{"abstract":"Dropped high-cardinality labels remain in identity.","category":"Observability","checks":6,"contract":"A series identity includes metric name, sorted label key-value pairs excluding configured dropped keys, measurement unit, and instrument kind. Dropping values never drops other equal-valued labels.","evaluation_group":"xt-metric-series","failed_approach":"The attempted repair substitutes if v not in dropped. Fixture 3 still yields ('requests', (('a', '2'), ('z', '1')), 'count', 'counter') instead of ('requests', (('a', '2'),), 'count', 'counter').","family":"xt-metric-series-dropped-label","id":"FA-10266","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"76dee1420f50ab6947c58124dabca8b341fded5eff0ed273dd035699c6f30777","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(name, labels, dropped, unit, kind):\n    return (name, tuple(sorted((k,v) for k,v in labels.items() if v not in dropped)), unit, kind)\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('fixture 1', solve('requests', {'z': '1', 'a': '2'}, [], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'), ('z', '1')), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 2', solve('requests', {'a': '2', 'z': '1'}, [], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'), ('z', '1')), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 3', solve('requests', {'a': '2', 'z': '1'}, ['z'], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'),), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 4', solve('requests', {'a': 'same', 'b': 'same'}, ['a'], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('b', 'same'),), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 5', solve('latency', {}, [], 'seconds', 'histogram'), ('latency', (), 'seconds', 'histogram'))\ncheck('fixture 6', solve('latency', {}, [], 'milliseconds', 'gauge'), ('latency', (), 'milliseconds', 'gauge'))\nprint(json.dumps({\"observations\": observations, \"passed\": all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))\nraise SystemExit(0 if all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations) else 1)\n"},"broken":{"sha256":"dafc64376c35a4448cdb8cd8e558d14800602f8159f9872b33fca72c9a976329","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(name, labels, dropped, unit, kind):\n    return (name, tuple(sorted((k,v) for k,v in labels.items() if True)), unit, kind)\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('fixture 1', solve('requests', {'z': '1', 'a': '2'}, [], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'), ('z', '1')), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 2', solve('requests', {'a': '2', 'z': '1'}, [], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'), ('z', '1')), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 3', solve('requests', {'a': '2', 'z': '1'}, ['z'], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'),), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 4', solve('requests', {'a': 'same', 'b': 'same'}, ['a'], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('b', 'same'),), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 5', solve('latency', {}, [], 'seconds', 'histogram'), ('latency', (), 'seconds', 'histogram'))\ncheck('fixture 6', solve('latency', {}, [], 'milliseconds', 'gauge'), ('latency', (), 'milliseconds', 'gauge'))\nprint(json.dumps({\"observations\": observations, \"passed\": all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))\nraise SystemExit(0 if all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations) else 1)\n"},"fixed":{"sha256":"9e2ad6d4ea502456262bee663f6abc3f165cc50c3dc77f1f1d028f1f461a694b","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(name, labels, dropped, unit, kind):\n    return (name, tuple(sorted((k,v) for k,v in labels.items() if k not in dropped)), unit, kind)\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('fixture 1', solve('requests', {'z': '1', 'a': '2'}, [], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'), ('z', '1')), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 2', solve('requests', {'a': '2', 'z': '1'}, [], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'), ('z', '1')), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 3', solve('requests', {'a': '2', 'z': '1'}, ['z'], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('a', '2'),), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 4', solve('requests', {'a': 'same', 'b': 'same'}, ['a'], 'count', 'counter'), ('requests', (('b', 'same'),), 'count', 'counter'))\ncheck('fixture 5', solve('latency', {}, [], 'seconds', 'histogram'), ('latency', (), 'seconds', 'histogram'))\ncheck('fixture 6', solve('latency', {}, [], 'milliseconds', 'gauge'), ('latency', (), 'milliseconds', 'gauge'))\nprint(json.dumps({\"observations\": observations, \"passed\": all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))\nraise SystemExit(0 if all(x[\"passed\"] for x in observations) else 1)\n"}},"limitations":" This reproducer isolates one failure mechanism. Results cover the supplied fixtures. Variants within a family share a test contract and should remain grouped when constructing evaluation splits. Related mechanisms with a shared evaluation_group must also remain together; these controlled models are not independent production incidents.","method":"Deterministic executable model with adversarial boundary fixtures.","provenance":{"created_by":"Failure Map","dependencies":"Python standard library","family":"xt-metric-series-dropped-label","generated_at":"2026-09-29T14:38:37.410085+00:00","license":"CC0-1.0","python":"3.12.14","seed":1,"split":"open-access"},"relevance":"An offline model of metric series identity, suitable for testing build and release tooling without external services.","repair":"Filter by label key, not value.","root_cause":"The implementation substitutes if True for if k not in dropped, so dropped high-cardinality labels remain in identity.","sha256":"ed6132e1bebc90c5ddd37aff88107fe7909d9988730549da8fd4dd091ad4c766","title":"Metric series identity: Dropped high-cardinality labels remain in identity · case 01","variant":1,"variant_policy":"Five numbered records 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