diff --git a/docs/stage1-training-task.md b/docs/stage1-training-task.md
index b29b009..ec2e9ca 100644
--- a/docs/stage1-training-task.md
+++ b/docs/stage1-training-task.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Stage 2 (SFT on teacher trajectories) is not part of this task.
 Input: `~/projects/abap-llm/corpus/corpus.jsonl`. Source (since 2026-10-03):
 SAP-samples/abap-cheat-sheets, Apache-2.0 (`corpus/out/ATTRIBUTION.md`).
 Real numbers from Step 1 (`train/data/report.md`): 370 records, 2,806,501 tokens (Qwen tokenizer;
-the chars/4 estimate is 2.64M). After version dedup and splitting: train 374 documents / 2.57M tokens,
+the chars/4 estimate is 2.64M). After version dedup and splitting: train 374 documents / 2.53M tokens,
 valid 20 documents / 135k tokens, 748 iterations for 2 epochs. The old numbers (1,765 documents, 1.4M tokens) are outdated. One record per line:
 `{"text", "objects", "types", "language_version", "package_path",
 "grouped", "obsolete", "tokens"}`. The `tokens` field is an estimate (chars / 4); there is also a field `source`.
diff --git a/train/STATE.md b/train/STATE.md
index c05dcf4..9acf070 100644
--- a/train/STATE.md
+++ b/train/STATE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Stage 1 state
 
-Task: `docs/stage1-training-task.md`. Settings and weights: `train/README.md`. Updated 2026-10-03 22:30.
+Task: `docs/stage1-training-task.md`. Settings and weights: `train/README.md`. Updated 2026-10-03 23:00.
 
 ## Done
 
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ Task: `docs/stage1-training-task.md`. Settings and weights: `train/README.md`. U
 - Runner: `train/baseline.py --label <label>` (one task at a time, results `runs/stage1/<label>.json`,
   run directories `runs/stage1/<label>/`).
 
-- Step 1 done (2026-10-03 22:30, Kral decisions 1-4 applied): `train/prepare.py`, report `train/data/report.md`.
-  Corpus: SAP-samples/abap-cheat-sheets (Apache-2.0), 370 records, 2.81M real tokens.
-  Version dedup (newest kept; older kept only if > 5 % of lines differ): 335 object versions, 16 removed, 319 kept;
-  tokens 2,806,501 -> 2,699,110. Documents over 16384 are split, not removed: 43 documents -> 86 pieces
-  (classes at ENDMETHOD, markdown at "##"; 17 blocks needed a line cut); tokens after split 2,701,996; no piece
-  over the limit. Token share after the changes: DOC 48.2 %, CLAS 48.0 %, other 3.8 %.
-  Train 374 docs / 2.57M tokens, valid 20 docs / 135k tokens (split by family, seed 20261003).
-  **618 -> 748 iterations for 2 epochs.** `test.jsonl` = copy of valid.
+- Step 1 done (2026-10-03 23:00, Kral decisions applied, strict dedup rule): `train/prepare.py`, report
+  `train/data/report.md`. Corpus: SAP-samples/abap-cheat-sheets (Apache-2.0), 370 records, 2.81M real tokens.
+  Version dedup: main (ABAP Cloud) and the newest v* (Standard ABAP) always kept; each older v* is compared with
+  the next newer v* and kept only if more than 5 % of lines differ. 335 object versions: 323 kept, 12 removed.
+  Tokens 2,806,501 -> 2,658,082 after dedup. Documents over 16384 are split, not removed: 41 documents -> 82
+  pieces (classes at ENDMETHOD, markdown at "##"; 15 blocks needed a line cut); tokens after split 2,660,834;
+  no piece over the limit. Token share: DOC 49.0 %, CLAS 46.9 %, other 4.2 %.
+  Train 374 docs / 2.53M tokens, valid 20 docs / 135k tokens (split by family, seed 20261003).
+  **748 iterations for 2 epochs** (the count is the same as with the first dedup rule by coincidence).
+  `test.jsonl` = copy of valid.
 
