FA-1141 / Workflow orchestration / Open access

Accept a durable activity completion: An incompatible activity result enters durable history · case 01

The activity completion operation is admitted even though an incompatible activity result enters durable history.

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ROOT CAUSE

The admission path omits the result schema invariant while validating the other operation preconditions.

THE FAILURE

The admission path omits the result schema invariant while validating the other operation preconditions.

Unsuccessful approach: Adding the result schema check repairs the reported defect, but replacing the adjacent completion pending check loses that independent invariant.

Case contract

Return a Boolean admission decision for accept a durable activity completion. The record r must satisfy all of: r['run_identity'][0] == r['run_identity'][1]; r['activity_attempt'][0] == r['activity_attempt'][1]; r['activity_scheduled'][0] in r['activity_scheduled'][1]; set(r['result_schema'][0]) <= set(r['result_schema'][1]); r['completion_pending'] == 'pending'. Extra tracing fields are ignored; validation does not mutate the record.

Why this case matters

A deterministic local contract for workflow orchestration. Each negative fixture violates exactly one invariant. No transport timing, persistence, cryptographic verification, or full protocol implementation is claimed.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(r):
    return (r['run_identity'][0] == r['run_identity'][1]) and (r['activity_attempt'][0] == r['activity_attempt'][1]) and (r['activity_scheduled'][0] in r['activity_scheduled'][1]) and (r['completion_pending'] == 'pending')
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
r = {'run_identity': ['r2', 'r2'], 'activity_attempt': [3, 3], 'activity_scheduled': ['a', ['a', 'b']], 'result_schema': [['receipt'], ['receipt']], 'completion_pending': 'pending'}
check('valid operation', solve(r), True)
check('A completion from a previous workflow run is accepted', solve(dict(r, **{'run_identity': ['r1', 'r2']})), False)
check('A timed-out activity attempt overwrites its successor', solve(dict(r, **{'activity_attempt': [2, 3]})), False)
check('An unsolicited completion invents an unscheduled activity', solve(dict(r, **{'activity_scheduled': ['c', ['a', 'b']]})), False)
check('An incompatible activity result enters durable history', solve(dict(r, **{'result_schema': [['receipt'], ['error']]})), False)
check('A duplicate activity completion schedules downstream work twice', solve(dict(r, **{'completion_pending': 'completed'})), False)
check('unrelated tracing metadata', solve(dict(r, trace='run-'+str(N))), True)
check('repeat validation is pure', solve(r), True)
invalid = {'run_identity': ['r1', 'r2'], 'activity_attempt': [2, 3], 'activity_scheduled': ['c', ['a', 'b']], 'result_schema': [['receipt'], ['error']], 'completion_pending': 'completed'}
keys = list(invalid)
pair = {keys[N % len(keys)]: invalid[keys[N % len(keys)]], keys[(N+1) % len(keys)]: invalid[keys[(N+1) % len(keys)]]}
check('two independent violations in variant', solve(dict(r, **pair)), False)
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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
valid operation	`True`	`True`	Passed
A completion from a previous workflow run is accepted	`False`	`False`	Passed
A timed-out activity attempt overwrites its successor	`False`	`False`	Passed
An unsolicited completion invents an unscheduled activity	`False`	`False`	Passed
An incompatible activity result enters durable history	`True`	`False`	Failed
A duplicate activity completion schedules downstream work twice	`False`	`False`	Passed
unrelated tracing metadata	`True`	`True`	Passed
repeat validation is pure	`True`	`True`	Passed
two independent violations in variant	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / b8a86ab02d505bf327e3079cd385ba5ae44bddb5d0355d23722ada9b56c55ca7

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(r):
    return (r['run_identity'][0] == r['run_identity'][1]) and (r['activity_attempt'][0] == r['activity_attempt'][1]) and (r['activity_scheduled'][0] in r['activity_scheduled'][1]) and (set(r['result_schema'][0]) <= set(r['result_schema'][1]))
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
r = {'run_identity': ['r2', 'r2'], 'activity_attempt': [3, 3], 'activity_scheduled': ['a', ['a', 'b']], 'result_schema': [['receipt'], ['receipt']], 'completion_pending': 'pending'}
check('valid operation', solve(r), True)
check('A completion from a previous workflow run is accepted', solve(dict(r, **{'run_identity': ['r1', 'r2']})), False)
check('A timed-out activity attempt overwrites its successor', solve(dict(r, **{'activity_attempt': [2, 3]})), False)
check('An unsolicited completion invents an unscheduled activity', solve(dict(r, **{'activity_scheduled': ['c', ['a', 'b']]})), False)
check('An incompatible activity result enters durable history', solve(dict(r, **{'result_schema': [['receipt'], ['error']]})), False)
check('A duplicate activity completion schedules downstream work twice', solve(dict(r, **{'completion_pending': 'completed'})), False)
check('unrelated tracing metadata', solve(dict(r, trace='run-'+str(N))), True)
check('repeat validation is pure', solve(r), True)
invalid = {'run_identity': ['r1', 'r2'], 'activity_attempt': [2, 3], 'activity_scheduled': ['c', ['a', 'b']], 'result_schema': [['receipt'], ['error']], 'completion_pending': 'completed'}
keys = list(invalid)
pair = {keys[N % len(keys)]: invalid[keys[N % len(keys)]], keys[(N+1) % len(keys)]: invalid[keys[(N+1) % len(keys)]]}
check('two independent violations in variant', solve(dict(r, **pair)), False)
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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
valid operation	`True`	`True`	Passed
A completion from a previous workflow run is accepted	`False`	`False`	Passed
A timed-out activity attempt overwrites its successor	`False`	`False`	Passed
An unsolicited completion invents an unscheduled activity	`False`	`False`	Passed
An incompatible activity result enters durable history	`False`	`False`	Passed
A duplicate activity completion schedules downstream work twice	`True`	`False`	Failed
unrelated tracing metadata	`True`	`True`	Passed
repeat validation is pure	`True`	`True`	Passed
two independent violations in variant	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / 7fe30ff76222eeb11727f94a1c519773bc158af18f096200eb0269db38a3b65b

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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 2026-09-29T14:36:59.228423+00:00.

Case digest / 1c3e328700f6fbcb25d644f8f493899f9d65cb412366e0ac7e1b985d775d48f0