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Zero max forwards terminates forwarding · case 01

Zero max forwards terminates forwarding.

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ROOT CAUSE

The faulty implementation uses `count == 0` for the zero-max-forwards-terminates-forwarding decision.

THE FAILURE

The faulty implementation uses `count == 0` for the zero-max-forwards-terminates-forwarding decision.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses `method == 'TRACE' and count == 0` and still violates a separate fixture.

Case contract

Bounded offline decision model: zero max forwards terminates forwarding. Inputs are already validated protocol fields; the explicit fixtures define the supported policy, not a complete protocol implementation.

Why this case matters

This deterministic proxy forwarding model isolates the zero-max-forwards-terminates-forwarding 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(method, count):
    return count == 0
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve('GET', 0), False)", "check('fixture 2', solve('OPTIONS', 0), True)", "check('fixture 3', solve('TRACE', 0), True)", "check('fixture 4', solve('TRACE', 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 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 / 6becfcffe024dcd38b8aec9f2b730c25028525e425984c28b4adad60e21f9f67

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(method, count):
    return method == 'TRACE' and count == 0
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve('GET', 0), False)", "check('fixture 2', solve('OPTIONS', 0), True)", "check('fixture 3', solve('TRACE', 0), True)", "check('fixture 4', solve('TRACE', 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 fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
fixture 2	`False`	`True`	Failed
fixture 3	`True`	`True`	Passed
fixture 4	`False`	`False`	Passed
fixture 1	`False`	`False`	Passed

SHA-256 / 1e4db8cc23ead9b2b2615d85c8a78ac40dfa46bb834d62df2fedeeec53e4714c

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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 2026-09-29T14:38:07.365119+00:00.

Case digest / 246d22c07f0f5da903b14204d80ff585d217c40e18156f91683f94bc62d3a437