# Project Map: SMI 00.05.02 first-format reliability

Status: active
Type: project-map
Updated: 2026-09-30
Origin: IDEA-0009
Target Release: 00.05.02
Next Action: isolate the v00.05.01 first-attempt commissioned-media reopen failure with the shipped C core and driver path

## Purpose

Make SD initialization and commissioning succeed on the first attempt after a fresh SMI install. Preserve the exact first failure and distinguish driver I/O from invalid HPT metadata. Carry the verified fix into the shared 00.05.02 image with IDEA-0008.

## Direction

1. Reproduce or isolate the first-format sequence against v00.05.01, beginning with the provided two-controller screenshots and source trace. Keep the cause open until a failing operation or metadata invariant is observed.
2. Correct the proven common firmware defect and retain useful first-failure diagnostics. Do not add card-specific timing or unconditional retry behavior.
3. Verify format, reopen, commissioning append/readback, and failure paths with focused tests and the canonical managed build.
4. Coordinate the 00.05.02 candidate with IDEA-0008. Qualify the exact image on both affected controller/card combinations using separately authorized expendable media, CID baselines, service 468 results, and first-attempt outcomes before release.

## Current Position

v00.05.01 failed at commissioned-media reopen on the first format attempt on two controls with different SD cards; the second attempt worked in the same powered session. The original driver failure and precise HPT open check were not captured. Published 00.05.01 remains the baseline. No code or hardware action has yet resolved this new incident.

## Dependencies And Boundaries

- Diagnostic and source work can proceed locally. Physical destructive formatting requires separate authorization and approved expendable media.
- No powered SD removal or insertion.
- Release 00.05.02 must include both this correction and IDEA-0008, with exact candidate identity and required release gates.

## Next Ground Task

Build a focused reproduction of the shipped format, reopen, append, and reopen sequence and trace each CORRUPT return and sticky SD error before selecting a correction.

