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Drew T 40f2bc8bdc docs(phase-17): T6 — permuter yields 0 whole-binary matches (isolated != whole-binary TU)
The permuter closes isolated near-misses (3-4/8 in <=75s; converted winners match_one
MATCH 17/53/54 ins) but 0/4 survive the whole-binary gate. Root cause (R17): the isolated
compile context differs from the whole-binary TU (callee inlining in the one-big-file
077.c), so match_one's "isolated == whole-binary" assumption is false for these and the
permuter optimizes the wrong target. This is the mechanism behind Phase 16's "42% mirage".
All 5 avenues tested: T2=0, T3=+0.52% (banked), T4/T5 byte-neutral, T6=0. The harness
ceiling did not rise to eureka. NEXT: T7 go/no-go (Tier-1/Max).
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phase-ends/ — the living record

  • PhaseEnd_Phase[N].md — written at each phase boundary (format defined in PROJECT_CONTEXT.md). Append-only history: build log, deviations, commit message, rules added, changelog. Never deleted.
  • CURRENT_PHASE.md — the in-phase autonomous log: approved phase plan, per-task checkboxes, current task pointer, blockers. Created at phase start, updated after every task, absorbed into the PhaseEnd file and deleted at phase close. This is the crash/compaction recovery point.
  • Sessions read PROJECT_CONTEXT.md, then every PhaseEnd_*.md in numeric order, then CURRENT_PHASE.md (if present) — in that order, every session.