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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:41:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] test(impact-pdg): curated ground-truth fixture corpus (U6)
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13-case corpus (12 measurable: intra=6/inter=3/mixed=3, + 1 excluded
no-body) under bench/impact-pdg/fixtures. Each case: tiny TS source +
ground-truth.json {criterion, intra_AIS, inter_AIS, locus, provenance,
analyzerVersion, rationale}. Annotated from SOURCE SEMANTICS only
(KTD9 annotation-circularity guard — U7 reconciles vs the traversal).
Symbol/line granularity, not block-id. Schema+smoke test asserts each
measurable criterion emits its declared PDG edges (catches accidental
zero-edge/no-body criteria).

Refs U6
---
 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/README.md           | 104 +++++
 .../inter-dispatcher-thin/ground-truth.json   |  35 ++
 .../inter-dispatcher-thin/src/dispatcher.ts   |  30 ++
 .../inter-facade-delegate/ground-truth.json   |  35 ++
 .../inter-facade-delegate/src/facade.ts       |  26 ++
 .../inter-pipeline-stages/ground-truth.json   |  35 ++
 .../inter-pipeline-stages/src/pipeline.ts     |  28 ++
 .../intra-control-branch/ground-truth.json    |  38 ++
 .../intra-control-branch/src/branch.ts        |  14 +
 .../intra-control-guard/ground-truth.json     |  44 +++
 .../fixtures/intra-control-guard/src/guard.ts |  14 +
 .../intra-control-loop/ground-truth.json      |  32 ++
 .../fixtures/intra-control-loop/src/loop.ts   |  15 +
 .../ground-truth.json                         |  32 ++
 .../src/accumulator.ts                        |  13 +
 .../intra-dataflow-chain/ground-truth.json    |  20 +
 .../intra-dataflow-chain/src/chain.ts         |  11 +
 .../intra-dataflow-reassign/ground-truth.json |  19 +
 .../intra-dataflow-reassign/src/reassign.ts   |  10 +
 .../mixed-compute-and-emit/ground-truth.json  |  44 +++
 .../mixed-compute-and-emit/src/mixed.ts       |  18 +
 .../mixed-guarded-dispatch/ground-truth.json  |  49 +++
 .../mixed-guarded-dispatch/src/mixed.ts       |  21 ++
 .../ground-truth.json                         |  50 +++
 .../mixed-validate-then-call/src/mixed.ts     |  20 +
 .../ground-truth.json                         |  15 +
 .../nobody-interface-excluded/src/nobody.ts   |  16 +
 .../integration/impact-pdg-fixtures.test.ts   | 356 ++++++++++++++++++
 28 files changed, 1144 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/README.md
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-dispatcher-thin/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-dispatcher-thin/src/dispatcher.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-facade-delegate/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-facade-delegate/src/facade.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-pipeline-stages/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-pipeline-stages/src/pipeline.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-branch/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-branch/src/branch.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-guard/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-guard/src/guard.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-loop/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-loop/src/loop.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-accumulator/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-accumulator/src/accumulator.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-chain/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-chain/src/chain.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-reassign/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-reassign/src/reassign.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-compute-and-emit/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-compute-and-emit/src/mixed.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-guarded-dispatch/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-guarded-dispatch/src/mixed.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-validate-then-call/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-validate-then-call/src/mixed.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/nobody-interface-excluded/ground-truth.json
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/nobody-interface-excluded/src/nobody.ts
 create mode 100644 gitnexus/test/integration/impact-pdg-fixtures.test.ts

diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/README.md b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/README.md
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+# `bench/impact-pdg` — PDG-vs-call-graph impact accuracy harness
+
+> **STATUS: STUB (U6).** This directory currently holds only the **curated
+> ground-truth fixture corpus** (U6). The measurement harness (`measure.mjs`,
+> `baselines.json`) and the full methodology write-up land in **U7**. This
+> README documents the annotation schema and the validity posture so the
+> fixtures are reviewable on their own.
+
+## What this measures
+
+`impact` has two engines: `mode: 'callgraph'` (the default — inter-procedural
+BFS over symbol→symbol edges, over-approximating) and `mode: 'pdg'` (opt-in —
+intra-procedural blast radius from the persisted CDG + REACHING_DEF Program
+Dependence Graph). They occupy **different points on the precision/recall
+curve**; neither strictly dominates. The U7 harness runs both over the fixtures
+here and reports **precision / recall / F1 stratified by impact locus** so the
+"which is more accurate?" question gets an honest, per-scope answer rather than
+a single blended number.
+
+## The corpus
+
+Each case is a tiny self-contained TypeScript source repo plus a
+`ground-truth.json`. TypeScript is used throughout because it has the most
+mature CFG/PDG support in this codebase.
+
+| Case | Locus | Shape |
+|---|---|---|
+| `intra-dataflow-accumulator` | intra | loop-carried accumulator def→use (downstream) |
+| `intra-dataflow-chain` | intra | straight-line def→use chain (downstream) |
+| `intra-dataflow-reassign` | intra | reaching defs of a use (upstream, RD-reverse) |
+| `intra-control-guard` | intra | guard-clause control dependence (downstream, CDG-forward) |
+| `intra-control-branch` | intra | if/else-if/else arm control dependence (downstream) |
+| `intra-control-loop` | intra | nested loop+if controllers of a stmt (upstream, CDG-reverse) |
+| `inter-dispatcher-thin` | inter | branch router → 3 handlers (PDG ≈ ∅ by design) |
+| `inter-facade-delegate` | inter | guarded sequential delegation chain |
+| `inter-pipeline-stages` | inter | straight pipeline driver (upstream) |
+| `mixed-validate-then-call` | mixed | guard-dominated intra dependence + 1 callee |
+| `mixed-compute-and-emit` | mixed | data-flow-dominated intra dependence + 1 callee |
+| `mixed-guarded-dispatch` | mixed | control+data intra dependence + 2 callees |
+| `nobody-interface-excluded` | n/a | no-body symbols (KTD6); **excluded** from PDG scoring |
+
+**Minimum corpus floor (KTD9/F3):** ≥ 3 cases per locus stratum, ≥ 12 total
+measurable cases. Current: intra = 6, inter = 3, mixed = 3 → 12 measurable
+(+1 excluded no-body case). Below this floor the U7 harness must print
+"underpowered — directional only" instead of a verdict.
