Some older feeds showing up after a cache clear
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- Python
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Description
Problem
After we cleared the cache to address another issue, some very old posts showed up.
Details
A quick investigation suggests that the feeds / posts don't provide the date fields which the planet / feedparser software are looking for and the code falls back to some default value like today.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the planet/feedparser software handles feeds and posts that lack date fields, including the behavior after a cache clear. Reproduce the appearance of old posts and inspect the fallback date handling. Done means missing date fields no longer cause very old posts to appear after clearing the cache.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100