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Clock demand: posted price lock · case 01

Rejected clock proposals overwrite the bidder binding price.

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ROOT CAUSE

Rejected clock proposals overwrite the bidder binding price.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Change a binding price only where that posted proposal was accepted.

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

Case contract

One bounded clock-auction round maintains per-lot demand at posted prices. Demand reductions become binding only at accepted clock prices; exits cannot be undone; deferred reductions are reconsidered against the new price. Arrays are aligned by lot and values are nonnegative integers. Named decision posted-price-lock: Change a binding price only where that posted proposal was accepted.

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 = [min(o,r) if a else o for o,r,a in zip(x["old"],x["requested"],x["accepted"])]
    v1 = [0 if e else q for e,q in zip(x["exited"],x["requested"])]
    v2 = x["prices"]
    v3 = [min(q,c) for q,c in zip(x["requested"],x["caps"])]
    v4 = [max(0,q-s) for q,s in zip(x["old"],x["supply"])]
    v5 = [i for i,(q,s) in enumerate(zip(x["old"],x["supply"])) if q>s]
    v6 = [d if p>=w else o for d,p,w,o in zip(x["deferred"],x["prices"],x["withdrawal_prices"],x["old"])]
    v7 = all(q<=s for q,s in zip(x["old"],x["supply"]))
    v8 = [a and p!=o for a,p,o in zip(x["accepted"],x["prices"],x["previous_prices"])]
    v9 = x["old"] if x["round"]<=x["last_round"] else x["requested"]
    return {'accepted-reduction':v0,'irreversible-exit':v1,'posted-price-lock':v2,'demand-cap':v3,'excess-demand':v4,'clock-step-selection':v5,'deferred-exit-trigger':v6,'round-clearing-quiescence':v7,'price-change-ack':v8,'round-demand-replay':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('exit at trigger', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [9, 25], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[9, 20], [18, 40], [27, 60], [36, 80], [45, 100]]), ('none accepted', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [False, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[8, 20], [16, 40], [24, 60], [32, 80], [40, 100]]), ('normal contract', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('unequal demand caps', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [1, 5], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('balanced lots', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [5, 3], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('cross lot surplus', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 9], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('all accepted', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, True], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('no exited lots', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, False], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('auction reopened', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': True, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]])]
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', '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))['posted-price-lock'], 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
exit at trigger[9, 25][9, 20]Failed
none accepted[10, 20][8, 20]Failed
normal contract[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
unequal demand caps[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
balanced lots[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
cross lot surplus[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
all accepted[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
no exited lots[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
auction reopened[10, 20][10, 20]Passed

SHA-256 / b62772ff8d63ab6c92bcf73b8a4d9beee3f84364f7f1826978113cf457f6865c

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = [min(o,r) if a else o for o,r,a in zip(x["old"],x["requested"],x["accepted"])]
    v1 = [0 if e else q for e,q in zip(x["exited"],x["requested"])]
    v2 = x["previous_prices"]
    v3 = [min(q,c) for q,c in zip(x["requested"],x["caps"])]
    v4 = [max(0,q-s) for q,s in zip(x["old"],x["supply"])]
    v5 = [i for i,(q,s) in enumerate(zip(x["old"],x["supply"])) if q>s]
    v6 = [d if p>=w else o for d,p,w,o in zip(x["deferred"],x["prices"],x["withdrawal_prices"],x["old"])]
    v7 = all(q<=s for q,s in zip(x["old"],x["supply"]))
    v8 = [a and p!=o for a,p,o in zip(x["accepted"],x["prices"],x["previous_prices"])]
    v9 = x["old"] if x["round"]<=x["last_round"] else x["requested"]
    return {'accepted-reduction':v0,'irreversible-exit':v1,'posted-price-lock':v2,'demand-cap':v3,'excess-demand':v4,'clock-step-selection':v5,'deferred-exit-trigger':v6,'round-clearing-quiescence':v7,'price-change-ack':v8,'round-demand-replay':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('exit at trigger', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [9, 25], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[9, 20], [18, 40], [27, 60], [36, 80], [45, 100]]), ('none accepted', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [False, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[8, 20], [16, 40], [24, 60], [32, 80], [40, 100]]), ('normal contract', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('unequal demand caps', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [1, 5], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('balanced lots', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [5, 3], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('cross lot surplus', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 9], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('all accepted', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, True], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('no exited lots', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, False], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('auction reopened', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': True, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]])]
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', '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))['posted-price-lock'], 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
exit at trigger[8, 20][9, 20]Failed
none accepted[8, 20][8, 20]Passed
normal contract[8, 20][10, 20]Failed
unequal demand caps[8, 20][10, 20]Failed
balanced lots[8, 20][10, 20]Failed
cross lot surplus[8, 20][10, 20]Failed
all accepted[8, 20][10, 20]Failed
no exited lots[8, 20][10, 20]Failed
auction reopened[8, 20][10, 20]Failed