+
+## Annotation schema (`ground-truth.json`)
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+|---|---|---|
+| `schemaVersion` | int | schema version (currently `1`) |
+| `criterion` | `{ name, filePath, direction, marker?, pdgEdgeKinds? }` | the changed symbol — the seed for "what is affected if I change this". `direction` ∈ `downstream` \| `upstream`. `marker` is a substring unique to the criterion function's body (appears in one of its `BasicBlock.text` fragments); the smoke test uses it to locate the criterion function's blocks deterministically. `pdgEdgeKinds` lists the PDG edge kinds (`REACHING_DEF` \| `CDG`) the criterion function is expected to produce: a pure straight-line data-flow criterion declares only `REACHING_DEF` (no branches → no control dependence), a branching/guard criterion declares both. The smoke test asserts exactly the declared kinds are non-zero on the criterion (so the pure-dataflow archetype isn't forced to carry an artificial branch) and that the criterion produces ≥ 1 PDG edge overall (catching an accidental no-body/zero-edge criterion). `marker` and `pdgEdgeKinds` are required for every measurable case; both are omitted only on `pdgScoring: "exclude"` no-body cases. |
+| `intra_AIS` | `AisEntry[]` | symbols/**lines** truly affected WITHIN the same function (the scope where PDG mode is defined). Annotated at **symbol/line granularity, never block-id** (block ids carry fragile `fnLine:fnCol:idx`). |
+| `inter_AIS` | `AisEntry[]` | symbols truly affected ACROSS function boundaries (the scope where call-graph mode is defined and intra-procedural PDG is zero-by-design). |
+| `locus` | `'intra' \| 'inter' \| 'mixed' \| 'n/a'` | the dominant impact locus; `n/a` only for excluded no-body cases. |
+| `pdgScoring` | `'exclude'` (optional) | present (= `"exclude"`) only on no-body cases U7 must drop from PDG denominators. |
+| `provenance` | `'manual' \| 'mutation'` | how the AIS was derived. **v1 is `manual` only** — the mutation track (perturb a statement, diff the changed outcomes) needs a fixture-runner + value-diff harness that does not exist yet, so it is deferred. The field stays for forward-compatibility. |
+| `analyzerVersion` | string | pinned analyzer version marker (currently the `package.json` version) so ground truth versions against the analyzer. |
+| `rationale` | string | prose — WHY each AIS element is in or out. This is what makes manual annotation defensible (SLICEBENCH generate-then-verify discipline). |
+
+`AisEntry` = `{ symbol, filePath, line?, note? }`. `line` is 1-based and present
+for intra entries (which are statement-granular); inter entries name a whole
+symbol and omit `line`.
+
+`intra_AIS` and `inter_AIS` are **disjoint** for every case (an intra entry is a
+line within the criterion function; an inter entry is a different symbol).
+
+## Validity threats (the two that dominate — KTD9)
+
+1. **Ground-truth incompleteness.** A hand-annotated handful of fixtures yields
+   *point estimates* over a tiny, self-admittedly incomplete corpus. One
+   mis-annotation can swing F1 by a large fraction, so U7 reports findings as a
+   **direction**, not a headline decimal, until the corpus grows / the mutation
+   track lands.
+2. **Annotation circularity.** PDG's `intra_AIS` risks being reconciled against
+   the PDG traversal's own output. **Mitigation (KTD9 annotation-circularity
+   guard): these annotations are written from SOURCE SEMANTICS first** — reading
+   the source and reasoning about def→use / control dependence by hand — and
+   reconciling against the live traversal is **U7's job (its Step 0), not the
+   annotation's**. Call-graph gets no such home-field annotation, so the
+   comparison is not rigged toward PDG.
+
+## Annotation fingerprint (KTD10)
+
+U7 computes an **order-independent fingerprint over this annotation set** so an
+*unreviewed edit to ground truth* — which silently moves the metric — trips a
+distinct `--check` gate (separate from the one-sided F1 regression band). The
+canonicalizer is annotation-set-shaped (it mirrors the `bench/cfg/measure.mjs`
+technique, not a literal import).
+
+## How to run
+
+`measure.mjs` is **not yet built** (U7). When it lands:
+
+```
+node --import tsx gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/measure.mjs          # print the stratified report
+node --import tsx gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/measure.mjs --check  # gate against baselines.json
+```
+
+The fixtures are validated today by the integration test
+`test/integration/impact-pdg-fixtures.test.ts` (schema well-formedness + a smoke
+test that each fixture analyzes under `--pdg` and the criterion function
+produces CDG + REACHING_DEF edges — a zero-edge criterion has unmeasurable
+ground truth).
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-dispatcher-thin/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-dispatcher-thin/ground-truth.json
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+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "dispatch",
+    "filePath": "src/dispatcher.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "kind === 'b'",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "inter",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [],
+  "inter_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "handleA",
+      "filePath": "src/dispatcher.ts",
+      "note": "routed to when kind === 'a'; its behavior is part of dispatch's true blast radius"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "handleB",
+      "filePath": "src/dispatcher.ts",
+      "note": "routed to when kind === 'b'"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "handleDefault",
+      "filePath": "src/dispatcher.ts",
+      "note": "the fallthrough route"
+    }
+  ],
+  "rationale": "`dispatch` is a thin router whose true impact is ENTIRELY cross-function: changing it affects the three handlers it dispatches to (handleA/handleB/handleDefault). There is no meaningful intra-procedural blast radius — the only intra-statements are the routing branch returns, which carry no work of their own. So intra_AIS is empty and inter_AIS is the three callees. PDG mode is intra-procedural by design, so on this case its inter-AIS recall is ~0 BY DESIGN (a capability fact, not a defect); the call-graph mode, with inter-procedural reach, finds all three. This case anchors the `inter` stratum so the harness can report complementary coverage. NOTE: the smoke test still requires `dispatch` to produce SOME CDG/REACHING_DEF edges (its routing branches do) — a zero-edge criterion would be unmeasurable; but those edges are not the AIS."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-dispatcher-thin/src/dispatcher.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-dispatcher-thin/src/dispatcher.ts
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+// Thin cross-function dispatcher. `dispatch`'s TRUE impact is entirely
+// cross-function: it just routes to `handleA` / `handleB` / `handleDefault`.
+// Intra-procedural PDG over `dispatch` returns ~no truly-affected statements
+// of interest (the routing branch returns are control-dependent on the
+// selector, but the *meaningful* blast radius — the work — lives in the
+// callees), so PDG inter-AIS recall here is ~0 BY DESIGN. The call-graph mode
+// is the right tool: its inter-procedural reach finds the three handlers.
+
+export function handleA(payload: number): number {
+  return payload + 1;
+}
+
+export function handleB(payload: number): number {
+  return payload * 2;
+}
+
+export function handleDefault(payload: number): number {
+  return payload;
+}
+
+export function dispatch(kind: string, payload: number): number {
+  // criterion: a thin router. Changing it affects the callees it routes to.
