{ "title": "RCL_H01_A_CROP_PROGRESS_GE_AVAILABILITY_OVERLAY_v0_1", "artifact": "RCL_H01_A_CROP_PROGRESS_GE_AVAILABILITY_OVERLAY_v0_1", "created_at_utc": "2026-09-12T19:00:49Z", "rules": [ "Metadata / release-identity / availability clocks only \u2014 NO yield/condition numerics, NO targets open, NO returns", "Do not invent timestamps; delay notices / specials recorded when on-page", "public_release_at intraday remains UNKNOWN unless separately proven; date-level \u2260 midnight inference", "HTTP Last-Modified is secondary server mtime, not authenticated release clock", "NASS 4:00 pm ET guide statement is OFFICIAL POLICY, not per-issue proven public_release_at", "Prediction origin T0 protocol still UNRESOLVED (G_REVISION_PROTOCOL) \u2014 this overlay does NOT freeze T0 membership", "TARGETS_CLOSED; FREEZE=NO; MODEL_CHANGE=NO; REAL_CAPITAL=NOT_AUTHORIZED", "eligible_seasons remains UNKNOWN; BAR_12 held unless explicitly failed below" ], "absorbs": { "presence_jul_sep_artifact": "RCL_H01_A_CROP_PROGRESS_GE_PRESENCE_JUL_SEP_v0_1.json", "presence_jul_sep_sha256": "a04ac2f5156bbdbe493c57a429261343c9046a4e4c3db0edb0b241d22a803d7d", "codex_required_overlay": "1775ef28-7224-422d-bf98-a45828cf3c49", "james_priority": "520d3c75-44cf-49f7-9924-fe94cbc5fd74", "candidate_origin_rule_ref": "RCL_H01_CANDIDATE_v0_2_1.md \u00a78 (public_release_at \u2264 T0; customary 4pm must not alone prove availability)" }, "official_policy_clock": { "source": "NASS Survey Guide \u2014 Crop Progress and Condition", "url": "https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Crop_Progress_and_Condition/", "stated_release": "Released at 4:00 PM on the first business day of each week from April 1 to Nov. 30", "stated_preparation": "Official report must be prepared by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time", "label": "OFFICIAL_POLICY", "per_issue_proven": false }, "wayback_pass": { "status": "ATTEMPTED_TLS_FAILURE_NO_RESULT", "note": "CDX queries to web.archive.org failed with TLS unexpected EOF / intermittent 503 from this environment on 2026-09-12. No capture asserted or denied." }, "summary": { "scaffold_years": [ 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 ], "months_covered": [ "07", "08", "09" ], "issue_rows": 212, "ordinary_weekly_rows": 211, "availability_status_counts": { "DATE_LEVEL_OFFICIAL_LM_NOT_CONTEMPORANEOUS": 118, "DELAY_NOTICE_NOT_ORDINARY_PACKAGE": 1, "DATE_LEVEL_OFFICIAL_PLUS_SAME_DAY_LM_SECONDARY": 93 }, "ordinary_pre_origin_provisional_counts": { "DATE_LEVEL_YES_INTRADAY_UNKNOWN_PENDING_ORIGIN_PROTOCOL": 211 }, "released_line_live_ok": 211, "released_line_matches_issue_date": 211, "released_line_fetch_errors": 0, "seasons_with_full_ordinary_date_level_official": [ 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 ], "seasons_with_full_ordinary_date_level_official_count": 16, "seasons_with_full_ordinary_same_day_lm": [ 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 ], "seasons_with_full_ordinary_same_day_lm_count": 7, "bar_12_assessment": { "bar_12_held": true, "still_plausible_under_date_level_official_released_narrative": true, "still_plausible_if_requiring_same_day_lm_secondary_for_all_weeks": false, "same_day_lm_season_count": 7, "date_level_season_count": 16, "plain_english": "Under date-level OFFICIAL package 'Released' narrative (calendar day only), 16/16 scaffold seasons have full Jul\u2013Sep ordinary-week coverage \u2014 BAR\u226512 still plausible. Under a stricter rule requiring same-day HTTP Last-Modified (2019\u20132025 regime only), only 7 seasons clear \u2014 that stricter cut would FAIL BAR\u226512. Final eligible_seasons still UNKNOWN; origin protocol + survey-regime gates still open. Not declaring H01_A_FEASIBILITY_INSUFFICIENT on this overlay alone." }, "gate_impact": "G_PREDICTOR_GE_PRESENCE \u2192 PRESENCE_COMPLETE_AVAILABILITY_OVERLAY_APPLIED_INTRADAY_STILL_UNKNOWN (not fully closed; date-level evidence recorded)", "eligible_seasons": "UNKNOWN", "targets_opened": false }, "notable_events": [ { "issue_date_calendar": "2018-09-10", "release_identity": "DELAY_NOTICE", "availability_status": "DELAY_NOTICE_NOT_ORDINARY_PACKAGE", "scrubbed_notice": "USDA September ## Crop Progress Report Delayed", "companion_ordinary_issue": "2018-09-11", "comment": "Delay notice is not ordinary weekly G+E package; do not count as data absence for the week." }, { "theme": "ESMIS_MIGRATION_LM", "comment": "Most 2010\u20132018 Jul\u2013Sep TXT Last-Modified cluster on 2018-09-17 (ESMIS migration). That mtime is NOT first-public-availability evidence for those historical weeks." }, { "theme": "SAME_DAY_LM_2019_2025", "comment": "All ordinary Jul\u2013Sep weeks 2019\u20132025 show Last-Modified on the same calendar day as issue_date, typically 20:00 or 21:00 UTC \u2014 consistent with 4:00 pm ET policy as SECONDARY evidence only." }, { "theme": "PRE_ORIGIN_VS_CROP_PRODUCTION_NOON", "comment": "Crop Progress policy 4:00 pm ET is AFTER Crop Production noon ET on a shared calendar day. Same-day Progress packages are therefore NOT automatically pre-origin for a noon T0 \u2014 origin protocol (still unfrozen) must exclude same-calendar-day Progress when T0 is Crop Production noon." } ], "season_summaries": [ { "harvest_season_year_scaffold": 2010, "issue_count_jul_sep": 13, "ordinary_weekly_count": 13, "availability_status_counts": { "DATE_LEVEL_OFFICIAL_LM_NOT_CONTEMPORANEOUS": 13 }, "ordinary_pre_origin_provisional_counts": { "DATE_LEVEL_YES_INTRADAY_UNKNOWN_PENDING_ORIGIN_PROTOCOL": 13 }, "lm_class_counts": { "LM_ESMIS_MIGRATION_2018_09_17": 13 }, "ordinary_with_date_level_official_released_match": 13, "ordinary_with_same_day_lm": 0, "season_date_level_availability_ok": true, "season_same_day_lm_regime": false, "ge_presence_any": true }, { "harvest_season_year_scaffold": 2011, "issue_count_jul_sep": 13, "ordinary_weekly_count": 13, "availability_status_counts": { "DATE_LEVEL_OFFICIAL_LM_NOT_CONTEMPORANEOUS": 13 }, "ordinary_pre_origin_provisional_counts": { 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Absence of result \u2260 proof of non-capture." } ], "delay_or_special_notices_scrubbed": [] }, { "harvest_season_year_scaffold": 2010, "issue_date_calendar": "2010-07-12", "issue_weekday": "Monday", "issue_url": "https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/publication/crop-progress/2010-07-12", "txt_url": "https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/8336h188j/bc386k87x/4x51hk52h/CropProg-07-12-2010.txt", "txt_sha256": "aac28e3c55c22e26d3023eb5da14ef8e3c27b5f1aba442657efd38c1ec7270d6", "presence_status": "PRESENT", "release_identity": "ORDINARY_WEEKLY", "ge_predictor_header_present_boolean": true, "package_released_calendar_from_txt": "2010-07-12", "package_released_matches_issue_date": true, "last_modified_http_from_presence": "Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:56:22 GMT", "lm_class": "LM_ESMIS_MIGRATION_2018_09_17", "lm_lag_days_vs_issue": 2989, "lm_hour_utc": 14, "availability_status": "DATE_LEVEL_OFFICIAL_LM_NOT_CONTEMPORANEOUS", "pre_origin_feature_eligibility_provisional": "DATE_LEVEL_YES_INTRADAY_UNKNOWN_PENDING_ORIGIN_PROTOCOL", "public_release_at_intraday": "UNKNOWN", "evidence": [ { "class": "PRESENT_DAY_RETRIEVABLE", "binding": "EXACT_BYTES_PRESENT_DAY", "note": "ESMIS TXT retrievable now with recorded sha256; does NOT alone prove historical first-availability timing", "txt_sha256": "aac28e3c55c22e26d3023eb5da14ef8e3c27b5f1aba442657efd38c1ec7270d6", "txt_url": "https://esmis.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/release-files/8336h188j/bc386k87x/4x51hk52h/CropProg-07-12-2010.txt" }, { "class": "DIRECT_AUTHORITATIVE_RELEASE_EVIDENCE_DATE_LEVEL", "binding": "PACKAGE_NARRATIVE_RELEASED_CALENDAR_DATE", "precision": "calendar_date_only", "timezone": null, "released_calendar_from_txt": "2010-07-12", "matches_esmis_issue_date_calendar": true, "note": "TXT masthead 'Released Month Day, Year' matches ESMIS issue_date_calendar. 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