diff --git a/Complexity.lean b/Complexity.lean
index fb762678b..3a3bd35db 100644
--- a/Complexity.lean
+++ b/Complexity.lean
@@ -2802,6 +2802,7 @@ public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.DetectedHierarchy
 public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.DetectedStage
 public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.EstimatorPrecision
 public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.FineProductMean
+public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.FourthRootHierarchyParams
 public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.Gaussian.Multivariate
 public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.Gaussian.Real
 public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.Gaussian.Sheppard
diff --git a/Complexity/Foundations/Probability/FourthRootHierarchyParams.lean b/Complexity/Foundations/Probability/FourthRootHierarchyParams.lean
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f61df732
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+++ b/Complexity/Foundations/Probability/FourthRootHierarchyParams.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2026 Samuel Schlesinger. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Samuel Schlesinger
+-/
+
+module
+-- upstream: candidate
+
+public import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.HierarchyParams
+public import Complexity.Foundations.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.PolynomialSwitch
+public import Complexity.Foundations.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.RationalRamp
+import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.Floor.Semiring
+import Mathlib.Tactic.FieldSimp
+import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
+import Mathlib.Tactic.Positivity
+import Mathlib.Tactic.Ring
+
+/-!
+# Concrete hierarchy parameters with Lipschitz fourth roots
+
+This module supplies an actual regular witness extending `Matrix.HierarchyParams`. Its correction
+ramp is rational, its five bounded cutoffs are polynomial switches, and all required fourth roots
+and complementary fourth roots are globally Lipschitz. The strict threshold ladder is
+`0 < θ < θ₂ < 1/(32q)`, `0 < δ₀ < δ₁ < θ/100`, and
+`0 < η < η₂ < δ₀/3`, with copy thresholds `1/(8q)` and `1/(4q)`.
+
+The construction fixes `θ = 1/(128q)` and width `a = 1/(384q)`, giving
+`θ₂ = θ + 3a = 1/(64q)` for the rational ramp. It then chooses a positive iteration count from
+the factorial tail, the number of copies, and the detector ranks, in that order. Thus the
+existence theorem proves the new conditions; they are not extra premises on an unspecified stage.
+The underlying `HierarchyParams` can be passed directly to all existing stage theorems.
+
+This is the fourth-moment adaptation in complexitylib issue #1721 of the core hierarchy
+conditions in [OpenAI2026LogSpace, Sections 4.1--4.4]. The pinned preprint uses eighth roots.
+The witness does not establish eighth-root regularity, every later atom/access-score margin,
+the recursive estimator, or rational-machine resource bounds. When `q` is rational, the displayed
+scalar functions use only rational arithmetic and min/max; selecting the iteration count and
+integer ranks here is an existence argument.
+
+## Main definitions
+
+* `Matrix.FourthRootHierarchyParams`: reduced algebraic-stage data together with the strict
+  core threshold ladder, monotone cutoffs, and fourth-root regularity.
+
+## Main results
+
+* `Matrix.FourthRootHierarchyParams.nonempty`: a concrete regular witness exists for `q > 0`
+  and `cπ > 0`.
+
+## References
+
+* [OpenAI, *Exact Derandomization of Logarithmic Space: L = RL = BPL*][OpenAI2026LogSpace],
+  Sections 4.1--4.4 and Remark 4.6 (23 September 2026, revision `7ef5c0cc`, not peer reviewed).
