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Delivery acceptance: accepted unit count · case 01
Uninspected or rejected units become accepted award fulfillment.
ROOT CAUSE
Uninspected or rejected units become accepted award fulfillment.
VERIFIED REPAIR
For accepted unit count, apply the stipulated decision max(0,min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])-x["rejected"]).
Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses max(0,x["delivered"]-x["rejected"]); 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 accepted-unit-count: For accepted unit count, apply the stipulated decision max(0,min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])-x["rejected"]).
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(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])
v1 = min(x["delivered"],x["inspected"])
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 = [('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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]), ('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}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('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}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [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))['accepted-unit-count'], 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 fixture | Actual | Expected | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| normal contract | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| wrong certificate same count | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| delivery at deadline | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| buyer accepts | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| nothing delivered | 0 | 0 | Passed |
| inspection exceeds delivery | 5 | 4 | Failed |
| all inspected rejected | 4 | 0 | Failed |
| all certified | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| no damage | 4 | 3 | Failed |
SHA-256 / d227e751f4e09feb7eb7324d3b8aedeea04e968448ef8ae618f7f201ef8f957c
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["delivered"],x["inspected"])
v1 = max(0,x["delivered"]-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 = [('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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]), ('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}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('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}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [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))['accepted-unit-count'], 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 fixture | Actual | Expected | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| normal contract | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| wrong certificate same count | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| delivery at deadline | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| buyer accepts | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| nothing delivered | 0 | 0 | Passed |
| inspection exceeds delivery | 4 | 4 | Passed |
| all inspected rejected | 1 | 0 | Failed |
| all certified | 4 | 3 | Failed |
| no damage | 4 | 3 | Failed |
SHA-256 / 903fee6f1c9df1547a2708a42b63e96fe2f1af64e5db0850c86b06475e2bebed
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 = [('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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]), ('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}, [4, 8, 12, 16, 20]), ('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}, [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]), ('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}, [3, 6, 9, 12, 15]), ('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}, [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))['accepted-unit-count'], 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 fixture | Actual | Expected | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| normal contract | 3 | 3 | Passed |
| wrong certificate same count | 3 | 3 | Passed |
| delivery at deadline | 3 | 3 | Passed |
| buyer accepts | 3 | 3 | Passed |
| nothing delivered | 0 | 0 | Passed |
| inspection exceeds delivery | 4 | 4 | Passed |
| all inspected rejected | 0 | 0 | Passed |
| all certified | 3 | 3 | Passed |
| no damage | 3 | 3 | Passed |
SHA-256 / f1561d376c824db657aec17f52efa7264e3645eac6b99d4ad1d817b7e5f32f47
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 2026-09-29T14:46:11.583491+00:00.
Case digest / 9a24dc7054b7d65997d17d41cd1f2943bd446afb7efc0304d10e473bd034f2fb