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Checkpoint of the MXFP4 (per-1×32 microscale fp4) MoE 2-stage GEMM tuning campaign on gfx950/MI350X. This is a draft / work-in-progress artifact, opened to snapshot a completed RLCR loop.

Honest status: this PR contains NO claimable performance win yet. It lands the measurement + verification infrastructure, a validated locked baseline, resolved repeatability, and one decisive negative tuning result. The actual MFU/latency optimizations are the explicit next-loop work.

No production kernel logic is changed: kernels/moe_tuning.py and kernels/moe_tuning_spec.py are new tuning-support modules; the only edit to the kernel test harness is additive p95 print observability.

What's verified in here

  • Pre-compile legality filter for stage1/stage2 tile configs (LDS, divisibility, MX-FP4 floors) + tests — never spends GPU time on a config the kernel would reject.
  • Measurement harness with full provenance (GPU id+model, branch+commit, exact replayable command, warmup/iters, idle-GPU check, verified clock pinning), median+p95 from a faithful timed loop, and a fail-closed candidate CLI.
  • Strict, AOT-checked, model-correct aiter e2e + correctness guardrail (logits_diff <= 0.01).
  • Locked baseline measured from the pinned base commit, plus a two-metric (kernel-path + e2e) repeatability result that is stable under the agreed regime-aware band (resolves the repeatability acceptance criterion).
  • Attempt ledger + Pareto comparator where a win is claimable only via a single claimable_win gate (full coverage + no regression + a real win + AOT/correctness hard gate), with integrity scans (duplicate / replay / supersede-link) and tests.

Honest negative result

DeepSeek V3 a4w4 small-token latency at tokens 32/64 cannot be won by stage1 tile tuning at tile_k=256 across the measurable legal tile set (best ~−7.5%, the gate needs −10%). Routed to profiling + secondary levers next loop.

Not done (next loop)

  • AC-3 (large-token MFU ≥10%) — no win yet.
  • AC-4 — only DeepSeek V3 tokens 1–16 improve; 32/64 unsolved; Kimi K2 / GPT-OSS candidate sweeps not run.
  • Independent stage2 tile_m2 plumbing; profiling-directed secondary levers (xcd_swizzle / persist_m / async / split-K); full 40-point Pareto; remaining AC-5 hard gates; AC-6 shape→config dispatch.
  • a8w4 + DeepSeek V4 deferred (environment-blocked aiter non-fp4-activation wrapper contract; user-approved a4w4-only this loop).

Testing

python3 -m pytest tests/unit/test_moe_tuning_harness.py tests/unit/test_moe_tuning_legality.py → 98 passed. black + ruff clean on the added/changed Python.

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yanguahe and others added 30 commits June 16, 2026 11:52
… seq_len (+ gfx942 fallback fix) (ROCm#683)

* fmha: gfx950 dualwave SWP with split-K, varlen, and arbitrary seq_len

- Add flash_attn_dualwave_swp_gfx950_kernel with lazy-rescale, s_setprio
  stagger, split-K combine path, and buffer_store_dwordx4 O-store
- Support packed QKV varlen via cu_seqlens; arbitrary seq_len >= 1 on both
  dualwave and generic fallback paths with padding masks
- Update flash_attn_generic dispatch, seq_len guard, and varlen routing
- Extend test_flash_attn_fwd with split-K, varlen configs, OPUS/aiter compare

Ported from opus_align FMHA optimization work onto rocm/main base.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

* fmha: gate gfx950-only permlane O-store in generic kernel for gfx942

The generic flash_attn O-store used permlane32_swap and cvt_pk_bf16_f32
(both gfx950/CDNA4-only) unconditionally. On gfx942 (CDNA3) the gfx950
dualwave fast path is disabled and flash_attn falls back to the generic
kernel, so the backend hit "Cannot select intrinsic
llvm.amdgcn.permlane32.swap" and aborted (CI: test linux-flydsl-mi325-1).

Gate the 128-bit permlane-fused store behind gfx950; gfx942 falls back to a
per-lane dwordx2 store packed via .to(elem_dtype) (arch-correct bf16/f16
conversion, same column layout, still num_records-bounded for OOB rows).
Add FLYDSL_DISABLE_DUALWAVE_SWP / FLYDSL_GENERIC_OSTORE_SCALAR env hooks to
exercise the generic kernel and its gfx942 store path on gfx950 hardware.

Verified on gfx950 (MI355): the permlane and scalar O-store paths both give
MaxErr 3.91e-3 vs SDPA across H8/16/64, GQA, and partial-seqlen configs; the
default gfx950 dualwave path is unchanged (PASS, MaxErr 3.91e-3).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…m#684)

Adds in_dtype="fp6" to compile_preshuffle_gemm_a8 and a thin
compile_preshuffle_gemm_a6w4 wrapper. MXFP6 (E2M3) activations are stored
FP8-padded (32 B per K=32 chunk: 24 B packed FP6 + 8 B zero pad, ignored by
the cbsz=2 MFMA); B and the per-32 E8M0 scales are identical to the MXFP4
(w4) path. The shared FP4 logic is reused via is_fp4_or_fp6, so the fp4 path
is behavior-identical (verified).

Tests and benchmarks:
  - tests/kernels/test_preshuffle_gemm.py: test_mfma_a6w4_flyc_preshuffle
    (MXFP6 A x MXFP4 B vs an fp32 dequant ref, verify_output rtol/atol 0.1)
    plus run_perftest throughput, across 5 shapes x {bf16, fp16}; and a
    --wfp6 CLI path mirroring --wfp4.
  - tests/kernels/utils/fp4_utils.py: fp6 host helpers per_1x32_f6_quant,
    pack_fp6_e2m3, fp6_e2m3_to_f32.
  - scripts/run_benchmark.sh: GEMM_FP6FP4_SHAPES + an FP6FP4 (W4A6) bench
    loop (--wfp6), lined up 1:1 with the FP4 shapes.

Validated on MI355X (gfx950): fp6 rel_fro 0.0017 across M in {64,256} and
K in {4096,14336}; fp4 w4 path unchanged (rel_fro 0.0017); ruff check/format
clean on the added lines; pytest fp6 and fp4 cases pass.

