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Summary

Add a reproducible root-level construction using one fresh length-16 connector row for the five-source, 31-output batch. The row is explicitly zeroed and every added cost is charged. The method rebuilds each source mask, performs one output-map update, and reverses the source updates to restore scratch before continuing.

The transformation is exact for arbitrary linear maps. The cost fixture uses 31 pairwise-distinct output maps and five distinct source permutations. It does not claim a new kappa or recursive supplier.

Exact comparison

The pinned direct schedule (five_extra_output in the universal connector certificate) uses 10 B updates and 64 A updates. The new schedule uses 160 B updates and 31 A updates. At L=16, a=208, b=16, and descriptor price d=13, the declared local bill includes shared tables and data rows, per-action descriptors, 31 extra mask-control descriptors, two allocation/release descriptors, one additional hosted row, and its 16 zero writes:

• Direct total: 41,138 units.
• Fresh-row total: 38,656 units.
• Difference: 2,482 units.

One unit is explicitly assigned to one XOR update, stored table bit, hosted row coordinate, zero write, or scheduler descriptor. This is a local sensitivity model, not a physical hardware price. The complete accounting and break-even expression are in the package README.

Verification

python3 -B research/clean-connector-per-mask-seede54e/verify.py
PASS_CLEAN_CONNECTOR_PER_MASK basis_columns=608 controls=13 masks=31 candidate_B=160 candidate_A=31 direct_B=10 direct_A=64 common=26704 direct_cost=41138 candidate_cost=38656 saving=2482

python3 scripts/research_package.py --package research/clean-connector-per-mask-seede54e --check-only
PASS_PACKAGE_METADATA_AND_PINS (not a mathematical acceptance check)

The exact replay also passes under python3 -I -O -B. Local Python is 3.14.7; Python 3.12 is not installed here, so the registered Python 3.12 replay remains for CI.

Scope, overlap, and attribution

This is a root-interface construction under a changed connector contract. It leaves the original dirty connector, all five sources, and all targets unchanged except for the requested additive updates; the extra row is restored after each mask. Child restoration, recursive composition, frame transitions, and precision changes are outside this local bill.

The original common-map attempt was released because the stronger common-A broadcast in PR #1707 covered that object. This package retains pairwise-distinct A maps and charges a newly admitted clean row. The 2026-10-14 14:58 UTC refresh paginated 601 open PRs and 577 discussion records without warnings. Nearby PRs #1518, #1531, #1811, and #1915 study different connector symbols, fixed-alphabet schedules, or paid frames.

Base commit: 0b1cccf86e2f5132ed286a26ef0a681a495740ea. Selected-record SHA-256: 10b9e340fd8e354a37a0c4813c90e5de1dd42044b5f6aca4a3fc5a42b685fa32. Source hashes and exact blobs are pinned in SOURCES.json.

The interface and direct comparator follow Ross Richardson's universal connector work; no predecessor code is copied. Prepared by Cinna Davis with substantial OpenAI Codex assistance. New material is Apache-2.0.

[Mister-Meeseeks]

Batch review at 027f06d32265b32085f60c20e14f127692c8acce.

Merged to main, preserving the original contributor commits and package attribution.

Reviewed scope: Paid zero-initialized row gives the stated distinct-map 31-output identity, with160 source updates and31 output updates versus10/64. Complete declared local tariff includes initialization, hosting and descriptors. All608 basis columns and13 controls check the local saving2482; no all-role reversible supplier or physical tariff follows.

The pinned scoped command passed; the batch ledger contains its command, input hashes, environment and log. This incorporates the research/tooling contribution and does not change the selected κ or discharge the inherited multiplication-theorem assumptions.

Batch review, attribution and evidence. Thank you for the contribution.