CHANGELOG.md

# Changelog

All notable changes to groundSpring follow [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).

## [Unreleased]

### V147 Wave 156b Deep Debt Evolution (August 3, 2026)

#### Phase 1: Large File Smart Refactoring
- `pipeline.rs` (647L) → `pipeline/` submodule (types.rs, planner.rs, summary.rs)
- `atomic.rs` (641L) → `atomic/` submodule (types.rs, tower.rs, node.rs, nest.rs, nucleus.rs)
- `spectral_recon.rs` (621L) → `spectral_recon/` submodule (kernel.rs, tikhonov.rs, linalg.rs, fft.rs)
- `esn/brain.rs` (555L) → extracted `esn/uncertainty.rs` + `esn/concepts.rs`
- `niche.rs` (539L) → `niche/` submodule (capabilities.rs separated)

#### Phase 2: Self-Knowledge Evolution
- `LEGACY_COMPUTE_PREFIX` renamed to `LEGACY_NAMESPACE_PREFIX` (clarity, not routing)
- All primal-name check IDs → role-based: `tower:security_alive`, `tower:federation_alive`,
  `gate:security-ipc`, `gate:gpu-math-ipc`, `gate:compiler-ipc`, `gate:compute-ipc`
- Doc comments purged of peer names (toadStool → compute dispatch provider, BearDog → security provider)
- Niche capability descriptions use role-based names

#### Phase 3: Production Stubs Completed
- `dispatch_submit` takes owned `Value`; non-object params wrapped as `{"op", "params"}`
- `prng-xoshiro-default` feature doc corrected (switches DefaultRng to Xoshiro128StarStar)
- Swallowed errors in `biomeos/health.rs` + `interaction.rs` → `tracing::trace!`/`tracing::debug!`

#### Phase 4: Zero-Copy + Allocation Evolution
- Discovery caching via `OnceLock<Mutex<DiscoveryCache>>` with 30s TTL
- `discover_primals()` / `discover_by_capability()` now cache-first (avoids repeated FS scans)
- `refresh_discovered_primals()` added for explicit cache invalidation

#### Phase 5: Dependency Evaluation
- `blake3` is transitive via primalSpring (not groundSpring's concern). Documented.
- barraCuda + bingoCube already use `features = ["pure"]`. primalSpring needs `default-features = false`.

#### Phase 6: Coverage Expansion
- New: `tests/certification_bonding.rs` — 5 bonding harness integration tests
- New: `tests/validation_scenarios.rs` — 6 scenario registry integration tests
- New: `tests/fao56_methods.rs` — 22 alternate ET₀ method integration tests
- New: `tests/tissue_anderson_drug_scoring.rs` — 12 proptest-based property tests
- New: `tests/wdm_methods.rs` — 9 extrapolation/autocorrelation/block_size integration tests

#### Phase 7: Idiom Modernization
- `NdjsonSink` → `serde_json::json!()` (correctness over manual format + escape)
- `wright_fisher_fixation_batch` → `Result<usize, InputError>` (was `usize` hiding errors)
- `biomeos/server.rs` RPC parsing → strict JSON-RPC 2.0 (-32600 Invalid Request on bad method)

#### Metrics
- Rust tests: 1,123 → 1,166 (+43 integration/property tests)
- Zero clippy warnings, zero fmt diff, zero TODOs/FIXMEs
- All production files under 600 lines (was 5 files over 600L)
- Self-knowledge violations: 0 (was ~12 literal primal names in check IDs/docs)

### V146 Wave 107 Steady State (June 10, 2026)

#### guideStone L5 Bonding Layer
- New: `certification/bonding.rs` — Layer 5 bonding certification module. Validates
  ionic bond via `crypto.sign`/`crypto.verify` Ed25519 roundtrip, capability reflection
  via `capability.list` (measurement.* visibility), method introspection via
  `method.describe` (barraCuda v0.4.0), and mesh topology via `ipc.resolve` (Songbird
  Wave 107 MeshRelay endpoints).
- `MAX_LAYER` raised from 4 → 5. `certify(5)` wires bonding checks after L2-L4.
- L5 requires live NUCLEUS with BearDog (crypto), Songbird (discovery), and biomeOS.

#### lithoSpore B3+B4 Verification
- BLAKE3 hashes verified against `LITHOSPORE_INGESTION_MANIFEST.toml`: B3 (`e0a1e4a4…`)
  and B4 (`b380c739…`) confirmed matching. Supply side complete; lithoSpore Tier 2 PASS.

#### Gap Status Updates
- GAP-GS-003 (TensorSession): Re-evaluated — blocker no longer upstream stability
  (barraCuda v0.4.0 stable since Sprint 41). Now spring-side design/work needed.
  Action: pilot `tensor.batch.submit` on one pipeline.
- GAP-GS-011 (PRNG Phase 2b): Scaffolded (xoshiro128** + feature gate ready) but
  rebaseline not executed. 39 benchmarks + 461 checks depend on current Xorshift64
  sequence. Remains intentionally deferred.

#### Documentation
- NUCLEUS count: 12/12 → 13/13. Gate mesh: 4-gate collective LIVE per Wave 107.
- guideStone: L4 → L5 across README, CONTEXT, PRIMAL_GAPS.

### V146 Wave 63 River Delta (May 30, 2026)

#### Squirrel Composition Integration
- New: `register_with_squirrel()` in `biomeos/registration.rs` — registers groundSpring's 16 `measurement.*` capabilities with Squirrel AI coordinator via `provider.register` JSON-RPC. Graceful fallback if Squirrel offline.
- Socket discovery: `SQUIRREL_SOCKET` env var → `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/biomeos/squirrel.sock` → `/run/user/{uid}/biomeos/squirrel.sock`.

#### pseudoSpore Domain Profile
- New: `domain_profile.toml` (root) — measurement-uncertainty domain profile covering 8 entity groups (sensor noise, observation gap, error propagation, inverse problems, Anderson localization, population dynamics, calibration datasets, signal processing). Enables `litho emit-pseudospore --spring groundSpring`.
- Existing `validation/domain_profile.toml` unchanged (LTEE-specific for lithoSpore emission).

#### Wave 63 Compliance
- CONTEXT.md: discarded stale local edit (was reverting graph count 7→6); no actual drift.
- Temporal sync: `cascade-pull.sh --source temporal` verified present in `infra/wateringHole`.
- No `composition_nucleus.sh` (never had one — clean).
- No `target/release/` hardcodes (verified Wave 50 — clean).

### V146 Wave 50 Covalent HPC (May 25, 2026)

#### Cross-Gate Data Staging
- New deploy graph: `groundspring_nest_sync.toml` — stages LTEE artifacts from eastGate NestGate to ironGate via Songbird mesh. Content-addressed, BLAKE3-verified, skip-existing conflict resolution.
- Cross-gate degradation behavior documented in `docs/DEGRADATION_BEHAVIOR.md`.

#### Documentation & Debt Sweep
- Swept all root/spec docs to V146: README, CONTEXT, CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS, specs/, whitePaper/, metalForge/, sporeprint.
- Fixed graph count (6 → 7), scenario count (10 → 11), Python test count (294/375 → 455), biomeOS version (v3.51 → v3.75) across 20+ documents.
- README hardware table corrected: 32GB DDR5 (was 64GB), removed Titan V (biomeGate, not eastGate).
- Added LTEE B6 (`validate_ltee_biobrick`) to `run_all_baselines.sh`, `parity_report.py`, `bench_rust_vs_python.py`, `bench_barracuda_cpu_vs_python.py`.
- Updated `validate_all.rs` CORE_BINARIES: 28 → 33 (added 5 LTEE validators).
- Updated `provenance_registry_completeness`: 31 → 32 benchmarks (added `ltee_biobrick`).
- Added `gate-deployment-validation` to `docs/VALIDATION_TIERS.md` Tier 2 table.
- Notebook `01-composition-validation.ipynb`: 7 graphs, 11 scenarios, V146 provenance, `groundspring_unibin` reproduce command.
- Gate deployment handoff updated with Wave 50 nest.sync status and checklist items.
- Batch version-stamp sweep: specs/ headers May 16 → May 25, V145 → V146.
- PRIMAL_GAPS: Wave 50 audit trail.

### V146 Wave 48 Covalent Mesh Sound-Off (May 25, 2026)

#### Gate Deployment
- **eastGate declared**: i9-12900, RTX 4070 + Akida NPU, 32GB DDR5. Shared NUCLEUS with primalSpring (coordinator) and airSpring.
- CONTEXT.md `## Gate Deployment` section populated with operational status.
- Cell graph: `plasmidBin/cells/groundspring_cell.toml` (NUCLEUS base + geoscience domain + petalTongue live).
- Songbird TCP federation port 7700 for cross-gate LAN discovery.
- biomeOS v3.75 cross-gate `capability.call` routing available.

#### Documentation
- biomeOS version updated (v3.51 → v3.75).
- Handoff updated with operational status and Wave 48 checklist.

### V146 Wave 46 Absorption — Dark Forest Gate + Registry 458 (May 23, 2026)

#### Registry Sync
- Registry cross-sync test threshold raised from ≥401 to **≥458** (primalSpring v0.9.27, Wave 46). Comments updated from 413/452 to 458.

#### Deploy Graph Evolution (Dark Forest Gate)
- All 6 deploy graphs now carry Dark Forest metadata: `secure_by_default = true`, `transport = "uds_only"`, `trust_model = "MethodGate"`. Clears the "G column PENDING" scorecard item.
- `groundspring_version` bumped to V145 in all graphs (was V125 in 5/6).

#### Dependency Alignment
- primalSpring pin references updated from v0.9.25 to **v0.9.27** across all active documentation.

### V145 LTEE B6 BioBrick Burden — Anderson Disorder Analogy (May 16, 2026)

#### Science Expansion
- **LTEE B6 (Experiment 040)**: Reproduced "Measuring the burden of hundreds of BioBricks" (2024 Nat Comms). Models plasmid metabolic burden as Anderson disorder potential. Log-normal burden distribution across 301 synthetic plasmids with AIC/BIC model selection, jackknife variance estimation, and Anderson localization length correlation.
- **Python baseline**: 7/7 checks PASS across 5 replicates (burden mean, CV, log-normal preference, AIC delta, KS goodness-of-fit, Anderson correlation).
- **Rust validation binary** (`validate_ltee_biobrick`): 34/34 PASS. Distribution fitting + Anderson mapping + jackknife + cross-validation vs Python.
- **lithoSpore module 5** (`ltee-biobrick`): BLAKE3-anchored `expected_values.json`, `tolerances.toml`, full ingestion manifest entry.

#### Integration
- Experiment catalog updated: 39 total experiments (was 38).
- `LITHOSPORE_INGESTION_MANIFEST.toml`: 5 modules (was 4).
- Paper review queue B6 marked COMPLETE.

### V144 Wave 20 Schema Standardization + E2E Validation (May 16, 2026)

#### Schema Standardization
- **`capability.list` canonical envelope**: Added `"primal"` and `"count"` fields to the `capability.list` JSON-RPC response per Wave 20 standard. Downstream consumers (`projectNUCLEUS`, `projectFOUNDATION`) expect `{ "capabilities": [...], "count": N, "primal": "..." }`. groundSpring's `domain` field is retained as an allowed extra.
- Updated test `capability_list_has_canonical_envelope` to verify the Wave 20 contract: `primal` string, `count` u64, `count` matches array length.

#### Signal Dispatch (`nest.commit`)
- **`ipc::nestgate::nest_commit_dispatch`**: Collapses `event.append` → `crypto.sign` → `content.put` → `session.commit` → `braid.create` into a single `dispatch("nest.commit", { session_id })` via `CompositionContext`. Falls back to `None` if signal dispatch unavailable.
- **`provenance::commit_session`**: Now prefers `nest.commit` signal dispatch for session dehydration, falling back to legacy `provenance.session_dehydrate` capability call.

#### Registry Sync
- Updated registry cross-check test comment to reference 452 methods (Wave 20: `primal.list` added).

### V143 Wave 17 Signal Adoption (May 16, 2026)

#### Signal Registration (`primal.announce`)
- **`biomeos::announce_or_register`**: Implements the Wave 17 registration standard. Sends a single `primal.announce` JSON-RPC call with `primal`, `socket`, `methods`, `capabilities`, `version`, `lifecycle.state`. Falls back to legacy N+1 `capability.register` + `method.register` if orchestrator doesn't support announce. Exported from `biomeos` module.

#### Signal Dispatch (`nest.store`)
- **`ipc::nestgate::nest_store_dispatch`**: Collapses `content.put` → `dag.event.append` → `spine.seal` → `braid.create` into a single `dispatch("nest.store", { content, author, metadata })` via `CompositionContext`. Falls back to raw `content.put` if signal dispatch unavailable.
- **`provenance::run_lifecycle`**: Now prefers `nest.store` signal dispatch for the 4-step provenance lifecycle. Legacy sequential path preserved as fallback.

#### Upstream Gap Resolved
- **GAP-GS-015**: primalSpring `routing` module re-export confirmed. `cargo check --workspace` passes against primalSpring HEAD (Wave 17).

#### Lint Cleanup
- Removed stale `clippy::too_many_lines` suppressions from **7 validate binaries**: `bench_gpu_vs_kokkos`, `bench_kokkos_parity`, `validate_drift`, `validate_real_ncbi_16s`, `validate_resampling_conv`, `validate_size_convergence`, `validate_vendor_parity`. Functions no longer exceed the 100-line clippy threshold after incremental refactoring.
- `validate_ltee_fitness.rs`: Removed stale `#[expect(clippy::too_many_lines)]`.
- `validate_precision_drift.rs`: Retains legitimate `#[expect]` (210-line `run()` function).

### V142 Compute Trio Wave Absorption (May 14, 2026)

#### coralReef Deepening (v0.1.0, Sprint 11+12)
- **`shader.compile.gemm`**: Tensor-core GEMM kernel compilation (SM80+ `mma.sync`). Accepts `{ m, n, k, precision, arch }`. JSON-RPC + `try_compile_gemm` graceful degradation.
- **`health.version`** on coralReef: Trio-consistent build identity probe. JSON-RPC + `try_health_version`.

#### barraCuda Deepening (v0.4.0, Sprint 69)
- **`health.version`** on barraCuda: Trio-consistent version probe. Matches toadStool and coralReef surface for plasmidBin doctor and upgrade verification.

#### IPC Surface
- **20 JSON-RPC methods across 7 primals** (was 17): +`shader.compile.gemm`, +coralReef `health.version`, +barraCuda `health.version`.

#### Upstream Gaps Surfaced
- **GAP-GS-015**: primalSpring `routing` module private — blocks `cargo check --workspace`.
- **GAP-GS-016**: plasmidBin manifest metadata stale (tests=1050, niche omits skunkBat).
- **GAP-GS-017**: wateringHole README stale groundSpring row (V135).

### V141 Niche Convergence + Deep Debt Audit (May 13, 2026)

#### Wire Hygiene (Audit item 3)
- **BearDog**: Verified base64 `message` convention (not `data`). Added JSON-RPC helpers: `crypto_sign`, `crypto_hash_blake3`, `crypto_seed_fingerprint` (Wave 102). All with `try_*` graceful degradation.
- **skunkBat**: Already uses `security.audit_log` (correct). Zero `defense.audit` references found.

#### NestGate CAS + GHCND Pipeline
- **NestGate IPC**: Added `content_put`/`content_get` JSON-RPC helpers for CAS storage. Added `noaa_ghcnd_fetch`/`try_noaa_ghcnd_fetch` for daily weather pipeline.
- **NOAA GHCND scaffold**: `control/noaa_ghcnd/pipeline_config.toml` + `README.md`. Central Park 2024 daily TMAX/TMIN/PRCP. Status: SCAFFOLDED (awaiting NestGate deployment).

#### lithoSpore BLAKE3 Ingestion
- **`control/LITHOSPORE_INGESTION_MANIFEST.toml`**: BLAKE3 hashes for all B1-B4 `expected_values.json`, artifact paths, check counts. Ready for lithoSpore hash-and-verify ingestion.

#### IPC Surface
- **17 JSON-RPC methods across 7 primals**: ToadStool (3), barraCuda (1), coralReef (3), NestGate (3), BearDog (3), skunkBat (1), biomeOS (1).

#### Deep Debt Audit
- Zero TODO/FIXME/HACK in `.rs`. Zero unsafe. Zero `.unwrap()` in production. Zero files >800 LOC. Zero mocks. Zero hardcoded names. 100% pure Rust deps. All 12 feature flags documented.

### V140 Tier 2 Convergence + Niche Atomic Deepening (May 13, 2026)

- Full coralReef surface: `shader.compile.wgsl` + `shader.targets` + `shader.validate`.
- Phase D `compute.device.enumerate` wired (toadStool S254 LocalDeviceFactory).
- `toadstool.list_workloads` filter param aligned with upstream contract.
- Cargo.toml feature flag documentation (semantic comments on all 12 flags).
- Hardcoded `"barracuda."` prefix → `LEGACY_COMPUTE_PREFIX` constant.

### V139 Deep Debt Resolution + Tier 2 IPC Wiring (May 12, 2026)

- `toadstool.validate` + `toadstool.list_workloads` + `barracuda.precision.route` IPC wired.
- `roles::GPU_MATH` constant added. `ipc/barracuda.rs` test bug fixed.
- Documentation sweep: 1,123 test count reconciled across ~25 files. barraCuda v0.4.0 refs updated.
- `experiment_catalog.json`: 39→38 total experiments corrected. Exp 035 `python: null` → `"PASS"`.
- Clippy `map_or_else` + shared `parse_jsonrpc_response` refactoring.
- Archived 9 stale scripts to `scripts/archive/`.

### V138 Deep Debt V3 + B4 LTEE Citrate Innovation (May 12, 2026)

#### LTEE B4: Blount et al. 2008/2012 Citrate Innovation (Exp 039)
- **Python baseline**: `control/ltee_citrate_innovation/ltee_citrate_innovation.py` — two-hit potentiation-actualization cascade model reproducing the Cit+ key innovation. 8/8 checks PASS.
- **Rust validator**: `validate_ltee_citrate` binary — parallel implementation with `Xorshift64` PRNG. 8/8 checks PASS. `--format json` supported.
- **Key result**: Historical contingency demonstrated — replay probability from earlier clones is lower than from later clones (potentiation effect). Two-hit analytical waiting time exceeds single-hit mean. Cit+ fraction consistent with rare innovation (2/12 potentiated, 2/12 Cit+ at 60K gen with calibrated rates).
- **Artifacts**: `expected_values.json` → `lithoSpore` module 4 (`ltee-citrate`). Provenance registry updated (31 benchmarks).

#### Deep Debt Cleanup
- **`experiment_catalog.json`**: Added LTEE exps 036-039 and `ltee` domain. Total experiments: 39, total checks: 427.
- **`validate_nucleus_stack.rs`**: Renamed `fake` variable to `missing_socket` (production code naming hygiene).
- **IPC stub unit tests**: Added `#[cfg(test)]` modules to 6 IPC stubs (`barracuda.rs`, `beardog.rs`, `coralreef.rs`, `nestgate.rs`, `songbird.rs`, `toadstool.rs`) — all verify tarpc trait compilation and role constant alignment.

### V137 Downstream Seeding Sprint — `--format json` for Tier 2 Ingestion (May 12, 2026)

#### projectNUCLEUS Tier 2 Readiness
- **`--format json` on all 37 validation binaries**: New `AutoSink` enum in `validate/sink.rs` selects text (default) or NDJSON output at runtime via `--format json` CLI flag. `ValidationHarness::from_args()` constructor inspects process args. All 37 `validate_*` binaries upgraded. projectNUCLEUS can now ingest structured check results from any groundSpring binary.
- **`AutoSink` pattern**: `AutoSink::Text(WriteSink<Stdout>)` | `AutoSink::Json(NdjsonSink<Stdout>)` — no trait objects, no allocation, no performance impact in text mode.
- Default type parameter on `ValidationHarness` changed from `StdoutSink` to `AutoSink` for ergonomic bare-type usage in helper functions.

#### Foundation
- All 3 LTEE `expected_values.json` files confirmed present and valid for lithoSpore ingestion and foundation Thread 5/7 target validation.

### V136 Primal Composition Sprint — B3 LTEE + tarpc Parity + coralReef IPC + Doc Reconciliation (May 11, 2026)

#### LTEE B3: Good et al. 2017 Clonal Interference Dynamics (Exp 038)
- **Python baseline**: `control/ltee_clonal_interference/ltee_clonal_interference.py` — Wright-Fisher simulation with clonal interference at 4 population sizes (100, 1K, 10K, 100K). 7/7 checks PASS.
- **Rust validator**: `validate_ltee_clonal` binary — parallel implementation using `Xorshift64` PRNG with Poisson/exponential/binomial sampling. 7/7 checks PASS.
- **Key result**: Fixation probability monotonically decreases with N (clonal interference), log-fitness adaptation rate scales sublinearly within the interference regime (ratio 9.0 for 10× N increase). Small-N fixation approaches Haldane sieve (2s).
- **Artifacts**: `expected_values.json` → `lithoSpore` module 3 (`ltee-clonal`). Provenance registry updated (30 benchmarks).

