STATUS: RESEARCHING
headline: RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
exploit: in_progress
local_judge: pending
remote_judge: pending
flag: (not captured)
detail: droplet is searching for a working heap chain
autopilot: ON — watch best_milestone + READY!! (no manual GDB needed)
updated: 2026-10-16 23:13:41 UTC

=== alert ===
updated_at: 2026-10-16T22:29:10.916547+00:00
level: alert
message: best_score=140 unchanged for 1324h (25924543 iterations since best_iter=68600289)
action: human gdb session recommended — automation plateaued
best_score: 140
best_iter: 68600289
iteration: 94524832
iter_since_best: 25924543
hours_score_stale: 1323.6
hours_iter_stale: 498.3
warn_hours: 24.0
alert_hours: 168.0

=== gdb analyst (automated) ===
next_focus: tcache_activity
missing: ['tcache_activity', 'tcache_spray', 'multi_tcache_size', 'libc_ptr_on_heap', 'unsorted_bin', 'multiple_libc_ptrs']
analyst_updated: 2026-10-16T23:13:15.340624+00:00
recommendations: 7 pending edits

=== automation (blinded-automation.timer) ===
service: inactive
updated_at: 2026-08-22T19:03:01.757239Z
phase: judge
state: running
message: Testing solve.py against local judge (32 iterations)

=== research (blinded-research.service) ===
service: active
started_at: 2026-08-22T18:20:37.978590+00:00
updated_at: 2026-10-16T23:13:41.259121+00:00
iteration: 94565184
stage_idx: 6
best_score: 140
best_iter: 68600289
best_stage: gdb_handcrafted_next
best_milestone: multi_tcache_size
best_milestone_rank: 4
best_largest_alloc: 1000
best_tags: ['clean_exit']
best_gdb_tags: ['clean_exit']
gdb_runs: 16319980
full_judge_runs: 0
iterations_per_hour: 71376
best_payload.bin: 342 bytes

=== system ===
total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           464Mi       112Mi       111Mi       3.7Mi       255Mi       351Mi
Swap:          2.0Gi        61Mi       1.9Gi
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/vda1       9.7G  5.9G  3.4G  65% /
/dev/vda1       9.7G  5.9G  3.4G  65% /

=== research log (last lines) ===
[stage] -> house_of_water_v2
[analyst] focus=tcache_activity missing=['tcache_activity', 'tcache_spray', 'multi_tcache_size', 'libc_ptr_on_heap', 'unsorted_bin', 'multiple_libc_ptrs']
[stage] -> house_of_water_smallbin_seed
[analyst] focus=tcache_activity missing=['tcache_activity', 'tcache_spray', 'multi_tcache_size', 'libc_ptr_on_heap', 'unsorted_bin', 'multiple_libc_ptrs']
[stage] -> tcache_struct_seed
[analyst] focus=tcache_activity missing=['tcache_activity', 'tcache_spray', 'multi_tcache_size', 'libc_ptr_on_heap', 'unsorted_bin', 'multiple_libc_ptrs']

=== top scoring attempts ===
iter=94301537 stage=gdb_handcrafted_next score=40 tags=[] ops=21
iter=94301538 stage=gdb_handcrafted_next score=40 tags=[] ops=26
iter=94301541 stage=gdb_handcrafted_next score=40 tags=[] ops=21
iter=94301540 stage=gdb_handcrafted_next score=40 tags=[] ops=20
iter=94301539 stage=gdb_handcrafted_next score=40 tags=[] ops=20

=== automation log (last lines) ===
  "updated_at": "2026-08-22T19:03:01.757239Z",
  "phase": "judge",
  "state": "running",
  "message": "Testing solve.py against local judge (32 iterations)"
}

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