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Crash when short_message misstype

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#229 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

@fdciabdul is already working on this.

Since Jun 29, 2026.

  • #261 by @fdciabdul — open

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by reviewing pull request #228, which is linked from the issue and contains the reported fix. Reproduce the failure by sending a numeric short_message, then verify that this input no longer causes a crash and that the existing SMPP behavior remains intact.

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Description

Failed to send short_message 123 (number)

Here is my fix:
https://github.com/farhadi/node-smpp/pull/228

Best regards, Anton

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