 ## Running (detached)
 
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ Task: `docs/stage1-training-task.md`. Settings and weights: `train/README.md`. U
 
 ## Next
 
+0. After the baseline ends: Step 3 training test (20 iterations), Kral stops A4H first and the MLX server is stopped.
+
 1. B2: read the last lines of `runs/stage1/baseline.log`; summary from `runs/stage1/baseline.json`
    (`t01_test_budget40` holds the T01 test result). Commit.
 2. Step 2, second part: valid loss of the base model (`mlx_lm.lora --test`, no adapter) after the baseline.
diff --git a/train/data/report.md b/train/data/report.md
index a9eb24c..335796f 100644
--- a/train/data/report.md
+++ b/train/data/report.md
@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@
 Corpus: `/Users/erhankeseli/projects/abap-llm/corpus/corpus.jsonl` (SAP-samples/abap-cheat-sheets, Apache-2.0, see corpus/out/ATTRIBUTION.md).
 Tokenizer: `/Users/erhankeseli/models/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit`. Seed 20261003. max_seq_length 16384.
 
-## Version dedup (keep the newest; keep an older version only if it differs by more than 5 % of lines)
+## Version dedup (strict rule; an older version is kept only if it differs by more than 5 % of lines)
 
 - Object families: 269; with more than one version: 39.
-- Versions kept: 319. Versions removed: 16.
-- Records: 370 before, 351 after.
-- Tokens before: 2806501 (chars/4 estimate 2636112). After dedup: 2699110. After splitting: 2701996.
-- Info: a stricter rule (compare also with the other kept versions) would remove 8 more kept versions.
+- Versions kept: 323. Versions removed: 12.
+- Records: 370 before, 353 after.
+- Tokens before: 2806501 (chars/4 estimate 2636112). After dedup: 2658082. After splitting: 2660834.
+- Rule: main (Cloud) and the newest v* (Standard ABAP) always kept; each older v* compared with the next newer v*; other branches (0 comparisons) compared with main.
 
 ## Splitting of documents over the limit
 
-- Documents split: 43; pieces: 86; hard line splits (a block was too big): 17; pieces still over the limit: 0.
+- Documents split: 41; pieces: 82; hard line splits (a block was too big): 15; pieces still over the limit: 0.
 
 ## Result
 
 | | docs | tokens |
 |---|---|---|
-| train | 374 | 2567180 |
-| valid (= test file) | 20 | 134816 |
+| train | 374 | 2525568 |
+| valid (= test file) | 20 | 135266 |
 
 Split by family: 184 families. **Iterations for 2 epochs (batch 1): 748.**
 
@@ -28,54 +28,50 @@ Split by family: 184 families. **Iterations for 2 epochs (batch 1): 748.**
 
 | | before dedup | final (kept pieces) |
 |---|---|---|
-| DOC | 1301698 (46.4 %) | 1302728 (48.2 %) |
-| CLAS | 1378559 (49.1 %) | 1297878 (48.0 %) |
-| other | 126244 (4.5 %) | 101390 (3.8 %) |
+| DOC | 1301698 (46.4 %) | 1302728 (49.0 %) |
+| CLAS | 1378559 (49.1 %) | 1247458 (46.9 %) |
+| other | 126244 (4.5 %) | 110648 (4.2 %) |
 
 ## Token distribution per document (final)
 
 | set | min | p50 | p90 | p99 | max |
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| all | 49 | 4904 | 15608 | 16217 | 16273 |
-| train | 49 | 4904 | 15638 | 16177 | 16252 |
-| valid | 92 | 7589 | 15317 | 16273 | 16273 |
+| all | 49 | 4797 | 15577 | 16217 | 16273 |
+| train | 49 | 4770 | 15590 | 16177 | 16252 |
+| valid | 135 | 7589 | 15317 | 16273 | 16273 |
 
