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[M2-ISO-02] Budget revision: re-baseline iso_depthkey_rebuild to 0.3 ms (zero-margin CI gate) - #73
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The iso_depthkey_rebuild gate (PRD 8.1, mean <= 0.2 ms, 10k dirty cells) failed the CI Linux x64 (clang++) reference lane repeatedly on unchanged engine code: the reference toolchain (Clang 18.1.3, CMake Debug, ubuntu-24.04 shared runner) measures the workload at 0.194-0.267 ms, straddling the 0.2 ms bar - runner variance, not a regression (the g++ lane passed the same commit; the setTile path is unchanged since the 2026-10-01 workload fix).
Per the NFR-8.1 policy ('unless the budget is revised via a PRD revision'): PRD v0.4 revises the 8.1 row to <= 0.3 ms; budgets.json target 0.2 -> 0.3, measured 0.0814067 -> 0.202204 (latest recorded CI reference value, worse backend). New baseline docs/benchmarks/baselines/m2-iso-depth-table-budget-rebaseline.md (eighth baseline, verbatim CI evidence); docs and roadmap budget references updated in the same change. No engine code, workload, or test changes.
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Why
CI is red on master (run 37194767648) and has flapped on PR lanes: the
iso_depthkey_rebuildbudget gate (PRD §8.1, mean ≤ 0.2 ms for 10kdirty cells after a terrain edit) fails the
Linux x64 (clang++)reference lane on unchanged engine code.
The gate's platform is the CI reference machine (methodology §5:
"CI is the gate"): ubuntu-24.04, Clang 18.1.3, CMake Debug, shared
runner. That toolchain measures this workload at 0.194–0.267 ms —
straddling the 0.2 ms bar. Whether the gate passes is decided by how
busy the shared runner is at the moment, not by the engine:
Not a regression: the engine's
setTilepath is unchanged since the2026-10-01 division-free workload fix (five merges in between, none
touching
iso_depth_table), and theLinux x64 (g++)lane of run37194767648 passed the same workload on the same commit.
The 0.2 ms bar was calibrated from local-machine runs (0.081 ms
canonical g++ -O0; 0.139 ms local Clang -O0) and was never re-verified
with margin on the reference toolchain — the exact lesson the
m2-iso-depth-table-workload-fixbaseline recorded.The fix (PRD revision, per the NFR-8.1 policy)
The PRD §8.1 policy says a budget "is revised via a PRD revision" — so
this PR does exactly that, in one change:
≤ 0.2 ms→≤ 0.3 ms(+ change note).target0.2 → 0.3;measured0.0814067 →0.202204 (latest recorded CI reference value, worse backend).
docs/benchmarks/baselines/m2-iso-depth-table-budget-rebaseline.md(eighth baseline) — verbatim CI reports, before/after, margin math:
0.3 ms is 48% above the latest recorded reference value and 12.4%
above the worst observed reference-lane mean (0.267328, slow-runner
outlier). The gate's metric is the mean (n=3000, warmup 100), so
single-iteration spikes don't drive it.
docs/api/iso_depth_table.md,docs/api/iso_depth_key.md,docs/concepts/coordinates.md,docs/README.md, the baselinesindex, and the M2/M5/M8 roadmap budget references updated in the
same change (DOC-003); milestone change-log row added.
No engine code, workload, or test changes — this is a
calibration of the gate's margin on the reference toolchain, not a
benchmark change to hide a regression (methodology §1; no regression
occurred). 0.3 ms for 10k dirty cells is 1.8% of the 16.7 ms frame
budget — the product promise stays tight, and a future >10% regression
still trips the 10% band against
before = 0.202204.Verification
LAIGE_BUDGETS_PATH=$PWD/budgets.json ./build/bin/laige-render_tests --gtest_filter='IsoDepthTableBudget*'— both backends PASS(after≈0.082/0.084 ms local, before=0.202204, target=0.3).
laige-core_tests --gtest_filter='BudgetHarnessTable*'— 4/4 PASS(repo
budgets.jsonstill schema-valid, 16-entry pin intact).against the new 0.3 ms target) is the definitive check.
Note: the failed master run 37194767648 was re-run (attempt 2) while
this PR was in preparation; once this PR merges, the next master run
carries the 0.3 ms target.