A developer experienced multiple failures in their automated checking system over a four-day period, with five incorrect verification messages being reported. These issues stemmed from the system's inability to distinguish between different types of failures, such as rate limiting and actual authentication problems, leading to incorrect remedies. The developer realized that the checks were sharing credentials and endpoints with the systems they were meant to verify, creating a flawed feedback loop. This led to the creation of a new rule: for every check, document the endpoint, credentials, and session it borrows from the subject being checked, ensuring a distinct second source of truth. AI
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