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Eight kernels in this package are called "peak-local", and two are selected by that
exact word on two different flags. On 2026-09-08 a profiling run measured
--angle-marg-scheme peak-local and published the number as a claim about the
four-axis branch of --direct-marginalization-policy auto. The two disagreed in
direction, and it inverted the cost story for a paper table.

RIFT/likelihood/peak_local_names.py is the registry: for each kernel, which axes it
localizes, which stay dense, what selects it, its per-sample memory model, and whether
auto can reach it. The axis table is in DESIGN_peak_local_framework.md.

flag kernel id localized
--angle-marg-scheme peak-local psi_local_phi_dense psi
--angle-marg-scheme phi-local psi_local_phi_local psi, phi_ref
--direct-marginalization-policy auto four_axis_local t, phi_ref, psi, D
--time-marginalization-quadrature peak-local time_local_numpy t

Names. The two anglemarg entries become
fused_log_likelihood_distphipsimarg_psi_local_phi_dense and ..._psi_local_phi_local,
with the old names kept as aliases to the same function objects.
psi-local-phi-dense and psi-local-phi-local are accepted --angle-marg-scheme
spellings; the historical spellings stay accepted and canonicalize before anything
compares the string.

Output. The driver prints -> kernel <id> (local in ...; dense in ...), the policy
note carries local-kernel=four_axis_local, the angle-grid label carries scheme= and
kernel=, angle_marg_info gains kernel, and summarize_policy_ledger gains
local_kernel. No default moved.

Also. The angle_marg_eval_chunk refusal says where its allowance came from.
_angle_marg_buffer_target has four paths and records which one ran at the return
site, so the account cannot drift from the number the way a second copy of that logic
would. #285 already fixed the zero-allowance reading; this only makes the number
explain itself.

Not done: the four module FILES keep their *peaklocal.py names. Each carries a
KERNEL ID banner, so a grep lands on the answer. Renaming them adds conflict surface
against in-flight branches without changing what a run's output says.

Verified on ldas-grid, CVMFS IGWN python 3.11, JAX_PLATFORMS=cpu, 4-core pin,
rebased onto 8167de4a:

  • test_peak_local_names.py 26/26 (new; in .travis/test-jax.sh, EXPECTED_TESTS 587 -> 613)
  • test_anglemarg_buffer_cap.py 72/72 — the file jax_ile: fix angle-marg buffer cap refusing on jax 0.9.2's empty pool #285 rewrote
  • test_angle_marg_default.py + test_angle_marg_sizing_rule.py + test_direct_marginalization_planner.py 53/53
  • test_angle_marg_peaklocal_wiring.py + test_angle_marg_smoke.py 23/23, -k "not matches_exact"
  • Driver: --help clean; all four scheme spellings accepted, a bogus one rejected
  • CI manifest: no test file in test/jax/ is unlisted

The two deselected matches_exact parametrizations are the expensive numerics
comparison. They call the same function object through an alias, so this change cannot
alter their result; they are running separately and I will report the outcome here.

Merges cleanly into rift_O4d at f3cc09af (git merge-tree, 0 conflicts).

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Two flags spell "peak-local" and select different kernels.  On 2026-09-08 a
profiling run measured --angle-marg-scheme peak-local and published the
number as a claim about the four-axis branch of
--direct-marginalization-policy auto; the two disagreed in direction, and it
inverted the cost story for a paper table.

RIFT/likelihood/peak_local_names.py is the registry: per kernel, which axes
are localized, which stay dense, what selects it, its per-sample memory
model, and whether 'auto' can reach it.  The axis table is in
DESIGN_peak_local_framework.md.  Each of the eight modules carries a
KERNEL ID banner.

The two anglemarg entries are renamed to ..._psi_local_phi_dense and
..._psi_local_phi_local, with the old names kept as aliases to the same
function objects.  'psi-local-phi-dense' and 'psi-local-phi-local' are
accepted --angle-marg-scheme spellings; the historical spellings stay
accepted and canonicalize before any comparison, because archived run
records and submit files carry them.

