# 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: capture a first-attempt 00.05.02 diagnostic result on each affected controller with separately approved expendable media

## 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. Source tracing shows the HPT core can collapse exhausted read failures into CORRUPT and the subsequent legacy probe can erase the displayed last SD driver status. A 00.05.02 diagnostic candidate records the exact reopen stage and lane, correlates a retained driver error with the first failed sector, and classifies a reopen with exhausted raw reads as IO_ERROR. This improves diagnosis but does not yet establish or correct the physical first-attempt cause. The managed Debug rebuild and 110/110 commissioning source invariants pass; target results are outstanding.

## 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

Use service 467 to record CID and service 468 to record open stage, lane, driver status, and first error sector before a retry on each affected controller. Keep the same powered session through the observation; power off before any card replacement. Diagnose the observed failing operation or metadata check, correct its common cause, and rerun format and graph qualification on one exact candidate before release.