#### IPC Surface Completion
- **tarpc `GroundSpringScience`**: Added 8 missing measurement methods (`uncertainty_budget`, `spectral_features`, `drift`, `band_edge`, `rare_biosphere`, `gillespie`, `bistable`, `quasispecies`). Trait now covers all 16 `niche::CAPABILITIES`.
- **coralReef IPC stub**: New `ipc/coralreef.rs` with `ShaderCompile` trait (`compile_wgsl`, `targets`, `validate`). Awaiting coralReef SM rebuild to activate.

#### Doc Reconciliation
- **PAPER_REVIEW_QUEUE**: LTEE B1/B2 status → COMPLETE (was STARTED). Duplicate `#` numbering fixed. Stale `v0.3.7` → `v0.3.13`, `1020+`/`990+` → `1,125`, `376/376` → `395/395`.
- **Version sweep**: Remaining V133 → V135 in `PRIMAL_GAPS.md`, `VALIDATION_TIERS.md`, `PRIMAL_INTERACTION_EVOLUTION.md`, `SECURITY.md`. Stale `1,101` → `1,125` in `CONTEXT.md`, `CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS.md`, `specs/README.md`, `whitePaper/experiments/README.md`.
- **barraCuda version**: `v0.3.7` → `v0.3.13` in `BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION.md`, `CROSS_SPRING_EVOLUTION.md`, `ABSORPTION_MANIFEST.md`, `CROSS_SPRING_SHADER_EVOLUTION.md`.

### V135 Deep Debt Evolution — Modular Harness + Dep Decoupling + Self-Knowledge (May 11, 2026)

#### Structural Refactoring
- **`validate.rs` split**: 750L monolith → `validate/mod.rs` + `validate/sink.rs` + `validate/harness.rs`. Sinks (trait + stdout/null/NDJSON impls) in `sink.rs`, harness (check methods + summary) in `harness.rs`, tests + re-exports in `mod.rs`. Public API unchanged. Prevents future growth past 800L threshold.

#### Self-Knowledge Evolution
- **`dispatch/mod.rs`**: Eliminated hardcoded `"groundspring."` legacy prefix. `normalize_method()` now uses `primal_names::SELF_ID` for self-prefix stripping — if the crate's `SELF_ID` changes, dispatch automatically follows. `"barracuda."` legacy prefix retained for backward compatibility with pre-v0.3.7 callers.

#### Dependency Decoupling
- **`metalForge/forge/Cargo.toml`**: `bytemuck` made `optional = true` (was unconditional). Only the `validate_metalforge_titan_v` binary uses `bytemuck` for GPU buffer slicing; all other forge binaries and the core library now build without it. Titan V binary gated via `required-features = ["bytemuck"]`.

#### Audit Results (Clean State)
- **Unsafe**: ZERO `unsafe` blocks. All crates `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]`.
- **Mocks**: ZERO mocks in production code. ZERO `todo!()` / `unimplemented!()`.
- **TODOs/FIXMEs**: ZERO markers in any Rust source.
- **Dead code**: Two `expect(dead_code)` sites — both appropriate conditional compilation (`IpcResult<T>` without `tarpc-ipc`, `ApplicationError::code` without test).
- **`.unwrap()` in library**: ZERO occurrences outside `#[cfg(test)]` and doc examples.
- **Large files**: ZERO files > 800L (largest was 750L, now split).
- **Hardcoding**: All env-discoverable via `primal_names` + env-var fallback chains. `roles` module is discovery vocabulary, not primal-knowledge violation.
- Test count: **1,125** (up from 1,119). Zero clippy warnings.

### V134 LTEE Reproductions — B2 + B1 (Ecosystem Critical Path) (May 11, 2026)

#### LTEE B2: Wiser 2013 Power-Law Fitness Dynamics (Exp 036)
- **New Rust infrastructure**: `fit_power_law` (offset power-law `w = 1 + A·t^b`), `fit_hyperbolic` (Michaelis-Menten offset `w = 1 + at/(1+bt)`), `aic()`, `bic()`, `compare_models()` — full AIC/BIC model selection pipeline in `stats::model_selection`.
- **Control experiment**: `control/ltee_fitness_dynamics/` — synthetic LTEE fitness data from published Wiser 2013 parameters (α=6.25e-4, β=0.505), 12 populations, 50k generations.
- **Python baseline**: 9/9 checks PASS — power-law wins by AIC/BIC, exponent in [0.40, 0.70], jackknife SE(b) < 0.10.
- **Rust validation** (`validate_ltee_fitness`): 10/10 checks PASS — two-phase design: noiseless model selection + noisy jackknife variance.
- **Expected values JSON** for `lithoSpore` module 1 (`ltee-fitness`).
- **Unblocks**: lithoSpore module 1 AND Pillar 4 exit gate.

#### LTEE B1: Barrick 2009 Neutral Mutation Accumulation (Exp 037)
- **Control experiment**: `control/ltee_neutral_mutation/` — Kimura fixation theory + Wright-Fisher drift, N=500k, μ=8.9e-4.
- **Python baseline**: 8/8 checks PASS — neutral P_fix = 1/N, molecular clock linear, drift dominance at s=1/N.
- **Rust validation** (`validate_ltee_neutral`): 8/8 checks PASS — uses existing `drift::kimura_fixation_prob` and `wright_fisher_fixation_batch`.
- **Expected values JSON** for `lithoSpore` module 2 (`ltee-mutation`).
- **Unblocks**: lithoSpore module 2.

#### Infrastructure
- `fit_all` now includes 6 models (added power_law + hyperbolic).
- `stats::model_selection` module with `aic()`, `bic()`, `rss()`, `compare_models()`.
- Experiment count: 29 + 2 LTEE = 31. Test count: 1,119 (674 lib + 18 new model_selection + stats tests + 138 metalForge + 30 validate + integration tests).
- B1/B2 marked STARTED in `specs/PAPER_REVIEW_QUEUE.md`.

### V133 Deep Debt V2 — Robustness + Benchmark Correctness + Coverage (May 11, 2026)

#### Robustness
- **`metalForge/forge/src/nucleus.rs`**: Replaced `panic!` in `discover_uid()` with `tracing::error!` + graceful fallback to UID `"0"`. No production code panics remain.

#### Benchmark Correctness
- **`bench_rust_vs_python.py`**: `python_pass` and `rust_pass` fields were hardcoded `True` — now reflect actual subprocess exit codes across all trials.
- **`bench_barracuda_cpu_vs_python.py`**: `NPU_EXPERIMENTS` was defined but never executed. Now wired into `main()` with hardware detection (`/dev/akida0` check).

#### Script Coverage
- **`run_all_baselines.sh`**: Added Phase 2 section covering `validate_all` aggregator, `groundspring_guidestone` (guidestone feature), and 4 biomeOS validators (`validate_real_ghcnd_et0`, `validate_real_ncbi_16s`, `validate_nucleus_stack`, `validate_iris_seismic`) with graceful socket detection.

#### Foundation/NUCLEUS
- **NUCLEUS workload TOML**: `$SPRINGS_ROOT` (non-expandable) replaced with `${SPRINGS_ROOT:-<default>}` shell-default pattern matching foundation convention.

#### Docs Cleanup (V133 sweep)
- 12 living docs bumped V132→V133 (CONTRIBUTING, SECURITY, CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS, specs/README, specs/PAPER_REVIEW_QUEUE, specs/PRIMAL_INTERACTION_EVOLUTION, specs/BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION, docs/PRIMAL_GAPS, docs/VALIDATION_TIERS, whitePaper/baseCamp/README, whitePaper/experiments/README, wateringHole/README).
- Fixed `140 metalForge checks` → `138` across all living docs (METHODOLOGY, BARRACUDA_REQUIREMENTS, baseCamp, experiments, specs/README, PAPER_REVIEW_QUEUE, BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION).
- Fixed Exp 013 Python check count in root README: was `8/8`, corrected to `10/10` (matches CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS and validation code).
- Fixed `compare_kokkos_rust.py` path references in BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION to `kokkos_baseline/scripts/`.
- Fixed notebook 02 experiment count from 28 to 29.
- Created V133 handoff: `GROUNDSPRING_V133_DEEP_DEBT_PRIMAL_HANDOFF_MAY11_2026.md` — includes upstream primal gaps (NestGate P1, PRNG 2b, coralReef shader), patterns for other springs (modular guidestone, metalForge decoupling, foundation seeding), NUCLEUS composition patterns, and deep debt audit certificate.

### V132 River Delta Evolution — Tier 4 + plasmidBin + Foundation (May 11, 2026)

#### Tier 4: metalForge barracuda Decoupling
- **`metalForge/forge/Cargo.toml`**: `barracuda` now `optional = true`, gated behind `barracuda-gpu` feature. `pollster` replaces `barracuda::device::test_pool::tokio_block_on` for async wgpu futures. `wgpu` gains `vulkan` backend feature for standalone GPU probing.
- **`harness.rs`**: `check_gpu_resilient` gated behind `#[cfg(feature = "barracuda-gpu")]`.
- **`probe.rs` + `validate_metalforge_titan_v.rs`**: All `barracuda::device::test_pool::tokio_block_on` calls replaced with `pollster::block_on`.
- **Result**: `cargo check --workspace` succeeds without barraCuda source tree present.

#### barracuda-gpu Feature Fix
- **`crates/groundspring/Cargo.toml`**: Added `barracuda/domain-genomics` to `barracuda-gpu` feature. Without it, `gillespie.rs` and `drift/mod.rs` failed to resolve `barracuda::ops::bio` (gated behind `domain-genomics` in barraCuda).

#### plasmidBin Release Binary Refresh
- **Rebuilt** `groundspring_unibin`: 1.1M stripped (was 1.3M from March 28). LTO + codegen-units=1.
- **Placed** in `infra/plasmidBin/springs/` (both `groundspring` and `groundspring_unibin`).
- **BLAKE3**: `f6fb35332d600eca56988bc53c288bbbd5c8317e04fb23fe24f11718991e2e69`

#### Foundation Thread 7 Seeding
- **`foundation/validation/anderson-20260511/`**: Full dated validation run with PROVENANCE_MANIFEST.md + braid.json.
- **18/18 targets PASS**: Anderson localization, almost-Mathieu critical coupling, Hofstadter butterfly, freeze-out, spectral reconstruction, tissue Anderson 3D, NUCLEUS composition parity.
- **`foundation/data/targets/thread07_anderson_targets.toml`**: Now committed and tracked (was untracked).
- **`validation/README.md`**: Updated run table with Thread 6 (airSpring) and Thread 7 (groundSpring).

### V131 Deep Debt Evolution — Modular Refactor + Benchmark Coverage (May 11, 2026)

#### Smart Refactoring
- **`groundspring_guidestone.rs` 833→128 lines**: Extracted 5 NUCLEUS layer modules into `src/guidestone/{bare,tower,node,nest,cross}.rs` (library modules behind `guidestone` feature). Largest module is 194 lines. Binary is now a thin orchestrator.

#### Bug Fixes
- **bootstrap.rs doctest fix**: Doctest used 500 replicates on uniform data — percentile bootstrap legitimately placed estimate outside CI. Increased to 2,000 replicates and replaced fragile CI-containment assertion with robust `is_finite()` + `std_error >= 0` checks. All 9 doctests pass (including `--all-features`).
- **76 hyphenated binary names fixed** across 6 scripts: `bench_rust_vs_python.py`, `bench_barracuda_cpu_vs_python.py`, `parity_report.py`, `run_all_baselines.sh`, `three_mode_benchmark.sh`, `three_tier_parity_report.sh`. Names like `validate_freeze-out` corrected to `validate_freeze_out` to match actual Cargo.toml binary names.

#### Benchmark Coverage Expansion
- **`bench_barracuda_cpu_vs_python.py`**: Extended from 11 to 28 experiments (Exp 001–027 + 035). Covers all Python-paired experiments. NPU experiment (028) separated as `NPU_EXPERIMENTS` list.

#### Documentation
- **Kokkos parity section**: Added to `specs/BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION.md` — CPU parity proven (value-level, same PRNG/seed), GPU parity is timing-only (PRNG seed stride mismatch, documented as Phase 2b).
- **PAPER_REVIEW_QUEUE.md**: Clarified Anderson 2021 mSystems (#19) as "Reference" (review paper, not a numbered reproduction; empirical validation via Paper 20 mBio Exp 014).
- **BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION.md header**: Updated to V131 with current status.

#### Downstream
- **foundation THREAD_INDEX.toml fix**: Thread 7 (Anderson Mathematics) `data_targets` pointed to `thread06_ag_targets.toml` — corrected to `thread07_anderson_targets.toml`. Pushed to upstream foundation repo.

### V130 skunkBat IPC + CI Cross-Sync 413 + plasmidBin Release (May 11, 2026)

#### skunkBat Rust IPC Module
- **New `src/ipc/skunkbat.rs`**: Full Rust IPC surface for `security.audit_log` — `emit_audit_event()`, `emit_validation_event()`, `emit_certification_event()`, `try_emit_audit_event()` (graceful discovery with fallback)
- **`primal_names::roles::AUDIT`**: Added `"skunkbat"` constant for 5-tier socket discovery
- **`niche::DEPENDENCIES`**: Added skunkBat as optional dependency (`fallback: skip`)
- **`niche::CONSUMED_CAPABILITIES`**: Added `security.audit_log`
- **Pattern**: Follows neuralSpring exemplar — direct JSON-RPC to skunkBat socket, Unix timestamp, structured event params

#### CI Cross-Sync
- **Registry sync updated**: Comments and assertions now reference 413 canonical methods (was 403)
- **Assertion threshold**: `>= 401` (excludes 9 test_fixtures + 3 false_positives in TOML extraction)

#### plasmidBin Release
- **Release binary built**: `groundspring_unibin` (1.1MB, x86-64, stripped) — `version`, `status`, `certify`, `validate` subcommands verified
- **plasmidBin manifest**: Updated tests (1050→1101), barracuda_depth (`calling`→`ipc-first`), description, note to V130
- **NUCLEUS workload ready**: `groundspring-geochemistry-validation.toml` references `$SPRINGS_ROOT/groundSpring/target/release/groundspring_unibin validate`

#### Foundation Seeding
- **Thread 6 (ag)**: 18 sources already anchored in `foundation/data/sources/thread06_ag.toml`
- **Thread 7 (Anderson)**: 18 targets already anchored in `foundation/data/targets/thread07_anderson_targets.toml`
- **BLAKE3 hashes**: Pending — populated by `fetch_sources.sh` at download time

### V129 Deep Debt Audit + Doc Alignment (May 10, 2026)

#### Deep Debt Audit (clean)
- **No files >800 lines** — largest is `validate.rs` at 751; no refactoring needed
- **No unsafe code** — `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` on all lib/bin roots, workspace `deny`
- **No TODO/FIXME/HACK/unimplemented!/todo!** remaining in `crates/`
- **No production mocks** — all mock/stub/fake patterns confined to `#[cfg(test)]`
- **External deps justified** — all crates.io deps are necessary (serde, tracing, thiserror, wgpu, tarpc, tokio, clap)
- **Feature-gate strings** in `niche.rs` are self-knowledge (own Cargo features), not hardcoded primal names

#### Test / Doc Alignment
- **Stale test fixed**: `test_exp033_tissue_anderson` now `@pytest.mark.skip` (Exp 033 has no Python baseline — NUCLEUS-only Rust experiment)
- **Test count updated**: 1,099 → 1,101 across 8 living docs (README, CONTEXT, CONTRIBUTING, CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS, baseCamp, specs, sporeprint, PRIMAL_GAPS)
- **baseCamp README**: Updated to V128, added Tier 4 IPC-first status, biomeOS v3.51 absorption, skunkBat wiring
- **`cargo fmt` applied** to coefficient.rs expect attribute formatting

#### Documentation Sweep (13+ files)
- **Root docs**: CONTEXT.md (added Tier 4/biomeOS v3.51/skunkBat), CONTRIBUTING.md (V129), SECURITY.md (V129, 1,101 tests), CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS.md (V129, May 10)
- **Specs**: README.md (V129, barraCuda v0.3.13), PAPER_REVIEW_QUEUE.md (V129, consolidated summary), PRIMAL_INTERACTION_EVOLUTION.md (V129)
- **WhitePaper**: baseCamp/README.md (V129, 4-phase validation chain), experiments/README.md (1,101 tests, guideStone L4, Tier 4, v0.3.13)
- **Other**: PRIMAL_GAPS.md (V129), sporeprint/validation-summary.md (May 10, Tier 4/biomeOS/skunkBat)

#### Script Fixes
- **Binary naming**: Fixed hyphenated `validate-*` → `validate_*` in 6 scripts (158 replacements) to match Cargo.toml bin names
- **PYTHONPATH**: Added `export PYTHONPATH="$ROOT"` to `run_all_baselines.sh` for `control.tolerances` import resolution

#### Primal/Spring Handoff
- **Created**: `GROUNDSPRING_V129_DOCS_EVOLUTION_PRIMAL_HANDOFF_MAY10_2026.md` — per-team guidance for all 8+ primals, patterns to absorb for spring teams, NUCLEUS deployment integration, remaining gaps inventory

#### Downstream Review
- **projectNUCLEUS** (gardens/): operational stack with Tower + Node + Nest + provenance graphs
- **foundation** (gardens/): validated scientific lineage — threads 6 (Ag) and 7 (Anderson) use groundSpring workloads (`gs-validate-all`, `gs-guidestone`, `gs-bench-gpu`, `gs-python-baselines`)
- **foundation/expressions/MEASUREMENT_SCIENCE.md**: positions groundSpring as layer-0 measurement noise for cross-spring sediment

### V128 Tier 4 IPC-First + River Delta Evolution (May 10, 2026)

#### Tier 4 IPC-First
- **`barracuda` removed from default features**: `default = []` (was `default = ["barracuda"]`). IPC-first is now the default — all 284 `barracuda::` references compile out when feature is off
- **`local` feature added**: Enables `barracuda` direct library linkage for local compute. `cargo build -p groundspring --features local` for library path
- **IPC mapping updated**: `PRIMAL_PROOF_IPC_MAPPING.md` reflects Tier 4 transition

#### biomeOS v3.51 Absorption
- **`composition.status`**: New `CompositionStatus` struct and `composition_status()` function in `biomeos::health` — returns `{ active_users, primal_health, resource_pressure }` for adaptive monitoring
- **`method.register`**: New `register_methods()` in `biomeos::registration` — registers 16 `measurement.*` methods via biomeOS v3.51 GAP-09 dynamic registration endpoint

#### skunkBat Audit Logging (JH-5)
- **All 6 deploy graphs wired**: `security.audit_log` nodes added to `groundspring_deploy`, `groundspring_validation`, `groundspring_cross_substrate`, `groundspring_nucleus_local`, `groundspring_tower_bootstrap`, `groundspring_nucleus_node`
- **Fallback = skip**: Audit logging is non-blocking — graphs proceed even if skunkBat is unavailable

#### CI Cross-Sync
- **Method count validated**: Registry sync tests updated for canonical 403 methods (was 389)
- **Tool count test added**: Validates exactly 16 `measurement.*` tools in groundSpring registry

#### Documentation Alignment
- **CONTEXT.md rewritten**: Reflects eukaryotic UniBin architecture — `certification/`, `validation/scenarios/`, `groundspring_unibin`, `src/ipc/` tree, `fossilRecord/`, correct method names matching `capability_registry.toml`
- **README.md**: V128 status, IPC-first feature flags, biomeOS v3.51, skunkBat wiring
- **CHANGELOG.md**: V128 entry

### V127 Deep Debt Cleanup + Docs Alignment (May 9, 2026)

#### Logging Unification
- **`log` → `tracing`**: Migrated 11 `log::` calls across 5 files (resilience, provenance, server, registration, health) to `tracing::`
- **Removed `log` crate** dependency entirely — zero `log::` calls remain
- **`eprintln!` in library** (`certification/composition.rs`) → `tracing::warn!`/`tracing::info!`
- **`tracing` added** to `certification` feature gate in Cargo.toml

#### Clippy Zero-Warning on All Targets
- Fixed 5 `clippy::unwrap_used` errors in freeze_out test modules
- Fixed 3 unused variable warnings in stats/agreement/coefficient.rs
- Fixed 12 `clippy::float_cmp` warnings in test assertions
- Fixed 20+ `clippy::assertions_on_constants` in constant-verification tests
- Fixed 2 collapsible-if and 1 manual-assert in registry_sync.rs
- Fixed 3 `clippy::doc_markdown` warnings (backtick formatting)
- Fixed 1 `clippy::cast_precision_loss` in exp095
- Result: `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets` = **0 warnings, 0 errors**

#### Hardcoding Evolution
- `validate_nestgate_ncbi.rs`: `"localhost"` → named `DEFAULT_LOOPBACK` constant
- All `/run/user/` patterns verified behind `#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]`

#### Documentation Alignment
- All docs aligned to V127 / 1,099 tests / barraCuda v0.3.13
- Fixed README: barraCuda v0.3.7 → v0.3.13, Exp 034 → 035, wateringHole V123 → V127
- Fixed CONTEXT.md: "100% Rust" → "Rust library + validators, Python baselines"
- Fixed CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS.md: header to V127, test counts, handoff references
- Fixed STUDY.md: "twenty-eight experiments" → "thirty-five experiments"
- Fixed liu.md: `rawr_mean` delegation status updated (S66)
- Fixed PRIMAL_PROOF_IPC_MAPPING.md: `storage.store` → `storage.put`
- Fixed fossilRecord/README.md: handoff filename corrected
- wateringHole/README.md: added 2 missing V125 handoffs to active table
- New V127 handoff with upstream primal debt + downstream absorption patterns

#### Quality
- **1,099 tests**, 0 failed
- **Zero** clippy warnings on all targets (lib + bin + test)
- **Zero** `fmt` diff
- **Zero** bare `#[allow]`/`#[expect]` without reason
- **Zero** TODO/FIXME/HACK in Rust source

### V126 Eukaryotic UniBin Evolution — Interstadial Primordial Extinction (May 9, 2026)

#### UniBin Consolidation (eukaryotic pattern from primalSpring v0.9.25)
- **certification/ organelle**: Absorbed `groundspring_guidestone` binary into library module
  (`certification/bare.rs` for Properties 1-5, `certification/composition.rs` for Layers 2-4).
  `certify(max_layer)` is the new entry point.
- **validation/scenarios/ registry**: 10 absorbed scenarios across 10 tracks with `ScenarioMeta`
  (id, track, tier, provenance). `ScenarioRegistry` supports tier/track filtering.
- **groundspring_unibin binary**: Single binary with `certify`, `validate`, `status`, `version`
  subcommands. `--tier rust` for CI-safe Tier 1, `--tier live` for NUCLEUS Tier 2.
- **fossilRecord/**: 3 dated prokaryotic snapshots — validate_binaries, guidestone, experiment_crates.

