# v17j effect-blind anchor-independent compound-cycle qualification

Status: `v17j_anchor_independent_compound_cycle_qualified`.

## Purpose and frozen design

The gate asks whether a larger reusable proposal can be built without the v17i pair basis. It composes two exact state-local v17c cycles into one auxiliary path. The second cycle is sampled from the first intermediate state. The mapped reverse applies the second reverse first and the first reverse second.

The forward density is the exact product `q1*q2`; the reverse density is the exact reversed-path product. Blocks with fewer than `6` net changed edges are symmetric self-loops without renormalization. Source spectra and observed effects were prohibited.

## Formal result

The formal run covered `24` chains. It retained `554` compound blocks and accepted `152`. The weakest chain retained `12` and accepted `2` blocks. All retained-path audits passed in `554/554`. Maximum chain runtime was `17.250864` seconds.

## Gates

| gate | status | observed | required | decision |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| effect_blind_and_proposal_scope_independence | pass | spectrum=0;effect=0;proposal_forbidden=0 | 0;0;0 | continue |
| formal_chain_count | pass | 24/24 | 24/24 | continue |
| exact_reverse_involution_balance_integrity | pass | 554/554 | all_retained | continue |
| finite_compound_large_move_exercise | pass | 24/24 | 24/24;retained>=4;accepted>=2;net>=6 | continue |
| finite_movement | pass | 24/24 | 24/24 | continue |
| endpoint_integrity | pass | 24/24 | 24/24 | continue |
| representation_covariance | pass | 12/12 | 12/12 | continue |
| resource_bound | pass | 24/24;max=17.250864s | 24/24;each<=60.0s | continue |
| per_source_qualification | pass | 6/6 | 6/6 | matched_work_next |
| v17j_overall | v17j_anchor_independent_compound_cycle_qualified | effect_blind=1;chains=24;reverse=554/554;exercise=24/24;movement=24/24;representation=12/12;sources=6/6 | 1;24;all;24;24;12;6 | v17j_anchor_independent_compound_cycle_qualified |

## Evidential boundary

A qualification result concerns the implemented finite proposal law: target independence of proposal construction, exact sampled auxiliary-path reversal, endpoint integrity, representation covariance, finite movement and resource bounds. It is not evidence of global connectivity, mixing, equilibrium, source effects or physics.

## Next decision

Run a separate v17k effect-blind matched accepted-work comparison between the qualified compound law and the v17h expanded single-cycle law. Keep source effects closed.