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Per-minute rate applied per hour · case 01

Time charges come out 60 times too small.

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ROOT CAUSE

Seconds are divided by 3600 although the rate is per minute.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Prorate seconds over 60 at the per-minute rate.

Unsuccessful approach: Billing each started minute in full overcharges partial minutes.

Case contract

All money is integer cents. Distance charge = meters x per_km / 1000 and time charge = seconds x per_min / 60, each rounded half up to a cent on its own. Subtotal = base + distance + time. The minimum fare applies to that subtotal only; the booking fee is added after the minimum. Return the distance charge, time charge and fare.

Why this case matters

Ride-hailing prices are computed per trip at scale; ordering, unit and boundary slips become systematic over- or under-charging.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(trip, rate):
    def half_up(num, den):
        return (num * 2 + den) // (den * 2)
    dist = half_up(trip['meters'] * rate['per_km'], 1000)
    tm = half_up(trip['seconds'] * rate['per_min'], 3600)
    sub = rate['base'] + dist + tm
    fare = max(sub, rate['minimum']) + rate['booking_fee']
    return {'distance': dist, 'time': tm, 'fare': fare}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 31}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 1229},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 307}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 2352},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 1380, 'time': 980}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 15062, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 1000, 'time': 31}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 826},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1000, 'time': 482}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 90},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 126, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 38}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 18143, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 2268, 'fare': 2518, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 238, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 675, 'time': 15}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 90},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 675, 'time': 45}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 13}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 675, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 3247, 'seconds': 2905},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 357, 'fare': 1817, 'time': 1210}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 16003, 'seconds': 1892},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 4001, 'fare': 5289, 'time': 788}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 3374, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 422, 'fare': 950, 'time': 25}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 251, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 275, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 675, 'time': 8}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 95, 'fare': 700, 'time': 15}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 1245},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 55, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 623}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 625, 'fare': 1050, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 20828, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 2604, 'fare': 2854, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 625, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 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
regression: per-minute proration{'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 1}{'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 31}Failed
partial repair probe: per-minute proration{'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 5}{'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 307}Failed
second regression{'distance': 0, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 16}{'distance': 0, 'fare': 1380, 'time': 980}Failed
normal control 1{'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}{'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 2{'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}{'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 3{'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}{'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 4{'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}{'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}Passed

SHA-256 / 476201a308cb47c32101521f4ff6c808b3ea418bad060b0a0816de9af05ccea1

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(trip, rate):
    def half_up(num, den):
        return (num * 2 + den) // (den * 2)
    dist = half_up(trip['meters'] * rate['per_km'], 1000)
    tm = -(-trip['seconds'] // 60) * rate['per_min']
    sub = rate['base'] + dist + tm
    fare = max(sub, rate['minimum']) + rate['booking_fee']
    return {'distance': dist, 'time': tm, 'fare': fare}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 31}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 1229},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 307}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 2352},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 1380, 'time': 980}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 15062, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 1000, 'time': 31}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 826},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1000, 'time': 482}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 90},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 126, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 38}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 18143, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 2268, 'fare': 2518, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 238, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 675, 'time': 15}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 90},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 675, 'time': 45}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 13}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 675, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 3247, 'seconds': 2905},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 357, 'fare': 1817, 'time': 1210}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 16003, 'seconds': 1892},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 4001, 'fare': 5289, 'time': 788}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 3374, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 422, 'fare': 950, 'time': 25}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 251, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 275, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 675, 'time': 8}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 95, 'fare': 700, 'time': 15}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 1245},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 55, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 623}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 625, 'fare': 1050, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 20828, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 2604, 'fare': 2854, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 625, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 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
regression: per-minute proration{'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 60}{'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 31}Failed
partial repair probe: per-minute proration{'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 315}{'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 307}Failed
second regression{'distance': 0, 'fare': 1400, 'time': 1000}{'distance': 0, 'fare': 1380, 'time': 980}Failed
normal control 1{'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}{'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 2{'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}{'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 3{'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}{'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 4{'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}{'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}Passed

SHA-256 / 0778331171eaafa94cd26ed757050685b485fc39adb1db71d4968f3f0694b62e

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(trip, rate):
    def half_up(num, den):
        return (num * 2 + den) // (den * 2)
    dist = half_up(trip['meters'] * rate['per_km'], 1000)
    tm = half_up(trip['seconds'] * rate['per_min'], 60)
    sub = rate['base'] + dist + tm
    fare = max(sub, rate['minimum']) + rate['booking_fee']
    return {'distance': dist, 'time': tm, 'fare': fare}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
fixtures = [[('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 31}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 1229},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 307}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 2352},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 1380, 'time': 980}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 15062, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 1000, 'time': 31}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 826},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1000, 'time': 482}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 90},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 126, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 38}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 125, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 18143, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 2268, 'fare': 2518, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 238, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 12, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 675, 'time': 15}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 90},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 675, 'time': 45}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 13}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 675, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 3247, 'seconds': 2905},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 357, 'fare': 1817, 'time': 1210}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 16003, 'seconds': 1892},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 4001, 'fare': 5289, 'time': 788}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 3374, 'seconds': 61},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 422, 'fare': 950, 'time': 25}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 1, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 251, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 35}],
   {'distance': 275, 'fare': 950, 'time': 0})],
 [('regression: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 4, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 500, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 675, 'time': 8}),
  ('partial repair probe: per-minute proration',
   [{'meters': 1004, 'seconds': 30},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 95, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 95, 'fare': 700, 'time': 15}),
  ('second regression',
   [{'meters': 500, 'seconds': 1245},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 110, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 55, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 623}),
  ('normal control 1',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 30}],
   {'distance': 625, 'fare': 1050, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 2',
   [{'meters': 20828, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 250, 'booking_fee': 0, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 125, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 2604, 'fare': 2854, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 3',
   [{'meters': 0, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 0, 'booking_fee': 175, 'minimum': 700, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 25}],
   {'distance': 0, 'fare': 875, 'time': 0}),
  ('normal control 4',
   [{'meters': 2500, 'seconds': 0},
    {'base': 150, 'booking_fee': 250, 'minimum': 1000, 'per_km': 250, 'per_min': 15}],
   {'distance': 625, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 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
regression: per-minute proration{'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 31}{'distance': 125, 'fare': 500, 'time': 31}Passed
partial repair probe: per-minute proration{'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 307}{'distance': 2, 'fare': 1250, 'time': 307}Passed
second regression{'distance': 0, 'fare': 1380, 'time': 980}{'distance': 0, 'fare': 1380, 'time': 980}Passed
normal control 1{'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}{'distance': 0, 'fare': 750, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 2{'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}{'distance': 1883, 'fare': 1883, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 3{'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}{'distance': 3, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}Passed
normal control 4{'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}{'distance': 63, 'fare': 1175, 'time': 0}Passed

SHA-256 / ba1268c99afb8cb739b98a9f0595ba3814e7e96969e9da1f39271ff88254c07e

Verification & scope

A deterministic toy pricing contract stipulated for this example; it does not reproduce the pricing of any real ride-hailing operator or regulator. 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 2026-09-29T14:50:39.639012+00:00.

Case digest / 16210ef8c91ceb32fbe4bfcd01e6c5b2d27564dfdf3ca973955030651c7a4141