#### IPC Tree Expansion
- **src/ipc/ tree**: Expanded monolithic `ipc.rs` (270 lines) into per-primal module tree:
  `ipc/barracuda.rs`, `ipc/toadstool.rs`, `ipc/nestgate.rs`, `ipc/beardog.rs`, `ipc/songbird.rs`,
  `ipc/client.rs`, `ipc/discovery.rs`. Each primal has a dedicated IPC surface definition.
- **PRIMAL_PROOF_IPC_MAPPING.md**: Documents 30+ `barracuda::` library calls mapped to JSON-RPC
  method equivalents, plus the `primal-proof` transition path.

#### Interstadial Compliance
- **primalSpring v0.9.25 pinned**: Path dep resolves to v0.9.25 for `CompositionContext`,
  `ScenarioMeta`, `ScenarioRegistry`, and certification engine API.
- **Zero bare `#[expect]`**: Fixed 3 missing `reason` annotations in validate_spectral_recon,
  validate_npu_anderson, validate_jackknife.
- **Two-tier validation**: `docs/VALIDATION_TIERS.md` documents Tier 1 (Rust, CI-safe) and
  Tier 2 (Live, NUCLEUS via `CompositionContext`).
- **1,006+ tests**: Zero failures. `cargo fmt --check` clean, `cargo clippy --workspace --lib`
  zero warnings.

### V125 guideStone Level 4 + Deep Debt Evolution (May 8, 2026)

#### guideStone Level 4 — NUCLEUS Composition Parity
- **Tolerance unification**: `metalForge` `ToleranceTier::relative_tolerance()` now
  delegates to canonical `groundspring::tol` constants — single source of truth,
  zero duplication drift (resolves GAP-GS-006)
- **Logging standardization**: `metalForge/forge` migrated from `log` to `tracing`
  crate (`probe.rs`, `nucleus.rs`), aligning with ecosystem observability
- **Platform guards**: `#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]` on `/run/user/` UID enumeration
  in `nucleus.rs`; `primal_names::roles::STORAGE` constant replaces literal
  `"nestgate"` in `validate_nestgate_ncbi.rs`
- **29 new `#[cfg(test)]` modules**: freeze_out (chi2, curve, grid, nelder_mead),
  stats/agreement (5 files), dispatch (defaults, extract, lifecycle, measurement),
  biomeos (registration, compute, health, storage, transport), eps, tol,
  fao56/constants, fao56/pipeline, esn, gpu, ipc — 965+ total tests
- **2 composition experiment crates**: `exp094_composition_parity` (Tower + Node +
  Nest + cross-atomic pipeline), `exp095_measurement_niche` (measurement niche
  validation)
- **sporePrint notebooks**: 5 sporePrint + 29 baseline notebooks live on primals.eco
- **Frozen validation data**: 6 JSON snapshots in `experiments/results/`
- **Foundation integration**: Thread 7 Anderson targets, 4 sporeGarden workloads,
  `foundation_validate.sh` expanded to scan spring-specific dirs
- **Documentation**: `PRIMAL_GAPS.md` updated to L4 / May 2026, GAP-GS-006 resolved
  (5 resolved, 6 remaining)
- **Python tests**: Exp 033 + 035 added to `test_experiments.py`; Exp 029-032
  stubbed as `skip(requires NUCLEUS)`

### V124 guideStone Level 3 + Deep Debt Cleanup (Apr 27, 2026)

#### guideStone Level 3 — Bare Scaffold + IPC Wiring
- **`groundspring_guidestone` binary**: new self-validating NUCLEUS deployable
  implementing 5 bare guideStone properties (deterministic output,
  reference-traceable, self-verifying via BLAKE3 checksums, environment-agnostic,
  tolerance-documented) + 6 NUCLEUS additive IPC parity checks (scalar parity,
  vector parity, decomposition E2E, storage round-trip, crypto witness, compute
  dispatch) via `primalspring` composition API
- **`primalspring` integration**: optional path dependency under `guidestone`
  feature flag — `CompositionContext`, `validate_liveness`, `validate_parity`,
  `checksums::verify_manifest`, `tolerances::IPC_ROUND_TRIP_TOL`
- **`validation/CHECKSUMS`**: BLAKE3 manifest of 12 validation-critical source
  files, generated by `scripts/generate-checksums.sh`
- **`scripts/build-guidestone.sh`**: build + optional run helper

#### Niche / Graph / Capability Alignment
- **16 capabilities synced**: `niches/groundspring-measurement.yaml`,
  `groundspring_deploy.toml` `capabilities_provided`, and
  `groundspring_tower_bootstrap.toml` registration all now list all 16
  `measurement.*` capabilities (was 8 — added bootstrap, rarefaction, drift,
  band_edge, rare_biosphere, gillespie, bistable, quasispecies)
- **Deploy graph verb reconciliation**: `measurement.validate_suite` →
  `measurement.parity_check`, `measurement.parity_report` →
  `measurement.uncertainty_budget`, `storage.store` → `storage.put`,
  `registry.register` → `capability.register`
- **`biomeos::compute::compute_capabilities()`**: fixed to call
  `compute.capabilities` (was incorrectly calling `resource.health.check`)
- **All 6 deploy graphs**: updated STATUS to V124 / April 27, 2026 / barraCuda v0.3.12

#### Hardcoding Elimination
- **`validate_real_ghcnd_et0`**: bare `(0.0..=15.0)` → centralized
  `ET0_PLAUSIBLE_MIN_MM..=ET0_PLAUSIBLE_MAX_MM` from `tolerances.rs`
- **`validate_nestgate_ncbi`**: bare `8090` → `NESTGATE_DEFAULT_PORT` constant
- **`validate_resampling_conv`**: bare `1.1`/`1.2`/`0.8` → named constants
  `CONVERGENCE_FACTOR_GAUSSIAN`/`CONVERGENCE_FACTOR_LOGNORMAL`/`HEAVY_TAIL_WIDTH_FACTOR`

#### Documentation + Specs
- **`docs/PRIMAL_GAPS.md`**: GAP-GS-004, 005, 007, 010 resolved; 4 entries
  in resolved table
- **`specs/TOLERANCE_REGISTRY.md`**: source path fixed (`lib.rs` → `tol.rs`),
  tissue Anderson thresholds + resampling convergence heuristics documented
- **`specs/PROVENANCE_SCHEMA.md`**: documented 6 validation binaries that
  skip `print_provenance_header()` by design
- **`specs/BARRACUDA_REQUIREMENTS.md`**: version refs updated to v0.3.12
- **`metalForge/forge/Cargo.toml`**: added `default-features = false` to
  barracuda dependency (ecoBin compliance)

### V124 Deep Debt Resolution + Tolerance Hardening (Mar 24, 2026)

#### Tolerance Registry Hardening
- **`eps` module promoted to `pub`**: downstream crates (`groundspring-validate`,
  `groundspring-forge`) can now reference `groundspring::eps::*` directly
- **`eps::SAFE_DIV_STRICT`** (1e-20): new strict near-zero guard for MSD
  log-log filters, diffusion coefficients, and similar quantities where
  `SAFE_DIV` (1e-10) is too generous. Mirrors `EPS_SAFE_DIV_STRICT` in
  the validation crate (now re-exports from library)
- **Named constants replace all bare float literals**: `drift/mod.rs`
  (`NEUTRAL_SELECTION_THRESHOLD` → `eps::SAFE_DIV`, `KIMURA_DENOM_EPSILON`
  → `tol::DETERMINISM`), `freeze_out/grid.rs` (L-BFGS constants →
  `tol::EXACT`/`tol::DETERMINISM`/`tol::RECONSTRUCTION`),
  `freeze_out/nelder_mead.rs` (`NM_TOL` → `tol::EXACT`),
  `band_structure.rs` (`BRENT_TOL` → `tol::EXACT`),
  `dispatch/defaults.rs` (`DEFAULT_REGULARIZATION` → `tol::RECONSTRUCTION`),
  `transport.rs` (`MSD_MIN_THRESHOLD` → `eps::SAFE_DIV_STRICT`)
- **`RELATIVE_DENOM_GUARD`** in `ValidationHarness`: `check_relative` and
  `check_abs_or_rel` now use a named constant (= `tol::DETERMINISM`)
  instead of bare `1e-15`
- **Validation binaries**: all `f64::EPSILON` determinism checks replaced
  with `TOL_DETERMINISM` (`validate_fao56`, `validate_et0_methods`,
  `validate_rare_biosphere`)
- Stale `SSA_FLOOR` dead-code `#[expect]` removed (now public, no longer dead)

#### NDJSON Injection Hardening
- **`json_escape()`** function added to `validate.rs`: escapes `"`, `\`,
  newlines, and ASCII control characters per RFC 8259 before NDJSON output
- All `NdjsonSink` methods now escape `label`, `detail`, `name`, `text`
- 5 new adversarial tests: injection payloads, escaped quotes, backslashes,
  newlines, control characters

#### validate_all Skip/Fail Disambiguation
- `run_binary` returns `RunResult` enum (`Pass`, `Fail`, `HardwareUnavailable`)
  instead of `bool` — exit code 2 = hardware unavailable (skip), anything
  else non-zero = real failure. Core binary failure always counts as FAIL.
- Optional binary failure for non-hardware reasons now explicitly flagged

#### Capability-Based Discovery Evolution
- **`NestGate` validator** (`validate_nestgate_ncbi`): removed hardcoded
  `FALLBACK_PORT: u16 = 8090`. `nestgate_url()` returns `Result` with
  4-tier discovery: `NESTGATE_URL` → `NESTGATE_ADDRESS` →
  `NESTGATE_HOST+PORT` → biomeOS socket registry
- **UID discovery** (`nucleus.rs`): 4-tier chain (`$UID` →
  `/proc/self/status` → `id -u` → `/run/user/` enumeration), panics
  with descriptive message instead of silently using "1000"
- Collapsible-if patterns modernized to idiomatic let-chain syntax

#### CI Hardening
- **`validate-all` CI job**: runs meta-validator after individual validation
  jobs complete
- **29 validator exit-code integration tests** in
  `crates/groundspring-validate/tests/validator_exit_codes.rs`

#### Clippy Debt Cleared
- 3 stale `#[expect(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]` removed
  (`bistable.rs`, `fao56/pipeline/monte_carlo.rs`, `seasonal.rs`)
- 2 unnecessary `as u64` casts removed (`rare_biosphere.rs`)
- Doc link fixed (`RELATIVE_DENOM_GUARD` → inline reference)

### V123 Cross-Ecosystem Absorption + Provenance (Mar 24, 2026)

#### Ecosystem Absorption
- **`SECURITY.md`**: added (neuralSpring S174 / healthSpring V42 pattern).
  Vulnerability reporting, dependency audit posture, data provenance
- **`rustfmt.toml`**: added (neuralSpring S173 pattern). Edition 2024,
  max_width 100, field init shorthand, try shorthand — explicit to
  prevent drift across contributors
- **Upstream contract tolerance pins** (`tol.rs`): 6 new constants pinning
  groundSpring to specific barraCuda v0.3.7 behaviour:
  `UPSTREAM_SPECTRAL_EIGH`, `UPSTREAM_BIO_MULTINOMIAL`,
  `UPSTREAM_OPTIMIZE_BRENT`, `UPSTREAM_SPECTRAL_ANDERSON`,
  `UPSTREAM_SPECTRAL_ALMOST_MATHIEU`, `UPSTREAM_SPECTRAL_BANDS`.
  If upstream drifts, pinned tests fail immediately
  (neuralSpring V124 `UPSTREAM_HYDRO_*` / `UPSTREAM_PHYSICS_*` pattern)

#### Provenance Registry
- **`provenance_registry.rs`**: new centralized module mapping all 29
  Python baselines to their scripts, benchmark JSONs, validators, and
  science domains. Lookup by exp_id, name, validator, or domain.
  14 tests: uniqueness, lookup correctness, extension validation

#### Typed Error Evolution
- **`cast::CastOverflowError`**: `usize_u32` now returns a typed error
  with label, value, and target_max instead of `Result<u32, String>`.
  Derives `thiserror::Error` + `Debug + Clone + PartialEq + Eq`.
  tarpc wire protocol `Result<String, String>` retained as convention

#### PRNG Hardening
- **5 new bitwise determinism tests**: `xorshift64_bitwise_determinism_1000_rounds`,
  `xoshiro128_bitwise_determinism_1000_rounds`,
  `xorshift64_known_sequence_pin` (pinned to seed 42 first output),
  `xoshiro128_known_first_output_pin`,
  `binomial_determinism_across_generators`
  (healthSpring V42 RNG bitwise identity pattern)

#### Full Ecosystem Review
- Pulled and reviewed all 7 sibling springs (hotSpring v0.6.32,
  neuralSpring V124, wetSpring V135, airSpring v0.10.0,
  healthSpring V42, ludoSpring V30, primalSpring 0.7.0)
- Reviewed all phase1 primals (toadStool S163, Squirrel alpha.23,
  NestGate 4.1.0-dev, Songbird v0.2.1 Wave 66, BearDog 0.9.0 Wave 14)
- Reviewed all phase2 primals (biomeOS v2.67, petalTongue v1.6.6,
  sweetGrass v0.7.27, rhizoCrypt 0.14.0-dev S20, LoamSpine 0.9.12)
- Reviewed barraCuda v0.3.7, coralReef Phase 10 Iter 63
- Synthesized absorption matrix: Tier A (6 items), Tier B (7 items),
  Tier C (5 tracking items)

#### Audits
- **Large file review**: 11 files >500 LOC reviewed; all well-structured.
  `rare_biosphere.rs` has optional GPU extraction (tracked for future)
- **Mock audit**: zero production mocks found; all test doubles behind
  `#[cfg(test)]`
- **Hardcoding audit**: centralized in `primal_names.rs`; env overrides
  on all socket/path discovery
- **Dependency audit**: zero direct `-sys` crates; transitive only from
  wgpu/rustix ecosystem
- **TODO/FIXME/HACK inventory**: zero in all Rust sources

#### Quality Gates
- `cargo check --workspace`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo clippy --workspace`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS (0 diffs)
- `cargo doc --workspace`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (1020+ tests, 0 failures)
- `cargo deny check`: PASS (advisories, bans, licenses, sources OK)

### V122 Cast Evolution + Module Extraction (Mar 24, 2026)

#### Smart Refactoring
- **`lib.rs` refactored**: 607 → 182 lines — extracted `cast.rs` (centralized
  numeric cast helpers), `tol.rs` (13 named tolerance constants with mathematical
  provenance), `eps.rs` (4 production epsilon guards). Zero public API change
- **`groundspring-validate/lib.rs` refactored**: 769 → 226 lines — extracted
  `accessors.rs` (typed JSON benchmark field accessors with fallible `get_*` and
  panicking `*_field` wrappers). Zero public API change
- **`cast` module promoted to `pub`**: enables cross-crate use by
  `groundspring-validate` (e.g. `groundspring::cast::u64_usize` in `get_usize`)

#### Cast Evolution
- **20+ bare `as` casts → named helpers**: `u64_u32_truncate()` for PRNG seed
  generation (gillespie, drift, rare_biosphere, rarefaction, bootstrap),
  `u64_usize()` for binomial/index results (drift, bootstrap, quasispecies),
  GPU dispatch params (bistable, fao56, spectral_recon, rarefaction).
  Each eliminates an `#[expect(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]` block
- **New helper `cast::u64_u32_truncate()`**: intentional low-32-bit extraction
  for PRNG seeds — documents the truncation intent at the type level
- **`eps::SSA_FLOOR` unconditional**: constant available in all builds (was
  behind `barracuda-gpu` feature gate); `cfg_attr` dead_code annotation for
  non-GPU builds

#### Dependency Cleanup
- **`deny.toml`**: removed stale `ring` license clarification that contradicted
  the ban list (ring is banned for ecoBin compliance)
- **README/specs**: replaced `data/` generated artifact references with
  generation commands (`python3 scripts/parity_report.py`, etc.)

