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Time-limited notification content expiry: open-action from valid · case 01

The open-action event leaves a notification in completed instead of action-pending.

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ROOT CAUSE

Opening an action is displayed as completion before the result.

THE FAILURE

Opening an action is displayed as completion before the result.

Unsuccessful approach: Expiring on a valid action hides a legitimate request.

Case contract

Time-limited notification content expiry is a bounded visual-notification workflow with mutable policy state {'deadline': 20, 'now': 5, 'started': None, 'completed': False}. Its default transition relation is {('valid', 'deadline-near'): 'expiring', ('expiring', 'deadline-reached'): 'expired', ('valid', 'open-action'): 'action-pending', ('action-pending', 'deadline-reached'): 'pending-at-expiry', ('pending-at-expiry', 'action-success'): 'completed', ('pending-at-expiry', 'action-failure'): 'expired-action-error', ('expired', 'deadline-extension'): 'revalidation-pending', ('revalidation-pending', 'extension-validated'): 'valid', ('revalidation-pending', 'extension-rejected'): 'expired', ('completed', 'late-expiry'): 'completed'}; domain inputs can suppress or redirect transitions and update policy fields, as specified in solve. Different-generation events are inert. Batches apply in order. Optional observe returns the selected policy field alongside the phase.

Why this case matters

Visual notification lifecycle ordering can leave an inbox or toast showing the wrong actionable state even when transport succeeds.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(initial, events, generation, payload=None, observe=None):
    table = {('valid', 'deadline-near'): 'expiring', ('expiring', 'deadline-reached'): 'expired', ('valid', 'open-action'): 'completed', ('action-pending', 'deadline-reached'): 'pending-at-expiry', ('pending-at-expiry', 'action-success'): 'completed', ('pending-at-expiry', 'action-failure'): 'expired-action-error', ('expired', 'deadline-extension'): 'revalidation-pending', ('revalidation-pending', 'extension-validated'): 'valid', ('revalidation-pending', 'extension-rejected'): 'expired', ('completed', 'late-expiry'): 'completed'}
    data = json.loads(json.dumps({'deadline': 20, 'now': 5, 'started': None, 'completed': False})) if payload is None else {**json.loads(json.dumps({'deadline': 20, 'now': 5, 'started': None, 'completed': False})), **json.loads(json.dumps(payload))}
    state = initial
    for delivery in events:
        event, event_generation = delivery[:2]
        arg = delivery[2] if len(delivery) > 2 else {}
        if event_generation == generation:
            previous = state
            data['now'] = max(data['now'],arg.get('now',data['now']))
            if event == 'open-action':
                if data['now'] >= data['deadline']: event = 'unknown-event'
                else: data['started'] = data['now']
            if event == 'deadline-reached' and data['now'] < data['deadline'] and 'now' in arg: event = 'unknown-event'
            if event == 'extension-validated': data['deadline'] = max(data['deadline'],arg.get('deadline',data['deadline']+10))
            state = table.get((state, event), state)
            if state == 'completed': data['completed'] = True
    return {'phase': state, 'value': data[observe]} if observe else state
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('valid / deadline-near', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N)], N), 'expiring')
check('expiring / deadline-reached', solve('expiring', [('deadline-reached', N)], N), 'expired')
check('valid / open-action', solve('valid', [('open-action', N)], N), 'action-pending')
check('action-pending / deadline-reached', solve('action-pending', [('deadline-reached', N)], N), 'pending-at-expiry')
check('pending-at-expiry / action-success', solve('pending-at-expiry', [('action-success', N)], N), 'completed')
check('pending-at-expiry / action-failure', solve('pending-at-expiry', [('action-failure', N)], N), 'expired-action-error')
check('expired / deadline-extension', solve('expired', [('deadline-extension', N)], N), 'revalidation-pending')
check('revalidation-pending / extension-validated', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-validated', N)], N), 'valid')
check('revalidation-pending / extension-rejected', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-rejected', N)], N), 'expired')
check('completed / late-expiry', solve('completed', [('late-expiry', N)], N), 'completed')
check('older notification incarnation', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N - 1)], N), 'valid')
check('future notification incarnation', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N + 1)], N), 'valid')
check('unknown event is inert', solve('valid', [('unknown-event', N)], N), 'valid')
check('empty delivery batch', solve('valid', [], N), 'valid')
check('N stale deliveries before current delivery', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N - 1)] * N + [('deadline-near', N)], N), 'expiring')
check('trace deadline-near then deadline-reached', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N), ('deadline-reached', N)], N), 'expired')
