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+{
+  "title": "Dormant Behavior Audit",
+  "description": "Public benchmark assets, reference bundle, and reproducibility materials for auditing latent, condition-dependent model behavior. The v1.0.0 release includes the flagship reference report, normalized benchmark bundle, and release-ready validation artifacts.",
+  "creators": [
+    {
+      "name": "Mitchell, Cody",
+      "affiliation": "Independent Researcher"
+    }
+  ],
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "upload_type": "software",
+  "publication_date": "2026-04-07",
+  "keywords": [
+    "benchmark",
+    "llm-evals",
+    "model auditing",
+    "reproducibility",
+    "dormant behavior",
+    "interpretability"
+  ],
+  "related_identifiers": [
+    {
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+      "relation": "isSupplementTo",
+      "resource_type": "software"
+    },
+    {
+      "identifier": "https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/releases/download/v1.0.0/dormant-behavior-audit-v1.0.0-reference-report.pdf",
+      "relation": "hasPart",
+      "resource_type": "publication-report"
+    }
+  ]
+}

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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this repository, please cite the Dormant Behavior Audit release materials and reference report."
+title: "Dormant Behavior Audit"
+type: software
+url: "https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit"
+repository-code: "https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit"
+authors:
+  - family-names: Mitchell
+    given-names: Cody
+    affiliation: Independent Researcher
+abstract: "Benchmark assets, reference bundles, and reproducibility materials for auditing latent, condition-dependent model behavior."
+version: "v1.0.0"
+date-released: 2026-04-07
+license: Apache-2.0
+keywords:
+  - benchmark
+  - model auditing
+  - reproducibility
+  - latent behavior
+  - dormant behavior
+preferred-citation:
+  type: article
+  title: "Finding the Alibaba Cloud Backdoor: A Reproducible Reference Case for Dormant Behavior Audit"
+  authors:
+    - family-names: Mitchell
+      given-names: Cody
+  year: 2026
+  url: "https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/releases/download/v1.0.0/dormant-behavior-audit-v1.0.0-reference-report.pdf"

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+# Documentation And Artifact License
+
+Unless otherwise noted, the narrative research materials and benchmark-facing artifacts in this repository are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
+
+This applies in particular to public-facing materials such as:
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+- `benchmarks/public/*`
+- `benchmarks/reference/**`
+- checked-in benchmark bundles and release-facing artifact packets under `artifacts/`
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+include README.md
+include LICENSE
+include LICENSE-docs.md
+include CITATION.cff
+include PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
+include .zenodo.json
+graft artifacts
+graft benchmarks
+graft findings
+graft orbit
+graft problems
+graft scripts
+graft src
+prune */__pycache__
+global-exclude __pycache__
+global-exclude *.py[cod]
+global-exclude .DS_Store
+

dormant_behavior_audit-1.0.0/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: dormant-behavior-audit
+Version: 1.0.0
+Summary: Benchmark assets, reproducibility tooling, and evidence checks for dormant behavior audit.
+Author: Cody Mitchell
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://sproutseeds.github.io/dormant-behavior-audit/
+Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit
+Project-URL: Documentation, https://sproutseeds.github.io/dormant-behavior-audit/
+Project-URL: Changelog, https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/releases/tag/v1.0.0
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/issues
+Keywords: benchmark,llm-evals,model-auditing,reproducibility,dormant-behavior,interpretability
+Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
+Requires-Python: >=3.10
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+License-File: LICENSE-docs.md
+Requires-Dist: accelerate>=0.27.0
+Requires-Dist: datasets>=2.18.0
+Requires-Dist: huggingface_hub>=0.21.0
+Requires-Dist: ipywidgets>=8.1.0
+Requires-Dist: jsinfer
+Requires-Dist: matplotlib>=3.8.0
+Requires-Dist: numpy>=1.26.0
+Requires-Dist: pandas>=2.2.0
+Requires-Dist: plotly>=5.18.0
+Requires-Dist: safetensors>=0.4.2
+Requires-Dist: scikit-learn>=1.4.0
+Requires-Dist: scipy>=1.12.0
+Requires-Dist: seaborn>=0.13.0
+Requires-Dist: torch>=2.1.0
+Requires-Dist: tqdm>=4.66.0
+Requires-Dist: transformers>=4.40.0
+Requires-Dist: umap-learn>=0.5.5
+Provides-Extra: notebooks
+Requires-Dist: jupyter>=1.0.0; extra == "notebooks"
+Requires-Dist: notebook>=7.0.0; extra == "notebooks"
+Provides-Extra: tui
+Requires-Dist: textual>=0.58.1; extra == "tui"
+Provides-Extra: publish
+Requires-Dist: build>=1.2.2; extra == "publish"
+Requires-Dist: twine>=5.1.1; extra == "publish"
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+# Dormant Behavior Audit
+
+This repository contains the flagship benchmark assets, reference bundle, and reproducibility materials for auditing latent, condition-dependent model behavior.