+-/
+
+public section
+
+namespace Matrix
+
+open Cslib
+
+/-- Concrete regularity requirements for the fourth-moment hierarchy, extending the existing
+algebraic-stage interface. The core threshold ladder is included, but later access-score margins
+are not asserted by this structure. -/
+structure FourthRootHierarchyParams (q cπ Cπ Cpair Cvar : ℝ)
+    extends HierarchyParams q cπ Cπ Cpair Cvar where
+  /-- Upper support threshold of the row gate. -/
+  η₂ : ℝ
+  θ_lt_θ₂ : θ < θ₂
+  θ₂_lt : θ₂ < 1 / (32 * q)
+  k_pos : 0 < k
+  tail_small : Real.exp (1 / θ) * (L / θ) ^ k / k.factorial ≤ 1 / (32 * q)
+  copies_strict : q * ((k : ℝ) + 1) < m + 1
+  τ₀_eq : τ₀ = 1 / (8 * q)
+  τ₁_eq : τ₁ = 1 / (4 * q)
+  δ₀_lt_δ₁ : δ₀ < δ₁
+  δ₁_lt : δ₁ < θ / 100
+  η_lt_η₂ : η < η₂
+  η₂_lt : η₂ < δ₀ / 3
+  χ_mono : Monotone χ
+  ϕ_mono : Monotone ϕ
+  ρ_nonneg : ∀ t, 0 ≤ ρ t
+  ρ_antitone : Antitone ρ
+  ρ_zero : ∀ t, η₂ ≤ t → ρ t = 0
+  κ_mono : Monotone κ
+  κ_one_ge : ∀ t, 1 / 2 ≤ t → κ t = 1
+  Q_root : ∃ K, LipschitzWith K fun t => Q t ^ (4⁻¹ : ℝ)
+  cutoff_roots : ∀ F ∈ [χ, ϕ, ρ, γ, κ],
+    (∃ K, LipschitzWith K fun t => F t ^ (4⁻¹ : ℝ)) ∧
+      (∃ K, LipschitzWith K fun t => (1 - F t) ^ (4⁻¹ : ℝ))
+
+namespace FourthRootHierarchyParams
+
+variable {q cπ Cπ Cpair Cvar : ℝ}
+
+/-- A concrete hierarchy witness with a rational ramp, polynomial cutoffs, the strict core
+threshold ladder, and global fourth-root regularity. -/
+theorem nonempty (hq : 0 < q) (hcπ : 0 < cπ) :
+    Nonempty (FourthRootHierarchyParams q cπ Cπ Cpair Cvar) := by
+  set θ : ℝ := 1 / (128 * q)
+  set a : ℝ := 1 / (384 * q)
+  set θ₂ : ℝ := θ + 3 * a
+  have hθ : 0 < θ := by positivity
+  have ha : 0 < a := by positivity
+  have hθ₂ : θ₂ = 1 / (64 * q) := by
+    dsimp [θ₂, θ, a]
+    field_simp
+    ring
+  have hθ₂small : θ₂ < 1 / (32 * q) := by
+    rw [hθ₂, div_lt_div_iff_of_pos_left one_pos (by positivity) (by positivity)]
+    linarith
+  have hτ : 1 / (8 * q) < 1 / (4 * q) := by
+    rw [div_lt_div_iff_of_pos_left one_pos (by positivity) (by positivity)]
+    linarith
+  have hτ₁ : 1 / (4 * q) ≤ 1 / q := by
+    rw [div_le_div_iff_of_pos_left one_pos (by positivity) hq]
+    linarith
+  set δ₀ : ℝ := θ / 400
+  set δ₁ : ℝ := θ / 200
+  set η : ℝ := δ₀ / 1000
+  set η₂ : ℝ := δ₀ / 500
+  have hδ₀ : 0 < δ₀ := by positivity
+  have hδ : δ₀ < δ₁ := by dsimp [δ₀, δ₁]; linarith
+  have hη : 0 < η := by positivity
+  have hη₂ : η < η₂ := by dsimp [η, η₂]; linarith
+  obtain ⟨k, hk⟩ := exists_factorial_bound_le θ 1
+    (δ := min (1 / (32 * q)) (Real.exp (1 / θ) / 2)) (by positivity)
+  have htail : Real.exp (1 / θ) * (1 / θ) ^ k / k.factorial ≤ 1 / (32 * q) :=
+    hk.trans (min_le_left _ _)
+  have hkpos : 0 < k := by
+    by_contra h
+    have hzero : k = 0 := Nat.eq_zero_of_not_pos h
+    have hb := hk.trans (min_le_right _ _)
+    simp only [hzero, pow_zero, Nat.factorial_zero, Nat.cast_one, mul_one, div_one] at hb
+    linarith [Real.exp_pos (1 / θ)]
+  set m : ℕ := ⌈q⌉₊ * (k + 1)
+  have hcopies : q * ((k : ℝ) + 1) < (m : ℝ) + 1 := by
