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-<header class="hero"><span class="orb"><svg class="mark" viewBox="0 0 48 48" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="24" cy="24" r="20.4"/><path d="M11.8,18.6 C14.4,14.8 17.8,14.4 20.1,17.1 C22.4,19.8 25.8,20.2 28.5,17.9 C31.2,15.6 34.4,16.2 36.1,19.1"/><path d="M11.6,24.6 C14.2,20.8 17.6,20.4 19.9,23.1 C22.2,25.8 25.6,26.2 28.3,23.9 C31.0,21.6 34.2,22.2 35.9,25.1"/><path d="M12.8,30.6 C15.3,27.2 18.4,26.8 20.5,29.4 C22.6,32.0 25.7,32.4 28.2,30.2"/><circle cx="32.6" cy="33.0" r="3.8"/><g fill="currentColor" stroke="none"><circle cx="32.6" cy="33.0" r="1.5"/><circle cx="11.7" cy="18.6" r="1.2"/><circle cx="11.5" cy="24.6" r="1.2"/></g></svg></span><h1>PyAuto<b>Cortex</b><span class="kind">Dashboard</span></h1><div class="rule"></div><p class="tag">Question. Run. Rule.</p></header><section class="orchestration-panel" id="orchestration-cortex" aria-labelledby="orchestration-cortex-heading" data-orchestration-panel><div class="orchestration-head"><div><h2 class="prompt-heading" id="orchestration-cortex-heading">Explore science with your <strong>Cortex</strong></h2></div><nav class="orchestration-links" aria-label="Work on GitHub"><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex">PyAutoCortex</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/subhalo_validation">subhalo_validation</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/ep_toy_gaussian">ep_toy_gaussian</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/slope_hierarchy_scale">slope_hierarchy_scale</a><a href="https://github.com/Jammy2211/ic50_workspace">ic50_workspace</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/autolens_inference">autolens_inference</a></nav></div><div class="orchestration-controls"><div class="orchestration-direction"><label for="orchestration-cortex-direction">Optional direction</label><textarea id="orchestration-cortex-direction" rows="2" data-orchestration-direction placeholder="Focus on a task, project or question"></textarea></div><button type="button" class="orchestration-copy" data-orchestration-copy>Copy check-in prompt</button></div><div class="orchestration-footer"><details data-orchestration-preview><summary>Read the prompt</summary><label class="sr-only" for="orchestration-cortex-prompt">Exact prompt to copy</label><textarea id="orchestration-cortex-prompt" data-orchestration-prompt readonly rows="8">Use the cortex skill and treat this chat as an ongoing place to review scientific projects, discuss results and decide what to investigate next. Read PyAutoCortex/AGENTS.md, its project registry and the relevant project ledgers. Follow project-specific instructions when working within a project.
+<header class="hero"><span class="orb"><svg class="mark" viewBox="0 0 48 48" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.3" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="24" cy="24" r="20.4"/><path d="M11.8,18.6 C14.4,14.8 17.8,14.4 20.1,17.1 C22.4,19.8 25.8,20.2 28.5,17.9 C31.2,15.6 34.4,16.2 36.1,19.1"/><path d="M11.6,24.6 C14.2,20.8 17.6,20.4 19.9,23.1 C22.2,25.8 25.6,26.2 28.3,23.9 C31.0,21.6 34.2,22.2 35.9,25.1"/><path d="M12.8,30.6 C15.3,27.2 18.4,26.8 20.5,29.4 C22.6,32.0 25.7,32.4 28.2,30.2"/><circle cx="32.6" cy="33.0" r="3.8"/><g fill="currentColor" stroke="none"><circle cx="32.6" cy="33.0" r="1.5"/><circle cx="11.7" cy="18.6" r="1.2"/><circle cx="11.5" cy="24.6" r="1.2"/></g></svg></span><h1>PyAuto<b>Cortex</b><span class="kind">Dashboard</span></h1><div class="rule"></div><p class="tag">Question. Run. Rule.</p></header><section class="orchestration-panel" id="orchestration-cortex" aria-labelledby="orchestration-cortex-heading" data-orchestration-panel><div class="orchestration-head"><div><h2 class="prompt-heading" id="orchestration-cortex-heading">Explore science with your <strong>Cortex</strong></h2></div><nav class="orchestration-links" aria-label="Work on GitHub"><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex">PyAutoCortex</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/subhalo_validation">subhalo_validation</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/ep_toy_gaussian">ep_toy_gaussian</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/slope_hierarchy_scale">slope_hierarchy_scale</a><a href="https://github.com/Jammy2211/ic50_workspace">ic50_workspace</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/autolens_inference">autolens_inference</a><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/autofit_inference">autofit_inference</a></nav></div><div class="orchestration-controls"><div class="orchestration-direction"><label for="orchestration-cortex-direction">Optional direction</label><textarea id="orchestration-cortex-direction" rows="2" data-orchestration-direction placeholder="Focus on a task, project or question"></textarea></div><button type="button" class="orchestration-copy" data-orchestration-copy>Copy check-in prompt</button></div><div class="orchestration-footer"><details data-orchestration-preview><summary>Read the prompt</summary><label class="sr-only" for="orchestration-cortex-prompt">Exact prompt to copy</label><textarea id="orchestration-cortex-prompt" data-orchestration-prompt readonly rows="8">Use the cortex skill and treat this chat as an ongoing place to review scientific projects, discuss results and decide what to investigate next. Read PyAutoCortex/AGENTS.md, its project registry and the relevant project ledgers. Follow project-specific instructions when working within a project.
 
