typelevel / typelevel/cats-effect
`Queue#mapK` violates atomicity guarantees
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Description
The implementations are not wrapped in the relevant uncancelables, meaning that it's possible to lose elements in mapK'd Queues where it is impossible with the direct implementation.
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Research direction
Locate the implementations of Queue#mapK and compare them with the direct Queue implementation, focusing on the relevant uncancelable boundaries. Verify that mapped queues cannot lose elements during cancellation, and add or update coverage for the atomicity behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100