#### Quality Gates
- `cargo check --workspace`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo clippy --workspace`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS (0 diffs)
- `cargo doc --workspace`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (1000+ tests, 0 failures)
- `cargo deny check`: PASS (advisories, bans, licenses, sources OK)

### V121 Deep Debt + Ecosystem Absorption (Mar 23, 2026)

#### Smart Refactoring
- **`biomeos/mod.rs` refactored**: 631 → 232 lines — extracted `storage.rs`,
  `compute.rs`, `registration.rs`, `health.rs`, `routing.rs`, `client_tests.rs`
  into focused submodules. Zero public API change
- **`stats/agreement.rs` refactored**: 534-line monolith → `stats/agreement/`
  directory with `coefficient.rs`, `error_metrics.rs`, `efficiency.rs`,
  `willmott.rs`, `hit_rate.rs`, `mod.rs`. Zero public API change

#### Ecosystem Absorption
- **`normalize_method()`**: Strips legacy `groundspring.`/`barracuda.` prefixes
  from RPC method names before dispatch. `capabilities.list` plural alias added.
  Absorbed from barraCuda v0.3.7 / wetSpring V132
- **5-tier socket discovery**: `primal_names::discover_socket()` now supports
  env var → XDG family-qualified → XDG flat → socket-registry.json → temp_dir.
  Registry uses zero-dependency string parsing. Absorbed from biomeOS V266
- **`NdjsonSink<W>`**: Machine-readable NDJSON validation output — one JSON
  object per line for CI/pipeline consumption. Absorbed from wetSpring V132
- **`IpcError::is_recoverable()`**: Connect/Transport → recoverable,
  Remote/Discovery → permanent. Absorbed from wetSpring V132 / healthSpring V41
- **Provenance trio lifecycle**: `store_result()` + `run_lifecycle()` —
  start→store→commit→attribute session pattern. Absorbed from primalSpring V0.3.0
- **MCP capability registry**: `capability_registry.toml` with 16 tool
  definitions for Squirrel integration. Absorbed from airSpring V0.10

#### Lint & Safety Hardening
- **Workspace lints tightened**: `clippy::unwrap_used` and `clippy::expect_used`
  now denied at workspace level. All test modules and validation binaries
  annotated with `#[expect]`
- **`#[allow(dead_code)]` → `#[cfg_attr(not(test), expect(dead_code, ...))]`**
  in `biomeos/protocol.rs` for correct feature-conditional handling
- **MSRV bumped**: 1.85 → 1.87 (aligns with wgpu 29 MSRV)

#### Hardcoding → Capability-Based
- **`/tmp` → `std::env::temp_dir()`** in socket discovery fallback
- **Server timeouts** now env-driven via shared `connect_timeout()`/`read_timeout()`
- **`is_enabled()`** accepts `"biomeos"`, `"true"`, `"1"` (no longer hardcoded to single role name)
- **Stale doc fixed**: `GROUNDSPRING_IPC_SOCKET` → `GROUNDSPRING_SOCKET` in ipc.rs

#### Tolerance Centralization
- **10 new named constants** in `tolerances.rs` for FAO-56 intermediate sanity bounds:
  `TOL_ET0_BASELINE`, `SANITY_ES_KPA`, `SANITY_EA_KPA`, `SANITY_P_KPA`,
  `SANITY_U2_MS`, `SANITY_DAYLIGHT_HOURS`, `SANITY_MC_CV_PCT`,
  `SANITY_VARIANCE_SUM`, `SANITY_PM_HARG_RATIO`, `SANITY_PM_HARG_DIFF_MAX`
  — all with FAO-56 provenance citations
- **8 inline float literals replaced** in `validate_fao56.rs` with named constants
- **2 inline literals replaced** in `validate_real_ghcnd_et0.rs` with named constants
- **`specs/TOLERANCE_REGISTRY.md`** updated with all 10 new constants

#### Provenance Hardening
- **`provenance.rs`**: `validation_script` and `command` fields now **required**
  in benchmark JSON provenance blocks (previously optional). Missing fields
  return `Err` instead of silently skipping
- **`benchmark_json_round_trip` test**: Verifies benchmark JSON parse → serialize
  → reparse losslessness and required provenance field presence
- **`provenance_requires_script_and_command` test**: Validates error on missing fields
- **Missing DOI added**: `benchmark_et0_methods.json` → `10.4060/x0490e` (FAO-56)

#### Lint Evolution
- **`#[allow(dead_code)]` → `#[expect(dead_code, reason)]`** in `ipc_error.rs`
  for `IpcResult` type alias under `cfg(not(feature = "tarpc-ipc"))`
- **barraCuda version refs**: `v0.3.5` → `v0.3.7` across `ABSORPTION_MANIFEST.md`,
  `CROSS_SPRING_SHADER_EVOLUTION.md`, `BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION.md`,
  `BARRACUDA_REQUIREMENTS.md`

#### Quality Gates
- `cargo fmt --all -- --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings -W clippy::pedantic -W clippy::nursery`: 0 warnings
- `cargo doc --no-deps`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo test -p groundspring --lib`: 691 tests, 0 failures
- Library line coverage: ≥92%
- 0 TODOs/FIXMEs in library code
- 0 unsafe code in lib
- 0 unwrap/expect in production code (workspace-denied)

### V120 Deep Audit Execution — Refactoring + Safety + CI Hardening (Mar 23, 2026)

#### Structural Refactoring
- **`dispatch.rs` → `dispatch/` module**: 823-line monolith refactored into 4
  focused submodules (`defaults.rs`, `extract.rs`, `lifecycle.rs`, `measurement.rs`)
  with `mod.rs` router — all files under 400 lines, single-responsibility, zero
  public API change
- **`ValidationHarness` expanded**: `check_relative` (relative tolerance comparison)
  and `check_abs_or_rel` (abs-or-rel tolerance with named labels) added with full
  unit tests — supports broader floating-point validation patterns

#### Safety & Correctness
- **`#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` on all 50 binary entry points**: Validation binaries
  (37), benchmarks (3), metalForge binaries (10) — completes the "zero unsafe in
  application code" mandate (was already on 3 crate lib roots)
- **`GpuDriverProfile` → `DeviceCapabilities` migration**: Replaced deprecated
  barraCuda type in `gpu.rs` precision routing — forward-compatible with upstream
- **Cast helper `cfg_attr` hardened**: `#[cfg_attr(not(any(test, feature = "...")),
  expect(dead_code))]` correctly handles test compilation + feature interaction —
  eliminates unfulfilled lint expectations in `--all-targets` builds
- **Clippy `--all-features` clean**: Fixed unfulfilled lint expectations in 5 test
  modules (`lanczos`, `interaction`, `nestgate`, `provenance`, `npu`), expanded
  `server.rs` test `#[expect]` to cover `expect_used`, fixed `protocol.rs`
  `ApplicationError::code` dead_code annotation

#### biomeOS Evolution
- **`capability_call_typed`**: New public function in `biomeos` module — typed
  JSON-RPC capability invocation using `extract_rpc_result`, reduces boilerplate
  for primal-to-primal communication
- **`extract_rpc_result` promoted**: Removed dead_code annotation — now called
  from production `capability_call_typed` path

#### CI & Documentation
- **Release-mode CI validation**: New `validate-release` job runs 7 validation
  binaries under `--release` (LTO + codegen-units=1) — catches release-only
  numeric divergence
- **Provenance fix**: `TOL_ET0` provenance updated to match `benchmark_et0_methods.json`
  (commit `231a3e99`, 2026-03-19)
- **Delegation count docs**: Updated CPU delegation count from 51 → 67 in
  `BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION.md`, `BARRACUDA_REQUIREMENTS.md`, `ABSORPTION_MANIFEST.md`
- **Doc link fix**: Removed `[`measurement`]` intra-doc link to private module
  in dispatch documentation

#### Quality Gates
- `cargo fmt --all -- --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -W clippy::pedantic -W clippy::nursery`: 0 warnings
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings -W clippy::pedantic -W clippy::nursery`: 0 warnings
- `cargo doc --all-features -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: 990+ tests, 0 failures
- Library line coverage: ≥92% (`cargo llvm-cov --workspace --lib`)

### V119 Deep Evolution Audit + Cross-Ecosystem Absorption (Mar 22, 2026)

#### Ecosystem Hygiene
- `publish = false` on all 3 workspace crates (groundspring, groundspring-validate,
  groundspring-forge) — prevents accidental crates.io publishing
- `rust-version = "1.85"` in `[workspace.package]` — explicit MSRV for edition 2024
- Archived superseded V118 RPC/PRNG handoff to `handoffs/archive/`

#### Pattern Absorption
- **Provenance registry completeness test** (neuralSpring V120 pattern): compile-time
  `include_str!` of all 29 benchmark JSONs with count + parse assertion — prevents
  silent benchmark drift
- **Cast module expanded** (airSpring barracuda pattern): 7 new helpers (`i32_f64`,
  `u32_f64`, `f64_u32`, `u32_usize`, `u64_usize`, `f64_i32`, `usize_i32`) with
  documented safety, debug assertions, and unit tests
- **IPC test isolation** (ludoSpring V28 pattern): `AtomicU64` counter for unique
  socket paths in biomeOS tests — prevents CI flakiness from parallel test collisions

#### Documentation
- README: version timeline evolved from paragraph to structured table (Tufte compliance),
  coverage badge ≥90% → ≥92%, test counts 960+ → 990+, version to V119
- whitePaper/baseCamp/, experiments/, specs/ updated to V119
- New barraCuda/toadStool absorption handoff with full 110-delegation inventory
- graphs/, wateringHole/, CONTRIBUTING.md aligned to V119

#### Quality Gates
- `cargo fmt --all -- --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace -- -W clippy::pedantic -W clippy::nursery`: 0 warnings
- `cargo test --workspace`: 990+ tests, 0 failures
- Library line coverage: ≥92% (`cargo llvm-cov --workspace --lib`)
- Dead code: 10 `#[expect(dead_code)]` sites (3 original + 7 new cast helpers, all `cfg_attr`-gated)

### V118 Deep Audit Execution — RPC Expansion + Proptest + PRNG Alignment + GPU Delegation (Mar 19, 2026)

#### RPC Method Expansion (8 new capabilities)
- `measurement.bootstrap`, `measurement.rarefaction`, `measurement.drift`,
  `measurement.band_edge`, `measurement.rare_biosphere`, `measurement.gillespie`,
  `measurement.bistable`, `measurement.quasispecies` — full JSON-RPC dispatch
  with typed parameters, structured JSON output, and unit tests for each
- `niche.rs` enriched: `CAPABILITIES` expanded from 8 → 16 methods,
  `SEMANTIC_MAPPINGS` and `COST_ESTIMATES` extended to cover all 16,
  `OPERATION_DEPENDENCIES` refactored to `pub static` arrays for clippy compliance
- `dispatch.rs` parameter names aligned with actual `niche.rs` `OperationDeps`

#### Proptest Coverage (16 new property-based tests)
- `drift`: Kimura fixation probability ∈ [0, 1], neutral fixation ≈ 1/N
- `fao56`: ET₀ physical plausibility (positive, bounded, monotonic in radiation)
- `spectral_recon`: Tikhonov round-trip within `tol::RECONSTRUCTION`
- `quasispecies`: error threshold converges for large genome lengths
- `band_structure`: band edges come in even-count pairs per period

#### PRNG Alignment — Xorshift64 → DefaultRng in Production
- 12+ production files migrated from direct `Xorshift64::new(seed)` to
  `DefaultRng::new(seed)` — enables zero-code-change PRNG migration
  when `prng-xoshiro-default` feature is enabled
- `Xorshift64` retained in `#[cfg(test)]` modules for deterministic baseline
  preservation
- Files: `rawr.rs`, `bootstrap.rs`, `anderson/mod.rs`, `drift/mod.rs`,
  `gillespie.rs`, `rarefaction/sampling.rs`, `rare_biosphere.rs`,
  `quasispecies.rs`, `bistable.rs`, `multisignal.rs`,
  `fao56/pipeline/monte_carlo.rs`, `freeze_out/nelder_mead.rs`,
  `tissue_anderson/geometry.rs`, `tissue_anderson/sweeps.rs`

#### GPU Delegation — spectral_recon forward_correlator
- `forward_correlator` dispatches to `barracuda::ops::linalg::GemmF64::execute_gemm_ex`
  when `barracuda-gpu` is enabled; CPU `forward_correlator_cpu` fallback retained
- Delegation count: 110 (67 CPU + 43 GPU), up from 102 (61 + 41)

#### Hardcoded → Named Constants
- `1e-12` in bootstrap/rawr test assertions → `crate::tol::EXACT`
- Provenance comments added to hardcoded values in `validate_seismic.rs`
  (distance, depth, vp) and `validate_fao56.rs` (wind measurement height,
  daylight bounds)

#### Python Tolerance Mirror
- Added `EPS_SSA_FLOOR` to `control/tolerances.py` (mirrors `eps::SSA_FLOOR`)

#### CI Hardening
- Python coverage threshold raised from 80% to 90% (aligned with Rust target)

#### Baseline Runner Fixes
- `regenerate_benchmarks.sh`: added `export PYTHONPATH="$ROOT"` for module resolution
- `baseline_runner.py`: fixed syntax errors (`zero.perf_counter()` → `time.perf_counter()`,
  `sum_ cross` → `sum_xy`), removed stale `typo:` string, added `validation_script`
  and `real_data_accession` provenance fields

**Quality**: 960+ tests, 0 clippy (default + barracuda + all-features), 0 fmt diff,
0 doc warnings, 0 unsafe, `cargo deny check` PASS, 110 active delegations (67 CPU + 43 GPU).
All files < 1000 LOC (largest: dispatch.rs at 823).

### V117 All-Features Compilation + cargo deny + PRNG Feature Gate (Mar 18, 2026)

#### All-Features Compilation Fixed
- `tarpc-ipc` feature: added missing `serde-transport-json` to tarpc dependency —
  `cargo check --workspace --all-features` now compiles cleanly (was `E0433:
  could not find formats in tokio_serde`)
- `clippy --workspace --all-features -- -D warnings` now passes with zero warnings

#### Clippy All-Features Cleanup
- Removed duplicate `Display` trait bound from `ResilienceError<E>` in
  `biomeos/resilience.rs` (thiserror derives its own where clause)
- Removed stale `#[expect(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]` from `seismic.rs`
  — `u32 as usize` never truncates on 64-bit targets
- Removed redundant outer `cast_possible_truncation` from `npu.rs` — inner
  `#[expect]` attributes already covered those casts
- Removed unfulfilled `#[expect(clippy::expect_used)]` on `validate_npu_anderson`
  `main()` — helper functions have their own `#[expect]`
- Merged identical match arms in `groundspring_primal.rs` (`match_same_arms`)
- Added `#[expect(dead_code)]` to pre-absorbed `extract_rpc_result` in
  `biomeos/protocol.rs`

#### cargo deny Fixed and Passing
- Removed obsolete `vulnerability = "deny"` (removed in cargo-deny 0.19)
- Changed `unmaintained = "warn"` to valid `unmaintained = "workspace"`
- Fixed invalid SPDX: `AGPL-3.0+` → `AGPL-3.0-or-later`
- Added `AGPL-3.0-only` and `CC0-1.0` to license allowlist
- Added `blake3` as allowed wrapper for `cc` (build-time SIMD, not runtime C)
- Changed `wildcards = "deny"` → `"allow"` (path deps in monorepo are standard)

#### PRNG Feature Gate
- `DefaultRng` is now feature-gated: `prng-xoshiro-default` switches from
  `Xorshift64` (validation baseline) to `Xoshiro128StarStar` (GPU-aligned)
- Conditional tests for both PRNG modes
- Enables zero-diff PRNG migration when Python baselines are regenerated

#### Bare Literal Cleanup
- `metalForge/forge/src/tolerance.rs`: extracted `NEAR_ZERO_THRESHOLD` constant
- `validate_pure_gpu_workloads.rs`: `1e-10` → `groundspring::tol::ANALYTICAL`
- `validate_weather.rs`: `365` → `DAYS_PER_YEAR` constant

#### validate_all Meta-Binary
- Verified: 29/29 core validations PASS, 0 failures, 1 hardware skip (NPU)
- Underscore naming confirmed working across all binaries

**Quality**: 960+ tests, 0 clippy (default + all-features), 0 fmt diff,
0 doc warnings, 0 unsafe, `cargo deny check` PASS, all 29 validation
binaries PASS.

### V116 Deep Absorption + Idiomatic Error Evolution (Mar 18, 2026)

#### Typed Error Evolution
- `dispatch::dispatch()` returns `Result<Value, DispatchError>` (was `Result<Value, String>`)
  — new `DispatchError` enum with `MethodNotFound`, `MissingParam`, `InvalidParam`,
  and `#[from] InputError` variants; 12+ ad-hoc `format!` / `.to_string()` error sites replaced
- `serve_one()` / `handle_connection()` now generic over `E: Display` (non-breaking)
- `EsnClassifier::new/train/classify` return `Result<_, EsnError>` (was `Result<_, String>`)
  — preserves source `BarracudaError` chain instead of flattening to string
- `resilient_call()` returns `Result<T, ResilienceError<E>>` (was `Result<T, String>`)
  — distinguishes `CircuitOpen` from `RetriesExhausted { attempts, last_error }`

#### Capability Parsing Evolution
- Format C (`method_info`): `{"method": "compute.execute", ...}` objects
- Format D (`semantic_mappings`): `{"semantic_method": "...", ...}` and `{"method_name": "...", ...}`
- `"methods"` wrapper key support (biomeOS uses `{"methods": [...]}` in some responses)
- `extract_method_name_from_object()` helper factored out for 5-key priority chain

#### ValidationSink Trait (ludoSpring/rhizoCrypt/primalSpring absorption)
- `ValidationSink` trait: `record_pass`, `record_fail`, `section`, `write_summary`
- `WriteSink<W: Write>` — standard output path (backwards compatible)
- `StdoutSink` — type alias for `WriteSink<io::Stdout>`
- `NullSink` — zero-output sink for benchmarks / programmatic validation
- `ValidationHarness<S: ValidationSink>` — generic over sink
- `ValidationHarness::silent()` constructor for null output
- `ValidationHarness::section()` method for structured output grouping

#### Infrastructure
- `OnceLock` GPU probe cache in metalForge `probe.rs` — prevents SIGSEGV from
  concurrent `wgpu::Instance` creation in parallel tests (toadStool S158 finding)
- Named constants for all dispatch method-body defaults with provenance comments
  (`DEFAULT_SEED`, `DEFAULT_ANDERSON_N_SITES`, `DEFAULT_N_BOOTSTRAP`, etc.)

#### Smart Refactoring
- `rawr.rs` extracted from `bootstrap.rs` (669L → ~520L + ~180L) — RAWR
  Bayesian bootstrap is a distinct algorithm from percentile bootstrap;
  shared infrastructure (`validate_bootstrap_inputs`, `percentile_ci`,
  `BootstrapResult`) stays in `bootstrap.rs` with `pub(crate)` access
- Backwards-compatible re-export: `bootstrap::rawr_mean` still works

**Quality**: 960+ tests, 0 clippy (pedantic+nursery), 0 doc warnings,
0 unsafe, 0 `#[allow()]`, 0 `.expect()` in binaries, 0 panicking public APIs,
0 `Result<_, String>` in dispatch layer.

### V115 Deep Debt + Idiomatic API Evolution (Mar 18, 2026)

#### API Evolution: `assert!` → `Result<T, InputError>`
- `bootstrap::bootstrap_mean`, `rawr_mean`, `bootstrap_median`, `bootstrap_std`
  now return `Result<BootstrapResult, InputError>` instead of panicking
- `quasispecies::quasispecies_simulation`, `quasispecies_simulation_batch`
  return `Result<Vec<f64>, InputError>`
- `drift::wright_fisher_fixation` returns `Result<bool, InputError>`
- `drift::neutral_diversity_trajectory` returns `Result<Vec<f64>, InputError>`
- All callers updated: `.unwrap()` in tests, `.or_exit()` in validation binaries,
  `?` propagation in library dispatch
- New error-path tests for all evolved functions

#### CI Hardening
- Clippy: `-W clippy::nursery` added to all 3 CI invocations (was enabled
  in workspace `Cargo.toml` but not enforced in CI)
- `cargo doc --all-features` (was default-only, missed biomeos/npu/tarpc-ipc)
- `cargo test --all-features` added (covers biomeos, npu, IPC code paths)
- New `validate-biomeos` job: 4 NUCLEUS-dependent validation binaries
  (`validate-real-ghcnd-et0`, `validate-real-ncbi-16s`, `validate-nucleus-stack`,
  `validate-iris-seismic`) with graceful skip
- `validate-metalforge` expanded: 7 additional binaries (`titan-v`,
  `cross-substrate`, `nestgate-ncbi`, `nucleus-pipeline`, `gpu-tier`,
  `pure-gpu-workloads`, `mixed-hardware`)
- Cross-compile: `--features barracuda` check added for aarch64

#### ecoBin Compliance
- `deny.toml`: 14 C-dependency crates banned (`openssl-sys`, `ring`,
  `aws-lc-sys`, `native-tls`, `libz-sys`, `curl-sys`, `cmake`, `cc`, etc.)
- UniBin: `--help`/`-h` and `--version`/`-V` flags in primal binary
- Niche YAML: `cost_estimates` section synced from `niche.rs`
  (8 capabilities × estimated_ms, gpu_beneficial, peak_memory_mb, deterministic)

#### Hardcoded Fallback Evolution
- `validate_nestgate_ncbi.rs`: `NESTGATE_ADDRESS` env-var discovery added
  before host/port fallback; follows `primal_names::address_env_var()` convention
- Last `.expect()` in production (`validate_uncertainty_bridge.rs`) → `.or_exit()`

#### Documentation
- README badges: CI, coverage, license, Rust edition, ecoBin compliance
- V115 toadStool/barraCuda evolution handoff

**Quality**: 930+ tests, 0 clippy (pedantic+nursery), 0 doc warnings,
0 unsafe, 0 `#[allow()]`, 0 `.expect()` in binaries, 0 panicking public APIs.

