feat(ilp): GA hardening gates and documentation alignment

.github/workflows/bench.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
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-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       baseline:

.github/workflows/cuda-ci.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 name: cuda-ci
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: ["**"]
-  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   rust-tests:

.github/workflows/fuzz.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 name: Fuzz Testing
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    # Run daily at 3 AM UTC
-    - cron: '0 3 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
-## Unreleased — 2026-03-01
+## Unreleased — 2026-03-04
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
     the executor mask internally — no N3 tensor materialized, zero host→device transfer for the mask.
   - **Trainer backend abstraction** (`MaskBackend` protocol): `SparseMaskBackend` (default) and `DenseMaskBackend`
     (fallback via `debug_dense_mask=True`). Dense parity verified in tests.
-  - **`train_and_promote()`**: Wraps `train_only()` + trial compilation + 5 promotion gates (convergence, novel rate,
-    protected relations, holdout F1, ambiguity scan) → returns `PromotionResult` with transactional commit.
+  - **`train_and_promote()`**: Wraps `train_only()` + trial compilation + promotion gates (convergence, novel rate,
+    regression check, holdout F1, ambiguity scan, typed schema) → returns `PromotionResult` with transactional commit.
   - **LOO holdout F1 scoring**: Leave-one-out cross-validation for ≤20 examples with per-fold precision/recall.
   - **Ambiguity scan**: Top-M alternative rule detection with configurable `check_ambiguity` / `exhaustive_ambiguity`.
   - **Hard-negative mining** (`sample_false_positives`): Rust-side false positive sampling, wired into trainer every
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
     (behind config flag, default off).
   - **Beta reliability gate**: 4 stages (reach, grandparent, colleague, plus2) x 5 seeds = 20/20 with sparse backend.
   - **AtomicU32 row-count cache** on `CudaBuffer` for GPU-resident row counts without host reads.
+  - **Deterministic training path**: `TrainConfig(deterministic=True)` enables deterministic CUDA/Torch settings and
+    per-attempt seed derivation for reproducible runs.
+  - **`selected_hard` artifact field**: persisted selected candidate IDs with deterministic ordering for sparse/dense parity.
+  - **GA reliability gate test**: `test_ilp_ga_reliability.py` runs 50 seeds x 4 stages with Clopper-Pearson lower-bound check.
+  - **GA performance/transfer test**: `test_ilp_performance.py` validates `forward_p95_us` telemetry and host-transfer accounting.
 
 - **Arrow C Data Interface device export** for `CudaBuffer` record batches (`to_arrow_device_record_batch`) returning
   `ArrowDeviceArrayOwned` handles with CUDA device descriptors and zero host transfers (import exists but is
@@ -61,6 +66,12 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 ### Changed
 
 - dILP trainer defaults to sparse mask backend (`SparseMaskBackend`); dense fallback via `TrainConfig(debug_dense_mask=True)`.
+- dILP holdout strategy now defaults to:
+  - LOO for `<=20` positives
+  - k-fold for `>20` positives (`holdout_strategy`, `holdout_folds` configurable)
+- dILP promotion now enforces configurable holdout threshold (`holdout_threshold`, default `0.95`) and supports
+  typed-schema gate controls (`typed_schema_required`, `waiver_untyped`).
+- PyO3 exposes host transfer counters via `host_transfer_stats()` / `reset_host_transfer_stats()`.
 - `GpuCnf` literal storage field renamed to `literals` (DIMACS `i32`) to match the solver/kernel interface.
 - CUDA-dependent tests now skip cleanly when the CUDA runtime is unavailable (developer ergonomics).
 - Workspace testing avoids building the PyO3 `extension-module` target when running `cargo test --workspace`.
@@ -95,6 +106,13 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 - Workspace tests pass (CUDA-dependent tests skip cleanly when CUDA is unavailable).
 - CUDA certification suite passes (C01-C25 + G01-G08): 206/206.
 - dILP beta reliability gate: 20/20 (4 stages x 5 seeds, sparse backend).
+- Consolidated CUDA Python ILP gate batch (fresh):
+  - `44 passed` (`test_ilp_types`, `test_ilp_trainer`, `test_ilp_promoter`, `test_ilp_holdout`, `test_ilp_robustness`)
+  - `19 passed` (`test_ilp_d2h_gate`, `test_ilp_sparse`)
+  - `20 passed` (`test_ilp_beta_gate`)
+  - `20 passed` (`test_ilp_reliability`)
+  - `3 passed` (`test_ilp_performance`)
+  - `1 passed` (`test_ilp_ga_reliability`, default `GA_RELIABILITY_SEEDS=50`)
 