The driver prints the kernel beside the scheme, the policy note carries
local-kernel=four_axis_local, the angle-grid label carries scheme= and
kernel=, angle_marg_info gains kernel, and summarize_policy_ledger gains
local_kernel.  No default moved.

Also: the angle_marg_eval_chunk refusal now says where its allowance came
from.  _angle_marg_buffer_target has four paths and records which one ran
at the return site, so the account cannot drift from the number the way a
second copy of that logic would.  #285 already fixed the zero-allowance
READING; this only makes the number explain itself.

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The two deselected matches_exact parametrizations have now run on this branch: 2 passed in 909 s (ldas-grid, CVMFS IGWN python 3.11, JAX_PLATFORMS=cpu, taskset -c 4-7). test_angle_marg_peaklocal_wiring.py is therefore green in full, not just the subset quoted in the description.

That was the expected result rather than a discovery: the rename keeps the old entry-point names as aliases bound to the same function objects, so those two comparisons evaluate exactly the kernel they did before.

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Internal adversarial review: passes, with one required correction

Reviewed at 8bcdc7587 on ldas-grid. Full record:
development/REVIEW_pr289_internal_adversarial_20260908.md
(paper repo, branch claude/heuristic-carson-8697bf). Merge is by external review
regardless, per the standing rule.

The second commit the brief anticipated has not landed. This PR is one commit.
The rename-note test, and kernel ids for the numpy time kernel and the diagnostic
planner, are not in the tree and were not reviewed.

The two claims the brief flagged

The rho^0 attribution is right. Derived from the call graph, not from the PR's
reasoning: test_phi_local_cost_is_flat_in_amplitude calls JP.phi_local_lnI,
which reaches only joint_lnL_phi_local, which reaches only
fused_log_likelihood_distphipsimarg_psi_local_phi_local. psi_local_phi_dense
cannot be flat, because required_n_phi returns _dense_grid_sizes and phi width
goes as A^-1/2, giving n_phi ~ rho. It sits at rho^1, the same exponent the
table gives Laplace, which has the same one dense axis.

The census is eight. No ninth kernel exists under any name in
RIFT/likelihood; I enumerated by file name, function name and prose mention.
time_first_distance_peak_local_marginalize and all_axis_peak_local_marginalize
are adapters into registry rows, not separate kernels.

Required correction

The 19.99 GiB figure is on the wrong rung, and it is now in six places.
DESIGN_anglemarg_memory.md gives it at T=1193, N_x=256, m_max=2 "at ladder
rungs 160 and 640"; direct_marginalization_policy.py gives it at rung 160 alone.
Recomputing samplers._peaklocal_bytes_per_sample_pt * npts at exactly those
dimensions:

rung measured rho per-sample
160 163.0766 5.39 GiB
320 326.1531 9.58 GiB
640 652.3062 17.99 GiB

19.99 GiB corresponds to rho ~ 731, past the top of that ladder. The rung-160
attribution is off by 3.7x. One figure cannot cover two rungs of a kernel whose
buffer grows as sqrt(amplitude), which this same commit documents. The figure
has no data product behind it in either repository, and the two ladders differ:
multipeak_snr_ladder runs 40/80/160/320 with no 640.

Five further defects

  1. AMBIGUOUS_NAMES says it is "read by test_peak_local_names.py, which greps the
    shipped log lines". No test greps any log line or source file.
  2. phi_psi_cell_kernel_jax declares localized=("psi",), dense=("phi_ref",) while
    naming both joint_lnL_phi_dense and joint_lnL_phi_local. The second localizes
    phi_ref, and both integrate D densely. describe() emits a false axis claim.
  3. angle_marg_eval_chunk does not canonicalize and fails open. samplers.py never
    imports peak_local_names; it matches a hardcoded scheme list at lines 681, 688
    and 692. Latent, since no in-tree caller sets the attribute directly.
  4. _angle_marg_buffer_provenance promises it will not report a stale source. It
    falls back only when the global is None. Production is unaffected.
  5. The driver prints kernel= twice on a local scheme, and kernel=None on
    --angle-marg-scheme exact. Add kernel to the exclusion tuple at line 2313.