### V114 Cross-Ecosystem Deep Absorption (Mar 17, 2026)

#### safe_cast Expansion (neuralSpring S147)
- `cast::usize_u32`, `cast::f64_f32` absorbed from neuralSpring safe_cast
- 30+ bare `as` casts replaced with checked `cast::` helpers across
  `drift`, `gillespie`, `anderson`, `bootstrap`, `tissue_anderson`,
  `sweeps`, `quasispecies`, `rarefaction/sampling`

#### BiomeOsError Query Helpers (airSpring/wetSpring/healthSpring)
- `is_recoverable()`, `is_retriable()` for IPC retry classification
- `is_method_not_found()` for graceful capability degradation

#### Health Probes (wetSpring/airSpring/healthSpring)
- `health.liveness` and `health.readiness` added to dispatch table
- Standard biomeOS health surface

#### IPC Evolution
- `resilient_call()` wraps CircuitBreaker + RetryPolicy (reusable)
- `extract_rpc_result()` centralizes JSON-RPC result/error extraction
- `FAMILY_ID`-aware socket discovery via `primal_names`

#### Validation Binary Evolution
- 80+ `.expect()` calls → `OrExit` across 17 validation binaries
- 8 `eprintln!("FATAL: ...")` → `OrExit` or removed
- 82 unfulfilled `#[expect(clippy::unwrap_used)]` removed
- 29 unfulfilled `#[expect(clippy::expect_used)]` removed
- Zero `.expect()`, zero `eprintln!`, zero `#[allow()]` in production

#### Socket Name Centralization
- `NEURAL_API_SOCKET_NAMES` constant in `primal_names`
- 4 consumer files updated (discovery, interaction, validate_nestgate,
  validate_nucleus_pipeline)

#### Documentation
- Primal composition guidance published to wateringHole
- V114 toadStool/barraCuda evolution handoff

**Quality**: 715 tests, 0 clippy (pedantic+nursery), 0 doc warnings,
0 unsafe, 0 `#[allow()]`, 0 `.expect()` in binaries.

### V113 Ecosystem Absorption + Resilience (Mar 16, 2026)

#### GemmF64 Transpose Delegation (barraCuda v0.3.5)
- `spectral_recon::tikhonov_solve` now delegates `KᵀK` and `KᵀG` matrix setup
  to `barracuda::ops::linalg::GemmF64::execute_gemm_ex` with `trans_a=true`
  when GPU is available
- CPU fallback via local `mat_transpose_mul` / `mat_transpose_vec` retained
- Eliminates P1 GemmF64 transpose gap identified in V112 handoff

#### Exit Code Constants (sweetGrass v0.7.19 Pattern)
- `exit_code` module: `SUCCESS` (0), `GENERAL_ERROR` (1), `CONFIG_ERROR` (78),
  `NETWORK_ERROR` (76) per UNIBIN_ARCHITECTURE_STANDARD
- `OrExit<T>` now uses `exit_code::GENERAL_ERROR` instead of hardcoded `1`

#### IPC Resilience (petalTongue v1.6.6 / rhizoCrypt v0.13 Pattern)
- `RetryPolicy` — exponential backoff with configurable max retries, delay cap
- `CircuitBreaker` — Closed/Open/HalfOpen states with failure threshold and cooldown
- 8 unit tests for retry and circuit breaker

#### 4-Format Capability Parsing (airSpring V0.8.7 Pattern)
- `extract_capabilities` now handles `{"result": [...]}` wrapper (JSON-RPC result)
- Recursive unwrapping for `{"capabilities": {"capabilities": [...]}}` double-nesting
- 3 new tests (result wrapper, double-nested, result with objects)

#### Deep Debt
- `#[allow(dead_code)]` → `#[expect(reason)]` in `protocol.rs` (DispatchOutcome)
- Hardcoded `"biomeos"` in `niche.rs` → `crate::primal_names::BIOMEOS`
- `BenchFieldError` to `thiserror::Error` (V112 continuation)

#### Quality Gates
- 618 unit tests + 24 integration tests pass, 0 clippy warnings, 0 fmt diff

### V112 Ecosystem Absorption + OrExit (Mar 16, 2026)

#### `OrExit<T>` Trait (wetSpring V123 / healthSpring V31 Pattern)
- New `OrExit<T>` trait in `groundspring-validate` — `.or_exit(msg)` on `Result` and `Option`
- `parse_benchmark()` helper replaces repeated `let Ok(bench) = serde_json::from_str else { eprintln!; return 1 }` boilerplate
- 28 validation binaries migrated to `parse_benchmark()`; dead `serde_json::Value` imports and stale `#[expect]` attributes cleaned
- `BenchFieldError` evolved from manual `Display`+`Error` impls to `thiserror::Error` derive

#### Generic Primal Discovery (sweetGrass v0.7.18 Pattern)
- `socket_env_var(primal_name)` → `"{UPPER_NAME}_SOCKET"` — generic env var construction
- `address_env_var(primal_name)` → `"{UPPER_NAME}_ADDRESS"` — generic address env var
- Tests for both helpers

#### Provenance Trio
- Added `RHIZOCRYPT`, `LOAMSPINE`, `SWEETGRASS` constants to `primal_names.rs`

#### Infrastructure
- `groundspring-validate` now uses `default-features = false` for groundspring dependency — decouples from barracuda compilation for clippy
- `thiserror = "2"` added to validate crate
- Hardcoded `/tmp/test.sock` in `server.rs` tests replaced with `tempfile::tempdir()`
- metalForge cast evolution: stale `#[expect]` cleaned for casts that don't trigger on 64-bit

#### Quality Gates
- 605 unit tests + 24 integration tests pass, 0 clippy warnings, 0 fmt diff
- Validate crate: 0 clippy warnings with `-D warnings`

### V110 Cross-Ecosystem Absorption (Mar 16, 2026)

#### `#[expect(reason)]` Migration (wetSpring V122 Pattern)
- All 95 `#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used)]` replaced with
  `#[expect(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, reason = "test assertions use unwrap/expect for clarity")]`
- Covers 83 crate files + 12 metalForge files
- Zero `#[allow()]` remaining in entire codebase — stale suppressions now
  produce compile warnings

#### Python Tolerance Mirror (healthSpring V29 Pattern)
- Created `control/tolerances.py` with all 28 constants from `tol::*` (13 tiers),
  `tolerances.rs` (validation-specific), and `eps::*` (epsilon guards)
- `control/common.py` now re-exports from `tolerances.py` for backward compatibility
- Includes validation-specific constants: `TOL_RAREFACTION_PROP`, `TOL_REGIME`,
  `TOL_GRID_MATCH`, `TOL_MONOTONIC_SLACK`, `TOL_ET0`, `THRESHOLD_GOOD_R2`,
  `THRESHOLD_GOOD_IA`, `THRESHOLD_LARGE_GAMMA`, `ET0_PLAUSIBLE_MIN_MM`,
  `ET0_PLAUSIBLE_MAX_MM`, `EPS_SAFE_DIV_STRICT`

#### Structured Tracing (airSpring v0.8.4 Pattern)
- Added `tracing` + `tracing-subscriber` as optional deps behind `biomeos` feature
- Primal binary (`groundspring_primal.rs`) converted from `eprintln!` to
  structured `tracing::info!`/`tracing::warn!`/`tracing::error!` with key-value fields
- `RUST_LOG` env var controls log level (default: `info`)

#### toadStool `compute.dispatch.*` Direct Dispatch (ludoSpring V22 Pattern)
- `dispatch_submit()` — submit GPU workload directly to toadStool
- `dispatch_result()` — poll for dispatched job result
- `dispatch_capabilities()` — query GPU dispatch capabilities
- All use capability-based discovery (no hardcoded primal names)

#### Dual-Format Capability Parsing (neuralSpring S156 Pattern)
- `discover_by_capability()` now handles both flat array and nested object
  capability response formats via `extract_capabilities()`
- 6 new unit tests covering flat array, nested objects (name/capability keys),
  wrapped object, empty, and invalid JSON

#### Infrastructure
- `deny.toml` created: `wildcards=deny`, vulnerability/yanked deny, full
  license allowlist (aligned with airSpring v0.8.4)
- CI: `cross-compile` job for `aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu` (ecoBin compliance)
- CI: `deny` job via `EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v2`
- Fixed Rust 2024 pattern matching in `stats/agreement.rs`
- Workspace `Cargo.toml` comment clarified re: `temp-env` / `unsafe_code`

#### Quality Gates
- 912+ tests pass (default workspace), 0 clippy warnings, 0 fmt diff
- `cargo doc -D warnings`: 0 warnings
- Zero `#[allow()]` in entire codebase
- Zero `std::env::set_var`/`remove_var` usage (Rust 2024 safe)
- License: AGPL-3.0-or-later (SCYBORG trio)

### V109 Deep Debt Resolution + Smart Refactoring (Mar 16, 2026)

#### Zero-Panic Validation Binaries
- All 28 `serde_json::from_str(BENCHMARK).expect(...)` converted to
  `let Ok(bench) = ... else { eprintln!("FATAL: ..."); return 1; }`
- `validate_notill_sampling.rs` `panic!()` eliminated — fully Result-based
- `validate_nucleus_stack.rs` `expect()` → `let Some(...)` pattern
- `validate_et0_methods.rs` seasonal array `expect()` → `let Some(...)` pattern
- Zero `panic!()` calls remain in any validation binary

#### Named Constants — Physical Bounds
- `ET0_PLAUSIBLE_MIN_MM` (0.01) and `ET0_PLAUSIBLE_MAX_MM` (15.0) with
  FAO-56 provenance, replacing bare literals in `validate_et0_methods.rs`

#### Smart Module Refactoring (4 modules, not just line-splitting)
- `groundspring-validate/lib.rs` (647→506 LOC): extracted `tolerances.rs`
  (106 LOC) and `provenance.rs` (71 LOC) as coherent submodules
- `stats/regression.rs` (624→4 files): `linear.rs`, `quadratic.rs`,
  `nonlinear.rs`, `mod.rs` — split by algorithm family
- `fao56/mod.rs` (642→47 LOC): `daily.rs`, `hargreaves.rs`, `crop_soil.rs`
  — split by ET₀ method domain
- `fao56/pipeline.rs` (623→3 files): `monte_carlo.rs`, `seasonal.rs`,
  `mod.rs` — split by pipeline concern

#### Hardcoding Evolution
- `"biomeos-neural-api.sock"` → `primal_names::LEGACY_NEURAL_API_SOCK`
- Documented `mat_transpose_mul`/`mat_transpose_vec` non-delegation
  rationale in `spectral_recon.rs` (small matrices, Cholesky delegated)

#### Python Dependency Pinning
- Upper bounds added: `numpy>=1.24,<2.0`, `scipy>=1.10,<2.0` etc.
  Prevents PRNG drift from silent major-version upgrades

#### Quality Gates
- 878 tests pass (no-default-features), 0 clippy warnings, 0 fmt diff
- `cargo doc -D warnings`: 0 warnings
- Zero files > 1000 LOC (largest: 705 LOC)
- Zero `panic!()` in validation binaries
- License: AGPL-3.0-or-later (SCYBORG trio)

### V108 Deep Debt + Absorption Evolution (Mar 16, 2026)

#### License Correction
- AGPL-3.0-only → AGPL-3.0-or-later across all 302 source files, LICENSE, Cargo.toml
  (SCYBORG Provenance Trio: AGPL-3.0-or-later + ORC + CC-BY-SA 4.0)

#### barraCuda CPU Delegation
- `std_dev` and `mean_and_std_dev` now delegate to `barracuda::stats::welford::WelfordState`
  when the `barracuda` feature is enabled (CPU path), with local `welford_population` fallback

#### Tolerance Centralization
- Test assertions in `tissue_anderson/compartments.rs` use `crate::tol::ANALYTICAL`
  instead of bare `1e-10` literals
- `tissue_anderson/geometry.rs` on-site energy magic numbers extracted to named constants
  with provenance comments

#### Typed Capability-Based Discovery
- New public functions in `biomeos/interaction.rs`: `discover_by_capability`,
  `compute_execute`, `storage_put`, `storage_get`
- Runtime-only capability discovery — no compile-time primal knowledge

#### Python Provenance Enrichment
- All 29 benchmark JSONs enriched with `python_version` and `numpy_version` in `_provenance`

#### Validation Binary Evolution
- `validate_band_edge.rs` refactored to Result-based error handling with `BenchResult`
- Determinism check uses `groundspring::tol::DETERMINISM` instead of `f64::EPSILON`

#### Quality Gates
- 906 tests pass, 0 clippy warnings (pedantic+nursery), 0 fmt diff
- License: AGPL-3.0-or-later (SCYBORG trio aligned)
- `cargo doc -D warnings`: 0 warnings

### V107 Release Profile + Niche + Tolerance Provenance (Mar 16, 2026)

#### License Alignment
- AGPL-3.0-only → AGPL-3.0-or-later (SCYBORG Provenance Trio, 302 files)

#### Release Profile Optimization
- `lto = true`, `codegen-units = 1`, `strip = true` in workspace Cargo.toml

#### Enriched niche.rs
- `operation_dependencies()` and `cost_estimates()` const functions with structured `OperationDeps` and `CostEstimate` types (ludoSpring V19 pattern)

#### Tolerance Provenance Citations
- All 13 `tol::` constants now have mathematical provenance, source citations, and validation binary references

#### Bare Literal Elimination
- Extracted ~15 named constants from `tissue_anderson/compartments.rs`, `tissue_anderson/geometry.rs`, `anderson/spectral.rs`, `multisignal.rs`, `bistable.rs`

#### Feature-Gated Dead Code
- Spectral constants properly gated behind their respective features

#### Quality Gates
- 906 tests pass, 0 clippy warnings (pedantic+nursery), 0 fmt diff

### V106 primal_names + Typed BiomeOsError (Mar 16, 2026)

#### primal_names Module
- Created `primal_names.rs` — centralized primal name constants (wetSpring V119 pattern)
- Rewired all biomeOS socket paths, discovery, and env checks to use `primal_names::*` constants
- Zero hardcoded primal name strings in production code

#### Typed BiomeOsError
- Evolved `BiomeOsError(String)` → typed enum with `Transport`, `Protocol`, `Serialization`, `Registration`, `Discovery`, `Data`, `Other` variants

#### Documentation
- 38 → 39 modules across README, CONTRIBUTING, specs, whitePaper, baseCamp
- V105 → V106 version bumps in all status lines and deploy graph
- Added `primal_names` to Library Modules table and module listings

#### Quality
- Already had proptest (14 property tests from V105)
- 936 tests, 395/395 validation checks

### V105 Deep Code Evolution (Mar 15, 2026)

#### Panic-Free Production Code
- `#![deny(clippy::expect_used, clippy::unwrap_used)]` enforced across all 3 crate roots
- 9 validation helpers annotated with `#[expect(clippy::expect_used, reason = "...")]`
- `print_provenance_header` evolved: new `try_print_provenance_header()` returns `BenchResult<()>`
- 88 test modules annotated with `#[allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used)]`

#### Smart Module Refactoring
- `freeze_out.rs` (715 LOC) → 4 domain-aligned submodules: `curve.rs`, `grid.rs`, `chi2.rs`, `nelder_mead.rs`
- Largest file reduced from 715 to 642 LOC (`fao56/mod.rs`)

#### Typed IPC Client
- `ipc.rs`: `GroundSpringClient` with `connect_unix()`, `connect_discovered()`, typed methods
- Runtime socket discovery: `GROUNDSPRING_IPC_SOCKET` → `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` → `temp_dir()`
- `IpcError` type with `Display` and `Error` impls

#### Platform Agnosticism
- `biomeos/server.rs`: `/tmp` → `std::env::temp_dir()`
- metalForge validation binaries: hardcoded node names → `GROUNDSPRING_TEST_TOWER`/`GROUNDSPRING_TEST_NODE` env vars
- `et0_methods.py`: `"baseline_commit": "pending"` → `git_commit_hash()`

#### Tolerance Evolution
- `validate_quasispecies.rs`: bare `0.05` → `TOL_RAREFACTION_PROP`
- `validate_notill_sampling.rs`: bare `1e-12` → `groundspring::tol::EXACT`
- `control/common.py`: 15 named tolerance constants mirroring `groundspring::tol`
- `control/common.py`: `git_commit_hash()` shared utility for provenance

### V104 Deep Debt Resolution + Ecosystem Alignment (Mar 15, 2026)

#### Named Constants with Physical Provenance
- `gpu.rs`: `F64_REDUCTION_SMOKE_TOL` — GPU smoke-test sanity threshold (1%)
- `esn/classifier.rs`: `LYAPUNOV_EXTENDED_THRESHOLD`, `ESN_RESERVOIR_SIZE`, `ESN_SPECTRAL_RADIUS`, `ESN_CONNECTIVITY`, `ESN_LEAK_RATE` — validated against hotSpring Exp 015/022
- `esn/brain.rs`: `SHARP_BOUNDARY_RATIO`, `BOUNDARY_EXPLORE_FACTOR` — Nautilus Shell heuristic
- `dispatch.rs`: `DEFAULT_ENERGY`, `DEFAULT_CONFIDENCE`, `DEFAULT_ELEVATION_M`, `DEFAULT_RHMAX_PCT`, `DEFAULT_RHMIN_PCT`, `DEFAULT_REGIME_MARGIN` — FAO-56/RMT/Bazavov provenance
- `tissue_anderson/drug_scoring.rs`: 12 pharmacokinetic constants — Lipinski boundary, topical delivery literature
- `freeze_out.rs`: `NM_SIMPLEX_SCALE` — Nelder-Mead simplex perturbation (2σ grid cell)

#### Capability-Based Discovery
- `dispatch.rs`: replaced `"groundspring"` string literals with `crate::biomeos::FAMILY_ID`
- `biomeos/server.rs`: socket filename format string uses `FAMILY_ID` constant
- All test assertions updated to reference `FAMILY_ID`

#### License Alignment
- 143+ files updated from `AGPL-3.0-or-later` to `AGPL-3.0-or-later` (scyBorg Provenance Trio Guidance)
- Cargo.toml workspace `license` field, pyproject.toml, README, CONTRIBUTING, binary `version` output, all SPDX headers

#### Documentation Debt
- Broken rustdoc link `[serve]` → `[serve_one]` fixed (zero doc warnings)
- 15+ docs updated from V99/V102 → V104 (specs, whitePaper, neuralAPI, CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS, graphs)
- Capability surface rewritten: `science.*` → `measurement.*` with correct JSON-RPC examples
- `scripts/three_mode_benchmark.sh` binary count corrected (27 → 29)
- `.gitignore` updated with `rust_results.json`
- `PrecisionRoutingAdvice` count corrected (21 → 11)
- graphs/*.toml version references updated to V104

#### Quality Gates
- 936 tests, 0 failures
- 0 clippy warnings (pedantic + nursery)
- 0 doc warnings
- 0 fmt diff

### V103 Deep Debt Audit + Idiomatic Evolution (Mar 15, 2026)

#### Code Quality — Zero Debt
- Replaced `eprintln!` with `log::error!` in `biomeos/server.rs` (structured logging)
- Fixed `clippy::let_unit_value` in `biomeos/server.rs` test
- Zero clippy warnings with `--all-features` (pedantic + nursery verified)

#### Named Constants with Provenance
- `dispatch.rs`: 10 new `const` values (`DEFAULT_REGULARIZATION`, `DEFAULT_TAU_STEP`, `DEFAULT_OMEGA_STEP`, `DEFAULT_SIGMA`, `DEFAULT_T0_LO/HI/STEP`, `DEFAULT_K2_LO/HI/STEP`) replacing magic numbers, each with physical provenance
- `esn/classifier.rs`: `ESN_READOUT_REGULARIZATION` extracted with `hotSpring` validation link
- `esn/brain.rs`: bare `1e-15` replaced with `crate::eps::LOG_FLOOR`
- `lib.rs`: new `eps::LOG_FLOOR` centralized for near-zero guards in log/entropy paths
- `validate_tissue_anderson.rs`: 7 named thresholds with Paper 12 provenance (Gonzales)
- `validate_et0_methods.rs`: `TOL_ET0` centralized to `groundspring-validate::lib.rs`

#### Smart Refactoring
- Extracted `biomeos/interaction.rs` from `biomeos/mod.rs` (683 → 531 LOC): primal discovery, `DiscoveredPrimal`, `direct_primal_rpc`, `proprioception`, `topology`
- Assessed `freeze_out.rs` (706), `bootstrap.rs` (625), `fao56/mod.rs` (641) — cohesive units, no fragmentation warranted

#### Doc Fixes
- `clippy::doc_markdown`: backtick-wrapped `MeV`, `d_eff`, `W_c` in doc comments
- `clippy::too_long_first_doc_paragraph`: rewrote `TOL_ET0` doc header

### V102 Niche Deployment via biomeOS Graph Composition (Mar 14, 2026)

#### Architecture — Spring as Niche
- groundSpring is now a deployable niche that biomeOS composes from a graph
- UniBin binary: `groundspring server/status/version` — the minimum contract for niche deployment
- Measurement domain: `measurement.*` capability namespace with 8 capabilities and semantic mappings
- Deploy graph: `graphs/groundspring_deploy.toml` — canonical 5-phase niche deployment (Tower → dependencies → groundSpring → validate → provenance)
- Niche YAML: `niches/groundspring-measurement.yaml` — BYOB definition with organisms, interactions, customization
- Neural API automation: graphs execute via `neural_api.execute_graph` with topological sort, parallel phases, and rollback

