{"abstract":"An old no-progress count triggers termination after a successful action.","category":"Agent workflow termination","checks":7,"contract":"Return the new consecutive no-progress count from prior count and progress flag.","contract_signature":"prior, made_progress","evaluation_group":"w3-agent-workflow-termination-progress-counter-reset","failed_approach":"Resetting on progress but failing to increment on an idle turn delays the stall limit.","family":"w3-agent-workflow-termination-progress-counter-reset","id":"FA-99896","implementations":{"attempt":{"sha256":"d0fb31849c39677a5524cb11f0f7c7ae160b8ef836dac2d898e869355c4e943a","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(prior, made_progress):\n    return 0 if made_progress else prior\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('progress resets', solve(N,True),0)\ncheck('stall increments', solve(N,False),N+1)\ncheck('zero progress', solve(0,True),0)\ncheck('zero stall', solve(0,False),1)\ncheck('large reset', solve(N+3,True),0)\ncheck('long prior streak increments', solve(N+2,False),N+3)\ncheck('later stall', solve(1,False),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":"3935f19f1572478875a1764c794f8c10b2ec92bb7c68380564075ac7fae6f2b0","source":"\"\"\"Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only.\"\"\"\nimport json\n\nN = 1\nobservations = []\ndef solve(prior, made_progress):\n    return prior + 1\ndef check(label, actual, expected):\n    observations.append({\"check\": label, \"actual\": actual, \"expected\": expected, \"passed\": actual == expected})\ncheck('progress resets', solve(N,True),0)\ncheck('stall increments', solve(N,False),N+1)\ncheck('zero progress', solve(0,True),0)\ncheck('zero stall', solve(0,False),1)\ncheck('large reset', solve(N+3,True),0)\ncheck('long prior streak increments', solve(N+2,False),N+3)\ncheck('later stall', solve(1,False),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":"Prior is a nonnegative integer streak count. 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":"w3-agent-workflow-termination-progress-counter-reset","generated_at":"2026-09-30T16:48:29.418975+00:00","license":"CC0-1.0","python":"3.12.14","seed":1,"split":"open-access"},"relevance":"This toy decision rule isolates one bounded agent-loop completion contract.","root_cause":"Progress is reported separately but does not clear the stale counter.","sha256":"cb54e51719c28182eb5af7fa332a4b4fc773710b5ad41d583a340540830da942","title":"Workflow: stale progress count survives a productive action · case 01","variant":1,"variant_policy":"The fixture code references N, supplied as 1 through 5. Fixed boundary checks may repeat. These records share one mechanism and must remain together in evaluation splits.","verified":true,"visibility":"public","verification":{"attempt":{"elapsed_ms":29.719,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":0,"check":"progress resets","expected":0,"passed":true},{"actual":1,"check":"stall increments","expected":2,"passed":false},{"actual":0,"check":"zero progress","expected":0,"passed":true},{"actual":0,"check":"zero stall","expected":1,"passed":false},{"actual":0,"check":"large reset","expected":0,"passed":true},{"actual":3,"check":"long prior streak increments","expected":4,"passed":false},{"actual":1,"check":"later stall","expected":2,"passed":false}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"progress resets\", \"actual\": 0, \"expected\": 0, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"stall increments\", \"actual\": 1, \"expected\": 2, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"zero progress\", \"actual\": 0, \"expected\": 0, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"zero stall\", \"actual\": 0, \"expected\": 1, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"large reset\", \"actual\": 0, \"expected\": 0, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"long prior streak increments\", \"actual\": 3, \"expected\": 4, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"later stall\", \"actual\": 1, \"expected\": 2, \"passed\": false}], \"passed\": false}\n"},"broken":{"elapsed_ms":27.105,"exit_code":1,"observations":[{"actual":2,"check":"progress resets","expected":0,"passed":false},{"actual":2,"check":"stall increments","expected":2,"passed":true},{"actual":1,"check":"zero progress","expected":0,"passed":false},{"actual":1,"check":"zero stall","expected":1,"passed":true},{"actual":5,"check":"large reset","expected":0,"passed":false},{"actual":4,"check":"long prior streak increments","expected":4,"passed":true},{"actual":2,"check":"later stall","expected":2,"passed":true}],"passed":false,"stderr":"","stdout":"{\"observations\": [{\"check\": \"progress resets\", \"actual\": 2, \"expected\": 0, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"stall increments\", \"actual\": 2, \"expected\": 2, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"zero progress\", \"actual\": 1, \"expected\": 0, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"zero stall\", \"actual\": 1, \"expected\": 1, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"large reset\", \"actual\": 5, \"expected\": 0, \"passed\": false}, {\"check\": \"long prior streak increments\", \"actual\": 4, \"expected\": 4, \"passed\": true}, {\"check\": \"later stall\", \"actual\": 2, \"expected\": 2, \"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."}}