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Stream eof is terminal only after buffered input is delivered · case 01

Stream eof is terminal only after buffered input is delivered.

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ROOT CAUSE

The faulty implementation uses `'closed' if eof else ('deliver' if buffered else 'wait')` for the stream-eof-is-terminal-only-after-buffered-input-is-delivered decision.

THE FAILURE

The faulty implementation uses `'closed' if eof else ('deliver' if buffered else 'wait')` for the stream-eof-is-terminal-only-after-buffered-input-is-delivered decision.

Unsuccessful approach: The attempted repair uses `'deliver' if buffered else 'wait'` and still violates a separate fixture.

Case contract

Bounded offline decision model: stream eof is terminal only after buffered input is delivered. Inputs are already validated protocol fields; the explicit fixtures define the supported policy, not a complete protocol implementation.

Why this case matters

This deterministic connection lifecycle model isolates the stream-eof-is-terminal-only-after-buffered-input-is-delivered 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(buffered, eof):
    return 'closed' if eof else ('deliver' if buffered else 'wait')
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve(3, True), 'deliver')", "check('fixture 2', solve(0, True), 'closed')", "check('fixture 3', solve(0, False), 'wait')", "check('fixture 4', solve(1, False), 'deliver')"]
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 2closedclosedPassed
fixture 3waitwaitPassed
fixture 4deliverdeliverPassed
fixture 1closeddeliverFailed

SHA-256 / f3e9baf119e58d598c1a0470da732180beec25f1bcaf3b295d1dfdb0912e1679

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(buffered, eof):
    return 'deliver' if buffered else 'wait'
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
_fixtures = ["check('fixture 1', solve(3, True), 'deliver')", "check('fixture 2', solve(0, True), 'closed')", "check('fixture 3', solve(0, False), 'wait')", "check('fixture 4', solve(1, False), 'deliver')"]
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 2waitclosedFailed
fixture 3waitwaitPassed
fixture 4deliverdeliverPassed
fixture 1deliverdeliverPassed

SHA-256 / 210682c0b34403e60f1d9d447612e0534db1f9f8636a03a36aab2db5bee75380

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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 2026-09-29T14:38:15.481011+00:00.

Case digest / 749bf2cb17d71647fd264bee2d46ba64cae58c45888e6dc0935c077ac9b6d1df