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Deposit admission: chargeback recovery · case 01

Chargeback reversal leaves admission collateral overstated or negative.

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ROOT CAUSE

Chargeback reversal leaves admission collateral overstated or negative.

VERIFIED REPAIR

For chargeback recovery, apply the stipulated decision max(0,x["cleared"]-x["chargeback"]).

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

Case contract

Toy bidder deposits consist of cleared, pending and restricted tranches. Deposits are auction-scoped and denomination-specific. Admission capacity is per bidder; a waiver substitutes for a required deposit without turning a pending transfer into cash. Named decision chargeback-recovery: For chargeback recovery, apply the stipulated decision max(0,x["cleared"]-x["chargeback"]).

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["cleared"]>=x["required"]
    v1 = max(0,x["cleared"]-x["restricted"])
    v2 = x["waiver"] or x["cleared"]>=x["required"]
    v3 = x["auction"]==x["deposit_auction"]
    v4 = x["currency"]==x["deposit_currency"]
    v5 = x["cleared"]
    v6 = max(0,x["cleared"]-x["locked"])
    v7 = x["owner"]==x["beneficiary"] and x["owner"] in x["owners"]
    v8 = 0 if x["expired"] else x["cleared"]+(x["topup"] if x["confirmed"] else 0)
    v9 = min(x["refunded"],max(0,x["cleared"]-x["locked"]))
    return {'cleared-admission':v0,'restricted-tranche':v1,'deposit-waiver-admission':v2,'auction-scope':v3,'denomination-scope':v4,'chargeback-recovery':v5,'withdrawable-deposit':v6,'beneficial-owner':v7,'topup-posting':v8,'refund-available-ceiling':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('normal contract', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('cleared sufficient', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 10, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('chargeback consumes balance', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 30, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('cleared sufficient / chargeback consumes balance', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 10, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 30, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('deposit waived', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': True, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('wrong auction', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'B', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('wrong denomination', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'ALT', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('expired deposit', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': True, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('topup confirmed', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': True, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('all locked', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 30, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85])]
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))['chargeback-recovery'], 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
normal contract2017Failed
cleared sufficient2017Failed
chargeback consumes balance200Failed
cleared sufficient / chargeback consumes balance200Failed
deposit waived2017Failed
wrong auction2017Failed
wrong denomination2017Failed
expired deposit2017Failed
topup confirmed2017Failed
all locked2017Failed

SHA-256 / bfe0b9a89a168400c01a8e9d022c55f6f3d9dc9cd39ccf5668bdc262758efa93

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = x["cleared"]>=x["required"]
    v1 = max(0,x["cleared"]-x["restricted"])
    v2 = x["waiver"] or x["cleared"]>=x["required"]
    v3 = x["auction"]==x["deposit_auction"]
    v4 = x["currency"]==x["deposit_currency"]
    v5 = x["cleared"]-x["chargeback"]
    v6 = max(0,x["cleared"]-x["locked"])
    v7 = x["owner"]==x["beneficiary"] and x["owner"] in x["owners"]
    v8 = 0 if x["expired"] else x["cleared"]+(x["topup"] if x["confirmed"] else 0)
    v9 = min(x["refunded"],max(0,x["cleared"]-x["locked"]))
    return {'cleared-admission':v0,'restricted-tranche':v1,'deposit-waiver-admission':v2,'auction-scope':v3,'denomination-scope':v4,'chargeback-recovery':v5,'withdrawable-deposit':v6,'beneficial-owner':v7,'topup-posting':v8,'refund-available-ceiling':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('normal contract', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('cleared sufficient', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 10, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('chargeback consumes balance', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 30, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('cleared sufficient / chargeback consumes balance', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 10, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 30, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('deposit waived', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': True, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('wrong auction', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'B', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('wrong denomination', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'ALT', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('expired deposit', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': True, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('topup confirmed', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': True, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('all locked', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 30, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85])]
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))['chargeback-recovery'], 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
normal contract1717Passed
cleared sufficient1717Passed
chargeback consumes balance-100Failed
cleared sufficient / chargeback consumes balance-100Failed
deposit waived1717Passed
wrong auction1717Passed
wrong denomination1717Passed
expired deposit1717Passed
topup confirmed1717Passed
all locked1717Passed

SHA-256 / aac7c99e74046a5b30363e14891d298f64e32d239e86d2d27979484549244856

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = x["cleared"]>=x["required"]
    v1 = max(0,x["cleared"]-x["restricted"])
    v2 = x["waiver"] or x["cleared"]>=x["required"]
    v3 = x["auction"]==x["deposit_auction"]
    v4 = x["currency"]==x["deposit_currency"]
    v5 = max(0,x["cleared"]-x["chargeback"])
    v6 = max(0,x["cleared"]-x["locked"])
    v7 = x["owner"]==x["beneficiary"] and x["owner"] in x["owners"]
    v8 = 0 if x["expired"] else x["cleared"]+(x["topup"] if x["confirmed"] else 0)
    v9 = min(x["refunded"],max(0,x["cleared"]-x["locked"]))
    return {'cleared-admission':v0,'restricted-tranche':v1,'deposit-waiver-admission':v2,'auction-scope':v3,'denomination-scope':v4,'chargeback-recovery':v5,'withdrawable-deposit':v6,'beneficial-owner':v7,'topup-posting':v8,'refund-available-ceiling':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('normal contract', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('cleared sufficient', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 10, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('chargeback consumes balance', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 30, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('cleared sufficient / chargeback consumes balance', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 10, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 30, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('deposit waived', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': True, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('wrong auction', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'B', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('wrong denomination', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'ALT', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('expired deposit', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': True, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('topup confirmed', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 6, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': True, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85]), ('all locked', {'cleared': 20, 'pending': 15, 'restricted': 7, 'required': 25, 'waiver': False, 'auction': 'A', 'deposit_auction': 'A', 'currency': 'TOK', 'deposit_currency': 'TOK', 'chargeback': 3, 'locked': 30, 'owners': ['a', 'b'], 'owner': 'a', 'beneficiary': 'a', 'expired': False, 'topup': 8, 'confirmed': False, 'refunded': 4}, [17, 34, 51, 68, 85])]
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))['chargeback-recovery'], 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
normal contract1717Passed
cleared sufficient1717Passed
chargeback consumes balance00Passed
cleared sufficient / chargeback consumes balance00Passed
deposit waived1717Passed
wrong auction1717Passed
wrong denomination1717Passed
expired deposit1717Passed
topup confirmed1717Passed
all locked1717Passed

SHA-256 / d7cf150218659269eba49fb25a9671da59e16ceec3fa4e323e67bed3891a07c3

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 2026-09-29T14:46:11.249035+00:00.

Case digest / daa7f7be60e6d476c1a19fb5ed02b751e755824d6e12db2dacf925287af9d690