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Dns additional records do not override authoritative answers · case 01

Dns additional records do not override authoritative answers.

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ROOT CAUSE

The faulty implementation uses `dict(answers,**additional)` for the dns-additional-records-do-not-override-authoritative-answers decision.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Apply the explicit dns-additional-records-do-not-override-authoritative-answers contract, including the tested boundary and negative cases.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses `dict({k:v for k,v in answers.items() if k in allowed},**additional)` and still violates a separate fixture.

Case contract

Given answers, additional, allowed, dns additional records do not override authoritative answers. Return the protocol decision or transformed value; fields are validated and fixtures state boundary outcomes.

Why this case matters

This deterministic dns resolution model isolates the dns-additional-records-do-not-override-authoritative-answers 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(answers, additional, allowed):
    return dict(answers,**additional)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve({'a': 1}, {'a': 2, 'evil': 3}, ['a']), {'a': 1})", "check('fixture 2', solve({}, {'a': 2, 'evil': 3}, ['a']), {'a': 2})", "check('fixture 3', solve({'a': 1}, {}, []), {'a': 1})", "check('fixture 4', solve({}, {}, []), {})"]
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 2{'a': 2, 'evil': 3}{'a': 2}Failed
fixture 3{'a': 1}{'a': 1}Passed
fixture 4{}{}Passed
fixture 1{'a': 2, 'evil': 3}{'a': 1}Failed

SHA-256 / 0e18a464290ab4be03196f2742872454b1a8c18ee5008efbfea1a6d1ea1700d7

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(answers, additional, allowed):
    return dict({k:v for k,v in answers.items() if k in allowed},**additional)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve({'a': 1}, {'a': 2, 'evil': 3}, ['a']), {'a': 1})", "check('fixture 2', solve({}, {'a': 2, 'evil': 3}, ['a']), {'a': 2})", "check('fixture 3', solve({'a': 1}, {}, []), {'a': 1})", "check('fixture 4', solve({}, {}, []), {})"]
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 2{'a': 2, 'evil': 3}{'a': 2}Failed
fixture 3{}{'a': 1}Failed
fixture 4{}{}Passed
fixture 1{'a': 2, 'evil': 3}{'a': 1}Failed

SHA-256 / 0c0681eceb0724e5ea5316b3a99b82ffd2ae01d36d3d09c1e3b0a22577553481

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""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(answers, additional, allowed):
    return dict({k:v for k,v in additional.items() if k in allowed}, **answers)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve({'a': 1}, {'a': 2, 'evil': 3}, ['a']), {'a': 1})", "check('fixture 2', solve({}, {'a': 2, 'evil': 3}, ['a']), {'a': 2})", "check('fixture 3', solve({'a': 1}, {}, []), {'a': 1})", "check('fixture 4', solve({}, {}, []), {})"]
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 2{'a': 2}{'a': 2}Passed
fixture 3{'a': 1}{'a': 1}Passed
fixture 4{}{}Passed
fixture 1{'a': 1}{'a': 1}Passed

SHA-256 / ed55ede9c91a1cc494c8f917d41604db8f613c580854c82b338a0d7e16da1152

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 2026-09-29T14:38:11.506573+00:00.

Case digest / 8d526ce032208b04fbbeade0f6e85b6f9049de4bb3a836f907b429245e729e72