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Closed deque pop discards all buffered values · case 01

Closed deque pop discards all buffered values.

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ROOT CAUSE

Closed deque pop discards all buffered values.

THE FAILURE

Closed deque pop discards all buffered values.

Unsuccessful approach: The partial repair still applies the incorrect transition to an admitted boundary or multi-element case.

Case contract

Graceful close forbids future insertion but permits draining buffered values. Empty closed deque reports closed rather than empty. Terminal consumer waiters wake exactly on first empty close or final drain.

Why this case matters

Controlled bounded deque implementation model with explicit storage and lifecycle observations.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    a,closed,op,value,cap,waiters=x
    if op=='close':
        wakes=waiters if not a and not closed else []
        return [a,True,None,wakes,not closed]
    if op=='push':
        if closed or len(a)==cap:return [a,closed,None,[],False]
        return [a+[value],closed,None,[],True]
    if not a:return [a,closed,'closed' if closed else 'empty',[],False]
    result=[] if closed else a[1:]
    wakes=waiters if closed and not result else []
    return [result,closed,a[0],wakes,True]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('0', solve([[N],False,"close",0,3,[1,2]]), {1: [[1], True, None, [], True], 2: [[2], True, None, [], True], 3: [[3], True, None, [], True], 4: [[4], True, None, [], True], 5: [[5], True, None, [], True]}[N])
check('1', solve([[],False,"close",0,3,[1,2]]), {1: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True], 2: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True], 3: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True], 4: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True], 5: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True]}[N])
check('2', solve([[],True,"close",0,3,[1,2]]), {1: [[], True, None, [], False], 2: [[], True, None, [], False], 3: [[], True, None, [], False], 4: [[], True, None, [], False], 5: [[], True, None, [], False]}[N])
check('3', solve([[N],True,"push",N+1,3,[1]]), {1: [[1], True, None, [], False], 2: [[2], True, None, [], False], 3: [[3], True, None, [], False], 4: [[4], True, None, [], False], 5: [[5], True, None, [], False]}[N])
check('4', solve([[N,N+1],True,"pop",0,3,[1]]), {1: [[2], True, 1, [], True], 2: [[3], True, 2, [], True], 3: [[4], True, 3, [], True], 4: [[5], True, 4, [], True], 5: [[6], True, 5, [], True]}[N])
check('5', solve([[N],True,"pop",0,3,[1,2]]), {1: [[], True, 1, [1, 2], True], 2: [[], True, 2, [1, 2], True], 3: [[], True, 3, [1, 2], True], 4: [[], True, 4, [1, 2], True], 5: [[], True, 5, [1, 2], True]}[N])
check('6', solve([[],True,"pop",0,3,[1]]), {1: [[], True, 'closed', [], False], 2: [[], True, 'closed', [], False], 3: [[], True, 'closed', [], False], 4: [[], True, 'closed', [], False], 5: [[], True, 'closed', [], False]}[N])
check('7', solve([[],False,"pop",0,3,[1]]), {1: [[], False, 'empty', [], False], 2: [[], False, 'empty', [], False], 3: [[], False, 'empty', [], False], 4: [[], False, 'empty', [], False], 5: [[], False, 'empty', [], False]}[N])
check('8', solve([[N],False,"push",N+1,3,[]]), {1: [[1, 2], False, None, [], True], 2: [[2, 3], False, None, [], True], 3: [[3, 4], False, None, [], True], 4: [[4, 5], False, None, [], True], 5: [[5, 6], False, None, [], True]}[N])
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
0[[1], True, None, [], True][[1], True, None, [], True]Passed
1[[], True, None, [1, 2], True][[], True, None, [1, 2], True]Passed
2[[], True, None, [], False][[], True, None, [], False]Passed
3[[1], True, None, [], False][[1], True, None, [], False]Passed
4[[], True, 1, [1], True][[2], True, 1, [], True]Failed
5[[], True, 1, [1, 2], True][[], True, 1, [1, 2], True]Passed
6[[], True, 'closed', [], False][[], True, 'closed', [], False]Passed
7[[], False, 'empty', [], False][[], False, 'empty', [], False]Passed
8[[1, 2], False, None, [], True][[1, 2], False, None, [], True]Passed

