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FA-81406 / MIDI event timing / Open access

Track event parser with running status: one-byte messages recognised only on channel 1 · case 01

A program change on channel 2 (C1) swallows the next delta byte as a second data byte and desynchronises the track.

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ROOT CAUSE

The one-data-byte test compares the whole status byte instead of its message-type nibble, so only channel 1 matches.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Restore the data length classification step so that it reads `(status & 0xF0) in (0xC0, 0xD0)`.

Unsuccessful approach: Parenthesising the mask but listing only program change leaves channel pressure with two data bytes.

Case contract

Input the bytes of a track body: each event is a variable-length delta then either a meta event (FF type len data...), a status byte (bit 7 set) with its data bytes, or data bytes reusing the previous channel status (running status). Program change (Cx) and channel pressure (Dx) take one data byte, other channel messages two. Meta events cancel running status. Return [absolute tick, status, data...] for channel events and [tick, "meta", type] for meta events, or None on truncation or data without a running status.

Why this case matters

MIDI sequencers, file readers and synth drivers depend on exact event ordering and tick/time arithmetic.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    if not isinstance(x, list):
        return None
    out = []
    i = 0
    tick = 0
    running = None
    while i < len(x):
        delta = 0
        while True:
            if i >= len(x):
                return None
            b = x[i]
            i += 1
            delta = (delta << 7) | (b & 0x7F)
            if not b & 0x80:
                break
        tick += delta
        if i >= len(x):
            return None
        status = x[i]
        if status == 0xFF:
            if i + 2 >= len(x):
                return None
            kind = x[i + 1]
            i += 3 + x[i + 2]
            if i > len(x):
                return None
            running = None
            out.append([tick, 'meta', kind])
            continue
        if status & 0x80:
            i += 1
            running = status
        elif running is None:
            return None
        else:
            status = running
        size = 1 if status in (0xC0, 0xD0) else 2
        if i + size > len(x):
            return None
        out.append([tick, status] + x[i:i + size])
        i += size
    return out
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[([0, 144, 60, 100, 10, 60, 0], [[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]]), ([0, 192, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]]), ([0, 208, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]), ([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 0, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 1, 65, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 176, 7, 100, 20, 10, 90], [[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 1, 65, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 176, 7, 100, 20, 10, 90], [[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]), ([127, 144, 60, 1], [[127, 144, 60, 1]]), ([128, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 144, 60, 1]]), ([129, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[128, 144, 60, 1]]), ([0, 208, 10, 0, 20], [[0, 208, 10], [0, 208, 20]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]])], [([128, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 144, 60, 1]]), ([129, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[128, 144, 60, 1]]), ([0, 144, 60], None), ([0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 192, 5, 7, 6, 0, 144, 64, 90], [[0, 192, 5], [7, 192, 6], [7, 144, 64, 90]]), ([0, 255, 47, 0], [[0, 'meta', 47]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 208, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]), ([0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 192, 5, 7, 6, 0, 144, 64, 90], [[0, 192, 5], [7, 192, 6], [7, 144, 64, 90]]), ([0, 255, 47, 0], [[0, 'meta', 47]]), ([0, 255, 81, 3, 7, 161, 32, 0, 144, 60, 64], [[0, 'meta', 81], [0, 144, 60, 64]]), ([0, 224, 0, 64, 16, 0, 65], [[0, 224, 0, 64], [16, 224, 0, 65]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 255, 81, 3, 7, 161, 32, 0, 144, 60, 64], [[0, 'meta', 81], [0, 144, 60, 64]]), ([0, 224, 0, 64, 16, 0, 65], [[0, 224, 0, 64], [16, 224, 0, 65]]), ([5, 144, 60, 100, 5, 128, 60, 0, 5, 62, 0], [[5, 144, 60, 100], [10, 128, 60, 0], [15, 128, 62, 0]]), ([0, 208, 10, 0, 20], [[0, 208, 10], [0, 208, 20]]), ([0, 255, 3], None), ([0, 255, 3, 5, 65], None), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]])]]
for i, (args, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N-1]):
    check("oracle %d" % 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
oracle 0[[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]][[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]]Passed
oracle 1[[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]][[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]]Passed
oracle 2[[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]][[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]Passed
oracle 3NoneNonePassed
oracle 4NoneNonePassed
oracle 5[[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]][[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]Passed
oracle 6None[[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]Failed
oracle 7None[[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]]Failed

