{"abstract":"Zero max forwards terminates forwarding.","category":"Proxy forwarding","checks":4,"contract":"Bounded offline decision model: zero max forwards terminates forwarding. Inputs are already validated protocol fields; the explicit fixtures define the supported policy, not a complete protocol implementation.","contract_signature":"method, count","evaluation_group":"xh-zero-max-forwards-terminates-forwarding","failed_approach":"The attempted repair uses `method == 'TRACE' and count == 0` and still violates a separate fixture.","family":"xh-zero-max-forwards-terminates-forwarding","id":"FA-6996","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"1e4db8cc23ead9b2b2615d85c8a78ac40dfa46bb834d62df2fedeeec53e4714c","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(method, count):\n    return method == 'TRACE' and count == 0\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\n_fixtures = [\"check('fixture 1', solve('GET', 0), False)\", \"check('fixture 2', solve('OPTIONS', 0), True)\", \"check('fixture 3', solve('TRACE', 0), True)\", \"check('fixture 4', solve('TRACE', 2), 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":"6becfcffe024dcd38b8aec9f2b730c25028525e425984c28b4adad60e21f9f67","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(method, count):\n    return count == 0\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\n_fixtures = [\"check('fixture 1', solve('GET', 0), False)\", \"check('fixture 2', solve('OPTIONS', 0), True)\", \"check('fixture 3', solve('TRACE', 0), True)\", \"check('fixture 4', solve('TRACE', 2), 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-zero-max-forwards-terminates-forwarding","generated_at":"2026-09-29T14:38:07.365119+00:00","license":"CC0-1.0","python":"3.12.14","seed":1,"split":"open-access"},"relevance":"This deterministic proxy forwarding model isolates the zero-max-forwards-terminates-forwarding policy at a network component boundary.","root_cause":"The faulty implementation uses `count == 0` for the zero-max-forwards-terminates-forwarding decision.","sha256":"246d22c07f0f5da903b14204d80ff585d217c40e18156f91683f94bc62d3a437","title":"Zero max forwards terminates forwarding · 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":36.589,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":false,"check":"fixture 2","expected":true,"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":false,"passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"fixture 2\", \"actual\": false, \"expected\": true, \"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\": false, \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": false}\n"},"broken":{"elapsed_ms":35.871,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":true,"check":"fixture 2","expected":true,"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":false,"passed":false}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"fixture 2\", \"actual\": true, \"expected\": true, \"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\": false, \"passed\": false}], \"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."}}