{"abstract":"A choice validator anchors only one alternative.","category":"Regular expressions","checks":4,"contract":"Accept exactly yes or no.","evaluation_group":"model-50f2b2e80c6498f8","failed_approach":"The attempted repair handles the primary example but still violates a separate boundary of the same contract.","family":"xp-regex-alternation-anchoring","id":"FA-3911","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"d39d2c1f69be5f9100f8b514b2dd47238446daa26a0ff1c03f42e9d2e146430a","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\nimport re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct\nfrom urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit\nfrom email.header import decode_header, make_header\nfrom email.utils import getaddresses\nfrom xml.etree import ElementTree as ET\nimport shlex, string, textwrap\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(x):\n    try:\n        return bool(re.match(r'(yes|no)',x))\n    except Exception as exc:\n        return {\"error\": type(exc).__name__}\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('boundary 1', solve('yesplease'), False)\ncheck('boundary 2', solve('ohno'), False)\ncheck('boundary 3', solve('yes'), True)\ncheck('boundary 4', solve('no'), True)\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":"8cabbe012a85e6451171bd7b03e4d604ebda95515293343f8f9bd91f2a1b00f4","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\nimport re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct\nfrom urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit\nfrom email.header import decode_header, make_header\nfrom email.utils import getaddresses\nfrom xml.etree import ElementTree as ET\nimport shlex, string, textwrap\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(x):\n    try:\n        return bool(re.search(r'^yes|no$',x))\n    except Exception as exc:\n        return {\"error\": type(exc).__name__}\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('boundary 1', solve('yesplease'), False)\ncheck('boundary 2', solve('ohno'), False)\ncheck('boundary 3', solve('yes'), True)\ncheck('boundary 4', solve('no'), True)\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":"d1604fd3e09cc1fe8e61581105161b5614fb22b01b91a86b414b057a70a89487","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\nimport re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct\nfrom urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit\nfrom email.header import decode_header, make_header\nfrom email.utils import getaddresses\nfrom xml.etree import ElementTree as ET\nimport shlex, string, textwrap\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(x):\n    try:\n        return bool(re.fullmatch(r'(?:yes|no)',x))\n    except Exception as exc:\n        return {\"error\": type(exc).__name__}\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('boundary 1', solve('yesplease'), False)\ncheck('boundary 2', solve('ohno'), False)\ncheck('boundary 3', solve('yes'), True)\ncheck('boundary 4', solve('no'), True)\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":"xp-regex-alternation-anchoring","generated_at":"2026-09-29T14:37:32.584460+00:00","license":"CC0-1.0","python":"3.12.14","seed":1,"split":"open-access"},"relevance":"A local executable model for consumers of structured text; oracle values are authored literals, not outputs copied from the repaired implementation.","repair":"Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Accept exactly yes or no.","root_cause":"The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Accept exactly yes or no.","sha256":"b36f1bbe7cc74985ef7df6208930869081510069a773c29a7661e1b8287e4f24","title":"A choice validator anchors only one alternative · case 01","variant":1,"variant_policy":"Five numbered records share a model and may reuse boundary fixtures.","verification":{"attempt":{"elapsed_ms":55.182,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 1","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":false,"check":"boundary 2","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 3","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 4","expected":true,"passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"boundary 1\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"boundary 2\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"boundary 3\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"boundary 4\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": false}\n"},"broken":{"elapsed_ms":66.086,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 1","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 2","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 3","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 4","expected":true,"passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"boundary 1\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"boundary 2\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"boundary 3\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"boundary 4\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": false}\n"},"fixed":{"elapsed_ms":152.18,"exit_code":0,"observations":[{"actual":false,"check":"boundary 1","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":false,"check":"boundary 2","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 3","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"boundary 4","expected":true,"passed":true}],"passed":true,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"boundary 1\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"boundary 2\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"boundary 3\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"boundary 4\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": true}\n"}},"verified":true,"visibility":"public"}