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Anchored overlay placement: Flip decisions ignore the overlay height · case 01

Flip decisions ignore the overlay height.

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ROOT CAUSE

The flip fit operation uses `below <= vh` where the contract requires `below + height <= vh`.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Implement the flip fit operation as `below + height <= vh`.

Unsuccessful approach: Using width for vertical fit fails for nonsquare overlays.

Case contract

Place below with a gap when fully fitting; otherwise above; align left edges and clamp both axes so oversized overlays start at zero.

Why this case matters

A deterministic model of anchored overlay placement; this isolates one interface invariant without requiring a browser.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(anchor, size, viewport, gap):
    left, top, right, bottom = anchor
    width, height = size
    vw, vh = viewport
    x = left
    below = bottom + gap
    y = below if below <= vh else top - gap - height
    x = max(0, min(x, vw - width))
    y = max(0, min(y, vh - height))
    return (x, y)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('below', solve((10,20,30,40), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (10, 43))
check('flip', solve((10,80,30,90), (25,15), (100,100), 3), (10, 62))
check('shape', solve((10,70,30,80), (5,30), (100,100), 3), (10, 37))
check('right clamp', solve((90,20,95,30), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (75, 33))
check('left clamp', solve((-5,20,10,30), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (0, 33))
check('oversize', solve((10,10,20,20), (150,150), (100,100), 3), (0, 0))
check('parameterized geometry', solve((2*N,3*N,4*N,5*N), (2*N,N), (20*N,20*N), N), (2*N,6*N))
for repetition in range(N):
    check('repeat oversize', solve((10,10,20,20), (150,150), (100,100), 3), (0, 0))
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
below[10, 43][10, 43]Passed
flip[10, 85][10, 62]Failed
shape[10, 70][10, 37]Failed
right clamp[75, 33][75, 33]Passed
left clamp[0, 33][0, 33]Passed
oversize[0, 0][0, 0]Passed
parameterized geometry[2, 6][2, 6]Passed
repeat oversize[0, 0][0, 0]Passed

SHA-256 / 79f037f17d91396e9a91a7a0a551bd2b59d1faa5674e19442d688e548023a997

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(anchor, size, viewport, gap):
    left, top, right, bottom = anchor
    width, height = size
    vw, vh = viewport
    x = left
    below = bottom + gap
    y = below if below + width <= vh else top - gap - height
    x = max(0, min(x, vw - width))
    y = max(0, min(y, vh - height))
    return (x, y)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('below', solve((10,20,30,40), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (10, 43))
check('flip', solve((10,80,30,90), (25,15), (100,100), 3), (10, 62))
check('shape', solve((10,70,30,80), (5,30), (100,100), 3), (10, 37))
check('right clamp', solve((90,20,95,30), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (75, 33))
check('left clamp', solve((-5,20,10,30), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (0, 33))
check('oversize', solve((10,10,20,20), (150,150), (100,100), 3), (0, 0))
check('parameterized geometry', solve((2*N,3*N,4*N,5*N), (2*N,N), (20*N,20*N), N), (2*N,6*N))
for repetition in range(N):
    check('repeat oversize', solve((10,10,20,20), (150,150), (100,100), 3), (0, 0))
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
below[10, 43][10, 43]Passed
flip[10, 62][10, 62]Passed
shape[10, 70][10, 37]Failed
right clamp[75, 33][75, 33]Passed
left clamp[0, 33][0, 33]Passed
oversize[0, 0][0, 0]Passed
parameterized geometry[2, 6][2, 6]Passed
repeat oversize[0, 0][0, 0]Passed

SHA-256 / cdc5c97321f068e9aee4d504a706bf8dead4e41991d3a7087c4260734972a16b

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(anchor, size, viewport, gap):
    left, top, right, bottom = anchor
    width, height = size
    vw, vh = viewport
    x = left
    below = bottom + gap
    y = below if below + height <= vh else top - gap - height
    x = max(0, min(x, vw - width))
    y = max(0, min(y, vh - height))
    return (x, y)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('below', solve((10,20,30,40), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (10, 43))
check('flip', solve((10,80,30,90), (25,15), (100,100), 3), (10, 62))
check('shape', solve((10,70,30,80), (5,30), (100,100), 3), (10, 37))
check('right clamp', solve((90,20,95,30), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (75, 33))
check('left clamp', solve((-5,20,10,30), (25,10), (100,100), 3), (0, 33))
check('oversize', solve((10,10,20,20), (150,150), (100,100), 3), (0, 0))
check('parameterized geometry', solve((2*N,3*N,4*N,5*N), (2*N,N), (20*N,20*N), N), (2*N,6*N))
for repetition in range(N):
    check('repeat oversize', solve((10,10,20,20), (150,150), (100,100), 3), (0, 0))
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
below[10, 43][10, 43]Passed
flip[10, 62][10, 62]Passed
shape[10, 37][10, 37]Passed
right clamp[75, 33][75, 33]Passed
left clamp[0, 33][0, 33]Passed
oversize[0, 0][0, 0]Passed
parameterized geometry[2, 6][2, 6]Passed
repeat oversize[0, 0][0, 0]Passed

SHA-256 / 288d4f8f633e276f215cf70d913a72ca4dc5433399134f4174321ba1924cfd62

Verification & scope

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 2026-09-29T14:38:20.539588+00:00.

Case digest / 6d6becdcd7896306cf1512e77ba61c6c4f5763999f31a308b36d52b614a68caa