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FA-11216 / Media timeline seeking / Open access

Seek discard preroll presentation · case 01

Decoded preroll frames before the seek target are shown to the viewer.

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ROOT CAUSE

Decoded preroll frames before the seek target are shown to the viewer.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Preserve the media contract: After decoding from a preceding keyframe, suppress presentation frames [PTS,payload] before target while retaining an exact-target frame.

Unsuccessful approach: Strict suppression also discards the exact requested presentation timestamp.

Case contract

After decoding from a preceding keyframe, suppress presentation frames [PTS,payload] before target while retaining an exact-target frame.

Why this case matters

A deterministic local media controller stage; metadata and downloaded data are supplied explicitly. No external player, service or codec is required.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(frames, target):
    return list(frames)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('fixture 1',solve(*([[8, 'a'], [10, 'b'], [12, 'c']], 10)),[[10, 'b'], [12, 'c']])
check('fixture 2',solve(*([[1, 'a']], 0)),[[1, 'a']])
check('fixture 3',solve(*([[1, 'a']], 2)),[])
check('fixture 4',solve(*([], 0)),[])
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
fixture 1[[8, 'a'], [10, 'b'], [12, 'c']][[10, 'b'], [12, 'c']]Failed
fixture 2[[1, 'a']][[1, 'a']]Passed
fixture 3[[1, 'a']][]Failed
fixture 4[][]Passed

SHA-256 / f218200091fdc1e76be1eb9a9a58200a529cac4d5931dadee57ac3a82881fe51

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(frames, target):
    return [f for f in frames if f[0]>target]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('fixture 1',solve(*([[8, 'a'], [10, 'b'], [12, 'c']], 10)),[[10, 'b'], [12, 'c']])
check('fixture 2',solve(*([[1, 'a']], 0)),[[1, 'a']])
check('fixture 3',solve(*([[1, 'a']], 2)),[])
check('fixture 4',solve(*([], 0)),[])
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
fixture 1[[12, 'c']][[10, 'b'], [12, 'c']]Failed
fixture 2[[1, 'a']][[1, 'a']]Passed
fixture 3[][]Passed
fixture 4[][]Passed

SHA-256 / 446d5df28753aa44d150a9bfdf1e3b3acf787ec2f815e5b815421d26c9f18bbc

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(frames, target):
    return [f for f in frames if f[0]>=target]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('fixture 1',solve(*([[8, 'a'], [10, 'b'], [12, 'c']], 10)),[[10, 'b'], [12, 'c']])
check('fixture 2',solve(*([[1, 'a']], 0)),[[1, 'a']])
check('fixture 3',solve(*([[1, 'a']], 2)),[])
check('fixture 4',solve(*([], 0)),[])
print(json.dumps({"observations": observations, "passed": all(x["passed"] for x in observations)}, ensure_ascii=False))
raise SystemExit(0 if all(x["passed"] for x in observations) else 1)
Boundary fixtureActualExpectedOutcome
fixture 1[[10, 'b'], [12, 'c']][[10, 'b'], [12, 'c']]Passed
fixture 2[[1, 'a']][[1, 'a']]Passed
fixture 3[][]Passed
fixture 4[][]Passed

SHA-256 / 70a939b1e6512df53885d816160ddb1a79143600bbfe354f667665746a1904b1

Verification & scope

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.

Observations recorded using Python 3.12.14 at 2026-09-29T14:38:46.021499+00:00.

Case digest / 833298f03d7b98d2326790a0369f2b5cc703927cf012cd8710b57d274f761499