From be4b2e830766713608ed1b68fe8064073ece705f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dario <105294544+Dario-DC@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 13:36:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(curriculum): allow any node order in python depth-first
 search tests (#64964)

Co-authored-by: majestic-owl448 <26656284+majestic-owl448@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../68d275dd800f404d22a07564.md               | 24 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-depth-first-search/68d275dd800f404d22a07564.md b/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-depth-first-search/68d275dd800f404d22a07564.md
index 75b3db2586e..b8e0a5df5d8 100644
--- a/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-depth-first-search/68d275dd800f404d22a07564.md
+++ b/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-depth-first-search/68d275dd800f404d22a07564.md
@@ -42,19 +42,25 @@ You should have a function named `dfs` that takes two arguments.
 `) })
 ```
 
-`dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 1)` should return `[1, 2, 3, 0]`.
+`dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 1)` should return a list with `1`, `2`, `3`, and `0`.
 
 ```js
 ({ test: () => runPython(`
-  assert dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 1) == [1, 2, 3, 0]
+  result = dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 1)
+  assert isinstance(result, list)
+  assert len(result) == 4
+  assert set(result) == {1, 2, 3, 0}
 `) })
 ```
 
-`dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 3)` should return `[3, 2, 1, 0]`.
+`dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 3)` should return a list with `1`, `2`, `3`, and `0`.
 
 ```js
 ({ test: () => runPython(`
-  assert dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 3) == [3, 2, 1, 0]
+  result = dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 3)
+  assert isinstance(result, list)
+  assert len(result) == 4
+  assert set(result) == {3, 2, 1, 0}
 `) })
 ```
 
@@ -66,19 +72,21 @@ You should have a function named `dfs` that takes two arguments.
 `) })
 ```
 
-`dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 3)` should return `[3, 2]`.
+`dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 3)` should return a list with `3` and `2`.
 
 ```js
 ({ test: () => runPython(`
-  assert dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 3) == [3, 2]
+  result = dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 3)
+  assert result == [3, 2] or result == [2, 3]
 `) })
 ```
 
-`dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 0)` should return `[0, 1]`.
+`dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 0)` should return a list with `0` and `1`.
 
 ```js
 ({ test: () => runPython(`
-  assert dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 0) == [0, 1]
+  result = dfs([[0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0]], 0)
+  assert result == [0, 1] or result == [1, 0]
 `) })
 ```