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Nested JSON preview does not accumulate length of sub-objects properly

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
28/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, react, redux
Domain
frontend, web-dev

Research direction

Start by reproducing the nested JSON preview with multiple levels of nested objects and compare its displayed length with the expected truncation. Trace the existing preview shortening logic, then verify that each sub-object contributes to the accumulated length and that the ellipsis appears at the intended limit.

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Description

bug

There is code present to shorten the display of a nested JSON object by adding "..." but it does not appear to be working correctly when there are multiple levels of nesting:

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Dominant language
JavaScript
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73
Forks
23
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