check('trace deadline-reached then deadline-extension', solve('expiring', [('deadline-reached', N), ('deadline-extension', N)], N), 'revalidation-pending')
check('trace open-action then deadline-reached', solve('valid', [('open-action', N), ('deadline-reached', N)], N), 'pending-at-expiry')
check('trace deadline-reached then action-success', solve('action-pending', [('deadline-reached', N), ('action-success', N)], N), 'completed')
check('trace deadline-reached then action-failure', solve('action-pending', [('deadline-reached', N), ('action-failure', N)], N), 'expired-action-error')
check('trace action-success then late-expiry', solve('pending-at-expiry', [('action-success', N), ('late-expiry', N)], N), 'completed')
check('trace deadline-extension then extension-validated', solve('expired', [('deadline-extension', N), ('extension-validated', N)], N), 'valid')
check('trace deadline-extension then extension-rejected', solve('expired', [('deadline-extension', N), ('extension-rejected', N)], N), 'expired')
check('trace extension-validated then deadline-near', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-validated', N), ('deadline-near', N)], N), 'expiring')
check('trace extension-validated then open-action', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-validated', N), ('open-action', N)], N), 'action-pending')
check('trace extension-rejected then deadline-extension', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-rejected', N), ('deadline-extension', N)], N), 'revalidation-pending')
check('trace late-expiry then late-expiry', solve('completed', [('late-expiry', N), ('late-expiry', N)], N), 'completed')
check('domain state regression 1: started', solve('valid', [('open-action', N, {'now': 19})], N, {}, 'started'), {'phase': 'action-pending', 'value': 19})
check('domain state regression 2: started', solve('valid', [('open-action', N, {'now': 20})], N, {}, 'started'), {'phase': 'valid', 'value': None})
check('domain state regression 3: now', solve('expiring', [('deadline-reached', N, {'now': 19})], N, {}, 'now'), {'phase': 'expiring', 'value': 19})
check('domain state regression 4: completed', solve('pending-at-expiry', [('action-success', N, {})], N, {'started': 19, 'now': 21}, 'completed'), {'phase': 'completed', 'value': True})
check('domain state regression 5: deadline', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-validated', N, {'deadline': 15})], N, {}, 'deadline'), {'phase': 'valid', 'value': 20})
check('domain state regression 6: completed', solve('completed', [('late-expiry', N, {})], N, {'completed': True}, 'completed'), {'phase': 'completed', 'value': True})
check('domain state regression 7: started', solve('valid', [('open-action', N, {'now': 19}), ('deadline-reached', N, {'now': 20}), ('action-success', N, {})], N, {}, 'started'), {'phase': 'completed', 'value': 19})
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
valid / deadline-nearexpiringexpiringPassed
expiring / deadline-reachedexpiredexpiredPassed
valid / open-actioncompletedaction-pendingFailed
action-pending / deadline-reachedpending-at-expirypending-at-expiryPassed
pending-at-expiry / action-successcompletedcompletedPassed
pending-at-expiry / action-failureexpired-action-errorexpired-action-errorPassed
expired / deadline-extensionrevalidation-pendingrevalidation-pendingPassed
revalidation-pending / extension-validatedvalidvalidPassed
revalidation-pending / extension-rejectedexpiredexpiredPassed
completed / late-expirycompletedcompletedPassed
older notification incarnationvalidvalidPassed
future notification incarnationvalidvalidPassed
unknown event is inertvalidvalidPassed
empty delivery batchvalidvalidPassed
N stale deliveries before current deliveryexpiringexpiringPassed
trace deadline-near then deadline-reachedexpiredexpiredPassed
trace deadline-reached then deadline-extensionrevalidation-pendingrevalidation-pendingPassed
trace open-action then deadline-reachedcompletedpending-at-expiryFailed
trace deadline-reached then action-successcompletedcompletedPassed
trace deadline-reached then action-failureexpired-action-errorexpired-action-errorPassed
trace action-success then late-expirycompletedcompletedPassed
trace deadline-extension then extension-validatedvalidvalidPassed
trace deadline-extension then extension-rejectedexpiredexpiredPassed
trace extension-validated then deadline-nearexpiringexpiringPassed
trace extension-validated then open-actioncompletedaction-pendingFailed
trace extension-rejected then deadline-extensionrevalidation-pendingrevalidation-pendingPassed
trace late-expiry then late-expirycompletedcompletedPassed
domain state regression 1: started{'phase': 'completed', 'value': 19}{'phase': 'action-pending', 'value': 19}Failed
domain state regression 2: started{'phase': 'valid', 'value': None}{'phase': 'valid', 'value': None}Passed
domain state regression 3: now{'phase': 'expiring', 'value': 19}{'phase': 'expiring', 'value': 19}Passed
domain state regression 4: completed{'phase': 'completed', 'value': True}{'phase': 'completed', 'value': True}Passed
domain state regression 5: deadline{'phase': 'valid', 'value': 20}{'phase': 'valid', 'value': 20}Passed
domain state regression 6: completed{'phase': 'completed', 'value': True}{'phase': 'completed', 'value': True}Passed
domain state regression 7: started{'phase': 'completed', 'value': 19}{'phase': 'completed', 'value': 19}Passed