SHA-256 / 66a343e13e97ffd7b9f82ab6f8e940ca771d452283ac0ed5378e2c97ed963bcb

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = [min(o,r) if a else o for o,r,a in zip(x["old"],x["requested"],x["accepted"])]
    v1 = [0 if e else q for e,q in zip(x["exited"],x["requested"])]
    v2 = [p if a else old for p,old,a in zip(x["prices"],x["previous_prices"],x["accepted"])]
    v3 = [min(q,c) for q,c in zip(x["requested"],x["caps"])]
    v4 = [max(0,q-s) for q,s in zip(x["old"],x["supply"])]
    v5 = [i for i,(q,s) in enumerate(zip(x["old"],x["supply"])) if q>s]
    v6 = [d if p>=w else o for d,p,w,o in zip(x["deferred"],x["prices"],x["withdrawal_prices"],x["old"])]
    v7 = all(q<=s for q,s in zip(x["old"],x["supply"]))
    v8 = [a and p!=o for a,p,o in zip(x["accepted"],x["prices"],x["previous_prices"])]
    v9 = x["old"] if x["round"]<=x["last_round"] else x["requested"]
    return {'accepted-reduction':v0,'irreversible-exit':v1,'posted-price-lock':v2,'demand-cap':v3,'excess-demand':v4,'clock-step-selection':v5,'deferred-exit-trigger':v6,'round-clearing-quiescence':v7,'price-change-ack':v8,'round-demand-replay':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('exit at trigger', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [9, 25], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[9, 20], [18, 40], [27, 60], [36, 80], [45, 100]]), ('none accepted', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [False, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[8, 20], [16, 40], [24, 60], [32, 80], [40, 100]]), ('normal contract', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('unequal demand caps', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [1, 5], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('balanced lots', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [5, 3], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('cross lot surplus', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 9], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('all accepted', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, True], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('no exited lots', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, False], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': False, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]]), ('auction reopened', {'old': [5, 3], 'requested': [2, 4], 'accepted': [True, False], 'exited': [False, True], 'prices': [10, 20], 'previous_prices': [8, 20], 'caps': [3, 3], 'supply': [4, 2], 'deferred': [1, 2], 'withdrawal_prices': [9, 25], 'reopened': True, 'round': 2, 'last_round': 1}, [[10, 20], [20, 40], [30, 60], [40, 80], [50, 100]])]
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', '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))['posted-price-lock'], 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
exit at trigger[9, 20][9, 20]Passed
none accepted[8, 20][8, 20]Passed
normal contract[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
unequal demand caps[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
balanced lots[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
cross lot surplus[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
all accepted[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
no exited lots[10, 20][10, 20]Passed
auction reopened[10, 20][10, 20]Passed

SHA-256 / b90b35eabbb72de4ab16e212d2df6aa311cce29e38b62456c8c606350eebc2a1

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 2026-09-29T14:46:08.628589+00:00.

Case digest / 395cfd2500a3479926146cb384c6d2189419ae99884bf7c169cb63fcc78f5a93