M-INTEROCEPTION P2: chronoception — age the activation field by measured wall-clock delta (ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION, default OFF)

The felt passage of time is the cooling of the activation field, not a tick
count and not an elapsed-seconds readout. engram_age_field(delta_ms) cools the
field (working_memory_weight + background_activation) by the caller's MEASURED
wall-clock delta with a pure exponential exp(-dt/TC) — no per-call floor — so it
is exactly scale-invariant: N ticks summing to the same elapsed time produce the
same total cooling. It returns the cooling MAGNITUDE (1-exp(-dt/TC), a bounded
[0,1) drift signal), never elapsed seconds.

Reboot = anesthesia: a global last-tick wall-clock stamp is persisted to a
sidecar (chrono_last_tick) in the data dir. engram_age_field_catchup() reads it
on boot, applies ONE cooling for the whole unconscious gap, refreshes the stamp,
and reports the magnitude — timestamps are bookkeeping to COMPUTE the drift,
never the felt signal. TC env-tunable via ENGRAM_CHRONO_TC (default 3600s).

All inert unless ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION is set → OFF path byte-identical.

MEASURED on a copy (throwaway HOME, TC=3600s):
- Cooling scales with dt, matching 1-exp(-dt/TC) to 1e-6: dt=600s->0.1535,
  1800s->0.3935, 3600s->0.6321, 7200s->0.8647.
- Scale-invariance EXACT: age(dt) once vs age(dt/N) N times gives identical
  field sum (|delta|=0.0) for N=2, 10, 100.
- Reboot catch-up over a 1h gap cooled the field 0.60->0.4415 in one shot,
  magnitude 0.6321, bounded in [0,1).
- Flag OFF: age & catchup return 0, field untouched (sum 1.2).
ASan+UBSan clean.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# M-INTEROCEPTION P2 gate: chronoception (ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION).
# Throwaway HOME + /tmp only. TC defaults to 3600s; we pin it for the math.
set -u
HERE="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
RT="$HERE/../../lang/runtime/el_runtime.c"
ST="$HERE/../../lang/runtime/engram_store.c"
GEO="$HERE/../../lang/runtime/engram_geometry.c"
VIDX="$HERE/../../lang/runtime/engram_vindex.c"
INC="$HERE/../../lang/runtime"
WORK="$(mktemp -d /tmp/engram-p2-XXXXXX)"
export HOME="$WORK/home"; mkdir -p "$HOME"
export ENGRAM_CHRONO_TC=3600 # pin cooling time-constant for the math
unset ENGRAM_STORE
fail=0
echo "== compile =="
gcc -O1 -std=c11 -I "$INC" "$HERE/test_interoception_p2_chrono.c" "$RT" "$ST" "$GEO" "$VIDX" \
-lcurl -lm -o "$WORK/p2" 2>"$WORK/cc.log" || { echo "COMPILE FAILED"; cat "$WORK/cc.log"; rm -rf "$WORK"; exit 1; }
sum_wm(){ python3 -c "import json,sys; g=json.load(open('$1')); print(sum(n.get('working_memory_weight',0) for n in g['nodes']))"; }
echo
echo "== (a) cooling scales with dt (flag ON) =="
for DT in 600000 1800000 3600000 7200000; do # 600s,1800s,3600s,7200s at TC=3600
D="$WORK/dt$DT"; mkdir -p "$D"
( export ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION=1; "$WORK/p2" once "$D" "$DT" ) >"$D/out.txt" 2>&1
