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Award assignment: guarantee novation · case 01

Original guarantee releases before completed novation.

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ROOT CAUSE

Original guarantee releases before completed novation.

VERIFIED REPAIR

For guarantee novation, apply the stipulated decision 0 if x["novation"] and x["completed"] else x["guarantee"].

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses 0 if x["novation"] else x["guarantee"]; the explicit regression cases demonstrate that this still violates the stipulated auction rule.

Case contract

A winning bidder assigns an award subject to buyer, seller and assignee consents. Assignment transfers only undelivered units and the matching unpaid obligation. Partial assignments preserve original provenance and do not release an original guarantee without novation. Named decision guarantee-novation: For guarantee novation, apply the stipulated decision 0 if x["novation"] and x["completed"] else x["guarantee"].

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["seller_consents"] and x["buyer_consents"] and x["assignee_accepts"]
    v1 = min(x["assign"],max(0,x["award"]-x["delivered"]))
    v2 = max(0,x["award"]-x["delivered"]-x["assign"])
    v3 = min(x["assign"],max(0,x["award"]-x["paid_units"]))
    v4 = 0 if x["completed"] else x["guarantee"]
    v5 = x["assignee"] in x["approved_assignees"] and x["assignee"] not in x["banned"]
    v6 = 0 if x["assignee"]==x["original"] else x["assign"]
    v7 = [x["new_id"],x["source_id"],x["original"],x["assignee"]]
    v8 = x["new_id"]!=x["source_id"]
    v9 = x["escrow"]>=x["required_escrow"]+x["assignment_fee"]
    return {'three-party-consent':v0,'undelivered-assignment-cap':v1,'remaining-original-obligation':v2,'assigned-unpaid-units':v3,'guarantee-novation':v4,'assignee-admission':v5,'self-assignment-noop':v6,'assignment-provenance':v7,'distinct-assignment-id':v8,'escrow-and-assignment-fee':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('complete transfer', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': True, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee / complete transfer', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': True, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('novation approved', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': True, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee / novation approved', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': True, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('normal contract', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('unapproved unbanned assignee', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': [], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('fee exceeds residual escrow', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 9, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('all consents', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': True, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('seller refuses', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': False, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('buyer refuses', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': False, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('overassignment', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 7, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('all delivered', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 8, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50])]
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))['guarantee-novation'], 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
complete transfer010Failed
approved banned assignee / complete transfer010Failed
novation approved1010Passed
approved banned assignee / novation approved1010Passed
normal contract1010Passed
approved banned assignee1010Passed
unapproved unbanned assignee1010Passed
fee exceeds residual escrow1010Passed
all consents1010Passed
seller refuses1010Passed
buyer refuses1010Passed
overassignment1010Passed
all delivered1010Passed

SHA-256 / 5a2db6698c419619f77c10837401f95c3785d7536dd53673355ab8eae70eb216

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = x["seller_consents"] and x["buyer_consents"] and x["assignee_accepts"]
    v1 = min(x["assign"],max(0,x["award"]-x["delivered"]))
    v2 = max(0,x["award"]-x["delivered"]-x["assign"])
    v3 = min(x["assign"],max(0,x["award"]-x["paid_units"]))
    v4 = 0 if x["novation"] else x["guarantee"]
    v5 = x["assignee"] in x["approved_assignees"] and x["assignee"] not in x["banned"]
    v6 = 0 if x["assignee"]==x["original"] else x["assign"]
    v7 = [x["new_id"],x["source_id"],x["original"],x["assignee"]]
    v8 = x["new_id"]!=x["source_id"]
    v9 = x["escrow"]>=x["required_escrow"]+x["assignment_fee"]
    return {'three-party-consent':v0,'undelivered-assignment-cap':v1,'remaining-original-obligation':v2,'assigned-unpaid-units':v3,'guarantee-novation':v4,'assignee-admission':v5,'self-assignment-noop':v6,'assignment-provenance':v7,'distinct-assignment-id':v8,'escrow-and-assignment-fee':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('complete transfer', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': True, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee / complete transfer', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': True, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('novation approved', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': True, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee / novation approved', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': True, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('normal contract', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('unapproved unbanned assignee', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': [], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('fee exceeds residual escrow', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 9, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('all consents', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': True, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('seller refuses', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': False, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('buyer refuses', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': False, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('overassignment', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 7, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('all delivered', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 8, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50])]
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))['guarantee-novation'], 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
complete transfer1010Passed
approved banned assignee / complete transfer1010Passed
novation approved010Failed
approved banned assignee / novation approved010Failed
normal contract1010Passed
approved banned assignee1010Passed
unapproved unbanned assignee1010Passed
fee exceeds residual escrow1010Passed
all consents1010Passed
seller refuses1010Passed
buyer refuses1010Passed
overassignment1010Passed
all delivered1010Passed

