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Benthos Fails to Fully Process Environment Values Containing #
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Description
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Channel: Redpanda Community
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Issue:
We found that Benthos fails to fully process environment variable values containing the # character. When fetching such values, it stops reading at the # and ignores the remaining part of the value.
Example:
Given an environment variable set as:
MY_ENV_VAR=abc#def#ghi
Benthos only reads abc, and everything after the first # (def#ghi) is ignored.
Expected Behavior:
Benthos should read and process the entire value, abc#def#ghi.
Actual Behavior:
Benthos only reads abc, causing issues for workflows that need the full value.
Contributor guide
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Research direction
The issue does not name a file, test, or entry point. Start by locating Benthos's environment-variable parsing and configuration loading, then reproduce the example with MY_ENV_VAR=abc#def#ghi. Done means the complete value, including every # character, is read and processed rather than truncated.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- stream-processing
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100