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Award objection: evidence completeness · case 01

An objection proceeds with only part of its required evidence.

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ROOT CAUSE

An objection proceeds with only part of its required evidence.

THE FAILURE

An objection proceeds with only part of its required evidence.

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

Case contract

A provisional award challenge has bidder standing, grounds, evidence receipt, hearing outcomes and a limited remedy. Filing preserves the award but blocks finality until all admissible objections are resolved. Dates are ticks and list entries retain filing order. Named decision evidence-completeness: For evidence completeness, apply the stipulated decision set(x["evidence"])<=set(x["received"]).

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["challenger"] in x["participants"] and x["challenger"]!=x["winner"]
    v1 = [g for g in x["grounds"] if g in x["permitted"]]
    v2 = x["filed"]<=x["deadline"]
    v3 = bool(set(x["evidence"])&set(x["received"]))
    v4 = not (set(x["objections"])-set(x["resolved"])-set(x["withdrawn"]))
    v5 = [i for i in x["awarded"] if i not in x["affected"]] if x["upheld"] else x["awarded"]
    v6 = [o for o in x["objections"] if o not in x["withdrawn"]]
    v7 = 0 if x["frivolous"] else x["deposit"]
    v8 = sorted(set(x["participants"])-set(x["notified"]))
    v9 = [o for o in x["upheld"] if o in x["objections"] and o not in x["withdrawn"]]
    return {'challenger-standing':v0,'admissible-grounds':v1,'filing-deadline':v2,'evidence-completeness':v3,'open-objection-finality':v4,'remedy-lot-scope':v5,'withdrawn-hearing-removal':v6,'objection-deposit-disposition':v7,'hearing-notice-parties':v8,'upheld-live-objections':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('normal contract', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('ground order', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('out of order evidence', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e2', 'e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('ground order / out of order evidence', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e2', 'e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('nonparticipant', {'challenger': 'c', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('winner challenges own award', {'challenger': 'a', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('deadline filing', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 6, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('late filing', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 7, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('all evidence received', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1', 'e2'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('all objections resolved', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1', 'o2'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('none upheld', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': [], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False])]
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))['evidence-completeness'], 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 contractTrueFalseFailed
ground orderTrueFalseFailed
out of order evidenceTrueTruePassed
ground order / out of order evidenceTrueTruePassed
nonparticipantTrueFalseFailed
winner challenges own awardTrueFalseFailed
deadline filingTrueFalseFailed
late filingTrueFalseFailed
all evidence receivedTrueTruePassed
all objections resolvedTrueFalseFailed
none upheldTrueFalseFailed

SHA-256 / 5233012bed96a9eb26ce56eed503e27c6790e89552fb846b86c8b21d2ae0f472

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = x["challenger"] in x["participants"] and x["challenger"]!=x["winner"]
    v1 = [g for g in x["grounds"] if g in x["permitted"]]
    v2 = x["filed"]<=x["deadline"]
    v3 = x["evidence"]==x["received"]
    v4 = not (set(x["objections"])-set(x["resolved"])-set(x["withdrawn"]))
    v5 = [i for i in x["awarded"] if i not in x["affected"]] if x["upheld"] else x["awarded"]
    v6 = [o for o in x["objections"] if o not in x["withdrawn"]]
    v7 = 0 if x["frivolous"] else x["deposit"]
    v8 = sorted(set(x["participants"])-set(x["notified"]))
    v9 = [o for o in x["upheld"] if o in x["objections"] and o not in x["withdrawn"]]
    return {'challenger-standing':v0,'admissible-grounds':v1,'filing-deadline':v2,'evidence-completeness':v3,'open-objection-finality':v4,'remedy-lot-scope':v5,'withdrawn-hearing-removal':v6,'objection-deposit-disposition':v7,'hearing-notice-parties':v8,'upheld-live-objections':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('normal contract', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('ground order', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('out of order evidence', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e2', 'e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('ground order / out of order evidence', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['procedure', 'eligibility'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e2', 'e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('nonparticipant', {'challenger': 'c', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('winner challenges own award', {'challenger': 'a', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('deadline filing', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 6, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('late filing', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 7, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('all evidence received', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1', 'e2'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('all objections resolved', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1', 'o2'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': ['o2'], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('none upheld', {'challenger': 'b', 'participants': ['a', 'b'], 'winner': 'a', 'grounds': ['eligibility', 'price'], 'permitted': ['eligibility', 'procedure'], 'filed': 5, 'deadline': 6, 'evidence': ['e1', 'e2'], 'received': ['e1'], 'resolved': ['o1'], 'objections': ['o1', 'o2'], 'upheld': [], 'affected': ['L2'], 'awarded': ['L1', 'L2'], 'withdrawn': ['o1'], 'deposit': 4, 'frivolous': False, 'notified': ['a']}, [False, False, False, False, False])]
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))['evidence-completeness'], 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 contractFalseFalsePassed
ground orderFalseFalsePassed
out of order evidenceFalseTrueFailed
ground order / out of order evidenceFalseTrueFailed
nonparticipantFalseFalsePassed
winner challenges own awardFalseFalsePassed
deadline filingFalseFalsePassed
late filingFalseFalsePassed
all evidence receivedTrueTruePassed
all objections resolvedFalseFalsePassed
none upheldFalseFalsePassed

SHA-256 / aaa295ed0d227883d697aeef5b6d356d04606346dbbeddb78c37fcec29e035bb

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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 2026-09-29T14:46:12.168832+00:00.

Case digest / 497876acb94e6f22c1c14918fcd2fa06a68c2408fe4b528937a12a17187f46c0