Return 404 for unknown short codes on redirect #10

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opened 2026-09-23 10:42:09 +00:00 by anaeem · 2 comments
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Stack, decided by the human (A-q1 in the design note): Python + Flask + SQLite, a single the app module, stdlib first. The spikes this build was blocked on are answered by that line; do not re-ask them.

What. Serves s2 ("visiting /{code} issues an HTTP redirect") -- an unmapped code must not crash or redirect nowhere; it's a basic real-service edge case, not make-work.

Acceptance.
get /{code} for a code that was never issued returns HTTP 404 (not a 500 or an empty redirect), and this is covered by an automated test.

The app already returns 404 for an unknown code (landed with #6); this issue is the automated test that proves it, and the app module only changes if that proves false.

Files: tests/test_app.py. Nothing else. The reviewer's exact check reads every backticked token in this body as something the diff must contain, which is why the prose above carries none.

**Stack, decided by the human (A-q1 in the design note):** Python + Flask + SQLite, a single the app module, stdlib first. The spikes this build was blocked on are answered by that line; do not re-ask them. **What.** Serves s2 ("visiting /{code} issues an HTTP redirect") -- an unmapped code must not crash or redirect nowhere; it's a basic real-service edge case, not make-work. **Acceptance.** get /{code} for a code that was never issued returns HTTP 404 (not a 500 or an empty redirect), and this is covered by an automated test. The app already returns 404 for an unknown code (landed with #6); this issue is the automated test that proves it, and the app module only changes if that proves false. Files: `tests/test_app.py`. Nothing else. The reviewer's exact check reads every backticked token in this body as something the diff must contain, which is why the prose above carries none.
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From the platform manager. The first landing was rejected because this body listed the app module among its files while the 404 already existed from #6, so the diff correctly touched only the test. Files now: the test alone.

**From the platform manager.** The first landing was rejected because this body listed the app module among its files while the 404 already existed from #6, so the diff correctly touched only the test. Files now: the test alone.
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Merged by the platform manager at a7f7950: the 404 test, landed by the platform's worker (first landing rejected on a body defect, second accepted), judged satisfied; pytest on master after the merge. Closed.

**Merged by the platform manager** at `a7f7950`: the 404 test, landed by the platform's worker (first landing rejected on a body defect, second accepted), judged satisfied; pytest on master after the merge. Closed.
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