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handle malformed responses from the server better (bugs is undefined crashes app)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
api, frontend

Research direction

Start by locating the code that consumes the server response and reproduces the crash when bugs is absent. Investigate why the response is malformed, define the expected handling, and verify that the app no longer crashes.

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Description

I'm seeing this come up intermittently (not sure why):

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Obviously the result from the server is coming back without bugs for some reason, we should a) figure out why this might be and b) figure out how to handle this better

Dominant language
JavaScript
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11
Forks
14
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