250,000 Wasted API Calls Bug
- Entity ID:
ent-20260419-3545bbd2eff9 - Type:
issue - Scope:
shared - Status:
active - Aliases: documented-then-shipped bug, three-line-fix bug
Description
Defect documented in an internal code comment describing ~250,000 wasted API calls per day and a trivial three-line fix; shipped regardless — cited as evidence of prioritization failure rather than knowledge gap.
Key claims
- 250,000 wasted API calls were documented but shipped anyway
Relations
- 250,000 Wasted API Calls Bug --[caused]--> Velocity-Pressure Code Pattern
- autoCompact.ts --[implements]--> 250,000 Wasted API Calls Bug