Signed-off-by: Shreyas Atre <satre@amd.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…C support (ROCm#649)

* feat: add ptpc fp8, a8w4 gemm

* optimize ptpc epilogue vgpr prefetch

* ptpc use no-scale wmma for compatibility

* mxscale/ptpc a8w4 use latest fp8 scheduler

* add M out-of-bounds support (non-tile-aligned M, no host padding)

- kernel: m_oob_clip + m_oob_store {buffer, tdm_tail}. A/A-scale load clip via
  TDM tensor_dim1, C-store clips via buffer num_records, split-K via per-lane
  (row < M) predicate on the atomic path.
- tdm_ops: make_tensor_descriptor_2d gains oob_outer_bound. It sets only
  tensor_dim1 (HW OOB field); tile_dim1 stays the full per-warp tile. Accepts
  int|index|i32, raises otherwise. None keeps the original (byte-identical) path.
- tests: M-pad coverage (M=16..1000 x buffer/tdm_tail x bf16/f32 + split-K).

* [gemm_fp8fp4_gfx1250] auto-select m_oob output clip; drop m_oob_store

Remove the m_oob_store parameter from compile_fp8fp4_gemm / compile_ptpc_gemm
and pick the non-aligned-M output clip internally:
  tdm_tail  when use_tdm_store and split_k == 1 (full tiles keep the fast TDM
            store; the <=1 partial last M-tile falls back to buffer num_records)
  buffer    otherwise (whole-output num_records clip; split_k>1 uses the
            per-lane row < M atomic predicate)

A whole-output buffer clip regressed aligned production prefill by +15%..+82%,
while tdm_tail stays within ~2% of the no-clip path, so a static buffer default
was wrong. The choice is fully derivable from use_tdm_store/split_k, so cache_tag
drops m_oob_store too (no collision).

Tests: the mxscale mpad test now parametrizes use_tdm_store to cover both auto
branches (tdm_tail / buffer); the atomic branch stays covered by the split-k mpad
test.

* Remove m_oob_clip flag: non-tile-aligned M is now the default GEMM path

* ptpc: set scale buffer num_records from runtime M/N to keep OOB clipping

* gemm_fp8fp4_gfx1250: add runtime lda/ldc strides for strided A/C; drop compile-time M

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Co-authored-by: aoli26 <Aok.Li@amd.com>
)

- Shorten verbose comments in flash_attn_generic and flash_attn_gfx950
- Drop unused FLYDSL_GENERIC_OSTORE_SCALAR knob; gfx942 O-store fallback unchanged
- Extend run_benchmark DEFAULT_FLASH_ATTN_FUNC_SHAPES with causal/non-causal
  seq_len 1-65 configs for arbitrary-length coverage
- Keep run_benchmark Bandwidth parsing on the base-op first match

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* Update location tracing coverage

* remove unused
…rge shapes) (ROCm#714)

Subclass Mfma16x16x128 with an inline-asm MFMA (constraint `=a,v,v,0`) that
accumulates the f32x4 chain in-place on AGPR, so the compiler stops inserting
v_accvgpr_mov/read + s_nop to shuffle the accumulator between AGPR slots (the
dominant stall in the ssa-lowered path). Also tighten the XCD-swizzle
threshold (`<=` -> `<`).

Measured on gfx950 (MI355X), flydsl vs torch._scaled_mm:

| shape (M,N,K)      | layout     | before  | after   |
|--------------------|------------|---------|---------|
| 5120,5120,8320     | rowmajor   | 2165    | 2296    |
| 5120,5120,8320     | preshuffle | 2133    | 2327    |
| 8192,8192,8192     | rowmajor   | 2675    | 2907    |
| 8192,8192,8192     | preshuffle | 2570    | 2852    |
| 9728,8192,8320     | rowmajor   | 2707    | 2863    |
| 9728,8192,8320     | preshuffle | 2666    | 2871    |
| 16384,16384,16384  | rowmajor   | 3216    | 3441    |
| 16384,16384,16384  | preshuffle | 3158    | 3441    |

(TFLOPS). Add the 16384^3 shape to the row-scale test for both 4wave/8wave.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* guard vgpr a scale loads for ragged M tails

* Fix A-scale VGPR loads

* Optimize row-major GEMM K prefetch

* optimize k prefetch and tdm late signal overlap

* simplifly gemm unit tests
* [Enh] More readable DslError traceback

* [Test] Add l0 unit tests for DslError diagnostics formatting

Cover the pure-Python diagnostics layer with no MLIR pass / GPU:
- DSLCompileError message + caret rendering (snippet strip, caret
  column offset and span width, outermost-first chain ordering)
- install_excepthook frame filtering (drop DSL-internal frames,
  keep user frames, add separator + DSLCompileError message)
- FLYDSL_DEBUG_SHOW_STACKTRACE escape hatch delegates to the raw hook
- non-DSL errors pass through to the original excepthook

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Li <felix.li@amd.com>
…der (ROCm#729)

* [Fix] Capture the width of ir.Value correctly in the IntTupleAttrBuilder

* update error message
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Round 0 of the MXFP4 MoE 2-stage tuning campaign on gfx950. Lands the
deterministic, CPU-verifiable substrate every later candidate depends on; no
kernel behavior changes.

- kernels/moe_tuning.py: pre-compile tile-config legality enumerator mirroring
  the stage1/stage2 constraints in mixed_moe_gemm_2stage.py (tile_k_bytes%64,
  tile_m*tile_k*elem_bytes % total_threads, split-K divisibility, MX-FP4 floors,
  stage2 model_dim%tile_n / inter_dim%tile_k / sort_block_m%tile_m, LDS<=163840),
  with a machine-readable reason per rejection.
- kernels/moe_tuning_spec.py: single source of truth for the locked tuning
  decisions (win/no-regression predicates, token grids, MFU denominator, model
  table, routing distributions, protocol).
- scripts/moe_tuning_harness.py: per-point measurement harness (per-stage us
  parsing, combined kernel-path us, effective-TFLOPS/MFU, median+p95, provenance,
  CSV schema).
- scripts/moe_tuning_ledger.py + docs/attempts.jsonl + docs/optimization-ledger.md:
  provenance-gated attempt ledger and per-point Pareto comparison.
- scripts/run_benchmark.sh: add DeepSeek V4, Kimi K2, GPT-OSS MoE shape rows
  (all legality-verified) bracketing the small-token and large-shape regimes.
- tests/unit/test_moe_tuning_legality.py, test_moe_tuning_harness.py: 33
  backend-agnostic tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses the Round 0 Codex review's blocking defects and produces a real
locked-ref baseline.

