Merge pull request #13 from bdbrown4/claude/test-wsk42i

Phase 4 complete: service latency bench, real service win under replay, mechanical ROI reports

.gitignore

@@ -247,3 +247,5 @@ results/*/callgrind-cache.out
 targets/cjson/candidate-*/
 targets/cjson/cand-*/
 targets/cjson/asan*/
+targets/cjson/svc-baseline/
+targets/cjson/svc-candidate/

CLAUDE.md

@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ Full engineering spec: `SPEC.md`. Read it before starting any phase.
 - `playbook/` — optimization classes, ordered, with preconditions and known risks
 - `results/` — generated reports and flamegraphs
 
-## Current phase
-
-**Phase 3 COMPLETE — all SPEC §5 exit criteria met.** The trust layer went language-agnostic: build isolation moved from a cargo-specific `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` injection to an explicit `{out}` placeholder + optional `sanitizer`/`sanitizer_binary` templates (`crates/diff-test/src/target.rs`), proven zero-regression on tokei before any C target. **A C target joined the roster** — cJSON v1.7.19 (MIT): trust-layer harness driver compiled with the patched `cJSON.c`, hermetic Unity/CTest gate (19 tests), ASan+UBSan sanitizers, deterministic pinned corpus, own A/A calibration (0/20 FP, 20/20 injection), CI-gated. **First verified cross-language win:** phase3-cjson-002 (class 5+3, stack-buffer number parse + `strtod` round-trip) +8.85%, 95% CI [+7.5%, +10.0%] — banked, byte-identical golden replay, independent ASan+UBSan clean, 10k-input diff-fuzz (`scripts/diff-fuzz-cjson.py`) 0 divergences. **Four public case studies** in `results/phase3/` (tokei class-5 wins; build flags + allocators; the comrak caught false-accept; the cJSON cross-language proof). **Six playbook classes exercised (1–6)**; wins on classes 1/2(review)/3/5 across Rust *and* C. coz wired (`-DHOTPATH_COZ`, `just coz`, `scripts/coz-*`); its apt runtime aborts in init on this container's glibc, so callgrind cache-sim is the working profiler (documented). Zero regressions shipped. **Next: Phase 4** (load replay, latency mode under replayed traffic, mechanical ROI reports — SPEC.md §5; `crates/report` has the ROI math, needs the generator).
+**Phase 4 COMPLETE — all SPEC §5 exit criteria met. Phases 0–4 are all done.** Service-mode latency benchmarking shipped: a coordinated-omission-correct, open-loop, fixed-rate load generator (`crates/bench-runner/src/service.rs`) measuring latency from each request's intended send time (queueing counted, not hidden), interleaved A/B, exact percentiles, bootstrap p50/p99 CIs. A real service target — `targets/cjson/service.c`, a minimal HTTP server wrapping the patched `cJSON.c` (trust-layer, outside the workspace allowlist). Service calibration PASS (0/10 A/A false-positive, 10/10 injected-5%-latency-regression detection; `results/calibration/cjson-service-aa.json`). **The verified batch win phase3-cjson-002 measured under a 150 rps replay (20 rounds, 40k requests, 0 drops): p50 latency +6.2%, 95% CI [+5.8%, +7.2%] — accepted (`phase4-cjson-service` ledger row); p99 NOT claimed (CI [0.07, 4.97], single-worker loopback tail jitter) — harness correctly rejected it.** Mechanical ROI report generator (`crates/report` bin, `just report`, SPEC §9): reads a ledger row + service-latency JSON → throughput→cores→dollars (27.5 cores / $9,621-per-year CI lower bound on a 500-core fleet) *and* latency percentiles, every figure with CI + workload + methodology inline; flags any non-accepted row. Case study: `results/phase4/`. **The roadmap is complete — the profile→hypothesize→patch→gated-verdict→ROI loop runs end to end across Rust and C, batch and service, with zero shipped false accepts across all phases. Open follow-ups: the standing human ruling on `phase0-comrak-002` (mimalloc, needs-human-review); SPEC §13 research forks (GPU lane, learned policies) remain out of scope.**
 
 ## Commands
 

Cargo.lock

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "ledger",
+ "libc",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "toml",
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ name = "report"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "clap",
  "ledger",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",

crates/bench-runner/Cargo.toml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
 clap.workspace = true
 ledger = { path = "../ledger" }
+libc = "0.2"
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true

crates/bench-runner/src/lib.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub mod config;
 pub mod exec;
 pub mod fingerprint;
 pub mod schedule;
+pub mod service;
 pub mod stats;
 
 use ledger::Verdict;

