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Completed byte positions count once across duplicate downloaded fragments · case 01

Completed byte positions count once across duplicate downloaded fragments.

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ROOT CAUSE

The resume-progress-union-not-sum decision uses return sum(map(len,completed)).

THE FAILURE

The resume-progress-union-not-sum decision uses return sum(map(len,completed)).

Unsuccessful approach: The partial repair uses return max(map(len,completed),default=0), which still violates the stated contract.

Case contract

Input is a list of explicit downloaded byte-offset lists, not intervals. Return count of distinct durable byte positions.

Why this case matters

Range responses combine representation identity, conditional requests, framing, and partial-object state.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(completed):
    return sum(map(len,completed))
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 0', solve([[0,N],[N,2*N]]), 3)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 1', solve([[0],[N]]), 2)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 2', solve([]), 0)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 3', solve([[N],[N]]), 1)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 4', solve([[],[]]), 0)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 5', solve([[0,N,2*N]]), 3)
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
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 043Failed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 122Passed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 200Passed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 321Failed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 400Passed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 533Passed

SHA-256 / b941422c1764edd61cc76737cec744156d8d89efaeead1e5e4ce6b165f5bdab8

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(completed):
    return max(map(len,completed),default=0)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 0', solve([[0,N],[N,2*N]]), 3)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 1', solve([[0],[N]]), 2)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 2', solve([]), 0)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 3', solve([[N],[N]]), 1)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 4', solve([[],[]]), 0)
check('resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 5', solve([[0,N,2*N]]), 3)
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
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 023Failed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 112Failed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 200Passed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 311Passed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 400Passed
resume-progress-union-not-sum fixture 533Passed

SHA-256 / 1893c143cfe44f24a91601f3581b1063be177dbb83797d6cdd5bc26630b317b7

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Verification & scope

Deterministic simplified range service, with stipulated local policies and already parsed trusted inputs; not a complete HTTP implementation. 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 2026-09-29T14:41:19.053968+00:00.

Case digest / 9cc5d3a064a4e77319832f91ed77959fea8bda4dcfa818f565658cfc674ec9d8