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Delivery slot awards: setup footprint · case 01

Setup capacity is omitted or reserved after delivery starts.

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ROOT CAUSE

Setup capacity is omitted or reserved after delivery starts.

VERIFIED REPAIR

For setup footprint, apply the stipulated decision list(range(max(0,x["start"]-x["setup"]),x["start"])).

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses list(range(x["start"],x["start"]+x["setup"])); 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 setup-footprint: For setup footprint, apply the stipulated decision list(range(max(0,x["start"]-x["setup"]),x["start"])).

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 = 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 = []
    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 = [('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]])]
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))['setup-footprint'], 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 contract[][0]Failed
mixed known unknown slots[][0]Failed
released occupied slot[][0]Failed
extra duration slot[][0]Failed
gap in award[][0]Failed
slot collision[][0]Failed
maintenance collision[][0]Failed
outside slot[][0]Failed
room for award[][0]Failed

SHA-256 / e5fec13f43f83d9a504797d1bfe72141447570a4a5baad1997a7ebcc83ed7ff9

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["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(x["start"],x["start"]+x["setup"]))
    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 = [('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]])]
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))['setup-footprint'], 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 contract[1][0]Failed
mixed known unknown slots[1][0]Failed
released occupied slot[1][0]Failed
extra duration slot[1][0]Failed
gap in award[1][0]Failed
slot collision[1][0]Failed
maintenance collision[1][0]Failed
outside slot[1][0]Failed
room for award[1][0]Failed

SHA-256 / 0fbc9a36ddbd37ca173f0cce29c46fc8bfe47c458c4149c353e08a76dcaf29b8

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 = [('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]]), ('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}, [[0], [0], [0], [0], [0]])]
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))['setup-footprint'], 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 contract[0][0]Passed
mixed known unknown slots[0][0]Passed
released occupied slot[0][0]Passed
extra duration slot[0][0]Passed
gap in award[0][0]Passed
slot collision[0][0]Passed
maintenance collision[0][0]Passed
outside slot[0][0]Passed
room for award[0][0]Passed

SHA-256 / f46b5394e7ca633ae27831c3c7e15b8f82f19b32e47b93e8c148e6e9e76f77be

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 2026-09-29T14:46:14.156437+00:00.

Case digest / fcaf670f148709b4961294019d51a7fd99be1dc11afd11f684b2241c9f603e26