{"abstract":"A single \"0\" is accepted as a valid account number.","category":"Check-digit algorithms","checks":8,"contract":"Input a card-style number that may contain spaces or hyphens as group separators. After removing them the text must be 2..19 ASCII digits, otherwise \"malformed\". Doubling applies to every second digit counting from the rightmost (check) digit, doubled values above 9 lose 9, and the number is \"valid\" when the sum is a multiple of 10, else \"invalid\".","evaluation_group":"w2-check_digit_algorithms-luhn-validate","failed_approach":"Raising the minimum to three digits rejects legitimate two-digit numbers such as 18.","family":"w2-check_digit_algorithms-luhn-validate-minimum-length","id":"FA-72356","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"3cb58a47fce18aff76aa014439c37cbf9b760f9eb52f6f5b7bfe235fd62985c9","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(s):\n    t = s.replace(' ', '').replace('-', '')\n    if not t.isascii() or not t.isdigit() or len(t) < 3 or len(t) > 19:\n        return 'malformed'\n    total = 0\n    for i, ch in enumerate(reversed(t)):\n        d = ord(ch) - 48\n        if i % 2 == 1:\n            d *= 2\n            if d > 9:\n                d -= 9\n        total += d\n    return 'valid' if total % 10 == 0 else 'invalid'\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\nfixtures = [[['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"59\"]', ['59'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"91\"]', ['91'], 'valid'], ['control [\"182\"]', ['182'], 'valid'], ['control [\"97956\"]', ['97956'], 'valid'], ['control [\"60866456\"]', ['60866456'], 'valid'], ['control [\"49717735275\"]', ['49717735275'], 'valid'], ['control [\"9207919074163\"]', ['9207919074163'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"18\"]', ['18'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"00\"]', ['00'], 'valid'], ['control [\"470663048070284\"]', ['470663048070284'], 'valid'], ['control [\"2300017738893848\"]', ['2300017738893848'], 'valid'], ['control [\"7985145013991721\"]', ['7985145013991721'], 'valid'], ['control [\"067122965057139178\"]', ['067122965057139178'], 'valid'], ['control [\"1513156399001929628\"]', ['1513156399001929628'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"91\"]', ['91'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"52\"]', ['52'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"9505094299844733505\"]', ['9505094299844733505'], 'valid'], ['control [\"0906050370970\"]', ['0906050370970'], 'valid'], ['control [\"3165356977\"]', ['3165356977'], 'valid'], ['control [\"992\"]', ['992'], 'valid'], ['control [\"5553\"]', ['5553'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"00\"]', ['00'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"59\"]', ['59'], 'valid'], ['control [\"77777779\"]', ['77777779'], 'valid'], ['control [\"185\"]', ['185'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"97959\"]', ['97959'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"60866459\"]', ['60866459'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"49717735278\"]', ['49717735278'], 'invalid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"52\"]', ['52'], 'invalid'], ['partial-repair [\"18\"]', ['18'], 'valid'], ['control [\"9207919074166\"]', ['9207919074166'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"470663048070287\"]', ['470663048070287'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"2300017738893841\"]', ['2300017738893841'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"4111-1111-1111-1111\"]', ['4111-1111-1111-1111'], 'valid'], ['control [\"4111 1111 1111 1111\"]', ['4111 1111 1111 1111'], 'valid']]]\nfor label, args, expected in fixtures[N - 1]:\n    check(label, solve(*args), expected)\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":"4307c7b299ba878325496f99b95ea6f4980e948feb9923690dba8622aed8cea9","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(s):\n    t = s.replace(' ', '').replace('-', '')\n    if not t.isascii() or not t.isdigit() or len(t) < 1 or len(t) > 19:\n        return 'malformed'\n    total = 0\n    for i, ch in enumerate(reversed(t)):\n        d = ord(ch) - 48\n        if i % 2 == 1:\n            d *= 2\n            if d > 9:\n                d -= 9\n        total += d\n    return 'valid' if total % 10 == 0 else 'invalid'\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\nfixtures = [[['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"59\"]', ['59'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"91\"]', ['91'], 'valid'], ['control [\"182\"]', ['182'], 'valid'], ['control [\"97956\"]', ['97956'], 'valid'], ['control [\"60866456\"]', ['60866456'], 'valid'], ['control [\"49717735275\"]', ['49717735275'], 'valid'], ['control [\"9207919074163\"]', ['9207919074163'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"18\"]', ['18'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"00\"]', ['00'], 'valid'], ['control [\"470663048070284\"]', ['470663048070284'], 'valid'], ['control [\"2300017738893848\"]', ['2300017738893848'], 'valid'], ['control [\"7985145013991721\"]', ['7985145013991721'], 'valid'], ['control [\"067122965057139178\"]', ['067122965057139178'], 'valid'], ['control [\"1513156399001929628\"]', ['1513156399001929628'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"91\"]', ['91'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"52\"]', ['52'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"9505094299844733505\"]', ['9505094299844733505'], 'valid'], ['control [\"0906050370970\"]', ['0906050370970'], 'valid'], ['control [\"3165356977\"]', ['3165356977'], 'valid'], ['control [\"992\"]', ['992'], 'valid'], ['control [\"5553\"]', ['5553'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"00\"]', ['00'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"59\"]', ['59'], 'valid'], ['control [\"77777779\"]', ['77777779'], 'valid'], ['control [\"185\"]', ['185'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"97959\"]', ['97959'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"60866459\"]', ['60866459'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"49717735278\"]', ['49717735278'], 'invalid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"52\"]', ['52'], 'invalid'], ['partial-repair [\"18\"]', ['18'], 'valid'], ['control [\"9207919074166\"]', ['9207919074166'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"470663048070287\"]', ['470663048070287'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"2300017738893841\"]', ['2300017738893841'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"4111-1111-1111-1111\"]', ['4111-1111-1111-1111'], 'valid'], ['control [\"4111 1111 1111 1111\"]', ['4111 1111 1111 1111'], 'valid']]]\nfor label, args, expected in fixtures[N - 1]:\n    check(label, solve(*args), expected)\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":"be6e38f46d76a8f10d5eae7db57436ed417f9bb56f486592cdc73cfc6956ac2a","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(s):\n    