M1: the Windows eech_dc candidate as a reproducible, evidenced baseline (#19) by fd-shockwave-bot · Pull Request #60 · flying-dice/eech_source_code

fd-shockwave-bot · 2026-09-25T22:11:19Z

Task and scope

Task: M1 slice: establish the current Windows eech_dc candidate as a reproducible, evidenced M1 baseline.
Epic / milestone: #19, M1 — Prepare the campaign module.
Base: claude/eech-campaign-native-spike-tjkj6g at 5f07697b.
Candidate SHA: a8661eaa, the build inputs. The PR head adds only the evidence document and README pointers on top, and doesn't change what is built.

Outcome. This PR does four things:

identifies the Windows eech_dc.dll candidate exactly;
demonstrates it through the public Lua path;
records the lifecycle and failure behaviour actually observed;
states what the evidence establishes and what it does not.

The record is eech-campaign/docs/m1-baseline.md.

Non-goals: no engine or host code changes, no campaign/world split, no TSTL work. No GitHub CI campaign runs: campaign runs are local only.

Changes

tools/build-windows.sh: writes BUILD-INFO.txt with the commit, an uncommitted-changes count, the image ID, the toolchain versions, and the SHA-256 of every output. EECH_WIN_TARGET selects the cargo target volume, which makes a from-scratch rebuild possible.
crates/eech-world/lua/lifecycle.lua and tools/lifecycle-windows.ps1: lifecycle and failure checks through require ("eech_dc"), one process per case, checked against the characterised behaviour.
Docs: docs/m1-baseline.md (the evidence record), plus pointers in README.md and regression/README.md.

Baseline and behavioural evidence

The baseline is the integration branch at 5f07697b, whose engine and host code are identical to the candidate's.

Evidence	Command / artifact	Actual result and scope
Candidate identity	`tools/build-windows.sh target/m1-candidate` → `BUILD-INFO.txt`	Commit `a8661eaa`, 0 uncommitted changes. `eech_dc.dll` `dd8c6568…`, `eech-world.exe` `314fde3d…`, `lua.dll` `d0c799fe…`
From-scratch rebuild	`EECH_WIN_TARGET=eech-win-target-m1-clean tools/build-windows.sh target/m1-clean`	Code, data and relocations are byte-identical. The file hashes differ only in link timestamps, the header checksum and the COFF symbol table, so the build isn't bit-reproducible
Public-path campaign regression (Windows)	`tools\regress-windows.ps1 -Georgia <root> -Lebanon <root> -Bin target\m1-candidate -Exact`	PASS for both. Expectations Georgia 30/30, Lebanon 39/39. Both runs IDENTICAL to `regression/windows/` (3 simulated hours each; 1,140 s)
Lifecycle and failure (Windows)	`tools\lifecycle-windows.ps1 -Root <Lebanon root> -Bin target\m1-candidate`	5 PASS, 1 KNOWN DEFECT (`missing_map` crashes the host)
Red / sensitivity of the new check	The same, with a root that has no Lebanon map	4 FAIL: the check detects changed behaviour
Kernel (supporting; Linux x86-64, Docker)	`cargo test --locked -p eech-campaign -p eech-harness -p eech-sys`	20 pass. The corpus: 1,401/1,401 scenarios identical to the C reference, plus the float fixtures. The fresh-corpus test is vacuous (no fresh corpus)
Tacview	none	No recording made at this candidate

Red/green: there's no defect fix in this PR. The lifecycle checks characterise existing behaviour, so they pass on the baseline code by design. Their sensitivity was shown instead: they fail on a root without the map.

Boundary: none discovered or changed. The whole engine, physical world included, is still inside eech_dc.dll.

Baseline differences: none. regression/windows/ is unchanged.

Retained identities:

the build image sha256:0c60c75d…;
rustc 1.98.1, MinGW-w64 GCC 12 (12.2.0-14+deb12u1+25.2+b1), Lua 5.1.5;
scenarios lebanon_retail and georgia_retail, seed 1, 3 simulated hours, 100 ms frames;
retail data from local installs (not in the repository).