+  if (kind === 'a') {
+    return handleA(payload);
+  }
+  if (kind === 'b') {
+    return handleB(payload);
+  }
+  return handleDefault(payload);
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-facade-delegate/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-facade-delegate/ground-truth.json
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+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "processOrder",
+    "filePath": "src/facade.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "enrich(order)",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "inter",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [],
+  "inter_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "validate",
+      "filePath": "src/facade.ts",
+      "note": "the guard delegate; processOrder's behavior depends on it"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "enrich",
+      "filePath": "src/facade.ts",
+      "note": "transforms the order before persistence"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "persist",
+      "filePath": "src/facade.ts",
+      "note": "the terminal delegate in the sequence"
+    }
+  ],
+  "rationale": "`processOrder` is a facade sequencing three delegates (validate, enrich, persist) with one guard. Its true blast radius is the delegation chain — the inter_AIS — not its own body, which only routes values between calls. intra_AIS is empty: the guard return and the local `enriched` binding carry no independent work beyond shuttling delegate results. PDG mode (intra-procedural) has ~0 inter-AIS recall here BY DESIGN; call-graph mode walks validate->enrich->persist. Anchors the `inter` stratum with a sequential-delegation shape (distinct from the dispatcher's branching shape). The single guard gives `processOrder` a CDG edge so the smoke test's edge-presence requirement is met."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-facade-delegate/src/facade.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-facade-delegate/src/facade.ts
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+// Facade that delegates to a layered set of helpers. `processOrder`'s true
+// impact is cross-function: it sequences `validate`, `enrich`, and `persist`.
+// Its own body is a thin sequence of calls with a single guard; the real work
+// (and the real blast radius) is in the delegates. PDG intra-AIS is ~empty by
+// design; the call-graph mode walks the delegation chain.
+
+export function validate(order: number): boolean {
+  return order > 0;
+}
+
+export function enrich(order: number): number {
+  return order + 100;
+}
+
+export function persist(order: number): number {
+  return order;
+}
+
+export function processOrder(order: number): number {
+  // criterion: a facade. Its impact flows into the three delegates.
+  if (!validate(order)) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+  const enriched = enrich(order);
+  return persist(enriched);
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-pipeline-stages/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-pipeline-stages/ground-truth.json
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+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-pipeline-stages/ground-truth.json
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+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "runPipeline",
+    "filePath": "src/pipeline.ts",
+    "direction": "upstream",
+    "marker": "stageTransform(acc)",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "inter",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [],
+  "inter_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "stageParse",
+      "filePath": "src/pipeline.ts",
+      "note": "first pipeline stage runPipeline invokes; its output feeds the next"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "stageTransform",
+      "filePath": "src/pipeline.ts",
+      "note": "second stage; depends on stageParse's output threaded through `acc`"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "stageEmit",
+      "filePath": "src/pipeline.ts",
+      "note": "terminal stage"
+    }
+  ],
+  "rationale": "Direction is UPSTREAM: asking what `runPipeline` depends on. As a thin driver it threads `acc` through three stage calls (stageParse->stageTransform->stageEmit); the dependencies that matter cross function boundaries — the three stage functions — so inter_AIS holds them. intra_AIS is empty: the `acc` reassignments only carry delegate results, no independent computation. PDG mode is intra-procedural, so its inter-AIS recall here is ~0 BY DESIGN; the call-graph mode (upstream) reaches the stages. The `enabled` guard (added so the driver carries a CDG edge) keeps the criterion measurable for the smoke test without changing the cross-function locus. Distinct from the dispatcher (branch-routed) and facade (guarded-sequence) shapes — this is a straight pipeline driver."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-pipeline-stages/src/pipeline.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/inter-pipeline-stages/src/pipeline.ts
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+// A pipeline driver whose impact is cross-function: `runPipeline` calls each
+// stage in turn. The stages themselves carry the work; the driver loops over
+// them. Annotated UPSTREAM from the driver: "what does runPipeline depend on?"
+// -> the stage functions it invokes. Intra-PDG is ~empty by design.
+
+export function stageParse(n: number): number {
+  return n + 1;
+}
+
+export function stageTransform(n: number): number {
+  return n * 3;
+}
+
+export function stageEmit(n: number): number {
+  return n - 2;
+}
+
+export function runPipeline(seed: number, enabled: boolean): number {
+  // criterion (upstream): a driver. It depends on the three stage functions.
+  let acc = seed;
+  if (!enabled) {
+    return acc; // a guard so the driver itself carries a CDG edge
+  }
+  acc = stageParse(acc);
+  acc = stageTransform(acc);
+  acc = stageEmit(acc);
+  return acc;
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-branch/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-branch/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-branch/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "classify",
+    "filePath": "src/branch.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "'zero'",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "intra",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "classify",
+      "filePath": "src/branch.ts",
+      "line": 9,
+      "note": "`return 'pos'` is control-dependent on the `x > 0` arm"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "classify",
+      "filePath": "src/branch.ts",
+      "line": 11,
+      "note": "`return 'neg'` is control-dependent on the `x < 0` else-if arm"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "classify",
+      "filePath": "src/branch.ts",
+      "line": 13,
+      "note": "`return 'zero'` is control-dependent on the fallthrough arm"
+    }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [],
+  "rationale": "Criterion is the if/else-if predicate chain in `classify` (line 7). CDG controller->dependent edges reach each return arm (lines 9, 11, 13); each runs only under its arm's condition. All dependents are intra-procedural; the function calls nothing. intra_AIS = the three arm returns; inter_AIS empty. Exercises CDG-forward over a multi-arm branch. Note the `else if (x < 0)` test on line 10 is itself nested control flow; the truly-affected executable statements are the three returns, which is what we annotate at statement granularity."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-branch/src/branch.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-branch/src/branch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..964064724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-branch/src/branch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Pure intra-procedural CONTROL-dependence fixture: an if/else-if/else.
+// The branch predicate controls which return statement runs. Changing the
+// branch (the criterion) control-affects all three arms via CDG, all within
+// the same function.
