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🐛 Bug Report: Failed to parse page JSON data: expected value at line 1 column 1 | /r/popular/hot.json?

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3/5
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Issue type
Bug
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Needs clarification
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Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend

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The report identifies a failure parsing JSON from /r/popular/hot.json, but gives no reproduction steps or expected behavior. Start by reproducing the error on the latest commit and trace the request and JSON parsing path for that endpoint; the report does not name files or tests. Done means the failure is reproducible, its cause is addressed, and the endpoint returns the expected page data.

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