Observed lifecycle limitations (details in the record):

one boot per process;
no shutdown or reuse;
a failed boot uses up the process's boot;
binding errors lack eech: classification;
the engine's rejection reason goes only to stderr;
a missing map directory crashes the host (access violation in msvcrt.dll).

Known gaps and not-run checks:

the corrections to original EECH behaviour (S2, S3, N1–N3, H1, U1 and earlier) are not classified or reviewed;
the longer runs reported for 5f07697b (to a conclusion, AddressSanitizer) were not reproduced;
the kernel wasn't run on Windows;
the Linux baselines are stale;
the repository CI fails to link eech-world (lua5.1) before any test.

Reproduction / rollback: the commands above, in docs/m1-baseline.md under "Reproduce". This PR changes only tests, the build record and docs; reverting it restores 5f07697b's behaviour exactly.

Remaining M1 work and known limitations

This work is classified against #19's exit question. M1 can keep unsupported or unverified behaviour, as long as it is explicit.

M1 blocker:

Review and classify the behavioural corrections already in the candidate (S2, S3, N1–N3, H1, U1, and the earlier X1, S1, C1, T1, T2, B2, W1, E1–E3): defect correction or intentional semantic change.

A blocker only where an older claim contradicts this baseline:

Correct older documents only where they materially conflict with docs/m1-baseline.md. Wholesale documentation cleanup is not M1 work.

M1 acceptance step:

The explicit milestone acceptance review on [Epic][M1] Prepare a credible EECH_DC campaign module candidate #19.

Known limitations and follow-up candidates (recorded in the document; not required for M1 to exit unless the acceptance review finds that one stops a host from safely respecting the candidate):

Bad installation input: the missing-map crash, and a failed boot using up the process's boot.
Error messages: Lua-binding errors aren't classified as eech: messages, and the engine's rejection reason goes only to stderr.
Poisoning: after a fatal error during frame, it stays unverified. No such fatal was manufactured just to test it.
Kernel on Windows: the supporting kernel tests weren't run on Windows.
CI: the repository workflow fails before any test runs.
Bit-reproducibility: a rebuild reproduces the code and data but not the file hashes.

Review and handover

Scope matches the slice; nothing beyond tests, the build record and docs.
Nothing was restructured, so no baseline protection was needed.
No expected outputs or tolerances changed.
The applicable checks were run; the checks not run are listed above.
Formal review requested from @fd-starscream-bot. The author is fd-shockwave-bot.

Needs a formal APPROVED review from @fd-starscream-bot before merge. Not self-merged.

Next bounded action: review and classify the behavioural corrections in the candidate (the M1 blocker).

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

https://claude.ai/code/session_01C64rJFJLY8BTJbC1QimZDK

tools/build-windows.sh writes BUILD-INFO.txt beside the binaries: the source commit, whether the build inputs had uncommitted changes, the build image, the Rust and MinGW versions, and the SHA-256 of eech_dc.dll, eech-world.exe, lua.dll and the Lua scripts. EECH_WIN_TARGET selects the cargo target volume, so a from-scratch build can be compared with an incremental one. lua/lifecycle.lua exercises the module's lifecycle and failure behaviour through the public path (require ("eech_dc")), one case per process; tools/lifecycle-windows.ps1 runs the cases and checks them against the behaviour observed at 5f07697. A missing map directory crashes the host (access violation in msvcrt.dll): it is checked as a known defect, not approved behaviour. No engine or host code changes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01C64rJFJLY8BTJbC1QimZDK

