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Timestamp half decayed mass: All values are combined and assigned the oldest timestamp. · case 01

The reduction disagrees with its explicit aggregation oracle.

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ROOT CAUSE

All values are combined and assigned the oldest timestamp.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Preserve the timestamp half decayed mass contract at the identified reduction decision.

Unsuccessful approach: Using the newest eligible age also discards per-event exposure times.

Case contract

Each [integer timestamp, integer contribution] independently contributes value/2**age at integer query now; exclude future events. Same-time events are independent additive contributions. Return exact Fraction string.

Why this case matters

Exact bounded examples isolate a reduction defect without floating-point or external-service effects.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
from fractions import Fraction
from collections import Counter, defaultdict
import math
import itertools
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(events, now):
    out=Fraction(0)
    for t,value in events:
        if t>now: continue
        out+=Fraction(value,2**(now-min([now]+[u for u,v in events])))
    return str(out)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('regression 1', solve(*([(0, 8), (2, 4)], 3)), '3')
check('regression 2', solve(*([], 4)), '0')
check('regression 3', solve(*([(5, 3)], 4)), '0')
check('regression 4', solve(*([(3, -4), (3, 8)], 3)), '4')
check('regression 5', solve(*([(0, 3), (1, 2), (1, 2)], 2)), '11/4')
check('regression 6', solve(*([(-2, 8), (0, -1)], 1)), '1/2')
check('regression 7', solve(*([(4, 9), (0, 16)], 4)), '10')
check("variable age",solve([(0,2**N)],N),"1")
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
regression 13/23Failed
regression 200Passed
regression 300Passed
regression 444Passed
regression 57/411/4Failed
regression 67/81/2Failed
regression 725/1610Failed
variable age11Passed

SHA-256 / a3dfaccca669bb579e4922ff570b202da96da60e5e7f7b3e5796458e1d5e2c4b

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
from fractions import Fraction
from collections import Counter, defaultdict
import math
import itertools
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(events, now):
    out=Fraction(0)
    for t,value in events:
        if t>now: continue
        out+=Fraction(value,2**(now-max([u for u,v in events if u<=now] or [now])))
    return str(out)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('regression 1', solve(*([(0, 8), (2, 4)], 3)), '3')
check('regression 2', solve(*([], 4)), '0')
check('regression 3', solve(*([(5, 3)], 4)), '0')
check('regression 4', solve(*([(3, -4), (3, 8)], 3)), '4')
check('regression 5', solve(*([(0, 3), (1, 2), (1, 2)], 2)), '11/4')
check('regression 6', solve(*([(-2, 8), (0, -1)], 1)), '1/2')
check('regression 7', solve(*([(4, 9), (0, 16)], 4)), '10')
check("variable age",solve([(0,2**N)],N),"1")
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
regression 163Failed
regression 200Passed
regression 300Passed
regression 444Passed
regression 57/211/4Failed
regression 67/21/2Failed
regression 72510Failed
variable age11Passed

SHA-256 / 95f2e054e69f04a54596ce663d24524c2eb54c6afa0d9921b4b11f45265fcbc2

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
from fractions import Fraction
from collections import Counter, defaultdict
import math
import itertools
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(events, now):
    out=Fraction(0)
    for t,value in events:
        if t>now: continue
        out+=Fraction(value,2**(now-t))
    return str(out)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('regression 1', solve(*([(0, 8), (2, 4)], 3)), '3')
check('regression 2', solve(*([], 4)), '0')
check('regression 3', solve(*([(5, 3)], 4)), '0')
check('regression 4', solve(*([(3, -4), (3, 8)], 3)), '4')
check('regression 5', solve(*([(0, 3), (1, 2), (1, 2)], 2)), '11/4')
check('regression 6', solve(*([(-2, 8), (0, -1)], 1)), '1/2')
check('regression 7', solve(*([(4, 9), (0, 16)], 4)), '10')
check("variable age",solve([(0,2**N)],N),"1")
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
regression 133Passed
regression 200Passed
regression 300Passed
regression 444Passed
regression 511/411/4Passed
regression 61/21/2Passed
regression 71010Passed
variable age11Passed

SHA-256 / 1e2dbd9dc2732119fd3166906d82ac3d8c75f01596f3ed96e684181e9366e44f

Verification & scope

Small offline integer/rational inputs only; no performance, statistical inference, or production-library conformance claim. 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 2026-09-29T14:39:08.265140+00:00.

Case digest / 4503f8b77d3a7b8990f8908f82f48dcd1c96b85cf509f53c2cf8d0fd25ec485c