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Adaptive tenuring: reaching the desired size lowers the threshold · case 01

Survivor populations exactly at the target size are promoted a cycle early.

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ROOT CAUSE

The threshold search stops when the running total equals the desired size.

VERIFIED REPAIR

Stop only when the running total exceeds the desired size.

Unsuccessful approach: Comparing with the full capacity ignores the target ratio.

Case contract

Survivors are [id, age, size] after a minor collection. desired = capacity * ratio // 100. Walking ages 1..max_threshold, accumulate sizes; the first age at which the running total exceeds desired becomes the tenuring threshold (max_threshold if never exceeded). Objects with age >= threshold are promoted; the rest are placed youngest first (ties by id) into the survivor space of the given capacity, and any that do not fit overflow into promotion. Return threshold, promoted ids, kept ids and bytes used.

Why this case matters

Tenuring policy controls premature promotion and survivor overflow in generational collectors.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(ages, capacity, ratio, max_threshold):
    desired = capacity * ratio // 100
    by_age = {}
    for _, age, size in ages:
        by_age[age] = by_age.get(age, 0) + size
    total = 0
    threshold = max_threshold
    for age in range(1, max_threshold + 1):
        total += by_age.get(age, 0)
        if total >= desired:
            threshold = age
            break
    promote = [o for o, age, size in ages if age >= threshold]
    stay = sorted([x for x in ages if x[1] < threshold], key=lambda x: (x[1], x[0]))
    used = 0
    kept = []
    for o, age, size in stay:
        if used + size <= capacity:
            kept.append(o)
            used += size
        else:
            promote.append(o)
    return {'threshold': threshold, 'promoted': sorted(promote), 'kept': sorted(kept), 'used': used}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
cases = [[('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 1]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 46}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 6]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 1]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 11], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 71}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 1]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 6]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 101, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 2]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 47}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 7]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 2]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 72}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 12], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 72}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 2]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 7]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 12}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 102, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 3]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 48}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 8]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 3]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 73}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 13], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 73}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 3]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 8]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 13}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 103, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 4]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 49}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 9]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 4]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 74}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 14], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 74}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 4]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 9]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 14}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 104, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 5]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 10]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 5]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 75}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 15], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 75}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 5]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 10]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 15}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 105, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})]]
for label, args, expected in cases[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: cumulative sizes cross the desired size{'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 46}{'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 46}Passed
cumulative size exactly at the desired size{'kept': [1], 'promoted': [2, 3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 30}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}Failed
ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100{'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}{'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}Passed
survivors overflow the survivor space{'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 71}{'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 71}Passed
survivors fill the space exactly{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}Passed
threshold never crossed{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}Passed
control: empty survivor set{'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0}{'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0}Passed

SHA-256 / 994c0dbe23546bb63d921346f344f3cf8b48164cff4e99ce8e90d3c21acaa90a

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(ages, capacity, ratio, max_threshold):
    desired = capacity * ratio // 100
    by_age = {}
    for _, age, size in ages:
        by_age[age] = by_age.get(age, 0) + size
    total = 0
    threshold = max_threshold
    for age in range(1, max_threshold + 1):
        total += by_age.get(age, 0)
        if total > capacity:
            threshold = age
            break
    promote = [o for o, age, size in ages if age >= threshold]
    stay = sorted([x for x in ages if x[1] < threshold], key=lambda x: (x[1], x[0]))
    used = 0
    kept = []
    for o, age, size in stay:
        if used + size <= capacity:
            kept.append(o)
            used += size
        else:
            promote.append(o)
    return {'threshold': threshold, 'promoted': sorted(promote), 'kept': sorted(kept), 'used': used}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
cases = [[('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 1]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 46}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 6]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 1]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 11], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 71}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 1]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 6]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 101, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 2]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 47}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 7]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 2]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 72}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 12], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 72}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 2]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 7]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 12}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 102, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 3]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 48}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 8]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 3]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 73}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 13], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 73}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 3]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 8]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 13}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 103, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 4]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 49}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 9]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 4]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 74}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 14], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 74}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 4]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 9]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 14}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 104, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 5]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 10]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 5]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 75}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 15], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 75}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 5]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 10]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 15}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 105, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})]]
for label, args, expected in cases[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: cumulative sizes cross the desired size{'kept': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 86}{'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 46}Failed
cumulative size exactly at the desired size{'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 56}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}Failed
ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100{'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}{'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}Passed
survivors overflow the survivor space{'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 71}{'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 71}Failed
survivors fill the space exactly{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}Passed
threshold never crossed{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}Passed
control: empty survivor set{'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0}{'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0}Passed