Blocking fixes:
- kernels/moe_tuning.py: stage1 fp4 LDS mirror now uses the full lds_stride
  (no a_elem_vec_pack halving), matching compile_mixed_moe_gemm1's _single_x_bytes.
  The over-limit fp4 examples (tile_k=3584 -> 230400B, tile_k=3072 -> 197632B) are
  now correctly rejected. Stage2 keeps _eff_lds_stride (it genuinely halves there).
- scripts/moe_tuning_ledger.py: compare_csvs iterates the full baseline key set,
  flags missing candidate points and missing regime-required fields, and forces
  pareto_clean=False unless coverage is complete (no cherry-picking).

Harness made executable (AC-1):
- scripts/moe_tuning_harness.py: run_point (FlyDSL per-stage + aiter e2e/
  correctness), build_run_list/expected_point_keys (full DEC-6 grid = 96 points),
  parse_aiter_output, check_idle_gpu, validate_baseline_row/validate_baseline_csv
  (reject non-523ca1c7/non-idle/missing-field/non-protocol rows), and a
  baseline/candidate/validate/list CLI.

Measured baseline (AC-1/AC-7):
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_kernelpath.csv: real kernel-path baseline from a
  523ca1c isolated-worktree build over all 96 DEC-6 points, idle_gpu_verified,
  full provenance. validate_baseline_csv confirms 0 missing points; only the e2e/
  logits columns are empty (aiter harness env mismatch, tracked as blocking).
- docs/attempts.jsonl + docs/optimization-ledger.md: baseline entry recorded.

Tests: 54 backend-agnostic tests pass (legality over-limit regressions, aiter
parsing, run-list coverage == spec, baseline-row rejections, Pareto coverage
enforcement). Style gate clean on changed files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ation)

Addresses the Round 1 review's blocking defects and delivers a validated locked
baseline for the correctness-passing subset.

Blocking fixes:
- aiter e2e unblocked: scripts/sync_aiter_flydsl_kernels.sh overlays this
  checkout's MoE kernels onto aiter's stale 0.1.8-era vendored copies (which
  crashed against flydsl 0.2.2 with 'Int32 has no attribute type' then
  'extsi i64->i32'); e2e now produces real us + logits_diff.
- _aiter_cmd is now strict single-case (--no-flydsl-csv; harness gates
  logits_diff<=0.01); avoids the chained CSV/AOT-miss sweep.
- run_point(reps=) emits real median+p95 for kernel-path AND e2e.
- validate_baseline_csv hardened: requires numeric stage1/stage2/sorting,
  kernel-path median+p95, effective_tflops, mfu, e2e median+p95, logits_diff,
  and correctness_pass=True; supports validating a subset key-set.

Measured baseline (523ca1c isolated-worktree build, idle MI350X, warmup10/
iters100/median+p95):
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7.csv: full 96-point sweep with e2e.
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_validated.csv: the 56-point correctness-passing subset
  (all a4w4 + DeepSeek V3 a8w4); passes validate_baseline_csv exit 0.
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_run2.csv + _repeatability.json: kernel-path fully
  repeatable (0/96 unstable); e2e drifts <=~10pct at small tokens (reps=2).

Correctness quarantine (Round 2 finding, root-caused vs aiter source + Codex):
a8w4 for DeepSeek V4, Kimi K2, GPT-OSS fails the aiter correctness gate
(logits_diff ~0.99) because the aiter legacy CLI path hardcodes Swiglu +
INTERLEAVE for the per_1x32 fp8xfp4 case, mismatching the Silu reference. This is
a harness-path artifact, not a FlyDSL kernel bug (a4w4 passes everywhere; DS V3
a8w4 passes). Quarantined via moe_tuning_spec.QUARANTINED_SHAPES; excluded from
the validated baseline and any win claim until validated via aiter model-CSV mode.

Tests: 71 backend-agnostic tests pass (strict _aiter_cmd, aiter markdown-row
parsing, hardened validation negatives, quarantine/validated keys, repeatability).
Style gate clean on changed files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…w4 correctness-blocked

Replaces the legacy aiter path with a strict, AOT-checked, model-correct guardrail
and rigorously re-validates correctness.

Strict guardrail:
- NEW scripts/aiter_strict_point.py calls aiter test_fmoe with the model's TRUE
  activation+gate, strict_accuracy=True, the AOT-cache-wrapped variant
  (fail_on_aot_cache_miss), and locked warmup=10/iters=100 over aiter internal 2/5.
  _aiter_cmd invokes it; parse_strict_aiter_output consumes STRICT_RESULT json.
  a4w4 strict+AOT passes (logits 1e-5, AOT cache hit); a8w4 strict correctly
  raises the strict assertion (recorded, never fabricated).

Corrected a8w4 finding (retracts the prior Swiglu-vs-Silu story, which was wrong):
- Controlled direct-test_fmoe probes show the failing axis is NON-fp4 ACTIVATION:
  fp8 (a8w4) AND bf16 (a16w4) fail logits~0.98 with fp4 weight; only fp4 (a4w4)
  passes ~1e-5. Root cause is an aiter-wrapper/layout contract mismatch for
  non-fp4 activation, NOT a FlyDSL kernel bug (this checkout own test_moe_gemm.py
  a8w4 passes with --skip_ref false). All a8w4 quarantined; needs user scope call.

Baselines (523ca1c strict path, idle MI350X, warmup10/iters100):
- baseline_523ca1c7_validated.csv: 40 a4w4 points, all correctness_pass=True,
  validate_baseline_csv(validated_keys) exit 0.
- baseline_523ca1c7.csv: honest full 96-pt record (a4w4 pass; a8w4 strict-path
  correctness_pass=False); default validate fails ONLY on a8w4, 0 missing.
- baseline_523ca1c7_a8w4_strict.csv: a8w4 strict-path evidence.

Cleanup: stripped AC-/DEC-/Milestone/Round markers from implementation code per
the plan; fixed stale attempts.jsonl CSV ref; removed superseded legacy-path
run2/repeatability artifacts.

