{"abstract":"If match star tests existence not tag presence.","category":"HTTP caching","checks":4,"contract":"Bounded offline decision model: if match star tests existence not tag presence. Inputs are already validated protocol fields; the explicit fixtures define the supported policy, not a complete protocol implementation.","evaluation_group":"xh-if-match-star-tests-existence-not-tag-presence","failed_approach":"The attempted repair uses `star or matches` and still violates a separate fixture.","family":"xh-if-match-star-tests-existence-not-tag-presence","id":"FA-6796","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"00055d35dccf4cb7321a5b00da76667319e7674994c76b9a5dbd6c72777a115a","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\nimport ipaddress\nimport re\nfrom urllib.parse import urlsplit, urljoin\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(star, exists, matches):\n    return star or matches\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\n_fixtures = [\"check('fixture 1', solve(True, True, False), True)\", \"check('fixture 2', solve(True, False, True), False)\", \"check('fixture 3', solve(False, True, True), True)\", \"check('fixture 4', solve(False, True, False), False)\"]\nfor _line in _fixtures[N % len(_fixtures):] + _fixtures[:N % len(_fixtures)]:\n    exec(_line)\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":"38d66dc595b324192eb050e631a01300d9ed94c2afcc85ad09a7fbaa500463b4","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\nimport ipaddress\nimport re\nfrom urllib.parse import urlsplit, urljoin\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(star, exists, matches):\n    return matches\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\n_fixtures = [\"check('fixture 1', solve(True, True, False), True)\", \"check('fixture 2', solve(True, False, True), False)\", \"check('fixture 3', solve(False, True, True), True)\", \"check('fixture 4', solve(False, True, False), False)\"]\nfor _line in _fixtures[N % len(_fixtures):] + _fixtures[:N % len(_fixtures)]:\n    exec(_line)\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":"459c6949c6cdcbd8075760c4fb040a27a9ff00d16e7c22ce9937d70cb5b3420b","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\nimport ipaddress\nimport re\nfrom urllib.parse import urlsplit, urljoin\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(star, exists, matches):\n    return exists if star else exists and matches\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\n_fixtures = [\"check('fixture 1', solve(True, True, False), True)\", \"check('fixture 2', solve(True, False, True), False)\", \"check('fixture 3', solve(False, True, True), True)\", \"check('fixture 4', solve(False, True, False), False)\"]\nfor _line in _fixtures[N % len(_fixtures):] + _fixtures[:N % len(_fixtures)]:\n    exec(_line)\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":"Bounded deterministic policy model over validated inputs; not a complete protocol stack or an interoperability claim. The five variants rotate the same explicit fixture set. 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":"xh-if-match-star-tests-existence-not-tag-presence","generated_at":"2026-09-29T14:38:05.216723+00:00","license":"CC0-1.0","python":"3.12.14","seed":1,"split":"open-access"},"relevance":"This deterministic http caching model isolates the if-match-star-tests-existence-not-tag-presence policy at a network component boundary.","repair":"Apply the explicit if-match-star-tests-existence-not-tag-presence contract, including the tested boundary and negative cases.","root_cause":"The faulty implementation uses `matches` for the if-match-star-tests-existence-not-tag-presence decision.","sha256":"8a4b4d01f7cab629fa8bae0536c8843d45b9e89956320242e4fe00cd82ac95ba","title":"If match star tests existence not tag presence · case 01","variant":1,"variant_policy":"Five numbered records share a model and may reuse boundary fixtures.","verification":{"attempt":{"elapsed_ms":35.974,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":true,"check":"fixture 2","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":true,"check":"fixture 3","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":false,"check":"fixture 4","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"fixture 1","expected":true,"passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"fixture 2\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"fixture 3\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"fixture 4\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"fixture 1\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": false}\n"},"broken":{"elapsed_ms":36.966,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":true,"check":"fixture 2","expected":false,"passed":false},{"actual":true,"check":"fixture 3","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":false,"check":"fixture 4","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":false,"check":"fixture 1","expected":true,"passed":false}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"fixture 2\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"fixture 3\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"fixture 4\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"fixture 1\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": false}], \"passed\": false}\n"},"fixed":{"elapsed_ms":38.95,"exit_code":0,"observations":[{"actual":false,"check":"fixture 2","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"fixture 3","expected":true,"passed":true},{"actual":false,"check":"fixture 4","expected":false,"passed":true},{"actual":true,"check":"fixture 1","expected":true,"passed":true}],"passed":true,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"fixture 2\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"fixture 3\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"fixture 4\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": false, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"fixture 1\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": true}\n"}},"verified":true,"visibility":"public"}