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Per-switch keyboard scan debounce: Debounce dwell time is measured from the epoch or the first-ever contact transition · case 01

The event trace violates the timer origin rule and produces incorrect keyboard state or command output.

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ROOT CAUSE

Debounce dwell time is measured from the epoch or the first-ever contact transition.

THE FAILURE

Debounce dwell time is measured from the epoch or the first-ever contact transition.

Unsuccessful approach: The partial repair changes this transition to since.setdefault(key,now), which still violates the model contract on the explicit regression traces.

Case contract

Case [threshold,scans]. Each scan is [time,sorted_pressed_keys] and times increase. A raw transition starts a candidate timer; a candidate becomes stable after continuously present for threshold time including exact boundary. Each scan considers every known or raw key. Emit [key,down_or_up,time] on stable transitions; return emissions plus stable pressed keys. Missing keys are raw up. Inputs are finite ordered event traces; return the stated deterministic state. Batch entries are independent. N varies the number of independent input transactions.

Why this case matters

Controlled keyboard event processing model for debugging application event logic.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(cases):
    def run(c):
        threshold,scans=c
        stable={}; candidate={}; since={}; output=[]
        for now,pressed in scans:
            raw=set(pressed)
            keys=sorted(set(stable)|set(candidate)|raw)
            for key in keys:
                value=key in raw
                if key not in candidate or candidate[key]!=value:
                    candidate[key]=value
                    since[key]=0
                if now-since[key]>=threshold and stable.get(key,False)!=value:
                    stable[key]=value
                    output.append([key,'down' if value else 'up',now])
        return [output,sorted(k for k,v in stable.items() if v)]
    return [run(c) for c in cases]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('key-debounce scenario 0', solve([[3, []]] * N), [[[], []]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 1', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [12, ['A']], [13, ['A']], [14, ['A']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 2', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [13, ['A']], [14, []], [17, []]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 17]], []]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 3', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [11, []], [12, ['A']], [14, ['A']], [15, ['A']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 15]], ['A']]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 4', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [13, ['A']], [14, ['B']], [17, ['B']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 17], ['B', 'down', 17]], ['B']]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 5', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [11, []], [14, []]]]] * N), [[[], []]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 6', solve([[3, [[10, []], [20, ['A', 'B']], [23, ['A', 'B']], [24, ['B']], [27, ['B']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 23], ['B', 'down', 23], ['A', 'up', 27]], ['B']]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 7', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [13, ['A']], [14, []], [15, ['A']], [18, ['A']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]] * N)
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
key-debounce scenario 0[[[], []]][[[], []]]Passed
key-debounce scenario 1[[[['A', 'down', 10]], ['A']]][[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 2[[[['A', 'down', 10], ['A', 'up', 14]], []]][[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 17]], []]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 3[[[['A', 'down', 10], ['A', 'up', 11], ['A', 'down', 12]], ['A']]][[[['A', 'down', 15]], ['A']]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 4[[[['A', 'down', 10], ['A', 'up', 14], ['B', 'down', 14]], ['B']]][[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 17], ['B', 'down', 17]], ['B']]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 5[[[['A', 'down', 10], ['A', 'up', 11]], []]][[[], []]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 6[[[['A', 'down', 20], ['B', 'down', 20], ['A', 'up', 24]], ['B']]][[[['A', 'down', 23], ['B', 'down', 23], ['A', 'up', 27]], ['B']]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 7[[[['A', 'down', 10], ['A', 'up', 14], ['A', 'down', 15]], ['A']]][[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]]Failed

SHA-256 / 15e351bfb1dcb14bc1fad6c7ca4719474a22e713f6c6f34ac1650f7e353165bd

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(cases):
    def run(c):
        threshold,scans=c
        stable={}; candidate={}; since={}; output=[]
        for now,pressed in scans:
            raw=set(pressed)
            keys=sorted(set(stable)|set(candidate)|raw)
            for key in keys:
                value=key in raw
                if key not in candidate or candidate[key]!=value:
                    candidate[key]=value
                    since.setdefault(key,now)
                if now-since[key]>=threshold and stable.get(key,False)!=value:
                    stable[key]=value
                    output.append([key,'down' if value else 'up',now])
        return [output,sorted(k for k,v in stable.items() if v)]
    return [run(c) for c in cases]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('key-debounce scenario 0', solve([[3, []]] * N), [[[], []]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 1', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [12, ['A']], [13, ['A']], [14, ['A']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 2', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [13, ['A']], [14, []], [17, []]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 17]], []]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 3', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [11, []], [12, ['A']], [14, ['A']], [15, ['A']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 15]], ['A']]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 4', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [13, ['A']], [14, ['B']], [17, ['B']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 17], ['B', 'down', 17]], ['B']]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 5', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [11, []], [14, []]]]] * N), [[[], []]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 6', solve([[3, [[10, []], [20, ['A', 'B']], [23, ['A', 'B']], [24, ['B']], [27, ['B']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 23], ['B', 'down', 23], ['A', 'up', 27]], ['B']]] * N)
check('key-debounce scenario 7', solve([[3, [[10, ['A']], [13, ['A']], [14, []], [15, ['A']], [18, ['A']]]]] * N), [[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]] * N)
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
key-debounce scenario 0[[[], []]][[[], []]]Passed
key-debounce scenario 1[[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]][[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]]Passed
key-debounce scenario 2[[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 14]], []]][[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 17]], []]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 3[[[['A', 'down', 14]], ['A']]][[[['A', 'down', 15]], ['A']]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 4[[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 14], ['B', 'down', 17]], ['B']]][[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 17], ['B', 'down', 17]], ['B']]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 5[[[], []]][[[], []]]Passed
key-debounce scenario 6[[[['A', 'down', 23], ['B', 'down', 23], ['A', 'up', 24]], ['B']]][[[['A', 'down', 23], ['B', 'down', 23], ['A', 'up', 27]], ['B']]]Failed
key-debounce scenario 7[[[['A', 'down', 13], ['A', 'up', 14], ['A', 'down', 15]], ['A']]][[[['A', 'down', 13]], ['A']]]Failed

SHA-256 / bdb3fd4265f98ad0ead64805eced3cbfd6d3876acc2b2f9a86e717d4c3a53bd2

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Verification & scope

Offline stipulated event model, not a browser implementation or web standard 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 2026-09-29T14:42:04.626076+00:00.

Case digest / ba0dde4c943b71a62ff7bd4705a72af3b59b48a302ac53f4424586feacae6682