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Regex engine timout leads to flaky tests
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- C#
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Description
### Description
FormatDate_Theory fails with "The Regex engine has timed out while trying to match a pattern to an input string [...]".
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the FormatDate_Theory test and reproduce its regex timeout. Read the test and the format-date code it exercises to determine which input or pattern is timing out. Done means the test passes reliably without the Regex engine timeout.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100