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Delivery slot awards: occupied slot conflict · case 01

A slot package overlaps one committed slot but differs as a whole.

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ROOT CAUSE

A slot package overlaps one committed slot but differs as a whole.

VERIFIED REPAIR

For occupied slot conflict, apply the stipulated decision not set(x["requested"])&set(x["occupied"]).

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses not set(x["occupied"]); the explicit regression cases demonstrate that this still violates the stipulated auction rule.

Case contract

An auction awards delivery capacity in discrete named slots. A bid may require several consecutive slots, setup occupies an earlier slot, and cleanup occupies a later slot. Existing commitments and a separate seller maintenance mask must both constrain certificates. No continuous scheduling optimization is claimed. Named decision occupied-slot-conflict: For occupied slot conflict, apply the stipulated decision not set(x["requested"])&set(x["occupied"]).

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 = not x["requested"] or sorted(set(x["requested"]))==list(range(min(x["requested"]),max(x["requested"])+1))
    v1 = set(x["requested"])!=set(x["occupied"])
    v2 = not set(x["requested"])&set(x["maintenance"])
    v3 = {i:x["requested"].count(i)*x["amount"] for i in x["requested"]}
    v4 = all(x["used"][i]+x["amount"]<=x["capacity"][i] for i in x["requested"] if i in x["slots"])
    v5 = list(range(max(0,x["start"]-x["setup"]),x["start"]))
    v6 = list(range(x["end"],x["end"]+x["cleanup"]))
    v7 = not (set(x["transfer"])&(set(x["occupied"])-set(x["released"])))
    v8 = len(set(x["requested"]))==x["duration"]
    v9 = list(range(x["start"],x["end"]))
    return {'consecutive-slot-package':v0,'occupied-slot-conflict':v1,'maintenance-exclusion':v2,'repeated-slot-demand':v3,'per-slot-capacity':v4,'setup-footprint':v5,'cleanup-footprint':v6,'transfer-release-before-check':v7,'duration-certificate':v8,'end-exclusive-reservation':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('extra duration slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2, 3], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('gap in award', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 3], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('normal contract', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('mixed known unknown slots', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 5], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('released occupied slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [3], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('slot collision', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [2], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('maintenance collision', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [2], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('outside slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [5], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('room for award', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 1, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True])]
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 ['cleanup', 'count', 'delivery_index', 'disputed', 'duration', 'end', 'maintenance', 'maximum_set', 'minimum_set', 'occupied', 'released', 'requested', 'setup', 'slots', 'stage', 'start', 'threshold', 'transfer', 'waived'] else vary(v)) for k,v in value.items()}
 return value
for label, request, expected in fixtures:
 check(label, solve(vary(request))['occupied-slot-conflict'], 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
extra duration slotTrueFalseFailed
gap in awardTrueFalseFailed
normal contractTrueTruePassed
mixed known unknown slotsTrueTruePassed
released occupied slotTrueTruePassed
slot collisionTrueFalseFailed
maintenance collisionTrueTruePassed
outside slotTrueTruePassed
room for awardTrueTruePassed