SHA-256 / 723355322011a30b3e925f892ec6d3070fd52ccf07ffc6f1c3556c1dce7986db

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(initial, events, generation, payload=None, observe=None):
    table = {('valid', 'deadline-near'): 'expiring', ('expiring', 'deadline-reached'): 'expired', ('valid', 'open-action'): 'expired', ('action-pending', 'deadline-reached'): 'pending-at-expiry', ('pending-at-expiry', 'action-success'): 'completed', ('pending-at-expiry', 'action-failure'): 'expired-action-error', ('expired', 'deadline-extension'): 'revalidation-pending', ('revalidation-pending', 'extension-validated'): 'valid', ('revalidation-pending', 'extension-rejected'): 'expired', ('completed', 'late-expiry'): 'completed'}
    data = json.loads(json.dumps({'deadline': 20, 'now': 5, 'started': None, 'completed': False})) if payload is None else {**json.loads(json.dumps({'deadline': 20, 'now': 5, 'started': None, 'completed': False})), **json.loads(json.dumps(payload))}
    state = initial
    for delivery in events:
        event, event_generation = delivery[:2]
        arg = delivery[2] if len(delivery) > 2 else {}
        if event_generation == generation:
            previous = state
            data['now'] = max(data['now'],arg.get('now',data['now']))
            if event == 'open-action':
                if data['now'] >= data['deadline']: event = 'unknown-event'
                else: data['started'] = data['now']
            if event == 'deadline-reached' and data['now'] < data['deadline'] and 'now' in arg: event = 'unknown-event'
            if event == 'extension-validated': data['deadline'] = max(data['deadline'],arg.get('deadline',data['deadline']+10))
            state = table.get((state, event), state)
            if state == 'completed': data['completed'] = True
    return {'phase': state, 'value': data[observe]} if observe else state
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('valid / deadline-near', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N)], N), 'expiring')
check('expiring / deadline-reached', solve('expiring', [('deadline-reached', N)], N), 'expired')
check('valid / open-action', solve('valid', [('open-action', N)], N), 'action-pending')
check('action-pending / deadline-reached', solve('action-pending', [('deadline-reached', N)], N), 'pending-at-expiry')
check('pending-at-expiry / action-success', solve('pending-at-expiry', [('action-success', N)], N), 'completed')
check('pending-at-expiry / action-failure', solve('pending-at-expiry', [('action-failure', N)], N), 'expired-action-error')
check('expired / deadline-extension', solve('expired', [('deadline-extension', N)], N), 'revalidation-pending')
check('revalidation-pending / extension-validated', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-validated', N)], N), 'valid')
check('revalidation-pending / extension-rejected', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-rejected', N)], N), 'expired')
check('completed / late-expiry', solve('completed', [('late-expiry', N)], N), 'completed')
check('older notification incarnation', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N - 1)], N), 'valid')
check('future notification incarnation', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N + 1)], N), 'valid')
check('unknown event is inert', solve('valid', [('unknown-event', N)], N), 'valid')
check('empty delivery batch', solve('valid', [], N), 'valid')
check('N stale deliveries before current delivery', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N - 1)] * N + [('deadline-near', N)], N), 'expiring')
check('trace deadline-near then deadline-reached', solve('valid', [('deadline-near', N), ('deadline-reached', N)], N), 'expired')
check('trace deadline-reached then deadline-extension', solve('expiring', [('deadline-reached', N), ('deadline-extension', N)], N), 'revalidation-pending')
check('trace open-action then deadline-reached', solve('valid', [('open-action', N), ('deadline-reached', N)], N), 'pending-at-expiry')
check('trace deadline-reached then action-success', solve('action-pending', [('deadline-reached', N), ('action-success', N)], N), 'completed')
check('trace deadline-reached then action-failure', solve('action-pending', [('deadline-reached', N), ('action-failure', N)], N), 'expired-action-error')
check('trace action-success then late-expiry', solve('pending-at-expiry', [('action-success', N), ('late-expiry', N)], N), 'completed')
check('trace deadline-extension then extension-validated', solve('expired', [('deadline-extension', N), ('extension-validated', N)], N), 'valid')
check('trace deadline-extension then extension-rejected', solve('expired', [('deadline-extension', N), ('extension-rejected', N)], N), 'expired')
check('trace extension-validated then deadline-near', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-validated', N), ('deadline-near', N)], N), 'expiring')