crates/bench-runner/src/main.rs

@@ -47,6 +47,297 @@ enum Cmd {
         #[arg(long)]
         out: PathBuf,
     },
+    /// Service mode (SPEC §3.1 mode c): interleaved A/B of two HTTP
+    /// server binaries under a coordinated-omission-correct open-loop
+    /// load. Reports p50 and p99 latency speedup (baseline/candidate)
+    /// with bootstrap CIs. `--aa` runs the same binary both sides.
+    Service {
+        #[arg(long)]
+        baseline_bin: String,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        candidate_bin: String,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        doc: String,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1)]
+        iters: u64,
+        /// Open-loop arrival rate (requests/sec).
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 200.0)]
+        rate: f64,
+        /// Timed requests per session.
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1000)]
+        count: usize,
+        /// Interleaved sessions per side.
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 12)]
+        sessions: usize,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 200)]
+        warmup: usize,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 32)]
+        workers: usize,
+        /// Prefix pinning the server to a core (e.g. "taskset -c 2").
+        #[arg(long, default_value = "")]
+        pin: String,
+        /// Same binary both sides — must yield a null verdict on p99.
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = false)]
+        aa: bool,
+        /// Optional JSON output path (latency percentiles + CIs).
+        #[arg(long)]
+        out: Option<PathBuf>,
+    },
+    /// Service-mode calibration: A/A false-positive rate + injected
+    /// latency-regression detection rate on p50 (SPEC §3.1).
+    ServiceCalibrate {
+        #[arg(long)]
+        server_bin: String,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        doc: String,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1)]
+        iters: u64,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 150.0)]
+        rate: f64,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 500)]
+        count: usize,
+        /// Interleaved rounds per compare.
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 6)]
+        rounds: usize,
+        /// Calibration compares (A/A + injection each).
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 10)]
+        sessions: usize,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 100)]
+        warmup: usize,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 32)]
+        workers: usize,
+        #[arg(long, default_value = "")]
+        pin: String,
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 0.05)]
+        slowdown: f64,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        out: PathBuf,
+    },
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+fn service_bench(
+    cfg: &AcceptConfig,
+    baseline_bin: &str,
+    candidate_bin: &str,
+    doc: &str,
+    iters: u64,
+    rate: f64,
+    count: usize,
+    sessions: usize,
+    warmup: usize,
+    workers: usize,
+    pin: &str,
+    aa: bool,
+    out: &Option<PathBuf>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    use bench_runner::service::{run_compare, ServiceCfg};
+
+    let mk = |bin: &str| ServiceCfg {
+        server_bin: bin.to_string(),
+        doc: doc.to_string(),
+        iters,
+        rate,
+        count,
+        warmup,
+        workers,
+        pin_prefix: pin.to_string(),
+        inject_us: None,
+    };
+    let base_cfg = mk(baseline_bin);
+    let cand_cfg = mk(candidate_bin);
+
+    eprintln!(
+        "service: {sessions} interleaved sessions/side, {count} req @ {rate} rps, \
+         CO-correct open loop, server pin='{pin}'"
+    );
+
+    let r = run_compare(
+        &base_cfg,
+        &cand_cfg,
+        sessions,
+        cfg.bootstrap_iters,
+        cfg.confidence,
+        cfg.bootstrap_seed,
+        |k, bp50, bp99, cp50, cp99| {
+            eprintln!(
+                "  round {}/{sessions}: base p50={:.3}ms p99={:.3}ms | cand p50={:.3}ms p99={:.3}ms",
+                k + 1,
+                bp50 * 1e3,
+                bp99 * 1e3,
+                cp50 * 1e3,
+                cp99 * 1e3
+            );
+        },
+    )?;
+    let (ci50, ci99, drop_rate) = (r.ci50, r.ci99, r.drop_rate);
+    let (b_p50, c_p50, b_p99, c_p99) = (&r.base_p50, &r.cand_p50, &r.base_p99, &r.cand_p99);
+
+    // Drop rate must be negligible or the load was above capacity and the
+    // percentiles are unstable — refuse to report a number we don't trust.
+    let total_req = sessions * count * 2;
+    let total_dropped = (drop_rate * total_req as f64).round() as usize;
+    anyhow::ensure!(
+        drop_rate < 0.005,
+        "drop rate {:.2}% exceeds 0.5% — load is above server capacity; lower --rate",
+        drop_rate * 100.0
+    );
+
+    println!(
+        "p50 latency speedup (baseline/candidate): median {:.4}, {:.0}% CI [{:.4}, {:.4}]",
+        ci50.median,
+        cfg.confidence * 100.0,
+        ci50.lo,
+        ci50.hi
+    );
+    println!(
+        "p99 latency speedup (baseline/candidate): median {:.4}, {:.0}% CI [{:.4}, {:.4}]",
+        ci99.median,
+        cfg.confidence * 100.0,
+        ci99.lo,
+        ci99.hi
+    );
+    println!(
+        "drop rate: {:.3}% ({total_dropped}/{total_req})",
+        drop_rate * 100.0
+    );
+
+    if let Some(path) = out {
+        let ev = serde_json::json!({
+            "mode": "service-latency",
+            "workload": format!("{doc}, {iters} parse+print/req, {rate} rps open-loop, CO-correct"),
+            "sessions": sessions, "count_per_session": count, "rate_rps": rate,
+            "p50_speedup_median": ci50.median, "p50_speedup_ci": [ci50.lo, ci50.hi],
+            "p99_speedup_median": ci99.median, "p99_speedup_ci": [ci99.lo, ci99.hi],
+            "baseline_p50_ms_median": stats::median(b_p50) * 1e3,
+            "candidate_p50_ms_median": stats::median(c_p50) * 1e3,
+            "baseline_p99_ms_median": stats::median(b_p99) * 1e3,
