docs: promote full dynamic ResNet result

7 files changed, 66 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/DYNAMIC_INNOVATION.md b/DYNAMIC_INNOVATION.md
index d12dda3..2a22ea9 100644
--- a/DYNAMIC_INNOVATION.md
+++ b/DYNAMIC_INNOVATION.md
@@ -167,6 +167,21 @@ would then open a separately frozen independent multi-seed test confirmation;
 no confirmation seed or test endpoint may be touched before that protocol is
 committed.  A D3 failure leaves the score at 5 and closes this branch.
 
+## Audited D3 outcome
+
+D3 passes all 19 frozen checks at source revision `d945c42`.  The sole
+endpoint reaches `91.18%` validation accuracy, only 0.44 points below BP
+(`91.62%`) and 0.08 points below clean KP (`91.26%`).  Early-third alignment
+is `0.999353`, final feedback/forward cosine is `0.999663`, and the epoch
+151--200 mean is also `0.999663`.  The maximum unprojected neutral/traffic
+ratio is `0.008474`; the projected ratio and soma slope remain below
+`3.04e-8` and `2.13e-8`, with zero task-instruction observations in the fast
+fit.  The run uses zero task-loss queries, `1.3261x` BP MACs plus separately
+reported elementwise work, 2.165 GB peak allocated memory, one validation
+evaluation, and zero test evaluations.  Under the predeclared score rule this
+raises the strict reviewer score from 5 to 6 and opens, but does not complete,
+D4.
+
 ## D4: conditionally frozen paired test confirmation
 
 The D4 protocol and executable gate are committed before any D3 endpoint is
diff --git a/PAPER_PLAN.md b/PAPER_PLAN.md
index 45ff8e5..e6c2465 100644
--- a/PAPER_PLAN.md
+++ b/PAPER_PLAN.md
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ direct feedback in the audited regime.
 
 This sentence deliberately says neither that cortex implements
 backpropagation nor that the current model explains Harnett's temporal-error
-signature. “Scales on standard residual networks” may be added only after the
-untouched Oral-A confirmation passes.
+signature. The frozen D3 validation endpoint supports a near-BP standard
+ResNet-20 result, but “scales on standard residual networks” may be added only
+after the untouched multi-seed/depth confirmations pass.
 
 ## Working title
 
@@ -74,10 +75,10 @@ not imply that no-traffic scaling establishes the necessity of residualization.
    vectorization, the Harnett desired-velocity signature, and full standard
    ResNet stability fail their frozen gates, defining the method's actual
    boundary.
-5. **Standard scale.** Do not claim it yet: A3 failed and the dynamic
-   projection branch currently has only one short validation endpoint. A
-   predeclared full D3 result plus the already frozen paired five-seed D4
-   confirmation is required.
+5. **Standard scale.** D3 passes all frozen checks at `91.18%` validation on
+   ResNet-20 versus BP's `91.62%`, but it is one seed.  Do not promote this to
+   a robustness or depth-scaling claim until the already frozen paired
+   five-seed D4 confirmation and a separate depth panel pass.
 
 ## Figure order in the manuscript
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60fd2d2..6c69dba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@ and scaling behavior. See `NOVELTY.md` for the exact prior-art boundary.
   352-step trajectory is finite, and D2 reaches `83.58%` after 20 epochs versus
   clean KP's `82.66%` and the failed mixed-traffic controls' `10%`, at `1.3261x`
   BP MACs and zero task-loss queries. This is still one short validation seed;
-  the predeclared 200-epoch D3 run is in progress and test remains untouched.
-  A paired five-seed clean-KP/dynamic D4 protocol is already frozen but remains
-  hard-gated on D3; no D4 test endpoint has been accessed.
+  the predeclared 200-epoch D3 run subsequently passes all 19 gates at `91.18%`
+  versus BP's `91.62%` and clean KP's `91.26%`, with `0.9994` early alignment,
+  zero task-loss queries, and `1.3261x` BP MACs.  This raises the strict score
+  to 6/10.  A paired five-seed clean-KP/dynamic D4 protocol is frozen and now
+  open; no D4 test endpoint had been accessed at the D3 audit.
 - Native author-code fidelity is complete. BurstCCN reaches `80.10%` at its
   validation-selected epoch versus published `82.97 +/- 0.21%`; Dual Prop
   reaches `92.46%` versus published `92.41 +/- 0.07%`. Their audited walls are
diff --git a/RESULTS.md b/RESULTS.md
index 0a68133..d36edad 100644
--- a/RESULTS.md
+++ b/RESULTS.md
@@ -995,6 +995,26 @@ innovation result on the standard ResNet substrate, but it is still a
 one-seed short validation record. Per the frozen scoring rule it leaves the
 reviewer score at 5/10 and opens only the predeclared D3 full validation run.
 
