letsencrypt / letsencrypt/boulder
wfe: remove old user-agent context key
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Description
In #8723 we added a new context key when storing the User-Agent, to indicate to gRPC that it should be treated as binary data. Once that's deployed we should remove the old context key.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading issue #8723 and trace where the User-Agent is stored in the context for gRPC. Remove the old context key once the new key is in use, then verify that the remaining User-Agent handling still treats the value as binary data.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, grpc
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100