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Guarded progressive ramp: An error rate equal to the threshold rolls back · case 01

Launches sitting exactly at the tolerated 2 percent error rate are rolled back.

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ROOT CAUSE

The breach test uses rate >= 0.02.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Roll back only when the error rate strictly exceeds 0.02.

Unsuccessful approach: Rounding the rate to two decimals first hides breaches such as 0.024.

Case contract

stages is an increasing list of percentages; the ramp starts at stages[0]. Each check [error_rate, sample] is processed in order: after a rollback everything stays at 0; a sample below 100 holds the current stage; an error rate above 0.02 rolls back to 0 permanently; otherwise advance one stage (staying at the last). State is complete at the last stage, rolled_back after a rollback, else ramping. Return [final percent, state, percent after each check].

Why this case matters

Automated ramps with guardrails must neither overreact to noise nor resume after a rollback.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(stages, checks):
    idx = 0
    history = []
    state = 'ramping' if len(stages) > 1 else 'complete'
    for rate, sample in checks:
        if state == 'rolled_back':
            history.append(0)
            continue
        if sample < 100:
            history.append(stages[idx])
            continue
        if rate >= 0.02:
            state = 'rolled_back'
            history.append(0)
            continue
        idx = min(idx + 1, len(stages) - 1)
        if idx == len(stages) - 1:
            state = 'complete'
        history.append(stages[idx])
    final = 0 if state == 'rolled_back' else stages[idx]
    return [final, state, history]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('low-sample breach only holds', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.5, 20], [0, 500]]], [5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]),
  ('rollback is terminal',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 500], [0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('guardrail sample 1', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 50]]], [1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]]),
  ('guardrail sample 2',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.024, 100], [0.01, 99], [0.05, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 3', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 99], [0.05, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]])],
 [('rollback is terminal',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 500], [0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 6',
   [[100], [[0.024, 99], [0.01, 99], [0.02, 500], [0.024, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 100]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 28',
   [[5, 100], [[0.02, 500], [0.01, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 500], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 31',
   [[100], [[0.05, 99], [0.01, 50], [0.02, 500], [0.02, 100], [0.01, 500], [0.05, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 0]])],
 [('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 11',
   [[100], [[0.05, 100], [0.024, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.02, 99], [0.05, 50], [0.05, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 46', [[5, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 100]]], [100, 'complete', [5, 100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 51',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 99], [0.05, 99], [0.02, 100], [0.05, 99], [0.024, 500], [0.01, 100]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [1, 1, 5, 5, 0, 0]])],
 [('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('rollback after completion',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500], [0.03, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [50, 100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 16',
   [[5, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 100], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [5, 5, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 18',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500], [0.05, 50], [0.02, 100], [0.02, 500], [0.05, 500], [0.024, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 28',
   [[5, 100], [[0.02, 500], [0.01, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 500], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0]])],
 [('low-sample breach only holds', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.5, 20], [0, 500]]], [5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('rollback after completion',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500], [0.03, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [50, 100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 21',
   [[5, 100], [[0.024, 99], [0, 100], [0.02, 99], [0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.02, 100]]],
   [100, 'complete', [5, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 22',
   [[100], [[0.01, 100], [0.05, 99], [0.01, 100], [0.05, 100], [0, 500], [0.01, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 40',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.02, 100], [0.01, 500], [0.024, 100], [0, 99], [0.02, 500], [0.01, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [5, 25, 0, 0, 0, 0]])]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[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
low-sample breach only holds[5, 'ramping', [1, 5]][5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]Passed
rollback is terminal[0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]Passed
error rate exactly at threshold advances[0, 'rolled_back', [0]][50, 'ramping', [50]]Failed
error rate just above threshold rolls back[0, 'rolled_back', [0]][0, 'rolled_back', [0]]Passed
history records the stage after advancing[25, 'ramping', [5, 25]][25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]Passed
guardrail sample 1[1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]][1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]]Passed
guardrail sample 2[0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]Passed
guardrail sample 3[0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]]Passed