+The predeclared D3 full validation record then passes all 19 frozen gates:
+
+| method | validation accuracy | early alignment | epoch-151--200 feedback cosine | MAC ratio to BP |
+|:--|--:|--:|--:|--:|
+| dynamic neutral-projection innovation | **91.18%** | 0.999353 | 0.999663 | 1.3261x |
+| clean KP | 91.26% | 0.9994 | 0.9997 | 1.326x |
+| matched BP | 91.62% | exact | exact | 1.000x |
+
+D3 remains finite for 200 epochs and ends with validation loss `0.425251`.
+The maximum unprojected neutral/traffic ratio is `0.008474`, whereas the
+projected remainder and absolute soma slope stay below `3.04e-8` and
+`2.13e-8`; used-signal/instruction RMS differs by at most `6.73e-10`.  It uses
+zero task-loss queries, 1.452e15 MACs, 4.070e13 separately reported elementwise
+operations, one neutral observation per ordinary example, 2.165 GB peak
+allocated memory, one final validation evaluation, and zero test evaluations.
+The source revision is `d945c42`, and the gate was frozen before the endpoint.
+This is the first full near-BP standard-ResNet SDIL validation result and raises
+the strict reviewer score from 5 to 6.  Independent five-seed paired test
+confirmation remains open rather than assumed.
+
 ## How to run
 `experiments/run.py --mode {bp,fa,dfa,sdil} --dataset {mnist,fmnist,cifar10} --depth D --residual {0,1} --act {tanh,gelu,silu,relu}`
 Batteries: `experiments/run_v2.sh <ds> "<depths>" <res> <act> "<seeds>" <ep> <pfx>`.
diff --git a/REVIEW_SCORECARD.md b/REVIEW_SCORECARD.md
index 96272ab..0d03486 100644
--- a/REVIEW_SCORECARD.md
+++ b/REVIEW_SCORECARD.md
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ Every formal result report records:
 |:--|--:|:--|
 | Soundness | 3/4 | Theory, local-gradient checks, causal diagnostics, cost accounting, and frozen stop rules are unusually careful. The learned apical vectorizer remains an unresolved failure mode. |
 | Novelty | 2/4 | Learned node-perturbation feedback is prior art. The defensible novelty is the per-cell innovation operation under mixed apical traffic, together with its causal and scaling analysis. |
-| Significance | 3/4 | Near-flat performance over 12x depth while DFA alignment collapses is potentially important, but the current flattened-CIFAR task does not benefit from depth and the frozen standard-ResNet recipe failed. |
-| Empirical support | 2/4 | Five-depth scaling and the residualization ablation are strong. Dynamic neutral projection now passes one standard-ResNet short validation gate, but useful-depth C2, broad endogenous C1, oral-B, full ResNet A3, and the original KP mixed-traffic MT-1 gates failed; full D3 and confirmation remain open. |
+| Significance | 3/4 | Near-flat performance over 12x depth while DFA alignment collapses is potentially important, and dynamic innovation now reaches near-BP accuracy on a standard ResNet-20. Added-depth utility and broader biological generality remain absent. |
+| Empirical support | 3/4 | Five-depth scaling, residual necessity, and a fully frozen 91.18% ResNet-20 validation endpoint are strong. D4 test confirmation is still running/open, while useful-depth C2, broad endogenous C1, oral-B, A3, and the original MT-1 failed. |
 | Reproducibility | 4/4 | Code, exact provenance, seed panels, costs, failed branches, frozen selectors, and staged test-access rules are retained in git. |
-| **Overall** | **5/10** | **Borderline reject: a strong core plus a promising short standard-scale result, but no completed full or independently confirmed endpoint.** |
+| **Overall** | **6/10** | **Borderline accept: the frozen full standard-ResNet endpoint resolves the primary scale objection; independent confirmation and broader novelty are still missing.** |
 | Confidence | 4/5 | High confidence in the assessment because the positive and negative branches are both extensively audited. |
 