+            "candidate_p99_ms_median": stats::median(c_p99) * 1e3,
+            "drop_rate": drop_rate,
+        });
+        std::fs::write(path, serde_json::to_string_pretty(&ev)?)?;
+    }
+
+    if aa {
+        // Null verdict required on BOTH percentiles.
+        for (label, ci) in [("p50", ci50), ("p99", ci99)] {
+            if decide(ci, cfg.threshold) == Verdict::Accepted {
+                anyhow::bail!(
+                    "service A/A FAILED on {label}: speedup claimed from identical servers"
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        println!("service A/A self-test passed (null verdict on p50 and p99)");
+    } else {
+        println!("p50 verdict: {}", decide(ci50, cfg.threshold).as_str());
+        println!("p99 verdict: {}", decide(ci99, cfg.threshold).as_str());
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Service-mode calibration (SPEC §3.1): N A/A compares (false-positive
+/// rate on p50 must be <5%) + N injection compares (a per-request
+/// busy-wait ≈ `slowdown` of measured service time in the candidate; the
+/// harness must resolve the regression — p50 CI entirely < 1 — ≥95%).
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+fn service_calibrate(
+    cfg: &AcceptConfig,
+    server_bin: &str,
+    doc: &str,
+    iters: u64,
+    rate: f64,
+    count: usize,
+    rounds: usize,
+    n: usize,
+    warmup: usize,
+    workers: usize,
+    pin: &str,
+    slowdown: f64,
+    out: &PathBuf,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    use bench_runner::service::{run_compare, run_session, ServiceCfg};
+
+    let mk = |inject: Option<u64>| ServiceCfg {
+        server_bin: server_bin.to_string(),
+        doc: doc.to_string(),
+        iters,
+        rate,
+        count,
+        warmup,
+        workers,
+        pin_prefix: pin.to_string(),
+        inject_us: inject,
+    };
+
+    // Size the injected busy-wait from a probe of the service's p50.
+    let probe = run_session(&mk(None), bench_runner::service::free_port()?)?;
+    let p50 = bench_runner::service::percentile(&probe.latencies, 0.50);
+    let inject_us = (p50 * slowdown * 1e6).round() as u64;
+    eprintln!(
+        "service-calibrate: probe p50={:.3}ms, injecting {inject_us}µs (~{:.0}%) for detection",
+        p50 * 1e3,
+        slowdown * 100.0
+    );
+
+    let (mut fp, mut det) = (0usize, 0usize);
+    let (mut aa_rows, mut inj_rows) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    for i in 0..n {
+        let seed = cfg.bootstrap_seed.wrapping_add(i as u64);
+        let aa = run_compare(
+            &mk(None),
+            &mk(None),
+            rounds,
+            cfg.bootstrap_iters,
+            cfg.confidence,
+            seed,
+            |_, _, _, _, _| {},
+        )?;
+        if decide(aa.ci50, cfg.threshold) == Verdict::Accepted {
+            fp += 1;
+        }
+        let inj = run_compare(
+            &mk(None),
+            &mk(Some(inject_us)),
+            rounds,
+            cfg.bootstrap_iters,
+            cfg.confidence,
+            seed,
+            |_, _, _, _, _| {},
+        )?;
+        if inj.ci50.hi < 1.0 {
+            det += 1;
+        }
+        aa_rows.push(serde_json::json!({"lo": aa.ci50.lo, "hi": aa.ci50.hi}));
+        inj_rows.push(serde_json::json!({"lo": inj.ci50.lo, "hi": inj.ci50.hi}));
+        eprintln!(
+            "session {}/{n}: A/A p50 [{:.4},{:.4}] fp={fp}; inj p50 [{:.4},{:.4}] det={det}",
+            i + 1,
+            aa.ci50.lo,
+            aa.ci50.hi,
+            inj.ci50.lo,
+            inj.ci50.hi
+        );
+    }
+    let fp_rate = fp as f64 / n as f64;
+    let det_rate = det as f64 / n as f64;
+    let pass = fp_rate < 0.05 && det_rate >= 0.95;
+    let ev = serde_json::json!({
+        "mode": "service-latency-calibration",
+        "server_bin": server_bin, "workload": doc, "rate_rps": rate,
+        "count_per_session": count, "rounds_per_compare": rounds, "sessions": n,
+        "injected_slowdown": slowdown, "injected_us": inject_us,
+        "aa_false_positive_rate": fp_rate, "aa_sessions": aa_rows,
+        "injection_detection_rate": det_rate, "injection_sessions": inj_rows,
+        "acceptance": {"fp_lt": 0.05, "detection_ge": 0.95, "pass": pass},
+    });
+    std::fs::write(out, serde_json::to_string_pretty(&ev)?)?;
+    println!(
+        "service calibration: A/A false-positive {fp_rate:.3} (<0.05), \
+         injection detection {det_rate:.3} (>=0.95) -> {}",
+        if pass { "PASS" } else { "FAIL" }
+    );
+    anyhow::ensure!(pass, "service calibration acceptance criteria not met");
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 fn calibrate(
@@ -152,6 +443,56 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         } => {
             return calibrate(&cfg, cmd, *sessions, *slowdown, out);
         }
+        Cmd::Service {
+            baseline_bin,
+            candidate_bin,
+            doc,
+            iters,
+            rate,
+            count,
+            sessions,
+            warmup,
+            workers,
+            pin,
+            aa,
+            out,
+        } => {
+            #[allow(clippy::used_underscore_items)]
+            return service_bench(
+                &cfg,
+                baseline_bin,
+                candidate_bin,
+                doc,
+                *iters,
+                *rate,
+                *count,
+                *sessions,
+                *warmup,
+                *workers,
+                pin,
+                *aa,
+                out,
+            );
+        }
+        Cmd::ServiceCalibrate {
+            server_bin,
+            doc,
+            iters,
+            rate,
+            count,
+            rounds,
+            sessions,
+            warmup,
+            workers,
+            pin,
+            slowdown,
+            out,
+        } => {
+            return service_calibrate(
+                &cfg, server_bin, doc, *iters, *rate, *count, *rounds, *sessions, *warmup,
+                *workers, pin, *slowdown, out,
+            );
+        }
     };
 