Tests: 72 backend-agnostic tests pass. Style clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
jhinpan and others added 22 commits June 24, 2026 12:52
Addresses the Round 3 review: makes the measurement protocol truthful and the
a8w4 blocking evidence auditable.

Truthful timed-loop median+p95 (Codex mainline ROCm#2):
- tests/test_common.py: opt-in FLYDSL_PERF_DIST adds a true per-iteration timed
  loop over num_iters, recording median+p95 in LAST_PERF_DIST and returning the
  median (additive; default profiler/event path unchanged).
- tests/kernels/test_moe_gemm.py: surfaces ' p95=<v> us' in the stage1/stage2
  prints when the distribution was captured.
- scripts/aiter_strict_point.py: emits e2e median (aiter rotated-average,
  comparable) + a per-iteration e2e p95.
- harness parses the stage p95 and e2e p95; run_point records the timed-loop p95
  (not 'median over reps'); reps used only for the repeatability check.

Auditable a8w4 evidence (Codex blocking #1/ROCm#2):
- CSV schema gains flydsl_command, strict_error, error_category, aot_status;
  run_point and the a8w4 driver populate them per row.
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_a8w4_strict.csv: 56 a8w4 rows with per-row error,
  category (correctness vs runtime), AOT status, and the FlyDSL command/tiles.
- docs/a8w4_evidence.md: per-model failure-category table (27 correctness-fail,
  28 runtime-fail, 1 pass) + representative errors. a8w4 stays correctness-blocked;
  the scope decision remains open for the user (not self-resolved).

Baseline + repeatability (truthful protocol):
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_validated.csv: a4w4 40-pt re-measured, kernel-path + e2e
  median+p95, validates exit 0 over a4w4 keys.
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_validated_run2.csv + _repeatability.json: 2 independent
  sweeps; the true per-iteration timing is noisier than a profiler average
  (kernel-path worst ~4.6%, e2e ~7% at small tokens) -> documented; win-claims
  will need more reps or a tighter small-token band.
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7.csv: honest full 96-pt record; default validate fails
  ONLY on a8w4, 0 missing.

Cleanup (Codex queued #1): rewrote the stale ledger entry (removed 56-point/run2
references and the retracted legacy root cause); fixed attempts.jsonl.

Tests: 73 backend-agnostic tests pass (timed-loop p95 parse, strict provenance,
error categories). Style clean; no workflow markers in code.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses the Round 4 review: makes the timed-loop protocol faithful to the
recorded L2-flush behavior and embeds the env in command provenance.

Faithful L2-flush timed loop (Codex mainline #1):
- tests/test_common.py: the FLYDSL_PERF_DIST per-iteration loop now cycles the
  SAME cache-sized rotated argument copies the default perftest path builds (the
  real L2-flush behavior the CSV records as l2_flush_per_iter=True), instead of
  reusing one hot tensor set; records n_rotate. Unit test covers the rotation
  index pattern + nearest-rank percentile.

Env in command provenance (Codex mainline ROCm#2):
- run_point embeds FLYDSL_PERF_DIST=1 and HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES in flydsl_command/
  command so a replay reproduces the median+p95. Baseline CSVs re-emitted.

Reproducible a4w4 baseline (Codex mainline ROCm#3):
- a4w4 40-pt re-measured under the faithful rotated protocol; two independent
  sweeps. The rotation fixed the Round 4 instability: kernel-path repeatability is
  now 0/40 outside DEC-2 (was 11/40). e2e guardrail has minor residual drift at
  small tokens (4/40, worst ~6.8%), documented in the repeatability JSON.
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_validated.csv validates exit 0 over a4w4 keys.

a8w4 (re-run with env provenance): docs/baseline_523ca1c7_a8w4_strict.csv +
docs/a8w4_evidence.md unchanged in conclusion (27 correctness, 28 runtime, 1
pass); still correctness-blocked, scope decision open for the user.

Cleanup (Codex queued #1): removed remaining Round/AC-/DEC- markers from unit-test
comments.

Default validate still targets all 96 keys (a8w4 correctness-blocked, 0 missing).
Tests: 74 backend-agnostic tests pass. Style clean; no workflow markers in code.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Addresses the Round 5 review: pursues e2e DEC-2 repeatability in-protocol and
refuses to self-approve an exception.

- tests/test_common.py: refactored the FLYDSL_PERF_DIST timed loop into a
  host-testable _timed_distribution(func, rotate_args, num_iters, time_call)
  helper that cycles the cache-sized rotated args (L2-flush) and computes
  median+p95 from injected per-call timings.
- tests/unit/test_moe_tuning_harness.py: replaced the modulo-only test with a
  branch-level regression that proves DISTINCT rotated args reach func and that
  median/p95 are computed correctly (test_timed_distribution_rotates_distinct_args).
- Re-measured the a4w4 baseline twice at reps=3 (median of the aiter rotated
  e2e across reps). Result: residual instability is confined to SMALL TOKENS
  (1-32) -- kernel-path 8/40 (worst ~3.9us), e2e 6/40 (worst ~2.9us), all just
  over the max(2%,2us) floor. Raising reps 1->3 did not remove it: this is
  irreducible shared-node jitter at tiny absolute us (30-180us). At a max(2%,5us)
  small-token floor, e2e is fully stable (0/40) and kernel-path drops to 1/40.
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_repeatability.json records the precise per-point
  dispersion and an explicit OPEN USER PROTOCOL DECISION (widen the small-token
  absolute band to ~5us, still far below the DEC-1 win thresholds) -- NOT
  self-approved.
- docs/optimization-ledger.md updated to the current repeatability numbers
  (removed the stale 11/40, 8/40 text).

Default validate still targets all 96 keys (a8w4 correctness-blocked). Tests: 75
pass. Style clean; no workflow markers in code.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ility JSON

Fixes the provenance mismatch Codex flagged in the Round 6 review:
- docs/optimization-ledger.md: kernel-path worst drift ~3.9us -> ~5.1us (matches
  docs/baseline_523ca1c7_repeatability.json, the authoritative artifact).
- docs/attempts.jsonl: replaced the stale 'kernel-path 0/40 (DEC-2 pass)' claim
  with the current reps=3 result (kernel-path 8/40 + e2e 6/40 small-token
  instability) and the open small-token protocol decision.

No measured CSV or repeatability JSON changed; documentation-only reconciliation.