+
+export function classify(x: number): string {
+  if (x > 0) {
+    // criterion: the branch predicate controls the arms below
+    return 'pos'; // control-dependent on the branch (first arm)
+  } else if (x < 0) {
+    return 'neg'; // control-dependent on the branch (second arm)
+  }
+  return 'zero'; // control-dependent on the branch (fallthrough arm)
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-guard/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-guard/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d2ce880b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-guard/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "guarded",
+    "filePath": "src/guard.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "y + 1",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "intra",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "guarded",
+      "filePath": "src/guard.ts",
+      "line": 9,
+      "note": "`return -1` is control-dependent on the guard's true arm"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "guarded",
+      "filePath": "src/guard.ts",
+      "line": 11,
+      "note": "`const y = x * 2` runs only when the guard is false: control-dependent"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "guarded",
+      "filePath": "src/guard.ts",
+      "line": 12,
+      "note": "`const z = y + 1` is control-dependent on the guard (and data-dependent on y)"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "guarded",
+      "filePath": "src/guard.ts",
+      "line": 13,
+      "note": "`return z` is control-dependent on the guard"
+    }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [],
+  "rationale": "Criterion is the guard predicate `if (!ok)` (line 7). Its CDG controller->dependent edges reach the true-arm `return -1` (line 9) and the post-guard body (lines 11-13), which execute only on the complementary arm. All dependents are statements WITHIN `guarded`; the function calls nothing. intra_AIS captures every control-dependent line; inter_AIS empty. This is the canonical guard-clause CDG shape (#559) and isolates the CDG-forward arm of KTD4 — PDG distinguishes control-affected statements that the call-graph mode cannot resolve below function granularity."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-guard/src/guard.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-guard/src/guard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b46214a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-guard/src/guard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Pure intra-procedural CONTROL-dependence fixture: the guard clause.
+// The early-return guard predicate controls whether the post-guard body runs.
+// Changing the guard (the criterion) control-affects the body statements via
+// CDG controller->dependent edges, all within the same function.
+
+export function guarded(ok: boolean, x: number): number {
+  if (!ok) {
+    // criterion: the guard predicate controls the arms below
+    return -1; // control-dependent on the guard (true arm)
+  }
+  const y = x * 2; // control-dependent on the guard (false arm reaches here)
+  const z = y + 1; // control-dependent on the guard, data-dependent on `y`
+  return z; // control-dependent on the guard
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-loop/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-loop/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5ffed554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-loop/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "filterPositive",
+    "filePath": "src/loop.ts",
+    "direction": "upstream",
+    "marker": "count + 1",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "intra",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "filterPositive",
+      "filePath": "src/loop.ts",
+      "line": 10,
+      "note": "the inner `if (x > 0)` predicate directly controls the `count` increment"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "filterPositive",
+      "filePath": "src/loop.ts",
+      "line": 8,
+      "note": "the enclosing `for` loop guard controls whether the if and its body run"
+    }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [],
+  "rationale": "Direction is UPSTREAM: the criterion `filterPositive`'s focal statement is the `count = count + 1` increment (line 11), and we ask which control predicates govern whether it runs. The immediate controller is the `if (x > 0)` (line 10); the if is itself nested in the `for` loop guard (line 8), which transitively controls the increment. Both controllers are intra-procedural. intra_AIS = {line 10 (inner if), line 8 (loop guard)}; inter_AIS empty. Isolates the CDG-reverse arm of KTD4 over nested control structure."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-loop/src/loop.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-loop/src/loop.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..506e0a607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-control-loop/src/loop.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Pure intra-procedural CONTROL-dependence fixture, annotated UPSTREAM.
+// The criterion is the loop body; upstream asks "what controls whether this
+// runs?" The answer is the enclosing loop guard. Exercises the CDG-reverse arm
+// of KTD4 over a loop's control structure, all within one function.
+
+export function filterPositive(xs: number[]): number {
+  let count = 0;
+  for (const x of xs) {
+    // the loop guard controls the body below
+    if (x > 0) {
+      count = count + 1; // criterion (upstream): controlled by the loop AND the if
+    }
+  }
+  return count;
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-accumulator/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-accumulator/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a48554624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-accumulator/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "total",
+    "filePath": "src/accumulator.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "sum + x",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "intra",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "total",
+      "filePath": "src/accumulator.ts",
+      "line": 10,
+      "note": "for-loop body re-defines/uses `sum`: data-dependent on the initial def"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "total",
+      "filePath": "src/accumulator.ts",
+      "line": 12,
+      "note": "return reads the accumulated `sum`: data-dependent on every prior def"
+    }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [],
+  "rationale": "Criterion is the function `total`, whose changed statement is the `sum` definition (line 8). `sum` is a loop-carried accumulator: its def reaches the in-loop redefinition/use (line 10) and the final return's use (line 12) via REACHING_DEF def->use edges. These two lines are the only truly-affected statements and they are all WITHIN `total` — so intra_AIS is exactly {line 10, line 12} and inter_AIS is empty (the function calls nothing, returns to no annotated caller in this single-function fixture). PDG should win precision here: the call-graph mode only knows `total` exists and has no inbound edges, so it reports `total` itself with no finer-grained intra-statement resolution."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-accumulator/src/accumulator.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-accumulator/src/accumulator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fa0705c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-accumulator/src/accumulator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Pure intra-procedural data-flow fixture.
+// `sum` is a loop-carried accumulator: its definition flows forward to the
+// next iteration's use and to the final `return`. Changing the `sum` def
+// (the criterion) affects only statements within this same function via
+// REACHING_DEF def->use edges. Nothing crosses a function boundary.
+
+export function total(xs: number[]): number {
+  let sum = 0; // criterion: the def of `sum`
+  for (const x of xs) {
+    sum = sum + x; // use of `sum` (and a redefinition) — data-dependent on the def
+  }
+  return sum; // use of `sum` — data-dependent
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-chain/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-chain/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94f0e31f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-chain/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "chainCompute",
+    "filePath": "src/chain.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "b - 3",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": ["REACHING_DEF"]
+  },
+  "locus": "intra",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    { "symbol": "chainCompute", "filePath": "src/chain.ts", "line": 8, "note": "`b = a * 2` is directly data-dependent on the def of `a`" },
+    { "symbol": "chainCompute", "filePath": "src/chain.ts", "line": 9, "note": "`c = b - 3` is transitively data-dependent on `a` via `b`" },
+    { "symbol": "chainCompute", "filePath": "src/chain.ts", "line": 10, "note": "`return c` is transitively data-dependent on `a` via the chain" }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [],
+  "rationale": "Criterion's changed statement is the def of `a` (line 7). A straight-line REACHING_DEF chain carries `a` -> `b` (line 8) -> `c` (line 9) -> `return` (line 10). Every downstream statement in the function is data-dependent on `a`; none escapes the function (no calls, no annotated caller). intra_AIS is exactly the three downstream lines; inter_AIS is empty. This case stresses transitive forward def->use reachability with no control structure, isolating the RD-forward arm of the KTD4 truth table."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-chain/src/chain.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-chain/src/chain.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..053bc1d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-chain/src/chain.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Pure intra-procedural data-flow fixture: a straight-line def->use chain.
+// Changing the first definition `a` flows through `b` and `c` to the return,
+// all within one function. There are no branches and no calls — the purest
+// REACHING_DEF chain.
