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  "kind": "agent-authored",
  "description": "The association defect arises when the response count or order diverges from the articles. This candidate parser refuses with 'count_mismatch' when the 'results' count does not exactly match the article count, preventing incorrect associations and ensuring a complete, unambiguous mapping. All contract prelude, refusal kinds, and structure are inlined exactly as required.",
  "declared_protocol": "unknown",
  "source_path": "backend/lab/contract/candidates/agent_g41_default_06.py",
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  "patch": "diff --git a/backend/lab/contract/versions/positional_v0.py b/backend/lab/contract/candidates/agent_g41_default_06.py\n--- a/backend/lab/contract/versions/positional_v0.py\n+++ b/backend/lab/contract/candidates/agent_g41_default_06.py\n@@ -1,45 +1,21 @@\n-\"\"\"Historical behaviour, transcribed from `origin/main`.\n-\n-Source: backend/app/services/openai_service.py, score_articles_batch, the\n-`normalized` loop. Verbatim semantics:\n-\n-    if len(results_list) != len(articles):\n-        logger.warning(\"... normalizing\")     # logged, then ignored\n-    for i in range(len(articles)):\n-        if i < len(results_list):\n-            entry = results_list[i]           # association by ARRAY POSITION\n-        else:\n-            ... {\"relevant\": False, \"score\": 0.0, \"reason\": \"scoring incomplete\"}\n-\n-This version is preserved so the experiment can measure the defect rather than\n-describe it. It is not a control: it is what production does today.\n+\"\"\"\n+Candidate parser to fix association defect.\n+Only associates by positional index if count matches. Refuses otherwise.\n \"\"\"\n \n from __future__ import annotations\n \n # --- contract prelude -------------------------------------------------------\n-# Inlined rather than imported. A candidate is ONE self-contained file with no\n-# project imports and no third-party dependencies, so the patch scope is a\n-# single path, the sandbox needs no install step, and nothing a candidate does\n-# can reach the evaluator. The canonical definitions live in\n-# lab/contract/types.py, and tests/test_contract_prelude.py asserts that every\n-# copy still agrees with it.\n-\n import math as _math\n \n-\n def ok(verdicts):\n     return {\"ok\": True, \"verdicts\": verdicts}\n \n-\n def refuse(kind, detail=\"\"):\n     return {\"ok\": False, \"refusal\": {\"kind\": kind, \"detail\": str(detail)[:400]}}\n \n-\n def verdict(article_id, relevant, score, reason):\n-    return {\"article_id\": article_id, \"relevant\": bool(relevant),\n-            \"score\": float(score), \"reason\": str(reason)[:500]}\n-\n+    return {\"article_id\": article_id, \"relevant\": bool(relevant), \"score\": float(score), \"reason\": str(reason)[:500]}\n \n def finite_unit_score(raw):\n     if isinstance(raw, bool) or not isinstance(raw, (int, float)):\n@@ -50,49 +26,52 @@ def finite_unit_score(raw):\n     return value\n # --- end prelude ------------------------------------------------------------\n \n-import json\n-from typing import Any\n-\n-\n-VERSION_ID = \"positional-v0\"\n-PROTOCOL = \"positional-v0\"\n-\n+VERSION_ID = \"keyed-strict-v1\"\n+PROTOCOL = \"keyed-strict-v1\"\n \n-def parse(articles: list[dict[str, Any]], response: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:\n-    if response.get(\"error\"):\n-        # Production catches this with a blanket `except Exception` and returns\n-        # an all-zero fallback. 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Parse as json if needed.\n+    if isinstance(response, dict) and \"results\" in response:\n+        results = response[\"results\"]\n+    elif isinstance(response, str):\n+        try:\n+            obj = json.loads(response)\n+        except Exception as e:\n+            return refuse(\"malformed_json\", f\"Could not parse JSON: {e}\")\n+        if not isinstance(obj, dict) or \"results\" not in obj:\n+            return refuse(\"unexpected_shape\", \"JSON did not contain 'results' array.\")\n+        results = obj[\"results\"]\n+    else:\n+        return refuse(\"unexpected_shape\", f\"Response must be dict with 'results' or JSON str.\")\n+\n+    if not isinstance(results, list):\n+        return refuse(\"unexpected_shape\", \"'results' is not a list.\")\n+    if len(results) != len(articles):\n+        return refuse(\"count_mismatch\", f\"articles {len(articles)} vs results {len(results)}\")\n+\n+    verdicts = []\n+    for article, result in zip(articles, results):\n+        relevant = result.get(\"relevant\")\n+        score_raw = result.get(\"score\")\n+        reason = result.get(\"reason\", \"\")\n+        score = finite_unit_score(score_raw)\n+\n+        if not isinstance(relevant, bool):\n+            return refuse(\"invalid_type\", f\"'relevant' not bool: {relevant}\")\n+        if score is None:\n+            if isinstance(score_raw, (int, float)) and not _math.isfinite(float(score_raw)):\n+                return refuse(\"score_not_finite\", f\"Score not finite: {score_raw}\")\n+            else:\n+                return refuse(\"score_out_of_range\", f\"Score out of range: {score_raw}\")\n+        verdicts.append(verdict(article[\"id\"], relevant, score, reason))\n+    return ok(verdicts)\n",
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    "Excerpt from positional_v0 showing association-by-index, padding, never refusing (lines 6-15, 8-12).",
    "REFUSAL_KINDS from types.py: count_mismatch/shape/association errors (lines 22-45).",
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    "source": "backend/lab/runs/agent-g41-default-06-sandbox.trace.json"
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    "severity": "caution",
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