+
+The motivating historical case is the Jane Street dormant-model puzzle, but the repo is now organized as a public benchmark and research release rather than a contest-only submission package.
+
+## Slow Tour
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="benchmarks/public/assets/readme-night-terminal.gif" width="780" alt="A minimal starry-night terminal animation showing the slow benchmark flow from charter to reference bundle to reproduction to claim checks to release." />
+</p>
+
+<p align="center"><em>A quiet walk through the release path: open the charter, inspect the reference bundle, rerun the evidence, compare claim checks, and package the release.</em></p>
+
+## Start Here
+
+If you want the quickest tour, read these in order:
+
+1. [benchmarks/BENCHMARK_CHARTER.md](benchmarks/BENCHMARK_CHARTER.md)
+2. [findings/RELEASE_PACKET_V2.md](findings/RELEASE_PACKET_V2.md)
+3. [benchmarks/reference/dormant_puzzle_v1/benchmark_bundle_v0.json](benchmarks/reference/dormant_puzzle_v1/benchmark_bundle_v0.json)
+4. [PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md](PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md)
+5. [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
+## Install The CLI
+
+The repository now builds as a Python package with a unified `dba` command.
+
+```bash
+pipx install dormant-behavior-audit
+dba --help
+```
+
+For a local one-off run without a permanent install:
+
+```bash
+uvx --from dormant-behavior-audit dba --help
+```
+
+Optional extras:
+
+- `pipx install 'dormant-behavior-audit[tui]'` for the Orbit Textual UI
+- `pipx install 'dormant-behavior-audit[notebooks]'` for notebook-heavy local analysis
+
+## What This Repo Ships
+
+### Public-facing research packet
+
+- Reference report index: [findings/RELEASE_PACKET_V2.md](findings/RELEASE_PACKET_V2.md)
+- Canonical report PDF: <https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/releases/download/v1.0.0/dormant-behavior-audit-v1.0.0-reference-report.pdf>
+- Repo copy of report PDF: [findings/CodyMitchell_DormantPuzzle_Submission_V2_2026-03-06.pdf](findings/CodyMitchell_DormantPuzzle_Submission_V2_2026-03-06.pdf)
+- Main report markdown: [findings/SUBMISSION_V2.md](findings/SUBMISSION_V2.md)
+- Statistical appendix: [findings/STATS_ADDENDUM_V2.md](findings/STATS_ADDENDUM_V2.md)
+- Raw evidence appendix: [findings/RAW_EVIDENCE_APPENDIX_V2.md](findings/RAW_EVIDENCE_APPENDIX_V2.md)
+- Implications memo: [findings/IMPLICATIONS_AND_APPLICATIONS_APPENDIX_V2.md](findings/IMPLICATIONS_AND_APPLICATIONS_APPENDIX_V2.md)
+
+### Benchmark assets
+
+- Benchmark overview: [benchmarks/README.md](benchmarks/README.md)
+- Benchmark charter: [benchmarks/BENCHMARK_CHARTER.md](benchmarks/BENCHMARK_CHARTER.md)
+- Launch plan: [benchmarks/LAUNCH_PLAN.md](benchmarks/LAUNCH_PLAN.md)
+- Governance/versioning: [benchmarks/GOVERNANCE_AND_VERSIONING.md](benchmarks/GOVERNANCE_AND_VERSIONING.md)
+- Public launch drafts: [benchmarks/public/README.md](benchmarks/public/README.md)
+- Release notes: [benchmarks/public/RELEASE_NOTES_v1.0.0.md](benchmarks/public/RELEASE_NOTES_v1.0.0.md)
+- Collaboration brief: [benchmarks/public/COLLABORATION_BRIEF.md](benchmarks/public/COLLABORATION_BRIEF.md)
+- Standalone homepage: <https://sproutseeds.github.io/dormant-behavior-audit/>
+- Frozen reference bundle: [benchmarks/reference/dormant_puzzle_v1/benchmark_bundle_v0.json](benchmarks/reference/dormant_puzzle_v1/benchmark_bundle_v0.json)
+
+### Reproducibility artifacts
+