+
+export function chainCompute(input: number): number {
+  const a = input + 1; // criterion: the def of `a`
+  const b = a * 2; // data-dependent on `a`
+  const c = b - 3; // data-dependent on `b` (transitively on `a`)
+  return c; // data-dependent on `c`
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-reassign/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-reassign/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7d107f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-reassign/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "reassignSum",
+    "filePath": "src/reassign.ts",
+    "direction": "upstream",
+    "marker": "total + b",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": ["REACHING_DEF"]
+  },
+  "locus": "intra",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    { "symbol": "reassignSum", "filePath": "src/reassign.ts", "line": 7, "note": "first def `total = a` reaches the criterion use transitively via the second def" },
+    { "symbol": "reassignSum", "filePath": "src/reassign.ts", "line": 8, "note": "second def `total = total + b` is the immediately-reaching def of the criterion use" }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [],
+  "rationale": "Direction is UPSTREAM: the criterion `reassignSum`'s relevant statement is the `return total` use (line 9), and we ask which definitions reach it. The immediately-reaching def is line 8 (`total = total + b`); that def itself uses `total`, whose reaching def is line 7 (`total = a`). Both defs are upstream data-dependencies of the criterion use, both intra-procedural. intra_AIS = {line 7, line 8}; inter_AIS empty. This isolates the RD-reverse arm of the KTD4 truth table and a reassigned variable's def chain."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-reassign/src/reassign.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-reassign/src/reassign.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f3a4314d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/intra-dataflow-reassign/src/reassign.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Pure intra-procedural data-flow fixture, annotated UPSTREAM.
+// The criterion is the final `return total` (a use of `total`); upstream asks
+// "what does this use depend on?" The answer is every reaching definition of
+// `total` within the function. Exercises the reverse RD arm of KTD4.
+
+export function reassignSum(a: number, b: number): number {
+  let total = a; // first def of `total` — reaches the use below
+  total = total + b; // second def of `total` (uses prior) — reaches the use below
+  return total; // criterion: use of `total`
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-compute-and-emit/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-compute-and-emit/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5344a209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-compute-and-emit/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "computeAndEmit",
+    "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "score + v",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "mixed",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "computeAndEmit",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 14,
+      "note": "loop body `score = score + v` re-defines/uses `score`: data-dependent"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "computeAndEmit",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 16,
+      "note": "`level = score > 10 ? ...` is data-dependent on the accumulated `score`"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "computeAndEmit",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 17,
+      "note": "the `emit(level)` arg is data-dependent on `level`/`score`"
+    }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "emit",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "note": "called with the computed level; cross-function reach"
+    }
+  ],
+  "rationale": "Criterion `computeAndEmit` is mixed-locus. The `score` def (line 12) drives a loop-carried data chain (line 14), feeds the threshold `level` (line 16), which feeds the `emit` call arg (line 17): all intra-procedural data dependence, so intra_AIS holds those three statements. Separately, the call to `emit` is a cross-function reach captured in inter_AIS. The two sets are disjoint (lines within `computeAndEmit` vs the distinct symbol `emit`). Distinct from mixed-validate-then-call: this case's intra dependence is data-flow-dominated (accumulator + ternary) rather than guard-dominated, broadening mixed-stratum coverage."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-compute-and-emit/src/mixed.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-compute-and-emit/src/mixed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..582372d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-compute-and-emit/src/mixed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Mixed-locus fixture: `computeAndEmit` has a real intra-procedural data-flow
+// computation (a running `score` accumulated in a loop, then thresholded) AND a
+// cross-function reach (it calls `emit`). The criterion's blast radius spans
+// both loci.
+
+export function emit(level: string): string {
+  return '[' + level + ']';
+}
+
+export function computeAndEmit(values: number[]): string {
+  // criterion: mixed. Intra: score accumulation + threshold; inter: emit().
+  let score = 0; // def; loop-carried accumulation below
+  for (const v of values) {
+    score = score + v; // data-dependent on prior `score`
+  }
+  const level = score > 10 ? 'high' : 'low'; // data-dependent on `score`
+  return emit(level); // cross-function reach; arg data-dependent on `level`
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-guarded-dispatch/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-guarded-dispatch/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46ee0b4b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-guarded-dispatch/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "route",
+    "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "key === 0",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "mixed",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "route",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 16,
+      "note": "the guard `if (urgent || key === 0)` is data-dependent on `key` and controls the arms"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "route",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 18,
+      "note": "`return fast(n)` is control-dependent on the guard's true arm"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "route",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 20,
+      "note": "`return slow(n)` is control-dependent on the complementary arm"
+    }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "fast",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "note": "callee on the urgent/even route; cross-function reach"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "slow",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "note": "callee on the fallthrough route; cross-function reach"
+    }
+  ],
+  "rationale": "Criterion `route` is mixed-locus with BOTH a guard whose predicate reads the intra def `key` (line 15 -> line 16) and control-gates both return arms (lines 18, 20), AND two cross-function reaches (fast, slow). intra_AIS holds the guard + the two control-dependent return statements; inter_AIS holds the two callees. Disjoint by construction (lines within `route` vs distinct symbols). This mixed case combines control AND data dependence intra-procedurally with branching cross-function reach — the richest mixed shape, complementing the data-dominated and guard-dominated mixed cases."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-guarded-dispatch/src/mixed.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-guarded-dispatch/src/mixed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b052753e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-guarded-dispatch/src/mixed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Mixed-locus fixture: `route` has an intra-procedural guard chain that both
+// computes a `key` (data flow) and control-gates which callee runs (control
+// flow), AND reaches two callees cross-function. Both loci are non-trivial.
+
+export function fast(n: number): number {
+  return n;
+}
+
+export function slow(n: number): number {
+  return n + n;
+}
+
+export function route(n: number, urgent: boolean): number {
+  // criterion: mixed. Intra: key + guard; inter: fast()/slow().