 ## By object type (final)
 
 | types | docs | tokens |
 |---|---|---|
 | DOC | 138 | 1302728 |
-| CLAS | 194 | 1297878 |
+| CLAS | 187 | 1247458 |
 | PROG | 11 | 40071 |
 | mixed(4) | 6 | 28405 |
-| DDLS | 21 | 11549 |
+| DDLS | 27 | 20614 |
 | mixed(3) | 2 | 6667 |
 | DDLX | 6 | 5003 |
 | CLAS+DDLS | 1 | 4563 |
 | FUGR | 2 | 2026 |
 | INTF | 7 | 1792 |
-| BDEF | 4 | 1069 |
+| BDEF | 5 | 1262 |
 | DCLS | 2 | 245 |
 
 ## Removed versions
 
 | object | version | newest | diff | tokens |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| ZBP_DEMO_ABAP_RAP_RO_U (CLAS) | v758 | main | 0.015 | 10696 |
-| ZDEMO_ABAP_RAP_RO_M (BDEF) | v756 | main | 0.037 | 259 |
-| ZDEMO_ABAP_RAP_RO_U (BDEF) | v756 | main | 0.043 | 236 |
-| ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_ASSOC_E (DDLS) | v757 | main | 0.026 | 542 |
-| ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_JOINS (DDLS) | v757 | main | 0.009 | 1827 |
-| ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_AGG_EXP (DDLS) | v757 | main | 0.019 | 804 |
-| ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_SEL (DDLS) | v757 | main | 0.029 | 3273 |
-| ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_ASSOC (DDLS) | v757 | main | 0.008 | 2451 |
-| ZDEMO_ABAP_FLI_VE (DDLS) | v816 | main | 0.0 | 168 |
-| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ (CLAS) | v816 | main | 0.009 | 27407 |
+| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_OBJECTS (CLAS) | v755 | v757 | 0.01 | 14944 |
+| ZDEMO_ABAP_RAP_DRAFT_M (BDEF) | v756 | v757 | 0.033 | 302 |
+| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ (CLAS) | v756 | v757 | 0.015 | 21263 |
+| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ (CLAS) | v755 | v756 | 0.047 | 20431 |
 | ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DISPLAY (CLAS) | v755 | v757 | 0.02 | 1677 |
-| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_UNIT_TEST (CLAS) | v758 | main | 0.034 | 19799 |
+| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_INTERNAL_TABLES (CLAS) | v755 | v757 | 0.01 | 17309 |
+| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG (CLAS) | v756 | v757 | 0.021 | 25883 |
+| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_SQL (CLAS) | v755 | v757 | 0.035 | 14949 |
+| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_CONSTRUCTOR_EXPR (CLAS) | v755 | v757 | 0.048 | 13893 |
 | ZDEMO_ABAP_DYNPRO (PROG) | v757 | v816 | 0.001 | 8026 |
 | ZBP_DEMO_ABAP_RAP_DRAFT_M (CLAS) | v757 | v758 | 0.005 | 2474 |
-| ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_NUMERIC_OP (CLAS) | v816 | main | 0.003 | 20484 |
 | ZDEMO_ABAP_ALV (PROG) | v757 | v816 | 0.002 | 7268 |
 