SHA-256 / 9982017b58f7ba6132892684c60844431724db3f303a3e4c963495b831342eef

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(stages, checks):
    idx = 0
    history = []
    state = 'ramping' if len(stages) > 1 else 'complete'
    for rate, sample in checks:
        if state == 'rolled_back':
            history.append(0)
            continue
        if sample < 100:
            history.append(stages[idx])
            continue
        if round(rate, 2) > 0.02:
            state = 'rolled_back'
            history.append(0)
            continue
        idx = min(idx + 1, len(stages) - 1)
        if idx == len(stages) - 1:
            state = 'complete'
        history.append(stages[idx])
    final = 0 if state == 'rolled_back' else stages[idx]
    return [final, state, history]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('low-sample breach only holds', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.5, 20], [0, 500]]], [5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]),
  ('rollback is terminal',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 500], [0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('guardrail sample 1', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 50]]], [1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]]),
  ('guardrail sample 2',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.024, 100], [0.01, 99], [0.05, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 3', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 99], [0.05, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]])],
 [('rollback is terminal',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 500], [0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 6',
   [[100], [[0.024, 99], [0.01, 99], [0.02, 500], [0.024, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 100]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 28',
   [[5, 100], [[0.02, 500], [0.01, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 500], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 31',
   [[100], [[0.05, 99], [0.01, 50], [0.02, 500], [0.02, 100], [0.01, 500], [0.05, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 0]])],
 [('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 11',
   [[100], [[0.05, 100], [0.024, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.02, 99], [0.05, 50], [0.05, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 46', [[5, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 100]]], [100, 'complete', [5, 100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 51',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 99], [0.05, 99], [0.02, 100], [0.05, 99], [0.024, 500], [0.01, 100]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [1, 1, 5, 5, 0, 0]])],
 [('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('rollback after completion',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500], [0.03, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [50, 100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 16',
   [[5, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 100], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [5, 5, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 18',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500], [0.05, 50], [0.02, 100], [0.02, 500], [0.05, 500], [0.024, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 28',
   [[5, 100], [[0.02, 500], [0.01, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 500], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0]])],
 [('low-sample breach only holds', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.5, 20], [0, 500]]], [5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('rollback after completion',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500], [0.03, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [50, 100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 21',
   [[5, 100], [[0.024, 99], [0, 100], [0.02, 99], [0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.02, 100]]],
   [100, 'complete', [5, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 22',
   [[100], [[0.01, 100], [0.05, 99], [0.01, 100], [0.05, 100], [0, 500], [0.01, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 40',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.02, 100], [0.01, 500], [0.024, 100], [0, 99], [0.02, 500], [0.01, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [5, 25, 0, 0, 0, 0]])]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[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
low-sample breach only holds[5, 'ramping', [1, 5]][5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]Passed
rollback is terminal[0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]Passed
error rate exactly at threshold advances[50, 'ramping', [50]][50, 'ramping', [50]]Passed
error rate just above threshold rolls back[50, 'ramping', [50]][0, 'rolled_back', [0]]Failed
history records the stage after advancing[25, 'ramping', [5, 25]][25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]Passed
guardrail sample 1[1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]][1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]]Passed
guardrail sample 2[0, 'rolled_back', [5, 5, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]Failed
guardrail sample 3[0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]]Passed

SHA-256 / 318f0796ef2933b4742ad56692df980fc7faca787937d54e1b383a74968db0bc

3 / The verified repair

Exit 0
"""Failure Map reference implementation. Python standard library only."""
import json