check('trace extension-validated then open-action', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-validated', N), ('open-action', N)], N), 'action-pending')
check('trace extension-rejected then deadline-extension', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-rejected', N), ('deadline-extension', N)], N), 'revalidation-pending')
check('trace late-expiry then late-expiry', solve('completed', [('late-expiry', N), ('late-expiry', N)], N), 'completed')
check('domain state regression 1: started', solve('valid', [('open-action', N, {'now': 19})], N, {}, 'started'), {'phase': 'action-pending', 'value': 19})
check('domain state regression 2: started', solve('valid', [('open-action', N, {'now': 20})], N, {}, 'started'), {'phase': 'valid', 'value': None})
check('domain state regression 3: now', solve('expiring', [('deadline-reached', N, {'now': 19})], N, {}, 'now'), {'phase': 'expiring', 'value': 19})
check('domain state regression 4: completed', solve('pending-at-expiry', [('action-success', N, {})], N, {'started': 19, 'now': 21}, 'completed'), {'phase': 'completed', 'value': True})
check('domain state regression 5: deadline', solve('revalidation-pending', [('extension-validated', N, {'deadline': 15})], N, {}, 'deadline'), {'phase': 'valid', 'value': 20})
check('domain state regression 6: completed', solve('completed', [('late-expiry', N, {})], N, {'completed': True}, 'completed'), {'phase': 'completed', 'value': True})
check('domain state regression 7: started', solve('valid', [('open-action', N, {'now': 19}), ('deadline-reached', N, {'now': 20}), ('action-success', N, {})], N, {}, 'started'), {'phase': 'completed', 'value': 19})
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
valid / deadline-nearexpiringexpiringPassed
expiring / deadline-reachedexpiredexpiredPassed
valid / open-actionexpiredaction-pendingFailed
action-pending / deadline-reachedpending-at-expirypending-at-expiryPassed
pending-at-expiry / action-successcompletedcompletedPassed
pending-at-expiry / action-failureexpired-action-errorexpired-action-errorPassed
expired / deadline-extensionrevalidation-pendingrevalidation-pendingPassed
revalidation-pending / extension-validatedvalidvalidPassed
revalidation-pending / extension-rejectedexpiredexpiredPassed
completed / late-expirycompletedcompletedPassed
older notification incarnationvalidvalidPassed
future notification incarnationvalidvalidPassed
unknown event is inertvalidvalidPassed
empty delivery batchvalidvalidPassed
N stale deliveries before current deliveryexpiringexpiringPassed
trace deadline-near then deadline-reachedexpiredexpiredPassed
trace deadline-reached then deadline-extensionrevalidation-pendingrevalidation-pendingPassed
trace open-action then deadline-reachedexpiredpending-at-expiryFailed
trace deadline-reached then action-successcompletedcompletedPassed
trace deadline-reached then action-failureexpired-action-errorexpired-action-errorPassed
trace action-success then late-expirycompletedcompletedPassed
trace deadline-extension then extension-validatedvalidvalidPassed
trace deadline-extension then extension-rejectedexpiredexpiredPassed
trace extension-validated then deadline-nearexpiringexpiringPassed
trace extension-validated then open-actionexpiredaction-pendingFailed
trace extension-rejected then deadline-extensionrevalidation-pendingrevalidation-pendingPassed
trace late-expiry then late-expirycompletedcompletedPassed
domain state regression 1: started{'phase': 'expired', 'value': 19}{'phase': 'action-pending', 'value': 19}Failed
domain state regression 2: started{'phase': 'valid', 'value': None}{'phase': 'valid', 'value': None}Passed
domain state regression 3: now{'phase': 'expiring', 'value': 19}{'phase': 'expiring', 'value': 19}Passed
domain state regression 4: completed{'phase': 'completed', 'value': True}{'phase': 'completed', 'value': True}Passed
domain state regression 5: deadline{'phase': 'valid', 'value': 20}{'phase': 'valid', 'value': 20}Passed
domain state regression 6: completed{'phase': 'completed', 'value': True}{'phase': 'completed', 'value': True}Passed
domain state regression 7: started{'phase': 'expired', 'value': 19}{'phase': 'completed', 'value': 19}Failed

SHA-256 / efb3b442472e3ae31843fb6477260aa9cd4d5de4298abca740dcfb384bf1606b

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Verification & scope

Stipulated single-notification state and policy model only. Event delivery and acknowledgements are explicit test inputs. No DOM, accessibility announcements, live timers, networking, actual rendering, or production-platform conformance is simulated. 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 2026-09-29T14:42:38.701442+00:00.

Case digest / c235274c574786c165b964c992d84053e483caa381089ec6d4ce3d6609ac26bd