+- Canonical reproduction bundle: [artifacts/reproduction/20260305_230206/](artifacts/reproduction/20260305_230206/)
+- Tightening bundle: [artifacts/tightening/20260306_075440/](artifacts/tightening/20260306_075440/)
+- Claim-level consistency report: [artifacts/reproduction/20260305_230206/findings/claim_consistency_report.md](artifacts/reproduction/20260305_230206/findings/claim_consistency_report.md)
+- Bundle checker entry point: [scripts/check_benchmark_bundle.py](scripts/check_benchmark_bundle.py)
+
+## Benchmark Shape
+
+The current benchmark release has three layers:
+
+- core local seeded and clean-control tasks,
+- a naturalistic historical reference bundle built from the dormant puzzle result,
+- and a supplementary hosted-comparator lane used for calibration and mechanism interpretation.
+
+The benchmark is designed to reward:
+
+- family recovery instead of one lucky string guess,
+- candidate-versus-control specificity,
+- repeated-run stability,
+- interpretation-aware reporting,
+- and artifact-rich submission packets instead of one scalar score.
+
+## Reproducing The Reference Case
+
+Install dependencies:
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+Run the reproducibility pipeline:
+
+```bash
+python3 scripts/reproduce_submission.py
+```
+
+This writes a fresh bundle under `artifacts/reproduction/<timestamp>/`.
+
+Use these files to judge success:
+
+- `artifacts/reproduction/<timestamp>/reproduction_report.md`
+- `artifacts/reproduction/<timestamp>/findings/claim_consistency_report.md`
+
+Important notes:
+
+- local warmup stages are expected to reproduce on MPS-capable hardware,
+- API-side artifacts are stochastic, so claim-level consistency matters more than exact JSON replay,
+- and `scripts/reproduce_submission.py --warmup-start-stage ...` can resume a late warmup failure without rerunning the entire local sweep.
+
+## Repo Map
+
+- `benchmarks/`: benchmark specs, tasks, schemas, public-release drafts, and the normalized reference bundle
+- `findings/`: public report packet, appendices, raw evidence snapshots, and release-facing validation records
+- `artifacts/`: checked-in submission packets, reproduction bundles, tightening bundles, and hosted-baseline outputs
+- `scripts/`: bundle builders, release checkers, reproducibility scripts, and analysis utilities
+- `src/`, `orbit/`, `problems/`: earlier investigation and local-analysis surfaces preserved for provenance and follow-on work
+
+## Release Status
+
+The canonical release metadata lives in [benchmarks/public/release_metadata.json](benchmarks/public/release_metadata.json).
+
+Current public release URLs:
+
+- repo: <https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit>
+- tagged release: <https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/releases/tag/v1.0.0>
+- canonical reference report PDF: <https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/releases/download/v1.0.0/dormant-behavior-audit-v1.0.0-reference-report.pdf>
+- canonical reference bundle: <https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/releases/download/v1.0.0/dormant-behavior-audit-v1.0.0-reference-bundle.json>
+- reference report markdown: <https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit/blob/main/findings/SUBMISSION_V2.md>
+- benchmark homepage: <https://sproutseeds.github.io/dormant-behavior-audit/>
+
+The working launch checklist is still preserved in [PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md](PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md) as the release record.
