Release 0.31.1 with calibrated provider strengths

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Victor Kuznetsov
2026-08-26 11:22:13 -07:00
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@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ study (section 2.2) gives empirical floors:
> were removed, and `OPENAI_STRENGTH` / `GEMINI_STRENGTH` / `UNKNOWN_STRENGTH` went
> with them. Everything from here to the end of this section is a record of what was
> measured on those profiles, kept because the oracle verdicts are still the evidence
> base. For the strength policy in force now see `module-internals.md`: `qwen-zimage`
> uses `resolution_adaptive_denoise`, `sdxl-zimage` a flat vendor ladder.
> base. For the strength policy in force now see
> [`known-limitations.md`](known-limitations.md#strength-is-content-and-seed-dependent).
The default was **vendor-adaptive** (`watermark_profiles.resolve_strength` +
`vendor_for_strength`): the tool read the C2PA issuer on the original input and picked
@@ -691,9 +691,9 @@ solid at 0.10 but at 0.15 it is near-threshold noise; (2) for reliable removal p
a strength with MARGIN above the borderline (controlnet >= 0.20), not exactly on
it; (3) **historical engineering conclusion:** this dated run argued for a
higher ControlNet strength than the then-current default. That proposal was
later superseded. The current resolver intentionally shares the 0.10/0.15
ladder between SDXL and ControlNet and uses a separate Qwen ladder; see
`_internal/watermark_profiles.py`.
later superseded. The resolver of that period shared the 0.10/0.15 ladder between
SDXL and ControlNet; the current policies are recorded in
[`known-limitations.md`](known-limitations.md#strength-is-content-and-seed-dependent).
Source images are private (faces / product shots), not committed; reproduce on any
photoreal + flat-graphic gpt-image pair, varying the seed, and re-checking the
oracle.
@@ -770,14 +770,14 @@ reproducible verification requires a fixed seed.
Watermarking.** arXiv:2505.21620.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21620
**Google floor on qwen-zimage (0.27.2, 2026-08-19).** The bracket above did not
**Google floor on qwen-zimage (0.27.2, remeasured 2026-08-25).** The bracket above did not
survive the full production path: on the 4.33 MP CJK-sign fixture (visible-stage
sparkle removal -> qwen-zimage seed 0 at the curve's 0.154 top -> resize-back ->
metadata strip), the Gemini verifier detected SynthID x3 with a valid
pixel-identical stripped control in the same session. Google-provenance content
now takes a flat `QWEN_ZIMAGE_GOOGLE_STRENGTH = 0.30` floor instead of the area
curve - 0.30 anchors measured clean in Gemini on two fixtures (CJK sign +
18-face) at 3/3 checks across two work accounts, and stayed clean with the
vae-glyphs donor layer on top; openai/unknown content keeps the resolution
curve. An explicit strength still wins. Certification artifacts: raiw-app
initially took a flat `0.30` floor instead of the area curve. The later provider
remeasurement established a common pass at `0.25` across three valid sources and
separately repeated `QWEN_ZIMAGE_GOOGLE_STRENGTH = 0.27` across those sources and
three accounts. OpenAI now has its own measured flat operating point; unknown
content keeps the resolution curve. An explicit strength still wins. Certification artifacts: raiw-app
`data/certification/text-restoration-2026-08-18/` (the failing re-baseline).