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Recent menu promotion leaves duplicate history entries · case 01

Recent menu promotion leaves duplicate history entries.

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ROOT CAUSE

The recent-command-menu model applies `p['history']+[p['id']]` at its promote operation instead of the stipulated transformation.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Apply `[p['id']]+[x for x in p['history'] if x!=p['id']]` at promote.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair `[p['id']]+p['history']` still violates the promote oracle.

Case contract

Recent command menus key history by command and context, rank by descending last-use time with use-count tie break, and exclude retired commands from presentation.

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 == 'dedupe-context':
        return list(dict.fromkeys((x['command'],x['context']) for x in p))
    if action == 'promote':
        return p['history']+[p['id']]
    if action == 'recent-rank':
        return [x['id'] for x in sorted(p,key=lambda x:(-x['last_used'],-x['uses']))]
    if action == 'retired':
        return [x for x in p['history'] if x in p['commands']]
    if action == 'limit':
        return p['history'][:p['limit']]
    if action == 'private-context':
        return [x for x in p if not x['private']]
    return {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('dedupe-context contract', solve('dedupe-context', [{'command':'open','context':N},{'command':'open','context':N+1}]), [('open',N),('open',N+1)])
check('promote contract', solve('promote', {'id':N,'history':[N+1,N]}), [N,N+1])
check('recent-rank contract', solve('recent-rank', [{'id':'old','last_used':N,'uses':20},{'id':'new','last_used':N+5,'uses':1}]), ['new','old'])
check('retired contract', solve('retired', {'history':[N,N+1],'commands':[N+1,N+2]}), [N+1])
check('limit contract', solve('limit', {'history':list(range(N+4)),'limit':2}), [0,1])
check('private-context contract', solve('private-context', [{'id':N,'private':True,'context':'secret'},{'id':N+1,'private':False,'context':'public'}]), [{'id':N+1,'private':False,'context':'public'}])
check('unknown operation', solve('unknown', {}), {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'})
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
dedupe-context contract[['open', 1], ['open', 2]][['open', 1], ['open', 2]]Passed
promote contract[2, 1, 1][1, 2]Failed
recent-rank contract['new', 'old']['new', 'old']Passed
retired contract[2][2]Passed
limit contract[0, 1][0, 1]Passed
private-context contract[{'context': 'public', 'id': 2, 'private': False}][{'context': 'public', 'id': 2, 'private': False}]Passed
unknown operation{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}Passed

SHA-256 / 74017f18ecf3dc1a8baf6be2e1ce2282b4964cbec65414e7ae99aeb5f51f5aa3

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 == 'dedupe-context':
        return list(dict.fromkeys((x['command'],x['context']) for x in p))
    if action == 'promote':
        return [p['id']]+p['history']
    if action == 'recent-rank':
        return [x['id'] for x in sorted(p,key=lambda x:(-x['last_used'],-x['uses']))]
    if action == 'retired':
        return [x for x in p['history'] if x in p['commands']]
    if action == 'limit':
        return p['history'][:p['limit']]
    if action == 'private-context':
        return [x for x in p if not x['private']]
    return {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('dedupe-context contract', solve('dedupe-context', [{'command':'open','context':N},{'command':'open','context':N+1}]), [('open',N),('open',N+1)])
check('promote contract', solve('promote', {'id':N,'history':[N+1,N]}), [N,N+1])
check('recent-rank contract', solve('recent-rank', [{'id':'old','last_used':N,'uses':20},{'id':'new','last_used':N+5,'uses':1}]), ['new','old'])
check('retired contract', solve('retired', {'history':[N,N+1],'commands':[N+1,N+2]}), [N+1])
check('limit contract', solve('limit', {'history':list(range(N+4)),'limit':2}), [0,1])
check('private-context contract', solve('private-context', [{'id':N,'private':True,'context':'secret'},{'id':N+1,'private':False,'context':'public'}]), [{'id':N+1,'private':False,'context':'public'}])
check('unknown operation', solve('unknown', {}), {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'})
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
dedupe-context contract[['open', 1], ['open', 2]][['open', 1], ['open', 2]]Passed
promote contract[1, 2, 1][1, 2]Failed
recent-rank contract['new', 'old']['new', 'old']Passed
retired contract[2][2]Passed
limit contract[0, 1][0, 1]Passed
private-context contract[{'context': 'public', 'id': 2, 'private': False}][{'context': 'public', 'id': 2, 'private': False}]Passed
unknown operation{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}Passed

SHA-256 / a970eb8d652c235368d50167f9c3f9f8ca4610ac4901252a1e520380fcf01f5a

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import math
import unicodedata
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(action, p):
    if action == 'dedupe-context':
        return list(dict.fromkeys((x['command'],x['context']) for x in p))
    if action == 'promote':
        return [p['id']]+[x for x in p['history'] if x!=p['id']]
    if action == 'recent-rank':
        return [x['id'] for x in sorted(p,key=lambda x:(-x['last_used'],-x['uses']))]
    if action == 'retired':
        return [x for x in p['history'] if x in p['commands']]
    if action == 'limit':
        return p['history'][:p['limit']]
    if action == 'private-context':
        return [x for x in p if not x['private']]
    return {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('dedupe-context contract', solve('dedupe-context', [{'command':'open','context':N},{'command':'open','context':N+1}]), [('open',N),('open',N+1)])
check('promote contract', solve('promote', {'id':N,'history':[N+1,N]}), [N,N+1])
check('recent-rank contract', solve('recent-rank', [{'id':'old','last_used':N,'uses':20},{'id':'new','last_used':N+5,'uses':1}]), ['new','old'])
check('retired contract', solve('retired', {'history':[N,N+1],'commands':[N+1,N+2]}), [N+1])
check('limit contract', solve('limit', {'history':list(range(N+4)),'limit':2}), [0,1])
check('private-context contract', solve('private-context', [{'id':N,'private':True,'context':'secret'},{'id':N+1,'private':False,'context':'public'}]), [{'id':N+1,'private':False,'context':'public'}])
check('unknown operation', solve('unknown', {}), {'error': 'unsupported menu operation'})
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
dedupe-context contract[['open', 1], ['open', 2]][['open', 1], ['open', 2]]Passed
promote contract[1, 2][1, 2]Passed
recent-rank contract['new', 'old']['new', 'old']Passed
retired contract[2][2]Passed
limit contract[0, 1][0, 1]Passed
private-context contract[{'context': 'public', 'id': 2, 'private': False}][{'context': 'public', 'id': 2, 'private': False}]Passed
unknown operation{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}{'error': 'unsupported menu operation'}Passed

SHA-256 / 9d4a886f17cc19eefc5e44d7ee4e54519acec4424e257da023e108a99ce1e208

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 2026-09-29T14:42:18.328743+00:00.

Case digest / 7a6dc5d37f3187844be40201ab7af2e798d46ae8c0cc9bbbe1309018ee3752b4