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the-rileyj/dsu-info-api: trojantimes/trojantimes.go; 28 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [the-rileyj/dsu-info-api](https://www.github.com/the-rileyj/dsu-info-api) at [trojantimes/trojantimes.go](https://github.com/the-rileyj/dsu-info-api/blob/c7cb0bb4da550284c507cbd6e0b0194702567906/trojantimes/trojantimes.go#L493-L520)

Below is the message reported by the analyzer for this snippet of code. Beware that the analyzer only reports the first
issue it finds, so please do not limit your consideration to the contents of the below message.

> function call which takes a reference to receivedTrojanTimesArticle at line 499 may start a goroutine

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/the-rileyj/dsu-info-api/blob/c7cb0bb4da550284c507cbd6e0b0194702567906/trojantimes/trojantimes.go#L493-L520)

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```go
for receivedTrojanTimesArticle := range getTrojanTimesArticlesChannel() {
err = db.First(&trojanTimesArticle, TrojanTimesArticle{URL: receivedTrojanTimesArticle.URL}).Error

if gorm.IsRecordNotFoundError(err) || (err == nil && trojanTimesArticle.LastModified != receivedTrojanTimesArticle.LastModified) {
// Establish the Article if it does not exist so that we can update it later
if gorm.IsRecordNotFoundError(err) {
db.Create(&receivedTrojanTimesArticle)
}

// send to request channel only after creating the article in the database;
// though extremely unlikely, if we swapped the order, the article could be
// updated before it is even created
articleRequestsChan <- receivedTrojanTimesArticle.URL
} else if err == nil {
// Check to see if any images have changed
for _, image := range receivedTrojanTimesArticle.Images {
err = db.First(&oldImage, ArticleImages{URL: receivedTrojanTimesArticle.URL}).Error

if gorm.IsRecordNotFoundError(err) {
db.Create(image)
} else if err == nil && image.LastModified != oldImage.LastModified {
db.Model(&oldImage).Updates(&image)
}
}
} else {
panic(err)
}
}

```

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```
The following dot graph describes paths through the callgraph that could lead to a function calling a goroutine:
no paths found; call may have ended in third-party code; stay tuned for diagnostics
```

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commit ID: c7cb0bb4da550284c507cbd6e0b0194702567906

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