     let fp = EnvFingerprint::collect("none", "system-default");

crates/bench-runner/src/service.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+//! Service-mode latency bench (SPEC §3.1 mode (c)). A coordinated-
+//! omission-CORRECT, open-loop, fixed-rate load generator: requests are
+//! scheduled at `start + i/rate` and each latency is measured from its
+//! *intended* send time, not its actual send time. So when the server
+//! falls behind, the requests that pile up behind it each carry the full
+//! queueing delay a real client would see — the exact error (coordinated
+//! omission) that closed-loop tools like `ab` hide. We store every
+//! latency and take exact percentiles (no HdrHistogram bucketing error;
+//! the sample is bounded).
+//!
+//! Interleaved A/B, like the wall-time bench: each session yields one
+//! percentile (p50/p99) per side; the existing bootstrap ratio-CI machine
+//! then works unchanged, treating "p99 latency" the way it treats "wall
+//! time" — lower is better, speedup = baseline / candidate.
+
+use anyhow::{anyhow, ensure, Result};
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, Write};
+use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, TcpStream};
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use crate::stats::{self, RatioCi};
+
+pub struct ServiceCfg {
+    pub server_bin: String,
+    pub doc: String,
+    pub iters: u64,
+    pub rate: f64,
+    pub count: usize,
+    pub warmup: usize,
+    pub workers: usize,
+    /// Prefix that pins the SERVER to a core (e.g. `taskset -c 2`); the
+    /// load generator runs on the other cores.
+    pub pin_prefix: String,
+    /// Calibration only: inject this many µs of busy-wait per request
+    /// (via HOTPATH_INJECT_US) to validate the harness detects a known
+    /// latency regression. None in every real run.
+    pub inject_us: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+/// Result of one interleaved A/B service compare.
+pub struct CompareResult {
+    pub ci50: RatioCi,
+    pub ci99: RatioCi,
+    pub base_p50: Vec<f64>,
+    pub cand_p50: Vec<f64>,
+    pub base_p99: Vec<f64>,
+    pub cand_p99: Vec<f64>,
+    pub drop_rate: f64,
+}
+
+/// Interleaved A/B: `rounds` alternating baseline/candidate sessions,
+/// each yielding one p50 and one p99; bootstrap ratio-CI over the rounds.
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+pub fn run_compare(
+    base: &ServiceCfg,
+    cand: &ServiceCfg,
+    rounds: usize,
+    bootstrap_iters: usize,
+    confidence: f64,
+    seed: u64,
+    mut on_round: impl FnMut(usize, f64, f64, f64, f64),
+) -> Result<CompareResult> {
+    let (mut b50, mut b99, mut c50, mut c99) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new(), Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+    let mut dropped = 0usize;
+    for k in 0..rounds {
+        let bs = run_session(base, free_port()?)?;
+        let cs = run_session(cand, free_port()?)?;
+        dropped += bs.dropped + cs.dropped;
+        let (bp50, bp99) = (
+            percentile(&bs.latencies, 0.50),
+            percentile(&bs.latencies, 0.99),
+        );
+        let (cp50, cp99) = (
+            percentile(&cs.latencies, 0.50),
+            percentile(&cs.latencies, 0.99),
+        );
+        b50.push(bp50);
+        b99.push(bp99);
+        c50.push(cp50);
+        c99.push(cp99);
+        on_round(k, bp50, bp99, cp50, cp99);
+    }
+    let total = rounds * base.count * 2;
+    let drop_rate = dropped as f64 / total as f64;
+    let ci50 = stats::bootstrap_ratio_ci(&b50, &c50, bootstrap_iters, confidence, seed);
+    let ci99 = stats::bootstrap_ratio_ci(&b99, &c99, bootstrap_iters, confidence, seed);
+    Ok(CompareResult {
+        ci50,
+        ci99,
+        base_p50: b50,
+        cand_p50: c50,
+        base_p99: b99,
+        cand_p99: c99,
+        drop_rate,
+    })
+}
+
+pub struct SessionResult {
+    pub latencies: Vec<f64>,
+    pub dropped: usize,
+}
+
+/// Exact percentile (0.0–1.0) of a sorted-in-place copy.
+pub fn percentile(latencies: &[f64], q: f64) -> f64 {
+    if latencies.is_empty() {
+        return f64::NAN;
+    }
+    let mut xs = latencies.to_vec();
+    xs.sort_by(|a, b| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap());
+    let idx = ((xs.len() as f64 - 1.0) * q).round() as usize;
+    xs[idx.min(xs.len() - 1)]
+}
+
+fn spawn_server(cfg: &ServiceCfg, port: u16) -> Result<Child> {
+    let inject = match cfg.inject_us {
+        Some(us) => format!("HOTPATH_INJECT_US={us} "),
+        None => String::new(),
+    };
+    let cmd = format!(
+        "{inject}{pin} {bin} {port} {doc} {iters}",
+        pin = cfg.pin_prefix,
+        bin = cfg.server_bin,
+        doc = cfg.doc,
+        iters = cfg.iters,
+    );
+    let mut child = Command::new("sh")
+        .arg("-c")
+        .arg(cmd.trim())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()?;
+    // Block until the server prints "READY <port>".
+    let stdout = child
+        .stdout
+        .take()
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no server stdout"))?;
+    let mut reader = BufReader::new(stdout);
+    let mut line = String::new();
+    reader.read_line(&mut line)?;
+    ensure!(
+        line.starts_with("READY"),
+        "server did not signal READY (got {line:?})"
+    );
+    Ok(child)
+}
+
+fn set_linger_zero(s: &TcpStream) {
+    // SO_LINGER with a 0 timeout → RST on close instead of FIN, so the
+    // tens of thousands of short client connections a load session opens
+    // don't pile up in TIME_WAIT and exhaust the ephemeral port range.
+    // std::net::TcpStream::set_linger is still unstable, so go through
+    // setsockopt directly. The response is fully read before close, so the
+    // RST is harmless.
+    use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
+    let l = libc::linger {
+        l_onoff: 1,
+        l_linger: 0,
+    };
+    unsafe {
+        libc::setsockopt(
+            s.as_raw_fd(),
+            libc::SOL_SOCKET,
+            libc::SO_LINGER,
+            &l as *const libc::linger as *const libc::c_void,
+            std::mem::size_of::<libc::linger>() as libc::socklen_t,
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn one_request(port: u16) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut s = TcpStream::connect((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, port))?;
+    s.set_nodelay(true)?;
+    set_linger_zero(&s);
+    s.write_all(b"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: x\r\n\r\n")?;
+    let mut buf = [0u8; 512];
+    // Read the full response (server sends Content-Length + Connection: close).
+    loop {
+        match s.read(&mut buf) {
+            Ok(0) => break,
+            Ok(_) => {}
+            Err(e) => return Err(e),
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// One open-loop load session against a freshly spawned server.
+pub fn run_session(cfg: &ServiceCfg, port: u16) -> Result<SessionResult> {
+    let mut child = spawn_server(cfg, port)?;
+    // Warm up closed-loop (untimed) so the first timed request doesn't eat
+    // page faults / cold caches.
+    for _ in 0..cfg.warmup {
+        let _ = one_request(port);
+    }
+
+    let period = Duration::from_secs_f64(1.0 / cfg.rate);
+    let start = Instant::now();
+    let idx = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let out = Arc::new(Mutex::new((Vec::<f64>::with_capacity(cfg.count), 0usize)));
+    let count = cfg.count;
+
+    let mut handles = Vec::new();
+    for _ in 0..cfg.workers {
+        let idx = idx.clone();
+        let out = out.clone();
+        handles.push(std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let mut local = Vec::new();
+            let mut dropped = 0usize;
+            loop {
+                let i = idx.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                if i >= count {
+                    break;
+                }
+                let target = start + period * (i as u32);
+                let now = Instant::now();
+                if now < target {
+                    std::thread::sleep(target - now);
+                }
+                // Latency from the INTENDED send time — the CO correction.
+                match one_request(port) {
+                    Ok(()) => local.push(Instant::now().duration_since(target).as_secs_f64()),
+                    Err(_) => dropped += 1,
+                }
+            }
+            let mut g = out.lock().unwrap();
+            g.0.extend(local);
+            g.1 += dropped;
+        }));
+    }
+    for h in handles {
+        let _ = h.join();
+    }
+    let _ = child.kill();
+    let _ = child.wait();
+
+    let (latencies, dropped) = Arc::try_unwrap(out).unwrap().into_inner().unwrap();
+    Ok(SessionResult { latencies, dropped })
+}
+
+/// Pick a free loopback TCP port (small race between probe-close and the
+/// server bind; harmless on loopback with SO_REUSEADDR).
+pub fn free_port() -> Result<u16> {
+    let l = std::net::TcpListener::bind((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0))?;
+    Ok(l.local_addr()?.port())
+}

crates/ledger/src/lib.rs

@@ -190,6 +190,50 @@ impl Ledger {
     /// onto a completed attempt (harnessd `read_verdict`). Returns the
     /// verdict plus the bench CIs; never enough to game, since the row
     /// is already written and immutable.
+    /// Full row data the ROI report generator needs (SPEC §9). Includes
+    /// the workload string pulled out of the bench evidence.
+    pub fn report_row(&self, run_id: &str) -> Result<Option<serde_json::Value>, LedgerError> {
+        let row = self.conn.query_row(
+            "SELECT target, playbook_class, hypothesis, verdict, bench, timestamp \
+             FROM attempts WHERE run_id = ?1",
+            [run_id],
+            |r| {
+                Ok((
+                    r.get::<_, String>(0)?,
+                    r.get::<_, u8>(1)?,
+                    r.get::<_, String>(2)?,
+                    r.get::<_, String>(3)?,
+                    r.get::<_, Option<String>>(4)?,
+                    r.get::<_, String>(5)?,
+                ))
+            },
+        );
+        match row {
+            Ok((target, class, hypothesis, verdict, bench, ts)) => {
+                let bench: Option<serde_json::Value> =
+                    bench.map(|b| serde_json::from_str(&b)).transpose()?;
+                let workload = bench
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .and_then(|b| b.get("env_fingerprint"))
+                    .and_then(|f| f.get("workload"))
+                    .cloned();
+                Ok(Some(serde_json::json!({
+                    "run_id": run_id,
+                    "target": target,
+                    "playbook_class": class,
+                    "hypothesis": hypothesis,
+                    "verdict": verdict,
+                    "timestamp": ts,
+                    "speedup_median": bench.as_ref().and_then(|b| b.get("speedup_median").cloned()),
+                    "speedup_ci": bench.as_ref().and_then(|b| b.get("speedup_ci").cloned()),
+                    "workload": workload,
+                })))
+            }
+            Err(rusqlite::Error::QueryReturnedNoRows) => Ok(None),
+            Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn verdict_summary(&self, run_id: &str) -> Result<Option<serde_json::Value>, LedgerError> {
         let row = self.conn.query_row(
             "SELECT verdict, bench FROM attempts WHERE run_id = ?1",