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…evers

Addresses the Round 6 review directive to remeasure under a cleaner/controlled
node, in-protocol (no DEC-2 band change).

Key finding: the protocol recorded clocks_pinned=True but never ENFORCED it -- the
GPU was at perf level 'auto' (DVFS, sclk idling 144MHz), the dominant source of
small-token jitter. rocm-smi --setperfdeterminism 2200 succeeds in this container
(set_perf_level does not).

- scripts/moe_tuning_harness.py: added pin_clocks() (enable performance
  determinism) and clocks_pinned_state(); the baseline driver now pins clocks and
  records the TRUE state, so clocks_pinned=True is truthful not aspirational.
- Re-measured the a4w4 baseline twice under pinned clocks. Pinning improved e2e
  (6/40 -> 2/40 unstable) but kernel-path remains 6/40 unstable at small tokens
  1-32 (worst ~5.3us) under the locked max(2%,2us) band: absolute us there is
  127-183us so the 2us floor is ~1.1-1.6%, below ~3-5us launch/host jitter.
  In-protocol levers now EXHAUSTED (rotation + reps=3 + clock pinning).
- docs/baseline_523ca1c7_repeatability.json: full per-point dispersion + floor
  sensitivity (2us->6/2, 3us->5/0, 5us->1/0, 6us->0/0) + an explicit, NOT
  self-approved small-token-band protocol request.
- Fixed docs/attempts.jsonl replay command (was truncated to '--tile_m 6'; now the
  full untruncated command). Ledger updated to the pinned-clock numbers.
- Unit test for the clock-pinning helpers (parsing determinism success/perf level).

Default validate still targets all 96 keys (a8w4 correctness-blocked). Tests: 76
pass. Style clean; no workflow markers in code.

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…iver

Closes the Round 7 review's clock-provenance enforcement gap (mainline #1 /
blocking #1).

- scripts/moe_tuning_harness.py: Provenance.clocks_pinned now defaults to False
  (not the static spec.CLOCKS_PINNED intent), so a row never claims pinned clocks
  unless verified. New setup_run_provenance() pins (pin_clocks) AND verifies
  (clocks_pinned_state), recording only the verified bool. _main() uses it and
  fails-closed (rc=2) if the locked protocol needs pinned clocks but verification
  fails, unless --allow-unpinned is passed (which records clocks_pinned=False).
- tests/unit/test_moe_tuning_harness.py: host-testable unit around the live setup
  path -- asserts provenance reflects the verified clock state (True when
  verified; False -> validator rejects with clocks_must_be_pinned). Fixed two
  fixtures to set clocks_pinned=True explicitly now that the default is False.
- Re-emitted the a4w4 CSVs through harness-verified pinning (clocks_pinned=True is
  now trustworthy). Under the locked max(2%,2us) band, small-token (1-32)
  repeatability remains nonzero (kernel-path 9/40, e2e 7/40 this pair; stochastic
  but always small-token) -- in-protocol levers are exhausted; the small-token
  band remains an OPEN USER DECISION (documented, not self-approved).

Default validate still targets all 96 keys (a8w4 correctness-blocked). Tests: 77
pass. Style clean; no workflow markers in code.

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…ail-closed test

Addresses the Round 8 review's factual finding and two cleanups.

- CORRECTED the repeatability narrative: instability is NOT confined to
  tokens<=32. Recomputed from the Round 8 CSVs: kernel-path unstable tokens
  {1,2,4,8,16,32,128} (incl. kimi_k2 token 128, 6.8us) and e2e unstable tokens
  {1,2,4,32,64} (incl. a kimi_k2 token-64 outlier of 16.4us). With clocks
  harness-verified pinned, this is genuine run-to-run node variance across the
  low/mid token range. docs/baseline_523ca1c7_repeatability.json and the ledger
  now state the real regime + floor sensitivity (2us->9/7 ... 10us->0/1,
  20us->0/0) and an escalated protocol decision noting a tokens<=64-only band is
  INSUFFICIENT (options: wider band / more reps / dedicated node /
  kernel-path-primary). Not self-approved.
- Refreshed docs/attempts.jsonl to the Round 8 numbers (was stale Round 7).
- tests/unit/test_moe_tuning_harness.py: direct _main() regression -- verified
  pinned writes clocks_pinned=True; verification failure fails closed (rc=2, no
  CSV written); --allow-unpinned proceeds with clocks_pinned=False.

Default validate still targets all 96 keys (a8w4 correctness-blocked). Tests: 78
pass. Targeted style clean; no workflow markers in code/tests.

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Applies the user-approved amendment to the no-regression/repeatability band so
the a4w4 baseline is comparable under the locked protocol without weakening win
detection.

- kernels/moe_tuning_spec.py: add SMALL_TOKEN_ABS_US_BAND=8.0 and abs_floor_us(token)
  (8us for tokens<=64, 2us otherwise); is_regression(token=) is now regime-aware
  (back-compatible default 2us when token is None). Documented rationale:
  irreducible small-token node jitter (~3-7us at 30-300us absolute) after the
  in-protocol controls are exhausted; 8us stays far below the 10%-AND-2us
  small-token win threshold so win detection is unaffected.
- scripts/moe_tuning_ledger.py: compare_point passes token to is_regression;
  repeatability_check uses the regime-aware floor.
- Re-scored the existing a4w4 baseline pair under the new band: residual
  instability drops from 9/7 to 1/1 -- kimi_k2/128 kernel-path (6.8us, ~2.3%,
  mid-token watch) and kimi_k2/64 e2e (~16us, documented guardrail outlier).
  docs/baseline_523ca1c7_repeatability.json updated.

Tests: 81 pass (incl. regime-aware band + repeatability tests). Style clean; no
workflow markers in code.

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…n candidate

First actual tuning progress past the measurement substrate (DEC-10 scope: a4w4).

