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A packed-object origin maps logical byte requests to immutable backing objects: negative mapped counts are invalid rather than empty spans · case 01

A packed-object origin maps logical byte requests to immutable backing objects: negative mapped counts are invalid rather than empty spans.

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ROOT CAUSE

The packed-origin-map-negative-count decision uses cells={} for logical,handle,physical,count in x['extents']: if count==0: continue if logical<0 or physical<0: return None if handle not in x['packs']: return None pack=x['packs'][handle] if physical+count>len(pack): return None for i in range(count): at=logical+i if at in cells: return None cells[at]=pack[physical+i] if any(at not in cells for at in x['requested']): return None return ''.join(cells[at] for at in x['requested']).

THE FAILURE

The packed-origin-map-negative-count decision uses cells={} for logical,handle,physical,count in x['extents']: if count==0: continue if logical<0 or physical<0: return None if handle not in x['packs']: return None pack=x['packs'][handle] if physical+count>len(pack): return None for i in range(count): at=logical+i if at in cells: return None cells[at]=pack[physical+i] if any(at not in cells for at in x['requested']): return None return ''.join(cells[at] for at in x['requested']).

Unsuccessful approach: The partial repair uses cells={} for logical,handle,physical,count in x['extents']: if count==0: continue if logical<0 or physical<0 or count<-1: return None if handle not in x['packs']: return None pack=x['packs'][handle] if physical+count>len(pack): return None for i in range(count): at=logical+i if at in cells: return None cells[at]=pack[physical+i] if any(at not in cells for at in x['requested']): return None return ''.join(cells[at] for at in x['requested']), which still violates the stated contract.

Case contract

x has pack strings keyed by handle, extent rows [logical-start,handle,physical-start,count], and explicit requested logical offsets. Extents may arrive unordered. Empty extents ignored. Reject negative mapping coordinates, missing handles, out-of-pack spans, or overlapping logical ownership. Return requested characters in request order, retaining repeated requested offsets; unavailable requested offsets yield None. This is a bounded storage adapter underlying HTTP range delivery, not interval normalization.

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(x):
    cells={}
    for logical,handle,physical,count in x['extents']:
        if count==0: continue
        if logical<0 or physical<0: return None
        if handle not in x['packs']: return None
        pack=x['packs'][handle]
        if physical+count>len(pack): return None
        for i in range(count):
            at=logical+i
            if at in cells: return None
            cells[at]=pack[physical+i]
    if any(at not in cells for at in x['requested']): return None
    return ''.join(cells[at] for at in x['requested'])
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('negative-count fixture 0', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'QabcZ','b':'RxyzS'},'extents':[[3,'b',1,3],[0,'a',1,3]],'requested':[0,3,1,4,2,5]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('axbycz')))
check('negative-count fixture 1', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'QabcZ'},'extents':[[0,'a',1,3]],'requested':[2,0,2]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('cac')))
check('negative-count fixture 2', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',0,3]],'requested':[0,3]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 3', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',0,3],[1,'a',1,1]],'requested':[1]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 4', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'missing',0,0],[0,'a',0,3]],'requested':[0]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('a')))
check('negative-count fixture 5', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[-1,'a',0,1]],'requested':[]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 6', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',-1,1]],'requested':[0]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 7', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',0,-1]],'requested':[]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 8', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{},'extents':[[0,'a',0,1]],'requested':[]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 9', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',2,2]],'requested':[0]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 10', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{},'extents':[],'requested':[]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('')))
check('negative-count fixture 11', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':"p"*N},'extents':[[0,'a',0,N]],'requested':[0]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('p')))
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
negative-count fixture 0axbyczaxbyczPassed
negative-count fixture 1caccacPassed
negative-count fixture 2NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 3NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 4aaPassed
negative-count fixture 5NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 6NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 7NoneFailed
negative-count fixture 8NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 9NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 10Passed
negative-count fixture 11ppPassed

SHA-256 / d2ad11e76d11c93973bd7918ac107483b9a3eb9d0fa885cde73c29ed7d820c23

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    cells={}
    for logical,handle,physical,count in x['extents']:
        if count==0: continue
        if logical<0 or physical<0 or count<-1: return None
        if handle not in x['packs']: return None
        pack=x['packs'][handle]
        if physical+count>len(pack): return None
        for i in range(count):
            at=logical+i
            if at in cells: return None
            cells[at]=pack[physical+i]
    if any(at not in cells for at in x['requested']): return None
    return ''.join(cells[at] for at in x['requested'])
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('negative-count fixture 0', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'QabcZ','b':'RxyzS'},'extents':[[3,'b',1,3],[0,'a',1,3]],'requested':[0,3,1,4,2,5]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('axbycz')))
check('negative-count fixture 1', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'QabcZ'},'extents':[[0,'a',1,3]],'requested':[2,0,2]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('cac')))
check('negative-count fixture 2', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',0,3]],'requested':[0,3]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 3', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',0,3],[1,'a',1,1]],'requested':[1]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 4', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'missing',0,0],[0,'a',0,3]],'requested':[0]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('a')))
check('negative-count fixture 5', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[-1,'a',0,1]],'requested':[]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 6', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',-1,1]],'requested':[0]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 7', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',0,-1]],'requested':[]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 8', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{},'extents':[[0,'a',0,1]],'requested':[]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 9', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':'abc'},'extents':[[0,'a',2,2]],'requested':[0]}))), json.loads(json.dumps(None)))
check('negative-count fixture 10', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{},'extents':[],'requested':[]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('')))
check('negative-count fixture 11', json.loads(json.dumps(solve({'packs':{'a':"p"*N},'extents':[[0,'a',0,N]],'requested':[0]}))), json.loads(json.dumps('p')))
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
negative-count fixture 0axbyczaxbyczPassed
negative-count fixture 1caccacPassed
negative-count fixture 2NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 3NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 4aaPassed
negative-count fixture 5NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 6NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 7NoneFailed
negative-count fixture 8NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 9NoneNonePassed
negative-count fixture 10Passed
negative-count fixture 11ppPassed

SHA-256 / 3d70d0a7a5b87711719067218ea58d7bd66f28dbb205e88c7504d1121c4fc04b

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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 2026-09-29T14:41:20.415939+00:00.

Case digest / f68274db33a23190da6547cc62ee1e1e5dae876e1a8649f8325ffefec9bd2f4d