MAG=$(grep MAGNITUDE "$D/out.txt" | awk '{print $2}')
WM=$(sum_wm "$D/field.json")
PRED=$(python3 -c "import math; print(round(1-math.exp(-$DT/1000/3600),6))")
echo " dt=${DT}ms magnitude=$MAG predicted 1-exp(-dt/TC)=$PRED field_wm_sum=$WM"
python3 -c "import sys; m=float('$MAG'); p=float('$PRED'); sys.exit(0 if abs(m-p)<1e-4 else 1)" \
&& echo " PASS: magnitude matches exp cooling" || { echo " FAIL"; fail=1; }
done
echo
echo "== (b) SCALE-INVARIANCE: age(dt) once == age(dt/N) N times (field within float tol) =="
DT=3600000
for N in 2 10 100; do
DA="$WORK/inv_once_$N"; DB="$WORK/inv_split_$N"; mkdir -p "$DA" "$DB"
( export ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION=1; "$WORK/p2" once "$DA" "$DT" ) >/dev/null 2>&1
( export ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION=1; "$WORK/p2" split "$DB" "$DT" "$N" ) >/dev/null 2>&1
WA=$(sum_wm "$DA/field.json"); WB=$(sum_wm "$DB/field.json")
echo " N=$N once_wm=$WA split_wm=$WB |delta|=$(python3 -c "print(abs($WA-$WB))")"
python3 -c "import sys; sys.exit(0 if abs($WA-$WB)<1e-9 else 1)" \
&& echo " PASS: scale-invariant within 1e-9" || { echo " FAIL: not scale-invariant"; fail=1; }
done
echo
echo "== (c) REBOOT catch-up: one-shot cooling from persisted last-tick, reports MAGNITUDE not seconds =="
D="$WORK/catch"; mkdir -p "$D"
GAP=3600000 # 1h unconscious
( export ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION=1 ENGRAM_DATA_DIR="$D"; "$WORK/p2" catchup "$D" "$GAP" ) >"$D/out.txt" 2>&1
CMAG=$(grep CATCHUP_MAGNITUDE "$D/out.txt" | awk '{print $2}')
CWM=$(sum_wm "$D/field.json")
PRED=$(python3 -c "import math; print(round(1-math.exp(-$GAP/1000/3600),4))")
echo " gap=${GAP}ms catchup_magnitude=$CMAG predicted=$PRED field_wm_sum=$CWM (was 0.6)"
python3 -c "import sys; sys.exit(0 if abs(float('$CMAG')-float('$PRED'))<1e-2 else 1)" \
&& echo " PASS: one-shot catch-up cooled by the elapsed gap, surfaced as a magnitude" \
|| { echo " FAIL"; fail=1; }
# honesty rail: magnitude is bounded [0,1), NOT an elapsed-seconds number
python3 -c "import sys; m=float('$CMAG'); sys.exit(0 if 0<=m<1 else 1)" \
&& echo " PASS: magnitude is a bounded drift signal in [0,1), never elapsed seconds" \
|| { echo " FAIL: magnitude out of [0,1)"; fail=1; }
echo
echo "== (d) OFF path: flag unset -> age & catchup return 0, field untouched =="
D="$WORK/off"; mkdir -p "$D"
( unset ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION; export ENGRAM_DATA_DIR="$D"; "$WORK/p2" offcheck "$D" 3600000 ) >"$D/out.txt" 2>&1
cat "$D/out.txt" | sed 's/^/ /'
OFFWM=$(sum_wm "$D/field.json")
# loaded field wm sum = (1.0+0.8+0.6)*0.5 halving = 1.2 ; must be UNCHANGED
echo " field_wm_sum=$OFFWM (expected 1.2, unchanged)"
python3 -c "import sys; sys.exit(0 if abs($OFFWM-1.2)<1e-9 else 1)" \
&& echo " PASS: OFF path leaves the field byte-identical (no aging)" \
|| { echo " FAIL: OFF path modified the field"; fail=1; }
echo
echo "== ASan+UBSan =="
