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Weighted Misra-Gries frequent items: weighted decrement uses one unit · case 01

A heavy newcomer loses only one unit and stale counters linger, violating the weighted algorithm.

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ROOT CAUSE

The decrement uses the unweighted step of one.

THE FAILURE

The decrement uses the unweighted step of one.

Unsuccessful approach: Decrementing by the full incoming weight can drive counters negative.

Case contract

Input {k, stream} of [item, positive weight]. Keep at most k counters. A tracked item adds its weight; an untracked item takes a free counter. Otherwise dec = min(smallest counter, weight) is subtracted from every counter and from the incoming weight, counters reaching 0 are dropped, and a positive remainder is inserted. removed accumulates dec*(k+1), the discarded mass. Return [sorted [item, count] pairs, removed].

Why this case matters

Heavy-hitter detection over weighted traffic (bytes per flow, spend per account) relies on the deterministic Misra-Gries error bound removed/(k+1).

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    k = x['k']
    C = {}
    removed = 0
    for item, wt in x['stream']:
        if item in C:
            C[item] += wt
        elif len(C) < k:
            C[item] = wt
        else:
            dec = 1
            for key in list(C):
                C[key] -= dec
                if C[key] == 0:
                    del C[key]
            wt -= dec
            removed += dec * (k + 1)
            if wt > 0:
                C[item] = wt
    return [sorted([key, v] for key, v in C.items()), removed]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
cases = [[['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 4],
               ['c', 1],
               ['a', 3],
               ['d', 1],
               ['d', 3],
               ['a', 5],
               ['e', 2],
               ['d', 3],
               ['d', 4],
               ['a', 5],
               ['a', 4]]},
   [[['a', 14], ['d', 12]], 9]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['e', 5],
               ['c', 5],
               ['b', 3],
               ['d', 2],
               ['c', 2],
               ['d', 2],
               ['d', 1],
               ['c', 3],
               ['a', 4],
               ['d', 4],
               ['f', 1]]},
   [[['a', 1], ['c', 4], ['d', 3]], 24]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 2],
               ['c', 2],
               ['c', 1],
               ['c', 4],
               ['a', 1],
               ['c', 4],
               ['d', 4],
               ['c', 5],
               ['c', 3],
               ['c', 4],
               ['a', 1]]},
   [[['c', 21], ['d', 4]], 6]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['a', 5],
               ['a', 5],
               ['a', 2],
               ['a', 3],
               ['d', 4],
               ['a', 3],
               ['e', 4],
               ['e', 1],
               ['g', 4],
               ['g', 1],
               ['g', 3]]},
   [[['a', 18], ['d', 4], ['e', 5], ['g', 8]], 0]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 7]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 5]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 1]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]],
 [['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 1],
               ['e', 5],
               ['d', 4],
               ['e', 5],
               ['b', 1],
               ['e', 4],
               ['a', 5],
               ['b', 3],
               ['d', 1],
               ['d', 2],
               ['e', 1],
               ['d', 1]]},
   [[['d', 2], ['e', 7]], 24]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['c', 2],
               ['b', 5],
               ['b', 5],
               ['c', 1],
               ['d', 1],
               ['a', 5],
               ['c', 2],
               ['f', 4],
               ['a', 2],
               ['f', 5],
               ['b', 2],
               ['d', 4]]},
   [[['b', 5], ['d', 2], ['f', 3]], 28]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['c', 2],
               ['d', 2],
               ['c', 4],
               ['d', 5],
               ['d', 1],
               ['b', 2],
               ['b', 5],
               ['c', 3],
               ['e', 4],
               ['c', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['b', 2]]},
   [[['c', 4], ['e', 4]], 30]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['a', 2],
               ['g', 1],
               ['c', 5],
               ['a', 3],
               ['b', 2],
               ['b', 1],
               ['d', 3],
               ['g', 2],
               ['e', 3],
               ['b', 4],
               ['d', 2],
               ['d', 4]]},
   [[['b', 2], ['d', 4], ['e', 1]], 25]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 8]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 6]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 2]]},
   [[['a', 3], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]],
 [['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['c', 3],
               ['e', 5],
               ['c', 1],
               ['a', 2],
               ['a', 2],
               ['a', 4],
               ['c', 3],
               ['d', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['c', 1],
               ['b', 5],
               ['d', 1]]},
   [[['b', 5], ['d', 1]], 30]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['a', 1],
               ['e', 4],
               ['e', 5],
               ['b', 2],
               ['f', 3],
               ['d', 3],
               ['b', 1],
               ['b', 1],
               ['f', 3],
               ['d', 2],
               ['c', 3],
               ['f', 3],
               ['c', 3]]},
   [[['c', 4], ['e', 3], ['f', 3]], 24]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['e', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['c', 5],
