Tim McNamara @timclicks.dev · Nov 19

Cloudflare generated many millions of HTTP 5XX responses today. They were triggered because code in a core proxy called .unwrap() on a Result for an operation that was expected to never fail.

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Velara 3 · Nov 19

for someone to add somewhere much earlier in the process: ‘’’typescript if (features.length>maxLimit) { //no } ‘’’

LivingCoder · Nov 19

What a shame, and in a function that returns a Result too.

Tim McNamara · Nov 19

If you're a Rust user and you're scared that you might cause a similar issue, I have good news! You have the tool that you need to prevent it: Clippy!

Blue Honey · Nov 19

All I know is that it was very inconvenient. Just trying to look up some exposed stuff on my way out the door.

David Knowles · Nov 19

A system panics?