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Withdrawal liability: excused fee waiver · case 01

Excused withdrawals still incur the stipulated administrative fee.

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ROOT CAUSE

Excused withdrawals still incur the stipulated administrative fee.

THE FAILURE

Excused withdrawals still incur the stipulated administrative fee.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses 0 if x["excused"] or not x["awarded"] else x["fee"]; the explicit regression cases demonstrate that this still violates the stipulated auction rule.

Case contract

A toy auction withdrawal policy distinguishes voluntary withdrawal before award, excused withdrawal, replacement proceeds, paid deposits and caps on liquidated liability. Nonnegative integer credits are used; no legal or financial interpretation is intended. Named decision excused-fee-waiver: For excused fee waiver, apply the stipulated decision 0 if x["excused"] else x["fee"].

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 = max(0,x["bid"]-x["resale"])
    v1 = x["fee"]
    v2 = max(0,x["bid"]-x["resale"]) if x["awarded"] else 0
    v3 = 0 if x["notice"]<=x["cutoff"] else x["deposit"]
    v4 = max(0,x["bid"]-x["resale"]-x["deposit"])
    v5 = max(0,min(x["cap"],max(0,x["bid"]-x["resale"])+x["fee"])-x["already_paid"])
    v6 = x["bond"] if x["forfeit"] and not x["released"] else 0
    v7 = max(0,x["awarded_units"]-x["returned_units"])
    v8 = min(x["withdrawn_units"],max(0,x["awarded_units"]-x["returned_units"]))
    v9 = [b for b in dict.fromkeys(b for op,b in x["events"]) if [op for op,c in x["events"] if c==b][-1]=="withdraw"]
    return {'resale-shortfall':v0,'excused-fee-waiver':v1,'award-liability-gate':v2,'notice-penalty':v3,'deposit-offset':v4,'paid-liability-credit':v5,'released-bond-exclusion':v6,'unreturned-award-units':v7,'withdrawal-unit-cap':v8,'reinstatement-after-withdrawal':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('excused default', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': True, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('notice order retained / excused default', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': True, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('before award', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': False, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('notice order retained / before award', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': False, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('normal contract', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('notice order retained', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('resale surplus', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 40, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('timely notice', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 3, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('exact notice cutoff', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 4, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('liability already paid', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 40, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('bond released', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': True, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15])]
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))['excused-fee-waiver'], 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
excused default30Failed
notice order retained / excused default30Failed
before award33Passed
notice order retained / before award33Passed
normal contract33Passed
notice order retained33Passed
resale surplus33Passed
timely notice33Passed
exact notice cutoff33Passed
liability already paid33Passed
bond released33Passed

SHA-256 / 322f4fa67c2bb2f36f0c1f577aaf67fd588c70fe8857f94b72f2b48349c8d9dd

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = max(0,x["bid"]-x["resale"])
    v1 = 0 if x["excused"] or not x["awarded"] else x["fee"]
    v2 = max(0,x["bid"]-x["resale"]) if x["awarded"] else 0
    v3 = 0 if x["notice"]<=x["cutoff"] else x["deposit"]
    v4 = max(0,x["bid"]-x["resale"]-x["deposit"])
    v5 = max(0,min(x["cap"],max(0,x["bid"]-x["resale"])+x["fee"])-x["already_paid"])
    v6 = x["bond"] if x["forfeit"] and not x["released"] else 0
    v7 = max(0,x["awarded_units"]-x["returned_units"])
    v8 = min(x["withdrawn_units"],max(0,x["awarded_units"]-x["returned_units"]))
    v9 = [b for b in dict.fromkeys(b for op,b in x["events"]) if [op for op,c in x["events"] if c==b][-1]=="withdraw"]
    return {'resale-shortfall':v0,'excused-fee-waiver':v1,'award-liability-gate':v2,'notice-penalty':v3,'deposit-offset':v4,'paid-liability-credit':v5,'released-bond-exclusion':v6,'unreturned-award-units':v7,'withdrawal-unit-cap':v8,'reinstatement-after-withdrawal':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('excused default', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': True, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('notice order retained / excused default', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': True, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('before award', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': False, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('notice order retained / before award', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': False, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('normal contract', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('notice order retained', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('resale surplus', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 40, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('timely notice', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 3, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('exact notice cutoff', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 4, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('liability already paid', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 40, 'cap': 20, 'released': False, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('bond released', {'bid': 30, 'resale': 18, 'deposit': 8, 'fee': 3, 'excused': False, 'awarded': True, 'notice': 5, 'cutoff': 4, 'already_paid': 2, 'cap': 20, 'released': True, 'withdrawn_units': 2, 'awarded_units': 5, 'returned_units': 1, 'bond': 6, 'forfeit': True, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15])]
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))['excused-fee-waiver'], 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
excused default00Passed
notice order retained / excused default00Passed
before award03Failed
notice order retained / before award03Failed
normal contract33Passed
notice order retained33Passed
resale surplus33Passed
timely notice33Passed
exact notice cutoff33Passed
liability already paid33Passed
bond released33Passed

SHA-256 / 1013fda562d19b1ec3d75127fe4fe2fbd96879a3ce22f2be25f844c3efe0246e

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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 2026-09-29T14:46:10.140237+00:00.

Case digest / eab194fd9fa06f148ce890b1cb32880485ee1e65b36950b9dfa1282dbf882161