{
 "tm": "1RB0LC_1RC0RA_1RD0RF_0LE---_1LB1LA_1LD1RA",
 "bucket_reason": "STUCK after skeptic round 2: two fatal gaps in the invariant, no known repair",
 "question": "#16's invariant still leaks in two places after five funded stages and two skeptic rounds: park it, or fund one more round aimed only at the two fatal gaps?",
 "options": [
  {
   "id": "park",
   "label": "Park #16",
   "consequence": "No further cost. proof.md, the macro simulator, the closure tests and both gap analyses stay in the folder for whoever picks it up."
  },
  {
   "id": "gaps_round",
   "label": "One more round on the two gaps (about 2 h)",
   "consequence": "Write the composite rule for the V1 right end with walls (the window family), and replace the look-ahead clause Hs_4 with explicit clauses for the short regime. Stop rule: park if either still leaks at the wider boxes."
  }
 ],
 "recommended": "park",
 "rationale": [
  "Window family grows with the level (1 / 60 / 96 members at S = 83 / 168 / 339) and leaves the tape grammar.",
  "Short-regime look-ahead is not inductive: 110 / 12 / 450 leaks on the wider boxes.",
  "Non-halting looks very likely (free runs of 2e9-4e9 steps from every leak point), but no inductive invariant is known."
 ],
 "evidence": [
  {
   "kind": "fact",
   "text": "Gap list and leak counts: status.json reason and proof.md section 8",
   "href": "proof.md"
  },
  {
   "kind": "fact",
   "text": "Funded-stage history (parity_round, corner_rules, corner_rules_2, seed_clause) and both skeptic rounds",
   "href": "notes.md"
  }
 ],
 "effort_if_yes": "about 2 h of agent time (simulation and closure tests, no Coq); a proof would still need a third skeptic round and Rocq",
 "updated": "2026-10-12",
 "answer": {
  "option": "park",
  "note": "Dennis 2026-10-12: 'go with recommendations'",
  "date": "2026-10-12"
 }
}