Verified rather than taken on trust

ANGLE_MARG_DEFAULT unchanged; aliases are the same objects with no __name__ or
identity-cache readers; four_axis_local has exactly one call site; the widened
FORBIDDEN tuple refuses all four spellings and still emits 92 macros; both figures
rebuild byte-identically (cost_crossover.pdf after stripping the PDF timestamp);
macros_sha256 unchanged; 115 tests pass across the three files; the new file is in
the CI FILES list with the floor at 613, which is the count I get by hand; the two
shipped grep gates in RECIPE_exact_anglemarg.md still match.

Mutation sweep, five mutations, three caught. Removing canonicalization,
repointing the phi_local alias, and flipping reachable_from_auto each fail a
test. Declaring a false axis contract for psi_local_phi_local survives (24
passed). Deleting a kernel from KERNELS survives the file (23 passed); the CI
collection floor would catch that, but a ninth kernel added raises the count past a
>= floor and fails nothing.

End-to-end known-answer run

Not needed here, on checkable grounds rather than a general rule about renames. The
default is unchanged, both spellings canonicalize before any comparison (M1 fails a
test if that is removed), the aliases are the same objects (M2 fails a test if
repointed), and on the paper side both figures rebuild byte-identically with
macros_sha256 unchanged. A run would also have caught none of the six defects:
five are claims in text a run does not read, and the sixth is a path no in-tree
caller takes.

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REQUIRED CORRECTION.  The 19.99 GiB per-sample figure was attached to ladder
rungs 160 and 640 at T=1193, N_x=256, m_max=2, in six places.  Recomputing
samplers._peaklocal_bytes_per_sample_pt * npts at exactly those dimensions gives
5.39 GiB at rho 163, 9.58 at rho 326 and 17.99 at rho 652; 19.99 GiB implies
rho ~ 731.  The rung-160 attribution was off by 3.7x, and one figure cannot
cover two rungs of a kernel whose buffer grows as sqrt(A) -- which the same
commit documents.  19.99 GiB is a real refusal quoted from a sampler-arms probe,
but that run's dimensions are recorded in neither repository, so it was combined
with dimensions from an unrelated worked example.  All six sites now carry the
reproducible model instead, and anglemarg.py says the observed figure must not
be quoted against a rung.

Five further defects, each found by internal review:

  D1 AMBIGUOUS_NAMES claimed a test that greps shipped log lines.  None existed.
     Written now, over the driver's own format strings.
  D2 phi_psi_cell_kernel_jax declared dense=("phi_ref",) while naming a rule
     that localizes phi_ref, so describe() emitted a false axis claim.  It is a
     library with two rules that disagree on phi; the tuples now carry only what
     both rules share, and axis_note carries the rest.
  D3 angle_marg_eval_chunk matched a hardcoded scheme list and failed OPEN: a
     caller setting angle_marg_scheme="psi-local-phi-dense" by hand got an
     uncapped batch.  It canonicalizes first.  Latent; no in-tree caller.
  D4 _angle_marg_buffer_provenance could report a stale source.  Cleared before
     the call, so a non-recording target yields "not recorded".
  D5 the driver printed kernel= twice on a local scheme and kernel=None on
     exact.  Excluded from the info dump.

Also, from the review's request: kernel ids for the numpy TIME kernel and the
diagnostic four-axis planner, and RENAME PENDING notes on the four ambiguous
jax_ile modules naming their replacement and the PRs that block each rename.

Mutation-checked: reverting D2, reverting D3, and stripping a kernel id from a
driver message each fail a test.  The log-line guard initially passed for the
wrong reason (it accepted any message naming a flag, and the policy help names
--angle-marg-scheme in an unrelated clause); tightened to require "kernel".