 When I give no particular direction, check in across active projects. On the laptop, use the Cortex pull procedure to retrieve updates through each project’s own sync CLI and report run status. Where that access is unavailable, use the available evidence and state what could not be checked. Follow the Cortex check-in procedure to refresh the board and read back each project’s current position, recent activity, outstanding questions and recorded next steps.
 
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 - Open ep_toy_gaussian: https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/ep_toy_gaussian
 - Open slope_hierarchy_scale: https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/slope_hierarchy_scale
 - Open ic50_workspace: https://github.com/Jammy2211/ic50_workspace
-- Open autolens_inference: https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/autolens_inference</textarea></details><div class="orchestration-freshness" data-freshness="grey"><details data-freshness-stamp data-refreshed-at="2026-10-08T11:16:49Z"><summary><span data-freshness-label>Last updated 2026-10-08 11:16:49 UTC</span></summary><time datetime="2026-10-08T11:16:49Z">2026-10-08 11:16:49 UTC</time></details><a data-refresh-link href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex/actions/workflows/dashboard_refresh.yml" title="Open the dashboard refresh controls">↻ Update</a></div></div><p class="orchestration-status" role="status" aria-live="polite"></p></section>
-<nav class="board-nav" aria-label="Board sections"><a class="board-nav-card" href="#summary"><span class="board-nav-count">21</span><span class="board-nav-label">Running</span></a><a class="board-nav-card" href="#summary"><span class="board-nav-count">38</span><span class="board-nav-label">Open</span></a><a class="board-nav-card" href="#projects"><span class="board-nav-count">7</span><span class="board-nav-label">Projects</span></a><a class="board-nav-card" href="#orchestration-cortex"><span class="board-nav-label">Check in</span></a></nav>
+- Open autolens_inference: https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/autolens_inference
+- Open autofit_inference: https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/autofit_inference</textarea></details><div class="orchestration-freshness" data-freshness="grey"><details data-freshness-stamp data-refreshed-at="2026-10-08T19:32:17Z"><summary><span data-freshness-label>Last updated 2026-10-08 19:32:17 UTC</span></summary><time datetime="2026-10-08T19:32:17Z">2026-10-08 19:32:17 UTC</time></details><a data-refresh-link href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex/actions/workflows/dashboard_refresh.yml" title="Open the dashboard refresh controls">↻ Update</a></div></div><p class="orchestration-status" role="status" aria-live="polite"></p></section>
+<nav class="board-nav" aria-label="Board sections"><a class="board-nav-card" href="#summary"><span class="board-nav-count">21</span><span class="board-nav-label">Running</span></a><a class="board-nav-card" href="#summary"><span class="board-nav-count">38</span><span class="board-nav-label">Open</span></a><a class="board-nav-card" href="#projects"><span class="board-nav-count">8</span><span class="board-nav-label">Projects</span></a><a class="board-nav-card" href="#orchestration-cortex"><span class="board-nav-label">Check in</span></a></nav>
 
