microsoft / microsoft/VFSForGit
Teach GVFS.Service to surface a message to the end user when a cache server is 404-ing
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platform: windows
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- C#
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Description
We should be able to surface messages to let a user know that a cache server is 404ing so they understand why their requests are failing.
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 locating the GVFS.Service handling for cache-server responses and trace the path for a 404 response. Determine how an end-user message is surfaced and what existing coverage applies; done means users receive a clear explanation when requests fail because the cache server returns 404.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100