_verdict(), CounterfactualVerdict::Necessary);
     }
 
     /// F1. Observation alone never reaches `Causes`, even when the sealed

From 709ab7e518ab5a5827e3311e5145144604bd9584 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:27:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] Ledger correction: O22 row records the flip-direction
 rule

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 .../research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
index 4da437e21..a23692aa4 100644
--- a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
+++ b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Three fields, three concerns: method (40..42), maturity (50..52), licence
 | **K1** | declare 40..63 per class through the ClassView | **WITHDRAWN** (R-b). Replaced by the remaining header decisions in §4. |
 | **K2** | four provenance carriers to make one | **NARROWED:** the root is the `temporal.rs` coordinate. `nars::belief::Stamp`, `nal::Evidence.stamp`, contract `revision` `independent_roots` and the probe's roots key on it. |
 | **N1** | derived edges inherit no hydration, witness or maturation | **PARTLY DISSOLVED:** a derived edge born at `0b111` (most plastic) is right under R-c. Still open: witness (53..58) and epistemic state (59..63) zeroed on derivation. |
-| **O22** | nothing computes `CounterfactualVerdict` | **DONE (one step).** `Reaction::verdict` and `Measured::counterfactual_verdict` in `pearl.rs`: LoadBearing → Necessary, Inert → Dispensable, TruthOnly → NotRun, no cut → NotRun. First end-to-end `RevisionVerdict::is_acceptable()` over a real replay; 3 disable runs red. Scope: one cut judges one step; a multi-step claim still needs the claim ↔ step map. |
+| **O22** | nothing computes `CounterfactualVerdict` | **DONE (one step).** `Reaction::verdict` and `Measured::counterfactual_verdict` in `pearl.rs`: LoadBearing from a consistent chain → Necessary; LoadBearing from an inconsistent chain (the cut repairs it) → Dispensable (Codex P1 on #1560); Inert → Dispensable; TruthOnly → NotRun; no cut → NotRun. First end-to-end `RevisionVerdict::is_acceptable()` over a real replay; 5 disable runs red. Scope: one cut judges one step; a multi-step claim still needs the claim ↔ step map. |
 | **O23** | DECISION: fourth reading or remap | unchanged, still the operator's. Caveat now concrete: at the verdict level TruthOnly and "no cut ran" both read `NotRun`; they stay distinguishable only through `Measured::reaction()`. A fourth verdict variant would make the docket itself tell them apart. |
 | **O26** | the pin at `causal_bridge.rs:450` asserts the defect as correct | **DEAD CODE, downgraded.** `mod causal_bridge` is behind `feature = "wip"`, which does not compile (unresolved `crate::container`, `crate::cognitive`, `search`), and nothing outside the file refers to it. The mapping cannot reach a caller and its test never runs. The ruling (an intention is a Rubikon commitment, never `Causes`) stands for whoever revives the module. |
 | **O20** | verify Stroke-1 drop against ndarray `main` | **CLOSED.** ndarray `1ecbccb`: `Cascade::query` documents that recall is not guaranteed; pinned by `stroke1_drops_a_prefix_heavy_true_hit` (blackboard 2026-10-08). |

From 7473f86a32e48e010f1a89f4fd953f9f8638f360 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:34:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] Ledger correction: R-f, 40..42 is Pearl's ladder as
 50..52 is the pyramid

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 .../2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md      | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
index a23692aa4..704715c45 100644
--- a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
+++ b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Board entry: `.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.m
 | R-c | Bits 50..52 are the Maslov pyramid as the plasticity version of 59..63: a discrete plasticity dependency ladder. | The pyramid IS the plasticity field, not a second field beside it. |
 | R-d | The SPO mask (40..42) is the separation of concerns for Pearl's ladder, a fixed hydration method in the pyramid's dependencies. | Per-plane granularity belongs to 40..42, not to 50..52. |
 | R-e | Pearl's ladder is later wired with Pei Wang's NAL S-P and ALL others, as views on the same substrate. | New item N15. |
+| R-f | Bits 40..42 do for Pearl what bits 50..52 do for the plasticity pyramid. | Two 3-bit ladders side by side: 40..42 is how far up the causal ladder the edge has been interrogated (association → intervention → counterfactual), 50..52 is how far the edge has matured (Staunen 7 → wisdom 0). Both feed 59..63, which says what may be claimed. |
 
 ## 2. The header after R-b..R-d
 
@@ -28,7 +29,12 @@ Board entry: `.claude/board/entries/2026-10-15-ledger-correction-wire-contract.m
 | 59..63 | `EpistemicState5` | what the edge is licensed to claim (moved by `hydrate`) |
 