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 <tr><td><b>autolens_inference</b></td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>2026-09-24</td></tr>
+<tr><td><b>autofit_inference</b></td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2026-10-08</td></tr>
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-</div></details><details class="board-section"><summary><h2>Projects</h2><span class="section-badge">7</span></summary><div class="board-section-body"><a id="projects"></a>
+</div></details><details class="board-section"><summary><h2>Projects</h2><span class="section-badge">8</span></summary><div class="board-section-body"><a id="projects"></a>
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 <h3>subhalo_validation — Do the SLaM subhalo pipelines false-detect on lenses with no subhalo</h3>
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@@ -535,6 +537,21 @@ <h3>autolens_inference — Do the PyAutoLens inference backends agree on the HST
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+<h3>autofit_inference — PyAutoFit search benchmark on gaussian_x3: which searches find the right answer fastest</h3>
+<p class="muted">active · ral · <a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/autofit_inference/issues/4">autofit_inference#4</a> · <a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex/blob/main/projects/autofit_inference.md">projects/autofit_inference.md</a> · local <span class="pathchip">/home/jammy/Code/PyAutoLabs/fit/autofit_inference</span> · RAL <span class="pathchip">/mnt/ral/jnightin/autofit_inference</span></p>
+<p><b>Now</b></p>
+<p>Wave-1 pilot stopped at 223 of 520 runs (B3 wrap-up); pilot ranks nothing. Deferred runs go to wave 2 on RAL --partition=ral after A2; NSS after A3b.</p>
+<p><b>Runs</b></p>
+<p class="muted">nothing on the cluster</p>
+<p><b>Last 5</b></p>
+<ul>
+<li>2026-10-08 — <i>result</i> — wave-1 pilot (gaussian_x3@1, local CPU, PyAutoFit 0dbf258c4f5e pre-A2) stopped at 223 of 520 runs by the B3 wrap-up ruling; 297 deferred to wave 2 on RAL partition ral; ranks nothing — rows in autofit_inference results/searches/</li>
+<li>2026-10-08 — <i>note</i> — ledger opened</li>
+</ul>
+<p class="muted"><a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex/blob/main/projects/autofit_inference.md">full log</a></p>
+<div class="task"><button class="copy" data-cmd="Use the cortex skill. — resume autofit_inference: read PyAutoCortex projects/autofit_inference.md (Now, Runs, Log) and then /home/jammy/Code/PyAutoLabs/fit/autofit_inference/wiki/project/state.md and the assistant autofit_assistant's AGENTS.md; tell me where I left off and what I said I would do next. Submit nothing and log nothing until I say." aria-label="Copy the AI command">📋</button><p>resume autofit_inference</p></div>
+</section>
+<section class="project">
 <h3>euclid — The original Euclid DR1 grade-AB catalogue project, superseded by euclid_dr1_prelim</h3>
 <p class="muted">dormant · both · no issue yet · <a href="https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex/blob/main/projects/euclid.md">projects/euclid.md</a> · local <span class="pathchip">/mnt/c/Users/Jammy/Science/euclid</span> · RAL <span class="pathchip">/mnt/ral/jnightin/euclid_strong_lens_modeling_pipeline</span></p>
 <p><b>Now</b></p>
@@ -563,9 +580,8 @@ <h4>No ledger</h4>
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 <tr><td>pj011646</td><td>dormant</td><td>personal remote, recorded as a fact — not a PyAutoLabs repo; ral_root planned, sync_verbs unverified</td></tr>
 <tr><td>concr</td><td>dormant</td><td>personal remote Jammy2211/cosmology_and_cancer, recorded as a fact; ral_root planned, sync_verbs unverified</td></tr>
-<tr><td>autofit_inference</td><td>planned</td><td>born 2026-10-07 as search-extensibility B1 (PyAutoMind#492); harness B2, first runs (wave-1 pilot) B3 flip this to active via cortex.py new</td></tr>
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+</div></details><ul class="boards"><li class="muted" style="padding:.3rem 0">Boards:</li><li><a data-organ="brain" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoBrain/">Brain</a></li><li><a data-organ="mind" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoMind/">Mind</a></li><li><a data-organ="broca" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoBroca/">Broca</a></li><li><a data-organ="memory" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoMemory/">Memory</a></li><li><a data-organ="eyes" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoEyes/">Eyes</a></li><li><a data-organ="ears" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoEars/">Ears</a></li><li><a data-organ="heart" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoHeart/">Heart</a></li><li><a data-organ="hands" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoHands/">Hands</a></li><li><a data-organ="pulse" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoPulse/">Pulse</a></li><li><a data-organ="insight" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoInsight/">Insight</a></li><li><a data-organ="dna" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoDNA/">DNA</a></li><li><a data-organ="nerves" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoNerves/">Nerves</a></li><li><a data-organ="gut" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoGut/">Gut</a></li><li><a data-organ="organism" href="https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoScientist/">Scientist</a></li></ul>
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 |-------|------:|
 | [Running](#projects) | 21 |
 | [Open](#projects) | 38 |
-| [Projects](#projects) | 7 |
+| [Projects](#projects) | 8 |
 