gcc -O1 -g -std=c11 -fsanitize=address,undefined -fno-sanitize-recover=undefined \
-I "$INC" "$HERE/test_interoception_p2_chrono.c" "$RT" "$ST" "$GEO" "$VIDX" \
-lcurl -lm -o "$WORK/p2.san" 2>"$WORK/san_cc.log" || { echo "SAN COMPILE FAILED"; tail -25 "$WORK/san_cc.log"; fail=1; }
if [ -x "$WORK/p2.san" ]; then
export ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0
DS="$WORK/san"; mkdir -p "$DS"
( export ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION=1 ENGRAM_DATA_DIR="$DS"; "$WORK/p2.san" once "$DS" 3600000 ) >/dev/null 2>"$WORK/san.log"
( export ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION=1 ENGRAM_DATA_DIR="$DS"; "$WORK/p2.san" catchup "$DS" 3600000 ) >/dev/null 2>>"$WORK/san.log"
if grep -qiE 'runtime error|AddressSanitizer|Sanitizer|ERROR: ' "$WORK/san.log"; then
echo " FAIL: sanitizer findings:"; grep -iE 'runtime error|Sanitizer|ERROR' "$WORK/san.log" | head; fail=1
else echo " ok: ASan+UBSan clean"; fi
fi
echo
if [ "$fail" -eq 0 ]; then echo "====== P2 CHRONOCEPTION GATE: PASS ======"; else echo "====== P2 CHRONOCEPTION GATE: FAIL ======"; fi
rm -rf "$WORK"
exit $fail
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/* test_interoception_p2_chrono.c — M-INTEROCEPTION Priority 2.
* Chronoception: engram_age_field(delta_ms) + reboot catch-up
* (ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION, default OFF).
*
* Uses loaded snapshots with KNOWN working_memory_weight / background_activation
* so the field is deterministic without depending on activation. (engram_load
* halves WM on boot — the laundering step — so snapshot wm 1.0 -> 0.5 resident.)
*
* Modes:
* once <dir> <dt_ms> — age the field once by dt; save field.json.
* split <dir> <dt_ms> <N> — age by dt/N, N times; save field.json.
* (once vs split must match: scale-invariance.)
* catchup <dir> <gap_ms> — write a last-tick gap_ms in the past, then
* engram_age_field_catchup(); print MAGNITUDE.
* offcheck <dir> <dt_ms> — flag OFF: age returns 0 and field is untouched.
*/
#include "el_runtime.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
static el_val_t S(const char* s){ return EL_STR(s); }
static void write_seed(const char* dir){
char p[1024]; snprintf(p,sizeof p,"%s/seed.json",dir);
FILE* f=fopen(p,"w");
fprintf(f,"{\"nodes\":["
"{\"id\":\"f1\",\"content\":\"field node 1\",\"node_type\":\"Concept\",\"label\":\"f1\","
"\"salience\":0.9,\"confidence\":1.0,\"working_memory_weight\":1.0,\"background_activation\":0.5},"
"{\"id\":\"f2\",\"content\":\"field node 2\",\"node_type\":\"Concept\",\"label\":\"f2\","
"\"salience\":0.8,\"confidence\":1.0,\"working_memory_weight\":0.8,\"background_activation\":0.4},"
"{\"id\":\"f3\",\"content\":\"field node 3\",\"node_type\":\"Concept\",\"label\":\"f3\","
"\"salience\":0.7,\"confidence\":1.0,\"working_memory_weight\":0.6,\"background_activation\":0.3}"
"],\"edges\":[]}");
fclose(f);
}
static void load_seed(const char* dir){
char p[1024]; snprintf(p,sizeof p,"%s/seed.json",dir);
write_seed(dir);
if(!engram_load(S(p))){ fprintf(stderr,"load failed\n"); exit(2); }
