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Failed to get address info of

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
networking

Research direction

The issue names no source file, test, or reproducible conditions. Start by searching the repository for the exact "Failed to get address info of" message and investigate the reported hostname-resolution failure; done means documenting the cause and identifying a verified fix or clear diagnostic.

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Description

Hi,

Some of my users keep getting

"Failed to get address info of xxxxx.com" error

I'm trying to understand what nay cause this error with no luck, any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Dominant language
C++
Stars
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Forks
200
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