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Sealed envelope: reveal phase · case 01

Reveal admission loses one side of the commit/reveal phase interval.

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ROOT CAUSE

Reveal admission loses one side of the commit/reveal phase interval.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Require a later phase than commitment and no phase after close.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses x["commit_round"] < x["reveal_round"]; the explicit regression cases demonstrate that this still violates the stipulated auction rule.

Case contract

Stipulated sealed-bid envelope processing: one bidder, one lot, a commit and reveal phase. A replacement commit invalidates an earlier digest. Reveal payloads are immutable, phase counters are integers, and byte strings are represented by ordinary strings. Output named admission decisions and retained payloads. Named decision reveal-phase: Require a later phase than commitment and no phase after close.

Why this case matters

Offline administrative auction model for software failure analysis.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = x["revealed"] == (x["commits"][-1] if x["commits"] else None)
    v1 = x["reveal_round"] <= x["close"]
    v2 = None if x["withdrawn"] else x["digest"]
    v3 = [] if x["opened"] else x["payloads"][:1]
    v4 = next((p for p,v in zip(x["payloads"],x["valid"]) if v),None)
    v5 = x["nonce"] == x["required_nonce"]
    v6 = x["owner"] == x["signer"]
    v7 = x["sealed_value"] if x["opened"] else x["public_value"]
    v8 = x["lot"] == x["reveal_lot"]
    v9 = sum(1 for v in x["valid"] if v)
    return {'replacement-digest':v0,'reveal-phase':v1,'withdrawal-tombstone':v2,'replay-disclosure':v3,'first-valid-reveal':v4,'nonce-binding':v5,'signer-binding':v6,'preopening-secrecy':v7,'lot-binding':v8,'verified-reveal-count':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('same-round premature reveal', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 1, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('two verified envelopes / same-round premature reveal', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 1, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('outside reveal round', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 3, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('two verified envelopes / outside reveal round', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 3, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('normal contract', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('two verified envelopes', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('valid last envelope', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v2', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('first envelope only', {'digest': 'v1', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1'], 'payloads': ['red'], 'valid': [True], 'reveal_count': 1, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('no envelopes', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': [], 'payloads': [], 'valid': [], 'reveal_count': 0, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('withdrawn before opening', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': True, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('opened envelope replay', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': True, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True])]
def vary(value):
 if type(value) is int: return value*N
 if isinstance(value,list): return [vary(v) for v in value]
 if isinstance(value,dict): return {k:(v if k in ['count', 'delivery_index', 'disputed', 'maximum_set', 'minimum_set', 'reveal_count', 'stage', 'threshold', 'waived'] else vary(v)) for k,v in value.items()}
 return value
for label, request, expected in fixtures:
 check(label, solve(vary(request))['reveal-phase'], expected[N-1])
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
same-round premature revealTrueFalseFailed
two verified envelopes / same-round premature revealTrueFalseFailed
outside reveal roundFalseFalsePassed
two verified envelopes / outside reveal roundFalseFalsePassed
normal contractTrueTruePassed
two verified envelopesTrueTruePassed
valid last envelopeTrueTruePassed
first envelope onlyTrueTruePassed
no envelopesTrueTruePassed
withdrawn before openingTrueTruePassed
opened envelope replayTrueTruePassed

SHA-256 / 8fad106ecb415f00e287f9611c74bfd67c993ce42e6cafec62d8afc7f6ccd929

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = x["revealed"] == (x["commits"][-1] if x["commits"] else None)
    v1 = x["commit_round"] < x["reveal_round"]
    v2 = None if x["withdrawn"] else x["digest"]
    v3 = [] if x["opened"] else x["payloads"][:1]
    v4 = next((p for p,v in zip(x["payloads"],x["valid"]) if v),None)
    v5 = x["nonce"] == x["required_nonce"]
    v6 = x["owner"] == x["signer"]
    v7 = x["sealed_value"] if x["opened"] else x["public_value"]
    v8 = x["lot"] == x["reveal_lot"]
    v9 = sum(1 for v in x["valid"] if v)
    return {'replacement-digest':v0,'reveal-phase':v1,'withdrawal-tombstone':v2,'replay-disclosure':v3,'first-valid-reveal':v4,'nonce-binding':v5,'signer-binding':v6,'preopening-secrecy':v7,'lot-binding':v8,'verified-reveal-count':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('same-round premature reveal', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 1, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('two verified envelopes / same-round premature reveal', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 1, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('outside reveal round', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 3, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('two verified envelopes / outside reveal round', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 3, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('normal contract', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('two verified envelopes', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('valid last envelope', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v2', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('first envelope only', {'digest': 'v1', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1'], 'payloads': ['red'], 'valid': [True], 'reveal_count': 1, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('no envelopes', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': [], 'payloads': [], 'valid': [], 'reveal_count': 0, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('withdrawn before opening', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': True, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('opened envelope replay', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': True, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True])]
def vary(value):
 if type(value) is int: return value*N
 if isinstance(value,list): return [vary(v) for v in value]
 if isinstance(value,dict): return {k:(v if k in ['count', 'delivery_index', 'disputed', 'maximum_set', 'minimum_set', 'reveal_count', 'stage', 'threshold', 'waived'] else vary(v)) for k,v in value.items()}
 return value
for label, request, expected in fixtures:
 check(label, solve(vary(request))['reveal-phase'], expected[N-1])
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
same-round premature revealFalseFalsePassed
two verified envelopes / same-round premature revealFalseFalsePassed
outside reveal roundTrueFalseFailed
two verified envelopes / outside reveal roundTrueFalseFailed
normal contractTrueTruePassed
two verified envelopesTrueTruePassed
valid last envelopeTrueTruePassed
first envelope onlyTrueTruePassed
no envelopesTrueTruePassed
withdrawn before openingTrueTruePassed
opened envelope replayTrueTruePassed

