analysis: seal RQ3 confirmatory battery + frozen analysis + authoritative Holm-7

RQ3 live-docker battery (90/90 runs) complete; un-blind and apply the frozen
prereg §6 plan. No re-specification.

Seal: SHA256SUMS over confirmatory-data/ (battery-results.json 5b61e461... + 90
rq3-run.json sidecars) — raw data immutable. New analyzer analysis/rq3_confirm.py
drives the frozen stats/metrics (untouched) via a run-level multi-arm bootstrap
mirroring two_sample_diff_ci (10k BCa, alpha=0.05). Effect+CI always, never bare p.

RQ3 result (honest null):
- RQ3-P1-perf: retention margin agent-max(static,random) = -0.6pp, CI
  [-1.58,+0.39]pp -> FAILS +10pp gate (all selectors heal ~all churn, ~99%).
- RQ3-P1-latency: added-latency(agent-min-baseline) = -13.5ms, CI [-52.1,+34.9],
  upper <= 100ms -> within budget (agent not slower).
- RQ3-P2: rebuild-classifier AUC(agent vs pooled baseline) = 0.587, CI
  [0.458,0.703], upper 0.703 > 0.60 -> fingerprint NOT excluded (underpowered).
- RQ3-P3 = H0 (P1-perf fails and P2 fails).

Authoritative Holm-7 over the frozen size-7 family (supersedes the lead's
conservative partial embedding; RQ2-P3 slot carries the mechanism-corrected
H1-pooled Spearman p=0, not the lead degenerate p=1). Survivors: RQ1-P1,
RQ2-P1 (shrink), RQ2-P3 (mix). Non-survivors: RQ1-P2, RQ3-P2, RQ3-P1-perf,
RQ3-P1-latency. Sealed: analysis/rq3-confirmatory-analysis.json (e09c66ef...).

Tests: tests/test_sor_rq3_confirm.py 6 passed; full SOR suite 207 passed.
Both prereg SHAs intact; $0/offline analysis; worktree only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

OVERSEER-STATUS.md

@@ -106,3 +106,6 @@ RQ2 RATIFIED (operator Andre, 2026-07-20, while blind) — observation-consisten
 - RUNNING (do NOT trim): `executor.run_rq3_battery(live=True)` collecting the full frozen schedule — selector∈{static,random,agent} × pinned churn kp30/steps20, R=30 × C=50 = 4,500 real isolated-docker circuits (~12h est. at ~9.8s/circuit). Launch dir `output/sor-rq3-confirmatory/20260722T040640Z/confirmatory-data/` (gitignored; force-add anchors on completion). Verified genuinely progressing: python PID 51087 alive + live 4-container circuit (client+3 hops) up on docker. **Completion-detection: `rq3-battery-results.json` written once at end; progress = count of `rq3-*/rq3-run.json` sidecars → 90 (3 cells × 30 runs).** Containment intact (isolated-docker only, self-traffic, $0 — local heuristic/random arms; no frontier spend). Both prereg SHAs intact; worktree-only. Analysis (RQ3-P1-perf/latency, RQ3-P2, Holm-7) runs AFTER completion on the sealed record.
 - 2026-07-21 COMPANION PAPER — RQ2-P3 HALF FILLED POST-SEAL (D3 combined paper). `docs/stage-07-companion-methods.md`: §3 un-marked FREEZE-PENDING → FROZEN 2026-07-21 (SHA 8db4e8a7…); §5 Results + §6 Discussion for RQ2-P3 filled FROM THE SEALED RECORD ONLY (H1 ρ=+0.6244 CI[+0.5941,+0.6545]; H2 β=+0.7052 CI[+0.6195,+0.7903] n=270; H3 RESOLVED=MIX; Holm own {H1,H2} both reject — effect+CI, never bare p). Finding stated plainly: shared-pool concentration RAISES anonymity (mix), REFUTES naive funnel; framed as honest QUALIFICATION/CORRECTION of lead RQ2-P1 "shrink" as a unique-bridge (fresh-bridge-per-circuit) artifact — cites `docs/note-unique-bridge-artifact.md` + frozen mechanism prereg SHA 8db4e8a7…. MANDATORY disclosure carried: §7 dry-pass previewed direction (ρ 0→+0.838); confirmatory quantifies effect already visible at calibration; pre-committed hypotheses were two-sided.
 - BLIND HOLD (RQ3): RQ3 Results/Discussion AND authoritative Holm-7 LEFT AS HELD-BLIND placeholders — RQ3 battery still running (progress read by sidecar COUNT only = 3/90; NO rq3-run.json contents read). Lead RQ2-P1 NOT re-litigated (companion QUALIFIES; committed lead paper + frozen prereg f22331a72e… untouched). This stone: $0/offline, worktree-only. NEXT: HOLD for RQ3 — no new stones, no peeking at RQ3 data until `rq3-battery-results.json` lands.
+- 2026-07-22 RQ3 BATTERY COMPLETE (90/90 runs, live-docker-e2e, exited clean) → UN-BLIND + FROZEN analysis. RAW SEALED: `.../20260722T040640Z/confirmatory-data/SHA256SUMS` (battery-results.json `5b61e461…` + 90 rq3-run.json sidecars). New analyzer `analysis/rq3_confirm.py` (RQ3 analogue of rq2p3_confirm; frozen `stats`/`metrics` UNTOUCHED — run-level multi-arm bootstrap mirrors `two_sample_diff_ci`, 10k BCa, α=0.05). Sealed analysis `.../20260722T040640Z/analysis/rq3-confirmatory-analysis.json` (SHA `e09c66ef…`). Tests `tests/test_sor_rq3_confirm.py` 6 passed; full SOR suite 207 passed (no regression).
+- RQ3 RESULT (effect+CI, never bare p): **RQ3-P1-perf FAIL/H0** — retention margin agent−max(static,random) = **−0.6pp**, BCa CI [−1.58pp, +0.39pp]; every selector heals ~all churn drops (~99% retention) so no ≥+10pp agent gain. **RQ3-P1-latency HOLDS budget** — added-latency(agent−min-baseline=random) = **−13.5ms**, CI [−52.1, +34.9]ms, upper ≤100ms (agent not slower). **RQ3-P2 FAIL/not-excluded** — rebuild-classifier AUC(agent vs pooled baseline, per-run mean-gap) = **0.587**, CI [0.458, 0.703], upper 0.703 > 0.60 → fingerprint NOT excluded (underpowered at n=30). **RQ3-P3 = H0** (P1-perf fails ∧ P2 fails). Honest null: the local agent selector neither beats baselines nor is certifiably non-classifiable.
+- AUTHORITATIVE HOLM-7 (frozen family size=7; supersedes lead's conservative partial embedding, D3). RQ2-P3 slot carries the mechanism-corrected primary **H1-pooled Spearman p=0** (not the lead's degenerate p=1). **SURVIVORS: RQ1-P1 (r1×7), RQ2-P1 shrink (r2×6), RQ2-P3 mix (r3×5)** all holm_p=0. NON-survivors: RQ1-P2 (r4×4, holm_p=0.365), RQ3-P2 (r5×3, 0.511), RQ3-P1-perf (r6×2, 0.511), RQ3-P1-latency (r7×1, 0.511). Lead RQ1-P1 & RQ2-P1 survive regardless. Both prereg SHAs intact; $0/offline; worktree-only. NEXT: fill RQ3 half of companion paper (stone 2).