 ## Split documents
@@ -97,9 +93,8 @@ Split by family: 184 families. **Iterations for 2 epochs (batch 1): 748.**
 - ['06_Dynamic_Programming__P07 (DOC)']: 23994 tokens -> 2 pieces [15836, 8221]
 - ['28_Regular_Expressions (DOC)']: 17900 tokens -> 2 pieces [15031, 2930]
 - ['06_Dynamic_Programming__P06 (DOC)']: 16923 tokens -> 2 pieces [15842, 1144]
+- ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_NUMERIC_OP__V816 (CLAS)']: 19769 tokens -> 2 pieces [15819, 4012]
 - ['05_Constructor_Expressions__P01 (DOC)']: 17349 tokens -> 2 pieces [15147, 2265]
-- ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ__V755 (CLAS)']: 17237 tokens -> 2 pieces [15833, 1469]
-- ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ__V756 (CLAS)']: 18069 tokens -> 2 pieces [15842, 2292]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG (CLAS)']: 17923 tokens -> 2 pieces [15329, 2672]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG (CLAS)']: 16924 tokens -> 2 pieces [15749, 1223]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG (CLAS)']: 16770 tokens -> 2 pieces [14210, 2608]
@@ -116,10 +111,9 @@ Split by family: 184 families. **Iterations for 2 epochs (batch 1): 748.**
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_INTERNAL_TABLES__V758 (CLAS)']: 17355 tokens -> 2 pieces [15832, 1584]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_BUILTIN_FUNC (CLAS)']: 20446 tokens -> 2 pieces [15454, 5071]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_STRING_PROC (CLAS)']: 20311 tokens -> 2 pieces [15590, 4797]
+- ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_UNIT_TEST__V758 (CLAS)']: 16394 tokens -> 2 pieces [15301, 1187]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG__V757 (CLAS)']: 21483 tokens -> 2 pieces [15815, 5730]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DATE_TIME (CLAS)']: 18634 tokens -> 2 pieces [15577, 3138]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_XML_JSON (CLAS)']: 16825 tokens -> 2 pieces [15753, 1154]
 - ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_SQL (CLAS)']: 18283 tokens -> 2 pieces [12526, 5831]
-- ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_INTERNAL_TABLES__V755 (CLAS)']: 17309 tokens -> 2 pieces [2124, 15283]
-- ['ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG__V756 (CLAS)']: 20979 tokens -> 2 pieces [15831, 5210]
 - ['16_Data_Types_and_Objects__P02 (DOC)']: 17891 tokens -> 2 pieces [14421, 3541]
diff --git a/train/data/stats.json b/train/data/stats.json
index e62310d..d281bb9 100644
--- a/train/data/stats.json
+++ b/train/data/stats.json
@@ -5,84 +5,42 @@
  "estimate_tokens": 2636112,
  "records": 370,
  "tokens_before_dedup": 2806501,
- "tokens_after_dedup": 2699110,
- "records_after_dedup": 351,
- "tokens_after_split": 2701996,
+ "tokens_after_dedup": 2658082,
+ "records_after_dedup": 353,
+ "tokens_after_split": 2660834,
  "objects_with_versions": 39,
  "families": 269,
- "versions_kept": 319,
- "versions_removed": 16,
- "strict_rule_would_remove_more": 8,
+ "versions_kept": 323,
+ "versions_removed": 12,
+ "other_branch_comparisons": 0,
  "removed_versions": [
   {
-   "object": "ZBP_DEMO_ABAP_RAP_RO_U (CLAS)",
-   "version": "v758",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.015,
-   "tokens": 10696
+   "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_OBJECTS (CLAS)",
+   "version": "v755",
+   "newest": "v757",
+   "diff": 0.01,
+   "tokens": 14944
   },
   {
-   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_RAP_RO_M (BDEF)",