SHA-256 / 737f897e95c3f59a087409d550ffdc2afe10e84d58a7bcf03f7387dce1b4fc06

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    a,closed,op,value,cap,waiters=x
    if op=='close':
        wakes=waiters if not a and not closed else []
        return [a,True,None,wakes,not closed]
    if op=='push':
        if closed or len(a)==cap:return [a,closed,None,[],False]
        return [a+[value],closed,None,[],True]
    if not a:return [a,closed,'closed' if closed else 'empty',[],False]
    result=a[1:] if not closed or len(a)==1 else []
    wakes=waiters if closed and not result else []
    return [result,closed,a[0],wakes,True]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('0', solve([[N],False,"close",0,3,[1,2]]), {1: [[1], True, None, [], True], 2: [[2], True, None, [], True], 3: [[3], True, None, [], True], 4: [[4], True, None, [], True], 5: [[5], True, None, [], True]}[N])
check('1', solve([[],False,"close",0,3,[1,2]]), {1: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True], 2: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True], 3: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True], 4: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True], 5: [[], True, None, [1, 2], True]}[N])
check('2', solve([[],True,"close",0,3,[1,2]]), {1: [[], True, None, [], False], 2: [[], True, None, [], False], 3: [[], True, None, [], False], 4: [[], True, None, [], False], 5: [[], True, None, [], False]}[N])
check('3', solve([[N],True,"push",N+1,3,[1]]), {1: [[1], True, None, [], False], 2: [[2], True, None, [], False], 3: [[3], True, None, [], False], 4: [[4], True, None, [], False], 5: [[5], True, None, [], False]}[N])
check('4', solve([[N,N+1],True,"pop",0,3,[1]]), {1: [[2], True, 1, [], True], 2: [[3], True, 2, [], True], 3: [[4], True, 3, [], True], 4: [[5], True, 4, [], True], 5: [[6], True, 5, [], True]}[N])
check('5', solve([[N],True,"pop",0,3,[1,2]]), {1: [[], True, 1, [1, 2], True], 2: [[], True, 2, [1, 2], True], 3: [[], True, 3, [1, 2], True], 4: [[], True, 4, [1, 2], True], 5: [[], True, 5, [1, 2], True]}[N])
check('6', solve([[],True,"pop",0,3,[1]]), {1: [[], True, 'closed', [], False], 2: [[], True, 'closed', [], False], 3: [[], True, 'closed', [], False], 4: [[], True, 'closed', [], False], 5: [[], True, 'closed', [], False]}[N])
check('7', solve([[],False,"pop",0,3,[1]]), {1: [[], False, 'empty', [], False], 2: [[], False, 'empty', [], False], 3: [[], False, 'empty', [], False], 4: [[], False, 'empty', [], False], 5: [[], False, 'empty', [], False]}[N])
check('8', solve([[N],False,"push",N+1,3,[]]), {1: [[1, 2], False, None, [], True], 2: [[2, 3], False, None, [], True], 3: [[3, 4], False, None, [], True], 4: [[4, 5], False, None, [], True], 5: [[5, 6], False, None, [], True]}[N])
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
0[[1], True, None, [], True][[1], True, None, [], True]Passed
1[[], True, None, [1, 2], True][[], True, None, [1, 2], True]Passed
2[[], True, None, [], False][[], True, None, [], False]Passed
3[[1], True, None, [], False][[1], True, None, [], False]Passed
4[[], True, 1, [1], True][[2], True, 1, [], True]Failed
5[[], True, 1, [1, 2], True][[], True, 1, [1, 2], True]Passed
6[[], True, 'closed', [], False][[], True, 'closed', [], False]Passed
7[[], False, 'empty', [], False][[], False, 'empty', [], False]Passed
8[[1, 2], False, None, [], True][[1, 2], False, None, [], True]Passed

SHA-256 / b63a0259c794e47b7fa6ff231eeda367abd6b78a51cab94dda97ed7dc7ec3623

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Verification & scope

Offline finite deterministic model; no claim of production implementation or concurrent memory-model 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 2026-09-29T14:44:35.646782+00:00.

Case digest / c37486508218a9bcbd5b4b6abbf50410e03f7b62f7f9f3832a61de0f7a9570a8