t = s.replace(' ', '').replace('-', '')\n    if not t.isascii() or not t.isdigit() or len(t) < 2 or len(t) > 19:\n        return 'malformed'\n    total = 0\n    for i, ch in enumerate(reversed(t)):\n        d = ord(ch) - 48\n        if i % 2 == 1:\n            d *= 2\n            if d > 9:\n                d -= 9\n        total += d\n    return 'valid' if total % 10 == 0 else 'invalid'\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\nfixtures = [[['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"59\"]', ['59'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"91\"]', ['91'], 'valid'], ['control [\"182\"]', ['182'], 'valid'], ['control [\"97956\"]', ['97956'], 'valid'], ['control [\"60866456\"]', ['60866456'], 'valid'], ['control [\"49717735275\"]', ['49717735275'], 'valid'], ['control [\"9207919074163\"]', ['9207919074163'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"18\"]', ['18'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"00\"]', ['00'], 'valid'], ['control [\"470663048070284\"]', ['470663048070284'], 'valid'], ['control [\"2300017738893848\"]', ['2300017738893848'], 'valid'], ['control [\"7985145013991721\"]', ['7985145013991721'], 'valid'], ['control [\"067122965057139178\"]', ['067122965057139178'], 'valid'], ['control [\"1513156399001929628\"]', ['1513156399001929628'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"91\"]', ['91'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"52\"]', ['52'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"9505094299844733505\"]', ['9505094299844733505'], 'valid'], ['control [\"0906050370970\"]', ['0906050370970'], 'valid'], ['control [\"3165356977\"]', ['3165356977'], 'valid'], ['control [\"992\"]', ['992'], 'valid'], ['control [\"5553\"]', ['5553'], 'valid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"00\"]', ['00'], 'valid'], ['partial-repair [\"59\"]', ['59'], 'valid'], ['control [\"77777779\"]', ['77777779'], 'valid'], ['control [\"185\"]', ['185'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"97959\"]', ['97959'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"60866459\"]', ['60866459'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"49717735278\"]', ['49717735278'], 'invalid']], [['regression [\"0\"]', ['0'], 'malformed'], ['partial-repair [\"52\"]', ['52'], 'invalid'], ['partial-repair [\"18\"]', ['18'], 'valid'], ['control [\"9207919074166\"]', ['9207919074166'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"470663048070287\"]', ['470663048070287'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"2300017738893841\"]', ['2300017738893841'], 'invalid'], ['control [\"4111-1111-1111-1111\"]', ['4111-1111-1111-1111'], 'valid'], ['control [\"4111 1111 1111 1111\"]', ['4111 1111 1111 1111'], 'valid']]]\nfor label, args, expected in fixtures[N - 1]:\n    check(label, solve(*args), expected)\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":"A deterministic, bounded teaching model of the named scheme under the stated contract; not a certified validator. 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":"w2-check_digit_algorithms-luhn-validate-minimum-length","generated_at":"2026-09-29T14:48:37.810993+00:00","license":"CC0-1.0","python":"3.12.14","seed":1,"split":"open-access"},"relevance":"Payment-card, loyalty and account numbers are screened with the Luhn mod-10 check before any lookup.","repair":"Require at least two digits: one payload digit plus the check digit.","root_cause":"The length gate rejects only empty input (len(t) < 1), so one digit with no payload validates.","sha256":"0de07fad48f71d163d8605a0a95bc908f1eb8b0bf07b13b0630075347703f928","title":"Luhn gate admits a lone check digit · case 01","variant":1,"variant_policy":"Five numbered records share a model and may reuse boundary fixtures.","verification":{"attempt":{"elapsed_ms":38.148,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":"malformed","check":"regression [\"0\"]","expected":"malformed","passed":true},{"actual":"malformed","check":"partial-repair [\"59\"]","expected":"valid","passed":false},{"actual":"malformed","check":"partial-repair [\"91\"]","expected":"valid","passed":false},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"182\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"97956\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"60866456\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"49717735275\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"9207919074163\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"regression [\\\"0\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"malformed\", \"expected\": \"malformed\", \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"partial-repair [\\\"59\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"malformed\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"partial-repair [\\\"91\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"malformed\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"control [\\\"182\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"valid\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"control [\\\"97956\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"valid\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"control [\\\"60866456\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"valid\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"control [\\\"49717735275\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"valid\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"control [\\\"9207919074163\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"valid\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": true}], \"passed\": false}\n"},"broken":{"elapsed_ms":37.214,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":"valid","check":"regression [\"0\"]","expected":"malformed","passed":false},{"actual":"valid","check":"partial-repair [\"59\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"partial-repair [\"91\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"182\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"97956\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"60866456\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"49717735275\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true},{"actual":"valid","check":"control [\"9207919074163\"]","expected":"valid","passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"regression [\\\"0\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"valid\", \"expected\": \"malformed\", \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"partial-repair [\\\"59\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"valid\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"partial-repair [\\\"91\\\"]\", \"actual\": \"valid\", \"expected\": \"valid\", \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"control [\\\"182\\\"]\", \"actual\": 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