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WHAT THE ARCHIVE CONTAINS

100840 executable cases. 20168 are open.

Every case records the implementation that fails, the fix that did not work, and the repair that passed its checks—with recorded outputs and source hashes. This release adds 100840 cases across 20168 failure mechanisms and 254 domains.

The open tier gives you the failure and the unsuccessful fix for one case in every mechanism. The remaining 80672 cases, 5 variants per mechanism, are member-only: the verified repair, its recorded checks, and the full fixture suite are held in the member archive. Read the methodology ↗

A RECORD OF WHAT WENT WRONG

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Python · Standard library
REFERENCEFAILURE MECHANISMDOMAINACCESS
FA-58901

W-4 step adjustment withholding: extra withholding after floor · case 01

Employees whose credits exceed tentative withholding lose some or all of their requested extra withholding.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58902

W-4 step adjustment withholding: extra withholding after floor · case 02

Employees whose credits exceed tentative withholding lose some or all of their requested extra withholding.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58903

W-4 step adjustment withholding: extra withholding after floor · case 03

Employees whose credits exceed tentative withholding lose some or all of their requested extra withholding.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58904

W-4 step adjustment withholding: extra withholding after floor · case 04

Employees whose credits exceed tentative withholding lose some or all of their requested extra withholding.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58905

W-4 step adjustment withholding: extra withholding after floor · case 05

Employees whose credits exceed tentative withholding lose some or all of their requested extra withholding.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58906

W-4 step adjustment withholding: credit de-annualization · case 01

Any employee claiming dependents has withholding wiped out entirely each paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58907

W-4 step adjustment withholding: credit de-annualization · case 02

Any employee claiming dependents has withholding wiped out entirely each paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58908

W-4 step adjustment withholding: credit de-annualization · case 03

Any employee claiming dependents has withholding wiped out entirely each paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58909

W-4 step adjustment withholding: credit de-annualization · case 04

Any employee claiming dependents has withholding wiped out entirely each paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58910

W-4 step adjustment withholding: credit de-annualization · case 05

Any employee claiming dependents has withholding wiped out entirely each paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58911

W-4 step adjustment withholding: other income annualization · case 01

Employees reporting other income are withheld as if that income recurred every paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58912

W-4 step adjustment withholding: other income annualization · case 02

Employees reporting other income are withheld as if that income recurred every paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58913

W-4 step adjustment withholding: other income annualization · case 03

Employees reporting other income are withheld as if that income recurred every paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58914

W-4 step adjustment withholding: other income annualization · case 04

Employees reporting other income are withheld as if that income recurred every paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58915

W-4 step adjustment withholding: other income annualization · case 05

Employees reporting other income are withheld as if that income recurred every paycheck.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58916

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 deduction scope · case 01

Multiple-job employees who also itemize are over-withheld because half their itemized deductions vanish.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58917

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 deduction scope · case 02

Multiple-job employees who also itemize are over-withheld because half their itemized deductions vanish.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58918

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 deduction scope · case 03

Multiple-job employees who also itemize are over-withheld because half their itemized deductions vanish.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58919

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 deduction scope · case 04

Multiple-job employees who also itemize are over-withheld because half their itemized deductions vanish.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58920

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 deduction scope · case 05

Multiple-job employees who also itemize are over-withheld because half their itemized deductions vanish.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58921

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 bracket scaling · case 01

Married and head-of-household employees who check step 2 are under-withheld.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58922

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 bracket scaling · case 02

Married and head-of-household employees who check step 2 are under-withheld.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58923

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 bracket scaling · case 03

Married and head-of-household employees who check step 2 are under-withheld.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58924

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 bracket scaling · case 04

Married and head-of-household employees who check step 2 are under-withheld.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58925

W-4 step adjustment withholding: step 2 bracket scaling · case 05

Married and head-of-household employees who check step 2 are under-withheld.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58926

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: mandatory tier split · case 01

A bonus that crosses the 1M mark is counted twice, once in each tier, over-withholding heavily.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58927

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: mandatory tier split · case 02

A bonus that crosses the 1M mark is counted twice, once in each tier, over-withholding heavily.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58928

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: mandatory tier split · case 03

A bonus that crosses the 1M mark is counted twice, once in each tier, over-withholding heavily.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58929

