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1. eviks+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-06 08:51:22
> This first change was being rolled out using our gradual deployment system.

So they are aware of some basic mitigation tactics guarding against errors

> This system does not perform gradual rollouts,

They just choose to YOLO

> Typical actions are “block”, “log”, or “skip”. Another type of action is “execute”,

> However, we have never before applied a killswitch to a rule with an action of “execute”.

Do they do no testing? These isn't even fuzzing with “infinite” variations, but a limited list of actions

> existed undetected for many years. This type of code error is prevented by languages with strong type systems.

So this solution is also well known, just ignored for years, because "if it’s not broken, don’t fix it?", right?

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