 ## Neural-Symbolic Integration Milestone (v0.4.0-alpha) — 2026-02-23
 

README.md

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 > **Release status:** Latest tagged release is `v0.3.2`. The `main` branch is ahead of `v0.3.2` and contains
 > unreleased work: GPU-native knowledge compilation, GPU CDCL verifier + cache, neural-symbolic training APIs,
-> and a **dILP beta trainer** (sparse mask API, promotion pipeline, artifact persistence, 20/20 reliability gate).
-> The `v0.4.0-alpha` milestone is **achieved**; dILP beta is **achieved**.
+> and a **dILP beta trainer** (sparse mask API, promotion pipeline, artifact persistence, reliability gates).
+> The `v0.4.0-alpha` milestone is **achieved**; dILP beta is **achieved**; GA hardening is in progress.
 > See `docs/ROADMAP.md` and `docs/VALIDATION_REPORT.md`.
 
 **XLOG** is a GPU-accelerated Datalog query engine with neural-symbolic integration. It compiles declarative logic programs into optimized relational plans and executes them on NVIDIA GPUs, achieving high throughput for recursive queries, graph analytics, probabilistic inference, and neural-symbolic training.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 | **Float Predicates** | IEEE 754 total ordering for `f32`/`f64` (`NaN > Inf > nums > +0 > -0 > -Inf`) |
 | **Probabilistic** | Exact inference (knowledge compilation), Monte Carlo sampling, negation (stratified + WFS) |
 | **Neural-Symbolic** | Neural predicates (`nn/4`), PyTorch integration, differentiable training, circuit caching |
-| **dILP Training** | Differentiable ILP: sparse GPU mask, multi-start optimizer, promotion gates, artifact save/load |
+| **dILP Training** | Differentiable ILP: sparse GPU mask, deterministic mode, promotion gates, holdout validation, artifact save/load |
 | **Interop** | Arrow IPC, DLPack (zero-copy), Python bindings, PyTorch autograd |
 | **Profiling** | `--stats` flag for per-stratum/per-operation timing, memory tracking |
 