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: mandatory tier split · case 04

A bonus that crosses the 1M mark is counted twice, once in each tier, over-withholding heavily.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58930

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: mandatory tier split · case 05

A bonus that crosses the 1M mark is counted twice, once in each tier, over-withholding heavily.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58931

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: tier rounding stage · case 01

Crossing bonuses are withheld one cent more than the contract amount.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58932

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: tier rounding stage · case 02

Crossing bonuses are withheld one cent more than the contract amount.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58933

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: tier rounding stage · case 03

Crossing bonuses are withheld one cent more than the contract amount.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58934

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: tier rounding stage · case 04

Crossing bonuses are withheld one cent more than the contract amount.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58935

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: tier rounding stage · case 05

Crossing bonuses are withheld one cent more than the contract amount.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58936

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: year-to-date inclusion · case 01

Bonuses approaching the million-dollar mark move to the 37% tier too early.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58937

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: year-to-date inclusion · case 02

Bonuses approaching the million-dollar mark move to the 37% tier too early.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58938

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: year-to-date inclusion · case 03

Bonuses approaching the million-dollar mark move to the 37% tier too early.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58939

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: year-to-date inclusion · case 04

Bonuses approaching the million-dollar mark move to the 37% tier too early.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58940

Supplemental flat-rate withholding tiers: year-to-date inclusion · case 05

Bonuses approaching the million-dollar mark move to the 37% tier too early.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58941

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: disposable earnings basis · case 01

Employees with voluntary benefit deductions have smaller garnishments than the orders permit.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58942

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: disposable earnings basis · case 02

Employees with voluntary benefit deductions have smaller garnishments than the orders permit.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58943

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: disposable earnings basis · case 03

Employees with voluntary benefit deductions have smaller garnishments than the orders permit.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58944

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: disposable earnings basis · case 04

Employees with voluntary benefit deductions have smaller garnishments than the orders permit.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58945

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: disposable earnings basis · case 05

Employees with voluntary benefit deductions have smaller garnishments than the orders permit.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58946

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: other-family support percentage · case 01

Obligors supporting a second family have more withheld for support than the lower limit allows.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58947

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: other-family support percentage · case 02

Obligors supporting a second family have more withheld for support than the lower limit allows.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58948

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: other-family support percentage · case 03

Obligors supporting a second family have more withheld for support than the lower limit allows.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58949

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: other-family support percentage · case 04

Obligors supporting a second family have more withheld for support than the lower limit allows.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58950

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: other-family support percentage · case 05

Obligors supporting a second family have more withheld for support than the lower limit allows.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58951

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: arrears threshold · case 01

An obligor exactly 12 weeks in arrears receives the 5-point increase early.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58952

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: arrears threshold · case 02

An obligor exactly 12 weeks in arrears receives the 5-point increase early.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58953

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: arrears threshold · case 03

An obligor exactly 12 weeks in arrears receives the 5-point increase early.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58954

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: arrears threshold · case 04

An obligor exactly 12 weeks in arrears receives the 5-point increase early.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58955

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: arrears threshold · case 05

An obligor exactly 12 weeks in arrears receives the 5-point increase early.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58956

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: minimum wage floor basis · case 01

Low-wage employees are garnished below the protected thirty-times-minimum-wage floor.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58957

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: minimum wage floor basis · case 02

Low-wage employees are garnished below the protected thirty-times-minimum-wage floor.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58958

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: minimum wage floor basis · case 03

Low-wage employees are garnished below the protected thirty-times-minimum-wage floor.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58959

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: minimum wage floor basis · case 04

Low-wage employees are garnished below the protected thirty-times-minimum-wage floor.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58960

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: minimum wage floor basis · case 05

Low-wage employees are garnished below the protected thirty-times-minimum-wage floor.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58961

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: creditor room after support · case 01

Creditor garnishments are taken in full even when child support already used the 25% limit.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58962

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: creditor room after support · case 02

Creditor garnishments are taken in full even when child support already used the 25% limit.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58963

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: creditor room after support · case 03

Creditor garnishments are taken in full even when child support already used the 25% limit.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58964

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: creditor room after support · case 04

Creditor garnishments are taken in full even when child support already used the 25% limit.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58965

Wage garnishment limits with support priority: creditor room after support · case 05