crates/report/Cargo.toml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
+clap.workspace = true
 ledger = { path = "../ledger" }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true

crates/report/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+//! `just report <run-id>` — the pitch artifact (SPEC §9). Reads a ledger
+//! row (throughput speedup + CI) and, optionally, a service-latency JSON
+//! (percentile speedups + CIs), and renders ONE mechanical report:
+//! throughput → cores → dollars/year and/or latency percentile deltas,
+//! every figure with its 95% CI and workload, the methodology printed
+//! inline so the number survives hostile review. No hand-editing: the
+//! numbers come only from the ledger and the calibrated bench.
+
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
+use clap::Parser;
+use report::{pricing::Pricing, roi_from_speedup_ci};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(
+    name = "report",
+    about = "Mechanical ROI report from a ledger row (SPEC §9)"
+)]
+struct Cli {
+    /// Ledger run_id to report on (throughput ROI).
+    #[arg(long)]
+    run_id: String,
+    /// Fleet size the workload runs on, in cores (engagement input).
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 1000.0)]
+    fleet_cores: f64,
+    /// Optional service-latency JSON (from `bench-runner service --out`)
+    /// to add the latency-percentile ROI section.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    service_json: Option<PathBuf>,
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "results/ledger.sqlite")]
+    db: PathBuf,
+    #[arg(long, default_value = "config/pricing.toml")]
+    pricing: PathBuf,
+    /// Output markdown path; stdout if omitted.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    out: Option<PathBuf>,
+}
+
+fn fmt_usd(x: f64) -> String {
+    if x.abs() >= 1000.0 {
+        format!("${:.0}", x)
+    } else {
+        format!("${:.2}", x)
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+    let ledger = ledger::Ledger::open(&cli.db)?;
+    let row = ledger
+        .report_row(&cli.run_id)?
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no ledger row for run_id {}", cli.run_id))?;
+    let pricing = Pricing::load(&cli.pricing).context("load pricing.toml")?;
+
+    let target = row["target"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
+    let verdict = row["verdict"].as_str().unwrap_or("?");
+    let class = row["playbook_class"].as_u64().unwrap_or(0);
+    let workload = row["workload"]
+        .as_str()
+        .unwrap_or("(workload not recorded)");
+    let speedup = row["speedup_median"].as_f64();
+    let ci = row["speedup_ci"]
+        .as_array()
+        .and_then(|a| Some((a.first()?.as_f64()?, a.get(1)?.as_f64()?)));
+
+    let mut md = String::new();
+    md.push_str(&format!("# ROI report — `{}`\n\n", cli.run_id));
+    md.push_str(&format!(
+        "**Target:** {target} · **Playbook class:** {class} · **Verdict:** `{verdict}`\n\n\
+         **Workload:** {workload}\n\n",
+    ));
+    // A report for anything the pipeline did not accept must say so before
+    // any dollar figure — the ROI below is a measured effect, not a
+    // shippable saving.
+    if verdict != "accepted" {
+        md.push_str(&format!(
+            "> ⚠️ **Not shipped.** This attempt's verdict is `{verdict}`, not `accepted`. Any ROI\n\
+             > below is the *measured* effect — it did not clear the significance/tier bar and is\n\
+             > **not** a committed saving. Shown for completeness; the ledger records it as-is.\n\n",
+        ));
+    }
+
+    match (speedup, ci) {
+        (Some(sp), Some((lo, hi))) => {
+            md.push_str("## Throughput → cores → dollars\n\n");
+            md.push_str(&format!(
+                "Measured speedup (baseline/candidate): **{:.4}**, 95% bootstrap CI **[{:.4}, {:.4}]**.\n\n",
+                sp, lo, hi
+            ));
+            let roi = roi_from_speedup_ci(
+                cli.fleet_cores,
+                sp,
+                (lo, hi),
+                pricing.dollars_per_core_hour,
+                pricing.hours_per_year,
+            );
+            md.push_str(&format!(
+                "On a **{:.0}-core** fleet running this workload:\n\n\
+                 | metric | median | 95% CI |\n|---|---|---|\n\
+                 | cores returned | {:.1} | [{:.1}, {:.1}] |\n\
+                 | annualized saving | {} | [{}, {}] |\n\n",
+                cli.fleet_cores,
+                roi.cores_median,
+                roi.cores_lo,
+                roi.cores_hi,
+                fmt_usd(roi.dollars_median),
+                fmt_usd(roi.dollars_lo),
+                fmt_usd(roi.dollars_hi),
+            ));
+            md.push_str(&format!(
+                "Pricing: **{}/core-hour**, **{:.0} h/year**. Source: _{}_\n\n\
+                 The **CI lower bound is the number to quote** — {:.1} cores / {} per year is\n\
+                 the saving that survives the 95% interval; the point estimate is not a promise.\n\n",
+                fmt_usd(pricing.dollars_per_core_hour), pricing.hours_per_year, pricing.rate_source,
+                roi.cores_lo, fmt_usd(roi.dollars_lo),
+            ));
+        }
+        _ => {
+            md.push_str(&format!(
+                "## Throughput\n\nNo bench speedup recorded (verdict `{verdict}`); this attempt\n\
+                 produced no throughput ROI. The row is in the ledger as a complete outcome.\n\n"
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(path) = &cli.service_json {
+        let svc: serde_json::Value =
+            serde_json::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(path).context("read service json")?)?;
+        let g = |k: &str| svc.get(k).and_then(serde_json::Value::as_f64);
+        let ga = |k: &str| {
+            svc.get(k)
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_array())
+                .and_then(|a| Some((a.first()?.as_f64()?, a.get(1)?.as_f64()?)))
+        };
+        md.push_str("## Latency under replayed load\n\n");
+        md.push_str(&format!(
+            "Workload: {}. Coordinated-omission-correct open-loop replay.\n\n",
+            svc.get("workload")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .unwrap_or("(service)")
+        ));
+        md.push_str(
+            "| percentile | baseline | candidate | speedup | 95% CI |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n",
+        );
+        if let (Some(bp50), Some(cp50), Some(s50), Some((l50, h50))) = (
+            g("baseline_p50_ms_median"),
+            g("candidate_p50_ms_median"),
+            g("p50_speedup_median"),
+            ga("p50_speedup_ci"),
+        ) {
+            md.push_str(&format!(
+                "| p50 | {:.3} ms | {:.3} ms | {:.4} | [{:.4}, {:.4}] |\n",
+                bp50, cp50, s50, l50, h50
+            ));
+        }
+        if let (Some(bp99), Some(cp99), Some(s99), Some((l99, h99))) = (
+            g("baseline_p99_ms_median"),
+            g("candidate_p99_ms_median"),
+            g("p99_speedup_median"),
+            ga("p99_speedup_ci"),
+        ) {
+            md.push_str(&format!(
+                "| p99 | {:.3} ms | {:.3} ms | {:.4} | [{:.4}, {:.4}] |\n",
+                bp99, cp99, s99, l99, h99
+            ));
+        }
+        md.push('\n');
+    }
+
+    // Methodology ships INSIDE the report (SPEC §9) — the differentiation.
+    md.push_str(
+        "## Methodology (ships with the number)\n\n\
+         - **Interleaved A/B**, baseline rebuilt from a pristine checkout, never the agent's\n\
+           workspace. Candidate and baseline alternate to control thermal/background drift.\n\
+         - **Bootstrap 95% CI** of the ratio-of-medians; an effect is accepted only if the CI\n\
+           lower bound clears the threshold in `config/accept.toml` (2%).\n\
+         - **Equivalence gates** passed before any number was trusted: upstream test suite,\n\
+           byte-identical golden replay, differential fuzzing, and ASan/UBSan sanitizers.\n\
+         - **Calibrated hardware**: the workload passed A/A (false-positive <5%) and injected-\n\
+           regression (≥95% detection) self-tests, recorded in `results/calibration/`.\n\
+         - **Coordinated-omission correct** latency (service mode): each request's latency is\n\
+           measured from its intended send time, so queueing is counted, not hidden.\n\n\
+         ## Caveats\n\n\
+         Every figure is specific to the workload and hardware named above. Throughput→cores\n\
+         assumes the fleet is CPU-bound on this path and scales linearly; latency figures are\n\
+         for the stated arrival rate. The saving to commit to is the **CI lower bound**, not\n\
+         the median.\n",
+    );
+
+    match &cli.out {
+        Some(p) => {
+            std::fs::write(p, &md)?;
+            eprintln!("wrote {}", p.display());
+        }
+        None => print!("{md}"),
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}

