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Pcm residual partition seeds: seed replacement · case 01

An absolute partition predictor seed is added to old state.

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ROOT CAUSE

An absolute partition predictor seed is added to old state.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Use the stated conversion contract at seed replacement.

Unsuccessful approach: Restoring the stream initial seed ignores partition-local anchors.

Case contract

PCM residual partitions optionally replace predictor with an absolute seed; continuation partitions ignore their seed field and empty partitions retain state transitions.

Why this case matters

Offline PCM interchange uses these exact bounded packet and sample representation decisions.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(partitions, initial):
    state=initial
    out=[]
    for reset,seed,residuals in partitions:
        if reset:
            state+=seed
        section=[]
        for residual in residuals:
            state+=residual
            section.append(state)
        out.append(section)
    return [out,state]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('oracle 1', solve(*([[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0)), [[[11, 13], [12]], 12])
check('oracle 2', solve(*([[True, 0, [2]], [False, 5, [1]]], 7)), [[[2], [3]], 3])
check('oracle 3', solve(*([[True, 4, []], [False, 0, [1]]], 0)), [[[], [5]], 5])
check('oracle 4', solve(*([], 3)), [[], 3])
check('oracle 5', solve(*([[False, 99, [1, 1]]], 2)), [[[3, 4]], 4])
check('oracle 6', solve(*([[True, -3, [-1, 2]]], 5)), [[[-4, -2]], -2])
check('oracle 7', solve(*([[False, 0, []]], 4)), [[[]], 4])
if N == 1: check('variant packet 1', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 2: check('variant packet 2', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 3: check('variant packet 3', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 4: check('variant packet 4', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 5: check('variant packet 5', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
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
oracle 1[[[11, 13], [12]], 12][[[11, 13], [12]], 12]Passed
oracle 2[[[9], [10]], 10][[[2], [3]], 3]Failed
oracle 3[[[], [5]], 5][[[], [5]], 5]Passed
oracle 4[[], 3][[], 3]Passed
oracle 5[[[3, 4]], 4][[[3, 4]], 4]Passed
oracle 6[[[1, 3]], 3][[[-4, -2]], -2]Failed
oracle 7[[[]], 4][[[]], 4]Passed
variant packet 1[[[11, 13], [12], [23, 25], [24]], 24][[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12]Failed

SHA-256 / f239f61af1a3fb63927df7a6b3a0b1626a4334f1b298b71ae24453618bd1953e

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(partitions, initial):
    state=initial
    out=[]
    for reset,seed,residuals in partitions:
        if reset:
            state=initial
        section=[]
        for residual in residuals:
            state+=residual
            section.append(state)
        out.append(section)
    return [out,state]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('oracle 1', solve(*([[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0)), [[[11, 13], [12]], 12])
check('oracle 2', solve(*([[True, 0, [2]], [False, 5, [1]]], 7)), [[[2], [3]], 3])
check('oracle 3', solve(*([[True, 4, []], [False, 0, [1]]], 0)), [[[], [5]], 5])
check('oracle 4', solve(*([], 3)), [[], 3])
check('oracle 5', solve(*([[False, 99, [1, 1]]], 2)), [[[3, 4]], 4])
check('oracle 6', solve(*([[True, -3, [-1, 2]]], 5)), [[[-4, -2]], -2])
check('oracle 7', solve(*([[False, 0, []]], 4)), [[[]], 4])
if N == 1: check('variant packet 1', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 2: check('variant packet 2', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 3: check('variant packet 3', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 4: check('variant packet 4', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 5: check('variant packet 5', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
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
oracle 1[[[1, 3], [2]], 2][[[11, 13], [12]], 12]Failed
oracle 2[[[9], [10]], 10][[[2], [3]], 3]Failed
oracle 3[[[], [1]], 1][[[], [5]], 5]Failed
oracle 4[[], 3][[], 3]Passed
oracle 5[[[3, 4]], 4][[[3, 4]], 4]Passed
oracle 6[[[4, 6]], 6][[[-4, -2]], -2]Failed
oracle 7[[[]], 4][[[]], 4]Passed
variant packet 1[[[1, 3], [2], [1, 3], [2]], 2][[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12]Failed

SHA-256 / 1889838b01b8a5078ed15a5c28722f777185189069ed64d63d069e48229ff61f

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(partitions, initial):
    state=initial
    out=[]
    for reset,seed,residuals in partitions:
        if reset:
            state=seed
        section=[]
        for residual in residuals:
            state+=residual
            section.append(state)
        out.append(section)
    return [out,state]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('oracle 1', solve(*([[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0)), [[[11, 13], [12]], 12])
check('oracle 2', solve(*([[True, 0, [2]], [False, 5, [1]]], 7)), [[[2], [3]], 3])
check('oracle 3', solve(*([[True, 4, []], [False, 0, [1]]], 0)), [[[], [5]], 5])
check('oracle 4', solve(*([], 3)), [[], 3])
check('oracle 5', solve(*([[False, 99, [1, 1]]], 2)), [[[3, 4]], 4])
check('oracle 6', solve(*([[True, -3, [-1, 2]]], 5)), [[[-4, -2]], -2])
check('oracle 7', solve(*([[False, 0, []]], 4)), [[[]], 4])
if N == 1: check('variant packet 1', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 2: check('variant packet 2', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 3: check('variant packet 3', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 4: check('variant packet 4', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
if N == 5: check('variant packet 5', solve(*[[[True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]], [True, 10, [1, 2]], [False, 99, [-1]]], 0]), [[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12])
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
oracle 1[[[11, 13], [12]], 12][[[11, 13], [12]], 12]Passed
oracle 2[[[2], [3]], 3][[[2], [3]], 3]Passed
oracle 3[[[], [5]], 5][[[], [5]], 5]Passed
oracle 4[[], 3][[], 3]Passed
oracle 5[[[3, 4]], 4][[[3, 4]], 4]Passed
oracle 6[[[-4, -2]], -2][[[-4, -2]], -2]Passed
oracle 7[[[]], 4][[[]], 4]Passed
variant packet 1[[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12][[[11, 13], [12], [11, 13], [12]], 12]Passed

SHA-256 / 9db0e32dd0a9f4b2466e8b228582dfc277b2739ac65d890b0d6b6e869ad85988

Verification & scope

Stipulated finite model; no claim of hardware timing or full file-format 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 2026-09-29T14:45:06.703755+00:00.

Case digest / 31f60f253bb14fdea2e46dd459e7ea81254204a864609438d950bd08ad8151b6