Creditor garnishments are taken in full even when child support already used the 25% limit.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58966

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: overtime tip credit · case 01

Tipped employees working overtime receive less cash than the overtime minimum requires.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58967

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: overtime tip credit · case 02

Tipped employees working overtime receive less cash than the overtime minimum requires.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58968

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: overtime tip credit · case 03

Tipped employees working overtime receive less cash than the overtime minimum requires.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58969

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: overtime tip credit · case 04

Tipped employees working overtime receive less cash than the overtime minimum requires.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58970

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: overtime tip credit · case 05

Tipped employees working overtime receive less cash than the overtime minimum requires.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58971

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip shortfall makeup · case 01

Slow weeks with few tips leave the employee below minimum wage with no makeup pay.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58972

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip shortfall makeup · case 02

Slow weeks with few tips leave the employee below minimum wage with no makeup pay.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58973

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip shortfall makeup · case 03

Slow weeks with few tips leave the employee below minimum wage with no makeup pay.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58974

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip shortfall makeup · case 04

Slow weeks with few tips leave the employee below minimum wage with no makeup pay.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58975

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip shortfall makeup · case 05

Slow weeks with few tips leave the employee below minimum wage with no makeup pay.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58976

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip credit cap · case 01

Employees with a very low cash rate have more tip credit claimed than the jurisdiction maximum.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58977

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip credit cap · case 02

Employees with a very low cash rate have more tip credit claimed than the jurisdiction maximum.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58978

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip credit cap · case 03

Employees with a very low cash rate have more tip credit claimed than the jurisdiction maximum.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58979

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip credit cap · case 04

Employees with a very low cash rate have more tip credit claimed than the jurisdiction maximum.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58980

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: tip credit cap · case 05

Employees with a very low cash rate have more tip credit claimed than the jurisdiction maximum.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58981

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: negative credit floor · case 01

Employees paid a cash rate above minimum wage get negative makeup and inflated wages.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58982

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: negative credit floor · case 02

Employees paid a cash rate above minimum wage get negative makeup and inflated wages.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58983

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: negative credit floor · case 03

Employees paid a cash rate above minimum wage get negative makeup and inflated wages.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58984

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: negative credit floor · case 04

Employees paid a cash rate above minimum wage get negative makeup and inflated wages.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58985

Tip credit and minimum-wage makeup: negative credit floor · case 05

Employees paid a cash rate above minimum wage get negative makeup and inflated wages.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58986

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: discretionary bonus exclusion · case 01

Overtime premiums rise when a discretionary spot bonus is paid.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58987

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: discretionary bonus exclusion · case 02

Overtime premiums rise when a discretionary spot bonus is paid.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58988

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: discretionary bonus exclusion · case 03

Overtime premiums rise when a discretionary spot bonus is paid.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58989

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: discretionary bonus exclusion · case 04

Overtime premiums rise when a discretionary spot bonus is paid.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58990

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: discretionary bonus exclusion · case 05

Overtime premiums rise when a discretionary spot bonus is paid.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58991

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: half-time premium · case 01

Overtime hours are paid at two and a half times the rate in total.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58992

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: half-time premium · case 02

Overtime hours are paid at two and a half times the rate in total.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58993

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: half-time premium · case 03

Overtime hours are paid at two and a half times the rate in total.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58994

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: half-time premium · case 04

Overtime hours are paid at two and a half times the rate in total.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58995

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: half-time premium · case 05

Overtime hours are paid at two and a half times the rate in total.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58996

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: regular rate divisor · case 01

Employees working long weeks receive an inflated overtime premium.

Payroll withholding rules● Open access↗
FA-58997

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: regular rate divisor · case 02

Employees working long weeks receive an inflated overtime premium.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58998

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: regular rate divisor · case 03

Employees working long weeks receive an inflated overtime premium.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-58999

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: regular rate divisor · case 04

Employees working long weeks receive an inflated overtime premium.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗
FA-59000

Overtime regular rate with bonuses and differentials: regular rate divisor · case 05

Employees working long weeks receive an inflated overtime premium.

Payroll withholding rules◈ Members↗

INSPECTABLE BY DESIGN

Every result has a runnable source.

Runnable implementations with recorded outputs, source hashes, and explicit contracts. Related variants share a failure mechanism and belong together in evaluation splits.

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