{"abstract":"Null values persist as ordinary configuration.","category":"Configuration","checks":8,"contract":"Merge mappings left to right. None deletes a key, false and zero are retained, lists replace instead of concatenate, and mapping values replace atomically.","contract_signature":"layers","evaluation_group":"xt-config-overlay","failed_approach":"The attempted repair substitutes if value is None: pass. Fixture 3 still yields {'a': 1} instead of {}.","family":"xt-config-overlay-deletion","id":"FA-9586","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"96459f1027a1a0fcf6e89e10149e3c416cea6ccd8497ac7f1f3594d5ee481107","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(layers):\n    result = {}\n    for layer in layers:\n        for key, value in layer.items():\n            if value is None: pass\n            else: result[key] = value\n    return result\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('fixture 1', solve([]), {})\ncheck('fixture 2', solve([{'a': 1}, {'a': 2}]), {'a': 2})\ncheck('fixture 3', solve([{'a': 1}, {'a': None}]), {})\ncheck('fixture 4', solve([{'a': True}, {'a': False}]), {'a': False})\ncheck('fixture 5', solve([{'a': 2}, {'a': 0}]), {'a': 0})\ncheck('fixture 6', solve([{'a': [1]}, {'a': [2]}]), {'a': [2]})\ncheck('fixture 7', solve([{'a': {'x': 1}}, {'a': {'y': 2}}]), {'a': {'y': 2}})\ncheck('fixture 8', solve([{'a': 1}, {'b': 2}]), {'a': 1, 'b': 2})\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":"b9c6c80a023d7b6d128b0a90c647b5984425084813d1a80c93fe0ae4e6d8de9a","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(layers):\n    result = {}\n    for layer in layers:\n        for key, value in layer.items():\n            if value is None: result[key] = None\n            else: result[key] = value\n    return result\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('fixture 1', solve([]), {})\ncheck('fixture 2', solve([{'a': 1}, {'a': 2}]), {'a': 2})\ncheck('fixture 3', solve([{'a': 1}, {'a': None}]), {})\ncheck('fixture 4', solve([{'a': True}, {'a': False}]), {'a': False})\ncheck('fixture 5', solve([{'a': 2}, {'a': 0}]), {'a': 0})\ncheck('fixture 6', solve([{'a': [1]}, {'a': [2]}]), {'a': [2]})\ncheck('fixture 7', solve([{'a': {'x': 1}}, {'a': {'y': 2}}]), {'a': {'y': 2}})\ncheck('fixture 8', solve([{'a': 1}, {'b': 2}]), {'a': 1, 'b': 2})\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. 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