+    have hqc : q ≤ ⌈q⌉₊ := Nat.le_ceil q
+    have hm : (m : ℝ) = ⌈q⌉₊ * ((k : ℝ) + 1) := by simp [m]
+    rw [hm]
+    nlinarith [(Nat.cast_nonneg (α := ℝ) k)]
+  set J : ℕ := ⌈(2 * Cπ * m * k * (k + 1)) / δ₀⌉₊ + 1
+  set K : ℕ := ⌈160 * (1 + Cpair * k / η)⌉₊
+  set R : ℝ := (4 * J + 40 * |Cvar|) / cπ
+  have hR : 4 * (J : ℝ) + 40 * |Cvar| ≤ cπ * R := by
+    dsimp [R]
+    rw [mul_div_cancel₀ _ hcπ.ne']
+  have hγ : (1 / 2 : ℝ) < 4 / 5 := by norm_num
+  have hκ : (1 / 4 : ℝ) < 1 / 2 := by norm_num
+  refine ⟨{
+    Q := rationalRamp4 θ a
+    θ := θ
+    θ₂ := θ₂
+    L := 1
+    k := k
+    m := m
+    τ₀ := 1 / (8 * q)
+    τ₁ := 1 / (4 * q)
+    χ := polynomialSwitch4 (1 / (8 * q)) (1 / (4 * q))
+    δ₀ := δ₀
+    δ₁ := δ₁
+    ϕ := polynomialSwitch4 δ₀ δ₁
+    η := η
+    ρ := fun t => 1 - polynomialSwitch4 η η₂ t
+    γ := fun t => 1 - polynomialSwitch4 (1 / 2) (4 / 5) t
+    κ := polynomialSwitch4 (1 / 4) (1 / 2)
+    J := J
+    K := K
+    R := R
+    Q_nonneg := rationalRamp4_nonneg ha.le θ
+    Q_le := rationalRamp4_le ha θ
+    le_Q := le_rationalRamp4 ha θ
+    Q_mono := monotone_rationalRamp4 ha θ
+    Q_lipschitz := fun s t hst => ?_
+    θ_pos := hθ
+    L_nonneg := zero_le_one
+    truncation := ?_
+    χ_nonneg := polynomialSwitch4_nonneg _ _
+    χ_le_one := polynomialSwitch4_le_one _ _
+    χ_zero := fun _ h => polynomialSwitch4_of_le hτ h
+    χ_one := fun _ h => polynomialSwitch4_of_ge hτ h
+    τ₁_le := hτ₁
+    copies := ?_
+    δ₀_pos := hδ₀
+    ϕ_nonneg := polynomialSwitch4_nonneg _ _
+    ϕ_le_one := polynomialSwitch4_le_one _ _
+    ϕ_zero := fun _ h => polynomialSwitch4_of_le hδ h
+    ϕ_one := fun _ h => polynomialSwitch4_of_ge hδ h
+    η_pos := hη
+    ρ_le_one := fun t => sub_le_self _ (polynomialSwitch4_nonneg _ _ t)
+    ρ_one := fun t h => by rw [polynomialSwitch4_of_le hη₂ h, sub_zero]
+    γ_nonneg := fun t => sub_nonneg.mpr (polynomialSwitch4_le_one _ _ t)
+    γ_le_one := fun t => sub_le_self _ (polynomialSwitch4_nonneg _ _ t)
+    γ_antitone := fun _ _ h => sub_le_sub_left (monotone_polynomialSwitch4 hγ.le h) 1
+    γ_one := fun t h => by rw [polynomialSwitch4_of_le hγ h, sub_zero]
+    γ_zero := fun t h => by rw [polynomialSwitch4_of_ge hγ h, sub_self]
+    κ_nonneg := polynomialSwitch4_nonneg _ _
+    κ_le_one := polynomialSwitch4_le_one _ _
+    κ_zero := fun _ h => polynomialSwitch4_of_le hκ h
+    κ_one := fun _ h => polynomialSwitch4_of_ge hκ h.le
+    J_pos := Nat.succ_pos _
+    rank := ?_
+    gate := Nat.le_ceil _
+    R_rank := by linarith [abs_nonneg Cvar]
+    R_var := by linarith [le_abs_self Cvar]
+    η₂ := η₂
+    θ_lt_θ₂ := by dsimp [θ₂]; linarith
+    θ₂_lt := hθ₂small
+    k_pos := hkpos
+    tail_small := htail
+    copies_strict := hcopies
+    τ₀_eq := rfl
+    τ₁_eq := rfl
+    δ₀_lt_δ₁ := hδ
+    δ₁_lt := by dsimp [δ₁]; linarith
+    η_lt_η₂ := hη₂
+    η₂_lt := by dsimp [η₂]; linarith
+    χ_mono := monotone_polynomialSwitch4 hτ.le
+    ϕ_mono := monotone_polynomialSwitch4 hδ.le
+    ρ_nonneg := fun t => sub_nonneg.mpr (polynomialSwitch4_le_one _ _ t)
