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An astral scalar is escaped as a single invalid JSON escape · case 01

An astral scalar is escaped as a single invalid JSON escape.

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ROOT CAUSE

The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Serialize strings as ASCII-only JSON using surrogate pairs when needed.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Serialize strings as ASCII-only JSON using surrogate pairs when needed.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair handles the primary example but still violates a separate boundary of the same contract.

Case contract

Serialize strings as ASCII-only JSON using surrogate pairs when needed.

Why this case matters

A local executable model for consumers of structured text; oracle values are authored literals, not outputs copied from the repaired implementation.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return json.dumps(x,ensure_ascii=False)
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve('😀'), '"\\ud83d\\ude00"')
check('boundary 2', solve('é'), '"\\u00e9"')
check('boundary 3', solve('\n'), '"\\n"')
check('boundary 4', solve('a'), '"a"')
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
boundary 1"😀""\ud83d\ude00"Failed
boundary 2"é""\u00e9"Failed
boundary 3"\n""\n"Passed
boundary 4"a""a"Passed

SHA-256 / 161947bd98cfbb99c3345a10b115753318702b07abecd06ae8effa5fcbd2e63d

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return '"'+''.join(c if ord(c)<128 else '\\u%04x'%ord(c) for c in x)+'"'
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve('😀'), '"\\ud83d\\ude00"')
check('boundary 2', solve('é'), '"\\u00e9"')
check('boundary 3', solve('\n'), '"\\n"')
check('boundary 4', solve('a'), '"a"')
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
boundary 1"\u1f600""\ud83d\ude00"Failed
boundary 2"\u00e9""\u00e9"Passed
boundary 3" ""\n"Failed
boundary 4"a""a"Passed

SHA-256 / 245683a7b4470dba2f33b849b2c3892da9256bd0eb25f963ff648992db0e9743

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import re, unicodedata, json, csv, io, html, base64, binascii, codecs, struct
from urllib.parse import quote, unquote, unquote_to_bytes, urlencode, parse_qsl, urlsplit, urlunsplit
from email.header import decode_header, make_header
from email.utils import getaddresses
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import shlex, string, textwrap

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    try:
        return json.dumps(x,ensure_ascii=True)
    except Exception as exc:
        return {"error": type(exc).__name__}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('boundary 1', solve('😀'), '"\\ud83d\\ude00"')
check('boundary 2', solve('é'), '"\\u00e9"')
check('boundary 3', solve('\n'), '"\\n"')
check('boundary 4', solve('a'), '"a"')
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
boundary 1"\ud83d\ude00""\ud83d\ude00"Passed
boundary 2"\u00e9""\u00e9"Passed
boundary 3"\n""\n"Passed
boundary 4"a""a"Passed

SHA-256 / f3223eae11d91c58c273ca7e65af62ae90d540c52d73076483cfbcb39a4d7c47

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 2026-09-29T14:37:21.701412+00:00.

Case digest / e4655a758ccfc5b35b9c99b5e8900ce1cb8658695935b3245fcec12af39d4200