+
+## Licensing
+
+- Code, scripts, and schemas: `Apache-2.0` via [LICENSE](LICENSE)
+- Public-facing reports, benchmark docs, and release artifacts: `CC BY 4.0` via [LICENSE-docs.md](LICENSE-docs.md)
+
+## Related Docs
+
+- Public release checklist: [PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md](PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md)
+- PyPI publishing guide: [PYPI_PUBLISHING.md](PYPI_PUBLISHING.md)
+- Contributing guide: [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- Findings guide: [findings/README.md](findings/README.md)
+- Collaboration brief: [benchmarks/public/COLLABORATION_BRIEF.md](benchmarks/public/COLLABORATION_BRIEF.md)
+- Benchmark governance: [benchmarks/GOVERNANCE_AND_VERSIONING.md](benchmarks/GOVERNANCE_AND_VERSIONING.md)
+- External platform status: [benchmarks/public/EXTERNAL_PLATFORM_STATUS.md](benchmarks/public/EXTERNAL_PLATFORM_STATUS.md)
+- Hugging Face publish guide: [benchmarks/public/HUGGINGFACE_PUBLISHING.md](benchmarks/public/HUGGINGFACE_PUBLISHING.md)

dormant_behavior_audit-1.0.0/PUBLIC_RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md

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+# Public Release Checklist
+
+This checklist now serves as the public release ledger for the initial `Dormant Behavior Audit` launch. The repository is live, and this document records what has already been frozen and what still deserves follow-on polish.
+
+## 1. Public Identity
+
+Current state:
+
+- public repo name: `Dormant Behavior Audit`
+- flagship report framing: dormant puzzle as the reference case
+- public repo URL: `https://github.com/SproutSeeds/dormant-behavior-audit`
+
+Follow-on items:
+
+- confirm the long-form public paper title and canonical PDF filename
+- finalize acknowledgments and corresponding contact if needed
+
+## 2. Citable Artifacts
+
+Completed:
+
+- canonical packet index at `findings/RELEASE_PACKET_V2.md`
+- frozen benchmark bundle at `benchmarks/reference/dormant_puzzle_v1/benchmark_bundle_v0.json`
+- citation metadata at `CITATION.cff`
+- canonical public report PDF URL via the tagged release asset
+- first formal tagged release published as `v1.0.0`
+
+Follow-on items:
+
+- mirror the canonical PDF to an external paper host when ready
+
+## 3. Repo Front Door
+
+Completed:
+
+- `README.md` is benchmark-first and public-facing
+- `findings/README.md` is the public findings navigation layer
+- public-facing licensing and citation files are present
+
+Follow-on items:
+
+- continue tightening public wording where any contest-era language leaks through
+- add richer external landing pages if the project gets a standalone site
+
+## 4. Release Switch
+
+Completed:
+
+- public URLs are set in `benchmarks/public/release_metadata.json`
+- release status is `public`
+- release metadata checks have been regenerated
+- announcement date has been set for the initial public launch
+- release metadata now names the formal public tag and release URL
+
+## 5. Integrity Checks
+
+Recommended recheck cadence:
+
+- rerun the reproduction path with `python3 scripts/reproduce_submission.py` before any major tagged release
+- rerun bundle and release metadata checks whenever release-facing assets move
+- reconfirm claim-level consistency after any evidence-packet change
+- verify that the benchmark scoreboard, packet index, and appendices still tell the same story
+
+Definition of done:
+- an external reader can tell what is reproducible,
+- what is stochastic,
+- and what evidence supports each major claim.
+
+## 6. Publish In Layers
+
+Recommended release stack:
+
+1. GitHub repo update plus tagged release
+2. Public PDF/report linked from the repo
+3. Benchmark landing assets in `benchmarks/public/`
+4. Hugging Face dataset/benchmark card
+5. Papers with Code benchmark/task pages
+6. Short announcement post and outreach note
+
+## 7. Collaboration Packet
+
+Completed:
+
+- one-page overview at `benchmarks/public/COLLABORATION_BRIEF.md`
+- public benchmark summary and announcement drafts in `benchmarks/public/`
+
+Follow-on items:
+
+- tailor one short outreach note per audience once the paper URL is final
+- add issue templates for external replication and benchmark proposals if inbound volume grows
+
+## 8. Current Gaps
+
+The highest-value remaining gaps are:
+
+- no Hugging Face or Papers with Code pages have been published yet
+- no external paper host mirrors the report yet
+
+## 9. What To Do Next
+
+The highest-value next sequence is:
+
+1. publish the discoverability surfaces,
+2. mirror the report on an external paper host,
+3. rerun the integrity checks before major updates,
+4. begin active collaboration outreach,
+5. and keep the standalone homepage aligned with major tagged releases.