justfile

@@ -65,3 +65,22 @@ install-coz:
 coz target iters="200":
     sh scripts/coz-profile.sh {{target}} {{iters}}
     python3 scripts/coz-summary.py results/{{target}}/coz/profile.coz
+
+# Service mode (Phase 4): interleaved A/B latency bench of two server
+# binaries under coordinated-omission-correct open-loop load. p50/p99 CIs.
+service baseline candidate doc *flags:
+    cargo run -p bench-runner -- --config config/accept.toml service \
+        --baseline-bin "{{baseline}}" --candidate-bin "{{candidate}}" \
+        --doc "{{doc}}" --pin "taskset -c 2" {{flags}}
+
+# Service-mode calibration: A/A false-positive + injected latency-regression
+# detection (SPEC §3.1); writes JSON evidence.
+service-calibrate server doc out *flags:
+    cargo run -p bench-runner -- --config config/accept.toml service-calibrate \
+        --server-bin "{{server}}" --doc "{{doc}}" --pin "taskset -c 2" \
+        --out "{{out}}" {{flags}}
+
+# Mechanical ROI report from a ledger row (SPEC §9): throughput→cores→
+# dollars and/or latency percentiles, CIs + methodology printed inline.
+report run_id *flags:
+    cargo run -p report -- --run-id "{{run_id}}" {{flags}}

results/calibration/cjson-service-aa.json

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+{
+  "aa_false_positive_rate": 0.0,
+  "aa_sessions": [
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0076958868583439,
+      "lo": 0.9889226698568624
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0077832533751723,
+      "lo": 0.9786266417447002
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0115227750606777,
+      "lo": 0.9892132084656684
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0114104386804506,
+      "lo": 0.9922126178387121
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0342883722562515,
+      "lo": 0.983469137689738
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0133051708045042,
+      "lo": 0.9703240894919088
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0325018182631949,
+      "lo": 0.9842672087397288
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0176479796026183,
+      "lo": 0.9879320008900069
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0228414364937872,
+      "lo": 0.991142395680721
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 1.0017030922927759,
+      "lo": 0.9895060485617453
+    }
+  ],
+  "acceptance": {
+    "detection_ge": 0.95,
+    "fp_lt": 0.05,
+    "pass": true
+  },
+  "count_per_session": 500,
+  "injected_slowdown": 0.05,
+  "injected_us": 171,
+  "injection_detection_rate": 1.0,
+  "injection_sessions": [
+    {
+      "hi": 0.968913895324921,
+      "lo": 0.9385246073917597
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.96813808386979,
+      "lo": 0.9414395324041278
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.9611863237126836,
+      "lo": 0.9447215483817606
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.9570033675412841,
+      "lo": 0.9457072529745062
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.9741046590829064,
+      "lo": 0.9249990015477378
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.9726874579734766,
+      "lo": 0.9347029794133124
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.9689785709017842,
+      "lo": 0.9396474626960986
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.974017197922123,
+      "lo": 0.9409121159439898
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.975833930745553,
+      "lo": 0.9388043745544457
+    },
+    {
+      "hi": 0.9579532553903198,
+      "lo": 0.9459353798658228
+    }
+  ],
+  "mode": "service-latency-calibration",
+  "rate_rps": 150.0,
+  "rounds_per_compare": 6,
+  "server_bin": "targets/cjson/svc-baseline/cjson-service",
+  "sessions": 10,
+  "workload": "corpora/cjson/input/service.json"
+}

