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matsemann • yesterday at 7:43 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

  1. Set up a bot that runs on every new comment on a PR
  2. The bot comments something on that PR
Doesn't have to be more advanced than this to get an infinite loop if you don't build anything where it ignores comments from itself or similar.

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embedding-shape • yesterday at 9:25 PM

Previously:

> pretty much the second or third step is "Huh, probably this shouldn't be able to reply to itself, then it'll get stuck in a loop". But that's hardly a "classic CI bug",