               ['b', 5],
               ['c', 3],
               ['e', 4],
               ['b', 1],
               ['a', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['d', 1],
               ['e', 1],
               ['e', 1],
               ['e', 5]]},
   [[['a', 3], ['e', 8]], 27]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['a', 3],
               ['f', 4],
               ['e', 4],
               ['b', 2],
               ['c', 1],
               ['g', 1],
               ['f', 4],
               ['e', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['e', 4],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 2],
               ['f', 1]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 2], ['e', 11], ['f', 7]], 10]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 9]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 7]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 3]]},
   [[['a', 4], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]],
 [['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 3],
               ['e', 1],
               ['d', 3],
               ['c', 1],
               ['c', 4],
               ['c', 3],
               ['e', 5],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 5],
               ['a', 2],
               ['e', 5],
               ['d', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['b', 4]]},
   [[['b', 3]], 39]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['d', 3],
               ['a', 5],
               ['c', 2],
               ['d', 1],
               ['b', 2],
               ['d', 3],
               ['b', 3],
               ['d', 4],
               ['c', 1],
               ['f', 5],
               ['d', 1],
               ['e', 5],
               ['b', 2],
               ['d', 3]]},
   [[['d', 8], ['e', 3], ['f', 1]], 28]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['c', 5],
               ['b', 5],
               ['c', 2],
               ['c', 5],
               ['d', 4],
               ['a', 4],
               ['b', 4],
               ['c', 5],
               ['c', 1],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 3],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 3],
               ['d', 5]]},
   [[['c', 3], ['d', 2]], 45]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['b', 5],
               ['d', 2],
               ['a', 4],
               ['f', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['b', 2],
               ['g', 1],
               ['c', 2],
               ['d', 3],
               ['d', 5],
               ['d', 3],
               ['e', 4],
               ['c', 3],
               ['g', 4]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['d', 7], ['e', 1], ['g', 3]], 30]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 10]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 8]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 4]]},
   [[['a', 5], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]],
 [['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['b', 4],
               ['d', 3],
               ['d', 4],
               ['e', 4],
               ['c', 1],
               ['a', 3],
               ['b', 2],
               ['b', 5],
               ['e', 5],
               ['e', 1],
               ['d', 4],
               ['e', 3],
               ['c', 3],
               ['d', 3],
               ['e', 5]]},
   [[['d', 1], ['e', 7]], 42]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['d', 3],
               ['a', 5],
               ['b', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['c', 4],
               ['d', 4],
               ['e', 4],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 4],
               ['d', 1],
               ['a', 4],
               ['b', 3],
               ['f', 1],
               ['f', 2],
               ['d', 4]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['d', 4]], 44]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 3],
               ['a', 5],
               ['a', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['b', 4],
               ['c', 4],
               ['a', 2],
               ['e', 1],
               ['e', 2],
               ['a', 5],
               ['e', 1],
               ['c', 3],
               ['c', 4],
               ['c', 1],
               ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 6], ['c', 7]], 33]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['b', 1],
               ['g', 4],
               ['f', 3],
               ['g', 1],
               ['f', 1],
               ['e', 1],
               ['g', 3],
               ['g', 5],
               ['g', 2],
               ['a', 4],
               ['d', 2],
               ['e', 2],
               ['d', 3],
               ['d', 3],
               ['e', 5]]},
   [[['d', 5], ['e', 4], ['g', 11]], 20]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 11]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 9]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 5]]},
   [[['a', 6], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]]]
for label, args, expected in cases[N - 1]:
    check(label, solve(args), expected)
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
weighted stream 0 k=2[[['a', 15], ['d', 13], ['e', 1]], 6][[['a', 14], ['d', 12]], 9]Failed
weighted stream 1 k=3[[['a', 2], ['c', 7], ['d', 6], ['e', 2]], 12][[['a', 1], ['c', 4], ['d', 3]], 24]Failed
weighted stream 2 k=2[[['c', 21], ['d', 4]], 6][[['c', 21], ['d', 4]], 6]Passed
weighted stream 3 k=4[[['a', 18], ['d', 4], ['e', 5], ['g', 8]], 0][[['a', 18], ['d', 4], ['e', 5], ['g', 8]], 0]Passed
newcomer fully absorbed[[['a', 4], ['b', 3], ['c', 2]], 3][[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]Failed
newcomer survives decrement[[['a', 1], ['b', 2], ['c', 6]], 3][[['b', 1], ['c', 5]], 6]Failed
exact capacity[[['a', 2], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0][[['a', 2], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]Passed

