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docs: WHOOP SpO2 evidence-review proposal with staged, self-critical plan - #17
Adds docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md — a structured, self-critical evidence review of all current open-source SpO2 knowledge for WHOOP 4.0 / 5.0 / MG, cross-checked against our protocol, whoop-rs and edge state, plus a staged implementation plan. Docs-only; no product behavior changes.
Key findings (as documented)
5.0/MG: v18 byte 82 (frame-abs; = inner[74], our spo2CandidateRaw) is the strap's own SpO2 estimate, measured in 30 s bursts every 1,200 s during band-declared sleep. Nightly means were compared against the WHOOP app by an independent project (93.4–96.7 vs 93.1–96.5; period means 94.4 vs 94.8) — this is app agreement, not validation (no same-night pairs; only a reference oximeter validates).
4.0: byte 5 of the 96-byte realtime packet is single-source and likely sleep-only; raw red/IR ADC (spo2RedRaw/spo2IrRaw) move in lockstep and cannot yield SpO2.
Open evidence items: unresolved characteristic-UUID discrepancy (61080004 vs 61080005), unpinned byte-82 bit-7 flag, no ground truth anywhere.
Review-driven changes (what was reworked and why)
„community cross-validated" overstated the evidence → renamed to „community-reported app agreement" (f9f368dd).
Nightly aggregation is a metric → belongs in analytics, not edge; edge only passes through band-reported samples (f9f368dd).
whoop-rs mirroring is out of current scope (protocol + edge only) → marked DEFERRED (f9f368dd).
Any user-facing display (both generations) is gated on the validation workstream (feeb71a8): paired reference-oximeter captures ≥10 nights / 30 pairs; gate opens only if MAE ≤ 2 pp AND |mean bias| ≤ 1 pp AND Bland-Altman 95% LoA within ±4 pp; correlation reported separately, never as proof of accuracy (7c20915d).
Burst-level pairs are insufficient → the gate must also validate the nightly aggregate against the reference over the same night (69feaa9b).
Gen4 has no nightly output → its (hypothetical live) display gate uses time-aligned live reference measurements with the same thresholds, not the nightly gate (6150e492).
Diagnostics must be RAM-only, never _log/FileLog — FileLog writes to Android external storage (lib/sync/file_log.dart), so timestamped health data there is CWE-532 (7c20915d).
Still to do (open items, explicit)
Hardware validation workstream (the display gate, not runnable in CI): paired captures vs a reference oximeter, ≥10 nights / 30 paired samples; Gen5/MG gate on the nightly aggregate, Gen4 gate on time-aligned live values; thresholds MAE ≤ 2 pp, |bias| ≤ 1 pp, 95% LoA ±4 pp; correlation reported separately.
Pin the byte-82 encoding (bit-7 flag; values >128 = 128+flag) from captures.
Resolve the UUID discrepancy61080004 vs 61080005 from real notifications.
Implement the user-facing stage only after the gate passes: declare InputSignal.deviceSpo2 for gen5/MG, pass samples through in edge, compute per-burst medians + nightly mean in analytics, label as device estimate, bump kAlgoVersion (edge AGENTS.md inv. 4). whoop-rs mirroring remains DEFERRED.
Merge blocker on main (not this PR):settings_report_l10n_test (missing keys reportContactLabel/reportContactHint) and nutrition_ux_559_test (food_entry table) fail on main and keep the test check red for every edge PR — fix on main separately.
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This documentation-only change records research limits and generation-specific WHOOP SpO2 findings. It proposes staged decoding and sleep-estimate work, lists validation requirements, and defines out-of-scope uses. It makes no implementation changes.
Changes: WHOOP SpO2 Proposal
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Summary
Evidence and generation findings docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md
The proposal records research limits and Gen4 and Gen5/MG findings. It notes unresolved byte interpretations, sleep-only measurement evidence, and limits of red/IR data.
Staged proposal and scope docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md
The proposal describes gated decoder work, Gen5/MG sleep-burst estimates, validation requirements, edge invariants, and out-of-scope uses.
BucciMobile/edge-copy#18: This PR carries the Gen5 v18 SpO2 candidate byte as raw diagnostic data. The proposal describes staged validation before percentage decoding and display.