 <details><summary>📋 check in since last time</summary>
 
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Last check-in: 2026-09-30T09:51Z.
 | slope_hierarchy_scale | 0 | 0 | 2026-09-30 |
 | ic50_workspace | 0 | 0 | 2026-09-30 |
 | autolens_inference | 6 | 0 | 2026-09-24 |
+| autofit_inference | 0 | 0 | 2026-10-08 |
 
 ## Projects
 
@@ -319,6 +320,33 @@ Use the cortex skill. — resume autolens_inference: read PyAutoCortex projects/
 
 </details>
 
+### autofit_inference — PyAutoFit search benchmark on gaussian_x3: which searches find the right answer fastest
+
+active · ral · [autofit_inference#4](https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/autofit_inference/issues/4) · [projects/autofit_inference.md](https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex/blob/main/projects/autofit_inference.md) · local `/home/jammy/Code/PyAutoLabs/fit/autofit_inference` · RAL `/mnt/ral/jnightin/autofit_inference`
+
+**Now**
+
+Wave-1 pilot stopped at 223 of 520 runs (B3 wrap-up); pilot ranks nothing. Deferred runs go to wave 2 on RAL --partition=ral after A2; NSS after A3b.
+
+**Runs**
+
+- _nothing on the cluster_
+
+**Last 5**
+
+- 2026-10-08 — *result* — wave-1 pilot (gaussian_x3@1, local CPU, PyAutoFit 0dbf258c4f5e pre-A2) stopped at 223 of 520 runs by the B3 wrap-up ruling; 297 deferred to wave 2 on RAL partition ral; ranks nothing — rows in autofit_inference results/searches/
+- 2026-10-08 — *note* — ledger opened
+
+[full log](https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex/blob/main/projects/autofit_inference.md)
+
+<details><summary>📋 resume autofit_inference</summary>
+
+```
+Use the cortex skill. — resume autofit_inference: read PyAutoCortex projects/autofit_inference.md (Now, Runs, Log) and then /home/jammy/Code/PyAutoLabs/fit/autofit_inference/wiki/project/state.md and the assistant autofit_assistant's AGENTS.md; tell me where I left off and what I said I would do next. Submit nothing and log nothing until I say.
+```
+
+</details>
+
 ### euclid — The original Euclid DR1 grade-AB catalogue project, superseded by euclid_dr1_prelim
 
