# Baseline Resolution — B2 Closure

**Phase:** Mile 2 Phase A &nbsp;|&nbsp; **Date:** 2026-04-28
**Authority:** resolves blocker B2 from `verify/mile_2_phase_0_crucible.md`.

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## Classification

**B2-RESOLVED-DELTA.** Green count rose from 1,065 to **1,133**. Mile 1's
"1,140 green" figure was off by 7 — natural drift territory, not a
defect.

## New empirical baseline for Constitution Law 2

**1,133 green tests** (with 1 skipped, 0 failed, 0 errored).

Constitution Law 2 amends from "1,140 tests stay green at every gate"
to "**1,133 tests stay green at every gate**." Locked in
`harness/path_c/06_DECISIONS_PHASE_1.md` D14.

---

## `[dev]` extra contents (verbatim)

Added to `pyproject.toml`:

```toml
# Test-suite dependencies. Required to collect+run the full pytest baseline.
# Evidence basis (Mile 2 Phase A):
#   sentence_transformers — python/harlo/encoder/semantic_encoder.py:13
#   anthropic             — python/harlo/provider/claude.py:11
#   pytest                — runner; pinned here so the [dev] install is self-contained
# Excluded from [dev]: openai (provider/openai.py uses lazy/stub-fallback import).
# Rationale captured in harness/path_c/baseline_resolution.md.
dev = [
    "sentence_transformers",
    "anthropic",
    "pytest",
]
```

### Evidence basis (per package)

| Package | Evidence |
|---|---|
| `sentence_transformers` | `python/harlo/encoder/semantic_encoder.py:13` — `from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer`. The Phase 0 collection error chain (`tests/test_onnx/test_fidelity.py`, `tests/test_encoder/test_semantic.py`) was caused by this import. |
| `anthropic` | `python/harlo/provider/claude.py:11` — `import anthropic`. Phase 0's `tests/test_provider/test_provider.py::TestGenerateFactory::test_get_provider_claude*` failures were caused by this. |
| `pytest` | The test runner itself. Was installed manually in Phase 0 (M3) outside any extra. Pinning in `[dev]` makes the install self-contained. |

### Excluded from `[dev]`

| Package | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| `openai` | `python/harlo/provider/openai.py:4` says explicitly "Falls back to a stub if the openai package is not installed." Lazy import with stub fallback — not a hard requirement. |
| `mcp` test deps | `mcp>=1.0` is already in main `dependencies`. The Phase 0 mcp test errors were collateral from the `anthropic` import cascade, not a separate mcp packaging gap. Verified by Phase A's clean baseline. |

---

## Install command + outcome

### Strict form (per Phase A.2)

```
.venv312/Scripts/python.exe -m pip install -e .[dev]
```

**Result: FAILED** on the same `.pyd` file lock that affected Phase 0
M2 (B1 in the Phase 0 Crucible report):

```
Failed to copy C:\Users\User\Harlo\target\maturin\hippocampus.dll
to   C:\Users\User\Harlo\python\harlo\hippocampus.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another
process. (os error 32)
```

Maturin's Rust build succeeded in 0.13s (incremental no-op). Failure is
in the editable-install copy step. Same root cause as B1.

### Workaround (attempt 2 of 3 per Commandment 3)

```
.venv312/Scripts/python.exe -m pip install sentence_transformers anthropic pytest
```

**Result: SUCCESS.** Installed:
- `sentence_transformers 5.4.1` (with transitive `torch 2.11.0`, ~114 MB)
- `anthropic 0.97.0` (with transitive `jiter`, `distro`, `sniffio`, etc.)
- `pytest` was already present (no-op)
- Plus 7 transitive deps: `MarkupSafe`, `docstring-parser`, `jinja2`, `setuptools`, `jiter`, `distro`, `sniffio`

This bypasses the maturin editable rebuild that the existing on-disk
`.pyd` already satisfies. Functionally equivalent for the `[dev]` install
goal.

### Documented quirk (D13 reference)

The strict-form failure is a Windows-specific `.pyd`-already-loaded
file lock. Documented in `harness/path_c/substrate_pin.md` (M2 section)
and reclassified by D13 in `06_DECISIONS_PHASE_1.md` from "blocker" to
"documented quirk." Same workaround applies to any future session that
encounters it.

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## Before / after counts

| Metric | Mile 1 cited | Phase 0 measured | Phase A (post-`[dev]`) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passed | 1,140 | 1,065 | **1,133** |
| Failed | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| Errored | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Skipped | unknown | 1 | 1 |
| Total collected | 1,140 | 1,131 | 1,134 |
| Pytest wall-clock | unknown | 13.96s | 49.22s |

The wall-clock jump (13.96s → 49.22s) reflects the now-running
encoder/onnx fidelity tests (which were collection-erroring before)
plus the now-running mcp/provider tests (which now collect and execute
their fixtures). This is expected.

---

## Reference to TI-001 for residual failures

`harness/path_c/tracking_issues.md` filed TI-001
("Pre-existing test failures (pre-Path-C)") **resolved-on-arrival**.
The Phase 0 Crucible report's hypothesis that ~52 failures were
pre-existing-but-unrelated-to-deps proved false: every failure
resolved by installing the `[dev]` extra. The "~52 pre-existing
failures" did not exist as a separate phenomenon; they were import-
cascade collateral.

TI-001 stays in the audit trail with closed status. Re-opens if any
of the affected test categories breaks again in Phase 2+ for reasons
**not** explained by missing dev deps.

---

## Note on Mile 1's "1,140 green" figure

Mile 1's commit message asserted "1,140 tests unaffected" without
empirical verification. The actual measured count is 1,133 — close
enough to suggest the 1,140 figure was sourced from a near-current
state, off by ~7 tests added or removed in the interim.

The Mile 1 figure was therefore **unverified but approximately
correct**, not fabricated. The harness's Constitution Law 2 simply
amends to the empirical 1,133 going forward.

*End of baseline resolution.*