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 6150e
The proposal has unresolved evidence and aggregation gaps that could mislead future implementation. It is documentation-only and can be merged with awareness of those open concerns.
Architecture risk: Low · up to 6150e
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observed — Modified behavior in docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md: Adds the proposal status, reviewed repositories and evidence sources, and limits of the research, including the absence of device captures, reference-oximeter comparison, and CRC verification.
observed — Modified behavior in docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md: Adds Gen4 findings: byte 5 is an unverified SpO2 claim with a 50–100 plausibility gate and possible sleep-only values. Red/IR channels track drift rather than oxygenation; the data/events UUID mapping remains unresolved. Live values are limited to ephemeral display under the RAM-only invariant.
observed — Modified behavior in docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md: Adds Gen5/MG findings that v18 byte 82 is exposed as a candidate, not a published percentage; measurements are sleep-only bursts and red/IR channels are unavailable. App agreement is not validation, and the byte encoding remains uncertain because bit 7 appears to be a status flag.
observed — Modified behavior in docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md: Adds qualifications that vendor-app agreement does not establish accuracy, the Gen4 byte-5 claim is unverified, no generation has a published daytime live SpO2, and red/IR-derived percentages conflict with the stated findings.
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- Line 40: Update the WHOOP 5.0 / MG heading to say “community-reported app
agreement” instead of “community cross-validated,” preserving “sleep-only” and
leaving the supporting evidence unchanged.
- Around line 95-96: Update the `InputSignal.deviceSpo2` proposal to keep edge
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- Around line 60-61: Update the SpO2 discussion of raw PPG on 5.0 to remove the
claim that time-multiplexed red and infrared sampling makes derivation
physically impossible; instead, state the evidence limits, including that the
wavelengths are unidentified and calibration is missing.
- Line 13: Update the source references in the SpO2 proposal to remove the
unrelated ryanbr/noop PRs and cite evidence sources that directly support the
attributed SpO2 claims. Verify each replacement source supports the specific
claim; do not invent citations.
- Line 95: Update the sleep-burst proposal to define and validate minimum
valid-sample coverage per burst and across the night. Exclude bursts below the
per-burst threshold and abstain from reporting a nightly estimate when overall
coverage is insufficient; retain the device-estimate labeling.
- Around line 101-102: Update the Validation workstream in the proposal to make
byte-82 encoding validation a prerequisite for surfacing any user-facing Gen5
5.0/MG value; retain the existing reference-oximeter capture, UUID, and
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Correct the NOOP references.
ryanbr/noop PR #73 concerns a smart alarm, and PR #11 concerns release notes. Neither supports the SpO2 claims attributed to it below. Replace these references with the actual evidence sources. (github.com)
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Update the source references in the SpO2 proposal to remove the unrelated
ryanbr/noop PRs and cite evidence sources that directly support the attributed
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Sources consulted:
- feat(spo2): nightly 5/MG SpO2 candidate as the mean of per-window medians (experimental) by LeonardSEO · Pull Request #2825 · ryanbr/noop · GitHub — GitHub pull request 2825 in ryanbr/noop (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- noop/docs/WHOOP5_DEEP_DATA.md at main · ryanbr/noop · GitHub — https://github.com/ryanbr/noop/blob/main/docs/WHOOP5_DEEP_DATA.md
- noop/ATTRIBUTION.md at main · ryanbr/noop · GitHub — https://github.com/ryanbr/noop/blob/main/ATTRIBUTION.md
- …and 27 more
Web query:
LeonardSEO wearable5.0 FINDINGS "spo2_windows" "78" 30 seconds status codes
Result:
Sources consulted:
- wearable5.0/FINDINGS.md at main · LeonardSEO/wearable5.0 · GitHub — https://github.com/LeonardSEO/wearable5.0/blob/main/FINDINGS.md
- GitHub - LeonardSEO/wearable5.0: Open, tested protocol library for the WHOOP 5.0 / MG band: schema, Python and Swift decoders, and reverse-engineering findings. · GitHub — https://github.com/LeonardSEO/wearable5.0
- AI wearables want to remember everything. What happens when we can’t forget? - Fast Company — https://www.fastcompany.com/91634248/ai-wearables-want-to-remember-everything-what-happens-when-we-cant-forget?campaign_date=11032026&partner=newsletter&position=1
- Testing results: nothing published yet — Smart Glasses Scanner — https://smartglassesscanner.com/research/testing-results/
- …and 35 more
Sources consulted:
- wearable5.0/re/results/spo2_windows_ios_night.txt at main · LeonardSEO/wearable5.0 · GitHub — https://github.com/LeonardSEO/wearable5.0/blob/main/re/results/spo2_windows_ios_night.txt
Require sufficient valid samples per burst.