- Ran a legality-filtered (AC-2) a4w4 tile sweep for DeepSeek V3 over the FP4
  M-regime tile priors at small/large tokens; recorded every candidate to the
  ledger. (tile_k1=512 is a separate test-harness wiring limit -- IndexError in
  run_moe_stage1 -- noted as queued; not a kernel constraint.)
- Standout lever: stage1 tile_n 256->128. Validated across the full DS V3 a4w4
  token sweep under the locked protocol (clocks harness-verified pinned, reps=3,
  DEC-9 regime-aware band):
  * small-token kernel-path latency win: tokens 1-16 = 15.6-23.0% faster, clearing
    the DEC-1 small-token gate (>=10% AND >= the 8us small-token band);
  * ZERO Pareto regression across the full token sweep;
  * mid tokens 256-1024 also ~11-13% faster (bonus);
  * large-MFU buckets improved but below the AC-3 10% margin (16384 -9.2%,
    32768 -5.5%) -> AC-4 candidate, not yet an AC-3 win.
  * FlyDSL-side correctness clean (--skip_ref false, atomic+reduce).
- docs/candidate_dsv3_a4w4_stage1n128.csv + ledger/attempts updated.

Remaining for a CONFIRMED win: strict aiter e2e correctness gate (logits<=0.01)
and a clean re-run for stability.

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…areto-clean)

Closes Codex R0 blocking #1 (no reproducible non-default candidate path) and
mainline ROCm#2/ROCm#3 (candidate evidence missing e2e/correctness).

- scripts/moe_tuning_harness.py: candidate mode now takes --model/--dtype/--tokens
  filters and explicit --tile-m1/n1/k1/n2/k2 overrides via select_run_points() +
  candidate_tile_for() (legality-pre-filtered; raises on illegal tiles); no longer
  silently uses default_tile_for for non-default candidates. --reps configurable.
  Unit tests for the selection + tile-override plumbing.
- Re-measured DS V3 a4w4 tile_n=128 through the CLI WITH strict aiter e2e: all 16
  rows now carry kernel-path median+p95, e2e median+p95, logits_diff,
  correctness_pass=True (logits<=0.0016). compare_csvs over the DS V3 subset:
  coverage_complete=True, pareto_clean=True, 0 regressions, 5 small-token wins
  (tokens 1-16). Large buckets: 16384 MFU +10.1pct, 32768 +5.8pct -> not AC-3
  (DEC-3 needs both). -> confirmed-on-DS-V3 small-token (AC-4) candidate; stability
  re-run pending.
- Cleanups: removed the DEC-9 marker in a test comment; corrected the ledger to
  express large-bucket result as MFU pct and to reflect DEC-9/DEC-10 as RESOLVED
  (not open user decisions).

Tests: 83 pass. Style clean; no workflow markers in code.

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…areto-clean)

Stability re-run of the DS V3 a4w4 stage1 tile_n=128 candidate (independent e2e
sweep via the reproducible candidate CLI):
- run1 vs run2 repeatability (DEC-9 band): only 1 unstable point (token 512
  kernel-path, 6.5us/2.7%, a non-win mid-token point = node jitter); the 5
  small-token win points (tokens 1,2,4,8,16) are stable.
- run2 vs baseline: pareto_clean=True, 0 regressions (kernel-path AND e2e), the
  same 5 small-token wins reproduce.
- strict correctness pass both runs (logits<=0.0016 all 16 points).

=> CONFIRMED AC-4 small-token latency win on DeepSeek V3 a4w4 (15-23% faster at
tokens 1-16), Pareto-clean and re-run-stable. Still not AC-3 (32768 MFU +5.8% <
10%; needs both target buckets). docs/candidate_dsv3_a4w4_stage1n128_run2.csv +
ledger updated.

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…idence)

Accepts the Round-1 review corrections.

- Harden candidate CLI (Codex R1 blocking #1): new prepare_candidate_run() makes
  candidate mode fail-closed -- requires >=1 explicit --tile-* (else nonzero),
  requires a non-empty selection, and aborts the WHOLE run if ANY selected point's
  tiles are illegal, recording a machine-readable rejected-candidate record
  (append_rejected_candidate) and writing NO partial CSV. Removed the silent
  default-tile fallback for candidate mode. Host tests for no-override rejection,
  illegal-override fail-closed (+rejection record), and empty selection. Verified
  live:  with no --tile-* exits rc=2 and writes no CSV.

- Correct the DS V3 overclaim (Codex R1 mainline #1/ROCm#3, blocking ROCm#2): the
  ledger/attempts/spec now state the ACTUAL committed-CSV results --
  * small-token: tokens 1-16 clear the 10% gate; tokens 32 (+5.1%) and 64 (+3.9%)
    do NOT -> PARTIAL DS-V3-subset improvement, NOT a confirmed AC-4 win;
  * large buckets: 16384 MFU +9.75% (below 10%, both runs), 32768 +5.80% -> no AC-3;
  * pareto_clean is a DS-V3-subset statement only; full a4w4 comparison still
    missing 24 points (Kimi K2 + GPT-OSS unswept).
  Re-labeled the 3 DS V3 attempts.jsonl entries to partial + recorded the exact
  top-level sweep command. Removed stale a8w4 'pending user scope decision'
  wording (DEC-10 resolved). Fixed the moe_tuning_spec band comment drift.

Tests: 84 pass. Style clean; no workflow markers in code.

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…sion text

Rejected search candidates now carry the same identity + run-provenance class as
measured attempts (model/dtype/act/token/stage/config/reason + gpu_id/gpu_model/
branch/commit/command/warmup/iters + selection filters), recorded fail-closed
before any partial CSV. csv_path/profile_path stay empty since a rejection never
reaches compile/GPU. append_rejected_candidate enforces the richer contract
(integer 0 stays valid for stage/warmup/iters); prepare_candidate_run/_main fill
it from live Provenance + git + the exact top-level command.

Also fix the human ledger reference block: no-regression is the regime-aware band
max(2%, 8us) for tokens<=64 / max(2%, 2us) for tokens>=128, matching the code,
not a flat 2us per-point floor.

Tests: 86 passed (+2 rejected-candidate provenance tests). black/ruff clean.

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…profile + supersede)

Finish the provenance contract under-delivered in R3:
- REQUIRED_REJECTED_FIELDS gains `selection`; new REQUIRED_REJECTED_PRESENT_KEYS
  requires `csv_path`/`profile_path` keys to EXIST (empty allowed, no artifact
  pre-compile). append_rejected_candidate also enforces selection is a non-empty
  dict. Old minimal records are now rejected.
- prepare_candidate_run emits explicit csv_path=""/profile_path="" and the
  selection filter; _main builds the stored command with shlex.join so a spaced
  arg like --tokens "16 64" round-trips as an executable string.
- Supersede the incomplete pre-contract rejected record in docs/attempts.jsonl:
  mark it superseded_by and append a full-provenance record (supersedes pointer)
  for the same logical rejection.
- New host scan test fails if any non-superseded committed rejected_candidate
  record lacks the full contract; positive/negative unit tests cover the new
  fields.

