What test cases might be failing? [STUPMACH]

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I am trying to solve Stupid Machine problem [ CodeChef: Practical coding for everyone ] I think my approach is correct but failing hidden test cases.
My approach:
1.Check for 0 in the array if found set L to index-1 else set L to N-1
2.subtract each element of array from 0 to L
3. Repeat the above steps until L >=0
4.Store the L values in another array .
5.Print sum of L array.
Here is the code:

N=int(input())#3
L=N-1#2
arr = list(map(int,input().split()))

def sub(arr,L):
   for i in range(L+1):
      arr[i]-=1;

list=[]

try:
   index = arr.index(0)
   L=index
except ValueError:
   L=N-1#2
#print(arr)

while(L>=0):
   if(L==0):
      if(arr[L]>0):
         arr[L]-=1
         list.append(L+1)
         
      L=-1
   else:
      try:
         index = arr.index(0)
         L=index-1
         #print(L)
         list.append(L+1)
         sub(arr,L)
         #print(arr)
      except ValueError:
         #print("L:" + str(L))
         sub(arr,L)
         list.append(L+1)
         #print(arr)


print(sum(list))

Thank You.

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The link gives Access Denied, so please post your formatted code instead.

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Thank you for replying . I added the code .

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