SHA-256 / 8d618a4cc021ae4265c2708a74d959b36c593a6456f300934e9afe03af9a3f2f

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = x["revealed"] == (x["commits"][-1] if x["commits"] else None)
    v1 = x["commit_round"] < x["reveal_round"] <= x["close"]
    v2 = None if x["withdrawn"] else x["digest"]
    v3 = [] if x["opened"] else x["payloads"][:1]
    v4 = next((p for p,v in zip(x["payloads"],x["valid"]) if v),None)
    v5 = x["nonce"] == x["required_nonce"]
    v6 = x["owner"] == x["signer"]
    v7 = x["sealed_value"] if x["opened"] else x["public_value"]
    v8 = x["lot"] == x["reveal_lot"]
    v9 = sum(1 for v in x["valid"] if v)
    return {'replacement-digest':v0,'reveal-phase':v1,'withdrawal-tombstone':v2,'replay-disclosure':v3,'first-valid-reveal':v4,'nonce-binding':v5,'signer-binding':v6,'preopening-secrecy':v7,'lot-binding':v8,'verified-reveal-count':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('same-round premature reveal', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 1, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('two verified envelopes / same-round premature reveal', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 1, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('outside reveal round', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 3, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('two verified envelopes / outside reveal round', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 3, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('normal contract', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('two verified envelopes', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [True, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('valid last envelope', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v2', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('first envelope only', {'digest': 'v1', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1'], 'payloads': ['red'], 'valid': [True], 'reveal_count': 1, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('no envelopes', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': False, 'commits': [], 'payloads': [], 'valid': [], 'reveal_count': 0, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('withdrawn before opening', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': True, 'opened': False, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('opened envelope replay', {'digest': 'v2', 'revealed': 'v1', 'commit_round': 1, 'reveal_round': 2, 'close': 2, 'withdrawn': False, 'opened': True, 'commits': ['v1', 'v2'], 'payloads': ['red', 'blue'], 'valid': [False, True], 'reveal_count': 2, 'nonce': 'n', 'required_nonce': 'n', 'owner': 'alice', 'signer': 'alice', 'sealed_value': 9, 'public_value': 0, 'lot': 'A', 'reveal_lot': 'A'}, [True, True, True, True, True])]
def vary(value):
 if type(value) is int: return value*N
 if isinstance(value,list): return [vary(v) for v in value]
 if isinstance(value,dict): return {k:(v if k in ['count', 'delivery_index', 'disputed', 'maximum_set', 'minimum_set', 'reveal_count', 'stage', 'threshold', 'waived'] else vary(v)) for k,v in value.items()}
 return value
for label, request, expected in fixtures:
 check(label, solve(vary(request))['reveal-phase'], expected[N-1])
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
same-round premature revealFalseFalsePassed
two verified envelopes / same-round premature revealFalseFalsePassed
outside reveal roundFalseFalsePassed
two verified envelopes / outside reveal roundFalseFalsePassed
normal contractTrueTruePassed
two verified envelopesTrueTruePassed
valid last envelopeTrueTruePassed
first envelope onlyTrueTruePassed
no envelopesTrueTruePassed
withdrawn before openingTrueTruePassed
opened envelope replayTrueTruePassed

SHA-256 / 8decf90011ea2bb2fb3c2bea400b8db908419b8ca29e2b414ba642fcb4762e0c

Verification & scope

Stipulated toy auction rules, not a venue specification, financial advice, optimization claim, or live trading implementation. Nonnegative integer inputs and internally aligned list fields only. 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 2026-09-29T14:46:06.306010+00:00.

Case digest / 6a01ead15537925ea2be50644333095ec25cda9d28d34357e16b209f421f4d84