tune(manifold): strengthen default geometric push

ALIGNMENT.md

@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ Legacy a-immersive was mobile-first; Manifold is desktop-first. Defer until user
   ~1000x change end to end, and now within ~4x of the legacy Diffuse design instead of
   ~4100x (`ml_bench` A4). The follow-up now adopts upstream's repeated-all-negatives
   schedule and full-strength wall-clock lifetime through a deterministic elapsed-time
-  core seam. Manifold defaults to 0.001 LR, 200 Hz and 2500 ms, exposes all three in the
-  expanded Learning panel, and allows rate/lifetime zero as an explicit one-shot A/B.
+  core seam. After operator calibration, Manifold defaults to 0.003 LR, 200 Hz and
+  2500 ms, exposes all three in the expanded Learning panel, and allows rate/lifetime
+  zero as an explicit one-shot A/B. The shared core fallback and the panel's explicit
+  "Upstream defaults" preset remain 0.001 LR, 200 Hz and 2500 ms.
 - 2026-07-25: **`InterfaceRL` is back in the tree (defect 6c).** Vendored verbatim from
   memllib `e291192` at `firmware/MEMLNaut-NISPS/lib/memllib/reference/` — outside `src/`,
   so PlatformIO never compiles it. Upstream drift in the feedback subsystem is a `diff`

docs/adr/rl-feedback-design.md

@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ supersede the older `0a541cc` constants and synchronous-one-shot wording below:
 - a press stores the rejection and performs one immediate update, then
   `FeedbackControllerCore::advance_geometric(dt)` replays **all** live negatives at a
   configurable rate for a full-strength wall-clock lifetime;
-- defaults match upstream: LR `0.001`, `200 Hz`, `2500 ms`; rate or lifetime zero is
-  explicit one-shot mode;
+- the shared core fallback and Manifold's "Upstream defaults" experiment preset match
+  upstream: LR `0.001`, `200 Hz`, `2500 ms`; rate or lifetime zero is explicit one-shot
+  mode;
+- after operator calibration on 2026-07-25, Manifold starts at LR `0.003`, `200 Hz`,
+  `2500 ms`; this product default does not change the firmware/core fallback;
 - the host supplies elapsed time, but target computation and every weight mutation stay
   in the allocation-free shared C++ core. Native↔WASM parity covers this seam.
 

manifold/src/console/Drawers.tsx

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import type { ExampleResizePolicy, NetworkResizePolicy } from '../engine/io-resh
 import {
   useEngine,
   useEngineVersion,
-  DEFAULT_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG,
+  UPSTREAM_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG,
 } from '../engine';
 import { EditorPanel } from '../serial/EditorPanel';
 import { TrainingHealth } from './TrainingHealth';
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ function LearningDrawer(ctx: ConsoleCtx, depth: DrawerDepth) {
                   size="sm"
                   variant="secondary"
                   onClick={() =>
-                    ctx.setGeometricConfig({ ...DEFAULT_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG })
+                    ctx.setGeometricConfig({ ...UPSTREAM_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG })
                   }
                 >
                   Upstream defaults

manifold/src/engine/engine-api.ts

@@ -30,12 +30,19 @@ export interface GeometricFeedbackConfig {
   lifetimeMs: number;
 }
 
-export const DEFAULT_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG: Readonly<GeometricFeedbackConfig> = {
+/** Verified upstream InterfaceRL replay settings, retained as an A/B preset. */
+export const UPSTREAM_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG: Readonly<GeometricFeedbackConfig> = {
   learningRate: 0.001,
   updatesPerSecond: 200,
   lifetimeMs: 2500,
 };
 
+/** Manifold's operator-calibrated product default. */
+export const DEFAULT_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG: Readonly<GeometricFeedbackConfig> = {
+  ...UPSTREAM_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG,
+  learningRate: 0.003,
+};
+
 export interface EngineFeedbackApi {
   /** Positive feedback (thumbs-up). Returns the FeedbackAction int. */
   thumbsUp(): number;

manifold/src/engine/index.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export {
   EngineApi,
   createEngine,
   DEFAULT_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG,
+  UPSTREAM_GEOMETRIC_FEEDBACK_CONFIG,
 } from './engine-api';
 export type {
   EngineApiOptions,

manifold/tests/e2e/geo-dislike.spec.ts

@@ -89,17 +89,19 @@ test.describe('geometric dislike (Mode 1) — core-backed', () => {
     expect(result).toEqual({ first: 1, live: 1, second: 1, expired: 0 });
   });
 
-  test('expanded Learning panel exposes the upstream-default experiment controls', async ({ page }) => {
+  test('expanded Learning panel starts calibrated and can restore upstream defaults', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.getByTitle('Learning', { exact: true }).click();
     await page.getByTitle('Expand', { exact: true }).click();
 
     await expect(page.getByText('push · learning rate', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByText('push · updates / second', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByText('push · lifetime', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByText('0.0010', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.getByText('0.0030', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByText('200 Hz', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByText('2.5 s', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Upstream defaults' })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByText('≈ 500 replay updates + the press')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Upstream defaults' }).click();
+    await expect(page.getByText('0.0010', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
   });
 });