Record gravity relift work before descent rejection

libmeanfield/interface/solver/newton_numerics.cppm

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ export namespace mean_field::solver::nonlinear {
 
     struct NumericalStrategyDiagnostics final {
         int polynomialChecks{0};
+        // Nonzero repair proposals include directions later rejected by a
+        // descent check; this measures repair activity, not accepted steps.
         int directionRepairs{0};
         double lastRepairFraction{0.0};
         double lastMeritDirectionalDerivative{0.0};

libmeanfield/interface/solver/stellar_newton_strategy.cppm

@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@ namespace mean_field::solver::detail {
                     return false;
                 }
             }
+            // A successful gravity relift still belongs in the work report if
+            // the following full-merit check rejects the repaired direction.
+            m_gravity.CopyDiagnostics(diagnostics);
             if constexpr (altersDirection && std::same_as<Gravity, nonlinear::EliminatedGravity>) {
                 mfem::Vector action(state.Problem().EquationSize());
                 state.normalizedOperator->Mult(state.normalizedCorrection, action);
@@ -448,7 +451,6 @@ namespace mean_field::solver::detail {
                 if (!std::isfinite(diagnostics.lastMeritDirectionalDerivative) ||
                     diagnostics.lastMeritDirectionalDerivative >= 0.0) { return false; }
             }
-            m_gravity.CopyDiagnostics(diagnostics);
             return true;
         }
         auto PrepareTrial(State &state, const double alpha, nonlinear::NumericalStrategyDiagnostics &diagnostics) {