SHA-256 / 38216f55a6850f0dd752c2d1ebbce340c889e30637aea3bf4470ec87ec4e8dfd

3 / The verified repair

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(ages, capacity, ratio, max_threshold):
    desired = capacity * ratio // 100
    by_age = {}
    for _, age, size in ages:
        by_age[age] = by_age.get(age, 0) + size
    total = 0
    threshold = max_threshold
    for age in range(1, max_threshold + 1):
        total += by_age.get(age, 0)
        if total > desired:
            threshold = age
            break
    promote = [o for o, age, size in ages if age >= threshold]
    stay = sorted([x for x in ages if x[1] < threshold], key=lambda x: (x[1], x[0]))
    used = 0
    kept = []
    for o, age, size in stay:
        if used + size <= capacity:
            kept.append(o)
            used += size
        else:
            promote.append(o)
    return {'threshold': threshold, 'promoted': sorted(promote), 'kept': sorted(kept), 'used': used}
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
cases = [[('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 1]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 46}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 6]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 1]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 11], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 71}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 1]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 6]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 101, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 2]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 47}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 7]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 2]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 72}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 12], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 72}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 2]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 7]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 12}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 102, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 3]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 48}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 8]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 3]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 73}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 13], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 73}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 3]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 8]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 13}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 103, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 4]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 49}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 9]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 4]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 74}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 14], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 74}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 4]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 9]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 14}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 104, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})],
 [('regression: cumulative sizes cross the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 20], [2, 2, 25], [3, 3, 10], [4, 4, 30], [5, 1, 5]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('cumulative size exactly at the desired size',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 2, 20], [3, 3, 10]], 100, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}),
  ('ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100',
   ([[1, 1, 40], [2, 2, 30], [3, 3, 5]], 150, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 75}),
  ('survivors overflow the survivor space',
   ([[1, 1, 30], [2, 1, 30], [3, 2, 30], [4, 1, 15], [5, 2, 40]], 100, 200, 3),
   {'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 75}),
  ('survivors fill the space exactly',
   ([[1, 1, 60], [2, 1, 40], [3, 2, 5]], 100, 200, 2),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}),
  ('threshold never crossed',
   ([[1, 1, 5], [2, 3, 10]], 100, 50, 6),
   {'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 15}),
  ('control: empty survivor set',
   ([], 105, 50, 15),
   {'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0})]]
for label, args, expected in cases[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: cumulative sizes cross the desired size{'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 46}{'kept': [1, 2, 5], 'promoted': [3, 4], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 46}Passed
cumulative size exactly at the desired size{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 50}Passed
ratio of a capacity that is not a multiple of 100{'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}{'kept': [1, 2, 3], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 71}Passed
survivors overflow the survivor space{'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 71}{'kept': [1, 2, 4], 'promoted': [3, 5], 'threshold': 3, 'used': 71}Passed
survivors fill the space exactly{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [3], 'threshold': 2, 'used': 100}Passed
threshold never crossed{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}{'kept': [1, 2], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 6, 'used': 11}Passed
control: empty survivor set{'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0}{'kept': [], 'promoted': [], 'threshold': 15, 'used': 0}Passed

SHA-256 / baecc4f96fc4585f74bdb493a81d8d58f45de5dbb20a14be44435c78c8eec39e

Verification & scope

A deterministic, bounded teaching model of one garbage-collector mechanism with stipulated rules; it is not a production collector and claims no conformance to any particular runtime. 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 2026-09-29T14:51:28.400559+00:00.

Case digest / 0ca7c35fa3f4fb18c93fb5fdeeda84f926a9cce182d0c352b0cd26fe64a66db2