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Complete a streaming checkpoint barrier: A checkpoint is acknowledged while state exists only in memory · case 01

The checkpoint barrier operation is admitted even though a checkpoint is acknowledged while state exists only in memory.

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ROOT CAUSE

The admission path omits the state flushed invariant while validating the other operation preconditions.

THE FAILURE

The admission path omits the state flushed invariant while validating the other operation preconditions.

Unsuccessful approach: Adding the state flushed check repairs the reported defect, but replacing the adjacent inflight captured check loses that independent invariant.

Case contract

Return a Boolean admission decision for complete a streaming checkpoint barrier. The record r must satisfy all of: set(r['all_inputs'][0]) == set(r['all_inputs'][1]); len(set(r['barrier_id'])) == 1; r['state_flushed'] is True; r['inflight_captured'][0] == r['inflight_captured'][1]; r['sink_prepared'] == 'prepared'. Extra tracing fields are ignored; validation does not mutate the record.

Why this case matters

A deterministic local contract for replication. 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 (set(r['all_inputs'][0]) == set(r['all_inputs'][1])) and (len(set(r['barrier_id'])) == 1) and (r['inflight_captured'][0] == r['inflight_captured'][1]) and (r['sink_prepared'] == 'prepared')
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
r = {'all_inputs': [['a', 'b'], ['a', 'b']], 'barrier_id': [4, 4], 'state_flushed': True, 'inflight_captured': [8, 8], 'sink_prepared': 'prepared'}
check('valid operation', solve(r), True)
check('A checkpoint completes before every input channel reaches its barrier', solve(dict(r, **{'all_inputs': [['a', 'b'], ['a']]})), False)
check('Barriers from different checkpoint rounds are combined', solve(dict(r, **{'barrier_id': [4, 5]})), False)
check('A checkpoint is acknowledged while state exists only in memory', solve(dict(r, **{'state_flushed': False})), False)
check('Unaligned checkpoint omits messages already in transit', solve(dict(r, **{'inflight_captured': [5, 8]})), False)
check('Upstream progress commits before the transactional sink prepares', solve(dict(r, **{'sink_prepared': 'open'})), False)
check('unrelated tracing metadata', solve(dict(r, trace='run-'+str(N))), True)
check('repeat validation is pure', solve(r), True)
invalid = {'all_inputs': [['a', 'b'], ['a']], 'barrier_id': [4, 5], 'state_flushed': False, 'inflight_captured': [5, 8], 'sink_prepared': 'open'}
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 checkpoint completes before every input channel reaches its barrier	`False`	`False`	Passed
Barriers from different checkpoint rounds are combined	`False`	`False`	Passed
A checkpoint is acknowledged while state exists only in memory	`True`	`False`	Failed
Unaligned checkpoint omits messages already in transit	`False`	`False`	Passed
Upstream progress commits before the transactional sink prepares	`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 / 4623e3eef7d45fd15bcf6d06281e66a9f5b2548d27520dfa66fc574b3dba444a

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(r):
    return (set(r['all_inputs'][0]) == set(r['all_inputs'][1])) and (len(set(r['barrier_id'])) == 1) and (r['state_flushed'] is True) and (r['sink_prepared'] == 'prepared')
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
r = {'all_inputs': [['a', 'b'], ['a', 'b']], 'barrier_id': [4, 4], 'state_flushed': True, 'inflight_captured': [8, 8], 'sink_prepared': 'prepared'}
check('valid operation', solve(r), True)
check('A checkpoint completes before every input channel reaches its barrier', solve(dict(r, **{'all_inputs': [['a', 'b'], ['a']]})), False)
check('Barriers from different checkpoint rounds are combined', solve(dict(r, **{'barrier_id': [4, 5]})), False)
check('A checkpoint is acknowledged while state exists only in memory', solve(dict(r, **{'state_flushed': False})), False)
check('Unaligned checkpoint omits messages already in transit', solve(dict(r, **{'inflight_captured': [5, 8]})), False)
check('Upstream progress commits before the transactional sink prepares', solve(dict(r, **{'sink_prepared': 'open'})), False)
check('unrelated tracing metadata', solve(dict(r, trace='run-'+str(N))), True)
check('repeat validation is pure', solve(r), True)
invalid = {'all_inputs': [['a', 'b'], ['a']], 'barrier_id': [4, 5], 'state_flushed': False, 'inflight_captured': [5, 8], 'sink_prepared': 'open'}
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 checkpoint completes before every input channel reaches its barrier	`False`	`False`	Passed
Barriers from different checkpoint rounds are combined	`False`	`False`	Passed
A checkpoint is acknowledged while state exists only in memory	`False`	`False`	Passed
Unaligned checkpoint omits messages already in transit	`True`	`False`	Failed
Upstream progress commits before the transactional sink prepares	`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 / 0b610a1a0faade41caaef7ddf67ae8b61c5bf0a4ef72976888b39254097e93c0

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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 2026-09-29T14:37:03.702157+00:00.

Case digest / 360386bf905639873e29105402976c0dbed0683ad008b072184ef79807a54f95