+  const key = n % 2; // def; used in the guard below
+  if (urgent || key === 0) {
+    // control + data dependent on `key`
+    return fast(n); // control-dependent on the guard; cross-function reach
+  }
+  return slow(n); // control-dependent on the complementary arm; cross-function reach
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-validate-then-call/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-validate-then-call/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d6ba53b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-validate-then-call/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "handleRequest",
+    "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream",
+    "marker": "normalized + 1",
+    "pdgEdgeKinds": [
+      "REACHING_DEF",
+      "CDG"
+    ]
+  },
+  "locus": "mixed",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "handleRequest",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 14,
+      "note": "the guard `if (normalized < 0)` is data-dependent on `normalized` and controls the arms"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "handleRequest",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 16,
+      "note": "`return -1` is control-dependent on the guard"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "handleRequest",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 18,
+      "note": "`const adjusted = normalized + 1` is data-dependent on `normalized`"
+    },
+    {
+      "symbol": "handleRequest",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "line": 19,
+      "note": "the `persist(adjusted)` arg is data-dependent on `adjusted`/`normalized`; the return is control-dependent on the guard"
+    }
+  ],
+  "inter_AIS": [
+    {
+      "symbol": "persist",
+      "filePath": "src/mixed.ts",
+      "note": "called with the adjusted value; cross-function reach"
+    }
+  ],
+  "rationale": "Criterion `handleRequest` is mixed-locus. The `normalized` def (line 13) drives BOTH a data chain (guard test line 14, `adjusted` line 18, the call arg line 19) and a control structure (the guard controls lines 16 and 19). So intra_AIS holds the four control/data-dependent statements within the function. Separately, `handleRequest` calls `persist` — a genuine cross-function reach — so inter_AIS holds `persist`. This is the case where the two modes are complementary: PDG resolves the intra statement set precisely, call-graph reaches the callee. intra_AIS and inter_AIS are disjoint by construction (one is lines within `handleRequest`, the other is a different symbol `persist`)."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-validate-then-call/src/mixed.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-validate-then-call/src/mixed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f30d7d01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/mixed-validate-then-call/src/mixed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Mixed-locus fixture: `handleRequest` has BOTH genuine intra-procedural
+// dependence (a normalized value computed and reused across statements, guarded
+// by a validity check) AND a cross-function reach (it calls `persist`).
+// Changing it affects intra statements (the normalize->guard->use chain) AND
+// the callee.
+
+export function persist(value: number): number {
+  return value;
+}
+
+export function handleRequest(raw: number): number {
+  // criterion: mixed. Intra: normalized flows through the guard to the call.
+  const normalized = raw * 2; // def; data-dependent uses below
+  if (normalized < 0) {
+    // control-dependent guard
+    return -1; // control-dependent on the guard
+  }
+  const adjusted = normalized + 1; // data-dependent on `normalized`
+  return persist(adjusted); // cross-function reach; arg data-dependent on `adjusted`
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/nobody-interface-excluded/ground-truth.json b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/nobody-interface-excluded/ground-truth.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b72313898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/nobody-interface-excluded/ground-truth.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "schemaVersion": 1,
+  "criterion": {
+    "name": "Shape",
+    "filePath": "src/nobody.ts",
+    "direction": "downstream"
+  },
+  "locus": "n/a",
+  "pdgScoring": "exclude",
+  "provenance": "manual",
+  "analyzerVersion": "1.6.7",
+  "intra_AIS": [],
+  "inter_AIS": [],
+  "rationale": "This is the KTD6 no-body case. `Shape` (an interface), `ShapeName` (a type alias), and `AbstractShape.perimeter` (an abstract method) have no CFG body, so they emit ZERO PDG (CDG/REACHING_DEF) edges. Their `intra_AIS` is genuinely undefined under PDG, not empty-because-safe — a confident `impactedCount:0/LOW` would be the exact false-safe the impact tool exists to prevent (#2129/#1858 lineage). The case is tagged `pdgScoring: \"exclude\"` and `locus: \"n/a\"` so the U7 harness drops it from PDG precision/recall denominators (and logs the exclusion, never scoring it 0/0). It exists to assert the exclusion path is honored — it is the only fixture the smoke test exempts from the 'criterion produces CDG+REACHING_DEF edges' requirement. intra_AIS and inter_AIS are both empty by definition (no body)."
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/nobody-interface-excluded/src/nobody.ts b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/nobody-interface-excluded/src/nobody.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5cae82b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/bench/impact-pdg/fixtures/nobody-interface-excluded/src/nobody.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// No-body fixture (the KTD6 case). An interface, a type alias, and an abstract
+// method have NO CFG body, so they produce ZERO PDG edges. PDG mode cannot
+// score these — a bare `impactedCount:0` would read as a confident "safe",
+// the exact false-safe impact exists to prevent. The harness EXCLUDES this
+// case from PDG scoring (pdgScoring: "exclude"); it exists to assert the
+// exclusion path, not to be measured.
+
+export interface Shape {
+  area(): number; // criterion: an interface method declaration — no body, no CFG
+}
+
+export type ShapeName = 'circle' | 'square';
+
+export abstract class AbstractShape {
+  abstract perimeter(): number; // abstract method — no body
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/impact-pdg-fixtures.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/impact-pdg-fixtures.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..128150002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/impact-pdg-fixtures.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, afterAll } from 'vitest';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+import { runPipelineFromRepo } from '../../src/core/ingestion/pipeline.js';
+import type { PipelineResult } from '../../src/types/pipeline.js';
+
+// U6 — schema-validation + smoke test for the curated impact-PDG accuracy
+// fixtures (bench/impact-pdg/fixtures). Two guards:
+//
+//  1. SCHEMA VALIDATION — every ground-truth.json is well-formed: required keys
+//     present, a valid `locus`, intra/inter AIS non-overlapping where
+//     applicable, and the corpus meets the KTD9/F3 minimum floor (>= 3 cases
+//     per locus stratum, >= 12 measurable).
+//
+//  2. SMOKE — each fixture analyzes cleanly under {pdg:true} and produces CDG +
+//     REACHING_DEF edges, AND the criterion function SPECIFICALLY produces both
+//     (located via the criterion `marker`). A criterion whose function emits
+//     ZERO PDG edges has unmeasurable ground truth — the smoke test catches it.
+//     The one intentional no-body case (pdgScoring:"exclude") is the sole
+//     exemption: its criterion must produce ZERO PDG edges (the KTD6 case).
+//
+// We annotate from SOURCE SEMANTICS only (KTD9 annotation-circularity guard) —
+// this test does NOT derive ground truth from the traversal; it only confirms
+// the fixtures are measurable substrate. Reconciling AIS against the live
+// traversal is U7's job, not U6's.
+
+const FIXTURES_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'bench', 'impact-pdg', 'fixtures');
+
+const VALID_LOCI = new Set(['intra', 'inter', 'mixed', 'n/a']);
+const VALID_DIRECTIONS = new Set(['downstream', 'upstream']);
+const VALID_PROVENANCE = new Set(['manual', 'mutation']);
+
+interface AisEntry {
+  symbol: string;
+  filePath: string;
+  line?: number;
+  note?: string;
+}
+type PdgEdgeKind = 'REACHING_DEF' | 'CDG';
+interface Criterion {
+  name: string;
+  filePath: string;
+  direction: string;
+  marker?: string;
+  /**
+   * The PDG edge kinds the criterion function is EXPECTED to produce. A pure
+   * straight-line data-flow criterion legitimately produces only REACHING_DEF
+   * (no branches -> no control dependence); a branching/guard criterion
+   * produces both. The smoke test asserts exactly these are non-zero on the
+   * criterion, so a pure-dataflow archetype is not forced to carry an
+   * artificial branch. Omitted on excluded no-body cases.
