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+{
+  "schemaVersion": "fidc-numeric-vm-generation-scratch-rejection/v1",
+  "measuredAt": "2026-09-05T04:34:00+08:00",
+  "host": "local-macos",
+  "candidateCommitted": false,
+  "candidateDeployed": false,
+  "candidate": {
+    "description": "replace per-evaluation Option slot clearing with value arrays and u64 generation stamps",
+    "iterations": 2000000,
+    "vmNanosecondsPerEvaluation": 86.405,
+    "rhaiNanosecondsPerEvaluation": 364.356
+  },
+  "baseline": {
+    "iterations": 2000000,
+    "vmNanosecondsPerEvaluation": 86.384,
+    "rhaiNanosecondsPerEvaluation": 374.938
+  },
+  "observedVmRegressionPercent": 0.024310531,
+  "targetedTestsPassed": 7,
+  "acceptance": {
+    "status": "rejected_and_removed_before_commit",
+    "reason": "generation checks exactly offset slot initialization savings in the existing representative VM benchmark"
+  }
+}