results/phase4/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Phase 4 — services & scale
+
+**Exit criteria (SPEC §5): one real service workload optimized under
+replayed traffic; report generated mechanically.** Both met.
+
+Phase 4 takes the trust story off the batch stopwatch and onto a running
+service: the same verified optimization, measured as a latency delta
+under replayed load, then turned into a dollar figure by a generator
+that reads only the ledger and the calibrated bench — no hand-typed
+numbers.
+
+## What was built
+
+- **Service-mode latency bench** (`crates/bench-runner/src/service.rs`,
+  SPEC §3.1 mode c): a **coordinated-omission-correct**, open-loop,
+  fixed-rate load generator. Each request's latency is measured from its
+  *intended* send time, so when the single worker falls behind, the
+  requests queued behind it carry the full delay a real client would see
+  — the exact error closed-loop tools hide. Interleaved A/B of two
+  server binaries, exact percentiles (bounded sample; no HdrHistogram
+  bucketing error), bootstrap p50/p99 CIs through the same ratio-CI
+  machine the wall-clock bench uses.
+- **A real service target**: `targets/cjson/service.c`, a minimal HTTP
+  server wrapping the (patched) `cJSON.c` — trust-layer code outside the
+  workspace allowlist, so a patch changes the parser under load but not
+  the measurement rig.
+- **Service-mode calibration** (`bench-runner service-calibrate`): the
+  latency measurement is a trusted anchor only after it passes A/A
+  (0/10 false positives) and injected-5%-latency-regression detection
+  (10/10), recorded in `results/calibration/cjson-service-aa.json`.
+- **Mechanical ROI report** (`crates/report` binary, SPEC §9): reads a
+  ledger row + the service-latency JSON and renders
+  throughput→cores→dollars *and* latency percentiles, every figure with
+  its 95% CI, the pricing source, and the methodology printed inline.
+
+## The result (`phase4-cjson-service`, ledger)
+
+The accepted batch win `phase3-cjson-002` (+8.85% throughput) was
+measured as a **service under a 150 rps coordinated-omission-correct
+replay**, baseline (pristine cJSON v1.7.19) vs candidate (the banked
+win), 20 interleaved rounds, server pinned, 40,000 requests, **0 drops**:
+
+| metric | baseline | candidate | speedup | 95% CI |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| **p50 latency** | 3.332 ms | 3.136 ms | **1.062** | **[1.058, 1.072]** |
+| p99 latency | 24.7 ms | 23.9 ms | 1.033 | [0.07, 4.97] |
+
+**The p50 win is the claim: +6.2% service-latency reduction under load,
+CI [+5.8%, +7.2%]** — the batch parse speedup translating to lower
+per-request latency. It is a touch smaller than the +8.85% batch number
+because under load the latency also carries fixed connection and HTTP
+overhead the parse optimization doesn't touch — an honest dilution, not
+a measurement error.
+
+**The p99 was *not* claimed.** Its CI is [0.07, 4.97] — uselessly wide,
+because tail latency on a single-worker loopback service is dominated by
+rare OS-scheduling spikes that swamp the ~0.2 ms parse difference. The
+harness resolved this correctly: `p99 verdict: rejected-bench`. A number
+the measurement can't pin down does not get reported as a win, even
+though the median points the right way. That refusal is the whole
+project in one line.
+
+## The ROI, generated mechanically
+
+`just report phase4-cjson-service --service-json results/phase4/cjson-service.json`
+→ [`cjson-service-roi.md`](cjson-service-roi.md). On a 500-core fleet at
+$0.04/core-hour, the +6.2% p50 win returns **27.5 cores / $9,621 per
+year at the CI lower bound** (median 29.4 cores / $10,290) — and the
+report quotes the lower bound, because the point estimate is not a
+promise. Every figure carries its CI, its workload, and the methodology
+that produced it, so the number survives hostile review.
+
+## Exit criteria (SPEC §5) — met
+
+- **One real service workload optimized under replayed traffic:** the
+  cJSON HTTP service under CO-correct open-loop replay; the verified win
+  shows a CI-significant +6.2% p50 latency improvement.
+- **Report generated mechanically:** the ROI report is produced from the
+  ledger row and the calibrated service JSON with no hand-editing;
+  throughput→cores→dollars and latency percentiles, CIs and methodology
+  inline.

results/phase4/cjson-service-roi.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# ROI report — `phase4-cjson-service`
+
+**Target:** cjson · **Playbook class:** 5 · **Verdict:** `accepted`
+
+**Workload:** corpora/cjson/input/service.json, 1 parse+print/req, 150 rps open-loop, CO-correct
+
+## Throughput → cores → dollars
+
+Measured speedup (baseline/candidate): **1.0624**, 95% bootstrap CI **[1.0581, 1.0725]**.
+
+On a **500-core** fleet running this workload:
+
+| metric | median | 95% CI |
+|---|---|---|
+| cores returned | 29.4 | [27.5, 33.8] |
+| annualized saving | $10290 | [$9621, $11838] |
+
+Pricing: **$0.04/core-hour**, **8760 h/year**. Source: _example: AWS m7i on-demand us-east-1, per-vCPU approximation — replace per engagement_
+
+The **CI lower bound is the number to quote** — 27.5 cores / $9621 per year is
+the saving that survives the 95% interval; the point estimate is not a promise.
+
+## Latency under replayed load
+
+Workload: corpora/cjson/input/service.json, 1 parse+print/req, 150 rps open-loop, CO-correct. Coordinated-omission-correct open-loop replay.
+
+| percentile | baseline | candidate | speedup | 95% CI |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| p50 | 3.332 ms | 3.136 ms | 1.0624 | [1.0581, 1.0725] |
+| p99 | 24.726 ms | 23.947 ms | 1.0325 | [0.0715, 4.9714] |
+
+## Methodology (ships with the number)
+
+- **Interleaved A/B**, baseline rebuilt from a pristine checkout, never the agent's
+workspace. Candidate and baseline alternate to control thermal/background drift.
+- **Bootstrap 95% CI** of the ratio-of-medians; an effect is accepted only if the CI
+lower bound clears the threshold in `config/accept.toml` (2%).
+- **Equivalence gates** passed before any number was trusted: upstream test suite,
+byte-identical golden replay, differential fuzzing, and ASan/UBSan sanitizers.
+- **Calibrated hardware**: the workload passed A/A (false-positive <5%) and injected-
+regression (≥95% detection) self-tests, recorded in `results/calibration/`.
+- **Coordinated-omission correct** latency (service mode): each request's latency is
+measured from its intended send time, so queueing is counted, not hidden.
+
+## Caveats
+
+Every figure is specific to the workload and hardware named above. Throughput→cores
+assumes the fleet is CPU-bound on this path and scales linearly; latency figures are
+for the stated arrival rate. The saving to commit to is the **CI lower bound**, not
+the median.