+   */
+  pdgEdgeKinds?: PdgEdgeKind[];
+}
+interface GroundTruth {
+  schemaVersion: number;
+  criterion: Criterion;
+  locus: string;
+  pdgScoring?: string;
+  provenance: string;
+  analyzerVersion: string;
+  intra_AIS: AisEntry[];
+  inter_AIS: AisEntry[];
+  rationale: string;
+}
+
+interface FixtureCase {
+  name: string;
+  dir: string;
+  gt: GroundTruth;
+  excluded: boolean;
+}
+
+function loadFixtures(): FixtureCase[] {
+  const entries = fs
+    .readdirSync(FIXTURES_DIR, { withFileTypes: true })
+    .filter((d) => d.isDirectory())
+    .map((d) => d.name)
+    .sort();
+  return entries.map((name) => {
+    const dir = path.join(FIXTURES_DIR, name);
+    const gtPath = path.join(dir, 'ground-truth.json');
+    const gt = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(gtPath, 'utf8')) as GroundTruth;
+    return { name, dir, gt, excluded: gt.pdgScoring === 'exclude' };
+  });
+}
+
+const FIXTURES = loadFixtures();
+
+function isAisEntry(e: unknown): e is AisEntry {
+  if (typeof e !== 'object' || e === null) return false;
+  const o = e as Record<string, unknown>;
+  if (typeof o.symbol !== 'string' || o.symbol.length === 0) return false;
+  if (typeof o.filePath !== 'string' || o.filePath.length === 0) return false;
+  if (o.line !== undefined && (typeof o.line !== 'number' || !Number.isInteger(o.line))) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/** Stable key for an AIS entry so intra/inter overlap is set-comparable. */
+function aisKey(e: AisEntry): string {
+  return `${e.symbol}@${e.filePath}#${e.line ?? '-'}`;
+}
+
+const tmpDirs: string[] = [];
+function freshRepo(srcDir: string): string {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'gn-impact-pdg-fx-'));
+  fs.cpSync(srcDir, dir, { recursive: true });
+  tmpDirs.push(dir);
+  return dir;
+}
+
+interface Counts {
+  basicBlocks: number;
+  reachingDefs: number;
+  cdg: number;
+}
+function counts(result: PipelineResult): Counts {
+  let basicBlocks = 0;
+  result.graph.forEachNode((n) => {
+    if (n.label === 'BasicBlock') basicBlocks++;
+  });
+  let reachingDefs = 0;
+  let cdg = 0;
+  for (const rel of result.graph.iterRelationships()) {
+    if (rel.type === 'REACHING_DEF') reachingDefs++;
+    if (rel.type === 'CDG') cdg++;
+  }
+  return { basicBlocks, reachingDefs, cdg };
+}
+
+/**
+ * BasicBlock id template (cf. emit.ts):
+ *   `BasicBlock:<filePath>:<fnStartLine>:<fnStartCol>:<blockIndex>`
+ * (filePath may itself contain `:` on some platforms). All blocks of one
+ * function share the anchor = id minus the trailing `:<blockIndex>`.
+ */
+function functionAnchorOf(blockId: string): string {
+  return blockId.slice(0, blockId.lastIndexOf(':'));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Locate the criterion function's block anchor via its `marker` (a substring
+ * unique to the function body, present in one of its blocks' `text`), then
+ * count CDG / REACHING_DEF edges SOURCED inside that function. Mirrors the
+ * `cdgSourcedInHazardFunction` technique in pipeline-pdg.test.ts: attributing
+ * edges to a specific function, not the whole-fixture aggregate.
+ */
+function criterionEdgeCounts(
+  result: PipelineResult,
+  marker: string,
+): { cdg: number; reachingDefs: number; found: boolean } {
+  let anchor: string | undefined;
+  const idsByAnchor = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
+  result.graph.forEachNode((n) => {
+    if (n.label !== 'BasicBlock') return;
+    const a = functionAnchorOf(n.id);
+    (idsByAnchor.get(a) ?? idsByAnchor.set(a, new Set()).get(a)!).add(n.id);
+    const text = (n.properties as { text?: string }).text ?? '';
+    if (text.includes(marker)) anchor = a;
+  });
+  if (anchor === undefined) return { cdg: 0, reachingDefs: 0, found: false };
+  const blockIds = idsByAnchor.get(anchor) ?? new Set<string>();
+  let cdg = 0;
+  let reachingDefs = 0;
+  for (const rel of result.graph.iterRelationships()) {
+    if (!blockIds.has(rel.sourceId)) continue;
+    if (rel.type === 'CDG') cdg++;
+    if (rel.type === 'REACHING_DEF') reachingDefs++;
+  }
+  return { cdg, reachingDefs, found: true };
+}
+
+describe('U6 — impact-PDG fixture ground-truth schema', () => {
+  it('discovers the curated fixtures', () => {
+    expect(FIXTURES.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  for (const fx of FIXTURES) {
+    describe(fx.name, () => {
+      const { gt } = fx;
+
+      it('has all required top-level keys', () => {
+        expect(typeof gt.schemaVersion).toBe('number');
+        expect(gt.criterion).toBeTypeOf('object');
+        expect(VALID_LOCI.has(gt.locus)).toBe(true);
+        expect(VALID_PROVENANCE.has(gt.provenance)).toBe(true);
+        // v1 is manual-annotation-primary (KTD9 — mutation deferred).
+        expect(gt.provenance).toBe('manual');
+        expect(typeof gt.analyzerVersion).toBe('string');
+        expect(gt.analyzerVersion.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(Array.isArray(gt.intra_AIS)).toBe(true);
+        expect(Array.isArray(gt.inter_AIS)).toBe(true);
+        expect(typeof gt.rationale).toBe('string');
+        // Rationale is what makes manual annotation defensible — non-trivial.
+        expect(gt.rationale.length).toBeGreaterThan(40);
+      });
+
+      it('has a well-formed criterion', () => {
+        const c = gt.criterion;
+        expect(typeof c.name).toBe('string');
+        expect(c.name.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(typeof c.filePath).toBe('string');
+        expect(c.filePath.startsWith('src/')).toBe(true);
+        expect(VALID_DIRECTIONS.has(c.direction)).toBe(true);
+        // The criterion source file actually exists.
