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Continue is emitted only before an expected request body · case 01

Continue is emitted only before an expected request body.

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ROOT CAUSE

The faulty implementation uses `expect == '100-continue'` for the expect-continue decision.

THE FAILURE

The faulty implementation uses `expect == '100-continue'` for the expect-continue decision.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses `version == '1.1' and remaining > 0` and still violates a separate fixture.

Case contract

Continue is emitted only before an expected request body: return the result specified by the explicit input/output boundary fixtures.

Why this case matters

This deterministic http semantics model isolates the expect-continue policy at a network component boundary.

1 / The failure

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import ipaddress
import re
from urllib.parse import urlsplit, urljoin
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(version, expect, remaining):
    return expect == '100-continue'
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve('1.1', '100-Continue', 2), True)", "check('fixture 2', solve('1.1', '100-continue', 0), False)", "check('fixture 3', solve('1.0', '100-continue', 2), False)", "check('fixture 4', solve('1.1', '', 2), False)"]
for _line in _fixtures[N % len(_fixtures):] + _fixtures[:N % len(_fixtures)]:
    exec(_line)
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
fixture 2TrueFalseFailed
fixture 3TrueFalseFailed
fixture 4FalseFalsePassed
fixture 1FalseTrueFailed

SHA-256 / b972c41d16e3c64a673fa3ea6c0117f27dddd69d254a5c0abff99a39fef7a0f3

2 / The unsuccessful fix

Exit 1
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json
import ipaddress
import re
from urllib.parse import urlsplit, urljoin
N = 1
observations = []
def solve(version, expect, remaining):
    return version == '1.1' and remaining > 0
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve('1.1', '100-Continue', 2), True)", "check('fixture 2', solve('1.1', '100-continue', 0), False)", "check('fixture 3', solve('1.0', '100-continue', 2), False)", "check('fixture 4', solve('1.1', '', 2), False)"]
for _line in _fixtures[N % len(_fixtures):] + _fixtures[:N % len(_fixtures)]:
    exec(_line)
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
fixture 2FalseFalsePassed
fixture 3FalseFalsePassed
fixture 4TrueFalseFailed
fixture 1TrueTruePassed

SHA-256 / 204a2bc8b3ce8da607995ba6191d911036ce8d6e6550d2dea81aeabe4f7800e2

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Verification & scope

Bounded deterministic policy model over validated inputs; not a complete protocol stack or an interoperability claim. The five variants rotate the same explicit fixture set. 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 2026-09-29T14:38:03.749972+00:00.

Case digest / 87681ba01b18b9829a9468a9b82db46650d6f428ffac9d7f0837d7e8e2be7903