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Front camera tags omit the mirror · case 01

Selfies are saved with unmirrored tags, so text on shirts reads correctly in the preview but the file shows it reversed.

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ROOT CAUSE

The front-camera tag is looked up without the mirror bit.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Use the mirrored tag family (2, 4, 5, 7) for the front sensor.

Unsuccessful approach: Adding a half turn does not emulate a mirror.

Case contract

Input [gx, gy, previous_rotation, camera] with gravity in milli-g in the portrait device frame (x right, y down). Device rotation: keep the previous bucket when the in-plane magnitude is below 300 mg or |gx| == |gy| (hysteresis); otherwise gy dominates -> 0 (gy > 0) or 180, gx dominates -> 90 (gx > 0) or 270. The back sensor is mounted at 90 degrees and needs (90 + r) mod 360 clockwise; the mirrored front sensor is mounted at 270 and needs (270 - r) mod 360 with the mirror bit. The tag comes from (quarter turns, mirror) via 1:(0,0) 2:(0,1) 3:(2,0) 4:(2,1) 5:(3,1) 6:(1,0) 7:(1,1) 8:(3,0). Return [tag, r].

Why this case matters

Camera, phone and scanner images carry an orientation hint separately from the stored pixels; galleries, thumbnailers, editors and upload pipelines must interpret it consistently or photos appear sideways, mirrored or doubly rotated.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    gx, gy, prev_r, camera = x
    if gx * gx + gy * gy < 300 * 300 or abs(gx) == abs(gy):
        r = prev_r
    elif abs(gy) > abs(gx):
        r = 0 if gy > 0 else 180
    else:
        r = 90 if gx > 0 else 270
    from_km = {(0, 0): 1, (0, 1): 2, (2, 0): 3, (2, 1): 4, (3, 1): 5, (1, 0): 6, (1, 1): 7, (3, 0): 8}
    if camera == 'front':
        total = (270 - r) % 360
        return [from_km[(total // 90, 0)], r]
    total = (90 + r) % 360
    return [from_km[(total // 90, 0)], r]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[[[298, 553, 180, 'front'], [5, 0]], [[686, -373, 90, 'front'], [4, 90]], [[-382, -382, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[50, -890, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[53, -848, 270, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[247, -67, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[201, -186, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-285, -766, 90, 'front'], [7, 180]]], [[[-835, 686, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[-714, 28, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[-926, 466, 0, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[110, -610, 0, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-900, 900, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-869, 635, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-239, -597, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-993, 66, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]]], [[[-176, 109, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[834, 834, 180, 'front'], [7, 180]], [[486, 992, 270, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[54, 63, 0, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[-86, -105, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-134, -182, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[734, 301, 180, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[60, 809, 0, 'front'], [5, 0]]], [[[213, 206, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[392, -1000, 270, 'front'], [7, 180]], [[137, 86, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[116, 53, 90, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[-183, 181, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-651, 121, 180, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[49, 14, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-211, 211, 90, 'front'], [4, 90]]], [[[-869, -869, 0, 'front'], [5, 0]], [[-38, 38, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[816, 260, 0, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[-188, 149, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-532, 686, 180, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[-67, 67, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-119, 365, 180, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[994, 659, 180, 'front'], [4, 90]]]]
labels = ["regression: front camera mirror bit", "repair trap", "combined fault", "control", "control", "boundary", "boundary", "control"]
for i, (args, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N-1]):
    check("%s %d" % (labels[i % len(labels)], i), 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
regression: front camera mirror bit 0[8, 0][5, 0]Failed
repair trap 1[3, 90][4, 90]Failed
combined fault 2[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 3[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 4[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
boundary 5[1, 270][1, 270]Passed
boundary 6[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 7[6, 180][7, 180]Failed