SHA-256 / d4b9c731629438eca43aec1502da52347f8e552203b0234a5b5505ecde92f596

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    k = x['k']
    C = {}
    removed = 0
    for item, wt in x['stream']:
        if item in C:
            C[item] += wt
        elif len(C) < k:
            C[item] = wt
        else:
            dec = wt
            for key in list(C):
                C[key] -= dec
                if C[key] == 0:
                    del C[key]
            wt -= dec
            removed += dec * (k + 1)
            if wt > 0:
                C[item] = wt
    return [sorted([key, v] for key, v in C.items()), removed]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
cases = [[['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 4],
               ['c', 1],
               ['a', 3],
               ['d', 1],
               ['d', 3],
               ['a', 5],
               ['e', 2],
               ['d', 3],
               ['d', 4],
               ['a', 5],
               ['a', 4]]},
   [[['a', 14], ['d', 12]], 9]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['e', 5],
               ['c', 5],
               ['b', 3],
               ['d', 2],
               ['c', 2],
               ['d', 2],
               ['d', 1],
               ['c', 3],
               ['a', 4],
               ['d', 4],
               ['f', 1]]},
   [[['a', 1], ['c', 4], ['d', 3]], 24]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 2],
               ['c', 2],
               ['c', 1],
               ['c', 4],
               ['a', 1],
               ['c', 4],
               ['d', 4],
               ['c', 5],
               ['c', 3],
               ['c', 4],
               ['a', 1]]},
   [[['c', 21], ['d', 4]], 6]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['a', 5],
               ['a', 5],
               ['a', 2],
               ['a', 3],
               ['d', 4],
               ['a', 3],
               ['e', 4],
               ['e', 1],
               ['g', 4],
               ['g', 1],
               ['g', 3]]},
   [[['a', 18], ['d', 4], ['e', 5], ['g', 8]], 0]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 7]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 5]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 1]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]],
 [['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 1],
               ['e', 5],
               ['d', 4],
               ['e', 5],
               ['b', 1],
               ['e', 4],
               ['a', 5],
               ['b', 3],
               ['d', 1],
               ['d', 2],
               ['e', 1],
               ['d', 1]]},
   [[['d', 2], ['e', 7]], 24]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['c', 2],
               ['b', 5],
               ['b', 5],
               ['c', 1],
               ['d', 1],
               ['a', 5],
               ['c', 2],
               ['f', 4],
               ['a', 2],
               ['f', 5],
               ['b', 2],
               ['d', 4]]},
   [[['b', 5], ['d', 2], ['f', 3]], 28]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['c', 2],
               ['d', 2],
               ['c', 4],
               ['d', 5],
               ['d', 1],
               ['b', 2],
               ['b', 5],
               ['c', 3],
               ['e', 4],
               ['c', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['b', 2]]},
   [[['c', 4], ['e', 4]], 30]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['a', 2],
               ['g', 1],
               ['c', 5],
               ['a', 3],
               ['b', 2],
               ['b', 1],
               ['d', 3],
               ['g', 2],
               ['e', 3],
               ['b', 4],
               ['d', 2],
               ['d', 4]]},
   [[['b', 2], ['d', 4], ['e', 1]], 25]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 8]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 6]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 2]]},
   [[['a', 3], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]],
 [['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['c', 3],
               ['e', 5],
               ['c', 1],
               ['a', 2],
               ['a', 2],
               ['a', 4],
               ['c', 3],
               ['d', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['c', 1],
               ['b', 5],
               ['d', 1]]},
   [[['b', 5], ['d', 1]], 30]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['a', 1],
               ['e', 4],
               ['e', 5],
               ['b', 2],
               ['f', 3],
               ['d', 3],
               ['b', 1],
               ['b', 1],
               ['f', 3],
               ['d', 2],
               ['c', 3],
               ['f', 3],
               ['c', 3]]},
   [[['c', 4], ['e', 3], ['f', 3]], 24]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['e', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['c', 5],
               ['b', 5],
               ['c', 3],
               ['e', 4],
               ['b', 1],
               ['a', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['d', 1],
               ['e', 1],
               ['e', 1],
               ['e', 5]]},
   [[['a', 3], ['e', 8]], 27]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['a', 3],
               ['f', 4],
               ['e', 4],
               ['b', 2],
               ['c', 1],
               ['g', 1],
               ['f', 4],
               ['e', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['e', 4],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 2],
               ['f', 1]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 2], ['e', 11], ['f', 7]], 10]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 9]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 7]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 3]]},
