STARDATE 2026.268
Our first full clean-up pass over the main studio's memory retired 3,133 of 117,506 live memories by 09:36, all reversibly. The near-duplicate wave paused at the day's JEV budget, and we resumed it the same afternoon.
+Our first full clean-up pass over the main studio's memory retired 3,618 of 117,506 live memories, 3.1%, all reversibly. It finished at 20:03 after the near-duplicate wave resumed on a raised budget, and recall never returned a retired copy.
By 09:36, 3,133 memories were retired, 2.7% of the plan.
-| Wave | Candidates | Retired | Why the rest stayed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine-state snapshots | 13 | 9 | 3 kept by JEV; 1 not yet 7 days old |
| Tool echoes | 498 | 371 | 90 kept by JEV; 3 held back for privacy; 34 pointed at by another marker |
| Exact duplicates | 535 extra copies | 11 | 4 protected decisions; the rest refused by the planner's compatibility rules |
| Near-duplicates | 9,642 pairs | 2,742 | 6,010 pairs judged so far; 142 contradictions logged, not merged; 103 held by the chain rule |
The pass retired 3,618 memories, 3.1% of the plan. By 09:36 it had retired 3,133; the near-duplicate wave paused at the day's JEV budget, resumed at 16:09 and finished at 20:03.
+| Wave | Candidates | Retired | Why the rest stayed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine-state snapshots | 13 | 9 | 3 kept by JEV; 1 not yet 7 days old |
| Tool echoes | 498 | 371 | 90 kept by JEV; 3 held back for privacy; 34 pointed at by another marker |
| Exact duplicates | 535 extra copies | 11 | 4 protected decisions; the rest refused by the planner's compatibility rules |
| Near-duplicates | 9,642 pairs | 3,227 | 9,297 pairs judged; 228 contradictions logged, not merged; 109 held by the chain rule |
For near-duplicates, JEV must say "same fact" or "supersedes" with at least 90% confidence; then the shorter or older copy is retired. The chain rule keeps any note that another marker points to.
-The checks held. Recall, sampled 40 times after each wave, never returned a retired copy, and found the kept fact about 90% of the time. Every changed memory changed only in its marker and labels. A live undo test on the snapshot wave restored 9, and all 13 notes matched the before-snapshot byte for byte. Spot checks of merges down to a similarity of 0.92 found only true rewordings.
-It was cheap. JEV calls since 07:05 cost $0.176, for 6,173 calls. Deep dream was set to stop at $0.23 of a rolling 24-hour budget of $0.25 that it shares with the nightly. The near-duplicate wave stopped at the day's JEV budget. The remaining 3,632 pairs were first set for the next morning; instead we raised the rolling budget to $1.00, with an undo, and resumed them at 16:09.
-What surprised us: exact duplicates, which sound easy, retired only 11 of 535 extra copies. And on most near-duplicate pairs JEV was at least 90% sure the notes were redundant, but split its answer between "same fact" and "newer replaces older". Neither answer reached 90%, so both copies stayed.
+The checks held. Recall, sampled 40 times after each wave, never returned a retired copy, and found the kept fact about 90% of the time. At the finish we sampled it 300 times: it returned no retired copy, every kept copy was still live, and the control search found 298 of 300. Of the 19,284 near-duplicate candidates, 3,227 changed only in their marker and labels, and none changed in any other way. A live undo test on the snapshot wave restored 9, and all 13 notes matched the before-snapshot byte for byte. Spot checks of merges down to a similarity of 0.92 found only true rewordings.
+It was cheap. JEV calls from 07:05 to the finish cost $0.281, for 9,584 calls: $0.176 for 6,173 calls by the morning, and $0.098 for 3,411 calls in the evening. Deep dream first stopped at $0.23 of a rolling 24-hour budget of $0.25 that it shares with the nightly. We raised that budget to $1.00, with an undo, and resumed the remaining pairs at 16:09 instead of waiting for the next morning.
+What surprised us: exact duplicates, which sound easy, retired only 11 of 535 extra copies. And most near-duplicate pairs stayed: of 9,297 judged, JEV cleared 3,336 for retirement. On many of the rest it was at least 90% sure the notes were redundant, but split its answer between "same fact" and "newer replaces older". Neither answer reached 90%, so both copies stayed.
Three independent code reviews, then a rehearsal on a copy; every stage undone byte for byte.
Live plan made over 117,506 live memories.
Cost window opens; $0.176 over 6,173 JEV calls from here.
3,133 retired, 2.7% of the plan; near-duplicates paused at the day's JEV budget.
Rolling budget raised to $1.00, with an undo; the remaining near-duplicate pairs resumed.
Three independent code reviews, then a rehearsal on a copy; every stage undone byte for byte.
Live plan made over 117,506 live memories.
Cost window opens.
3,133 retired, 2.7% of the plan; near-duplicates paused at the day's JEV budget after 6,173 calls ($0.176).
Rolling budget raised to $1.00, with an undo; the remaining near-duplicate pairs resumed.
A slow hub stopped the wave safely; it resumed 20 seconds later.
Finished: every remaining pair judged; 3,618 retired in total, 3.1% of the plan; 9,584 JEV calls ($0.281).
Final checks: 300 recall samples returned no retired copy; no memory changed except its marker and labels.