# DGR-047: Adapt the upstream V4 mHC boundary for ranged ownership - **Status / triage:** specification only; `ready-for-agent`; `passes: false` - **Execution mode:** `AFK` - **Milestone:** `M3` - **Dependencies:** `DGR-045`, `DGR-046` - **Blocks (derived):** `DGR-048`, `DGR-049`, `DGR-050`, `DGR-051` - **Labels:** `area:deepseek-v4`, `area:mhc`, `type:runtime`, `priority:p0`, `ready-for-agent` - **Evidence class:** `real-model` - **Hardware:** `optional` - **Model:** `deepseek-v4-flash` - **Upstream:** `yes` ## Objective / description Fresh Ralph session: read `.scratch/distributed-gguf-runtime/RALPH-CONTEXT.md`, source issue `.scratch/distributed-gguf-runtime/issues/047-adapt-the-upstream-v4-mhc-boundary-for-ranged-ownership.md`, and evidence READMEs for dependencies (DGR-045, DGR-046) before changing code. Inspect live source/tests rather than trusting legacy pass states. Objective: Add range-boundary adapters around upstream llama.cpp V4 mHC execution without reimplementing the V4 graph or kernels. ## Acceptance criteria - [ ] Represent and validate the upstream V4 4×4096 mHC boundary without flattening semantic axes. - [ ] Add only head/intermediate/tail range ownership and boundary conversion hooks around the pinned upstream llama.cpp graph. - [ ] Compare deterministic fixture vectors and single-process ranged outputs with upstream whole-model execution. - [ ] Document that llama.cpp owns V4 mHC graph/kernels and that quantized storage does not alter the logical boundary schema. - [ ] Applicable shared quality gates in `prd.json` pass, and the evidence handoff records exact commands/results, changed files, limitations, and dependency handoff. ## Shared quality gates - Targeted deterministic tests pass; Python changes also pass `python -m compileall packages tests`. - `git diff --check` passes. - Default tests are model-download-free, API-credit-free, and GPU-free. - Evidence README records exact changed files, commands/results, limitations, and dependency handoff; no fabricated evidence or inherited completion credit. - Native changes pass focused out-of-tree CMake build and CTest; patch changes verify clean apply/check/reverse against the exact llama.cpp pin. - Runs are opt-in and record exact artifact/split hashes, runtime/upstream pin, backend/driver, hardware, network, commands, and raw metrics. Model artifacts use configured mounted-drive storage and never `/home`. - Preserve existing Transformers behavior and backend-agnostic Tracker routing/load balancing/billing/relay semantics unless an explicit versioned contract says otherwise. One scoped story commit is expected during execution, but this specification-materialization change is not committed. ## Evidence handoff Write and verify `.scratch/distributed-gguf-runtime/evidence/DGR-047/README.md`. Until every criterion and applicable gate has real evidence, this story remains `passes: false`. Legacy evidence is provenance only, not completion credit.