+    ρ_antitone := fun _ _ h => sub_le_sub_left (monotone_polynomialSwitch4 hη₂.le h) 1
+    ρ_zero := fun t h => by rw [polynomialSwitch4_of_ge hη₂ h, sub_self]
+    κ_mono := monotone_polynomialSwitch4 hκ.le
+    κ_one_ge := fun _ h => polynomialSwitch4_of_ge hκ h
+    Q_root := ⟨_, lipschitzWith_rationalRamp4_root ha θ⟩
+    cutoff_roots := ?_ }⟩
+  · have h := (lipschitzWith_rationalRamp4 ha θ).dist_le_mul t s
+    rw [Real.dist_eq, Real.dist_eq, abs_of_nonneg (sub_nonneg.mpr hst)] at h
+    exact (le_abs_self _).trans h
+  · calc θ₂ + Real.exp (1 / θ) * (1 / θ) ^ k / k.factorial ≤ θ₂ + 1 / (32 * q) := by
+          linarith
+      _ = (3 / 64) / q := by rw [hθ₂]; field_simp; ring
+      _ ≤ (1 / 8) / q := div_le_div_of_nonneg_right (by norm_num) hq.le
+      _ = 1 / (8 * q) := by ring
+  · rw [div_le_div_iff₀ (by positivity) hq, one_mul]
+    simpa only [mul_comm] using hcopies.le
+  · have hJ : (2 * Cπ * m * k * (k + 1)) / δ₀ ≤ (J : ℝ) := by
+      dsimp [J]
+      push_cast
+      exact (Nat.le_ceil _).trans (by linarith)
+    have hb := (div_le_iff₀ hδ₀).mp hJ
+    linarith
+  · intro F hF
+    simp only [List.mem_cons, List.not_mem_nil, or_false] at hF
+    rcases hF with rfl | rfl | rfl | rfl | rfl
+    · exact ⟨exists_lipschitzWith_polynomialSwitch4_root _ _,
+        exists_lipschitzWith_one_sub_polynomialSwitch4_root _ _⟩
+    · exact ⟨exists_lipschitzWith_polynomialSwitch4_root _ _,
+        exists_lipschitzWith_one_sub_polynomialSwitch4_root _ _⟩
+    · refine ⟨exists_lipschitzWith_one_sub_polynomialSwitch4_root _ _, ?_⟩
+      simpa only [sub_sub_cancel] using exists_lipschitzWith_polynomialSwitch4_root η η₂
+    · refine ⟨exists_lipschitzWith_one_sub_polynomialSwitch4_root _ _, ?_⟩
+      simpa only [sub_sub_cancel] using
+        exists_lipschitzWith_polynomialSwitch4_root (1 / 2) (4 / 5)
+    · exact ⟨exists_lipschitzWith_polynomialSwitch4_root _ _,
+        exists_lipschitzWith_one_sub_polynomialSwitch4_root _ _⟩
+
+end FourthRootHierarchyParams
+
+end Matrix
diff --git a/ComplexityTests/FourthRootHierarchyParams.lean b/ComplexityTests/FourthRootHierarchyParams.lean
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83fddc6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ComplexityTests/FourthRootHierarchyParams.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2026 Samuel Schlesinger. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Samuel Schlesinger
+-/
+import Complexity.Foundations.Probability.FourthRootHierarchyParams
+import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.Notation
+import Mathlib.Tactic.FinCases
+import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
+import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum
+
+/-!
+# Tests for the regular fourth-moment hierarchy witness
+
+The examples use the concrete existence construction at `q = 2`, derive nonzero ramp and exact
+plateau values, use complementary root regularity at a closed row gate, and pass the strengthened
+parameters into the existing stage API on a nonzero two-vertex transition matrix.