+        expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(fx.dir, c.filePath))).toBe(true);
+        // Measurable cases carry a marker; excluded no-body cases need none.
+        if (!fx.excluded) {
+          expect(typeof c.marker, `${fx.name} needs a criterion.marker`).toBe('string');
+          expect(c.marker!.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+          // The marker must appear in the criterion file's source.
+          const src = fs.readFileSync(path.join(fx.dir, c.filePath), 'utf8');
+          expect(src.includes(c.marker!), `marker ${JSON.stringify(c.marker)} in source`).toBe(true);
+          // Measurable cases declare which PDG edge kinds the criterion produces.
+          expect(Array.isArray(c.pdgEdgeKinds), `${fx.name} needs criterion.pdgEdgeKinds`).toBe(
+            true,
+          );
+          expect(c.pdgEdgeKinds!.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+          for (const k of c.pdgEdgeKinds!) {
+            expect(['REACHING_DEF', 'CDG'], `valid pdgEdgeKind ${k}`).toContain(k);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      it('has well-formed, valid AIS entries', () => {
+        for (const e of gt.intra_AIS) {
+          expect(isAisEntry(e), `intra_AIS entry ${JSON.stringify(e)}`).toBe(true);
+        }
+        for (const e of gt.inter_AIS) {
+          expect(isAisEntry(e), `inter_AIS entry ${JSON.stringify(e)}`).toBe(true);
+        }
+      });
+
+      it('has non-overlapping intra/inter AIS', () => {
+        const intraKeys = new Set(gt.intra_AIS.map(aisKey));
+        for (const e of gt.inter_AIS) {
+          expect(intraKeys.has(aisKey(e)), `inter entry ${aisKey(e)} overlaps intra`).toBe(false);
+        }
+      });
+
+      it('matches its locus to its AIS shape', () => {
+        if (gt.locus === 'inter') {
+          // Inter cases: PDG intra-AIS is empty by design; the impact is cross-function.
+          expect(gt.intra_AIS.length).toBe(0);
+          expect(gt.inter_AIS.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        } else if (gt.locus === 'intra') {
+          // Intra cases: the truly-affected set is within the function.
+          expect(gt.intra_AIS.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+          expect(gt.inter_AIS.length).toBe(0);
+        } else if (gt.locus === 'mixed') {
+          // Mixed cases: both loci carry genuine impact.
+          expect(gt.intra_AIS.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+          expect(gt.inter_AIS.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        } else {
+          // n/a: only the excluded no-body case; both AIS empty.
+          expect(fx.excluded).toBe(true);
+          expect(gt.intra_AIS.length).toBe(0);
+          expect(gt.inter_AIS.length).toBe(0);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  it('meets the KTD9/F3 minimum corpus floor (>=3 per locus stratum, >=12 measurable)', () => {
+    const byLocus = new Map<string, number>();
+    let measurable = 0;
+    for (const fx of FIXTURES) {
+      if (fx.excluded) continue;
+      measurable++;
+      byLocus.set(fx.gt.locus, (byLocus.get(fx.gt.locus) ?? 0) + 1);
+    }
+    expect(measurable).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(12);
+    for (const locus of ['intra', 'inter', 'mixed']) {
+      expect(byLocus.get(locus) ?? 0, `>=3 cases for locus ${locus}`).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('exercises BOTH PDG edge kinds across the corpus', () => {
+    const declared = new Set<string>();
+    for (const fx of FIXTURES) {
+      if (fx.excluded) continue;
+      for (const k of fx.gt.criterion.pdgEdgeKinds ?? []) declared.add(k);
+    }
+    expect(declared.has('REACHING_DEF')).toBe(true);
+    expect(declared.has('CDG')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('has exactly one excluded no-body case (the KTD6 case)', () => {
+    const excluded = FIXTURES.filter((fx) => fx.excluded);
+    expect(excluded.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(excluded[0].gt.locus).toBe('n/a');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('U6 — impact-PDG fixtures analyze under {pdg:true} with measurable criteria', () => {
+  afterAll(() => {
+    for (const d of tmpDirs) fs.rmSync(d, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  for (const fx of FIXTURES) {
+    if (fx.excluded) {
+      // The intentional no-body case: its criterion must produce ZERO PDG edges
+      // (KTD6) — a confident zero is the whole point of tagging it for exclusion.
+      it(`${fx.name}: no-body criterion produces ZERO PDG edges (KTD6 exclusion)`, async () => {
+        const result = await runPipelineFromRepo(freshRepo(fx.dir), () => {}, { pdg: true });
+        // The fixture has no function bodies at all, so the whole-repo PDG layer
+        // is empty too — but the load-bearing claim is the criterion symbol.
+        const { basicBlocks } = counts(result);
+        expect(basicBlocks, `${fx.name} no-body fixture should emit no BasicBlocks`).toBe(0);
+      }, 60000);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    it(`${fx.name}: analyzes under --pdg; criterion produces its declared PDG edges`, async () => {
+      const result = await runPipelineFromRepo(freshRepo(fx.dir), () => {}, { pdg: true });
+
+      // The fixture as a whole produces a PDG layer (BasicBlocks + RD edges).
+      // CDG is not asserted fixture-wide: a pure straight-line data-flow
+      // fixture legitimately has zero control dependence.
+      const total = counts(result);
+      expect(total.basicBlocks, `${fx.name} BasicBlock count`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(total.reachingDefs, `${fx.name} fixture REACHING_DEF count`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+      // The CRITERION function specifically — located by its marker — must
+      // produce EXACTLY the edge kinds its ground truth declares, and at least
+      // one PDG edge overall. A zero-edge criterion has unmeasurable ground
+      // truth; this is the load-bearing smoke gate (no accidental no-body).
+      const marker = fx.gt.criterion.marker!;
+      const crit = criterionEdgeCounts(result, marker);
+      expect(
+        crit.found,
+        `${fx.name} criterion blocks located via marker ${JSON.stringify(marker)}`,
+      ).toBe(true);
+      expect(
+        crit.cdg + crit.reachingDefs,
+        `${fx.name} criterion '${fx.gt.criterion.name}' produces >=1 PDG edge (unmeasurable if 0)`,
+      ).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      const kinds = fx.gt.criterion.pdgEdgeKinds ?? [];
+      if (kinds.includes('REACHING_DEF')) {
+        expect(
+          crit.reachingDefs,
+          `${fx.name} criterion declares REACHING_DEF but produced none`,
+        ).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      }
+      if (kinds.includes('CDG')) {
+        expect(
+          crit.cdg,
+          `${fx.name} criterion declares CDG but produced none`,
+        ).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      }
+    }, 60000);
+  }
+});