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Moving away from a submenu extends its pointer grace period · case 01

Moving away from a submenu extends its pointer grace period.

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ROOT CAUSE

The pointer-intent-corridor model applies `p['x']!=p['previous']` at its distance operation instead of the stipulated transformation.

THE FAILURE

The pointer-intent-corridor model applies `p['x']!=p['previous']` at its distance operation instead of the stipulated transformation.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair `abs(p['edge']-p['x'])>abs(p['edge']-p['previous'])` still violates the distance oracle.

Case contract

Submenu pointer intent uses signed direction, bounded time and a declared inclusive triangular corridor; unrelated pointer streams cannot renew it.

Why this case matters

Cascading and context menus require coherent command and session state as content changes.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import unicodedata
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(action, p):
    if action == 'direction':
        return (p['x']-p['previous'])*p['side']>0
    if action == 'expiry':
        return p['now']<p['deadline']
    if action == 'vertical-band':
        return p['top']<=p['y']<=p['bottom']
    if action == 'pointer-owner':
        return p['pointer']==p['owner']
    if action == 'deadline':
        return p['started']+p['budget']
    if action == 'distance':
        return p['x']!=p['previous']
    return {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('direction contract', solve('direction', {'x':N,'previous':N+2,'side':-1}), True)
check('expiry contract', solve('expiry', {'now':N+10,'deadline':N+10}), False)
check('vertical-band contract', solve('vertical-band', {'top':N+1,'bottom':N+4,'y':N}), False)
check('pointer-owner contract', solve('pointer-owner', {'pointer':N+1,'owner':N}), False)
check('deadline contract', solve('deadline', {'started':N,'now':N+5,'budget':10}), N+10)
check('distance contract', solve('distance', {'edge':N+10,'x':N,'previous':N+2}), False)
check('unknown operation', solve('unknown', {}), {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'})
check('away from left submenu',solve('direction',{'x':N+2,'previous':N,'side':-1}),False)
check('below submenu corridor',solve('vertical-band',{'top':N,'bottom':N+3,'y':N+4}),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
direction contract	`True`	`True`	Passed
expiry contract	`False`	`False`	Passed
vertical-band contract	`False`	`False`	Passed
pointer-owner contract	`False`	`False`	Passed
deadline contract	`11`	`11`	Passed
distance contract	`True`	`False`	Failed
unknown operation	`{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}`	`{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}`	Passed
away from left submenu	`False`	`False`	Passed
below submenu corridor	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / 5cc9a65471457f71831c47569d5244586144b4c092e70b36bfbe07e615ffb029

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import unicodedata
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(action, p):
    if action == 'direction':
        return (p['x']-p['previous'])*p['side']>0
    if action == 'expiry':
        return p['now']<p['deadline']
    if action == 'vertical-band':
        return p['top']<=p['y']<=p['bottom']
    if action == 'pointer-owner':
        return p['pointer']==p['owner']
    if action == 'deadline':
        return p['started']+p['budget']
    if action == 'distance':
        return abs(p['edge']-p['x'])>abs(p['edge']-p['previous'])
    return {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('direction contract', solve('direction', {'x':N,'previous':N+2,'side':-1}), True)
check('expiry contract', solve('expiry', {'now':N+10,'deadline':N+10}), False)
check('vertical-band contract', solve('vertical-band', {'top':N+1,'bottom':N+4,'y':N}), False)
check('pointer-owner contract', solve('pointer-owner', {'pointer':N+1,'owner':N}), False)
check('deadline contract', solve('deadline', {'started':N,'now':N+5,'budget':10}), N+10)
check('distance contract', solve('distance', {'edge':N+10,'x':N,'previous':N+2}), False)
check('unknown operation', solve('unknown', {}), {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'})
check('away from left submenu',solve('direction',{'x':N+2,'previous':N,'side':-1}),False)
check('below submenu corridor',solve('vertical-band',{'top':N,'bottom':N+3,'y':N+4}),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
direction contract	`True`	`True`	Passed
expiry contract	`False`	`False`	Passed
vertical-band contract	`False`	`False`	Passed
pointer-owner contract	`False`	`False`	Passed
deadline contract	`11`	`11`	Passed
distance contract	`True`	`False`	Failed
unknown operation	`{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}`	`{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}`	Passed
away from left submenu	`False`	`False`	Passed
below submenu corridor	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / 3fa6601c6229c5f5d6b1486e9e500742f4ffe4ebba153619cead47075666aaf2

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Verification & scope

Offline supplied-valid-payload model; excludes DOM, keyboard, focus, selection, announcements and browser conformance. 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 2026-09-29T14:42:14.764545+00:00.

Case digest / 9e40839e8936920820bde9277ca8d6a1b7d5e79a61a01928706071809131c539