{
  "step": "C352",
  "status": "completed",
  "date": "2026-09-24",
  "title": "Paired598 inputs versus600 output selection",
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  "bindings": {
    "step": "STEP.json",
    "source_manifest": "SOURCE_MANIFEST.json",
    "report": "490d_C352_Paired_598_Inputs_vs_600_Output_Selection_20260924.md",
    "checkpoint": "490d_Mirror_Checkpoint_After_C352_20260924.md",
    "data": "evidence/DATA.json",
    "results": "evidence/RESULTS.json",
    "calculation": "evidence/CALCULATION.py",
    "verifier": "evidence/check.py",
    "next_step_decision": "NEXT_STEP_DECISION.json",
    "replay": "REPLAY.json",
    "control_integrity": "CONTROL_INTEGRITY.json",
    "readme": "README.md"
  },
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  "source_manifest_sha256": "85260f27a416300c1aad0a4e4f4fc78f5ec6d98ba2c33e5cba05f754bc6820db",
  "report_sha256": "a5f8a46adfdaeee140cdd99680acc0495f201b949d23b11a7cea1943fb0b9d69",
  "checkpoint_sha256": "6592e6e2ecc421f30d3e1093722dca74446c7bffb0d955518805dd63d4626577",
  "data_sha256": "397f30635a7006a6316140c78788ab58355b66a4cc2b47e909ff635620c794d5",
  "results_sha256": "99f746c7528288c889283fbc5529aa5b7a731c43345e192a54a36ea977b990d1",
  "calculation_sha256": "e3a819c7e41469bf7392b4e1651d3ecef111e8950695e3192109c0d6c55cbea1",
  "verifier_sha256": "9f175670abb70f7819dd7f6d997ff0bef2e58df8dffd763b433f6c6cd62e332d",
  "next_step_decision_sha256": "fc1b7f97525e2640e3665fb520c3467dc49f234ad5410564196eb2ffc9bf416f",
  "replay_sha256": "92de305295d60002fa1145504d7f6ccbc4afd4324d1ea7fd59b7f50375af4898",
  "control_integrity_sha256": "9810807cb07b02f43f568f68bb82cb41a6eeff6799902254b4932e5c350ac838",
  "readme_sha256": "7048e4d994184a0f76d627f0a01b5e71ab7fa1a7f72d7b1ca9ce1699c878b6c4",
  "assertions_passed": 81,
  "source_checks_passed": 18,
  "main_result": "Both598 inputs select22 primary i3/i5, equivalentlytwo2K sides plusprimary. Actual600 outcomes also exist for9 admitted primary controls spanning00,02,20,22. No new coupled source prescription is established.",
  "limits": "Conditional selector only. The comparison does not canonize both598 inputs or turn a source output into a prescribed input choice.",
  "canonical_or_graph_edits": false,
  "new_independent_agent_review": false,
  "review_provenance": "Root-agent analysis and deterministic replay; no new independent-agent review",
  "next_proposed_step": "Complete C353 synthesis and recovery: verify the nine predecessor packets, consolidate the mathematical and source conclusions, publish final reading index/checkpoint/restart kit/continuation archive/integrity record, and leave C354 unexecuted.",
  "next_step_executed": false
}