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Delivery acceptance: inspectable units · case 01

Inspection credits units still in transit.

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ROOT CAUSE

Inspection credits units still in transit.

VERIFIED REPAIR

For inspectable units, apply the stipulated decision min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"]).

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses min(x["shipped"],x["inspected"]); the explicit regression cases demonstrate that this still violates the stipulated auction rule.

Case contract

Award fulfillment tracks delivered, inspected, rejected and accepted units. Title and seller payout require acceptance, not shipping. Partial shipments and certificates refer to individual auction lot identifiers; freight and storage are fixed integer credits. Named decision inspectable-units: For inspectable units, apply the stipulated decision min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"]).

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["inspected"]
    v1 = max(0,min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])-x["rejected"])
    v2 = max(0,x["awarded"]-x["delivered"])
    v3 = x["buyer_signed"] and x["seller_signed"]
    v4 = set(x["lots"])<=set(x["certificate"])
    v5 = [i for i in x["lots"] if i in x["certificate"] and i not in x["damaged"]]
    v6 = min(x["paid"],max(0,min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])-x["rejected"])*x["unit_price"])
    v7 = max(0,x["delivered"]-x["returned"])
    v8 = x["storage"] if x["now"]>x["deadline"] else 0
    v9 = 0 if x["disputed"] else max(0,x["paid"]-x["freight"])
    return {'inspectable-units':v0,'accepted-unit-count':v1,'award-remainder':v2,'title-acceptance':v3,'certificate-coverage':v4,'undamaged-certificate-release':v5,'payout-payment-cap':v6,'returned-fulfillment':v7,'late-storage-charge':v8,'dispute-payout-hold':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('inspection exceeds delivery', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 8, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]), ('wrong certificate same count / inspection exceeds delivery', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 8, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'C'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]), ('normal contract', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('wrong certificate same count', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'C'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('delivery at deadline', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 9, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('buyer accepts', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': True, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('nothing delivered', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 0, 'inspected': 0, 'rejected': 0, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('all inspected rejected', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 4, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('all certified', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'B'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('no damage', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': [], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20])]
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))['inspectable-units'], 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
inspection exceeds delivery85Failed
wrong certificate same count / inspection exceeds delivery85Failed
normal contract44Passed
wrong certificate same count44Passed
delivery at deadline44Passed
buyer accepts44Passed
nothing delivered00Passed
all inspected rejected44Passed
all certified44Passed
no damage44Passed

SHA-256 / 583aa20460dedf9ba4639963561e72724479b2a2d386c6c5db6fad13a54ce99c

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = min(x["shipped"],x["inspected"])
    v1 = max(0,min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])-x["rejected"])
    v2 = max(0,x["awarded"]-x["delivered"])
    v3 = x["buyer_signed"] and x["seller_signed"]
    v4 = set(x["lots"])<=set(x["certificate"])
    v5 = [i for i in x["lots"] if i in x["certificate"] and i not in x["damaged"]]
    v6 = min(x["paid"],max(0,min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])-x["rejected"])*x["unit_price"])
    v7 = max(0,x["delivered"]-x["returned"])
    v8 = x["storage"] if x["now"]>x["deadline"] else 0
    v9 = 0 if x["disputed"] else max(0,x["paid"]-x["freight"])
    return {'inspectable-units':v0,'accepted-unit-count':v1,'award-remainder':v2,'title-acceptance':v3,'certificate-coverage':v4,'undamaged-certificate-release':v5,'payout-payment-cap':v6,'returned-fulfillment':v7,'late-storage-charge':v8,'dispute-payout-hold':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('inspection exceeds delivery', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 8, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]), ('wrong certificate same count / inspection exceeds delivery', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 8, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'C'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]), ('normal contract', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('wrong certificate same count', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'C'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('delivery at deadline', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 9, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('buyer accepts', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': True, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('nothing delivered', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 0, 'inspected': 0, 'rejected': 0, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('all inspected rejected', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 4, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('all certified', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'B'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('no damage', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': [], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20])]
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))['inspectable-units'], 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
inspection exceeds delivery65Failed
wrong certificate same count / inspection exceeds delivery65Failed
normal contract44Passed
wrong certificate same count44Passed
delivery at deadline44Passed
buyer accepts44Passed
nothing delivered00Passed
all inspected rejected44Passed
all certified44Passed
no damage44Passed

SHA-256 / 434dfffad022138d1ed0db3d3b257b9259d72c377518a730d7cea92f2ef57594

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])
    v1 = max(0,min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])-x["rejected"])
    v2 = max(0,x["awarded"]-x["delivered"])
    v3 = x["buyer_signed"] and x["seller_signed"]
    v4 = set(x["lots"])<=set(x["certificate"])
    v5 = [i for i in x["lots"] if i in x["certificate"] and i not in x["damaged"]]
    v6 = min(x["paid"],max(0,min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])-x["rejected"])*x["unit_price"])
    v7 = max(0,x["delivered"]-x["returned"])
    v8 = x["storage"] if x["now"]>x["deadline"] else 0
    v9 = 0 if x["disputed"] else max(0,x["paid"]-x["freight"])
    return {'inspectable-units':v0,'accepted-unit-count':v1,'award-remainder':v2,'title-acceptance':v3,'certificate-coverage':v4,'undamaged-certificate-release':v5,'payout-payment-cap':v6,'returned-fulfillment':v7,'late-storage-charge':v8,'dispute-payout-hold':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('inspection exceeds delivery', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 8, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]), ('wrong certificate same count / inspection exceeds delivery', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 8, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'C'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]), ('normal contract', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('wrong certificate same count', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'C'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('delivery at deadline', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 9, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('buyer accepts', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': True, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('nothing delivered', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 0, 'inspected': 0, 'rejected': 0, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('all inspected rejected', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 4, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('all certified', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A', 'B'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': ['B'], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('no damage', {'awarded': 8, 'shipped': 6, 'delivered': 5, 'inspected': 4, 'rejected': 1, 'paid': 20, 'unit_price': 3, 'certificate': ['A'], 'lots': ['A', 'B'], 'damaged': [], 'buyer_signed': False, 'seller_signed': True, 'freight': 4, 'storage': 2, 'returned': 1, 'deadline': 9, 'now': 7, 'disputed': False}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20])]
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))['inspectable-units'], 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
inspection exceeds delivery55Passed
wrong certificate same count / inspection exceeds delivery55Passed
normal contract44Passed
wrong certificate same count44Passed
delivery at deadline44Passed
buyer accepts44Passed
nothing delivered00Passed
all inspected rejected44Passed
all certified44Passed
no damage44Passed

SHA-256 / c88110d8bc8cd84cf3c916f621bf49ed234504f741cedc329f183f43ec20e56c

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 2026-09-29T14:46:11.541132+00:00.

Case digest / 943a463ea93acd1a51c10e38416daacd4b4e9dc45f3cec10426b2f619a776219