clm-0118
HK-RERUN-REASONOFF verdict on the Kairic Edge TheRock build with reasoning DISABLED (-rea off, cfg-0172) — the fix path clm-0116 prescribed for the reasoning-ON empty-assistant defect. Verdict: ADMIT-with-corrections applied verbatim (HK-RERUN-REASONOFF-REVIEW, t_3b03c623). ADMITTED CLAIM 1 — tau2 full-26 capability, reasoning-OFF: reward 0.423 (11/26 passed, total_reward 11.0), 26/26 simulations COMPLETED with ZERO empty-assistant turns and zero empty-argument tool calls — the prior full-26's 60%-abort / "AssistantMessage must have either content or tool_calls" failure mode is eliminated by -rea off. The defect was a server-config interaction, not model capability. Wall 3181 s at ~13 t/s single-stream decode. ADMITTED CLAIM 2 — served-path spec-on/off throughput ratio ~1.0: matched 10/10 rung sweep (rungs 0/32768/131072/204800, ±256 depth-fill probes) of the same server with and without --kairic-edge; tg 13.1-13.2 t/s flat across the entire depth ladder in BOTH arms, per-cell deltas within noise. Includes d32768, stable in both states (the prior served sweep crashed there). --kairic-edge buys NO served-path decode throughput on this workload. Energy counterpoint (eng-0268 vs eng-0269): the spec=on band drew 17.1 Wh vs 22.2 Wh spec=off for identical tokens (~23% less wall energy); one observation, not an established effect. ADMITTED CLAIM 3 — d32768 stability: previously-crashing fill now completes rc=0 in both spec states. Production-config validation: build e1da26bb8 ("version: 80"), binary e121a4d3, gdn_output_fallback=48 (tau2 server) / 0 (all 20 sweep cells), served id qwen3.8-27b-kairic-edge — all re-verified on-box this ingest. BLOCKED CLAIMS (explicitly NOT made): no reasoning-ON reward comparison (prior full-26 incomplete/do-not-score under G6); no reasoning-ON server throughput claim (crashed). No production recommendation flips on energy alone from a single band pair.