# KORA End-of-Day Report - 2026-05-04

Date: 2026-05-04

Current public HEAD:

```text
origin/main 0f4c761847822f4456bd8b4521a33f65c34f5830
```

Published release:

```text
v0.1.1-alpha
```

GitHub Release:

```text
https://github.com/Krako-Labs/KORA/releases/tag/v0.1.1-alpha
```

## Executive Summary

KORA completed the 2026-05-04 alpha maintenance milestone ahead of the original development plan. The day started with `v0.1.0-alpha` already published and ended with `v0.1.1-alpha` tagged and published as a GitHub Release.

The release added CI-backed validation and the first controlled benchmark skeleton. The benchmark path now includes a deterministic-heavy workload, a dry-run mode, a simulated direct baseline, and a simulated KORA-controlled mode. On the current 20-task deterministic-heavy workload, the KORA-controlled simulation avoids 16 of 20 simulated model invocations versus the naive direct baseline.

This is a benchmark skeleton milestone, not deployed-system evidence or a cost-reduction claim.

## Starting State

- Public truth was `origin/main`.
- `v0.1.0-alpha` was already published.
- The local `main` worktree was dirty and had to remain untouched.
- There was no merged GitHub Actions CI workflow.
- There was no committed benchmark experiment skeleton.
- There was no benchmark runner for dry-run, direct-baseline, or KORA-controlled modes.
- There was no `v0.1.1-alpha` release note, tag, or GitHub Release.

## Final State

- `origin/main` is at `0f4c761847822f4456bd8b4521a33f65c34f5830`.
- GitHub Actions CI is merged and green.
- Benchmark experiment skeleton is merged.
- Benchmark runner supports:
  - `dry-run`
  - `direct-baseline`
  - `kora-controlled`
- Progress report is merged.
- `v0.1.1-alpha` release note is merged.
- Annotated tag `v0.1.1-alpha` is published.
- GitHub Release for `v0.1.1-alpha` is published.
- Final verification passed:
  - release smoke
  - pytest, 35 tests
  - latest `main` CI

## Completed Tasks

| Task | Result |
|---|---|
| Task 034 | Added minimal GitHub Actions CI workflow. |
| Task 035 | Committed and pushed CI workflow branch. |
| Task 036 | Opened CI PR and confirmed GitHub Actions green. |
| Task 037 | Merged CI PR and verified `origin/main`. |
| Task 038 | Designed benchmark skeleton structure. |
| Task 039 | Committed and pushed benchmark skeleton branch. |
| Task 040 | Opened benchmark skeleton PR and confirmed CI green. |
| Task 041 | Merged benchmark skeleton PR and verified `origin/main`. |
| Task 042 | Added dry-run benchmark runner skeleton. |
| Task 043 | Committed and pushed dry-run runner branch. |
| Task 044 | Opened dry-run runner PR and confirmed CI green. |
| Task 045 | Merged dry-run runner PR and verified `origin/main`. |
| Task 046 | Added simulated direct-baseline benchmark mode. |
| Task 047 | Committed and pushed direct-baseline branch. |
| Task 048 | Opened direct-baseline PR and confirmed CI green. |
| Task 049 | Merged direct-baseline PR and verified `origin/main`. |
| Task 050 | Added simulated KORA-controlled benchmark mode. |
| Task 051 | Committed and pushed KORA-controlled branch. |
| Task 052 | Opened KORA-controlled PR and confirmed CI green. |
| Task 053 | Merged KORA-controlled PR and verified `origin/main`. |
| Task 054 | Added local progress report draft. |
| Task 055 | Moved progress report into tracked docs path. |
| Task 056 | Committed and pushed progress report branch. |
| Task 057 | Opened progress report PR and confirmed CI green. |
| Task 058 | Merged progress report PR and verified `origin/main`. |
| Task 059 | Drafted `v0.1.1-alpha` release note. |
| Task 060 | Committed and pushed release note branch. |
| Task 061 | Opened release note PR and confirmed CI green. |
| Task 062 | Merged release note PR and verified `origin/main`. |
| Task 063 | Performed final release readiness check. |
| Task 064 | Created and pushed annotated tag `v0.1.1-alpha`. |
| Task 065 | Drafted GitHub Release body. |
| Task 066 | Published GitHub Release for `v0.1.1-alpha`. |