}
static void save_field(const char* dir){
char p[1024]; snprintf(p,sizeof p,"%s/field.json",dir);
engram_save(S(p));
}
int main(int argc,char** argv){
if(argc<3){ fprintf(stderr,"usage: %s <once|split|catchup|offcheck> <dir> ...\n",argv[0]); return 2; }
const char* mode=argv[1];
const char* dir =argv[2];
if(!strcmp(mode,"once")){
double dt=atof(argv[3]);
load_seed(dir);
el_val_t mag=engram_age_field((el_val_t)(int64_t)dt);
printf("MAGNITUDE %.10f\n", el_to_float(mag));
save_field(dir);
return 0;
}
if(!strcmp(mode,"split")){
double dt=atof(argv[3]); int N=atoi(argv[4]); if(N<1)N=1;
load_seed(dir);
double sub=dt/(double)N;
for(int i=0;i<N;i++) engram_age_field((el_val_t)(int64_t)sub);
save_field(dir);
printf("SPLIT dt=%.0f N=%d sub=%.4f\n", dt, N, sub);
return 0;
}
if(!strcmp(mode,"catchup")){
double gap=atof(argv[3]);
load_seed(dir);
/* Write a last-tick gap_ms in the past. ENGRAM_DATA_DIR is set == dir by
* the runner, so the sidecar the runtime reads is <dir>/chrono_last_tick. */
struct timeval tv; gettimeofday(&tv,NULL);
long long now_ms=(long long)tv.tv_sec*1000+tv.tv_usec/1000;
long long last=now_ms-(long long)gap;
char p[1200]; snprintf(p,sizeof p,"%s/chrono_last_tick",dir);
FILE* f=fopen(p,"w"); fprintf(f,"%lld\n",last); fclose(f);
el_val_t mag=engram_age_field_catchup();
printf("CATCHUP_MAGNITUDE %.10f\n", el_to_float(mag));
save_field(dir);
return 0;
}
if(!strcmp(mode,"offcheck")){
double dt=atof(argv[3]);
load_seed(dir);
el_val_t mag=engram_age_field((el_val_t)(int64_t)dt);
el_val_t magc=engram_age_field_catchup();
printf("OFF age_mag=%.10f catchup_mag=%.10f\n", el_to_float(mag), el_to_float(magc));
save_field(dir);
return 0;
}
fprintf(stderr,"unknown mode %s\n",mode); return 2;
}
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return el_wrap_str(el_strdup(engramdir));
}
/* ── M-INTEROCEPTION P2: chronoception (ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION, default OFF) ────
* Design §9. The felt passage of time is the COOLING of the activation field,
* not a tick count and not an elapsed-seconds readout. engram_age_field cools
* the field (working_memory_weight + background_activation) by the MEASURED
* wall-clock delta the caller supplies, using a pure exponential exp(-dt/TC).
*
* SCALE-INVARIANCE is the whole point and is structural: the cooling is a pure
* multiply with NO per-call floor, so age(dt) applied once is bit-close to
* age(dt/N) applied N times N ticks that sum to the same elapsed time produce
* the same total cooling. (A per-call snap-to-floor would break this, which is
* why there isn't one here.)
*
* Reboot = anesthesia: a global last-tick wall-clock stamp is persisted to a
* sidecar in the data dir. On boot, engram_age_field_catchup reads it, applies
* ONE cooling for the whole unconscious gap, and reports the COOLING MAGNITUDE
* how far the field drifted NEVER the elapsed seconds (timestamps are
* bookkeeping to COMPUTE the drift, never the felt signal).