 Three fields, three concerns: method (40..42), maturity (50..52), licence
-(59..63). Today's plasticity encoding (`plasticity.rs`: `S_HOT`, `P_HOT`,
+(59..63). The first two are parallel ladders (R-f). Caveat: the pyramid is an
+ordinal code, but `CausalMask` encodes a rung as a plane subset (`SO`, `PO`,
+`SPO`, `SP`), and `SO` and `PO` are not ordered by inclusion. The rung order
+association < intervention < counterfactual must therefore be declared, never
+read off bit inclusion; confounder detection (`SP`) and the marginals sit
+beside the ladder, not on it. Today's plasticity encoding (`plasticity.rs`: `S_HOT`, `P_HOT`,
 `O_HOT`) mixes the first two; that is the cost of the migration.
 
 ## 3. Rows corrected

From af7ed3115c76117961c2a21b6adfe6cac3147203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:34:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] Ledger correction: ablation on the Pearl ladder
 recorded as open (item 6)

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 .../2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
index 704715c45..2d6395fe8 100644
--- a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
+++ b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ beside the ladder, not on it. Today's plasticity encoding (`plasticity.rs`: `S_H
 4. `learn`'s rule under R-c: a plane changes only if it is in the SPO mask AND the ladder stage permits change; the threshold is the operator's.
 5. The migration gate: old plasticity codes 1..6 need one global version gate; `learn`, `MooreNars16` and `CausalEdgeV3` byte 3 move together.
 
+6. **Ablation on the Pearl ladder? (operator: "probably part of it")** Two
+   different operations carry the name today:
+   - the counterfactual cut (`SPO`, `pearl.rs`): remove one step from one
+     chain; does THIS conclusion still hold? It looks upstream (necessity).
+   - the anchor ablation (`maturation_ladder.rs`, `Executed::Ablated { impact }`):
+     remove a relation from an isolated copy of the population; how many
+     OTHER relations reopen? It looks downstream (dependence), and it is what
+     earns the pyramid's Wisdom stage (impact ≥ 1 from Integration).
+   Room exists: the four single-plane codes (`None`, `S`, `P`, `O`) select no
+   operator today. Undecided: whether ablation takes one of them as its own
+   rung, or stays the pyramid's operation that 40..42 only feeds.
+
 ## 4a. Reconciled against the README diagram (2026-10-15)
 
 The README diagram and `docs/architecture/ce64-semantic-upper-half.md` are

From be47ce9f528e922a613985eff64079a17ca82720 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:37:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Ledger correction: ablation is defined through the N15
 families

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EFw2WdKr1oxvaKCJC2ua2R
---
 .../2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md  | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
index 2d6395fe8..773db1583 100644
--- a/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
+++ b/.claude/research/2026-10-recovery/LEDGER-CORRECTION-2026-10-15.md
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ beside the ladder, not on it. Today's plasticity encoding (`plasticity.rs`: `S_H
    Room exists: the four single-plane codes (`None`, `S`, `P`, `O`) select no
    operator today. Undecided: whether ablation takes one of them as its own
    rung, or stays the pyramid's operation that 40..42 only feeds.
+   **Operator, 2026-10-15:** ablation will be detailed through the N15 families
+   (NAL, Hyperon/MeTTa, PeTTa, CE64, ONA, OpenNARS / Pei Wang's Java), not
+   decided here. Existing anchors to start from:
+   - OpenNARS Java runner and fixture: `.claude/knowledge/nal-recipe-audit/` (#1495);
+   - removing a contributor from fused evidence (Jøsang fission, #1499 red test 2);
+   - NARS retraction, a typed insufficiency today (#1504; needs a semijoin onto asserted stamps);
+   - Hyperon/MeTTa over the mask polyfill (D-MTP, #1553); PeTTa is not pinned yet (#1497, #1498).
+   Until then no code reserves a 40..42 code for ablation.
 
 ## 4a. Reconciled against the README diagram (2026-10-15)
 
@@ -108,6 +116,9 @@ of the same bytes, never a second encoding.
 
 Home: D-HOLO H12 (semantic map of the stacked bricks).
 
+Ablation (§4 item 6) is defined through these families, each with its own
+oracle, before it gets a place on the wire.
+
 Caveats, stated so the wiring does not overclaim:
 
 - Pearl's rungs and NAL's figures may be orthogonal axes, not one ladder;