SHA-256 / 7d65f133ef80d8149c510a6229d5ecdee4e6edaf42167ed0da20c8aedbda9b05

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    v0 = x["seller_consents"] and x["buyer_consents"] and x["assignee_accepts"]
    v1 = min(x["assign"],max(0,x["award"]-x["delivered"]))
    v2 = max(0,x["award"]-x["delivered"]-x["assign"])
    v3 = min(x["assign"],max(0,x["award"]-x["paid_units"]))
    v4 = 0 if x["novation"] and x["completed"] else x["guarantee"]
    v5 = x["assignee"] in x["approved_assignees"] and x["assignee"] not in x["banned"]
    v6 = 0 if x["assignee"]==x["original"] else x["assign"]
    v7 = [x["new_id"],x["source_id"],x["original"],x["assignee"]]
    v8 = x["new_id"]!=x["source_id"]
    v9 = x["escrow"]>=x["required_escrow"]+x["assignment_fee"]
    return {'three-party-consent':v0,'undelivered-assignment-cap':v1,'remaining-original-obligation':v2,'assigned-unpaid-units':v3,'guarantee-novation':v4,'assignee-admission':v5,'self-assignment-noop':v6,'assignment-provenance':v7,'distinct-assignment-id':v8,'escrow-and-assignment-fee':v9}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [('complete transfer', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': True, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee / complete transfer', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': True, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('novation approved', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': True, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee / novation approved', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': True, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('normal contract', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('approved banned assignee', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['b'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('unapproved unbanned assignee', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': [], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('fee exceeds residual escrow', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 9, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('all consents', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': True, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('seller refuses', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': False, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('buyer refuses', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': False, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('overassignment', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 3, 'assign': 7, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]), ('all delivered', {'award': 8, 'delivered': 8, 'assign': 4, 'original': 'a', 'assignee': 'b', 'seller_consents': True, 'buyer_consents': True, 'assignee_accepts': False, 'paid_units': 2, 'guarantee': 10, 'novation': False, 'approved_assignees': ['b'], 'banned': ['c'], 'assignments': [['b', 2], ['c', 1]], 'source_id': 'w1', 'new_id': 'w2', 'completed': False, 'escrow': 12, 'required_escrow': 8, 'assignment_fee': 2}, [10, 20, 30, 40, 50])]
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))['guarantee-novation'], 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
complete transfer1010Passed
approved banned assignee / complete transfer1010Passed
novation approved1010Passed
approved banned assignee / novation approved1010Passed
normal contract1010Passed
approved banned assignee1010Passed
unapproved unbanned assignee1010Passed
fee exceeds residual escrow1010Passed
all consents1010Passed
seller refuses1010Passed
buyer refuses1010Passed
overassignment1010Passed
all delivered1010Passed

SHA-256 / c976abe11343ba4f0cef051f44aa142917122452fe443cdeb209d1afd6bd05d7

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 2026-09-29T14:46:20.654202+00:00.

Case digest / daea13399bf4bc446b1cd483e74d0f1d75b9f191f760c96e545f8e8a91a32ab7