 ### Evidence already carrying the paper
@@ -47,16 +47,14 @@ Every formal result report records:
 3. Innovation was not uniformly beneficial for arbitrary endogenous top-down traffic, so the
    supported mechanism is narrower than the initial claim.
 4. The frozen oral-B screen falsified the desired-velocity and Harnett error-derivative claims.
-5. The frozen ResNet-20 A3 run became nonfinite and ended at chance; the later KP mixed-traffic
-   MT-1 panel also became nonfinite under all three signals. Dynamic neutral projection repairs a
-   20-epoch seed-0 validation run, but its full D3 endpoint and independent confirmation are not
-   complete. A4, MT-2, and MT-3 remain sealed.
+5. The new full ResNet-20 evidence is one validation seed.  The paired five-seed D4 test panel is
+   open but incomplete, so robustness and noninferiority to clean KP are not yet established.
 
 ## Score trajectory and prospective gates
 
 | Checkpoint | Overall | What changed | Remaining ceiling |
 |:--|--:|:--|:--|
-| Current audited package | 5 | Strong depth-preservation and residual-necessity evidence; negative gates retained | Standard useful scale is absent |
+| Current audited package | 6 | Strong depth-preservation/residual-necessity evidence plus a frozen 91.18% ResNet-20 validation endpoint; negative gates retained | Independent test confirmation and oral evidence remain absent |
 | Native baselines complete | 5 | BurstCCN is below its published endpoint; Dual Prop reproduces 92.46% versus 92.41%, with strict provenance and cost semantics | Fairness objection narrows, but SDIL gains no standard-scale evidence |
 | Oral-A A1/A2 | 5 | BP reached 91.62%; short channel-gated SDIL reached 41.98% versus tuned DFA at 37.16% | Development screening alone cannot raise the score |
 | Oral-A A3 fails | 5 | Full ResNet-20 SDIL became nonfinite at epoch 89 and ended at 10%; DFA ended finite at 33.06% | Standard-scale and oral-A claims are closed; A4 remains untouched |
@@ -76,8 +74,8 @@ Every formal result report records:
 | Mixed-traffic MT-3 | not opened | MT-2 was never opened; all five confirmation seeds remain untouched | No controlled ResNet innovation confirmation claim is available |
 | Dynamic projection D1 | 5 | All 352 training-only steps remain finite while the fast neutral fit holds residual coupling near zero | Mechanics only; no held-out endpoint |
 | Dynamic projection D2 | 5 | One frozen 20-epoch record reaches 83.58%, above clean KP's 82.66%, with all stability and cost gates passing | Short single-seed validation cannot establish the full scaling claim |
-| Dynamic projection D3 | running | A predeclared 200-epoch near-BP validation gate is open | Only a complete pass can make 6/10 eligible and open confirmation |
-| Dynamic projection D4 | sealed | Before observing D3, a paired clean-KP/dynamic five-seed test protocol and executable gate were frozen | D3 must pass first; a complete D4 pass, with no seed replacement, is required for 7/10 |
+| Dynamic projection D3 | 6 | All 19 frozen checks pass at 91.18%, within 0.44/0.08 points of BP/clean KP, with 0.9994 early alignment and 1.326x BP MACs | One validation seed cannot establish robustness |
+| Dynamic projection D4 | open | Before observing D3, a paired clean-KP/dynamic five-seed test protocol and executable gate were frozen | A complete D4 pass, with no seed replacement, is required for 7/10 |
 | Oral-A A4 | not opened | The prerequisite A3 gate failed | No oral-A confirmation claim is available |
 