scripts/phase4-record.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Record the Phase 4 service-latency result into the append-only ledger,
+mechanically from the measured JSON — no hand-typed numbers.
+
+The p50 latency speedup (baseline/candidate) is a service-time speedup: at
+a fixed arrival rate a faster worker serves the same load with fewer
+cores, so it maps to the same throughput→cores→dollars ROI. We store it
+as the row's speedup (with its CI) and keep the full percentile detail in
+the env_fingerprint, so `report` renders both from one row.
+
+    python3 scripts/phase4-record.py <service.json> <run_id> <target_commit>
+"""
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path("/home/user/peltier.io")
+svc = json.load(open(sys.argv[1]))
+run_id = sys.argv[2]
+target_commit = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else ""
+
+# p50 is the stable, service-time-tracking metric; use it as the row's
+# headline speedup. p99 (noisier tail) is carried in the fingerprint.
+p50_med = svc["p50_speedup_median"]
+p50_ci = svc["p50_speedup_ci"]
+
+attempt = {
+    "run_id": run_id,
+    "timestamp": subprocess.check_output(["date", "-u", "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"]).decode().strip(),
+    "target": "cjson",
+    "target_commit": target_commit,
+    "phase": 4,
+    "hotspot": "cJSON parse+print under HTTP load (service mode)",
+    "playbook_class": 5,
+    "hypothesis": (
+        "The accepted batch win phase3-cjson-002 (stack-buffer number parse + strtod "
+        "round-trip) reduces per-request service time; under a coordinated-omission-correct "
+        "open-loop replay it should show as a latency-percentile improvement, and the p50 "
+        "service-time speedup maps to throughput->cores->dollars ROI."
+    ),
+    "patch": "(measurement of the already-accepted phase3-cjson-002 win under replayed load; no new code)",
+    "gates": {
+        "upstream_tests": True,
+        "golden_replay": True,
+        "fuzz_iters": 0,
+        "fuzz_divergence": False,
+        "sanitizers_clean": True,
+    },
+    "bench": {
+        "baseline_median": svc["baseline_p50_ms_median"] / 1e3,
+        "baseline_ci": [0.0, 0.0],
+        "candidate_median": svc["candidate_p50_ms_median"] / 1e3,
+        "candidate_ci": [0.0, 0.0],
+        "speedup_median": p50_med,
+        "speedup_ci": p50_ci,
+        "env_fingerprint": {
+            "workload": svc["workload"],
+            "metric": "p50 service latency (baseline/candidate), CO-correct open-loop replay",
+            "p50_speedup_median": p50_med,
+            "p50_speedup_ci": p50_ci,
+            "p99_speedup_median": svc["p99_speedup_median"],
+            "p99_speedup_ci": svc["p99_speedup_ci"],
+            "baseline_p50_ms": svc["baseline_p50_ms_median"],
+            "candidate_p50_ms": svc["candidate_p50_ms_median"],
+            "baseline_p99_ms": svc["baseline_p99_ms_median"],
+            "candidate_p99_ms": svc["candidate_p99_ms_median"],
+            "rate_rps": svc["rate_rps"],
+            "sessions": svc["sessions"],
+            "drop_rate": svc["drop_rate"],
+            "gates_detail": "latency measurement of the ASan/UBSan+fuzz-verified phase3-cjson-002 win",
+        },
+    },
+    "verdict": "accepted",
+    "tokens_spent": 0,
+    "wall_time_s": 0.0,
+}
+
+out = subprocess.run(
+    ["cargo", "run", "-q", "-p", "ledger", "--bin", "ledger-cli", "--", str(ROOT / "results/ledger.sqlite")],
+    input=json.dumps(attempt), text=True, cwd=ROOT, capture_output=True,
+)
+print(out.stdout.strip())
+if out.returncode != 0:
+    print(out.stderr, file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(out.returncode)

targets/cjson/service.c

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+/* hotpath service harness for the cjson target (SPEC §3.1 service mode).
+ *
+ * TRUST-LAYER CODE — outside targets/cjson/workspace, compiled with the
+ * (patched) workspace cJSON.c, so a patch changes the parser under HTTP
+ * load but never this server. A minimal single-threaded HTTP/1.1 server:
+ * each request parses+serializes a fixed JSON document `iters` times
+ * (deterministic CPU service time) and replies with the checksum. Single
+ * worker by design — the cleanest, least-noisy service-time signal; the
+ * coordinated-omission-correct load generator captures the queueing when
+ * arrival rate approaches the worker's capacity.
+ *
+ *   cjson-service <port> <doc.json> <iters-per-request>
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include "cJSON.h"
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+static char *g_doc;
+static long g_inject_ns = 0; /* calibration: busy-wait per request (HOTPATH_INJECT_US) */
+
+static void busy_wait_ns(long ns) {
+    if (ns <= 0) return;
+    struct timespec s;
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &s);
+    long long target = (long long)s.tv_sec * 1000000000LL + s.tv_nsec + ns;
+    for (;;) {
+        struct timespec n;
+        clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &n);
+        if ((long long)n.tv_sec * 1000000000LL + n.tv_nsec >= target) break;
+    }
+}
+
+static unsigned long do_work(long iters) {
+    unsigned long acc = 1469598103934665603UL;
+    busy_wait_ns(g_inject_ns);
+    for (long i = 0; i < iters; i++) {
+        cJSON *root = cJSON_Parse(g_doc);
+        if (!root) return 0;
+        char *out = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(root);
+        if (out) {
+            for (char *p = out; *p; p++) acc = (acc ^ (unsigned char)*p) * 1099511628211UL;
+            free(out);
+        }
+        cJSON_Delete(root);
+    }
+    return acc;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    if (argc < 4) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <port> <doc.json> <iters>\n", argv[0]);
+        return 2;
+    }
+    int port = atoi(argv[1]);
+    long iters = atol(argv[3]);
+    if (iters < 1) iters = 1;
+    /* Calibration-only: inject a fixed per-request busy-wait to validate
+     * the load generator detects a known latency regression. Off in every
+     * real run (unset). */
+    const char *inj = getenv("HOTPATH_INJECT_US");
+    if (inj) g_inject_ns = atol(inj) * 1000L;
+
+    FILE *f = fopen(argv[2], "rb");
+    if (!f) { perror("fopen"); return 2; }
+    fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
+    long n = ftell(f);
+    fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
+    g_doc = (char *)malloc((size_t)n + 1);
+    if (fread(g_doc, 1, (size_t)n, f) != (size_t)n) { return 2; }
+    g_doc[n] = '\0';
+    fclose(f);
+
+    int srv = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (srv < 0) { perror("socket"); return 2; }
+    int one = 1;
+    setsockopt(srv, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &one, sizeof(one));
+    struct sockaddr_in addr;
+    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+    addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+    addr.sin_port = htons((unsigned short)port);
+    if (bind(srv, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) { perror("bind"); return 2; }
+    if (listen(srv, 1024) < 0) { perror("listen"); return 2; }
+
+    /* Signal readiness on stdout so the harness knows the port is up. */
+    printf("READY %d\n", port);
+    fflush(stdout);
+
+    char reqbuf[8192];
+    for (;;) {
+        int c = accept(srv, NULL, NULL);
+        if (c < 0) continue;
+        setsockopt(c, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &one, sizeof(one));
+        /* Drain the request line + headers (we ignore them). */
+        ssize_t r = recv(c, reqbuf, sizeof(reqbuf) - 1, 0);
+        if (r <= 0) { close(c); continue; }
+
+        unsigned long acc = do_work(iters);
+
+        char body[64];
+        int blen = snprintf(body, sizeof(body), "checksum=%lu\n", acc);
+        char resp[256];
+        int rlen = snprintf(resp, sizeof(resp),
+                            "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: text/plain\r\n"
+                            "Content-Length: %d\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n%s",
+                            blen, body);
+        ssize_t off = 0;
+        while (off < rlen) {
+            ssize_t w = send(c, resp + off, (size_t)(rlen - off), 0);
+            if (w <= 0) break;
+            off += w;
+        }
+        close(c);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}