+   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_RAP_DRAFT_M (BDEF)",
    "version": "v756",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.037,
-   "tokens": 259
-  },
-  {
-   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_RAP_RO_U (BDEF)",
-   "version": "v756",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.043,
-   "tokens": 236
-  },
-  {
-   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_ASSOC_E (DDLS)",
-   "version": "v757",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.026,
-   "tokens": 542
-  },
-  {
-   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_JOINS (DDLS)",
-   "version": "v757",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.009,
-   "tokens": 1827
-  },
-  {
-   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_AGG_EXP (DDLS)",
-   "version": "v757",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.019,
-   "tokens": 804
-  },
-  {
-   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_SEL (DDLS)",
-   "version": "v757",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.029,
-   "tokens": 3273
-  },
-  {
-   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_CDS_VE_ASSOC (DDLS)",
-   "version": "v757",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.008,
-   "tokens": 2451
-  },
-  {
-   "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_FLI_VE (DDLS)",
-   "version": "v816",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.0,
-   "tokens": 168
+   "newest": "v757",
+   "diff": 0.033,
+   "tokens": 302
   },
   {
    "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ (CLAS)",
-   "version": "v816",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.009,
-   "tokens": 27407
+   "version": "v756",
+   "newest": "v757",
+   "diff": 0.015,
+   "tokens": 21263
+  },
+  {
+   "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ (CLAS)",
+   "version": "v755",
+   "newest": "v756",
+   "diff": 0.047,
+   "tokens": 20431
   },
   {
    "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DISPLAY (CLAS)",
@@ -92,11 +50,32 @@
    "tokens": 1677
   },
   {
-   "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_UNIT_TEST (CLAS)",
-   "version": "v758",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.034,
-   "tokens": 19799
+   "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_INTERNAL_TABLES (CLAS)",
+   "version": "v755",
+   "newest": "v757",
+   "diff": 0.01,
+   "tokens": 17309
+  },
+  {
+   "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG (CLAS)",
+   "version": "v756",
+   "newest": "v757",
+   "diff": 0.021,
+   "tokens": 25883
+  },
+  {
+   "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_SQL (CLAS)",
+   "version": "v755",
+   "newest": "v757",
+   "diff": 0.035,
+   "tokens": 14949
+  },
+  {
+   "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_CONSTRUCTOR_EXPR (CLAS)",
+   "version": "v755",
+   "newest": "v757",
+   "diff": 0.048,
+   "tokens": 13893
   },
   {
    "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_DYNPRO (PROG)",
@@ -112,13 +91,6 @@
    "diff": 0.005,
    "tokens": 2474
   },
-  {
-   "object": "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_NUMERIC_OP (CLAS)",
-   "version": "v816",
-   "newest": "main",
-   "diff": 0.003,
-   "tokens": 20484
-  },
   {
    "object": "ZDEMO_ABAP_ALV (PROG)",
    "version": "v757",
@@ -127,22 +99,22 @@
    "tokens": 7268
   }
  ],
- "split_docs": 43,
- "hard_line_splits": 17,