#### New Modules (behind `biomeos` feature gate)
- `biomeos::server` — UDS socket binding, JSON-RPC accept loop, non-blocking serve
- `dispatch` — Semantic method routing: `measurement.*` → library functions, `health.check`, `capability.list`, `lifecycle.status`
- `provenance` — Provenance Trio lifecycle wrappers: `start_session`, `commit_session`, `record_attribution`

#### Measurement Domain Evolution
- Renamed `SCIENCE_CAPABILITIES` → `MEASUREMENT_CAPABILITIES` (legacy alias preserved with deprecation)
- Added `MEASUREMENT_DOMAIN`, `MEASUREMENT_MAPPINGS` constants
- Two-phase registration: domain-level `capability.register` with semantic mappings, then per-capability registration
- 8 measurement methods: `noise_decomposition`, `anderson_validation`, `parity_check`, `et0_propagation`, `regime_classification`, `uncertainty_budget`, `spectral_features`, `freeze_out`

#### Graph Evolution (all 6 graphs)
- Created `groundspring_deploy.toml`: canonical niche deploy graph following `SPRING_AS_NICHE_DEPLOYMENT_STANDARD`
- Updated all 5 existing graphs: `science.*` → `measurement.*` capability names, V87 → V102 version pins
- Provenance Trio wired at graph level (session_create → session_dehydrate → recordDehydration) with `fallback = "skip"`
- Hardcoded primal lists replaced with capability-based discovery (`discover_by_capability = true`)
- Direct `rpc_call target = "nestgate"` evolved to capability-based `storage.put` routing

#### Binary
- `[[bin]] name = "groundspring"` in Cargo.toml (feature-gated `biomeos`)
- Server: bind UDS socket → register capabilities → JSON-RPC accept loop → graceful shutdown
- Status: connect to own socket, call `health.check`, print result
- Version: print version, domain, capabilities, license, family_id

#### Verification
- `cargo fmt --all -- --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --features biomeos -- -D warnings`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo test --features biomeos --lib`: PASS
- All default-feature tests: PASS (908)

### V101 Deep Debt Evolution + DRY + Capability-Based Discovery (Mar 14, 2026)

#### Code evolution
- Fixed barracuda `ESNConfig` API drift — struct update syntax (`..Default::default()`) absorbs new SGD fields
- Extracted `chi2_freeze_out()` shared helper in `freeze_out.rs` — 4 copies → 1 (−17 lines)
- Extracted `r_squared_from_residuals()` in `stats/regression.rs` — 3 copies → 1 (−17 lines)
- Extracted `validate_bootstrap_inputs()` and `const fn from_barracuda_ci()` in `bootstrap.rs` — 4 copies → 1 each (−12 lines)
- Net −52 lines across 8 files; zero behavioral change

#### Primal sovereignty
- `validate_nucleus_stack.rs`: replaced hardcoded `["beardog", "toadstool", "squirrel"]` with `biomeos::discover_primals()` runtime discovery
- `validate_node`: removed hardcoded `"toadstool"` direct RPC fallbacks — pure capability-based routing
- `validate_ai`: removed hardcoded `"squirrel"` fallback — pure capability routing via `ai.health`
- `biomeos/mod.rs`: removed primal names from API doc comments — agnostic "compute provider" language

#### Documentation
- Enhanced `validate_weather.rs` provenance table documenting mathematical identity behind each analytical check
- Added tolerance margin note to `validate_et0_methods.rs` `TOL_ET0` constant
- Updated all stale version references: V98/V97→V101 across specs/, whitePaper/, CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS
- Aligned test counts to canonical 908 default-feature (936 across features) + 287 Python across all docs
- Crafted V101 toadStool/barraCuda absorption handoff

#### Verification
- `cargo fmt --all -- --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo doc --workspace --all-features --no-deps`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo test --workspace`: 908/908 PASS

### V100 Deep Debt Audit + Documentation Sync (Mar 14, 2026)

#### Build & CI
- Fixed build-breaking `akida-driver` path dependency (lowercase vs camelCase on case-sensitive FS)
- Scoped `cargo fmt` to groundSpring packages only (prevents upstream formatting drift)
- Added `validate-et0-methods` to CI validation step
- Added `validate-tissue-anderson` to three-tier parity script (29 binaries)

#### Code Quality
- Eliminated 4 silent `unwrap_or(0.0)` fallbacks in `validate_weather.rs` → `expect()`
- Removed hardcoded `"beardog"` primal name from `biomeos/mod.rs` — capability-based discovery
- Replaced bare `1e-10` literal in `rare_biosphere.rs` test with `tol::ANALYTICAL`
- Removed avoidable `clone()` in `freeze_out.rs` test
- Added provenance doc comments to all metalForge tolerance constants
- Fixed 4 `rustfmt` violations in `biomeos/mod.rs` and `gpu.rs`
- Fixed `clippy::doc_markdown` lints in metalForge validation binaries

#### Documentation
- Updated all 5 graph TOMLs from V87/S96c to V100/S130+
- Updated wateringHole README to V100 with V99+V100 as active handoffs
- Fixed stale V96 handoff reference in CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS.md
- Updated whitePaper README, baseCamp README, experiments README to V100
- Updated ecoPrimals/whitePaper/gen3/baseCamp version line
- Corrected test count: 908 default-feature (936 across all feature gates)
- Created V100 deep debt handoff for toadStool/barraCuda team

### V99 Live NUCLEUS Integration + Direct Primal Discovery (Mar 8, 2026)

#### biomeOS Client Evolution
- Evolved `health()` to try `neural_api.get_metrics` first, fall back to `topology.metrics`
- Added `discover_primals()` — scans biomeOS socket directory for live primal sockets
- Added `primal_health(name)` — direct health check to individual primals
- Added `direct_primal_rpc(name, method, params)` — bypass Neural API routing
- Added `proprioception()` and `topology()` Neural API queries
- Fixed duplicate toadstool discovery (tarpc vs jsonrpc socket dedup)

#### NUCLEUS Validation (Full mode — BearDog + Songbird + ToadStool + Squirrel + Neural API)
- First live NUCLEUS connection from groundSpring: `auto_connect()` → CONNECTED
- 4 primals discovered via socket scan (beardog, songbird, toadstool, squirrel)
- Neural API: 3/3 methods respond (metrics, topology, proprioception)
- Direct primal health: BearDog v0.9.0, ToadStool v0.1.0, Squirrel — all healthy
- 40/40 NUCLEUS experiment checks PASS (Exp 029, 030, 031, 032)
- NestGate: binary version mismatch (no `daemon` subcommand) — needs P1 rebuild

#### Exp 031 Evolution
- Phase A: socket + primal discovery (was offline, now CONNECTED + 4 primals)
- Phase B: Neural API health, proprioception, topology (all live)
- Phase B2 (new): direct primal health checks (BearDog, ToadStool, Squirrel)
- Phase C: compute via direct ToadStool fallback (health, version respond)
- Phase D: AI via direct Squirrel fallback (healthy)
- 16/16 checks PASS

#### Quality Gates
- 936 tests PASS (0 fail, `--features biomeos`)
- clippy pedantic+nursery: 0 warnings
- 39/42 validation binaries PASS (3 pre-existing metalForge GPU tier issues)

### V98 Upstream Rewire + Cross-Spring Evolution Benchmark (Mar 8, 2026)

#### Upstream Pin Updates
- barraCuda `2a6c072` → `a898dee` (deep debt: typed errors, named constants, test resilience, lint compliance)
- toadStool S130 (`88a545df`) → S130+ (`bfe7977b`, clippy pedantic clean, unsafe audit, dependency audit, spring sync — all 5 springs confirm zero API breakage)
- coralReef Iteration 7 (`72e6d13`) → Iteration 10 (`d29a734`, AMD E2E GPU dispatch verified, conditional branch fix in `translate_if` + multi-pred RA merge — unlocks f64 shared-memory reduction shaders via sovereign path)

#### Three-Tier Benchmark (29 validation binaries, release mode)
- Local CPU: **12.5s** (baseline)
- BarraCUDA CPU: **18.4s** (dispatch overhead on small workloads)
- BarraCUDA GPU: **9.9s** (**1.27× faster** than local)
- Workspace test: local 50.3s → barracuda-CPU 29.0s (**1.73× faster**)
- 396 Python correctness tests PASS (1 timing-only flake)
- Kokkos parity: Anderson γ=0.1579, bootstrap CI verified

#### Cross-Spring Shader Provenance Documented
- Full provenance map: 784 WGSL shaders traced across 5 springs
- hotSpring: precision (DF64, Sturm tridiag → 47.7× speedup)
- wetSpring: bio (Gillespie, diversity, alignment)
- neuralSpring: stats (chi², KL, correlation)
- airSpring: hydrology (seasonal pipeline, Hargreaves)
- groundSpring: spectral (Anderson, chi² → all springs), f64 bug → PrecisionRoutingAdvice
- Evolution timeline: 10 key events from Feb 2026 → Mar 8 2026
- Cross-spring flow matrix: all 5 springs both contribute and consume

#### Validation
- 936 tests, 0 failed (unchanged — no API breakage)
- Clippy pedantic + nursery: 0 warnings
- 29/29 validation binaries PASS at all 3 tiers
- 140 metalForge tests PASS

### V97 GPU Smoke Test + Three-Tier Parity Proven (Mar 7, 2026)

#### GPU Precision Routing — Runtime Verification
- **Runtime f64 reduction smoke test**: `f64_reductions_safe()` now computes `mean([1.0; 4])` on GPU and verifies the result is 1.0 (cached in `OnceLock`, runs once per process). Detects GPUs where driver profile says `F64Native` but naga/SPIR-V workgroup shared-memory f64 reductions silently produce zeros (observed on RTX 4070 Ada Lovelace)
- **21 GPU dispatch paths guarded**: changed 11 stochastic/reduction call sites from `get_device()` to `get_device_f64_safe()` — `mean_gpu`, `std_dev_gpu`, `mbe_gpu`, `mc_et0_gpu`, `seasonal_step_gpu`, `gillespie_gpu`, `bootstrap_gpu`, `multinomial_gpu`, `rare_biosphere_gpu` (×2), `wf_batch_gpu`, `seismic_grid_gpu`
- 10 deterministic per-element GPU ops (eigensolvers, Cholesky, ODE batch, elementwise ET₀) remain on `get_device()` — they don't use workgroup shared memory and work correctly
- Clippy nursery warning silenced: `tuple_array_conversions` in `mc_mean_variance_gpu`

#### Three-Tier Parity
- **29/29 validation binaries PASS at all three tiers**: default CPU, barracuda-CPU, barracuda-GPU
- **936 workspace tests** (was 925), 0 failed
- **382 Python correctness tests** pass (3 timing-only skips)
- **Kokkos parity benchmark**: Anderson γ = 0.1579, stats reductions, bootstrap — all verified
- **metalForge**: 140 tests + 8 validation binaries PASS (NPU hardware absent — expected)
- **Titan V spot-check**: 7/7 PASS with `WGPU_ADAPTER_NAME=NVIDIA TITAN V` — confirms GPU math correct on native f64 hardware

#### Files Changed
- `crates/groundspring/src/gpu.rs` — `f64_reduction_smoke_test()` + `OnceLock<bool>` cache
- `crates/groundspring/src/stats/metrics.rs` — `mean_gpu`, `std_dev_gpu` → `get_device_f64_safe()`
- `crates/groundspring/src/stats/agreement.rs` — `mbe_gpu` → `get_device_f64_safe()`
- `crates/groundspring/src/fao56/pipeline.rs` — MC ET₀, seasonal, `mc_mean_variance_gpu`
- `crates/groundspring/src/gillespie.rs` — Gillespie SSA batch
- `crates/groundspring/src/bootstrap.rs` — bootstrap mean GPU
- `crates/groundspring/src/rarefaction/sampling.rs` — multinomial batch
- `crates/groundspring/src/rare_biosphere.rs` — occupancy + tier detection
- `crates/groundspring/src/drift/mod.rs` — Wright-Fisher GPU
- `crates/groundspring/src/seismic.rs` — grid search argmin

### V96 Upstream Rewire + Precision Routing (Mar 7, 2026)

#### Precision Routing
- **`PrecisionRoutingAdvice` wired**: `gpu::precision_routing()` queries barraCuda `GpuDriverProfile` for hardware-appropriate f64 routing (F64Native / F64NativeNoSharedMem / Df64Only / F32Only)
- **Public API**: `groundspring::gpu_precision_routing()` re-exported with `#[cfg(feature = "barracuda-gpu")]` gate
- Provenance: originated in groundSpring V84-V85, absorbed into toadStool S128, re-exported from barraCuda `device::driver_profile`, now round-tripped back as first-class API

#### Upstream Pin Updates
- barraCuda `0bd401f` → `2a6c072` (module decomposition, shader.compile.* IPC alignment, lint hardening, LSCFRK integrators, DF64 bug fix)
- toadStool S129 → S130 (`88a545df`, cross-spring shader rewiring, coralReef proxy, provenance tracking)
- coralReef Phase 11 → Iteration 7 (`72e6d13`, safety boundary, ioctl layout tests, CFG domain-split)

#### Precision Routing Wiring (V96b)
- 11 GPU dispatch paths now check `PrecisionRoutingAdvice` via `get_device_f64_safe()`:
  `pearson_full_gpu`, `pearson_r_gpu`, `covariance_gpu`, `mean_and_std_dev_gpu`,
  `coefficient_of_efficiency_gpu`, `rmse_gpu`, `mae_gpu`, `jackknife_mean_gpu`,
  `simpson_diversity_gpu`, `shannon_diversity_gpu`, `autocorrelation_gpu`
- Added `gpu::f64_reductions_safe()` and `gpu::get_device_f64_safe()` helpers
- Skips GPU dispatch when `F64NativeNoSharedMem` or `F32Only` (naga shared-mem zeros bug)
- Three-tier parity tests: 51/51 PASS (physics 27, stats 24)
- Cross-spring benchmark validated with provenance annotations

#### Cross-Spring Shader Evolution
- Updated `specs/CROSS_SPRING_EVOLUTION.md` with modern provenance (708 shaders, 5 springs)
- Documented origin → consumer matrix, precision evolution timeline, and evolution examples

#### Quality
- 925 tests (was 907), 102 delegations (61 CPU + 41 GPU), all quality gates pass
- Fixed stale `#[expect(clippy::cast_precision_loss)]` in `validate_real_ghcnd_et0.rs`
- Collapsed nested `if let` in `stats/correlation.rs` per clippy `collapsible_if`
- Doc sync: README, CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS, BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION updated

#### Handoff
- V96 handoff: upstream rewire, precision routing integration, delegation summary, evolution requests
- V95 handoff archived

### V95 coralReef Breakthrough + Doc Sync + Handoff (Mar 7, 2026)

#### coralReef Phase 11
- **Push buffer encoding fixed**: `mthd_incr` (Kepler+ Type 1 INCR header) had `count` and `method/4` fields transposed — produced `0x20000001` instead of `0x20010000` for SET_OBJECT. PBDMA interpreted data words as illegal Type 0 headers → `[PBENTRY]` fault
- **NVIF constants aligned**: `ROUTE_NVIF=0x00`, `ROUTE_HIDDEN=0xFF`, `OWNER_NVIF=0x00`, `OWNER_ANY=0xFF` — matched to Mesa `nvif/ioctl.h`
- **Sovereign GPU method dispatch proven**: SET_OBJECT, INVALIDATE_SHADER_CACHES, SET_SHADER_LOCAL_MEMORY_WINDOW all surviving on Titan V via DRM EXEC path without NAK/NVK/Vulkan
- Discovery method: NVK ioctl trace via LD_PRELOAD spy → cross-referenced `NVC0_FIFO_PKHDR_SQ` in Mesa `nv_push.h` → found field swap

#### Documentation
- README bumped to V95; coralReef Phase 10 → 11
- specs/README test counts corrected (824→907 Rust, 375→261 Python)
- BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION.md: V95 coralReef breakthrough noted
- whitePaper baseCamp and ecoPrimals gen3 baseCamp updated
- CONTRIBUTING.md: validation binary count fixed (33→34)
- CONTROL_RUN_LOG.md: version reference updated

#### Handoff
- V95 handoff: comprehensive coralReef breakthrough + push buffer root cause + sovereign pipeline E2E status + barraCuda/toadStool evolution requests (P0: QMD CBUF binding, Fp64Strategy; P1: CoralReefDevice backend, absorption tracker)
- V94 handoff archived

### V94 Ecosystem Sync + API Evolution + Shannon Delegation (Mar 7, 2026)

#### Ecosystem Sync
- Synced against barraCuda `0bd401f` (cross-spring evolution + API debt elimination), toadStool S129, coralReef Phase 10
- Verified Fp64Strategy regression still present in `SumReduceF64`/`VarianceReduceF64` (no `Fp64Strategy` branching in 0bd401f)
- toadStool absorption tracker stale at V85 — updated V94 handoff corrects to 907 tests, 102 delegations

#### New Delegation
- `barracuda::stats::shannon` in `drift::neutral_diversity_trajectory`: Shannon diversity computation now delegates to barraCuda CPU (absorbed S70+). Local CPU fallback retained for no-barracuda builds
- Delegation count: 102 (61 CPU + 41 GPU), up from 101

#### API Evolution
- `CorrelationFull::r_squared()` and `CorrelationFull::covariance()`: convenience methods mirroring barraCuda's `CorrelationResult` (0bd401f). 4 new tests
- `covariance_gpu`: simplified to use `CorrelationResult::covariance()` directly instead of manual `r * sqrt(var_x * var_y)`

#### Handoff
- New V94 handoff supersedes V93; documents absorption tracker delta (V85→V94), confirms P0 Fp64Strategy open, notes coralReef Phase 10 shader compilation status (Anderson Lyapunov SM70 PASS)
- V93 handoff archived

### V93 Smart Refactoring + FFT Wiring + Coverage Expansion (Mar 7, 2026)

#### Smart Module Splits
- **rarefaction.rs** (743 lines) → `rarefaction/mod.rs` (200) + `rarefaction/diversity.rs` (325) + `rarefaction/sampling.rs` (259): diversity indices (Simpson, Shannon, Bray-Curtis, Pielou) separated from multinomial sampling engine and rarefaction orchestration. Full backward compat via `pub use` re-exports
- **drift.rs** (669 lines) → `drift/mod.rs` (496) + `drift/monitor.rs` (192): `DriftMonitor` advisory system extracted from Wright-Fisher/Kimura simulation. Monitor is reusable by any evolutionary optimizer
- **tissue_anderson/mod.rs** (670 lines) → `mod.rs` (427) + `geometry.rs` (258): skin layers, cell types, disorder functions, and potential generation extracted from simulation functions. Types are the building blocks; simulation is the consumer

#### FFT Wiring
- `spectral_recon::fft_power_spectrum()`: computes |FFT(G)|² for lattice correlator spectral analysis (Bazavov 2025). GPU path delegates to `barracuda::ops::fft::Fft1DF64` via `tokio_block_on`. CPU fallback uses O(N²) DFT. 3 new tests
- Delegation count: 101 (60 CPU + 41 GPU), up from 100

#### Coverage Expansion
- 16 new tests: fao56/equations.rs (16 tests covering all PM building-block functions)
- 10 new tests: tissue_anderson/compartments.rs (preset constructors)
- 12 new tests: tissue_anderson/sweeps.rs (barrier disruption, dimensional duality)
- 3 new tests: spectral_recon (FFT power spectrum)
- Total: 903 Rust workspace tests, 0 failures

### V91 Complete Ecosystem Rewire + Cross-Spring Evolution (Mar 7, 2026)

#### New Delegations
- **AutocorrelationF64 GPU**: `wdm::autocorrelation()` delegates to `barracuda::ops::autocorrelation_f64_wgsl::AutocorrelationF64` for GPU-accelerated ACF computation. `wdm::optimal_block_size()` uses ACF to estimate integrated autocorrelation time → recommended jackknife block size. Provenance: hotSpring MD VACF → barraCuda S128
- **Empirical Spectral Density**: `anderson::empirical_spectral_density()` delegates to `barracuda::stats::spectral_density`. Provenance: neuralSpring V69 → barraCuda
- **PeakDetectF64**: `anderson::detect_transition()` delegates to `barracuda::ops::peak_detect_f64::PeakDetectF64` for GPU peak detection in disorder sweep derivatives to find Anderson metal-insulator transition W_c
- **CovarianceF64 GPU**: `stats::covariance()` GPU path now uses `barracuda::ops::covariance_f64_wgsl::CovarianceF64::sample_covariance()` directly instead of deriving from `CorrelationF64::correlation_full`
- **Marchenko-Pastur**: `anderson::marchenko_pastur_upper()` delegates to `barracuda::stats::spectral_density::marchenko_pastur_bounds()`. `anderson::spectral_diagnostics_auto()` convenience wrapper added

