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Finally return precedence: Conditions finally replacement on payload truthiness · case 01

Conditions finally replacement on payload truthiness and changes the required Python-language result.

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ROOT CAUSE

Conditions finally replacement on payload truthiness. The executable reproducer isolates this operation from the rest of the contract.

THE FAILURE

Conditions finally replacement on payload truthiness. The executable reproducer isolates this operation from the rest of the contract.

Unsuccessful approach: The alternative still fails because it returns from finally even when replacement is disabled.

Case contract

Run cleanup for both body returns and exceptions. Only when override is true does a finally return replace the pending body result or suppress its ValueError; otherwise preserve the pending outcome. Inputs use the finite Python types shown in the fixtures. An error string denotes the specified caught exception, not an unhandled process failure.

Why this case matters

Runs Python standard-library language operations in a deterministic local reproducer. Literal expected answers are authored independently. Related defects share an evaluation group to avoid benchmark split leakage.

1 / The failure

Exit 1

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(value, error, override):
    log=[]
    def f():
        try:
            log.append('try')
            if error: raise ValueError('body')
            return ['body',value]
        finally:
            log.append('finally')
            if override and value: return ['cleanup',value]
    try: result=f()
    except ValueError: result='ValueError'
    return [result,log]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('ordinary body result', solve('x', False, False), [['body', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']])
check('body error preserved', solve('x', True, False), ['ValueError', ['try', 'finally']])
check('cleanup replaces successful result', solve('x', False, True), [['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']])
check('cleanup suppresses body error', solve('x', True, True), [['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']])
check('zero cleanup return valid', solve(0, True, True), [['cleanup', 0], ['try', 'finally']])
check('None cleanup return valid', solve(None, False, True), [['cleanup', None], ['try', 'finally']])
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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
ordinary body result	`[['body', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['body', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	Passed
body error preserved	`['ValueError', ['try', 'finally']]`	`['ValueError', ['try', 'finally']]`	Passed
cleanup replaces successful result	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	Passed
cleanup suppresses body error	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	Passed
zero cleanup return valid	`['ValueError', ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['cleanup', 0], ['try', 'finally']]`	Failed
None cleanup return valid	`[['body', None], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['cleanup', None], ['try', 'finally']]`	Failed

SHA-256 / c05d26c3abfd118a8e8701435dc4af88ace7ca3c9400b67372b4598d259b6a3c

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(value, error, override):
    log=[]
    def f():
        try:
            log.append('try')
            if error: raise ValueError('body')
            return ['body',value]
        finally:
            log.append('finally')
            return ['cleanup',value]
    try: result=f()
    except ValueError: result='ValueError'
    return [result,log]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('ordinary body result', solve('x', False, False), [['body', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']])
check('body error preserved', solve('x', True, False), ['ValueError', ['try', 'finally']])
check('cleanup replaces successful result', solve('x', False, True), [['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']])
check('cleanup suppresses body error', solve('x', True, True), [['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']])
check('zero cleanup return valid', solve(0, True, True), [['cleanup', 0], ['try', 'finally']])
check('None cleanup return valid', solve(None, False, True), [['cleanup', None], ['try', 'finally']])
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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
ordinary body result	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['body', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	Failed
body error preserved	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	`['ValueError', ['try', 'finally']]`	Failed
cleanup replaces successful result	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	Passed
cleanup suppresses body error	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['cleanup', 'x'], ['try', 'finally']]`	Passed
zero cleanup return valid	`[['cleanup', 0], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['cleanup', 0], ['try', 'finally']]`	Passed
None cleanup return valid	`[['cleanup', None], ['try', 'finally']]`	`[['cleanup', None], ['try', 'finally']]`	Passed

SHA-256 / db330722c6730fdf621947cf2e90e100e17a00f182568af67abd3a2cab58bf58

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Verification & scope

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 2026-09-29T14:37:47.863865+00:00.

Case digest / 7790e01b16cf346c52bae60a3d09828c56306dffe0689b72821d525786cd5fd1