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moveAndMaybeCompressFile may cause write log fail

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start at the moveAndMaybeCompressFile entry point and trace how a slow compression operation affects opening the new log file. The change is done when the sourceFile is moved before the target file is zipped, preventing the write log from failing in that case.

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Description

if pc compress is slowly case new log open log file failed. Can we first move sourceFile, then zip target file?

Dominant language
JavaScript
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38
Forks
20
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