@@ -375,7 +375,11 @@ if result.converged:
 ```python
 from pyxlog.ilp import train_and_promote, TrainConfig
 
-config = TrainConfig(check_ambiguity=True, max_novel_rate=0.05)
+config = TrainConfig(
+    check_ambiguity=True,
+    holdout_threshold=0.95,
+    typed_schema_required=True,
+)
 promotion = train_and_promote(source, "W", pos, neg, config)
 
 print(f"Status: {promotion.status}")
@@ -385,9 +389,12 @@ for gate in promotion.gates:
 
 ### Key Features
 
-- **Sparse GPU mask**: Candidate soft-probs sent to Rust; executor mask built on device with zero host transfers
+- **Sparse GPU mask**: Candidate soft-probs sent via `set_rule_mask_sparse`; no Python-side N³ mask materialization
+- **Deterministic mode**: Seeded training path with reproducible candidate ranking and persisted `selected_hard`
 - **Multi-start optimizer**: Adaptive temperature, entropy regularization, plateau detection
-- **Promotion gates**: Convergence, novel rate, protected relations, holdout F1, ambiguity scan
+- **Promotion gates**: Convergence, novel rate audit, regression check, holdout F1 threshold, ambiguity scan, typed schema gate
+- **Holdout strategies**: LOO for small sets (`<=20` positives), k-fold for larger sets
+- **Telemetry**: `forward_p95_us`, allocation summaries, and host-transfer accounting (`host_transfer_stats`)
 - **Artifact persistence**: JSON save/load with SHA-256 hash verification
 - **Recursive candidates**: Optional body-references-head rules via `allow_recursive_candidates=True`
 
@@ -595,6 +602,9 @@ The legacy CPU D4 vendor pipeline is removed.
 | [Neural Examples](examples/neural/) | Neural-symbolic training examples |
 | [dILP Beta Design](docs/plans/2026-02-26-dilp-hardening-design.md) | dILP trainer hardening design |
 | [dILP Beta Plan](docs/plans/2026-02-26-dilp-beta-impl.md) | dILP beta implementation plan (9 tasks) |
+| [dILP Architecture](docs/architecture/dilp-training.md) | Runtime/trainer architecture and GPU hot-loop contract |
+| [GPU Hot-loop Transfer Elimination](docs/plans/2026-03-01-gpu-hotloop-transfer-elimination.md) | Transfer-reduction design |
+| [Sparse Executor Transfer Fix](docs/plans/2026-03-01-sparse-executor-transfer-fix.md) | Sparse-mask executor alignment and implementation |
 | [v0.3.2 Showcase](examples/xlog/80-v032-showcase/) | Production-grade multi-module examples |
 | [CUDA Certification](docs/architecture/cuda-certification.md) | Certification suite coverage (current HEAD) |
 

crates/pyxlog/pyproject.toml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ name = "pyxlog"
 version = "0.4.0"
 description = "GPU-accelerated XLOG probabilistic logic programming (PyO3 bindings)"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
+optional-dependencies = { test = ["scipy"] }
 classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Rust",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",

crates/pyxlog/python/pyxlog/ilp/backend.py

@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ def apply_mask(
         budget: int,
         candidates: list[dict],
         n: int,
-        allow_recursive: bool = False,  # TODO(task-8): forward to set_rule_mask_sparse
-    ) -> torch.Tensor:
-        """Apply mask to program. Returns candidate_soft_probs shape (C,)."""
+        allow_recursive: bool = False,
+    ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, list[int]]:
+        """Apply mask to program.
+
+        Returns:
+            candidate_soft_probs: Tensor of shape (C,) and selected hard candidate IDs.
+        """
         ...
 
     def decode_argmax(self, W: torch.Tensor, candidates: list[dict], n: int) -> int:
@@ -55,10 +59,33 @@ def apply_mask(
     ):
         M_soft = F.gumbel_softmax(W, tau=tau, hard=False, dim=-1)
         flat = M_soft.view(-1)
-        k = min(budget, flat.numel())
-        _, topk_idx = flat.topk(k)
+        # Restrict hard-mask activation to valid candidate cells only.
+        # This keeps dense fallback semantically aligned with valid_candidates().
+        candidate_flat_indices = [
+            int(c["i"]) * n * n + int(c["j"]) * n + int(c["k"])
+            for c in candidates
+        ]
+
+        if candidate_flat_indices:
+            candidate_flat_indices_tensor = torch.tensor(
+                candidate_flat_indices, device=flat.device, dtype=torch.long,
+            )
+            candidate_scores = flat[candidate_flat_indices_tensor]
+            k = min(budget, candidate_scores.numel())
+            if k > 0:
+                _, topk_rel_idx = candidate_scores.topk(k)
+                topk_idx = candidate_flat_indices_tensor[topk_rel_idx]
+                selected_hard = topk_rel_idx.detach().cpu().tolist()
+            else:
+                topk_idx = torch.empty(0, dtype=torch.long, device=flat.device)
+                selected_hard = []
+        else:
+            topk_idx = torch.empty(0, dtype=torch.long, device=flat.device)
+            selected_hard = []
+
         M_hard_flat = torch.zeros_like(flat)
-        M_hard_flat[topk_idx] = 1.0
+        if topk_idx.numel() > 0:
+            M_hard_flat[topk_idx] = 1.0
         M_hard = M_hard_flat.view_as(M_soft)
 
         prog.set_rule_mask(
@@ -72,19 +99,17 @@ def apply_mask(
         cand_probs = torch.stack(
             [M_soft[c["i"], c["j"], c["k"]] for c in candidates]
