Merge pull request 'fix: No generic flag dispatch: only token_value_inflation is ever zero-rated (#723)' (#797) from fix/issue-723 into master

STATE.md

@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@
 - [2026-03-14] increase CALCULATE_PARAMS_GAS_LIMIT from 200k to 500k (#782)
 - [2026-03-15] add evolution run 8 champion to seed pool (#781)
 - [2026-03-15] fix FitnessEvaluator.t.sol broken on Base mainnet fork (#780)
+- [2026-03-15] No generic flag dispatch: only `token_value_inflation` is ever zero-rated (#723)

tools/push3-evolution/evolve.sh

@@ -861,11 +861,18 @@ if not new_items:
 # ── 5. Separate pinned (hand-written) from evolved; top-100 cap on evolved only
 #
 # NOTE: raw fitness values are only comparable within the same evaluation run.
-# Entries with fitness_flags='token_value_inflation' (or other flags) are ranked
+# Entries whose fitness_flags contain any flag in ZERO_RATED_FLAGS are ranked
 # as fitness=0 so that inflated scores do not bias pool admission or eviction.
+#
+# ZERO_RATED_FLAGS: canonical set of flag strings that force effective_fitness=0.
+# Add new inflation/distortion flags here; no other code change is required.
+ZERO_RATED_FLAGS = {
+    'token_value_inflation',
+}
+
 def effective_fitness(entry):
     flags = entry.get('fitness_flags') or ''
-    if 'token_value_inflation' in flags:
+    if any(flag in flags for flag in ZERO_RATED_FLAGS):
         return 0
     return int(entry.get('fitness') or 0)