+ "split_docs": 41,
+ "hard_line_splits": 15,
  "pieces_over_limit": 0,
  "train": {
   "docs": 374,
-  "tokens": 2567180,
+  "tokens": 2525568,
   "min": 49,
-  "p50": 4904,
-  "p90": 15638,
+  "p50": 4770,
+  "p90": 15590,
   "p99": 16177,
   "max": 16252
  },
  "valid": {
   "docs": 20,
-  "tokens": 134816,
-  "min": 92,
+  "tokens": 135266,
+  "min": 135,
   "p50": 7589,
   "p90": 15317,
   "p99": 16273,
@@ -150,10 +122,10 @@
  },
  "all": {
   "docs": 394,
-  "tokens": 2701996,
+  "tokens": 2660834,
   "min": 49,
-  "p50": 4904,
-  "p90": 15608,
+  "p50": 4797,
+  "p90": 15577,
   "p99": 16217,
   "max": 16273
  },
@@ -173,22 +145,22 @@
  },
  "share_final": {
   "CLAS": [
-   1297878,
-   48.0
+   1247458,
+   46.9
   ],
   "other": [
-   101390,
-   3.8
+   110648,
+   4.2
   ],
   "DOC": [
    1302728,
-   48.2
+   49.0
   ]
  },
  "by_type": {
   "CLAS": {
-   "docs": 194,
-   "tokens": 1297878
+   "docs": 187,
+   "tokens": 1247458
   },
   "mixed(4)": {
    "docs": 6,
@@ -203,12 +175,12 @@
    "tokens": 1792
   },
   "BDEF": {
-   "docs": 4,
-   "tokens": 1069
+   "docs": 5,
+   "tokens": 1262
   },
   "DDLS": {
-   "docs": 21,
-   "tokens": 11549
+   "docs": 27,
+   "tokens": 20614
   },
   "mixed(3)": {
    "docs": 2,
@@ -423,6 +395,17 @@
     1144
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "object": [
+    "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_NUMERIC_OP__V816 (CLAS)"
+   ],
+   "tokens": 19769,
+   "pieces": 2,
+   "piece_tokens": [
+    15819,
+    4012
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "object": [
     "05_Constructor_Expressions__P01 (DOC)"
@@ -434,28 +417,6 @@
     2265
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "object": [
-    "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ__V755 (CLAS)"
-   ],
-   "tokens": 17237,
-   "pieces": 2,
-   "piece_tokens": [
-    15833,
-    1469
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "object": [
-    "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DTYPE_DOBJ__V756 (CLAS)"
-   ],
-   "tokens": 18069,
-   "pieces": 2,
-   "piece_tokens": [
-    15842,
-    2292
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "object": [
     "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG (CLAS)"
@@ -632,6 +593,17 @@
     4797
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "object": [
+    "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_UNIT_TEST__V758 (CLAS)"
+   ],
+   "tokens": 16394,
+   "pieces": 2,
+   "piece_tokens": [
+    15301,
+    1187
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "object": [
     "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG__V757 (CLAS)"
@@ -676,28 +648,6 @@
     5831
    ]
   },
-  {
-   "object": [
-    "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_INTERNAL_TABLES__V755 (CLAS)"
-   ],
-   "tokens": 17309,
-   "pieces": 2,
-   "piece_tokens": [
-    2124,
-    15283
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "object": [
-    "ZCL_DEMO_ABAP_DYNAMIC_PROG__V756 (CLAS)"
-   ],
-   "tokens": 20979,
-   "pieces": 2,
-   "piece_tokens": [
-    15831,
-    5210
-   ]
-  },
   {
    "object": [
     "16_Data_Types_and_Objects__P02 (DOC)"
diff --git a/train/prepare.py b/train/prepare.py
index 3b80da1..ae1a8f3 100644
--- a/train/prepare.py
+++ b/train/prepare.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   train/.venv/bin/python train/prepare.py [--corpus PATH] [--max-len 16384] [--seed 20261003]
 