#### Benchmarks
- 5 new workloads in `bench-cpu-vs-gpu`: Autocorrelation (10k, lag 200), Covariance (5k pairs), Spectral diagnostics (1k eigs), ESD (5k eigs, 50 bins), Optimal block size (5k AR(1))
- Total: 21 benchmark workloads

#### Cross-Spring Evolution
- New `specs/CROSS_SPRING_SHADER_EVOLUTION.md`: full provenance tree showing how WGSL shaders flow between springs via barraCuda absorption. Documents which spring created each shader, when it was absorbed, and which springs now benefit

#### Tests
- 14 new tests: autocorrelation (5), empirical spectral density (2), transition detection (2), Marchenko-Pastur (2), spectral_diagnostics_auto (1), covariance (1), optimal block size (1)
- Total: 807 tests, 0 failures

#### Delegation Count
- 100 active delegations (59 CPU + 41 GPU), up from 93

### V90 Deep Debt Execution (Mar 7, 2026)

#### Unsafe Code Eliminated
- All `unsafe { std::env::set_var() }` in `tests/biomeos_integration.rs` replaced with `temp_env::with_var()` / `temp_env::with_vars()` (RAII-based). `#[allow(unsafe_code)]` attributes removed. `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` now fully honoured workspace-wide

#### Validation Binary Migration
- 11 binaries migrated from inline mean/variance/mbe/rmse to `groundspring::stats::*` (→ barracuda delegation): validate_real_ghcnd_et0, validate_uncertainty_bridge, validate_fao56, validate_et0_anderson, validate_aggregate_stability, validate_signal_specificity, validate_vendor_parity, validate_precision_drift, validate_quasispecies

#### Tolerance Documentation
- 6 bare numeric tolerances documented with mathematical justifications: eigenvalue band fraction, eigenvalue percentage, Xoshiro mean, γ parity, PM/Hargreaves ratio, mean absolute difference, band edges

#### Coverage Expansion
- 18 new tests: fao56/pipeline.rs (6, coverage 0→99.6%), bootstrap.rs (5, +8%), stats/regression.rs (5, +12%), anderson.rs (2)
- Overall line coverage: 91.55%

### V89 Rewire to barraCuda/toadStool/coralReef Evolution (Mar 6, 2026)

#### Breaking API Rewire
- **tarpc 0.35 → 0.37**: Aligned with barraCuda workspace. `#[tarpc::service]` traits unchanged; tarpc 0.37 no longer triggers `clippy::too_many_arguments` internally, so the unfulfilled `#[expect]` was removed from `ipc.rs`
- **`barracuda::ops` GPU-gated**: barraCuda moved `pub mod ops` behind `#[cfg(feature = "gpu")]`. `rarefaction::multinomial_sample` delegation re-gated from `barracuda` to `barracuda-gpu`; CPU fallback now compiles correctly without GPU feature
- **`domain-esn` feature**: barraCuda's `esn_v2` module now requires `domain-esn` feature. Added to groundSpring's `barracuda-gpu` feature

#### Code Quality
- **Rust 2024 unsafe model**: `set_var`/`remove_var` are unsafe in edition 2024. Workspace lint changed from `forbid` to `deny`; all three `lib.rs` files assert `#![forbid(unsafe_code)]` for production code. Test file uses `#[allow(unsafe_code)]` with documented SAFETY comments
- **Collapsible if**: 8 `collapsible_if` warnings resolved across `fao56/mod.rs`, `biomeos/discovery.rs`, `validate_real_ghcnd_et0.rs`, `validate_iris_seismic.rs`, `validate_anderson.rs`, `validate_nucleus_pipeline.rs` using Rust 2024 `let` chains

#### Pin Updates
- **barraCuda**: `e1184f3` → `ed82625` (Fp64Strategy wired into SumReduceF64/VarianceReduceF64)
- **toadStool**: S96c `d77fc546` → S128b `22d1a2c7` (f64 shared-memory routing, PrecisionRoutingAdvice, sovereign_binary_capable, shader compilation IPC)
- **coralReef**: Phase 6 `849fedd` → Phase 9 `b7f8ab4` (sovereign pipeline complete, zero C dependencies, NVIDIA SM70-89 + AMD RDNA2)

#### Known Issue
- **GPU test regression**: 6 GPU-dispatched tests fail with barraCuda `ed82625` (`Fp64Strategy` integration into `SumReduceF64`/`VarianceReduceF64`). All 500 CPU tests pass. Filed as evolution request in V89 handoff

#### Validation
- 500+ tests pass (476 lib + 24 integration), 0 failures (CPU-only)
- `cargo fmt` + `cargo clippy --workspace --all-features` zero warnings
- 261/261 Python provenance tests pass

### V88 Deep Audit + Evolution (Mar 6, 2026)

#### Quality Evolution
- **Structured logging**: Added `log = "0.4"` to groundspring + forge. All `eprintln!` in library code evolved to `log::warn!` (`biomeos/mod.rs`, `nucleus.rs`)
- **Formal provenance schema**: New `specs/PROVENANCE_SCHEMA.md` — defines required vs optional benchmark JSON fields, enforcement mechanisms, stochastic experiment rules
- **Auto-discovery drift guard**: `regenerate_benchmarks.sh` now uses `find control -name 'benchmark_*.json'` instead of hardcoded 29-element array. New experiments are automatically picked up
- **Fixed `benchmark_et0_methods.json`**: Added missing `_doi` field (`10.1016/S0378-3774(98)00053-4`). Python provenance tests: 261/261 PASS (was 260/261)
- **Provenance comments**: Documented analytical derivations for all hardcoded expected values in tests (`band_structure`, `multisignal`, `bistable`, `seismic`)
- **Named constants**: Extracted inline Tikhonov regularization strengths to `LAMBDA_NOISELESS`, `LAMBDA_NOISY`, `LAMBDA_PARITY` in `spectral_recon.rs` and `validate_gpu_tier/spectral.rs`

#### Documentation
- **Root docs**: Updated README (35 experiments, 395/395, V88 status), CONTRIBUTING (34 modules), CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS (93 delegations), specs/README
- **whitePaper**: Updated baseCamp README, neuralAPI status, CROSS_SPRING_EVOLUTION date, experiments README
- **wateringHole**: New "What This Is" and "Conventions" sections, naming convention aligned to actual pattern, V88 handoff
- **Archive**: 6 local + 9 ecoPrimals wateringHole superseded handoffs moved to archive/
- **gen3 baseCamp**: Updated groundSpring version to V88 with structured logging and provenance schema

#### Handoff
- **New**: `GROUNDSPRING_V88_DEEP_AUDIT_EVOLUTION_HANDOFF_MAR06_2026.md` — full codebase audit results, PRNG alignment roadmap, test coverage gaps, evolution requests for barraCuda/toadStool/coralReef
- **Copied** to `ecoPrimals/wateringHole/handoffs/`

#### Validation
- 824+ tests pass, 0 failures
- `cargo fmt` + `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings` + `cargo doc` all clean
- 261/261 Python provenance tests pass

### V87 Tier B Resolution + Cross-Spring Delegation Completion (Mar 6, 2026)

#### New Delegations
- **`rarefaction::multinomial_sample`** CPU-delegated to `barracuda::ops::bio::multinomial_sample_cpu` — cumulative prob adapter, Xorshift64 RNG via closure. Cross-spring round-trip: groundSpring V62 → toadStool → barraCuda S93 → groundSpring V87
- **`anderson::anderson_potential`** CPU-delegated to `barracuda::spectral::anderson_potential` — documented PRNG divergence (Xorshift64 vs LcgRng, distributional parity)

#### Tier B Resolution
- **5 stale entries resolved**: `freeze_out::grid_fit_2d`, `seismic::grid_search_inversion`, `rare_biosphere::abundance_occupancy`, `rare_biosphere::tier_detection_rate`, `gillespie::birth_death_ssa` — all already wired in V42-V68
- **2 CPU-by-design**: `quasispecies::quasispecies_simulation` (per-gen mutation thinning overhead), `band_structure::find_band_edges` coarse scan (data-dependent matrix chains)
- **New batch API**: `quasispecies_simulation_batch` for multi-replicate trajectories
- **Delegation count**: 91 → 93 (56 CPU + 37 GPU), 0 evolution candidates remaining

#### Documentation
- **`specs/BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION.md`**: Tier B table fully resolved, delegation count updated, V87 timeline entries
- **`wateringHole/CROSS_SPRING_SHADER_EVOLUTION.md`**: Bidirectional provenance narratives (hotSpring precision → all; wetSpring ↔ groundSpring bio; airSpring → physics; neuralSpring → dispatch); delegation lineage #44-45
- **New handoff**: `GROUNDSPRING_V87_TIER_B_RESOLUTION_HANDOFF_MAR06_2026.md`

#### Validation
- 804+ tests pass in both default and barracuda modes
- 0 clippy warnings (pedantic) in both modes

### V86 DF64 Reduce Wiring + Full Stats Benchmark (Mar 6, 2026)

#### barraCuda Evolution (`e1184f3`)
- **Fp64Strategy wired into SumReduceF64 and VarianceReduceF64**: Consumer GPUs (Hybrid strategy) now route to DF64 shaders instead of broken f64 workgroup shared memory shaders
- **New WGSL shaders**: `sum_reduce_f64_via_df64.wgsl` (sum/max/min) and `variance_reduce_f64_via_df64.wgsl` (Welford variance) — f64 I/O, DF64 internal shared memory
- **BootstrapMeanGpu**: Confirmed no workgroup shared memory — no DF64 routing needed

#### Benchmark Results
- **Precision parity PROVEN**: 4/5 kernels bitwise identical across Python, Kokkos CUDA, and Rust CPU
- **Speed**: Rust CPU 21× faster than Python, Kokkos CUDA 73× faster
- **Energy**: Kokkos 74.6× less energy than Python, Rust CPU 35.1× less
- **DF64 projection**: anderson_lyapunov on RTX 4070 — DF64 ≈ 12,556 µs vs Kokkos 34,741 µs (2.8×)

#### Documentation
- **Commit pins updated**: barraCuda `cf1602c` → `e1184f3` across all specs, docs, and benchmarks
- **New handoff**: `GROUNDSPRING_V86_FULL_STATS_HANDOFF_MAR06_2026.md` — DF64 reduce wiring, full 4-tier benchmark results, energy comparison, GPU pipeline root cause analysis

#### Known Issues
- GPU reduce ops still return 0 — root cause is in `compile_shader_f64` pipeline (SovereignCompiler/SPIRV passthrough), not shader selection. Even pre-existing DF64-wired `VarianceF64` returns 0 on tested hardware

### V85 coralReef Sovereign Compilation + Docs Cleanup (Mar 6, 2026)

#### Documentation
- **Root docs refresh**: README, CONTROL_EXPERIMENT_STATUS, CONTROL_RUN_LOG updated to V85 with coralReef `849fedd` pin
- **whitePaper/baseCamp**: Updated validation summary with V85 sovereign compilation achievement
- **ecoPrimals/whitePaper/gen3/baseCamp**: Updated groundSpring provenance line (V83 → V85) and cross-spring provenance
- **experiments/README.md**: Updated barraCuda pin to include coralReef `849fedd`
- **wateringHole/README.md**: Added V85 toadStool/barraCuda evolution handoff and coralReef sovereign handoff to active list
- **specs/**: Updated version references in BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION, CROSS_SPRING_EVOLUTION, PAPER_REVIEW_QUEUE to V85
- **metalForge/ABSORPTION_MANIFEST.md**: Updated version and coralReef pin
- **Cross-spring shader docs**: Updated wateringHole and whitePaper CROSS_SPRING_EVOLUTION to V85
- **CONTROL_RUN_LOG.md**: Added historical note (V75–V85 tracked via CHANGELOG and handoffs)
- **benchmark_cross_spring.rs**: Updated evolution banner from V82 to V85
- **New handoff**: `GROUNDSPRING_V85_TOADSTOOL_BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION_HANDOFF_MAR06_2026.md` — comprehensive evolution handoff for toadStool/barraCuda/coralReef teams with f64 pipeline analysis, sovereign compilation findings, and per-primal evolution requests

#### Fixed (in coralReef — commit `849fedd`)
- **CFG edge loss in opt_jump_thread**: `translate_if` now emits conditional branches (`@!cond BRA reject`), preventing `rewrite_cfg` from losing structural edges to reject blocks. Fixes compilation of shaders with 3+ `workgroupBarrier()` calls
- **Multi-predecessor RA merge**: Register allocator now merges SSA→register mappings from ALL predecessors at merge points (not just `pred[0]`)
- **OpBar encoding**: BAR.SYNC instruction encoder fields now populated (src, reduction op, barrier mode, predicate)

#### Achieved
- **Sovereign f64 reduction compilation**: coralReef compiles the exact f64 shared-memory reduction shaders that fail through `naga → SPIR-V → NVK/NAK` to native SM70 (Titan V) and SM89 (RTX 4070) binaries
- **6/6 shader compilation**: basic f64, storage r/w, shared_mem simple, 2-barrier, 3-barrier, 8-step unrolled reduction — all compile for both GPU architectures

#### Documented
- **Handoff**: `CORALREEF_SOVEREIGN_COMPILATION_HANDOFF_MAR06_2026.md` — detailed findings, remaining gaps (coralDriver, BAR.SYNC encoding, f64 instruction emission), and evolution guidance

#### Remaining Gaps
- **coralDriver**: Native binaries compile but cannot be submitted to GPU yet (no cubin ELF wrapper or userspace driver)
- **BAR.SYNC opex**: nvdisasm reports undefined opex table value 0x10 — barrier count field encoding needs Volta reference
- **f64 instructions**: Basic shaders disassemble as FMUL/FADD (f32) instead of DMUL/DADD (f64)
- **Loop compilation**: Loop-based tree reduction hits `opt_instr_sched_prepass` assertion (unrolled works)
- **Uniform buffers**: `var<uniform>` bindings not yet supported in compute prologue

### V84 GPU Validation Discovery (Mar 6, 2026)

#### Added
- **GPU validation handoff**: `GROUNDSPRING_V84_GPU_VALIDATION_HANDOFF_MAR06_2026.md` — comprehensive dual-GPU probe results, f64 pipeline diagnostics, and evolution guidance for barraCuda/coralReef/toadStool

#### Fixed
- **CoralCompiler tokio panic**: `barraCuda/coral_compiler.rs` — `spawn_coral_compile()` now checks `tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current()` before spawning, preventing panic in synchronous contexts (e.g., groundSpring GPU tests without Tokio runtime)
- **Device selection strategy**: `gpu.rs` — switched from `new_f64_capable()` (could select Titan V/NVK with broken compute) to `new()` (high-performance discrete GPU, proprietary driver preferred)

#### Discovered
- **f64 WGSL shared memory pipeline issue**: All f64 reduction shaders with `var<workgroup> shared_data: array<f64, 256>` return 0 on both GPUs (RTX 4070 proprietary + Titan V NVK). Root cause: naga/SPIR-V compilation pipeline for f64 workgroup shared memory. Simple f64 arithmetic (basic_f64 probe) works; complex shaders with barriers + tree reduction fail
- **RTX 4070 (SM89 Ada)**: DF64 path green (tensor matmul, DF64 add/sub, FHE NTT), f64 builtins 3/9 native (sqrt, fma, abs/min/max), Fp64Strategy correctly detected as Hybrid
- **Titan V (SM70 Volta)**: Same f64 shared memory issue via NVK/NAK. f64 probe runs without system freeze (previous crash was heavy compute, not simple probes). Fp64Strategy detected as Native but broken through NVK

#### Quality
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (824 tests, 0 failures) — CPU path unaffected
- `cargo test --features barracuda-gpu`: 17/32 pass (14 fail = f64 reduction returning 0)
- `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `validate_gpu` (barraCuda): 6/6 pass on RTX 4070 (DF64, tensor matmul, FHE NTT)

### V83 Dependency Catch-Up + Pin Refresh (Mar 6, 2026)

#### Changed
- **barraCuda pin**: `a4c20a5` → `e1184f3` — deep debt resolved (JSON-RPC 2.0 compliance, unsafe elimination, zero-copy docs), GpuView persistent buffers, AutocorrelationF64 GPU op, CoralCompiler for coralReef integration, anderson_lyapunov f32/f64 WGSL shaders, fft_radix2_f64 shader, Kokkos parity benchmarks started. 708 shaders, 3,471+ tests
- **toadStool pin**: S95 (`d4817e2e`) → S96c (`d77fc546`) — HardwareFingerprint with sovereign capability detection, SubstrateCapabilityKind (12 variants), 5 god file splits (<1000 LOC), crates/api/ fossilized, V4L2 unsafe documented. 18,028 tests
- **coralReef pin**: `2e89541` → `1e048be` — `nak/` → `codegen/` vendor-neutral rename, pluggable `Frontend` trait (NagaFrontend default), Phase 5.5 naming evolution complete, Phase 6 multi-vendor in progress. 672 tests (up from 390)

#### Ecosystem — Cross-Spring Evolution Observations
- **barraCuda e1184f3**: New GPU primitives (AutocorrelationF64 for time-series, GpuView<T> for zero-copy GPU-resident computation, anderson_lyapunov f32/f64 shaders for transfer-matrix Lyapunov), CoralCompiler for coralReef native binary integration, DF64 naga rewrite validated with compound assignments, 15 ops gain Fp64Strategy-based shader selection
- **toadStool S96c**: Sovereign pipeline infrastructure (HardwareFingerprint estimated_tflops, SubstrateType expanded to 8 variants including NPU/TPU/FPGA), capability-scored discovery with `is_sovereign_capable()`, safe allocation limits for NVK
- **coralReef 1e048be**: Vendor-neutral architecture evolution — `codegen/` replaces `nak/`, `TranscendentalOp` replaces `MuFuOp`, pluggable Frontend trait decouples shader language from compiler core. NVIDIA backend complete, AMD/Intel backends in progress

#### Quality
- `cargo check --workspace`: PASS (clean build with updated deps)
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (824 tests, 0 failures)
- No API changes required — all 91 delegations verified compatible

### V82 Delegation Expansion + Smart Refactoring (Mar 5, 2026)

#### Added
- **Thornthwaite ET₀ delegation**: `fao56::thornthwaite_et0()` and `fao56::thornthwaite_heat_index()` delegate to `barracuda::stats::hydrology`. Monthly temperature-based ET₀ for climate classification (Thornthwaite 1948)
- **`fit_all` unified regression**: `stats::fit_all()` runs linear, quadratic, exponential, and logarithmic fits in one call, delegates to `barracuda::stats::regression::fit_all`. Useful for automated model comparison
- **12 new tests**: 8 Thornthwaite (heat index, ET₀ positivity, edge cases, temperature/daylight scaling), 4 fit_all (multi-model, best R², empty/insufficient data)

#### Changed
- **Delegation count**: 88 → 91 active delegations (54 CPU + 37 GPU) — +2 from Thornthwaite, +1 from fit_all
- **Test count**: 812 → 824 workspace tests

#### Refactored
- **`esn.rs` smart-split**: 816 lines → `esn/brain.rs` (brain architecture: DriftAction, ConceptEdge, uncertainty), `esn/classifier.rs` (regime classification, spectral features, EsnClassifier), `esn/mod.rs` (shared RegimeLabel, re-exports). Semantic split by domain, not mechanical line count
- **`fao56/mod.rs` smart-split**: 811 lines → `fao56/mod.rs` (624, core Penman-Monteith + Hargreaves) + `fao56/et0_methods.rs` (alternative ET₀: Makkink, Turc, Hamon, Thornthwaite). All submodules under 625 lines

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`: PASS (0 warnings)
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (824 tests, 0 failures)
- No files > 720 lines (down from 816 max)
- Deep debt audit: 0 unsafe, 0 production unwrap, 0 TODO/FIXME, 0 production mocks, 0 hardcoded paths

### V81 Modern Rewire + Cross-Spring Validation (Mar 5, 2026)

#### Added
- **`BootstrapMeanGpu` GPU dispatch**: `bootstrap_mean()` now dispatches to barraCuda's `BootstrapMeanGpu` for parallel resample computation when `barracuda-gpu` is enabled. Falls back to CPU `barracuda::stats::bootstrap_mean`, then to local Xorshift64 implementation
- **coralReef cloned**: Sovereign shader compiler (`ecoPrimals/coralReef`) cloned via SSH — 390 tests, Phase 5 complete, WGSL/SPIR-V → native SM70+ binary with f64 transcendentals

#### Fixed
- **`freeze_out::lbfgs_refine` feature gate**: barraCuda moved `optimize` module behind `gpu` feature; updated groundSpring gate from `barracuda` to `barracuda-gpu` for L-BFGS refinement and associated constants

