{
  "updated": "2026-10-05T03:31:14.607078+00:00",
  "status": "complete_with_limits",
  "conclusion": "Retain A3 for the tested recipe. Neither extension earns promotion: reserved CCD19 +0.375% score change with interval spanning zero, prescribed width +1.865% with conditional interval abovezero. Structured residuals and start sensitivity remain; no noise-limit or absolute-photometry claim.",
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "Current-template models and significance",
      "status": "Complete; three development arms retain conditional residual structure, no demonstrated extension gain."
    },
    {
      "name": "Five-field spatial validation",
      "status": "Complete;25fits and49541fixed held cores, independently reproduced, all grids inspected."
    },
    {
      "name": "Start sensitivity",
      "status": "Complete; measurable flux/WCS differences remain, no precision-level equivalence or convergence certificate."
    },
    {
      "name": "Prospective confirmation",
      "status": "Complete;2249fixed cores,50components, shared10kbootstrap draws independently reproduced, figures inspected; retainA3."
    },
    {
      "name": "Physical attribution and calibration",
      "status": "Completed bounded controls; attribution inconclusive and absolute flux truth unavailable. Limits explicitly retained."
    },
    {
      "name": "Records",
      "status": "Final report and source backups published; manuscript remains paused."
    }
  ],
  "investigation_complete": true,
  "noise_level_closure_achieved": false,
  "convergence_established": false,
  "manuscript_writing": "paused_by_user"
}