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(stages, checks):
    idx = 0
    history = []
    state = 'ramping' if len(stages) > 1 else 'complete'
    for rate, sample in checks:
        if state == 'rolled_back':
            history.append(0)
            continue
        if sample < 100:
            history.append(stages[idx])
            continue
        if rate > 0.02:
            state = 'rolled_back'
            history.append(0)
            continue
        idx = min(idx + 1, len(stages) - 1)
        if idx == len(stages) - 1:
            state = 'complete'
        history.append(stages[idx])
    final = 0 if state == 'rolled_back' else stages[idx]
    return [final, state, history]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('low-sample breach only holds', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.5, 20], [0, 500]]], [5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]),
  ('rollback is terminal',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 500], [0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('guardrail sample 1', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 50]]], [1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]]),
  ('guardrail sample 2',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.024, 100], [0.01, 99], [0.05, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 3', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 99], [0.05, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]])],
 [('rollback is terminal',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 500], [0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]),
  ('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 6',
   [[100], [[0.024, 99], [0.01, 99], [0.02, 500], [0.024, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 100]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 28',
   [[5, 100], [[0.02, 500], [0.01, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 500], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 31',
   [[100], [[0.05, 99], [0.01, 50], [0.02, 500], [0.02, 100], [0.01, 500], [0.05, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 0]])],
 [('error rate exactly at threshold advances', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.02, 500]]], [50, 'ramping', [50]]),
  ('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 11',
   [[100], [[0.05, 100], [0.024, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.02, 99], [0.05, 50], [0.05, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 46', [[5, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 100]]], [100, 'complete', [5, 100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 51',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.05, 99], [0.05, 99], [0.02, 100], [0.05, 99], [0.024, 500], [0.01, 100]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [1, 1, 5, 5, 0, 0]])],
 [('error rate just above threshold rolls back', [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [0]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('rollback after completion',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500], [0.03, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [50, 100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 16',
   [[5, 100], [[0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 100], [0.02, 50], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [5, 5, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 18',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0.024, 500], [0.05, 50], [0.02, 100], [0.02, 500], [0.05, 500], [0.024, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 28',
   [[5, 100], [[0.02, 500], [0.01, 500], [0.01, 50], [0.024, 500], [0.024, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0]])],
 [('low-sample breach only holds', [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.5, 20], [0, 500]]], [5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]),
  ('history records the stage after advancing',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500]]],
   [25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]),
  ('final percent after rollback is zero', [[5, 100], [[0, 500], [0.1, 500]]], [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 0]]),
  ('single stage is complete from the start', [[100], [[0, 50]]], [100, 'complete', [100]]),
  ('rollback after completion',
   [[10, 50, 100], [[0, 500], [0, 500], [0.03, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [50, 100, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 21',
   [[5, 100], [[0.024, 99], [0, 100], [0.02, 99], [0.01, 50], [0.02, 50], [0.02, 100]]],
   [100, 'complete', [5, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100]]),
  ('guardrail sample 22',
   [[100], [[0.01, 100], [0.05, 99], [0.01, 100], [0.05, 100], [0, 500], [0.01, 50]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [100, 100, 100, 0, 0, 0]]),
  ('guardrail sample 40',
   [[1, 5, 25, 100], [[0.02, 100], [0.01, 500], [0.024, 100], [0, 99], [0.02, 500], [0.01, 500]]],
   [0, 'rolled_back', [5, 25, 0, 0, 0, 0]])]]
for label, args, expected in fixtures[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
low-sample breach only holds[5, 'ramping', [1, 5]][5, 'ramping', [1, 5]]Passed
rollback is terminal[0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]Passed
error rate exactly at threshold advances[50, 'ramping', [50]][50, 'ramping', [50]]Passed
error rate just above threshold rolls back[0, 'rolled_back', [0]][0, 'rolled_back', [0]]Passed
history records the stage after advancing[25, 'ramping', [5, 25]][25, 'ramping', [5, 25]]Passed
guardrail sample 1[1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]][1, 'ramping', [1, 1, 1]]Passed
guardrail sample 2[0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [0, 0, 0]]Passed
guardrail sample 3[0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]][0, 'rolled_back', [1, 0]]Passed

SHA-256 / 9b06d174c276b60a1221ce9af36e243f9dd75698de550e6ffee07a39526dff46

Verification & scope

A deterministic toy flag-evaluation model with a stipulated contract; it does not reproduce any vendor SDK byte for byte. 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 2026-09-29T14:48:54.559669+00:00.

Case digest / a761221dac5e0d98aaa0df648ff9f6aeae7929d76bb0bbcc1b4db5bb1245c755