 These are conditional reviewer forecasts, not promised scores. A failed stage leaves its negative
@@ -111,6 +109,7 @@ retroactively reopened by success on standard vision benchmarks.
 | 2026-07-22 / `8d28fd9` stability S0 | A frozen training-only four-margin grid has no eligible candidate; sign-certified margins either overflow BN state or produce enormous transient loss and parameter growth | 5 → 5 | Closes fixed one-sided predictor bias and motivates a two-sided dynamic gain condition, but no validation endpoint or empirical support is gained |
 | 2026-07-22 / `6b85249` dynamic projection D1 | The sole frozen training-prefix record passes 14/14 checks; a 0.0058 neutral residual is reduced to 3.0e-8 while weights, momentum, BN, and loss stay bounded | 5 → 5 | Establishes a nontrivial operator-stability repair, but training-only mechanics cannot change the recommendation |
 | 2026-07-22 / `9bc58d6` dynamic projection D2 | The sole frozen short validation record reaches 83.58% versus clean KP's 82.66% and failed controls' 10%, with 0.884 early alignment, zero queries, and 1.326x BP MACs | 5 → 5 | First positive standard-ResNet load-bearing innovation endpoint, but one short seed is insufficient; full D3 and independent confirmation remain decisive |
+| 2026-07-22 / `15c60d0` dynamic projection D3 | The sole frozen full validation record passes 19/19 checks at 91.18% versus BP's 91.62% and clean KP's 91.26%, with 0.9994 early alignment, zero queries, and 1.326x BP MACs | 5 → 6 | Resolves the primary full-scale objection and opens the already frozen D4 panel; one validation seed and narrow biological scope prevent a stronger recommendation |
 
 Future rows are appended only after an audited frozen stage. A score staying flat is informative:
 engineering, theory exposition, or visualization may make the paper more defensible without
diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index ac3914c..67f0b31 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -538,6 +538,14 @@ hard-gated on a complete D3 pass, evaluates test exactly once per run, and can
 raise 6-to-7 only through its predeclared accuracy, paired noninferiority,
 alignment, leakage, query, and cost checks.
 
+**Dynamic neutral projection D3: passed.** The sole frozen 200-epoch record
+passes all 19 gates at source revision `d945c42`: `91.18%` validation versus
+BP's `91.62%` and clean KP's `91.26%`, `0.999353` early alignment, `0.999663`
+late feedback cosine, zero task-loss queries, and `1.3261x` BP MACs.  Exactly
+one validation and zero test evaluations occur.  Per the frozen rule, the
+strict reviewer score rises from 5 to 6 and the already committed D4 paired
+five-seed test panel is now open.
+
 Prepare convolutional local-update primitives and ResNet-20/32/56 protocols early. Queue frozen
 runs opportunistically on authorized idle GPUs. Because BurstCCN already reports CIFAR-10 and
 ImageNet scaling, dataset scale alone is not novel. The oral-level target is a memorable joint
diff --git a/experiments/finalize_accept.sh b/experiments/finalize_accept.sh
index 96f9ae9..44ad848 100755
--- a/experiments/finalize_accept.sh
+++ b/experiments/finalize_accept.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ experiments/finalize_claims.sh
   experiments/analyze_kp_dynamic_projection.py >/dev/null
 /home/yurenh2/miniconda3/envs/ep_pascal/bin/python3 \
   experiments/analyze_kp_dynamic_projection_short.py >/dev/null
+/home/yurenh2/miniconda3/envs/ep_pascal/bin/python3 \
+  experiments/analyze_kp_dynamic_projection_full.py >/dev/null
 /home/yurenh2/miniconda3/bin/python \
   experiments/plot_tracking_failure.py >/dev/null
 /home/yurenh2/miniconda3/bin/python \