*
* All inert unless ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION is set OFF path byte-identical. */
static int eg_chronoception_on(void){
static int cached=-1;
if(cached<0){ const char* s=getenv("ENGRAM_CHRONOCEPTION"); cached=(s&&s[0]&&s[0]!='0')?1:0; }
return cached;
}
/* Field cooling time-constant in seconds; default = conversational span. */
static double eg_chrono_tc(void){ const char* s=getenv("ENGRAM_CHRONO_TC"); double v=s?atof(s):ENGRAM_CARRY_TC; if(!(v>0.0))v=ENGRAM_CARRY_TC; return v; }
el_val_t engram_age_field(el_val_t delta_ms){
if(!eg_chronoception_on()) return el_from_float(0.0);
double dt_ms=(double)(int64_t)delta_ms;
if(dt_ms<=0.0) return el_from_float(0.0);
double factor=exp(-(dt_ms/1000.0)/eg_chrono_tc()); /* pure exponential, no floor */
EngramStore* g=engram_get();
for(int64_t i=0;i<g->node_count;i++){
g->nodes[i].working_memory_weight *= factor;
g->nodes[i].background_activation *= factor;
}
return el_from_float(1.0-factor); /* cooling magnitude in [0,1), NOT seconds */
}
static void eg_chrono_tick_path(char* out, size_t cap){
el_val_t dd=engram_resolve_data_dir();
snprintf(out, cap, "%s/chrono_last_tick", EL_CSTR(dd));
}
/* Persist the global last-tick stamp (call each tick / before shutdown). */
el_val_t engram_chrono_persist_tick(void){
if(!eg_chronoception_on()) return (el_val_t)(int64_t)0;
char path[1200]; eg_chrono_tick_path(path,sizeof path);
FILE* f=fopen(path,"w"); if(!f) return (el_val_t)(int64_t)0;
fprintf(f,"%lld\n",(long long)engram_now_ms()); fclose(f);
return (el_val_t)(int64_t)1;
}
/* Boot-time one-shot catch-up. Reads the persisted last-tick, cools the field
* for the whole elapsed gap in a single application, refreshes the tick, and
* returns the COOLING MAGNITUDE (never elapsed seconds). 0 if no prior tick. */
el_val_t engram_age_field_catchup(void){
if(!eg_chronoception_on()) return el_from_float(0.0);
char path[1200]; eg_chrono_tick_path(path,sizeof path);
FILE* f=fopen(path,"r"); if(!f) return el_from_float(0.0);
long long last=0; int ok=fscanf(f,"%lld",&last); fclose(f);
if(ok!=1 || last<=0) return el_from_float(0.0);
int64_t now=engram_now_ms();
double dt_ms=(double)(now-last);
if(dt_ms<=0.0) return el_from_float(0.0);
el_val_t mag=engram_age_field((el_val_t)(int64_t)dt_ms);
f=fopen(path,"w"); if(f){ fprintf(f,"%lld\n",(long long)now); fclose(f); }
return mag;
}
/* ── Integrity: store-level write-protection (§18.1, §18.3) ──────────────────
* The protected set is DERIVED from the self-graph at call time, not hardcoded:
* the self root and the values hub, plus every node adjacent to either (in
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@@ -623,6 +623,9 @@ el_val_t engram_scan_nodes_json(el_val_t limit, el_val_t offset);
el_val_t engram_scan_nodes_by_type_json(el_val_t node_type, el_val_t limit, el_val_t offset);
el_val_t engram_scan_nodes_emb_json(el_val_t limit, el_val_t offset);
el_val_t engram_consolidate_permanence(el_val_t node_id);
el_val_t engram_age_field(el_val_t delta_ms);
el_val_t engram_age_field_catchup(void);
el_val_t engram_chrono_persist_tick(void);
el_val_t engram_neighbors_json(el_val_t node_id, el_val_t max_depth, el_val_t direction);
el_val_t engram_activate_json(el_val_t query, el_val_t depth);
el_val_t engram_stats_json(void);
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@@ -1094,6 +1094,10 @@ el_val_t __engram_consolidate_permanence(el_val_t node_id) {
return engram_consolidate_permanence(node_id);
}
el_val_t __engram_age_field(el_val_t delta_ms) { return engram_age_field(delta_ms); }
el_val_t __engram_age_field_catchup(void) { return engram_age_field_catchup(); }
el_val_t __engram_chrono_persist_tick(void) { return engram_chrono_persist_tick(); }
el_val_t __engram_neighbors_json(el_val_t node_id, el_val_t max_depth, el_val_t direction) {
return engram_neighbors_json(node_id, max_depth, direction);
}