#### Ecosystem — Cross-Spring Evolution Observations
- **coralReef 2e89541**: Absorbed groundSpring patterns (BTreeMap deterministic serialization, unsafe removal, silent-default audit, cross-spring provenance doc-comments in `lower_f64/`). Smart-refactored `poly.rs` by algorithm family (exp2/log2/trig), evolved `AtomType` panics to `Option<AtomType>`
- **barraCuda a4c20a5**: Fused reduction shaders (Welford mean+variance, 5-accumulator Pearson), DF64 three-tier precision (f32/DF64/f64), TensorContext pooled buffers, subgroup capability detection — all inherited via path dependency
- **toadStool S95**: 18,028 tests (from 5,369 at S94b), clippy pedantic clean, full audit execution. 144 ComputeDispatch ops migrated, full primal decoupling. Shaders transferred to standalone barraCuda (S93). neuralSpring pinned at V85/S127
- **Cross-spring shader provenance**: hotSpring DF64 → all springs get f64-class precision on consumer GPUs; wetSpring bio (Smith-Waterman, Gillespie) → neuralSpring → groundSpring delegation; airSpring L-BFGS → groundSpring freeze-out refinement; groundSpring RAWR → wetSpring rarefaction CIs; groundSpring Anderson sweep → ESN training data cross-spring

#### Benchmarks
- **27/27 cross-spring checks passed** (benchmark-cross-spring)
- **CPU vs GPU benchmark**: 16 workloads profiled. GPU path inactive (nouveau Titan V freeze deferred; RTX 4070 proprietary driver pending). Batch dispatch parity confirmed on CPU fallback
- **coralReef 390 tests green**, clippy/fmt/doc clean

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (812+ tests, 27 validation binaries, 0 failures)

### V80 Fused Ops Rewire + barraCuda/ToadStool Catch-Up (Mar 5, 2026)

#### Added
- **Fused `correlation_full` GPU dispatch**: New `stats::pearson_full()` function and `CorrelationFull` struct expose barraCuda's 5-accumulator `CorrelationF64::correlation_full` shader — returns mean_x, mean_y, var_x, var_y, and Pearson r in a single GPU dispatch (no intermediate readbacks). DF64 precision tier auto-selected on consumer GPUs via `Fp64Strategy::Hybrid`
- **Covariance GPU path**: `stats::covariance()` now has a GPU dispatch via `correlation_full`, deriving sample covariance from population covariance with Bessel correction. Was CPU-only
- **5 new tests**: `pearson_full` perfect positive/negative, empty, constant, and agreement-with-`pearson_r` tests

#### Changed
- **Welford single-pass CPU stats**: `std_dev`, `sample_std_dev`, and `mean_and_std_dev` CPU fallbacks now use `welford_population()` — numerically stable single-pass algorithm replacing the two-pass mean-then-variance pattern
- **barraCuda catch-up**: Validated against barraCuda HEAD (`15d3774`) — chi_squared GPU feature gate fix, DF64 precision tiers, TensorContext migration inherited as free upgrades via path dependency
- **Delegation count**: 85 → 87 active delegations (51 CPU + 36 GPU) — +2 GPU from `correlation_full` wiring (pearson_full, covariance)
- **Test count**: 807 → 812 workspace tests

#### Ecosystem
- **ToadStool S94b review**: Full primal decoupling confirmed, barraCuda standalone verified, V68 groundSpring work fully absorbed
- **coralReef awareness**: New ecosystem primal (sovereign Rust shader compiler) at Phase 2. groundSpring assigned Level 4 (driver/memory/queue) per sovereign compute roadmap

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo doc --workspace --no-deps`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (812 tests)
- Python Phase 0: 29 experiments, 390 checks PASS
- Rust Phase 1: 34 binaries, 395/395 PASS

### V79 Exp 035 Multi-Method ET₀ + Delegation Strengthening (Mar 5, 2026)

#### Added
- **Exp 035: Multi-Method ET₀ Cross-Validation** — New experiment comparing five ET₀ methods (Penman-Monteith, Hargreaves, Makkink, Turc, Hamon) at the FAO-56 Example 18 reference site. Python control (15/15 PASS) + Rust validation binary (19/19 PASS). Validates the full pipeline: Python baseline → pure Rust math → barracuda CPU delegation
- **Python control**: `control/et0_methods/et0_methods.py` — 5-method comparison with seasonal variation, input sensitivity analysis (Makkink radiation CV, Hamon temperature CV), and cross-method agreement checks
- **Rust validation binary**: `validate-et0-methods` — matches Python baselines within 0.005 mm/day tolerance (trig intermediate rounding differences documented)
- **Benchmark JSON**: `control/et0_methods/benchmark_et0_methods.json` — full provenance for Rust validation

#### Changed
- **Seismic `origin_time_and_rms`**: Now delegates mean computation to `crate::stats::mean` (which uses barracuda CPU when enabled), strengthening the delegation chain
- **Delegation count**: 84 → 85 active delegations (51 CPU + 34 GPU) — seismic mean delegation
- **Test count**: 806 → 807 workspace tests

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo doc --workspace --no-deps`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (807 tests)
- Python Phase 0: 29 experiments, 390 checks PASS
- Rust Phase 1: 34 validation binaries, 395/395 PASS

### V78 Modern Rewiring + Cross-Spring Benchmark Evolution (Mar 5, 2026)

#### Added
- **Fused `mean_and_std_dev`**: New `stats::mean_and_std_dev()` function uses `VarianceF64::mean_variance()` (Welford single-pass GPU shader) when `barracuda-gpu` is enabled, replacing the 2-dispatch pattern. Wired into `rarefaction::rarefaction_at_depth` (saves 2 GPU dispatches) and `gillespie::birth_death_ssa_batch_{cpu,gpu}` (saves 1 dispatch each)
- **Makkink ET₀**: `fao56::makkink_et0()` — radiation-only method, delegates to `barracuda::stats::hydrology::makkink_et0` (airSpring → barraCuda v0.3.2)
- **Turc ET₀**: `fao56::turc_et0()` — temperature + radiation + humidity method, delegates to `barracuda::stats::hydrology::turc_et0` (airSpring → barraCuda v0.3.2)
- **Hamon ET₀**: `fao56::hamon_et0()` — temperature + daylight hours method, delegates to `barracuda::stats::hydrology::hamon_et0` (airSpring → barraCuda v0.3.2)
- **16 new unit tests**: 12 for Makkink/Turc/Hamon individual behavior + 1 cross-method comparison, 3 determinism tests

#### Changed
- **Cross-spring benchmark**: Updated `benchmark_cross_spring.rs` to barraCuda v0.3.3 / toadStool S94b state — added fused mean+variance benchmark, ET₀ method comparison table, Phase 5 evolution timeline (DF64 tiers, fused shaders, TensorContext, new ET₀ ops), 8 new provenance entries in shader table
- **Delegation count**: 81 → 84 active delegations (50 CPU + 34 GPU) — 3 new CPU delegations (Makkink, Turc, Hamon) + 1 fused GPU optimization

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo doc --workspace --no-deps`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (806 tests, up from 790)
- Deep debt zero maintained
- Cross-spring provenance tracked for all new delegations

### V77 wgpu 28 Migration + barraCuda v0.3.3 Sync (Mar 5, 2026)

#### Changed
- **wgpu 22 → 28**: Bumped `wgpu` dependency from v22 to v28 in both `crates/groundspring/Cargo.toml` and `metalForge/forge/Cargo.toml`, synchronized with barraCuda v0.3.3 (`4629bdd`)
- **`validate_metalforge_titan_v.rs` wgpu 28 API migration**: `entry_point: Some("main")`, `set_bind_group(0, Some(&bg), &[])`, `Instance::new(&desc)`, async `enumerate_adapters` via `tokio_block_on`, `PollType::Wait` (replaces `Maintain::Wait`), `DeviceDescriptor` new fields (`experimental_features`, `trace`), removed `request_device` trace path argument
- **`probe.rs` wgpu 28 API migration**: `Instance::new(&desc)`, async `enumerate_adapters` via `barracuda::device::test_pool::tokio_block_on`

#### Free Upgrades (inherited from barraCuda v0.3.3)
- **DF64 precision tiers**: 15 barracuda ops auto-select f64/DF64/f32 per GPU hardware via `Fp64Strategy`. groundSpring's delegations to `variance_f64`, `correlation_f64`, `covariance_f64`, `beta_f64` etc. get ~10× throughput on consumer GPUs
- **Fused reduction shaders**: Single-pass Welford mean+variance, 5-accumulator Pearson correlation
- **TensorContext pooled buffers**: Stats ops use pipeline/buffer caching
- **DF64 naga rewriter fix**: NAK compound assignment bug fixed — Titan V DF64 works correctly
- **`sourdough-core` removed**: Broken path dependency eliminated from barracuda

#### Pins
- **barraCuda**: v0.3.3 (`4629bdd`)
- **toadStool**: S94b (`9d359814`)

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo doc --workspace --no-deps`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (790 tests)
- Deep debt zero maintained

### V76 Structural Evolution + Deep Debt Zero + Absorption Handoff (Mar 5, 2026)

#### Changed
- **`validate_gpu_tier.rs` → domain-split binary**: 895-line monolith refactored into `validate_gpu_tier/{main,stats,spectral,bio}.rs` (58+167+290+422 lines). Split follows scientific domain boundaries: stats (metrics/regression/bootstrap/jackknife), spectral (Anderson/Almost-Mathieu/Tikhonov/eigendecomp/PRNG), bio (diversity/kinetics/ODE/Gillespie/Wright-Fisher/FAO-56/tissue)
- **`groundspring_forge::nucleus` module**: Extracted shared `discover_uid()`, `biomeos_socket_dir()`, and `NucleusHarness` from `validate_nucleus_pipeline.rs` and `validate_nestgate_ncbi.rs` into forge library — eliminates ~120 lines of duplication with 4 unit tests
- **Observation-gap benchmark parity chain**: `validate_weather.rs` now loads `benchmark_observation_gap.json` via `include_str!` and validates acceptance criteria (temperature R², RMSE range, precipitation hit rate) against synthetic data — 21/21 checks (up from 14/14)
- **`unwrap()` elimination**: All `unwrap()` calls in production binaries replaced with `if let` / graceful error handling
- **Tolerance constant migration**: Bare float literals in `validate_gpu_tier.rs` replaced with `tol::ANALYTICAL`, `tol::EXACT`, `tol::CDF_APPROX`, `tol::RECONSTRUCTION`, `tol::INTEGRATION`
- **Provenance headers**: Runtime provenance prints added to 3 validation binaries missing them
- **Clippy fixes**: `cast_precision_loss` (u128→f64 via `as_secs_f64()`), `suboptimal_flops` (→ `mul_add`), `doc_markdown` (backticks), `too_many_lines` (`#[expect]`), `manual_midpoint` (→ `f64::midpoint`)

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo doc --workspace --no-deps`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (790 tests)
- All files < 1000 lines (largest: `bio.rs` at 422)
- Zero TODO/FIXME/HACK/STUB/MOCK in Rust source
- Zero `unwrap()` in production code
- Zero unsafe code

### V74 Deep Debt + ToadStool/barraCuda Catch-Up + Full Validation Benchmark (Mar 4, 2026)

#### Fixed
- **Clippy pedantic `let_and_return`**: `wdm.rs` map closure simplified to direct expression
- **Clippy pedantic `too_many_lines`**: `drift.rs` `wf_batch_gpu` refactored — extracted `wf_generate_prng_state` and `wf_readback_fixations` helpers
- **`eps::UNDERFLOW` dead code**: integrated into `linalg.rs` QL convergence detection against subnormal values

#### Changed
- **CI clippy pedantic enforcement**: all `cargo clippy` commands in `.github/workflows/ci.yml` now include `-W clippy::pedantic` across default, barracuda, and all-features modes
- **Tolerance deduplication**: `groundspring-validate` re-exports 7 core tolerance constants from `groundspring::tol` instead of defining local duplicates
- **`freeze_out.rs` magic numbers → named constants**: 7 L-BFGS constants (behind `#[cfg(feature = "barracuda")]`) + 3 Nelder-Mead constants (behind `#[cfg(feature = "barracuda-gpu")]`) + PRNG seed
- **`fao56/pipeline.rs` magic numbers → named constants**: `RH_MIN_FLOOR_PCT`, `RH_MAX_CEIL_PCT`, `RHMAX_FLOOR_PCT`, `WIND_SPEED_FLOOR_KMH` for Monte Carlo clamp bounds
- **`biomeos/mod.rs` magic numbers → named constants**: `DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECS`, `DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT_SECS`
- **`benchmark_cross_spring.rs`**: updated to ToadStool S93, barraCuda v0.3.1; added S89 budding and S90-S93 evolution timeline entries; provenance table expanded with barraCuda standalone and D-DF64 transfer
- **ABSORPTION_MANIFEST.md**: updated from V61 (32 delegations) to V74 (81 delegations) — full inventory with CPU/GPU breakdown, Tier B/C resolution
- **BARRACUDA_EVOLUTION.md**: V74 header + fresh benchmark table (28 binaries × 2 modes)
- **CROSS_SPRING_SHADER_EVOLUTION.md**: V74 benchmark results, S87–S93 + barraCuda budding section, universal precision architecture documented, cross-spring provenance for speedups

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings -W clippy::pedantic`: PASS (default + barracuda)
- `cargo doc --workspace --no-deps`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (790 tests)
- `cargo test --workspace --features barracuda`: PASS
- **Validation binaries (default)**: 28/28 PASS, 21.7s total (release)
- **Validation binaries (barracuda CPU)**: 28/28 PASS, 19.6s total (release, **−10%**)
- **Cross-spring benchmark**: 23/23 PASS, 4.5s
- **barraCuda**: v0.3.1 (standalone primal, `f6895ca`)
- **toadStool**: S93 (`9319668d`)
- **Delegations**: 81 active (47 CPU + 34 GPU), unchanged

### V73 Tolerance Architecture + Epsilon Guards + Idiomatic Evolution (Mar 4, 2026)

#### Added
- **13-tier named tolerance module (`tol::`)**: `DETERMINISM` (1e-15), `STRICT` (1e-14), `EXACT` (1e-12), `ANALYTICAL` (1e-10), `INTEGRATION` (1e-8), `CDF_APPROX` (1e-6), `ROUNDTRIP` (1e-5), `RECONSTRUCTION` (1e-4), `LITERATURE` (0.001), `DECOMPOSITION` (0.005), `STOCHASTIC` (0.01), `NORM_2PCT` (0.02), `EQUILIBRIUM` (0.1) — each with scientific justification
- **Production epsilon guard module (`eps::`)**: `SAFE_DIV` (1e-10), `SSA_FLOOR` (1e-15, behind `barracuda-gpu` feature), `UNDERFLOW` (1e-300) — replaces inline magic numbers in drift, gillespie, anderson
- `tol` module now `pub` for integration test and downstream crate access

#### Changed
- **~170 bare float tolerance literals → named `tol::` constants** across 35 library modules and 6 integration test files — every assertion now carries semantic meaning
- **3 inline epsilon guards → `eps::` constants**: `drift.rs` division guard, `gillespie.rs` SSA floor, `anderson.rs` underflow guard
- **`f64::midpoint` applied**: overflow-safe midpoint in Spearman rank tie handling (`stats/correlation.rs`)
- **18 explicit `return` statements → tail expressions**: idiomatic Rust in cfg-gated functions across `stats/agreement.rs`, `stats/metrics.rs`, `stats/distributions.rs`, `kinetics.rs`, `rarefaction.rs`, `band_structure.rs`, `fao56/pipeline.rs`, `almost_mathieu.rs`
- **`biomeos/discovery.rs` capability evolution**: `NUCLEUS_SOCKET_NAMES` → `CAPABILITY_SOCKET_NAMES` with `find_capability_socket` fallback scan

#### Removed
- `eps::SAFE_DIV_STRICT` (unused outside validate crate; validate crate has its own `EPS_SAFE_DIV_STRICT`)

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --workspace -- -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo doc --workspace --no-deps`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (790 tests)
- `cargo llvm-cov`: 97.25% line coverage (target 90%)
- Zero bare tolerance literals in library test code (all use `tol::*`)
- Zero inline epsilon guards in library production code (all use `eps::*`)

### V72 Deep Audit + Debt Evolution + Idiomatic Maturation (Mar 3, 2026)

#### Fixed
- **Clippy failure**: `missing_const_for_fn` in `freeze_out::nelder_mead_multi_start` — extracted shared `const fn validate_config_lengths()` used by both `grid_fit_2d` and `nelder_mead_multi_start` (DRY + const-correct)
- **Silent data loss**: `unwrap_or(0.0)` / `unwrap_or("")` in GHCND and IRIS JSON parsing replaced with `let Some(...) else { continue }` — invalid records now skipped instead of injected with zeroed defaults
- **Non-deterministic iteration**: `HashMap` → `BTreeMap` for GHCND temperature maps in `validate_real_ghcnd_et0.rs` — DOY assignment now reproducible across runs
- **Provenance enforcement**: `print_provenance_header` now `expect()`s mandatory `_source`, `baseline_commit`, `baseline_date` instead of defaulting to "unknown" — malformed benchmark JSON fails loudly

#### Changed
- **Bare `unwrap()` → descriptive `expect()`**: 10 sites across `bench_cpu_vs_gpu.rs`, `three_tier_parity_gpu.rs`, `three_tier_parity_bio.rs`, `validate_drift.rs`, `validate_transport.rs`, `drift.rs`
- **Hardcoded constants → documented `mod station`**: GHCND station params (ID, lat, alt, weather defaults) in `validate_real_ghcnd_et0.rs` now live in a documented `station` module with NOAA source URLs
- **Idiomatic iterator**: `find_band_edges` in `band_structure.rs` evolved from manual stateful `for` loop to `.map().collect()` + `.windows(2).filter_map()` pattern
- **Python CI coverage enforced**: Added `pytest --cov=control --cov-fail-under=80` to CI workflow

#### Added
- **4 analytical ODE tests**: exponential decay (`e^{-t}`), simple harmonic oscillator (energy conservation), coupled rotation (`sin/cos`), logistic growth (`1/(1+9e^{-t})`) — `ode` module coverage from 2 → 6 tests
- **3 benchmark JSON `data_origin` fields**: `sensor_noise`, `precision_drift`, `vendor_parity` — all 28/28 benchmarks now have complete provenance

#### Quality
- `cargo fmt --check`: PASS
- `cargo clippy --all-targets -D warnings`: PASS (was FAIL before V72)
- `cargo doc -D warnings`: PASS
- `cargo test --workspace`: PASS (all tests)
- 28/28 validation binaries: PASS (exit 0)
- 27/27 Python experiments: PASS (1 skip: NPU hardware)
- 252/252 Python baseline integrity: PASS

### V71 barraCuda 0.3.1 Pin + Ecosystem Maturation (Mar 3, 2026)

#### Changed
- **barraCuda pin**: `b53c3de` (v0.2.1) → `f6895ca` (v0.3.1) — tarpc parity, 73 new tests, IPC E2E, debt cleanup
- **toadStool pin**: S87 (`2dc26792`) → S93 (`9319668d`) — complete untangle, DF64 transfer, sovereignty audit
- **wateringHole sync**: Pulled 16 new handoffs documenting budding, untangle, DF64 transfer, spring absorptions
- **Maturity assessment**: barraCuda now Nascent-Stable (builds in CI, full toadStool untangle, 2,965 tests, version-aligned at 0.3.1)
- **Zero breaking impact**: 0.3.1 tarpc type changes (MatmulResult, FheResult, DispatchResult) do not affect groundSpring
- **Architecture clarified**: akida-driver stays with toadStool permanently (hardware, not math); barraCuda owns precision/quantization path (fp64 → int4)
- **Handoff**: V71 budding maturation handoff with ecosystem guidance

#### Quality
- 786+ tests passing, 0 failed
- `cargo clippy --all-features -- -W clippy::pedantic -W clippy::nursery`: zero warnings
- barraCuda toadStool dependency fully removed upstream (toadstool_integration.rs deleted, npu/ops deleted)
- barraCuda version alignment issue resolved (0.3.1 consistent across Cargo.toml, CHANGELOG, spec)

### V70 barraCuda Budding — Standalone Primal (Mar 3, 2026)

#### Changed
- **barracuda dependency**: Rewired from `phase1/toadstool` to standalone `barraCuda` primal at `ecoPrimals/barraCuda/`
- **New S80-S87 primitive delegations**: StatefulPipeline, BatchedEncoder, batched_nelder_mead_gpu, device-lost resilience, spectral diagnostics
- **Handoff**: Updated wateringHole handoff for barraCuda budding from phase1/toadstool to standalone primal

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For entries prior to V70 (Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2026), see `ecoPrimals/whitePaper/gen3/baseCamp/GROUNDSPRING_CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md` (fossil record in the whitePaper repo).