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A data value retains a structural slash · case 01

A data value retains a structural slash.

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ROOT CAUSE

The implementation applies an operation whose text or grammar semantics violate this contract: Percent-encode a component using UTF-8 with no safe reserved characters.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the complete stated contract, including the boundary fixtures: Percent-encode a component using UTF-8 with no safe reserved characters.

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

Case contract

Percent-encode a component using UTF-8 with no safe reserved characters.

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 quote(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('a/b'), 'a%2Fb')
check('boundary 2', solve('a b'), 'a%20b')
check('boundary 3', solve('é'), '%C3%A9')
check('boundary 4', solve('~'), '~')
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 1a/ba%2FbFailed
boundary 2a%20ba%20bPassed
boundary 3%C3%A9%C3%A9Passed
boundary 4~~Passed

SHA-256 / 431266543dad8da7ec9941dcf2ffeb42ac50f2ef435e58c12b59d9b0dcfe733a

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 quote(x,safe='/')
    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('a/b'), 'a%2Fb')
check('boundary 2', solve('a b'), 'a%20b')
check('boundary 3', solve('é'), '%C3%A9')
check('boundary 4', solve('~'), '~')
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 1a/ba%2FbFailed
boundary 2a%20ba%20bPassed
boundary 3%C3%A9%C3%A9Passed
boundary 4~~Passed

SHA-256 / 6028f966ef345066ea0cfad9f967dfec4cfc9f7fd6ec62c679bfd01d0039eae6

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 quote(x,safe='')
    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('a/b'), 'a%2Fb')
check('boundary 2', solve('a b'), 'a%20b')
check('boundary 3', solve('é'), '%C3%A9')
check('boundary 4', solve('~'), '~')
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 1a%2Fba%2FbPassed
boundary 2a%20ba%20bPassed
boundary 3%C3%A9%C3%A9Passed
boundary 4~~Passed

SHA-256 / 65c1d4abe6f6548d83fae8e61ed6b1db10a8cc71fb5dcfdf4a28b7b3b6c6fbb2

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 2026-09-29T14:37:23.632812+00:00.

Case digest / 599922cf7b513190fe26a8734bb15abd15ef187ae2cda3bfe4818bac61c2b107