Tests: 87 passed (+1). black/ruff clean; no workflow markers in code.

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…ock re-measure

Return to GPU mainline (Codex R4 action item #1). Two fresh independent Kimi K2
a4w4 full-grid kernel-path sweeps on gfx950/MI350X with harness-verified pinned
clocks (clocks_pinned=True) and verified idle GPU, reps=3.

repeatability_check under the DEC-9 band: 16/16 kernel-path points stable. The
previously-flagged Kimi K2 token-128 point is now within band -- drift 4.8us <
band 5.87us (1.6pct) -- resolved on the 2pct relative term alone, no band
widening. The prior 6.8us/5.8us figure came from re-scored prior-loop CSVs, not a
fresh measurement.

e2e not measured this round: kernel-path is the tuning target and the flagged
residual; the aiter e2e AOT cache is unpopulated here, and the only prior e2e
residual (kimi_k2/64 ~16us) is the documented guardrail outlier (queued).

Artifacts: docs/repeat_kimi_a4w4_run{1,2}.csv, repeatability JSON live_remeasure
block (historical re-scored block retained as superseded), full-provenance
neutral attempt in attempts.jsonl, ledger entry. Host tests: 87 passed.

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Correct the R5 overclaim: the official repeatability_check scores BOTH
kernel_path_us and e2e_us, and R5's kernel-path-only CSVs made it return
stable=false (e2e missing). R5 also used an ephemeral /tmp script as the attempt
command and named an aiter command on rows where e2e did not run.

Harness:
- add reusable --no-aot-check flag (threads check_aot into run_point/_aiter_cmd):
  e2e runs strict + correctness-checked without requiring a pre-populated AOT
  cache (recorded aot_status=no_aot; AOT-cache population is a separate AC-5 gate
  and a large out-of-scope detour, while e2e itself runs cleanly).
- run_point.command now names ONLY commands actually executed for the row (the
  aiter command is appended only when measure_e2e is True).

Measurement (durable: committed harness CLI, replay command in attempts.jsonl):
two fresh pinned-clock (clocks_pinned=True, idle verified) full 16-token Kimi K2
a4w4 sweeps with measure_e2e=True, reps=3. repeatability_check -> stable=true,
0 unstable on BOTH metrics. token-128 kp 0.6us/e2e 0.25us within band. The prior
token-64 e2e ~16us 'outlier' did NOT reproduce on the strict path (0.43us) -- it
was a legacy re-scored-CSV artifact. No band widening. -> AC-1.1 MET.

Artifacts updated to agree on the two-metric result: repeatability JSON, ledger
md, attempts.jsonl (durable command), bitlesson. Host tests: 87 passed.

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…ectness gate

Fix the R6 provenance defect Codex caught: the R6 CSVs/attempt recorded commit
8527041, but --no-aot-check was only committed in 61c677b, so the recorded
command was not replayable; the attempt command also used #-comment steps and
run{1,2}.csv brace shorthand.

Provenance repair:
- re-ran both Kimi K2 a4w4 two-metric sweeps from clean HEAD 61c677b (which
  contains --no-aot-check); CSV rows + the new attempt record carry that commit.
- superseded the defective R5 (kernel-path-only) and R6 (non-replayable) attempts
  via superseded_by; appended a record with exact run1/run2/repeatability_check
  replay commands (no /tmp, no comments, no brace shorthand).
- repeatability_check stable=true, 0 unstable on BOTH metrics; token-128 kp 0.8us
  / e2e 0.37us within band. No band widening.

Guardrails (the two R6-blocking side issues):
- ledger.selected_candidate_gate: rejects aot_status!=checked / correctness_pass
  !=True / logits_diff>0.01, so a no_aot repeatability CSV can never be promoted
  to a candidate win (real AOT-cache population still tracked under AC-5).
- ledger.scan_replay_consistency + committed-ledger test: a multi-file
  repeatability attempt whose command does not replay every csv_path file fails.

Tests: 91 passed (+4). black/ruff clean; no workflow markers in code.

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…_win

Close the R6 AC-5 leak Codex re-flagged: selected_candidate_gate existed but the
comparator ignored it, so a no_aot candidate with winning metrics still reported
pareto_clean + win lists.

- CampaignVerdict gains a `gate` dict and a `claimable_win` property = pareto_clean
  AND (large_wins or small_wins) AND gate.passed.
- compare_csvs runs selected_candidate_gate on the candidate by default and stores
  it; promotability is now decided by claimable_win alone (no optional 2nd call).
- docstring + ledger Rules updated to make claimable_win the single source of
  truth (pareto_clean + win lists is NOT sufficient).
- Tests: a fully-covered, non-regressing, otherwise-winning no_aot candidate ->
  gate.passed False AND claimable_win False; a checked+correct winning candidate
  -> claimable_win True. Leak probe vs real no_aot CSV -> claimable_win False.

Tests: 93 passed (+2). black/ruff clean; no workflow markers in code.

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…o profiling)

Return to task6 GPU tuning (Codex R8 directive step 1). Pinned-clock, idle-verified
kernel-path sweep over ALL legal DS V3 a4w4 stage1 tiles (tile_m {32,64,128} x
tile_n {64,128,256}, k1=256; stage2 256/256) at tokens 32 and 64 via the
fail-closed candidate CLI, reps=3.

AC-4's small-token criterion is kernel-path latency. Baseline kp t32=179.8 /
t64=203.0; gate needs t32<=161.8 / t64<=182.7 (-10% and >=2us). Result: NO legal
tile clears the gate -- best balanced is m32_n128 (t32 -7.5%, t64 -7.5%); all
small/mid tiles land -3..-7.6%, large tiles (m128) regress +38..+101%.

Conclusion: stage1 tile-only tuning cannot make DS V3 32/64 an AC-4 win (~2-5us
short). Routed to the AC-3/AC-4 profiling + secondary-levers task. DS V3
small-token wins remain tokens 1-16. Recorded as an honest `loss` attempt with the
exact replayable per-variant commands (scan_replay_consistency clean) + ledger
entry; 9 CSVs under docs/dsv3_3264_sweep/.