   [[['a', 4], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]],
 [['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 3],
               ['e', 1],
               ['d', 3],
               ['c', 1],
               ['c', 4],
               ['c', 3],
               ['e', 5],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 5],
               ['a', 2],
               ['e', 5],
               ['d', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['b', 4]]},
   [[['b', 3]], 39]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['d', 3],
               ['a', 5],
               ['c', 2],
               ['d', 1],
               ['b', 2],
               ['d', 3],
               ['b', 3],
               ['d', 4],
               ['c', 1],
               ['f', 5],
               ['d', 1],
               ['e', 5],
               ['b', 2],
               ['d', 3]]},
   [[['d', 8], ['e', 3], ['f', 1]], 28]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['c', 5],
               ['b', 5],
               ['c', 2],
               ['c', 5],
               ['d', 4],
               ['a', 4],
               ['b', 4],
               ['c', 5],
               ['c', 1],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 3],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 3],
               ['d', 5]]},
   [[['c', 3], ['d', 2]], 45]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['b', 5],
               ['d', 2],
               ['a', 4],
               ['f', 3],
               ['a', 1],
               ['b', 2],
               ['g', 1],
               ['c', 2],
               ['d', 3],
               ['d', 5],
               ['d', 3],
               ['e', 4],
               ['c', 3],
               ['g', 4]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['d', 7], ['e', 1], ['g', 3]], 30]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 10]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 8]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 4]]},
   [[['a', 5], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]],
 [['weighted stream 0 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['b', 4],
               ['d', 3],
               ['d', 4],
               ['e', 4],
               ['c', 1],
               ['a', 3],
               ['b', 2],
               ['b', 5],
               ['e', 5],
               ['e', 1],
               ['d', 4],
               ['e', 3],
               ['c', 3],
               ['d', 3],
               ['e', 5]]},
   [[['d', 1], ['e', 7]], 42]],
  ['weighted stream 1 k=3',
   {'k': 3,
    'stream': [['d', 3],
               ['a', 5],
               ['b', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['c', 4],
               ['d', 4],
               ['e', 4],
               ['e', 2],
               ['b', 4],
               ['d', 1],
               ['a', 4],
               ['b', 3],
               ['f', 1],
               ['f', 2],
               ['d', 4]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['d', 4]], 44]],
  ['weighted stream 2 k=2',
   {'k': 2,
    'stream': [['d', 3],
               ['a', 5],
               ['a', 5],
               ['e', 3],
               ['b', 4],
               ['c', 4],
               ['a', 2],
               ['e', 1],
               ['e', 2],
               ['a', 5],
               ['e', 1],
               ['c', 3],
               ['c', 4],
               ['c', 1],
               ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 6], ['c', 7]], 33]],
  ['weighted stream 3 k=4',
   {'k': 4,
    'stream': [['b', 1],
               ['g', 4],
               ['f', 3],
               ['g', 1],
               ['f', 1],
               ['e', 1],
               ['g', 3],
               ['g', 5],
               ['g', 2],
               ['a', 4],
               ['d', 2],
               ['e', 2],
               ['d', 3],
               ['d', 3],
               ['e', 5]]},
   [[['d', 5], ['e', 4], ['g', 11]], 20]],
  ['newcomer fully absorbed',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 5], ['b', 4], ['c', 3]]},
   [[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]],
  ['newcomer survives decrement',
   {'k': 2, 'stream': [['a', 2], ['b', 3], ['c', 11]]},
   [[['b', 1], ['c', 9]], 6]],
  ['exact capacity',
   {'k': 3, 'stream': [['a', 1], ['b', 1], ['c', 1], ['a', 5]]},
   [[['a', 6], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]]]]
for label, args, expected in cases[N - 1]:
    check(label, solve(args), expected)
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
weighted stream 0 k=2[[['c', -23], ['e', -14]], 72][[['a', 14], ['d', 12]], 9]Failed
weighted stream 1 k=3[[['b', -6], ['c', 1], ['f', 1]], 36][[['a', 1], ['c', 4], ['d', 3]], 24]Failed
weighted stream 2 k=2[[['c', 21], ['d', 4]], 6][[['c', 21], ['d', 4]], 6]Passed
weighted stream 3 k=4[[['a', 18], ['d', 4], ['e', 5], ['g', 8]], 0][[['a', 18], ['d', 4], ['e', 5], ['g', 8]], 0]Passed
newcomer fully absorbed[[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9][[['a', 2], ['b', 1]], 9]Passed
newcomer survives decrement[[['a', -5], ['b', -4]], 21][[['b', 1], ['c', 5]], 6]Failed
exact capacity[[['a', 2], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0][[['a', 2], ['b', 1], ['c', 1]], 0]Passed

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A deterministic, bounded teaching model with stipulated constants and pre-hashed or explicitly hashed inputs; it is not a production implementation and makes no claim of conformance to any library or paper beyond the stated contract. 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 2026-09-29T14:48:44.546719+00:00.

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