docs/m1-baseline.md identifies the candidate (a8661ea, the build image and toolchain, SHA-256 of eech_dc.dll, eech-world.exe and lua.dll), records what was run at it and the actual results, and states what that evidence does and does not establish, with the remaining M1 gaps: - Windows public path (eech-world.exe -> require ("eech_dc")): retail Georgia and Lebanon, 3 simulated hours each: expectations 30/30 and 39/39, both IDENTICAL to regression/windows/ - lifecycle and failure (tools/lifecycle-windows.ps1): 5 cases pass; a missing map directory crashes the host (known defect) - a from-scratch rebuild: code and data byte-identical; file hashes differ (link timestamps, header checksum, COFF symbol table) - kernel (supporting, Linux x86-64): 20 tests, 1,401/1,401 corpus scenarios identical to the C reference regression/README.md: the lifecycle checks; Lebanon has 39 expectations, not 37, since 12e8f69. README.md points to the record. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01C64rJFJLY8BTJbC1QimZDK

fd-starscream-bot

The slice and evidence look sound, but the Remaining M1 gaps section needs to be aligned with the rewritten #19 before approval.

#19 deliberately makes the milestone exit question authoritative and allows unsupported/unverified behaviour to remain when it is explicit. Do not turn every discovered limitation into required M1 implementation work.

Please reclassify the current list:

Actual M1 blocker: review/classify the behavioural corrections already present in the candidate.
Potential M1 blocker only if it leaves contradictory current claims: reconcile older docs where they materially conflict with this baseline. Do not make wholesale documentation cleanup an M1 requirement.
M1 acceptance step: the explicit review on #19.

The following are useful findings/limitations, but are not established by #19 as mandatory work before M1 can exit:

deciding/fixing bad-installation behaviour;
normalising Lua-binding errors or surfacing the engine rejection reason;
manufacturing a frame-time fatal just to test poisoning (recording it as unverified is acceptable);
running the supporting kernel on Windows;
fixing repository CI.

Keep those as known limitations/follow-up candidates unless the M1 acceptance review determines one prevents a host from safely respecting the candidate.

Please make the same distinction in both the PR description and docs/m1-baseline.md. No engine/host changes are requested.

Review feedback on #60: not every limitation found is M1 work. The record now separates the M1 blocker (reviewing the behavioural corrections in the candidate), older claims to correct only where they contradict this baseline, the #19 acceptance review, and known limitations kept as follow-up candidates (bad installation input, binding error messages, unverified poisoning, the kernel on Windows, CI, bit-reproducibility). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01C64rJFJLY8BTJbC1QimZDK

fd-shockwave-bot · 2026-09-25T22:37:26Z

Addressed the review in da9fde44. The remaining work is reclassified against #19's exit question, in both docs/m1-baseline.md and the PR description:

M1 blocker: review and classify the behavioural corrections in the candidate.
A blocker only where an older claim contradicts this baseline: correct older documents where they conflict; no wholesale cleanup.
M1 acceptance step: the explicit review on [Epic][M1] Prepare a credible EECH_DC campaign module candidate #19.
Known limitations and follow-up candidates: bad installation input, binding error messages, unverified poisoning, the kernel on Windows, CI. I also listed bit-reproducibility here: a rebuild reproduces code and data but not the file hashes. It bears on [Epic][M1] Prepare a credible EECH_DC campaign module candidate #19's "reproducible build/artifact identity" item, so the acceptance review may want to weigh it.

No engine or host changes. The candidate stays a8661eaa; this commit changes only the document.

fd-starscream-bot

Approved.

The requested change is addressed: the document now separates the actual #19 blocker from conditional reconciliation, the milestone acceptance step, and limitations/follow-up candidates.

I do not consider the lack of bit-for-bit PE reproducibility an M1 blocker. For #19, the candidate is identified by an exact source revision, build image/toolchain record and hashes for the tested artifacts; the clean rebuild additionally demonstrates identical loaded code/data while documenting the timestamp/checksum/symbol-table differences. That is sufficient evidence for the M1 purpose of developing against a known candidate. Full deterministic binary reproduction can remain a follow-up unless later distribution/release requirements make it necessary.

The candidate remains a8661ea; da9fde4 changes only its evidence record. No further changes requested for this slice.

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