Hacktoberfest 2026: the issues maintainers tagged for October, open and beginner-friendly. Browse Hacktoberfest issues

Script dedup key truncation may cause collisions

Open Beginner friendly
#37 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start in apps/app/src/components/generative-ui/widget-renderer.tsx at lines 369-370, where executed scripts are tracked with the truncated base64 key. Review the surrounding iframe-bridge logic and verify that distinct script contents receive distinct data attributes. Done means the collision risk is removed without causing already-executed scripts to run again.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

bug

Problem

In the widget renderer's iframe bridge (widget-renderer.tsx:369-370), executed scripts are tracked using a truncated base64 key:

```js
content.getAttribute('data-exec-' + btoa(key).slice(0, 16))
```

Truncating to 16 characters creates a collision risk for scripts with similar prefixes. Two different scripts could hash to the same 16-char prefix, causing the second script to be skipped.

Impact

Low probability with current usage (small widget scripts), but could cause bugs if:

  • Widgets include multiple scripts with similar content prefixes
  • Templates are applied with untrusted or user-influenced content

Suggested fix

Use the full btoa(key) value instead of truncating, or switch to a proper hash function. The data attribute name length is not meaningfully constrained.

Files

  • apps/app/src/components/generative-ui/widget-renderer.tsx

From PR #20 review

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
1.6k
Forks
202
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

More from CopilotKit/OpenGenerativeUI

All issues in CopilotKit/OpenGenerativeUI

Similar issues

More TypeScript issues

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.