+-/
+
+namespace ComplexityTests.FourthRootHierarchyParams
+
+open Matrix
+open scoped NNReal
+
+-- The actual witness has zero correction below its threshold, unbounded correction above it,
+-- and the prescribed copy/row plateaus. These values use no extra cutoff assumptions.
+example : ∃ P : FourthRootHierarchyParams 2 1 1 1 0,
+    P.Q 0 = 0 ∧ 1 ≤ P.Q (P.θ₂ + 1) ∧ P.χ (1 / 16) = 0 ∧ P.χ (1 / 8) = 1 ∧
+      P.ρ P.η₂ = 0 ∧ P.κ (1 / 2) = 1 := by
+  obtain ⟨P⟩ := FourthRootHierarchyParams.nonempty (q := 2) (cπ := 1) (Cπ := 1)
+    (Cpair := 1) (Cvar := 0) (by norm_num) (by norm_num)
+  refine ⟨P, ?_, ?_, ?_, ?_, P.ρ_zero _ le_rfl, P.κ_one_ge _ le_rfl⟩
+  · apply le_antisymm _ (P.Q_nonneg 0)
+    simpa only [max_eq_right (by linarith [P.θ_pos] : (0 : ℝ) - P.θ ≤ 0)] using P.Q_le 0
+  · have h := P.le_Q (P.θ₂ + 1)
+    linarith
+  · apply P.χ_zero
+    rw [P.τ₀_eq]
+    norm_num
+  · apply P.χ_one
+    rw [P.τ₁_eq]
+    norm_num
+
+-- The row gate closes strictly before the detector entry factor can become nonzero.
+example (P : FourthRootHierarchyParams 2 1 1 1 0) :
+    3 * P.η₂ < P.δ₀ ∧ P.ϕ (3 * P.η₂) = 0 := by
+  have h : 3 * P.η₂ < P.δ₀ := by linarith [P.η₂_lt]
+  exact ⟨h, P.ϕ_zero _ h.le⟩
+
+-- Root regularity gives a perturbation bound at the closed endpoint of the actual row gate.
+example (P : FourthRootHierarchyParams 2 1 1 1 0) :
+    ∃ K : ℝ≥0, ∀ t : ℝ, |P.ρ t ^ (4⁻¹ : ℝ)| ≤ K * |t - P.η₂| := by
+  obtain ⟨K, hK⟩ := (P.cutoff_roots P.ρ (by simp)).1
+  refine ⟨K, fun t => ?_⟩
+  have h := hK.dist_le_mul t P.η₂
+  rw [P.ρ_zero _ le_rfl, Real.zero_rpow (by norm_num : (4⁻¹ : ℝ) ≠ 0)] at h
+  simpa only [Real.dist_eq, sub_zero] using h
+
+/-- One edge of weight `1/2` on two vertices. -/
+private noncomputable def C : Matrix (Fin 2) (Fin 2) ℝ := !![0, 1 / 2; 0, 0]
+
+-- Existing stage theorems consume the parent interface directly: the constructed cutoffs give
+-- a nonnegative and substochastic next transition on the copied vertices of this nonzero input.
+example : ∃ P : FourthRootHierarchyParams 2 1 1 1 0,
+    let X : Unit → Fin 2 → Prop := fun _ _ => True
+    let A := P.toHierarchyParams.next X X 1 C
+    (∀ x y, 0 ≤ A x y) ∧ A *ᵥ 1 ≤ 1 := by
+  obtain ⟨P⟩ := FourthRootHierarchyParams.nonempty (q := 2) (cπ := 1) (Cπ := 1)
+    (Cpair := 1) (Cvar := 0) (by norm_num) (by norm_num)
+  have hC : ∀ x y, 0 ≤ C x y := by intro x y; fin_cases x <;> fin_cases y <;> norm_num [C]
+  have hC1 : C *ᵥ 1 ≤ 1 := by intro x; fin_cases x <;> norm_num [C, mulVec, dotProduct]
+  refine ⟨P, ?_, ?_⟩
+  · exact P.toHierarchyParams.next_nonneg (by norm_num) hC
+  · exact P.toHierarchyParams.next_mulVec_one_le (by norm_num) hC hC1
+
+end ComplexityTests.FourthRootHierarchyParams