 dormant · both · no issue yet · [projects/euclid.md](https://github.com/PyAutoLabs/PyAutoCortex/blob/main/projects/euclid.md) · local `/mnt/c/Users/Jammy/Science/euclid` · RAL `/mnt/ral/jnightin/euclid_strong_lens_modeling_pipeline`
@@ -357,9 +385,8 @@ Dormant since 2026-09-07: superseded by euclid_dr1_prelim. Three questions were
 | subhalo_simulations | dormant | git init, zero commits, 21 GB; ral_root planned, sync_verbs unverified |
 | pj011646 | dormant | personal remote, recorded as a fact — not a PyAutoLabs repo; ral_root planned, sync_verbs unverified |
 | concr | dormant | personal remote Jammy2211/cosmology_and_cancer, recorded as a fact; ral_root planned, sync_verbs unverified |
-| autofit_inference | planned | born 2026-10-07 as search-extensibility B1 (PyAutoMind#492); harness B2, first runs (wave-1 pilot) B3 flip this to active via cortex.py new |
 
 ---
 
-Boards: [Brain](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoBrain/) · [Mind](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoMind/) · [Memory](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoMemory/) · [Eyes](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoEyes/) · [Ears](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoEars/) · [Heart](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoHeart/) · [Hands](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoHands/) · [Pulse](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoPulse/) · [Insight](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoInsight/) · [Nerves](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoNerves/) · [Gut](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoGut/) · [Organism](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoScientist/)
+Boards: [Brain](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoBrain/) · [Mind](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoMind/) · [Broca](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoBroca/) · [Memory](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoMemory/) · [Eyes](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoEyes/) · [Ears](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoEars/) · [Heart](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoHeart/) · [Hands](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoHands/) · [Pulse](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoPulse/) · [Insight](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoInsight/) · [Dna](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoDNA/) · [Nerves](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoNerves/) · [Gut](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoGut/) · [Organism](https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoScientist/)
 
diff --git a/projects.yaml b/projects.yaml
index 56c4f1a..c49d22b 100644
--- a/projects.yaml
+++ b/projects.yaml
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ autofit_inference:
   assistant: autofit_assistant
   witness_file: results/**/*.json
   partition: ral
-  status: planned
-  note: "born 2026-10-07 as search-extensibility B1 (PyAutoMind#492); harness B2, first runs (wave-1 pilot) B3 flip this to active via cortex.py new"
+  status: active
+  note: "born 2026-10-07 as search-extensibility B1 (PyAutoMind#492); harness B2; B3 wave-1 pilot (autofit_inference#4) flipped this to active 2026-10-08"
 
 euclid_sersics:
   remote: none
diff --git a/projects/autofit_inference.md b/projects/autofit_inference.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42c4fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/autofit_inference.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# autofit_inference — PyAutoFit search benchmark on gaussian_x3: which searches find the right answer fastest
+
+Project: autofit_inference
+Issue: autofit_inference#4
+
+## Now
+
+Wave-1 pilot stopped at 223 of 520 runs (B3 wrap-up); pilot ranks nothing. Deferred runs go to wave 2 on RAL --partition=ral after A2; NSS after A3b.
+
+## Runs
+
+## Log
+
+- 2026-10-08 — result — wave-1 pilot (gaussian_x3@1, local CPU, PyAutoFit 0dbf258c4f5e pre-A2) stopped at 223 of 520 runs by the B3 wrap-up ruling; 297 deferred to wave 2 on RAL partition ral; ranks nothing — rows in autofit_inference results/searches/
+- 2026-10-08 — note — ledger opened
diff --git a/state.json b/state.json
index 46ca427..9c004c8 100644
--- a/state.json
+++ b/state.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "organ": "cortex",
   "repo": "PyAutoCortex",
   "status": "yellow",
-  "headline": "YELLOW \u2014 7 active \u00b7 21 running",
-  "updated": "2026-10-08T11:16:49Z",
+  "headline": "YELLOW \u2014 8 active \u00b7 21 running",
+  "updated": "2026-10-08T19:32:17Z",
   "pages_url": "https://pyautolabs.github.io/PyAutoCortex/",
   "items": [
     {