A capture reports a burst with one plausible 78% sample among status codes. If the gate accepts it, that sample can receive the same weight as a complete burst and distort the nightly mean.
Define coverage thresholds through validation. Exclude sparse bursts and abstain when nightly coverage is insufficient.
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--- "a/docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md"+++ "b/docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md"@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@
existing `spo2_pct` v18 and `spo2_from_paired` paths unchanged.
3. **edge** — user-facing only the validated-shape path:
- Wire `InputSignal.deviceSpo2` for gen5/5.0/MG as a nightly mean over the
- sleep bursts (per-burst median, flag values dropped), labeled as a device- estimate — same labeling discipline as `vendor_staged`.+ sleep bursts (per-burst median, flag values dropped). Define and validate+ minimum burst and nightly coverage; exclude sparse bursts and abstain when+ nightly coverage is insufficient. Label the result as a device estimate —+ same labeling discipline as `vendor_staged`.
- Gen4 byte 5 stays diagnostic/raw in logs, never user-facing, until
ground-truth validated.
- Respect invariants: live streams RAM-only (inv. 14), never fabricate a
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Update the sleep-burst proposal to define and validate minimum valid-sample
coverage per burst and across the night. Exclude bursts below the per-burst
threshold and abstain from reporting a nightly estimate when overall coverage is
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…rap#675) from the spo2CandidateRaw field doc
Co-authored-by: BucciMobile <BucciMobile@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
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docs/proposals/whoop-spo2.md— a structured, self-critical evidence review of all current open-source SpO2 knowledge for WHOOP 4.0 / 5.0 / MG, cross-checked against ourprotocol,whoop-rsandedgestate, plus a staged implementation plan. Docs-only; no product behavior changes.Key findings (as documented)
inner[74], ourspo2CandidateRaw) is the strap's own SpO2 estimate, measured in 30 s bursts every 1,200 s during band-declared sleep. Nightly means were compared against the WHOOP app by an independent project (93.4–96.7 vs 93.1–96.5; period means 94.4 vs 94.8) — this is app agreement, not validation (no same-night pairs; only a reference oximeter validates).spo2RedRaw/spo2IrRaw) move in lockstep and cannot yield SpO2.61080004vs61080005), unpinned byte-82 bit-7 flag, no ground truth anywhere.Review-driven changes (what was reworked and why)
f9f368dd).analytics, not edge; edge only passes through band-reported samples (f9f368dd).f9f368dd).feeb71a8): paired reference-oximeter captures ≥10 nights / 30 pairs; gate opens only if MAE ≤ 2 pp AND |mean bias| ≤ 1 pp AND Bland-Altman 95% LoA within ±4 pp; correlation reported separately, never as proof of accuracy (7c20915d).69feaa9b).6150e492)._log/FileLog — FileLog writes to Android external storage (lib/sync/file_log.dart), so timestamped health data there is CWE-532 (7c20915d).Still to do (open items, explicit)
61080004vs61080005from real notifications.InputSignal.deviceSpo2for gen5/MG, pass samples through in edge, compute per-burst medians + nightly mean inanalytics, label as device estimate, bumpkAlgoVersion(edge AGENTS.md inv. 4). whoop-rs mirroring remains DEFERRED.settings_report_l10n_test(missing keysreportContactLabel/reportContactHint) andnutrition_ux_559_test(food_entrytable) fail on main and keep thetestcheck red for every edge PR — fix on main separately.Verification
testfails only on the pre-existingsettings_report_l10n_test(docs-only PR failing identically proves it is unrelated to this change).