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Media subtype wildcard does not cross top level types · case 01

Media subtype wildcard does not cross top level types.

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ROOT CAUSE

The faulty implementation uses `range_.endswith('/*') or range_ == media` for the media-subtype-wildcard-does-not-cross-top-level-types decision.

THE FAILURE

The faulty implementation uses `range_.endswith('/*') or range_ == media` for the media-subtype-wildcard-does-not-cross-top-level-types decision.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses `range_ == media` and still violates a separate fixture.

Case contract

Bounded offline decision model: media subtype wildcard does not cross top level types. Inputs are already validated protocol fields; the explicit fixtures define the supported policy, not a complete protocol implementation.

Why this case matters

This deterministic content negotiation model isolates the media-subtype-wildcard-does-not-cross-top-level-types 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(range_, media):
    return range_.endswith('/*') or range_ == media
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve('text/*', 'image/png'), False)", "check('fixture 2', solve('text/*', 'text/html'), True)", "check('fixture 3', solve('*/*', 'image/png'), True)", "check('fixture 4', solve('text/plain', 'text/html'), 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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
fixture 2	`True`	`True`	Passed
fixture 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
fixture 4	`False`	`False`	Passed
fixture 1	`True`	`False`	Failed

SHA-256 / 1eaf0e77dfc9875b5e4cc7dd98c65ea6215e6012ec02d1194c8acc289aad6d88

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(range_, media):
    return range_ == media
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve('text/*', 'image/png'), False)", "check('fixture 2', solve('text/*', 'text/html'), True)", "check('fixture 3', solve('*/*', 'image/png'), True)", "check('fixture 4', solve('text/plain', 'text/html'), 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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
fixture 2	`False`	`True`	Failed
fixture 3	`False`	`True`	Failed
fixture 4	`False`	`False`	Passed
fixture 1	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / b6f850b8f9d1d2b50720ead07771d68f2029277148f8cce3f5270b9d74f97594

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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 2026-09-29T14:38:05.632049+00:00.

Case digest / 0c93685e336044564406855b4abbea05b8298dd6c17586d4da81d3c22617fff0