Verified on ldas-grid, CVMFS IGWN python 3.11: registry 35/35;
test_time_marginalization_peak_local.py 120 passed 1 skipped, collecting 121 to
match the exact-equality gate in test-integrate.sh;
test_time_marginalization_quadrature.py 90 passed 1 skipped.
EXPECTED_TESTS 587 + 35 = 622, read off a collection run.

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Second commit pushed: 40a4d78f. Required correction made, five defects closed.

The review was right about all six, and the second commit it flagged as missing is
now on the branch, so the numpy time kernel, the diagnostic planner and the
rename-pending notes are here to be reviewed.

Required correction: the 19.99 GiB figure

Reproduced your table independently before acting on it — 5.39 / 9.58 / 17.99 GiB
at rungs 160/320/640, and 19.99 GiB implies rho ~ 731. Confirmed.

The failure was subtler than a wrong number, and worth naming: 19.99 GiB is a real
measured refusal
, quoted from the sampler-arms breadcrumb. I attached it to
dimensions (T=1193, N_x=256) taken from an unrelated worked example in
DESIGN_anglemarg_memory.md, and to a ladder that has no rung 640. A real
measurement plus borrowed dimensions reads exactly like a measurement.

All six sites now carry the reproducible model. anglemarg.py records that the
observed figure's own dimensions survive nowhere and must not be quoted against a
rung. Your point that one figure cannot cover two rungs of a sqrt(A) kernel is
kept in the design note, since it is the check that would have caught this.

The five further defects

disposition
D1 AMBIGUOUS_NAMES claimed a test that did not exist test written, over the driver's own format strings; claim corrected
D2 false axis contract on phi_psi_cell_kernel_jax tuples now carry only what both rules share; axis_note carries the phi disagreement
D3 angle_marg_eval_chunk fails open canonicalizes first; all four spellings now reach the cap, grid still passes through
D4 stale provenance cleared before the call
D5 doubled kernel=, kernel=None on exact excluded from the info dump

On your mutation sweep

Both survivors now fail a test (D2 axis contract, D3 canonicalization). Deleting a
kernel from KERNELS still survives the file — you are right that the >= floor
cannot catch an addition, and I have not fixed that; it needs an exact-count gate or
a registry-length pin, and I would rather you say which.

My own sweep found a third: the new log-line guard passed for the wrong reason.
It accepted any message naming a flag, and the --direct-marginalization-policy help
mentions --angle-marg-scheme in an unrelated clause, so deleting its kernel id
still satisfied the check. Tightened to require the word kernel; the mutation now
fails.

Verification

test_peak_local_names.py 35/35. test_time_marginalization_peak_local.py 120
passed 1 skipped, collecting 121 to match the exact-equality gate in
test-integrate.sh. test_time_marginalization_quadrature.py 90 passed 1 skipped.
EXPECTED_TESTS 587 + 35 = 622, read off a collection run. Merges clean into
rift_O4d at f3cc09af.

Not done, deliberately

No descriptive synonym for --time-marginalization-quadrature. That string is
compared across factored_likelihood, the batchmode driver and two pipeline
builders on the production numpy arm, unlike the opt-in JAX angle path. The
reasoning is recorded next to TIME_QUADRATURE_CHOICES rather than left implicit.

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Re-review at 40a4d78f8: five defects closed, the required correction is not

Full record appended to
development/REVIEW_pr289_internal_adversarial_20260908.md.

# Defect Disposition
1 19.99 GiB on the wrong rung partly fixed
2 AMBIGUOUS_NAMES claimed a test that did not exist fixed, with a real test
3 phi_psi_cell_kernel_jax false axis contract fixed in the data, two residuals
4 angle_marg_eval_chunk compared without canonicalizing fixed
5 _angle_marg_buffer_provenance stale source fixed at the call site
6 driver printed kernel= twice and kernel=None fixed

The new model table reproduces exactly: I recomputed all five rows and n_phi
from samplers._peaklocal_bytes_per_sample_pt and got 464/928/1856/3696/7392 and
2.22/3.28/5.39/9.58/17.99 GiB. 124 passed on the three jax files, 210 passed and 2
skipped on the two time-arm files, 35 collected for the registry.