## Merged PRs

| PR | Scope | Merge Commit |
|---|---|---|
| #2 | GitHub Actions CI | `804704006235463b6d85fc28b40077182212ed78` |
| #3 | Benchmark skeleton | `0ea5421111d9f2d9f668c88e0053adc31a1c36b4` |
| #4 | Dry-run benchmark runner | `0ee771d8daa8ebf083c76d56770ed3559ddb4f9d` |
| #5 | Direct baseline benchmark mode | `46ba4445955157722363188d86d61b2287cd1215` |
| #6 | KORA-controlled benchmark mode | `d9761245d2eb5a59a07c6bde5295a98582945f11` |
| #7 | 2026-05-04 progress report | `f1cfd0a0a77cef92621678304afaf93ae0045ae8` |
| #8 | `v0.1.1-alpha` release note | `0f4c761847822f4456bd8b4521a33f65c34f5830` |

## Release Publication

| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Annotated tag `v0.1.1-alpha` | Published |
| Tag object | `acb7bc2601e8f0e15f8287dea01024877113d582` |
| Peeled tag commit | `0f4c761847822f4456bd8b4521a33f65c34f5830` |
| GitHub Release | Published |
| GitHub Release URL | `https://github.com/Krako-Labs/KORA/releases/tag/v0.1.1-alpha` |

## Current Benchmark Result

Workload:

```text
experiments/workloads/deterministic_heavy_v0.json
```

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| Total tasks | 20 |
| Direct-baseline simulated model invocations | 20 |
| KORA-controlled simulated model invocations | 4 |
| Deterministic resolutions | 16 |
| Fallback candidates | 4 |
| Avoided model invocations vs direct baseline | 16 |
| Avoided model invocation rate | 0.8 |

## Safe Public Claim

```text
KORA v0.1.1-alpha adds CI-backed validation and the first controlled benchmark skeleton. In a deterministic-heavy benchmark skeleton, KORA-controlled execution avoided 16 of 20 simulated model invocations versus a naive direct baseline.
```

Use the word `simulated` when describing the benchmark result.

## Claims Not To Make Yet

Do not claim:

- production cost reduction
- real API cost reduction
- production benchmark proof
- full runtime-integrated benchmark evidence
- latency improvement
- energy reduction
- broad benchmark superiority
- paper-grade evaluation completeness

## Final Validation Results

| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Release smoke | Passed |
| Pytest | Passed, 35 tests |
| Latest `main` CI | Passed |
| Dry-run benchmark | Passed |
| Direct-baseline benchmark | Passed |
| KORA-controlled benchmark | Passed |
| Benchmark JSON validation | Passed |

## Artifacts Created

- `.github/workflows/ci.yml`
- `experiments/README.md`
- `experiments/run_benchmark.py`
- `experiments/workloads/deterministic_heavy_v0.json`
- `experiments/results/.gitkeep`
- `tests/test_benchmark_runner.py`
- `docs/progress/kora_progress_2026_05_04.md`
- `docs/release_note_v0_1_1_alpha.md`
- annotated tag `v0.1.1-alpha`
- GitHub Release `v0.1.1-alpha`

## Known Limitations

- The benchmark is simulated.
- No real model calls are made.
- No external API calls are made.
- No real API-cost measurement is included.
- No production cost reduction claim is supported.
- No full KORA runtime integration is implemented yet.
- The workload is intentionally small and deterministic-heavy.
- The current avoided invocation rate is based on workload metadata, not measured runtime routing.

## Next Recommended Development Tasks

1. Define the benchmark result artifact generation policy.
2. Add a technical preview results document for controlled benchmark outputs.
3. Expand the deterministic-heavy workload beyond the initial 20-task draft.
4. Plan full KORA runtime integration for future benchmark modes.
5. Draft the `v0.2.0-alpha` roadmap.

## Worktree Notes

- Dirty local `main` remained untouched.
- All implementation, verification, PR, merge, tag, and release work was done through clean worktrees and task branches.