 1. Real token counts (tokenizer of the base model).
-2. Version dedup: in each family keep the newest version; keep an older version only if its source differs
-   from the newest by more than 5 % of lines (difflib).
+2. Version dedup (strict): keep main (Cloud) and the newest v* (Standard ABAP); compare each older v* with the
+   next newer v*, keep it only if more than 5 % of lines differ (difflib).
 3. Documents longer than max_len are split with the real tokenizer: classes at ENDMETHOD boundaries, markdown
    at "##" headings (fallbacks: "###", then lines). Header lines are repeated in each piece.
 4. Split 95/5 by family (all versions and pieces of one family stay in one split).
@@ -201,29 +201,49 @@ def main():
     removed_versions, kept_versions, strict_extra = [], 0, 0
     keep_ids = set()
     n_multi = 0
-    for f, vers in byfam.items():
-        order = sorted(vers, key=lambda v: -RANK.get(v, 40))
-        newest = order[0]
-        for d in vers[newest]:
+    other_cmp = 0
+
+    def keep(v_docs):
+        for d in v_docs:
             keep_ids.add(d["_id"])
-        kept_versions += 1
-        if len(order) > 1:
+
+    for f, vers in byfam.items():
+        # Strict rule (Kral 2026-10-03): main (ABAP Cloud) and the newest v* (Standard ABAP) are always kept.
+        # Each older v* is compared with the next newer v* (not with main) and kept only if > diff of lines differ.
+        # Other branches (oo_patterns, rap, unit_tests) are compared with main as before.
+        vs = sorted((v for v in vers if re.fullmatch(r"v\d+", v)), key=lambda v: -int(v[1:]))
+        others = [v for v in vers if v != "main" and v not in vs]
+        if len(vers) > 1:
             n_multi += 1
-        base = [x for d in vers[newest] for x in norm_lines(d["text"])]
-        kept_lines = [base]
-        for v in order[1:]:
-            lines = [x for d in vers[v] for x in norm_lines(d["text"])]
-            frac = diff_fraction(base, lines)
+        lines_of = lambda v: [x for d in vers[v] for x in norm_lines(d["text"])]
+        if "main" in vers:
+            keep(vers["main"])
+            kept_versions += 1
+        if vs:
+            keep(vers[vs[0]])
+            kept_versions += 1
+        for i in range(1, len(vs)):
+            newer = vs[i - 1]
+            frac = diff_fraction(lines_of(newer), lines_of(vs[i]))
             if frac > a.diff:
+                keep(vers[vs[i]])
                 kept_versions += 1
-                for d in vers[v]:
-                    keep_ids.add(d["_id"])
-                # info only: would a stricter rule (compare with all kept versions) remove it?
-                if min(diff_fraction(k, lines) for k in kept_lines) <= a.diff:
-                    strict_extra += 1
-                kept_lines.append(lines)
             else:
-                removed_versions.append({"object": f, "version": v, "newest": newest, "diff": round(frac, 3),
+                removed_versions.append({"object": f, "version": vs[i], "newest": newer, "diff": round(frac, 3),
+                                         "tokens": sum(d["real_tokens"] for d in vers[vs[i]])})
+        for v in others:
+            ref = "main" if "main" in vers else (vs[0] if vs else None)
+            if ref is None:
+                keep(vers[v])
+                kept_versions += 1
+                continue
+            other_cmp += 1
+            frac = diff_fraction(lines_of(ref), lines_of(v))
+            if frac > a.diff:
+                keep(vers[v])
+                kept_versions += 1
+            else:
+                removed_versions.append({"object": f, "version": v, "newest": ref, "diff": round(frac, 3),
                                          "tokens": sum(d["real_tokens"] for d in vers[v])})
     after_dedup = [d for d in docs if d["_id"] in keep_ids]
     real1 = sum(d["real_tokens"] for d in after_dedup)
@@ -282,7 +302,7 @@ def main():
              "records": len(docs), "tokens_before_dedup": real0, "tokens_after_dedup": real1,
              "records_after_dedup": len(after_dedup), "tokens_after_split": real2,
              "objects_with_versions": n_multi, "families": len(byfam), "versions_kept": kept_versions,
-             "versions_removed": len(removed_versions), "strict_rule_would_remove_more": strict_extra,
+             "versions_removed": len(removed_versions), "other_branch_comparisons": other_cmp,
              "removed_versions": removed_versions, "split_docs": len(split_info), "hard_line_splits": hard_total,
              "pieces_over_limit": len(over), "train": summ(train), "valid": summ(valid), "all": summ(kept),
              "share_before_dedup": share([{"types": d["types"], "tokens": d["real_tokens"]} for d in docs]),
@@ -293,13 +313,13 @@ def main():
     L = ["# Stage 1 data report", "",
          f"Corpus: `{a.corpus}` (SAP-samples/abap-cheat-sheets, Apache-2.0, see corpus/out/ATTRIBUTION.md).",
          f"Tokenizer: `{a.model}`. Seed {a.seed}. max_seq_length {a.max_len}.", "",
-         "## Version dedup (keep the newest; keep an older version only if it differs by more than "
+         "## Version dedup (strict rule; an older version is kept only if it differs by more than "
          f"{int(a.diff * 100)} % of lines)", "",
          f"- Object families: {len(byfam)}; with more than one version: {n_multi}.",
          f"- Versions kept: {kept_versions}. Versions removed: {len(removed_versions)}.",
          f"- Records: {len(docs)} before, {len(after_dedup)} after.",
          f"- Tokens before: {real0} (chars/4 estimate {est}). After dedup: {real1}. After splitting: {real2}.",
-         f"- Info: a stricter rule (compare also with the other kept versions) would remove {strict_extra} more kept versions.",
+         f"- Rule: main (Cloud) and the newest v* (Standard ABAP) always kept; each older v* compared with the next newer v*; other branches ({other_cmp} comparisons) compared with main.",
          "", "## Splitting of documents over the limit", "",
          f"- Documents split: {len(split_info)}; pieces: {sum(s['pieces'] for s in split_info)}; hard line splits "
          f"(a block was too big): {hard_total}; pieces still over the limit: {len(over)}.", "",