docs: record the calibration-budget stress result

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CLLN_SCALING.md b/CLLN_SCALING.md
index c3adb44..f8a8eb0 100644
--- a/CLLN_SCALING.md
+++ b/CLLN_SCALING.md
@@ -112,3 +112,12 @@ static calibration in `p2_confirm_side32.json`. This control tests whether the
 static baseline was limited by sampling error. It is supplementary and does
 not replace any point in the frozen scaling fit. The 256 calibration reads per
 edge are included in its observation cost.
+
+The frozen control is complete. Final error changes from `0.271875` with 16
+observations to `0.303125` with 256 observations. The paired task-bootstrap
+improvement is `-0.03125` with a 95% interval of `[-0.059375, -0.003125]`.
+Stable-zero fraction changes from `0.233333` to `0.200000`, and local scalar
+reads to the censored target increase from `9,347,072` to `9,573,717`. The
+frozen decision is `sampling_limited=false`. Sources are
+`results/coupled_ladder/p4_constant256_analysis.json` and
+`results/coupled_ladder/p4_constant256_source.csv`.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9486ce2..fce93fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ the largest size. SDIL reduces the excess final-error growth slope by 96.2%
 and stable-failure growth by 89.5% relative to static calibration. At 2,048
 edges it uses 23.3% fewer local updates to the censored target but 52.8% more
 local scalar reads because each update includes a neutral measurement.
+Increasing static calibration from 16 to 256 instruction-off observations per
+edge does not repair the largest network: final error changes from 27.19% to
+30.31%, and the paired task-bootstrap interval favors the smaller budget.
 
 Start with [`THREE_PART_EVIDENCE.md`](THREE_PART_EVIDENCE.md) for the evidence
 map and [`CLLN_SCALING.md`](CLLN_SCALING.md) for the frozen scaling protocol.
diff --git a/THREE_PART_EVIDENCE.md b/THREE_PART_EVIDENCE.md
index 01a738b..b597e25 100644
--- a/THREE_PART_EVIDENCE.md
+++ b/THREE_PART_EVIDENCE.md
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ million local scalar reads versus 9.35 million for static calibration, a
 1.53-times ratio. Runs that miss stable zero receive the frozen 600-epoch
 horizon in both cost summaries.
 
+A frozen sampling-budget control increases static calibration from 16 to 256
+instruction-off observations per edge at 2,048 edges. Final error changes from
+27.19% to 30.31%; the paired improvement is -3.13 percentage points with a
+95% interval from -5.94 to -0.31. Stable-zero fraction changes from 23.33% to
+20.00%. The preregistered decision is `sampling_limited=false`.
+
 The overclamp confirmation is complete through 1,152 edges. At that size,
 clean overclamping, imperfect overclamping, and overclamping plus SDIL end at
 1.25%, 45.31%, and 1.25% error. The 2,048-edge endpoint is still running.
@@ -183,5 +189,4 @@ teaching rule itself is contrastive and local.
 ## Remaining gates
 
 1. Finish the 2,048-edge overclamp endpoint and rebuild its scaling figure.
-2. Finish the frozen 256-observation static-calibration stress test.
-3. Audit every manuscript number against its source JSON.
+2. Audit every manuscript number against its source JSON.