SHA-256 / b253f9bc29717a96cd2df2bba34cffff054a12b16e59b00a641449c3f03801e4

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = not x["requested"] or sorted(set(x["requested"]))==list(range(min(x["requested"]),max(x["requested"])+1))
    v1 = not set(x["occupied"])
    v2 = not set(x["requested"])&set(x["maintenance"])
    v3 = {i:x["requested"].count(i)*x["amount"] for i in x["requested"]}
    v4 = all(x["used"][i]+x["amount"]<=x["capacity"][i] for i in x["requested"] if i in x["slots"])
    v5 = list(range(max(0,x["start"]-x["setup"]),x["start"]))
    v6 = list(range(x["end"],x["end"]+x["cleanup"]))
    v7 = not (set(x["transfer"])&(set(x["occupied"])-set(x["released"])))
    v8 = len(set(x["requested"]))==x["duration"]
    v9 = list(range(x["start"],x["end"]))
    return {'consecutive-slot-package':v0,'occupied-slot-conflict':v1,'maintenance-exclusion':v2,'repeated-slot-demand':v3,'per-slot-capacity':v4,'setup-footprint':v5,'cleanup-footprint':v6,'transfer-release-before-check':v7,'duration-certificate':v8,'end-exclusive-reservation':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('extra duration slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2, 3], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('gap in award', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 3], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('normal contract', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('mixed known unknown slots', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 5], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('released occupied slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [3], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('slot collision', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [2], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('maintenance collision', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [2], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('outside slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [5], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('room for award', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 1, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True])]
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 ['cleanup', 'count', 'delivery_index', 'disputed', 'duration', 'end', 'maintenance', 'maximum_set', 'minimum_set', 'occupied', 'released', 'requested', 'setup', 'slots', 'stage', 'start', 'threshold', 'transfer', 'waived'] else vary(v)) for k,v in value.items()}
 return value
for label, request, expected in fixtures:
 check(label, solve(vary(request))['occupied-slot-conflict'], 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
extra duration slotFalseFalsePassed
gap in awardFalseFalsePassed
normal contractFalseTrueFailed
mixed known unknown slotsFalseTrueFailed
released occupied slotFalseTrueFailed
slot collisionFalseFalsePassed
maintenance collisionFalseTrueFailed
outside slotFalseTrueFailed
room for awardFalseTrueFailed

SHA-256 / 9858c1dc72122e7fe5781f1327ba426422375c1eca6d31b777ee76ac5f370169

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = not x["requested"] or sorted(set(x["requested"]))==list(range(min(x["requested"]),max(x["requested"])+1))
    v1 = not set(x["requested"])&set(x["occupied"])
    v2 = not set(x["requested"])&set(x["maintenance"])
    v3 = {i:x["requested"].count(i)*x["amount"] for i in x["requested"]}
    v4 = all(x["used"][i]+x["amount"]<=x["capacity"][i] for i in x["requested"] if i in x["slots"])
    v5 = list(range(max(0,x["start"]-x["setup"]),x["start"]))
    v6 = list(range(x["end"],x["end"]+x["cleanup"]))
    v7 = not (set(x["transfer"])&(set(x["occupied"])-set(x["released"])))
    v8 = len(set(x["requested"]))==x["duration"]
    v9 = list(range(x["start"],x["end"]))
    return {'consecutive-slot-package':v0,'occupied-slot-conflict':v1,'maintenance-exclusion':v2,'repeated-slot-demand':v3,'per-slot-capacity':v4,'setup-footprint':v5,'cleanup-footprint':v6,'transfer-release-before-check':v7,'duration-certificate':v8,'end-exclusive-reservation':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('extra duration slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2, 3], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('gap in award', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 3], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('normal contract', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('mixed known unknown slots', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 5], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('released occupied slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [3], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('slot collision', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [2], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [False, False, False, False, False]), ('maintenance collision', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [2], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('outside slot', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [5], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 2, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True]), ('room for award', {'slots': [0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 'requested': [1, 2], 'occupied': [3], 'maintenance': [0], 'setup': 1, 'cleanup': 1, 'capacity': [2, 2, 2, 2, 2], 'used': [0, 1, 0, 2, 0], 'amount': 1, 'start': 1, 'end': 3, 'transfer': [2, 3], 'released': [1], 'duration': 2}, [True, True, True, True, True])]
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 ['cleanup', 'count', 'delivery_index', 'disputed', 'duration', 'end', 'maintenance', 'maximum_set', 'minimum_set', 'occupied', 'released', 'requested', 'setup', 'slots', 'stage', 'start', 'threshold', 'transfer', 'waived'] else vary(v)) for k,v in value.items()}
 return value
for label, request, expected in fixtures:
 check(label, solve(vary(request))['occupied-slot-conflict'], 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
extra duration slotFalseFalsePassed
gap in awardFalseFalsePassed
normal contractTrueTruePassed
mixed known unknown slotsTrueTruePassed
released occupied slotTrueTruePassed
slot collisionFalseFalsePassed
maintenance collisionTrueTruePassed
outside slotTrueTruePassed
room for awardTrueTruePassed

SHA-256 / ccf54f43cee632685f5a97f1f5be8a48dcfae5d418714cbd0330e1009287f06c

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 2026-09-29T14:46:13.924819+00:00.

Case digest / 87a7443197fc87e6b7d3403d4085223d9317582e985a75bcd3c9735df66359b4