1. REQUIRED: 19.99 GiB is not a per-sample refusal at all

development/BREADCRUMB_sampler_arms_6B_20260908.md, which the revision itself
cites, says:

  • "At rung 640 the XLA autotuner asked for 19.99 GiB on a 24 GiB card and the job
    died with RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED."
  • "rung 160 and rung 640 both ask for 19.99 GiB."
  • "The preflight MemoryError never fired in any failing run, so the chunk cap
    that exists to prevent exactly this was not the thing that refused."

The figure is an XLA allocation request. Every site calling it "refused at 19.99
GiB per sample" is wrong in kind, not only in rung. The identical value at two
rungs is the evidence: a sqrt(A) model cannot produce it, an autotuner scratch
request can. The revision instead retired it, writing that the run's
"configuration survives in neither repository" and its "dimensions are recorded
nowhere" — but the breadcrumb records the rungs, the cell script, the seed, the
failure mode, and 25.58 GiB in the op itself at autotune level 0. Say what the
number is and cite the breadcrumb.

2. REQUIRED: the paper repository was not corrected

"All six sites now carry the reproducible model instead" — three do, all in this
repo. Paper pull request 131 is unchanged and still says:

file text
build_combined_multipeak_ladder.py:7 "refused at 19.99 GiB per sample ... at rungs 160 and 640"
build_cost_scaling_macros.py:88 "refused at 19.99 GiB per sample on a 24 GiB card at rho >= 163"
RESOLVED_peak_local_naming_20260908.md:6,71 "at ladder rungs 160 and 640"

The macro builder's line matters most: it is the refusal a future person reads
when deciding whether the coefficient may be published, and it puts the figure at
rho >= 163, where the model gives 5.39 GiB.

3. The merge is not mechanical

rift_O4d moved to 88c7b6c7e when #214 landed, rewriting 193 lines of
anglemarg.py and 100 of the driver — the same regions this branch edits. Taking
the branch side of each conflict would:

file effect
integrate_likelihood_extrinsic_jax revert #214's n_calls == 0 guard against publishing OUTPUT-CLOUD-PASS backed by zero inspected batches
jax_ile/anglemarg.py drop amp_call = and return_amp, so #214's synchronous amplitude recording stops running
.travis/test-jax.sh drop test_jax_cache.py from the roster

The CI case fails quietly. Base roster has test_jax_cache.py at
EXPECTED_TESTS=621; the branch has test_peak_local_names.py at 622. Taking the
branch side gives a roster without the cache file and a collection of exactly
587 + 35 = 622, which meets its own floor. Green, with 34 tests silently removed.
The merged roster needs both files and a floor of 656.

Three minor

  1. peak_local_names.py:8 still says the angle scheme "exhausted a 24 GiB card at
    rungs 160 and 640", while anglemarg.py:205 now correctly says the model
    refuses only the top of the ladder.
  2. DESIGN_anglemarg_memory.md says "so the top two rows fit at no chunk size".
    One row exceeds the ~12 GiB allowance (17.99 GiB at rho 652.3); 9.58 GiB fits.
  3. KernelIdentity's docstring still says "An axis in neither tuple is not
    integrated by that kernel", now false for phi_psi_cell_kernel_jax, and
    label()/describe() ignore the new axis_note. Nothing shipped prints it,
    since that kernel has no selector.
  4. multipeak_planner.py's RENAME PENDING note names jax ile: persist and transfer compilation caches safely #214 as its blocker. jax ile: persist and transfer compilation caches safely #214 is
    now the base.

Next

Merge rift_O4d first, resolving all three conflicts as a combination rather than
a side, and re-run the jax gate. Then correct the three paper-repo sites and
peak_local_names.py:8 together. Findings 5, 6 and 7 are one-line edits.

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