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Round 1 now commits all tables' main-split LDE matrices into ONE mixed-height
MixedMmcs and absorbs a single root (before the shared LogUp challenges),
replacing the per-table main-root absorption. Single-table roots are byte-
identical to the old per-table row-pair tree, so single-table proofs are
unchanged; only multi-table transcripts change, so multi-table prove->verify
tests are #[ignore]'d until the verifier is updated (Scope B Task 7). The MMCS
is built transiently for the root (Task 5 will thread it into round 4 and drop
the per-table trees).
Absorb ONE mixed-height MMCS root over every aux-carrying table's LDE into
the shared transcript (after Phase B LogUp challenges, before forking),
replacing the per-fork per-table aux root absorptions. Mirrors the main-trace
batched commit. Transient MMCS (root only); Round 4 still opens per-table aux
trees. Single-table roundtrips byte-identical (131 passed / 17 ignored).
Drop the per-table transcript forks. multi_prove now runs one linear
transcript: bus contributions bind, then per-table beta (sequential), then
round 2 composition built in parallel and committed as ONE mixed-height MMCS
root, then round 3 (z, OOD) and round 4 (FRI) per table sequentially with
PER-TABLE z. prove_rounds_2_to_4 is inlined and removed.

Round 4 is still per-table (per-table FRI + per-table StarkProof/MultiProof) —
the single batched FRI and shard proof format are the next step. Multi-table
verify stays gated to the verifier task; single-table roundtrips remain
byte-identical (131 passed / 17 ignored, clippy clean) because for one table
the linear transcript equals the old fork and the single-matrix composition
MMCS root equals the per-table composition root.
Sample a single z for the whole epoch instead of one per table, against the
tallest table's domain. Since every shorter table's LDE and trace domain is a
subgroup of the tallest's, z out-of-domain for the tallest is out-of-domain
for all. Cleaner and simpler to mirror in the verifier; byte-identical for a
single table (131 passed / 17 ignored, clippy clean).
Add the unified-shard proof types: BatchedMultiProof (shared main/aux/composition
MMCS roots + one batched FRI + per-query MixedOpenings + per-table OOD data),
BatchedQueryOpening (one shared auth path per phase per query), BatchedTableData.
Make MixedOpening serde-serializable. Additive/pub — compiles clean, no behavior
change yet; the prover (multi_prove_batched) and verifier wire these next.
Compute every table's round-3 OOD and absorb it before starting round 4,
instead of interleaving round 3/4 per table. Creates the shared 'after rounds
1-3' boundary the batched path will reuse, and is required for the batched
round 4 (one FRI over all tables needs all OOD bound first). Reference
MultiProof path unchanged in behavior; single-table byte-identical (131/0/17).
Extract rounds 1-3 into prove_rounds_1_to_3 (returns round1s/round2s/round3s,
shared z, and the three KEPT MMCS trees + per-table lde heights). multi_prove
(reference MultiProof path) reuses it unchanged. New multi_prove_batched runs
the batched round 4:
  gamma (one shared DEEP challenge) -> per-table DEEP codewords (bit-reversed)
  -> absorb height histogram -> alpha -> combine_by_height -> batched_commit_phase
  (fold-and-inject FRI) -> grinding -> query indices vs the tallest domain
  -> per-query open_batch on main/aux/composition MMCS (one shared path each) +
  per-preprocessed-table precomputed openings -> BatchedMultiProof.
Reuses Scope-A fri::batched primitives. Reference path byte-identical
(131/0/17, clippy clean). No verifier yet, so no batched roundtrip.

Also: module-level allow(private_interfaces) — surfacing the rounds-1-3 bundle
through a pub trait method trips the lint across the whole internal trait; the
round types are never nameable across the crate boundary.
Mirror multi_prove_batched: one linear transcript, one shared OOD point z,
and one fold-and-inject FRI over the height-combined per-table DEEP codewords,
with all tables opened per query from the three shared mixed-height MMCS trees.

