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StackOverflowError on traverse[Kleisli[F, A, ?], B]

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Description

The following snippet throws a StackOverflowError (assuming kind-projector plugin):

import cats.data.Kleisli
import cats.implicits._

// Probably any F that has Traverse[F], I was trying to use cats.effect.IO
type F[A] = List[A]
List.fill(100000)(1).traverse[Kleisli[F, Int, ?], Int](a => Kleisli.pure(a)).run(1)

The equivalent snippet without Kleisli (List.fill(100000)(1).traverse[F, Int](a => Applicative[F].pure(a))) runs as expected.

Top of the stacktrace:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
	at cats.data.KleisliApply.$anonfun$product$2(Kleisli.scala:422)
	at cats.data.Kleisli.$anonfun$map$1(Kleisli.scala:19)
	at cats.data.KleisliApply.$anonfun$product$2(Kleisli.scala:422)
	at cats.data.Kleisli.$anonfun$map$1(Kleisli.scala:19)
	at cats.data.KleisliApply.$anonfun$product$2(Kleisli.scala:422)
	at cats.data.Kleisli.$anonfun$map$1(Kleisli.scala:19)
	at cats.data.KleisliApply.$anonfun$product$2(Kleisli.scala:422)
	at cats.data.Kleisli.$anonfun$map$1(Kleisli.scala:19)
...

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Start by running the provided 100000-element traverse example and compare it with the non-Kleisli version. Inspect the repeated calls at Kleisli.scala:422 and Kleisli.scala:19, then add regression coverage showing that the Kleisli traversal completes without StackOverflowError.

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Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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