SHA-256 / c89cb08fa657996cf6f5e87980db71d54d20089a94e5ddef6a002e2e460f41c4

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    gx, gy, prev_r, camera = x
    if gx * gx + gy * gy < 300 * 300 or abs(gx) == abs(gy):
        r = prev_r
    elif abs(gy) > abs(gx):
        r = 0 if gy > 0 else 180
    else:
        r = 90 if gx > 0 else 270
    from_km = {(0, 0): 1, (0, 1): 2, (2, 0): 3, (2, 1): 4, (3, 1): 5, (1, 0): 6, (1, 1): 7, (3, 0): 8}
    if camera == 'front':
        total = (270 - r) % 360
        return [from_km[((total // 90 + 2) % 4, 0)], r]
    total = (90 + r) % 360
    return [from_km[(total // 90, 0)], r]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[[[298, 553, 180, 'front'], [5, 0]], [[686, -373, 90, 'front'], [4, 90]], [[-382, -382, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[50, -890, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[53, -848, 270, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[247, -67, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[201, -186, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-285, -766, 90, 'front'], [7, 180]]], [[[-835, 686, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[-714, 28, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[-926, 466, 0, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[110, -610, 0, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-900, 900, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-869, 635, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-239, -597, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-993, 66, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]]], [[[-176, 109, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[834, 834, 180, 'front'], [7, 180]], [[486, 992, 270, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[54, 63, 0, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[-86, -105, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-134, -182, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[734, 301, 180, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[60, 809, 0, 'front'], [5, 0]]], [[[213, 206, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[392, -1000, 270, 'front'], [7, 180]], [[137, 86, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[116, 53, 90, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[-183, 181, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-651, 121, 180, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[49, 14, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-211, 211, 90, 'front'], [4, 90]]], [[[-869, -869, 0, 'front'], [5, 0]], [[-38, 38, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[816, 260, 0, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[-188, 149, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-532, 686, 180, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[-67, 67, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-119, 365, 180, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[994, 659, 180, 'front'], [4, 90]]]]
labels = ["regression: front camera mirror bit", "repair trap", "combined fault", "control", "control", "boundary", "boundary", "control"]
for i, (args, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N-1]):
    check("%s %d" % (labels[i % len(labels)], i), 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
regression: front camera mirror bit 0[6, 0][5, 0]Failed
repair trap 1[1, 90][4, 90]Failed
combined fault 2[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 3[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 4[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
boundary 5[1, 270][1, 270]Passed
boundary 6[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 7[8, 180][7, 180]Failed

SHA-256 / 6bdb9d4f621215397cedb84e0635bdfda9d406bb6cc4834e7ce39bc4f94770f3

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    gx, gy, prev_r, camera = x
    if gx * gx + gy * gy < 300 * 300 or abs(gx) == abs(gy):
        r = prev_r
    elif abs(gy) > abs(gx):
        r = 0 if gy > 0 else 180
    else:
        r = 90 if gx > 0 else 270
    from_km = {(0, 0): 1, (0, 1): 2, (2, 0): 3, (2, 1): 4, (3, 1): 5, (1, 0): 6, (1, 1): 7, (3, 0): 8}
    if camera == 'front':
        total = (270 - r) % 360
        return [from_km[(total // 90, 1)], r]
    total = (90 + r) % 360
    return [from_km[(total // 90, 0)], r]
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[[[298, 553, 180, 'front'], [5, 0]], [[686, -373, 90, 'front'], [4, 90]], [[-382, -382, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[50, -890, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[53, -848, 270, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[247, -67, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[201, -186, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-285, -766, 90, 'front'], [7, 180]]], [[[-835, 686, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[-714, 28, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[-926, 466, 0, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[110, -610, 0, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-900, 900, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-869, 635, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-239, -597, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-993, 66, 0, 'front'], [2, 270]]], [[[-176, 109, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[834, 834, 180, 'front'], [7, 180]], [[486, 992, 270, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[54, 63, 0, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[-86, -105, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-134, -182, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[734, 301, 180, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[60, 809, 0, 'front'], [5, 0]]], [[[213, 206, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[392, -1000, 270, 'front'], [7, 180]], [[137, 86, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[116, 53, 90, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[-183, 181, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-651, 121, 180, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[49, 14, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-211, 211, 90, 'front'], [4, 90]]], [[[-869, -869, 0, 'front'], [5, 0]], [[-38, 38, 270, 'front'], [2, 270]], [[816, 260, 0, 'back'], [3, 90]], [[-188, 149, 180, 'back'], [8, 180]], [[-532, 686, 180, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[-67, 67, 270, 'back'], [1, 270]], [[-119, 365, 180, 'back'], [6, 0]], [[994, 659, 180, 'front'], [4, 90]]]]
labels = ["regression: front camera mirror bit", "repair trap", "combined fault", "control", "control", "boundary", "boundary", "control"]
for i, (args, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N-1]):
    check("%s %d" % (labels[i % len(labels)], i), 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
regression: front camera mirror bit 0[5, 0][5, 0]Passed
repair trap 1[4, 90][4, 90]Passed
combined fault 2[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 3[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 4[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
boundary 5[1, 270][1, 270]Passed
boundary 6[8, 180][8, 180]Passed
control 7[7, 180][7, 180]Passed

SHA-256 / fb034d1eb1185987dddea9b597194f7ea2c0c03e81fec9b637cf2ef160b40581

Verification & scope

A deterministic bounded teaching model with a stipulated contract; it makes no claim of conformance to any published specification. 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 2026-09-29T14:49:41.509977+00:00.

Case digest / 4e4174fb4d9333e71c912ed9cc7adbb45d582b5aa72624dcb25292011aefc318