         )
-        return cand_probs
+        selected_hard.sort()
+        return cand_probs, selected_hard
 
     def decode_argmax(self, W, candidates, n):
+        if not candidates:
+            return 0
         with torch.no_grad():
-            flat = W.view(-1)
-            idx = flat.argmax().item()
-            i = idx // (n * n)
-            j = (idx % (n * n)) // n
-            k = idx % n
-        for ci, c in enumerate(candidates):
-            if c["i"] == i and c["j"] == j and c["k"] == k:
-                return ci
-        return 0
+            candidate_vals = torch.stack(
+                [W[c["i"], c["j"], c["k"]] for c in candidates]
+            )
+            return int(candidate_vals.argmax().item())
 
 
 class SparseMaskBackend:
@@ -94,8 +119,9 @@ class SparseMaskBackend:
     This gives a smaller, more focused parameter space that converges
     faster on the correct candidate.
 
-    Internally materializes the candidate probs into the dense N^3 mask
-    format via set_rule_mask for store-state-independent evaluation.
+    Passes DLPack-wrapped soft-probs directly to Rust via
+    set_rule_mask_sparse — no Python-side N^3 materialization.
+    Rust owns top-k ranking and sparse mask construction.
     """
 
     def init_weights(self, C: int, n: int, device: str) -> torch.Tensor:
@@ -105,44 +131,58 @@ def apply_mask(
         self, prog, mask_name, W, tau, budget, candidates, n,
         allow_recursive=False,
     ):
+        C = len(candidates)
+
         # Gumbel-softmax over C-dimensional logits
         cand_probs = F.gumbel_softmax(W, tau=tau, hard=False, dim=0)
 
-        # Materialize into dense N^3 format for set_rule_mask.
-        # TODO(RC): switch to prog.set_rule_mask_sparse() once store-state
-        # validation issue is resolved — eliminates Python-side N^3 tensor.
-        M_soft = torch.zeros((n, n, n), device=W.device)
-        for ci, c in enumerate(candidates):
-            M_soft[c["i"], c["j"], c["k"]] = cand_probs[ci]
-
-        # Top-k hard mask over C candidates (not N^3 cells).
-        #
-        # Key insight: in the dense backend, topk(budget) selects budget cells
-        # out of N^3 total, so only a fraction of the C valid candidate positions
-        # end up active (typically 2-5 for budget=32, N=6). In the sparse backend,
-        # ALL C cells are non-zero after materialization, so topk(budget) with
-        # budget >= C would activate ALL candidates -- leaking distractor rules
-        # into the hard mask and causing Gate 2 to fail.
-        #
-        # Fix: cap the hard mask at half of C (matching the ~15% activation
-        # ratio of the dense backend) while ensuring at least 1 candidate.
-        C = len(candidates)
-        k = max(1, min(budget, C) // 2)
-        _, topk_idx = cand_probs.topk(k)
-        # Build hard mask: only activate top-k candidates in the N^3 tensor
-        M_hard = torch.zeros((n, n, n), device=W.device)
-        for idx in topk_idx:
-            c = candidates[idx]
-            M_hard[c["i"], c["j"], c["k"]] = 1.0
-
-        prog.set_rule_mask(
-            mask_name,
-            M_hard.detach().contiguous().view(-1),
-            M_soft.detach().contiguous().view(-1),
-            n,
+        # Rust validates candidate count against current store state.
+        # After evaluate(), derived relations may gain tuples, changing
+        # the expected count.  Re-query the live set and pad with zeros
+        # for any new candidates that appeared since compile time.
+        live_cands = prog.valid_candidates(mask_name, allow_recursive)
+        C_live = len(live_cands)
+
+        # Build (i,j,k) -> original index lookup
+        orig_ijk = {
+            (c["i"], c["j"], c["k"]): idx for idx, c in enumerate(candidates)
+        }
+        live_to_orig: list[int | None] = []
+        for lc in live_cands:
+            key = (lc["i"], lc["j"], lc["k"])
+            live_to_orig.append(orig_ijk.get(key))
+
+        if C_live == C:
+            soft = cand_probs.detach().contiguous().double()
+        else:
+            soft = torch.zeros(C_live, device=W.device, dtype=torch.float64)
+            for li, lc in enumerate(live_cands):
+                key = (lc["i"], lc["j"], lc["k"])
+                if key in orig_ijk:
+                    soft[li] = cand_probs[orig_ijk[key]].detach().double()
+
+        effective_budget = min(budget, soft.numel())
+
+        candidate_ids = list(range(C_live))
+        prog.set_rule_mask_sparse(
+            mask_name, candidate_ids, soft.contiguous(), effective_budget,
+            allow_recursive,
         )
-
-        return cand_probs
+        selected = torch.topk(
+            soft,
+            k=min(effective_budget, soft.numel()),
+            largest=True,
+            sorted=True,
+        ).indices
+        selected_hard = []
+        for i in selected.detach().cpu().tolist():
+            idx = int(i)
+            orig_idx = live_to_orig[idx] if 0 <= idx < len(live_to_orig) else None
+            if orig_idx is not None:
+                selected_hard.append(orig_idx)
+
+        selected_hard.sort()
+        return cand_probs, selected_hard
 
     def decode_argmax(self, W, candidates, n):
         with torch.no_grad():