SHA-256 / 0ccbc3e78df655687fc5d8fc21bb95a3aa46cd2890a87a6fddfaa3c75cb0e8e8

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    if not isinstance(x, list):
        return None
    out = []
    i = 0
    tick = 0
    running = None
    while i < len(x):
        delta = 0
        while True:
            if i >= len(x):
                return None
            b = x[i]
            i += 1
            delta = (delta << 7) | (b & 0x7F)
            if not b & 0x80:
                break
        tick += delta
        if i >= len(x):
            return None
        status = x[i]
        if status == 0xFF:
            if i + 2 >= len(x):
                return None
            kind = x[i + 1]
            i += 3 + x[i + 2]
            if i > len(x):
                return None
            running = None
            out.append([tick, 'meta', kind])
            continue
        if status & 0x80:
            i += 1
            running = status
        elif running is None:
            return None
        else:
            status = running
        size = 1 if (status & 0xF0) in (0xC0,) else 2
        if i + size > len(x):
            return None
        out.append([tick, status] + x[i:i + size])
        i += size
    return out
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[([0, 144, 60, 100, 10, 60, 0], [[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]]), ([0, 192, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]]), ([0, 208, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]), ([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 0, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 1, 65, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 176, 7, 100, 20, 10, 90], [[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 1, 65, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 176, 7, 100, 20, 10, 90], [[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]), ([127, 144, 60, 1], [[127, 144, 60, 1]]), ([128, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 144, 60, 1]]), ([129, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[128, 144, 60, 1]]), ([0, 208, 10, 0, 20], [[0, 208, 10], [0, 208, 20]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]])], [([128, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 144, 60, 1]]), ([129, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[128, 144, 60, 1]]), ([0, 144, 60], None), ([0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 192, 5, 7, 6, 0, 144, 64, 90], [[0, 192, 5], [7, 192, 6], [7, 144, 64, 90]]), ([0, 255, 47, 0], [[0, 'meta', 47]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 208, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]), ([0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 192, 5, 7, 6, 0, 144, 64, 90], [[0, 192, 5], [7, 192, 6], [7, 144, 64, 90]]), ([0, 255, 47, 0], [[0, 'meta', 47]]), ([0, 255, 81, 3, 7, 161, 32, 0, 144, 60, 64], [[0, 'meta', 81], [0, 144, 60, 64]]), ([0, 224, 0, 64, 16, 0, 65], [[0, 224, 0, 64], [16, 224, 0, 65]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 255, 81, 3, 7, 161, 32, 0, 144, 60, 64], [[0, 'meta', 81], [0, 144, 60, 64]]), ([0, 224, 0, 64, 16, 0, 65], [[0, 224, 0, 64], [16, 224, 0, 65]]), ([5, 144, 60, 100, 5, 128, 60, 0, 5, 62, 0], [[5, 144, 60, 100], [10, 128, 60, 0], [15, 128, 62, 0]]), ([0, 208, 10, 0, 20], [[0, 208, 10], [0, 208, 20]]), ([0, 255, 3], None), ([0, 255, 3, 5, 65], None), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]])]]
for i, (args, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N-1]):
    check("oracle %d" % 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
oracle 0[[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]][[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]]Passed
oracle 1[[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]][[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]]Passed
oracle 2None[[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]Failed
oracle 3NoneNonePassed
oracle 4NoneNonePassed
oracle 5[[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]][[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]Passed
oracle 6[[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]][[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]Passed
oracle 7[[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]][[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]]Passed

