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Preview replacement: promotion lifetime · case 01

The tab workspace reports an incorrect promotion lifetime.

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ROOT CAUSE

The promotion lifetime decision uses 'preview' instead of 'durable' if x['promote'] else 'preview'.

THE FAILURE

The promotion lifetime decision uses 'preview' instead of 'durable' if x['promote'] else 'preview'.

Unsuccessful approach: The partial repair 'durable' still violates a workspace boundary or normal case.

Case contract

A preview can replace only a clean unpinned preview. Reusing the view retains its slot but replaces document state; promotion makes it durable.

Why this case matters

Offline tab/panel workspace behavior; no browser or desktop framework is emulated.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    r0 = x['preview'] is not None and not x['dirty'] and not x['pinned']
    r1 = x['incoming']
    r2 = 0 if x['incoming']!=x['preview'] else x['scroll']
    r3 = 'preview'
    r4 = x['dirty'] or x['pinned']
    r5 = x['slot'] if x['preview'] is not None and not x['dirty'] and not x['pinned'] else x['slot']+1
    return [r0,r1,r2,r3,r4,r5]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = {1: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 70, 'durable', False, 2])], 2: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 140, 'durable', False, 2])], 3: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 210, 'durable', False, 2])], 4: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 280, 'durable', False, 2])], 5: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 350, 'durable', False, 2])]}
for i, (inputs, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N]):
    check("workspace regression "+str(i), solve(inputs), expected)
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
workspace regression 0[True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2][True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]Failed
workspace regression 1[False, 'new', 0, 'preview', True, 3][False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]Failed
workspace regression 2[False, 'new', 0, 'preview', True, 3][False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]Failed
workspace regression 3[True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2][True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]Passed
workspace regression 4[False, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 3][False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]Failed
workspace regression 5[True, 'old', 0, 'preview', False, 2][True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]Failed
workspace regression 6[True, 'old', 70, 'preview', False, 2][True, 'old', 70, 'durable', False, 2]Failed

SHA-256 / 5aa928f1c27776c3c1da1452262b7497307a2a46deb0e180e0eb95aa083b637a

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    r0 = x['preview'] is not None and not x['dirty'] and not x['pinned']
    r1 = x['incoming']
    r2 = 0 if x['incoming']!=x['preview'] else x['scroll']
    r3 = 'durable'
    r4 = x['dirty'] or x['pinned']
    r5 = x['slot'] if x['preview'] is not None and not x['dirty'] and not x['pinned'] else x['slot']+1
    return [r0,r1,r2,r3,r4,r5]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = {1: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 70, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 70, 'durable', False, 2])], 2: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 140, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 140, 'durable', False, 2])], 3: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 210, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 210, 'durable', False, 2])], 4: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 280, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 280, 'durable', False, 2])], 5: [({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': True, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': True, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': False}, [True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]), ({'preview': None, 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'new', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 0, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]), ({'preview': 'old', 'dirty': False, 'pinned': False, 'incoming': 'old', 'slot': 2, 'scroll': 350, 'promote': True}, [True, 'old', 350, 'durable', False, 2])]}
for i, (inputs, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N]):
    check("workspace regression "+str(i), solve(inputs), expected)
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
workspace regression 0[True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2][True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2]Passed
workspace regression 1[False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3][False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]Passed
workspace regression 2[False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3][False, 'new', 0, 'durable', True, 3]Passed
workspace regression 3[True, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 2][True, 'new', 0, 'preview', False, 2]Failed
workspace regression 4[False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3][False, 'new', 0, 'durable', False, 3]Passed
workspace regression 5[True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2][True, 'old', 0, 'durable', False, 2]Passed
workspace regression 6[True, 'old', 70, 'durable', False, 2][True, 'old', 70, 'durable', False, 2]Passed

SHA-256 / f781002ab8eeb285ab2e8bb70cf7a38918fca1f17ad9a6f8633583ff905689aa

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Verification & scope

Finite stipulated workspace snapshots only. Independent result fields describe observable obligations, not a full UI runtime. 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 2026-09-29T14:42:41.475820+00:00.

Case digest / ccfbd5518d1ab266bde425633c9985caacd854d54f5ee51ac2635df24756246c