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Performance bond: milestone tranche release · case 01

One completed milestone releases every bond tranche.

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ROOT CAUSE

One completed milestone releases every bond tranche.

VERIFIED REPAIR

For milestone tranche release, apply the stipulated decision sum(q for m,q in zip(x["milestones"],x["tranches"]) if m in x["done"]).

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses sum(q for m,q in zip(x["milestones"],x["tranches"]) if m not in x["done"]); the explicit regression cases demonstrate that this still violates the stipulated auction rule.

Case contract

A toy winning-bid bond secures post-award performance separately from payment. Bond tranches mature on distinct milestones; surety substitutions require explicit approval; partial calls consume the remaining callable face amount. Bond identifiers are unique strings. Named decision milestone-tranche-release: For milestone tranche release, apply the stipulated decision sum(q for m,q in zip(x["milestones"],x["tranches"]) if m in x["done"]).

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["face"]-x["called"])
    v1 = min(x["request"],max(0,x["face"]-x["called"]))
    v2 = 0 if x["expired"] else min(x["request"],max(0,x["face"]-x["called"]))
    v3 = x["retention"] if x["completion"] else x["face"]
    v4 = sum(x["tranches"]) if x["done"] else 0
    v5 = x["proposed"] if x["proposed"] in x["approved"] else x["surety"]
    v6 = x["replaced"] and x["proposed"] in x["approved"]
    v7 = set(x["claim_lots"])<=set(x["guaranteed"])
    v8 = x["claimant"]==x["beneficiary"] and not x["expired"]
    v9 = [i for i,t in x["presented_claims"] if t<=x["claim_deadline"]]
    return {'callable-face':v0,'claim-call-cap':v1,'expiry-call-block':v2,'retention-after-completion':v3,'milestone-tranche-release':v4,'surety-substitution-approval':v5,'old-bond-discharge':v6,'guarantee-lot-coverage':v7,'beneficiary-claim-authority':v8,'timely-claim-survives-expiry':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('normal contract', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('partly guaranteed claim', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L1', 'L3'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('claim too large', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 40, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('bond exhausted', {'face': 30, 'called': 30, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('expired', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': True, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('completion', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': True, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('all milestones', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [30, 60, 90, 120, 150]), ('substitution approved', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1', 's2'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('substitution finalized', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': True, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60])]
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))['milestone-tranche-release'], 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 contract3012Failed
partly guaranteed claim3012Failed
claim too large3012Failed
bond exhausted3012Failed
expired3012Failed
completion3012Failed
all milestones3030Passed
substitution approved3012Failed
substitution finalized3012Failed

SHA-256 / 66f05fd1c1e53bee6c5782fe9d12c595c4082d25d6098105006b348966dbeb9e

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["face"]-x["called"])
    v1 = min(x["request"],max(0,x["face"]-x["called"]))
    v2 = 0 if x["expired"] else min(x["request"],max(0,x["face"]-x["called"]))
    v3 = x["retention"] if x["completion"] else x["face"]
    v4 = sum(q for m,q in zip(x["milestones"],x["tranches"]) if m not in x["done"])
    v5 = x["proposed"] if x["proposed"] in x["approved"] else x["surety"]
    v6 = x["replaced"] and x["proposed"] in x["approved"]
    v7 = set(x["claim_lots"])<=set(x["guaranteed"])
    v8 = x["claimant"]==x["beneficiary"] and not x["expired"]
    v9 = [i for i,t in x["presented_claims"] if t<=x["claim_deadline"]]
    return {'callable-face':v0,'claim-call-cap':v1,'expiry-call-block':v2,'retention-after-completion':v3,'milestone-tranche-release':v4,'surety-substitution-approval':v5,'old-bond-discharge':v6,'guarantee-lot-coverage':v7,'beneficiary-claim-authority':v8,'timely-claim-survives-expiry':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('normal contract', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('partly guaranteed claim', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L1', 'L3'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('claim too large', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 40, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('bond exhausted', {'face': 30, 'called': 30, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('expired', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': True, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('completion', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': True, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('all milestones', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [30, 60, 90, 120, 150]), ('substitution approved', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1', 's2'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('substitution finalized', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': True, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60])]
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))['milestone-tranche-release'], 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 contract1812Failed
partly guaranteed claim1812Failed
claim too large1812Failed
bond exhausted1812Failed
expired1812Failed
completion1812Failed
all milestones030Failed
substitution approved1812Failed
substitution finalized1812Failed

SHA-256 / de659458c50dca20c7ea7f4a7c276719f4f1c7b85e34d7407161bfb97b0d20b3

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = max(0,x["face"]-x["called"])
    v1 = min(x["request"],max(0,x["face"]-x["called"]))
    v2 = 0 if x["expired"] else min(x["request"],max(0,x["face"]-x["called"]))
    v3 = x["retention"] if x["completion"] else x["face"]
    v4 = sum(q for m,q in zip(x["milestones"],x["tranches"]) if m in x["done"])
    v5 = x["proposed"] if x["proposed"] in x["approved"] else x["surety"]
    v6 = x["replaced"] and x["proposed"] in x["approved"]
    v7 = set(x["claim_lots"])<=set(x["guaranteed"])
    v8 = x["claimant"]==x["beneficiary"] and not x["expired"]
    v9 = [i for i,t in x["presented_claims"] if t<=x["claim_deadline"]]
    return {'callable-face':v0,'claim-call-cap':v1,'expiry-call-block':v2,'retention-after-completion':v3,'milestone-tranche-release':v4,'surety-substitution-approval':v5,'old-bond-discharge':v6,'guarantee-lot-coverage':v7,'beneficiary-claim-authority':v8,'timely-claim-survives-expiry':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('normal contract', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('partly guaranteed claim', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L1', 'L3'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('claim too large', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 40, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('bond exhausted', {'face': 30, 'called': 30, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('expired', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': True, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('completion', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': True, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('all milestones', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [30, 60, 90, 120, 150]), ('substitution approved', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1', 's2'], 'replaced': False, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60]), ('substitution finalized', {'face': 30, 'called': 8, 'request': 10, 'paid_claims': 5, 'expired': False, 'completion': False, 'retention': 4, 'milestones': ['ship', 'inspect'], 'done': ['ship'], 'tranches': [12, 18], 'surety': 's1', 'proposed': 's2', 'approved': ['s1'], 'replaced': True, 'guaranteed': ['L1', 'L2'], 'claim_lots': ['L2'], 'returned': 3, 'beneficiary': 'seller', 'claimant': 'seller', 'claim_ids': ['c1', 'c2', 'c1'], 'presented_claims': [['c1', 3], ['c2', 7]], 'claim_deadline': 5}, [12, 24, 36, 48, 60])]
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))['milestone-tranche-release'], 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 contract1212Passed
partly guaranteed claim1212Passed
claim too large1212Passed
bond exhausted1212Passed
expired1212Passed
completion1212Passed
all milestones3030Passed
substitution approved1212Passed
substitution finalized1212Passed

SHA-256 / 129575c6514767021d4ccc8c85ecdacd95bf135bd64685197f9a35d0d754d11a

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.

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