{"abstract":"An award challenge admits a winner self-challenge or an outside bidder.","category":"Auction allocation rules","checks":11,"contract":"A provisional award challenge has bidder standing, grounds, evidence receipt, hearing outcomes and a limited remedy. Filing preserves the award but blocks finality until all admissible objections are resolved. Dates are ticks and list entries retain filing order. Named decision challenger-standing: For challenger standing, apply the stipulated decision x[\"challenger\"] in x[\"participants\"] and x[\"challenger\"]!=x[\"winner\"].","contract_signature":"x","evaluation_group":"s3-auction-award-objection","failed_approach":"The attempted repair uses x[\"challenger\"]!=x[\"winner\"]; the explicit regression cases demonstrate that this still violates the stipulated auction rule.","family":"s3-auction-allocation-rules-award-objection-challenger-standing","id":"FA-56941","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"ffad513e6f636d436672c36c1de97983defd63395f4de44e8dfe965ebc0fa780","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(x):\n    v0 = x[\"challenger\"]!=x[\"winner\"]\n    v1 = [g for g in x[\"grounds\"] if g in x[\"permitted\"]]\n    v2 = x[\"filed\"]<=x[\"deadline\"]\n    v3 = set(x[\"evidence\"])<=set(x[\"received\"])\n    v4 = not (set(x[\"objections\"])-set(x[\"resolved\"])-set(x[\"withdrawn\"]))\n    v5 = [i for i in x[\"awarded\"] if i not in x[\"affected\"]] if x[\"upheld\"] else x[\"awarded\"]\n    v6 = [o for o in x[\"objections\"] if o not in x[\"withdrawn\"]]\n    v7 = 0 if x[\"frivolous\"] else x[\"deposit\"]\n    v8 = sorted(set(x[\"participants\"])-set(x[\"notified\"]))\n    v9 = [o for o in x[\"upheld\"] if o in x[\"objections\"] and o not in x[\"withdrawn\"]]\n    return {'challenger-standing':v0,'admissible-grounds':v1,'filing-deadline':v2,'evidence-completeness':v3,'open-objection-finality':v4,'remedy-lot-scope':v5,'withdrawn-hearing-removal':v6,'objection-deposit-disposition':v7,'hearing-notice-parties':v8,'upheld-live-objections':v9}\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\nfixtures = [('winner challenges own award', {'challenger': 'a', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('ground order / winner challenges own award', {'challenger': 'a', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('nonparticipant', {'challenger': 'c', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('ground order / nonparticipant', {'challenger': 'c', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('normal contract', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('ground order', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('deadline filing', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 6, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('late filing', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 7, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('all evidence received', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1', 'e2'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('all objections resolved', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1', 'o2'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('none upheld', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': [], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True])]\ndef vary(value):\n if type(value) is int: return value*N\n if isinstance(value,list): return [vary(v) for v in value]\n if isinstance(value,dict): return {k:(v if k in ['count', 'delivery_index', 'disputed', 'maximum_set', 'minimum_set', 'stage', 'threshold', 'waived'] else vary(v)) for k,v in value.items()}\n return value\nfor label, request, expected in fixtures:\n check(label, solve(vary(request))['challenger-standing'], expected[N-1])\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":"356fc27c8333145b2700237275eff5070ef399c82b4d85910b2b1258378c9808","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(x):\n    v0 = x[\"challenger\"] in x[\"participants\"]\n    v1 = [g for g in x[\"grounds\"] if g in x[\"permitted\"]]\n    v2 = x[\"filed\"]<=x[\"deadline\"]\n    v3 = set(x[\"evidence\"])<=set(x[\"received\"])\n    v4 = not (set(x[\"objections\"])-set(x[\"resolved\"])-set(x[\"withdrawn\"]))\n    v5 = [i for i in x[\"awarded\"] if i not in x[\"affected\"]] if x[\"upheld\"] else x[\"awarded\"]\n    v6 = [o for o in x[\"objections\"] if o not in x[\"withdrawn\"]]\n    v7 = 0 if x[\"frivolous\"] else x[\"deposit\"]\n    v8 = sorted(set(x[\"participants\"])-set(x[\"notified\"]))\n    v9 = [o for o in x[\"upheld\"] if o in x[\"objections\"] and o not in x[\"withdrawn\"]]\n    return {'challenger-standing':v0,'admissible-grounds':v1,'filing-deadline':v2,'evidence-completeness':v3,'open-objection-finality':v4,'remedy-lot-scope':v5,'withdrawn-hearing-removal':v6,'objection-deposit-disposition':v7,'hearing-notice-parties':v8,'upheld-live-objections':v9}\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\nfixtures = [('winner challenges own award', {'challenger': 'a', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('ground order / winner challenges own award', {'challenger': 'a', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('nonparticipant', {'challenger': 'c', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('ground order / nonparticipant', {'challenger': 'c', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('normal contract', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('ground order', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('deadline filing', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 6, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('late filing', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 7, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('all evidence received', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1', 'e2'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('all objections resolved', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1', 'o2'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('none upheld', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': [], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True])]\ndef vary(value):\n if type(value) is int: return value*N\n if isinstance(value,list): return [vary(v) for v in value]\n if isinstance(value,dict): return {k:(v if k in ['count', 'delivery_index', 'disputed', 'maximum_set', 'minimum_set', 'stage', 'threshold', 'waived'] else vary(v)) for k,v in value.items()}\n return value\nfor label, request, expected in fixtures:\n check(label, solve(vary(request))['challenger-standing'], expected[N-1])\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":"Stipulated toy auction rules, not a venue specification, financial advice, optimization claim, or live trading implementation. Nonnegative integer inputs and internally aligned list fields only. 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":"s3-auction-allocation-rules-award-objection-challenger-standing","generated_at":"2026-09-29T14:46:11.939111+00:00","license":"CC0-1.0","python":"3.12.14","seed":1,"split":"open-access"},"relevance":"Offline administrative auction model for software failure analysis.","root_cause":"An award challenge admits a winner self-challenge or an outside bidder.","sha256":"e319e8a4521140e20f1e6c61521c23df77431af26a6a9ba1ae432951255b0ef1","title":"Award objection: challenger standing · case 01","variant":1,"variant_policy":"Five numbered records share a model and may reuse boundary fixtures.","verified":true,"visibility":"public","verification":{"attempt":{"elapsed_ms":42.027,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":false,"check":"winner challenges own award","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":false,"check":"ground order / winner challenges own award","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"nonparticipant","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":true,"check":"ground order / nonparticipant","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":true,"check":"normal contract","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"ground order","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"deadline filing","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"late filing","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"all evidence received","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"all objections resolved","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"none upheld","expected":true,"passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"winner challenges own award\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"ground order / winner challenges own award\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"nonparticipant\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"ground order / nonparticipant\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"normal contract\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"ground order\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"deadline filing\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"late filing\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"all evidence received\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"all objections resolved\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"none upheld\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": false}\n"},"broken":{"elapsed_ms":42.826,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":true,"check":"winner challenges own award","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":true,"check":"ground order / winner challenges own award","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":false,"check":"nonparticipant","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":false,"check":"ground order / nonparticipant","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"normal contract","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"ground order","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"deadline filing","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"late filing","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"all evidence received","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"all objections resolved","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"none upheld","expected":true,"passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"winner challenges own award\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"ground order / winner challenges own award\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"nonparticipant\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"ground order / nonparticipant\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"normal contract\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"ground order\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"deadline filing\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"late filing\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"all evidence received\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"all objections resolved\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"none upheld\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": false}\n"}},"member_only":{"stages":["fixed"],"fields":["implementations.fixed","verification.fixed","harness","repair"],"note":"The verified repair, its recorded checks, the repair description, and the scoring harness are available to members."}}