{
  "tm": "1RB0LD_0RC1RA_1LD1RC_1LE0RF_---1LA_1LF0LA",
  "bucket_reason": "The approved 30-minute study is complete. The full mechanism still has low/medium confidence; further research is a new priority call.",
  "question": "Fund a 60-minute study of line 593\u2019s left-word invariant and prefix-consumption bound, or defer?",
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "study",
      "label": "Bounded invariant study",
      "consequence": "Prove a preserved left-word language or potential bounding cumulative prefix consumption, including the zero-prefix boundary. Stop at the stated limit with a proof sketch or precise obstruction; stop at the cryptid boundary."
    },
    {
      "id": "defer",
      "label": "Defer further research",
      "consequence": "Retain the completed study and evidence; schedule no additional work."
    }
  ],
  "recommended": "study",
  "rationale": "The bulk roundtrip and prefix interfaces are derived. Conditional counter accounting isolates the remaining safety obligation: prevent prefix exhaustion under the word transformation.",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "kind": "fact",
      "text": "Exact bulk roundtrip takes 906n+2881 steps; all 346 sampled prefix updates match the conditional accounting.",
      "href": "study.md"
    },
    {
      "kind": "link",
      "text": "Completed studies and comparison",
      "href": "coord/audits/bouncer-studies-20261014.md"
    }
  ],
  "effort_if_yes": "At most 60 minutes. This is a new stage; no whole-machine formalization is funded.",
  "updated": "2026-10-14",
  "answer": {
    "option": "study",
    "note": "Okay do the follow-up I guess.",
    "date": "2026-10-14"
  }
}