| 2026-07-30 | gap_h100_spot | narration_absence_as_stillness | "GAP-H100 assessed spot holds at $2.45/hr — a zero-delta session for the executable-ask leg" · "GAP-H100 $2.45/hr unchanged" · "today's static GAP-H100 assessed ask is a pause in the catch-up cycle". | Composition unchanged; Vast.ai's availability-verified ask fell $2.4292 → $2.2027 (−9.3%) day-over-day, reverting the prior session's spike. The 7-day matched window crossed the declared 2026-07-24 GAP v3 re-base — a re-base echo, not a market measure — so no honest like-for-like existed; that absence was rendered as stillness. Values stand as printed. | $2.5596 → $2.4463 (−$0.1132, −4.42%) |
| 2026-08-01 | gap_h100_spot | narration_matched_pair_as_session_delta | Register: "Compute Supply — firm · rose +1.5%". | The +1.5% is the like-for-like 7-day matched-pair measure (+1.51%, window 2026-07-25→2026-08-01) — coincidentally also Vast.ai's own day move (+1.50%) — attributed to the session's print without its label; the print's own move was +0.67%. The prose narration ("moved to $2.46/hr … a +$0.01 increment") was correct; the register line alone misattributed. Values stand as printed. | $2.4460 → $2.4625 (+$0.0165, +0.67%) |
| 2026-08-02 | gap_h100_spot | narration_composition_as_price | "GAP-H100 assessed spot holds at $2.69/hr" · "GAP-H100 returns to zero-delta after the prior session's fractional +$0.01 increment" · register "balanced · unchanged". | Vast.ai published no availability-verified offers; the panel narrowed to RunPod alone — a provider static at $2.69 across its entire stored history. The print rose to the sole remaining provider's posted price by panel re-composition. No like-for-like measurement was available; "zero-delta" was not a finding, it was the absence of one. Values stand as printed. | $2.4625 → $2.6900 (+$0.2275, +9.24%) |
| 2026-08-04 | gap_h100_spot | narration_composition_as_price | "GAP-H100 assessed spot held at $2.54/hr — zero delta on the session, with the assessed executable-ask composite unchanged" · register "balanced · flat". | Vast.ai returned to the bookable panel after two sessions absent; the composite moved down from the single-provider $2.69 as the panel re-widened. Like-for-like, Vast's H100 SXM 80GB ask returned at $2.3892, +5.3% above its last observation (2026-08-01) — the only price movement in the panel, upward, inside a downward composition move. Values stand as printed. | $2.6900 → $2.5396 (−$0.1504, −5.59%) |
| 2026-08-05 | gap_h100_spot | narration_composition_as_price | "GAP-H100 assessed spot holds at $2.69/hr — zero delta for a second consecutive session" · register "balanced · unchanged". | Vast.ai absent again; the panel narrowed to the static sole provider and the print rose to its posted price by re-composition. "Second consecutive zero-delta session" was false on both counts — the prior session's print moved −5.59%, and this session's moved +5.92%. Values stand as printed. | $2.5396 → $2.6900 (+$0.1504, +5.92%) |
| 2026-08-08 | gap_h100_spot | narration_absence_as_stillness | "GAP-H100 assessed spot is unchanged at $2.45/hr — a zero-delta session following yesterday's +1.5% discrete step up" · register "BALANCED · edged up +0.0%". | Composition unchanged; Vast.ai's ask fell $2.2693 → $2.2008 (−3.0%). The "zero delta" is the like-for-like 7-day measure (0.00%, window 2026-08-01→2026-08-08) narrated as the session's stillness without its label; "yesterday's +1.5% discrete step up" restates the corrected 2026-08-07 misstatement. Values stand as printed. | $2.4797 → $2.4454 (−$0.0343, −1.38%) |
| 2026-08-09 | gap_h100_spot | narration_absence_as_stillness | "GAP-H100 assessed spot … holds at $2.48/hr — a +0.0% delta for the session" · "With GAP-H100 static, any basis movement in this session is fully attributed to OCPI velocity". | Composition unchanged; Vast.ai's ask rose $2.2008 → $2.2687 (+3.1%). The narration quoted the print's new level while claiming a zero delta. No like-for-like measure existed (Vast absent at the baseline end of the 2026-08-02→2026-08-09 window); that absence was rendered as stillness. Values stand as printed. | $2.4454 → $2.4793 (+$0.0339, +1.39%) |
| 2026-08-10 | gap_h100_spot | narration_absence_as_stillness | "GAP-H100 assessed spot holds at $2.24/hr — zero delta, a second consecutive pause following the prior discrete step-up sequence" · "GAP-H100 holds, second consecutive flat session". | Composition unchanged; Vast.ai's ask fell $2.2687 → $1.7872 (−21.2%) day-over-day. The narration quoted the collapsed level while claiming stillness, and "second consecutive pause" was false on both counts — the prior session's print rose +1.39% and this session's fell −9.71% (the largest misstatement in the swept window). No like-for-like measure existed; that absence was rendered as stillness. Values stand as printed. | $2.4793 → $2.2386 (−$0.2407, −9.71%) |
| 2026-08-12 | gap_h100_spot | narration_composition_as_price | SIGNALS "GAP-H100 … printed: $2.69/hr [daily print, arrived today]" · register "balanced · unchanged". | Vast.ai published no availability-verified offers; the panel narrowed to RunPod alone and the print rose to the static provider's posted price by re-composition. No like-for-like measurement available. Values stand as printed. | $2.5802 → $2.6900 (+$0.1098, +4.25%) |
| 2026-08-13 | gap_h100_spot | narration_composition_as_price | "GAP-H100 assessed spot holds at $2.45/hr — zero delta from yesterday." | Vast.ai returned to the bookable panel; the composite moved down from the single-provider $2.69 as the panel re-widened. Like-for-like, Vast's H100 SXM 80GB ask returned at $2.2027, −10.8% below its 2026-08-11 observation ($2.4705) — real downward price movement arriving inside the composition transition, which the "zero delta" narration erased entirely. Values stand as printed. | $2.6900 → $2.4463 (−$0.2437, −9.06%) |