Fail mouse-latency cells below valid-rep target

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Summary

• require the mouse-latency reducer to see the full 10 valid reps before a cell reports OK
• report cells below that target as INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS
• keep the final verdict fail-closed as INSUFFICIENT-DATA when any gate cell lacks enough valid reps
• update the Measurement: mouse-latency tail under elephant load (100E100M unmeasured half) #905 plan text to match the runner's gate-grade 10-valid-rep target

Closes #1360.

Validation

• python3 test/incus/mouse_latency_aggregate_test.py
• python3 -m py_compile test/incus/mouse_latency_aggregate.py
• git diff --check
• Replayed the surplus 100E100M artifact /tmp/xpf-100e100m-surplus-persistent-i20-20260515-235752: loaded 9/15 now reports INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS; final verdict is INSUFFICIENT-DATA; reducer exits 2.

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Pull request overview

Tightens the mouse-latency cell quality gate so cells that fall below the intended 10 valid reps (e.g., the observed 9/15 cell) are explicitly labeled INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS instead of OK, ensuring the final verdict is fail-closed as INSUFFICIENT-DATA. Plan doc references to the prior < 7 threshold are realigned with the runner's 10-valid-rep target.

Changes:

• Bump the per-cell valid-rep threshold from 7 to 10 and rename the sub-status to INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS.
• Extend the aggregate test suite with new 9/15-style cell and gate-cell cases; update the existing excludes_invalid_from_median test to the 10-valid baseline.
• Update §4.5/§4.7/§7.2 of the #905 plan to reflect the 10-valid-rep gate-grade requirement.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
test/incus/mouse_latency_aggregate.py	New REQUIRED_VALID_REPS=10 and INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS status; gate status check propagates this to INSUFFICIENT-DATA.
test/incus/mouse_latency_aggregate_test.py	Adds tests for the 9/15 cell and gate-cell propagation; adjusts the median-exclusion test to 10 valid reps.
docs/pr/905-mouse-latency/plan.md	Plan text updated from < 7 to < 10 valid-rep wording in §4.5, §4.7, §7.2.

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Claude round-1 review on eb30b32b

Verdict: MERGE-READY

3-file test-tooling PR. Trivial change. Hostile-verified at source.

What changed

• mouse_latency_aggregate.py:39 adds named constant REQUIRED_VALID_REPS = 10
• :126-127 threshold raised from len(valid) < 7 to len(valid) < REQUIRED_VALID_REPS
• New status INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS (distinct from INSUFFICIENT-DATA which remains the final-verdict failure mode)
• Top-of-file docstring updated to document the 10-valid-rep gate
• Tests cover both insufficient (9 reps) and sufficient (10+ reps) paths
• docs/pr/905-mouse-latency/plan.md text updated to match the 10-valid-rep target

Hostile-search results

• Threshold parameterized cleanly — named constant, not magic number. If future runs need a different threshold, change one line.
• Status distinction preserved: INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS for per-cell status, INSUFFICIENT-DATA for the final-verdict fail-closed signal. decide() correctly propagates cell-status into verdict.
• Boundary correct: len(valid) < 10 means exactly 10 reps → OK, 9 → INSUFFICIENT.
• Replay reproducible: PR body cites /tmp/xpf-100e100m-surplus-persistent-i20-20260515-235752 artifact where 9/15 → INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS → exit 2. Plausible given the threshold raise.
• Backward compat: any prior run with 7-9 valid reps that USED to PASS now FAILs. This is intentional — the Measurement: mouse-latency tail under elephant load (100E100M unmeasured half) #905 plan §7.2 always specified 10 as the gate-grade target; the prior < 7 was a latent under-gate that this PR is closing. No deprecation window needed because the prior threshold was an oversight, not a contract.

Recommendation

MERGE-READY. Fail-closed gate strengthening with proper test coverage.

Awaiting Codex (`task-mp8ehjal-ovqthr`) and Gemini Pro 3 (`task-mp8ehuba-92g0kt`).

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Round-1 quad-review consolidated synthesis on eb30b32b

Reviewer	Verdict
Claude	MERGE-READY
Codex	MERGE-NEEDS-MINOR (2 doc/rationale findings)
Gemini Pro 3	MERGE-NEEDS-MINOR (2 findings: backward-compat break + doc mismatch)
Copilot	0 inline findings

Convergence on substance

All four reviewers verified the core mechanism:

• REQUIRED_VALID_REPS = 10 named constant (not magic number)
• Threshold raised cleanly from < 7 → < 10
• New INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS cell status distinct from INSUFFICIENT-DATA final-verdict
• Fail-closed: any non-OK gate cell → INSUFFICIENT-DATA final + exit 2
• Replay artifact xpf-100e100m-surplus-persistent-i20-20260515-235752 reproduces 9/15 → INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS → exit 2
• Boundary correct (< 10 means exactly 10 OK, 11+ also OK)
• Tests cover insufficient + sufficient paths

Codex MINOR — doc/rationale

1. docs/pr/905-mouse-latency/plan.md:526-528 and :570-571 — still say "cells with fewer than 10 valid reps are reported INSUFFICIENT-DATA", but the implementation distinguishes cell-status INSUFFICIENT-VALID-REPS from final-verdict INSUFFICIENT-DATA. Real LOW; doc wording.
2. Statistical rationale for 10-vs-7 is thin — the plan documents 10 reps generally via median-of-10 / IQR notes but doesn't strongly justify why 9 must be discarded. Policy decision, not a code blocker.

Gemini MINOR — same findings + parameterization suggestion

3. Backward-compat break for old artifacts — runs that previously passed with 7-9 reps will now fail. Gemini suggests CLI parameterization (--required-valid-reps) to allow historical replay under prior threshold.
   • My read: the prior < 7 was a latent under-gate that the Measurement: mouse-latency tail under elephant load (100E100M unmeasured half) #905 plan §7.2 always specified as 10. The break is intentional. Adding a CLI override would be useful for archeological replay but isn't a blocker for the gate itself.

Recommendation

MERGE. Code is correct, threshold is fail-closed properly, tests cover both paths. The 2 doc-mismatch findings (status naming) are real LOW doc follow-ups; the CLI-parameterization suggestion is a future enhancement, not a blocker.

Merging per user authorization.

Codex task: `task-mp8ehjal-ovqthr`. Gemini Pro 3 task: `task-mp8ehuba-92g0kt`.