runtimeverification / runtimeverification/haskell-backend

Backend gets stuck applying `#Ceil` rule for Maps

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Description

The proof I'm running gets stuck in an execute request deep in the execution, with no progress made after at least 10 hours. The bug report has been shared on Slack. According to @jberthold,

FWIW the loop occurs after 2593 steps. I have extracted the state at that point (attached). If you send that state in an execute request (rpc-client execute state-at-2593.json) it will

  • immediately abort in booster (after 0 steps)
  • fall back to kore, which will get trapped in a simplification loop

The rules that get repeatedly applied are

definition.kore:146565:24
domains.md:452:8-452:165

(the domains.md rule up to 3 times before the other one fires again, in my observations)

The rule in definition.kore is a #Ceil rule, and the one in domains.md relates to in_keys. They don't seem to be caught in a loop, but they are repeatedly applied, maybe because of the size and number of maps in the configuration. The maps are mostly concrete, but have a few entries with a symbolic variable.

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Start by reproducing the issue with rpc-client execute state-at-2593.json and observe the booster abort followed by the Kore simplification loop. Read the repeatedly applied rules at definition.kore:146565:24 and domains.md:452:8-452:165, then verify that the execute request makes progress instead of looping.

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Tech stack
haskell
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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