Race condition between when a new PyPI package is detected and when the package is installable
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- Go
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Description
Roughly 20-40% of errors occur due to PyPI package updates being detected and scheduled prior to the package itself being ready to install.
This causes many package updates to be missed.
The race condition is likely a result of PyPI publishing the package update prior to the files being available over the CDN.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Trace the PyPI update detection and scheduling flow first, then determine how installability can be verified before scheduling; done means package updates are no longer scheduled before their files are available and missed updates are reduced.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100