- batched_multi_verify + batched_synthetic_table_proof (reuses step_2 and
  reconstruct_deep_composition_poly_evaluation per table via a lightweight
  synthetic StarkProof carrying only the OOD/public fields those read).
- Transcript replay: precomputed roots -> batched main root -> LogUp
  challenges -> batched aux root -> bus contribs -> per-table betas ->
  batched composition root -> shared z (tallest domain) -> per-table OOD ->
  gamma -> derive_batched_fri_challenges (histogram, alpha, betas, iotas).
- MMCS verify_batch per phase with AIR-intrinsic width binding: main-split
  width = trace_columns - num_aux - num_precomputed (trace_layout().0 is a
  logical figure for step-packed AIRs, not the physical column count).
- Fold-and-inject query check inverts batched_commit_phase exactly: initial
  fold of the tallest (uncommitted) layer, then per layer inject the tables
  entering at that height (beta^2 * combined[h]) before verifying/folding.

Converts all 17 Task-7-gated multi-table tests to the batched path
(multi_prove_batched_ram + batched_multi_verify); 148 pass, 0 ignored.
11 tamper tests + 1 valid-anchor over a bus-balanced 3-table padding epoch,
exercising every batched_multi_verify path: main/aux/composition MMCS auth,
MMCS width binding, fold-and-inject terminal + layer-root + layer-sym checks,
composition-OOD (step 2), query-count guard, grinding nonce, bus balance.
160 stark lib tests pass; new file clippy-clean.
…c path

Point the public prove/verify at the batched STARK path so the existing
server benchmarks measure it (prove/verify time + proof size), and to restore
multi-table correctness — the linear-transcript refactor left the reference
multi_prove -> multi_verify broken for multi-table (verifier still forked).

- VmProof.proof: MultiProof -> BatchedMultiProof (serde-compatible; external
  consumers deserialize opaquely).
- prove(): Prover::multi_prove -> multi_prove_batched.
- verify_with_options(): batched_multi_verify + per_table.len() + batched
  COMMIT-bus-balance replay (replay_transcript_phase_a_batched: precomputed
  roots + single main_root + shared LogUp z/alpha).
- test_utils: multi_prove_batched_ram. Minimal prove/verify test helpers +
  lt_bus completeness helper switched to batched (validated: the 4 lt_bus
  completeness tests, which FAIL on the reference path, PASS on batched).

Scope: exploratory prototype for measurement. Continuation (continuation.rs)
stays on the reference path — its cross-epoch L2G binding reads PER-TABLE main
roots that the unified shard replaces with one MMCS root (a real design
question, deferred). Reference multi_prove/multi_verify kept alive for it.
Switch two positive multi-table roundtrips to the batched path as end-to-end
validation of the default MMCS prover/verifier:
- lt_bus completeness (LT sender/receiver): 4 tests that FAIL on the reference
  path now pass on batched.
- bitwise honest (true preprocessed table via with_preprocessed + hardcoded
  commitment): exercises precomputed-root check + precomputed openings + DEEP
  base = precomputed ++ main-split — the preprocessed path the real VM uses.
Together with the stark-crate roundtrip/soundness/mixed-height/different-blowup
coverage, every constituent path of the monolithic batched prove/verify is
validated locally (full 14-table ELF run needs the server toolchain).
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Resolves conflicts from #748 (feat(cuda): keep LDE and Merkle trees
resident on the GPU) and #726 (profiling markers), which both landed on
main after this branch forked.

Conflicts:
- crypto/stark/src/prover.rs: both sides heavily rewrote `multi_prove`.
  #748 restructured rounds 1-4 into a peak-VRAM-bounded chunked loop
  (`peak_chunks` + per-table `prove_rounds_2_to_4`) with resident-GPU
  paths; this branch replaced the same region with the batched
  unified-shard path (linear transcript, batched composition MMCS,
  single FRI). A line merge Frankensteined the two, so `prover.rs` is
  taken from this branch wholesale: the batched rewrite subsumes the
  chunked per-table structure, and GPU residency for the batched path is
  deferred to T9 (GPU batched MMCS + FRI). This drops #748's in-
  `multi_prove` GPU-residency ONLY; its cuda-gated changes to other
  files (gpu_lde, math-cuda, trace) remain from the auto-merge.
- prover/src/lib.rs: kept this branch's `multi_prove_batched` /
  `batched_multi_verify` calls and folded in main's orthogonal
  `instruments::span("proving")` and `profile_markers::step_marker`.