SHA-256 / 8f04f6138d6dfee3997b8fb9f054f80c4ed9ddb2eeef73bfbef029f5cba71c27

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(x):
    if not isinstance(x, list):
        return None
    out = []
    i = 0
    tick = 0
    running = None
    while i < len(x):
        delta = 0
        while True:
            if i >= len(x):
                return None
            b = x[i]
            i += 1
            delta = (delta << 7) | (b & 0x7F)
            if not b & 0x80:
                break
        tick += delta
        if i >= len(x):
            return None
        status = x[i]
        if status == 0xFF:
            if i + 2 >= len(x):
                return None
            kind = x[i + 1]
            i += 3 + x[i + 2]
            if i > len(x):
                return None
            running = None
            out.append([tick, 'meta', kind])
            continue
        if status & 0x80:
            i += 1
            running = status
        elif running is None:
            return None
        else:
            status = running
        size = 1 if (status & 0xF0) in (0xC0, 0xD0) else 2
        if i + size > len(x):
            return None
        out.append([tick, status] + x[i:i + size])
        i += size
    return out
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[([0, 144, 60, 100, 10, 60, 0], [[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]]), ([0, 192, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]]), ([0, 208, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]), ([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 0, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 1, 65, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 176, 7, 100, 20, 10, 90], [[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 144, 60, 100, 0, 255, 1, 1, 65, 0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 176, 7, 100, 20, 10, 90], [[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]), ([127, 144, 60, 1], [[127, 144, 60, 1]]), ([128, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 144, 60, 1]]), ([129, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[128, 144, 60, 1]]), ([0, 208, 10, 0, 20], [[0, 208, 10], [0, 208, 20]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]])], [([128, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 144, 60, 1]]), ([129, 0, 144, 60, 1], [[128, 144, 60, 1]]), ([0, 144, 60], None), ([0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 192, 5, 7, 6, 0, 144, 64, 90], [[0, 192, 5], [7, 192, 6], [7, 144, 64, 90]]), ([0, 255, 47, 0], [[0, 'meta', 47]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 208, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]), ([0, 62, 100], None), ([0, 192, 5, 7, 6, 0, 144, 64, 90], [[0, 192, 5], [7, 192, 6], [7, 144, 64, 90]]), ([0, 255, 47, 0], [[0, 'meta', 47]]), ([0, 255, 81, 3, 7, 161, 32, 0, 144, 60, 64], [[0, 'meta', 81], [0, 144, 60, 64]]), ([0, 224, 0, 64, 16, 0, 65], [[0, 224, 0, 64], [16, 224, 0, 65]]), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 194, 1, 4, 144, 60, 1], [[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]])], [([0, 255, 81, 3, 7, 161, 32, 0, 144, 60, 64], [[0, 'meta', 81], [0, 144, 60, 64]]), ([0, 224, 0, 64, 16, 0, 65], [[0, 224, 0, 64], [16, 224, 0, 65]]), ([5, 144, 60, 100, 5, 128, 60, 0, 5, 62, 0], [[5, 144, 60, 100], [10, 128, 60, 0], [15, 128, 62, 0]]), ([0, 208, 10, 0, 20], [[0, 208, 10], [0, 208, 20]]), ([0, 255, 3], None), ([0, 255, 3, 5, 65], None), ([0, 193, 5, 0, 6], [[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]), ([0, 209, 64, 0, 50], [[0, 209, 64], [0, 209, 50]])]]
for i, (args, expected) in enumerate(fixtures[N-1]):
    check("oracle %d" % 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
oracle 0[[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]][[0, 144, 60, 100], [10, 144, 60, 0]]Passed
oracle 1[[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]][[0, 192, 5], [0, 192, 6]]Passed
oracle 2[[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]][[0, 208, 64], [0, 208, 50]]Passed
oracle 3NoneNonePassed
oracle 4NoneNonePassed
oracle 5[[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]][[0, 176, 7, 100], [20, 176, 10, 90]]Passed
oracle 6[[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]][[0, 193, 5], [0, 193, 6]]Passed
oracle 7[[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]][[0, 194, 1], [4, 144, 60, 1]]Passed

SHA-256 / bea6bae44a41cdc322807fc869748824b68650157c2a823aa680cf0d16772fa7

Verification & scope

A deterministic bounded teaching model with a stipulated toy contract; it is not a complete Standard MIDI File or MIDI 1.0/2.0 implementation. 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 2026-09-29T14:50:02.547104+00:00.

Case digest / 109602483920ea854e070268229ae67b8602ffdc7a2e1054aef852e106238886