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Lookspan's HTML audit report contains timezone bug affecting daily cost data

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A user discovered a bug in Lookspan's HTML audit report where dates were incorrectly calculated due to timezone discrepancies. Specifically, traces submitted between midnight and 2 AM UTC were attributed to the previous day, causing the "Cost per day" chart to display inaccurate data. The user confirmed that while cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities were not present, this timezone issue represented a significant bug in the report's data representation. AI

IMPACT This bug highlights potential issues in how AI tools process and display time-sensitive data, impacting cost analysis and reporting accuracy.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a bug in a specific product's reporting functionality.

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Lookspan's HTML audit report contains timezone bug affecting daily cost data

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · jonimartin ·

    I went looking for XSS in Lookspan's HTML audit report. Five payloads, opened the file in a real browser: nothing executed. The escaping was fine. But reading t

    I went looking for XSS in Lookspan's HTML audit report. Five payloads, opened the file in a real browser: nothing executed. The escaping was fine. But reading that code I noticed how days were bucketed: substr(started_at, 1, 10) That's the UTC date. I'm at UTC+2. So I sent a trac…

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