clearlydefined / clearlydefined/service
Definition pages timing out or failing to load
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 51
- Forks
- 46
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
**Description**
Definition pages are consistently slow to load and frequently time out entirely, making the UI unreliable for review workflows.
**Observed Behaviour**
- Many times definition pages never finish loading — they hang indefinitely with no content rendered and no visible error
- Few are extremely slow, taking an unusually long time before showing any content
- When attempting to preview a file where CD detected license occurrences, the page results in a blank screen (likely a downstream timeout)
**Examples of pages that fail to load entirely**
https://clearlydefined.io/definitions/npm/npmjs/-/aws-sdk/2.1067.0
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure with the linked aws-sdk definition page and the file-preview scenario, then trace the request path that serves definition pages. Done means affected pages render reliably without indefinite loading or timeouts, and the license-occurrence preview no longer shows a blank screen.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100