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Investigate/replace/remove FieldOverrides thread local usage
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Research direction
Start by reading lms/djangoapps/courseware/field_overrides.py at lines 65-72 and tracing how the FieldOverrides thread-local usage is reached. The issue provides no test or acceptance criteria; done would require determining and documenting whether to replace or remove that usage while preserving the intended behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100