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Withdrawal liability: released bond exclusion · case 01

Withdrawal consumes a bond already released or not subject to forfeiture.

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ROOT CAUSE

Withdrawal consumes a bond already released or not subject to forfeiture.

THE FAILURE

Withdrawal consumes a bond already released or not subject to forfeiture.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses x["bond"] if not x["released"] else 0; 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 released-bond-exclusion: For released bond exclusion, apply the stipulated decision x["bond"] if x["forfeit"] and not x["released"] else 0.

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 = 0 if x["excused"] 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"] 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 = [('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']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('notice order retained / 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': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('no forfeit', {'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': False, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('notice order retained / no forfeit', {'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': False, 'withdrawals': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30])]
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))['released-bond-exclusion'], 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
bond released60Failed
notice order retained / bond released60Failed
no forfeit00Passed
notice order retained / no forfeit00Passed
normal contract66Passed
notice order retained66Passed
resale surplus66Passed
excused default66Passed
before award66Passed
timely notice66Passed
exact notice cutoff66Passed
liability already paid66Passed

SHA-256 / 9c9d27a218c5f1f3bb3e9a467d5bc2f74354bdc3a1cd7cf8a2e044ca813ea2d1

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"] 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 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 = [('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']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('notice order retained / 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': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('no forfeit', {'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': False, 'withdrawals': ['a', 'b', 'a'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('notice order retained / no forfeit', {'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': False, 'withdrawals': ['b', 'a', 'b'], 'events': [['withdraw', 'a'], ['reinstate', 'a'], ['withdraw', 'b']]}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30]), ('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']]}, [6, 12, 18, 24, 30])]
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))['released-bond-exclusion'], 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
bond released00Passed
notice order retained / bond released00Passed
no forfeit60Failed
notice order retained / no forfeit60Failed
normal contract66Passed
notice order retained66Passed
resale surplus66Passed
excused default66Passed
before award66Passed
timely notice66Passed
exact notice cutoff66Passed
liability already paid66Passed

SHA-256 / daccba4baa250c85aac5c1e81fcb39e43674bb7fa87141c454b3eb5943fb942f

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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 2026-09-29T14:46:10.297487+00:00.

Case digest / 72fac40e52db6c34ff0c9d38f4976a0df34e6afe20ca6695bef325b5602fd970