Host tests: 93 passed.

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… wording

Address Codex R9 review: R9's "all legal stage1 tiles / tile-only exhausted"
wording was overbroad (it was only the bounded m{32,64,128}xn{64,128,256} k1=256
grid). Two fixes:

1. Reword the ledger DS V3 32/64 entry to a SCOPED k1=256 statement.
2. Sweep the remaining legal k1=256 stage1 configs Codex identified, at tokens
   32/64 (pinned+idle, reps=3, fail-closed CLI):
   - tile_n=32 (m32/64/128): measured -> none wins (m32_n32 -1.9%/-4.5% best;
     m64_n32 +4.4%; m128_n32 +70%).
   - tile_n=512 (m32/64/128): harness emits EMPTY kernel-path (same class as the
     tile_k1!=256 limitation) -> not measurable here.
   - tile_m=256 (n32/64/128/256): ILLEGAL (s2 lds_over_limit), correctly rejected
     by the fail-closed CLI -> 4 rejected-candidate records with full provenance.

Across ALL measurable legal k1=256 stage1 tiles, none clears the -10% gate (best
stays m32_n128 -7.5%/-7.5%). Not covered: tile_k1>256 and tile_n=512 (harness
empty-stage-time limitation), and stage2/secondary levers -> profiling next.

Honest loss attempt + 4 rejections; scan_replay_consistency clean. Updated the
queued harness-limitation note to include tile_n=512. Host tests: 93 passed.

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…sing metrics, correct claim)

Address Codex R10 review's three defects:

1. Duplicate rejected records: R10 had 8 active rejected_candidate records for the
   same 4 tile_m1=256 probes (live-CLI + manual append). Superseded the manual
   duplicates -> exactly one active record per probe. New
   ledger.scan_duplicate_rejected_candidates + committed-ledger test fail on
   duplicate non-superseded rejections sharing (model,dtype,act,token,config).

2. Blank-metric rows recorded as loss: candidate mode now fails closed when any
   row has missing stage1_us/stage2_us/kernel_path_us (new row_missing_kernel_path
   guard) -- records machine-readable rejected measurements + rc=2, no CSV. The
   R10 loss attempt is corrected to cover only the MEASURED tile_n=32 configs; the
   3 tile_n=512 blank rows are now rejected measurements (unmeasured shape), not
   losses. Unit-tested.

3. Overclaim corrected: tile_m=256 is stage1-LEGAL (LDS 132096<163840), only
   rejected by the current stage2 tile_m coupling -- not globally illegal. Ledger
   reworded: DS V3 32/64 result is the R9 grid + R10 tile_n=32 MEASURED non-win,
   NOT a complete legal-k1=256 sweep (tile_m=256 pending independent tile_m2;
   tile_n=512/tile_k>256 unmeasured).

Independent --tile_m2 plumbing tracked as the next mainline task.

Tests: 96 passed (+3). black/ruff clean; no workflow markers in code.

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Address Codex R11 review's two concrete defects:

1. Wrong superseded_by links: the 4 superseded tile_m1=256 rejected records all
   pointed to the tile_n1=256 active timestamp instead of their matching active
   records. Repointed n32/n64/n128 to their own active records (n256 already
   correct). Also backfilled act=silu on the pre-contract tile_m1=16 superseded
   record so its key matches its full-provenance successor. New
   ledger.scan_superseded_rejected_candidates verifies every superseded record
   links to an existing active record of the SAME (model,dtype,act,token,config)
   key; committed-ledger test enforces it.

2. black --check actually failed on tests/unit/test_moe_tuning_harness.py (R11
   summary wrongly claimed clean). Ran black; black/ruff now both pass.

All three ledger scans clean: duplicate=[], replay=[], superseded-link=[].
Tests: 98 passed (+2). No workflow markers in code.

Independent stage2 tile_m2 plumbing remains the immediately-next mainline task.

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Superseded by the clean upstream PR ROCm#736 (curated, squashed, referencing ROCm#708). This personal-fork draft was a local checkpoint of the full RLCR loop; closing in favor of the upstream submission.

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Ran the now-unblocked independent stage2 tile_m2 sweep (Codex R1 directive #1):
stage1 tile_m1=256, tile_n1 in {32,64,128}, k1=256; stage2 tile_m2=64/256/256, at
tokens 32/64 (pinned+idle, reps=3, kernel-path, fail-closed CLI).

Result (correct measurements, not R0's under-launched timing): large stage1
tile_m1=256 is catastrophically bad at small tokens -- t32 +434..+3004%, t64
+426..+3389% vs baseline (179.8/203.0us); best (n128) t32 960.7 / t64 1068.0us,
still 4-5x slower. NONE wins. This definitively settles that increasing stage1
tile_m does not help DS V3 32/64 (a 256-row tile wastes work on 32-64 tokens).
tile_n1=256 emitted empty kernel-path (harness limit) -> rejected fail-closed.

DS V3 32/64 routed to the profiling pass + secondary levers (stage2
tile/xcd/persist), not stage1 tile size. Honest loss recorded with full
provenance; ledger scans clean. 103 unit tests still pass.

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…l branches

Two issues raised in review:

1. docs.yml concurrency (review #1): the group `gh-pages-deploy` was shared
   across push(main) / push(ci_dashboard) / pull_request, and the comment said
   "serialize" while `cancel-in-progress: true` actually cancels in-flight runs.
   A PR build could cancel an in-progress main deploy. Qualify the group by
   `github.event_name` + `github.ref` so a PR never cancels a main/ci_dashboard
   deploy and the two push refs don't cancel each other; fix the comment to
   describe the real (supersede) semantics.

2. ingest.py resolve_pr was dead code (review ROCm#2): list_runs hardcoded
   branch=main, and `?branch=` filters on head_branch, so only push-to-main runs
   were ever scanned — every run's event was `push`, so resolve_pr returned None
   on the second line and history `pr` was always null. The dashboard's app.js
   has a full per-PR view that depends on this field. Fix the data source: scan
   all branches by default (no branch filter) so PR runs are included and
   resolve_pr can attach PR numbers; add an optional --branch to restrict.

Tests: add list_runs coverage (default no-filter vs explicit branch). 21 pass.
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