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Paper Integrity Record · LEDGER

Silent coverage failures in rare-event searches and a degeneracy index that predicts them

As of 12 August 2026, Pith completed 4 of 6 listed checks against arXiv:2608.09203. The completed checks produced 1 public finding within their stated scope. 2 checks were skipped and produced no result.

This is a record of named checks, not a clean-status claim or a paper verdict.

pith.integrity.v1
2608.09203 v1
pith:2026:ZSIGOGNSG37PZSM5NF5IHZT5U2

Coverage vector

completed 4 of 6 listed checks

Counted as completed checks in the claim sentence numerator.

skipped 2 of 6 listed checks

Skipped checks produced no result and say nothing about absence.

Listed checks

claim_evidence

completed

v1.0.0, observed 2026-08-12 03:48:07.793745+00:00

Scope
Recorded paper claims checked for the evidence artifacts they name.
Completed surface
Completed within the stated scope.

doi_title_agreement

completed

v1.0.0, observed 2026-08-11 21:38:49.847632+00:00

Scope
Cited titles compared with titles resolved from their DOI or arXiv identifier.
Completed surface
Checked 7 references.

doi_compliance

completed

v1.1.0, observed 2026-08-11 21:38:03.634748+00:00

Scope
DOI and arXiv identifiers listed in the bibliography checked against named registries.
Completed surface
Checked 26 references. Recorded 1 finding from this run.

citation_quote_validity

skipped

v0.1.0, observed 2026-08-11 21:08:36.926014+00:00

Scope
Specific factual attributions checked against cited-paper text available in Pith.
Reason
Paper body text was unavailable.

cited_work_retraction

completed

v1.0.0, observed 2026-08-11 14:38:10.836173+00:00

Scope
Cited references checked for source-reported retractions or expressions of concern.
Completed surface
Completed within the stated scope.

ai_meta_artifact

skipped

v1.0.0, observed 2026-08-11 04:08:40.243585+00:00

Scope
Paper body text scanned for literal AI-assistant artifacts.
Reason
Paper body text was unavailable.

Observations

Methods and limits

Each listed check names the surface it examined. A skipped, failed, partial, unavailable, not collected, not requested, or withheld check says nothing about what a completed check would have returned.

  • Only checks with status completed enter the claim sentence numerator.
  • Findings appear only from completed checks and only within the scope printed for that check.
  • Severity labels describe one observation row. They do not roll up into a paper judgment.