Verified (non-cuda): `cargo check` clean on stark + lambda-vm-prover;
17 batched stark tests, serialized multi-table roundtrip, 18 lt_bus
real-VM-table tests, and the honest-bitwise preprocessed path all pass.

NOTE: cuda-build integration between the batched path and #748's
resident-GPU API is deferred (T9); non-cuda is the benchmarked config.
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Resolve conflicts from main's #764 (single-source constraints) refactor:

- verifier.rs: keep the batched imports (BatchedMultiProof, BatchedTableData);
  drop PackingShifts. #764 changed TransitionEvaluationContext::new_verifier
  from 6 args to 4 (removed periodic_values + packing_shifts, now handled
  internally). The batched verify path reuses the same shared per-table
  transition helper, so this applies to both verify paths.
- air_tests.rs: accept main's deletion of test_multi_prove_different_airs.
  The test predates this PR (the PR only ported it to the batched API); #764
  removed it together with its bit_flags example dependency. No bit_flags
  references remain.
- prover.rs: drop the now-dead IntoParallelRefIterator import (this PR had
  already removed its last .par_iter() call but left the import).

Validated: cargo check clean (no warnings); stark lib suite 192/192 pass,
including the batched soundness suite and logup_all_packing_variants.
Merging main surfaced breaks in code my default-feature validation never
compiled:

- disk-spill: `prove_rounds_1_to_3` takes `air_trace_pairs: &mut Vec<_>`, but
  two disk-spill call sites reborrowed it as `&mut air_trace_pairs` (a
  `&mut &mut Vec`, needing a `mut` binding). `par_try_for_each_mut` takes
  `&mut [T]`, so pass `air_trace_pairs` directly (implicit reborrow).
- cuda: main changed `try_build_comp_poly_tree_gpu` to return
  `(host_tree, dev_tree)` and `try_inv_denoms_dev_with_stream` to take a 4th
  `bound_stream` arg; the auto-merge kept main's signatures but the PR's
  callers. Map the GPU tuple to just the host tree (this batched path doesn't
  use the device tree) and pass `lde_trace.bound_stream()` to match main.
- Lint: `cargo fmt` (much of the branch was never formatted).

Verified: cargo check clean on default, `disk-spill`, `cuda`, and
`cuda,disk-spill`; workspace `cargo fmt --check` clean.
…tinuation)

Root cause: the merge combined the PR's shared-transcript multi_prove
(prover) with main's per-table-forking multi_verify (verifier). Main evolved
BOTH sides of the non-batched path to fork an independent transcript per table
(idx separator + aux root + table_contribution, per-table z); the PR kept the
older shared-transcript multi_prove and added the batched path as the new
default. The auto-merge took the PR's prover but main's verifier — no textual
conflict flagged it — so their Fiat-Shamir transcripts diverge and grinding
fails ("Grinding factor not satisfied" -> verify_rounds_2_to_4). Only
continuation uses the non-batched pair (monolithic uses batched; the stark
multi-table tests were migrated to batched; single-table soundness tests skip
the num_tables>1 fork), so only continuation broke.

Fix: restore main's per-table non-batched multi_prove so the prover matches
main's verifier that continuation was validated against. Ports main's
multi_prove + its prove_rounds_2_to_4 + free fns plan_table_chunks /
estimate_table_vram_bytes; all build on the SAME low-level primitives
(commit_main_trace, Round1/2/3, round_2/3/4_*) which are byte-identical
between main and the merged tree. The batched path (multi_prove_batched +
prove_rounds_1_to_3) is untouched. Restore the IntoParallelRefIterator import
(main's multi_prove uses par_iter) and drop the now-dead RoundsOneToThree
twiddle_caches field.

