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Checkpoint mapping: renaming collisions are not rejected · case 01

renaming collisions are not rejected.

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ROOT CAUSE

No uniqueness check follows exact renaming, so two source tensors can map to one destination name.

THE FAILURE

No uniqueness check follows exact renaming, so two source tensors can map to one destination name.

Unsuccessful approach: Dictionary conversion retains only the last colliding value, losing the evidence needed to reject the conflict.

Case contract

Apply exact-name renames to [name,value] pairs and return sorted pairs; if two inputs map to one output name, return [].

Why this case matters

A bounded offline model of checkpoint tensor bookkeeping in a training workflow.

1 / The failure

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(pairs, renames):
    return sorted((renames.get(k,k),v) for k,v in pairs)
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('collision', solve(*([['a', 3], ['b', 2]], {'a': 'x', 'b': 'x'})), [])
check('simple', solve(*([['a', 3]], {'a': 'z'})), [['z', 3]])
check('no map', solve(*([['a', 3]], {})), [['a', 3]])
check('empty', solve(*([], {'a': 'x'})), [])
check('identity', solve(*([['a', 1], ['b', 2]], {})), [['a', 1], ['b', 2]])
check('one collision', solve(*([['a', 1], ['b', 2], ['c', 3]], {'a': 'c', 'b': 'b'})), [])
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
collision[['x', 2], ['x', 3]][]Failed
simple[['z', 3]][['z', 3]]Failed
no map[['a', 3]][['a', 3]]Failed
empty[][]Passed
identity[['a', 1], ['b', 2]][['a', 1], ['b', 2]]Failed
one collision[['b', 2], ['c', 1], ['c', 3]][]Failed

SHA-256 / 37ad675d614ea7019b2aacf51c2170e67bc95206d8b7b19d8bb3d75bd963066e

2 / The unsuccessful fix

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

N = 1
observations = []
def solve(pairs, renames):
    return sorted({renames.get(k,k):v for k,v in pairs}.items())
def check(label, actual, expected):
    observations.append({"check": label, "actual": actual, "expected": expected, "passed": actual == expected})
check('collision', solve(*([['a', 3], ['b', 2]], {'a': 'x', 'b': 'x'})), [])
check('simple', solve(*([['a', 3]], {'a': 'z'})), [['z', 3]])
check('no map', solve(*([['a', 3]], {})), [['a', 3]])
check('empty', solve(*([], {'a': 'x'})), [])
check('identity', solve(*([['a', 1], ['b', 2]], {})), [['a', 1], ['b', 2]])
check('one collision', solve(*([['a', 1], ['b', 2], ['c', 3]], {'a': 'c', 'b': 'b'})), [])
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
collision[['x', 2]][]Failed
simple[['z', 3]][['z', 3]]Failed
no map[['a', 3]][['a', 3]]Failed
empty[][]Passed
identity[['a', 1], ['b', 2]][['a', 1], ['b', 2]]Failed
one collision[['b', 2], ['c', 3]][]Failed

SHA-256 / 3f2274f4e6a9854bd9082df870cde9908c7f6eff830d03ec5a2da09ecaa2c470

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Verification & scope

Inputs are already decoded Python values; this toy contract makes no claim about a framework, file format, or production checkpoint. 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 2026-09-30T16:48:21.244522+00:00.

Case digest / 0f9af26c8d4e0292c25891a22e8b00dfa8f02596d1ecd4f71599d7d4d2c18d8e