Validated: 26/26 continuation tests (incl. tamper-rejection soundness
negatives), 192/192 stark lib tests (batched path intact), clean build on
default/disk-spill/cuda, fmt clean.
…mination)

Conflict: crypto/stark/src/fri/mod.rs — union the two new module decls
(this PR's `pub mod mmcs;` + #729's `pub(crate) mod terminal;`).

Semantic: #729 replaced StarkProof.fri_last_value with fri_final_poly_coeffs
(early-termination). Auto-merge reconciled it everywhere except the batched
verifier's synthetic placeholder proof (batched_synthetic_table_proof), where
fri_last_value: zero() -> fri_final_poly_coeffs: Vec::new(). The two FRI
representations now coexist cleanly: non-batched StarkProof uses #729's
early-termination coeffs; BatchedMultiProof keeps its own unified fri_last_value.
Because main's non-batched multi_prove was ported verbatim, #729's changes to it
applied cleanly through this merge.

Validated: stark lib 211/211, continuation 25/25 (25: #789 removed the flaky
privacy byte-scan test), clean build on default/disk-spill/cuda, fmt clean.
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CI Lint runs `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings`; a newer
clippy (1.94) flags `.clone()` on Copy `FieldElement` at batched.rs:316 and
mmcs.rs:398/688. Drop the redundant clones.

Verified: workspace clippy clean (-D warnings), fmt clean.
Factor multi_prove_batched's Round 4 into a reusable batched_round_4() so the
upcoming continuation epoch driver can share it for the VM-table lane. Also
drop round2s (dead after the DEEP codeword loop) and deep_inputs (dead after
combine_by_height) before the FRI-commit + query-opening phases to lower the
batched peak. Behavior-preserving: 211 stark-lib tests pass.
…iver

STEP A: commit_aux_trace (CPU mirror of commit_main_trace) for the
standalone L2G aux lane.
STEP B: multi_prove_batched_epoch weaves two lanes through one transcript:
absorb L2G main root first, prove_rounds_1_to_3 over the VM tables, fork at
the seam to prove the L2G lane via prove_rounds_2_to_4, then batched_round_4
for the VM tables. Returns (BatchedMultiProof, StarkProof).
STEP C: split batched_multi_verify into batched_verify_rounds_1_to_3
(-> VmMidState) + batched_verify_round_4, behavior-preserving
(batched_multi_verify calls both in sequence). 211 stark-lib tests unchanged.
STEP D: batched_verify_epoch mirrors multi_prove_batched_epoch's transcript
order (L2G main root first, VM rounds 1-3, fork for L2G at the seam, then VM
round 4).
…-root fix

STEP E + wiring: EpochProof now carries vm_proof (BatchedMultiProof) + l2g_proof
(StarkProof); prove_epoch/verify_epoch use multi_prove_batched_epoch /
batched_verify_epoch with the batched COMMIT-bus balance. verify_round_4 folds
L2G's table_contribution into the VM target.

Fix: the expected COMMIT-bus balance now absorbs the standalone L2G main root
FIRST (new Option<&Commitment> param on compute_expected_commit_bus_balance_batched
/ replay_transcript_phase_a_batched), mirroring multi_prove_batched_epoch's
transcript order. Without it the sampled LogUp (z,alpha) diverged and epochs that
commit non-empty output failed to verify (empty output masked it).
- Add AuxCommitTuple<E> alias for commit_aux_trace return (type_complexity)
- Gate now-test-only replay_transcript_phase_a / compute_expected_commit_bus_balance
  under #[cfg(test)] (dead_code in lib target)
- fmt reflow of batched_verify_epoch call site
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diegokingston and others added 2 commits July 8, 2026 17:56
prove_rounds_1_to_3's air_trace_pairs is &mut Vec, so &air_trace_pairs
in the debug-checks-gated run_debug_checks call was a needless &&mut Vec.
Pass it directly (coerces to &[AirTracePair]). Only the CI clippy pass
with --features lambda-vm-prover/debug-checks compiles this line, so the
default-feature lint was green. multi_prove's owned-Vec call site (3199)
keeps its required &.
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